After Marrying the Cold and Elegant Beauty, I Fell in Love (GL) - Chapter 27

After a night passed, two people lay on the large bed, tightly embracing each other.

Han Shuangshuang slept sweetly and comfortably while holding Shen Yuru, her nose pressed against the back of Shen Yuru’s neck.

Morning sunlight shone in through the glass. A few rays slipped past the heavy curtains and fell onto Shen Yuru’s face.

Shen Yuru’s brows were relaxed, as though she had slept very peacefully last night as well. The sunlight was a little dazzling. She frowned, her brows trembling a few times before she slowly opened her eyes. Then she realized the blanket over her had already disappeared without a trace, while she herself was being wrapped up like an octopus was clinging to her, making it a little hard to breathe.

“Han Shuangshuang…” Shen Yuru called in a hoarse voice. “Let go of me.”

However, Han Shuangshuang seemed as if she still had not slept enough. She continued hugging Shen Yuru tightly in her arms, unconsciously humming once. Then she even rubbed her face against the skin at the back of Shen Yuru’s neck. “So sleepy. Let me sleep a little longer. Wasn’t last night enough?”

Shen Yuru was made a little itchy by her. Her face instantly flushed red. After calming herself for several more minutes, she cleared her throat and slowly said, “You have an eight a.m. class this morning. If you don’t get up, you’ll be late.”

Han Shuangshuang had a bone-deep fear of eight a.m. classes. After Shen Yuru finished speaking, Han Shuangshuang immediately jolted awake and opened her puppy eyes.

“What do you mean, I’m going to be late? I didn’t set an alarm last night? Crap, crap, crap, what do I do?”

Han Shuangshuang bounced up from the bed at once. Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, she finally remembered that she was currently in Shen Yuru’s house, as well as what had happened last night.

Seeing Han Shuangshuang’s confused and unwilling appearance, Shen Yuru curved her lips. She tugged the blanket beside her over and covered herself with it, then wriggled comfortably a few times. “Go on. If you get dressed now and jog there, maybe you won’t be late.”

Han Shuangshuang tugged at Shen Yuru’s blanket and asked in confusion, “Why doesn’t Sister Shen need to get up? Are you really making me go to school all alone and lonely by myself?”

Shen Yuru clutched the corner of the blanket tightly to prevent Han Shuangshuang from pulling it away. “I’m a junior. I don’t have many classes to begin with, and most of my time is self-study. It’s the same wherever I study. So Junior Han, be careful on the road. This senior won’t be accompanying you.”

Han Shuangshuang’s eyes widened as she looked at Shen Yuru. Shen Yuru was actually joking with her, and even mocking her.

After Shen Yuru finished speaking, she lazily yawned. A few tears welled up at the corners of her phoenix eyes. Without even opening her eyes, her head still pressed tightly against the pillow, she lay on her side and said, “Young people can’t stay in bed. You said you’d listen to me. Be good, go to school.”

Han Shuangshuang could only grind her teeth unwillingly and get out of bed angrily to wash up.

[System: Warm reminder to Host. Shen Yuru’s heart healing progress has increased by 5%. Shen Yuru’s current heart healing progress is 50%. Shen Yuru’s blackening value has decreased by 10%. Shen Yuru’s current blackening value is 60%.]

Han Shuangshuang directly opened a pack of couple toothbrushes, threw away Shen Yuru’s old toothbrush, squeezed on toothpaste, and stood in front of the mirror, angrily brushing her teeth while looking at her messy, fluffy hair.

Even after hearing the system notification, Han Shuangshuang’s mood did not improve.

What could be more painful than forcing a university student to get up early?

What was even more painful was that she had to get up early, but Shen Yuru did not.

There was someone living even more comfortably than her!

[System: Host, you need to focus on your career. You can’t place your attention on such trivial matters. Has Host forgotten the careful planning from last night?]

Han Shuangshuang spat out the mouthwash in one gulp and wiped her mouth.

Of course she had not forgotten. And according to her observations, Shen Yuru’s attitude toward her had already softened somewhat.

Yesterday, she had already climbed into Shen Yuru’s bed. Then tomorrow, she could slowly climb into Shen Yuru’s heart, drive away all the darkness there, and finally change her own cannon-fodder ending.

Perfect.

Han Shuangshuang tidied herself up methodically.

Before leaