After Becoming the Love-Brained Female Lead’s Best Friend - Chapter 20

The next day was Mother’s Day. The night before, Ye Wanyin asked Fang Shu how she planned to spend it. Fang Shu went to the balcony to make a phone call, then came back and told her, “I ordered flowers from a flower shop for my mom. I’m not going back.”

“What about you?” Fang Shu asked casually.

Ye Wanyin tightened her grip on the test paper in her hand. Only after a long time did she say, “If I have time before the college entrance exam, I’ll go back and see her then.”

Fang Shu: “Oh.”

Soon, it was Monday. Fang Shu handed in her math homework as usual. From the back seat, Li Ming howled, “Ah! Why didn’t I finish my homework again? I even specially brought it home!”

His deskmate Zhang Xiao asked mercilessly, “After you got home, did you ever open your schoolbag?”

Li Ming covered his face. “Please don’t expose this cruel reality.”

Then he poked Fang Shu in the front seat and sincerely asked, “Sister Fang, do you think if I copy yours and tell Old Ban that I’ve also started studying seriously, Old Ban will believe me?”

Fang Shu stretched a finger behind her. “First, I won’t let you copy.” Then she stretched out another. “Second, do you think Old Ban is stupid?”

After class began, Li Ming was mercilessly kicked out by the homeroom teacher, who personally stood outside the classroom and scolded him.

“Look at yourself. Can’t you learn properly from Fang Shu? At least she hands in her homework every time, and she knows how to do every question.”

“And you? Did I give you those worksheets so you could save them to wipe your ass? They’re that clean!”

Li Ming defended himself in a small voice, “That’s because I don’t have a top-student deskmate.”

The homeroom teacher laughed angrily. “If you don’t know how to do it, don’t you know to ask me?”

Li Ming thought to himself, How can a teacher be the same as a deskmate? But he felt that if he said this out loud, the homeroom teacher might smack his forehead with a triangular ruler.

Outside, the homeroom teacher was focused on educating the student who had not finished his homework. Inside, Fang Shu lowered her voice and interrogated Ye Wanyin.

“How much did you watch during the holiday?”

Ye Wanyin mumbled, “I tried my best.”

Fang Shu raised an eyebrow. “Even if you tried your best, you still have to tell me how much.”

Ye Wanyin whispered, “I watched twenty chapters of the one you mentioned.”

Ten chapters a night was already her limit.

If she read even one more line, she would lose her memory and fail to recall a single plot point.

Fang Shu looked back at the comic’s table of contents, then said disdainfully, “Why so little?”

In just those few chapters, the two female leads were still in the stage of testing and getting to know each other, let alone having any progress.

Fang Shu directly dragged the table of contents halfway down and said to Ye Wanyin, “Start from this chapter.”

“I’ve already made progress in studying, but you still don’t have any ‘ambition’ at all. Don’t you feel ashamed?”

Ye Wanyin: “…”

Now, it seemed she did feel a little ashamed.

And so, that night, Ye Wanyin found the chapter Fang Shu had pointed out and continued reading from there. That night, she read twenty chapters, and after reading them, she almost could not fall asleep in the middle of the night.

The next day, Ye Wanyin came out of her room with a pair of dark circles under her eyes. Fang Shu, whose door had been knocked open, rubbed her eyes and looked at her. Seeing the dark circles under Ye Wanyin’s eyes, she curiously reached out and rubbed them, then asked, “Did you not sleep all night?”

Ye Wanyin let out a small yawn and shook her head. “I slept.”

Fang Shu changed clothes and came out. As the two packed their things and walked out, she casually asked, “Then how much did you read last night?”

Ye Wanyin tried hard to recall last night’s plot, only to find that her brain seemed to have automatically blocked it out. Forget the plot—she could barely even remember the main characters’ names. Meeting Fang Shu’s suspicious gaze, Ye Wanyin suddenly moved. Before Fang Shu could react, she kabedoned her against the entrance.

At this moment, Fang Shu was tying the laces of her little white shoes. Suddenly, she felt a shadow fall over her head. She raised her head and saw Ye Wanyin’s enlarged body…

Then her face.

Ye Wanyin had crouched down, one hand braced against the wall. Because the school uniform was loose, when she trapped Fang Shu in the corner like this, her whole person seemed one size larger than Fang Shu.

The morning light shone in from outside, spilling over Ye Wanyin and making her look like a goddess.

Fang Shu was completely dumbfounded.

She heard Ye Wanyin say, “This is what I watched last night.”

This classic move, which had made Ye Wanyin so embarrassed countless times that she nearly could not sleep.

Fortunately, she had not forgotten it.

Fang Shu seemed stunned.

From her captured wrist, she could clearly feel the warmth of the girl’s soft palm. Even the figure in front of her seemed to be transmitting heat to her. Fang Shu could not help spacing out slightly.

Ye Wanyin felt that this was about enough and was just about to stand up when she suddenly felt a powerful force come from the arm she had braced against the wall. She was forced to stagger back several steps, then tripped over something at the entrance and fell to the ground. Meanwhile, Fang Shu was gripping her right hand and pressing it against the wall, reverse-kabedoning her.

Ye Wanyin: “???”

This side was against the light, so Fang Shu’s expression was completely hidden in shadow. Ye Wanyin wore the exact same expression Fang Shu had just had and heard Fang Shu say unhappily, “You actually stole my move.”

Ye Wanyin: “?”

Fang Shu even lectured her. “Only I can kabedon you. So next time, you have to remember to take the initiative and stick yourself against the wall.”

Ye Wanyin: “…?”

Was there some necessary connection between those things?

However, Fang Shu clearly had no intention of explaining. She even tried to capture Ye Wanyin’s other wrist too. Seeing that if they did not leave now, they would be late for morning reading, Ye Wanyin hurriedly pushed Fang Shu away, stood up, and pulled her outside.

After finally rushing to the classroom, the bell rang just as they arrived.

English morning reading was basically patrolled by the homeroom teacher, so before the homeroom teacher appeared, Fang Shu would not take out her phone.

Ye Wanyin poked Fang Shu, who was spacing out. “Want to memorize vocabulary?”

Fang Shu did not want to move. “I’m already studying math.”

Ye Wanyin reminded her, “Even if you get full marks in math, your total score still won’t be enough to get into university.”

Fang Shu did not care at all. “It’s fine. I’m not going to university anyway.”

Being a student was already tiring enough. Why would she eat another four years of suffering?

“University is very comfortable. There are fewer classes, more free time for entertainment, and more people to choose from. If you want to date, it’s much more convenient than entering society. And no one will control you.”

Fang Shu turned to look at her. “Have you gone to one?”

Ye Wanyin choked. “But I’ve visited one.”

“The scenery is nice too, and the school atmosphere is good.”

Fang Shu still lay there limply.

Ye Wanyin said helplessly, “Aren’t we dating?”

Fang Shu suddenly sat up and moved her chair closer to Ye Wanyin. Taking advantage of the sounds of the people around them talking, she said to Ye Wanyin, “Say that again.”

Ye Wanyin tested, “Aren’t we dating?”

Fang Shu demanded, “Make your voice softer and sweeter. Also, don’t leave out the ‘aren’t we?’ part.”

Ye Wanyin: “…”

As the eldest daughter in her family, she had started taking care of her younger brother when she was very small. Living until now, she truly had never acted spoiled toward anyone.

Fang Shu was still urging her. “Hurry. Say it nicely and I’ll agree.”

Ye Wanyin carefully glanced around, then also moved her chair a little closer to Fang Shu. “Do I really have to?”

Fang Shu nodded, and there was already a bit of excited light in her eyes.

Their chairs were already completely pressed together, but Ye Wanyin was still worried that the people around them might hear, so she leaned closer to Fang Shu as well and quickly said, “Aren’t we dating?”

Fang Shu was not very satisfied. “Are you reciting a text?”

“No, when you recite texts, you might even have more emotion than this.”

Ye Wanyin opened her mouth. Her face turned red from holding it in, but she found that she still could not say it. In the end, she covered her completely red face and whispered to Fang Shu, “I’m older than you.”

Fang Shu did not believe her. “How old are you?”

Ye Wanyin had transmigrated right before the college entrance exam, after all. She was one grade higher than Fang Shu. “I’m already eighteen.”

Fang Shu: “…”

It was fine. A younger top was even better.

And so Fang Shu said to Ye Wanyin, “So what you mean is, if I call you big sister, you’ll act spoiled?”

Ye Wanyin: “…”

Ye Wanyin said with difficulty, “No. What I mean is, the younger sister should be the one acting spoiled.”

As if she had convinced herself, the blush on Ye Wanyin’s face faded slightly, and she looked toward Fang Shu instead.

Fang Shu was expressionless.

Impossible. Don’t even think about it.

This top would absolutely never act spoiled.

Fang Shu used her ultimate move. “I’m going to memorize vocabulary. Shouldn’t you give me a reward?”

Ye Wanyin tried to change her mind. “Can it be something else? I can give you anything you like.”

Fang Shu did not forget her original intention. “I like the way you act spoiled.”

Ye Wanyin: “…”

There was no saving this. Let the world be destroyed.

Ye Wanyin truly could not say it, and Fang Shu stubbornly refused to back down. Then the homeroom teacher arrived.

As soon as she entered, the volume in the classroom doubled. The homeroom teacher nodded in satisfaction. When she passed Fang Shu’s seat, she saw that a large space was empty. Looking over, she found that Fang Shu had already stuck herself over to Ye Wanyin’s side.

The homeroom teacher knocked Fang Shu on the head. “Do you need me to glue you two together with double-sided tape?”

Fang Shu slowly moved back.

After morning reading ended, neither of them mentioned what had happened that morning. When the first class arrived, the Chinese teacher was going over the midterm paper, so Fang Shu was lucky enough not to be made to stand.

Of course, she only survived the first class.

During the second class, when the Chinese teacher reached the fill-in-the-blank section for ancient poems and texts, Fang Shu was still inevitably made to stand. Whether it counted as fortunate or not, quite a few people stood with her.

“Have I usually made you memorize these lines or not? You could even get these wrong?”

…

That evening, during self-study, Fang Shu unusually did not leave her seat. Ye Wanyin was explaining questions to her one by one. Occasionally, when someone came over to ask a question, Ye Wanyin would have them wait until she finished explaining Fang Shu’s current one.

When they got home, Ye Wanyin said to Fang Shu, “I organized a list of commonly used high school English words. You only need to memorize ten every night after we come back.”

Fang Shu threw her schoolbag onto the coffee table, not fooled by her at all. Without even turning her head, she said, “If you want to gain something, you have to pay a price.”

Ye Wanyin: “…”

How had she still not forgotten after an entire day?

The curtains on the balcony were not drawn, so the deep night outside could be seen. The flickering lights of the distant plaza were like fireflies floating up and down, casting starry shadows on the glass door.

Ye Wanyin slowly walked behind Fang Shu. “Does it have to be acting spoiled? Can’t it be something else?”

When she said the words “acting spoiled,” her voice lowered by several degrees.

Fang Shu insisted, “No.”

Ye Wanyin took a deep breath and opened her mouth several times, but she really could not say it. Fang Shu was not in a hurry either. She leisurely sat down on the sofa, took out her phone, and started scrolling through videos.

Ye Wanyin mentally prepared herself fully.

It was nothing major. It was just acting spoiled. They were both girls. What was there to be embarrassed about?

Ye Wanyin moved closer to Fang Shu. “Ar-aren’t we… dating?”

Ye Wanyin’s voice was naturally gentle. When she spoke to people, it was like she was holding a spoonful of white porcelain in her mouth, warm and cool at the same time. Now that she softened her voice, it was as if a fire had melted that spoonful of white porcelain, and when it entered the ear, it felt unexpectedly hot.

“Is… is this okay now?” Ye Wanyin’s face was already completely red, and her words could not help stumbling.

She felt that all the shame of her entire life had been used up today.

Fang Shu resisted the urge to scratch her slightly tingling ears and pretended to be calm. “It’s okay.”

“We were already dating in the first place.” Then Fang Shu stretched out her hand toward Ye Wanyin. With her face still bright red, Ye Wanyin took out the vocabulary notebook she had written from her schoolbag and handed it over.

Several times in the middle, she almost failed to hold it steadily. Only after Fang Shu left the sofa with the notebook did Ye Wanyin discover that both her wrists were trembling from embarrassment.

That night, Fang Shu had a dream.

In the dream, it was the scene from that morning. In the entrance filled with clear light and shadow, Fang Shu felt herself being covered by some shadow. A warm touch slowly moved down from her wrist, bit by bit, and finally wrapped around her waist.

Fang Shu felt herself being embraced.

It was very strange. Even though she could not clearly see that person’s face, she seemed to know exactly who it was.

This embrace was just like she had imagined, like being wrapped inside heated jelly—warm and soft.

Suddenly, she did not want to move.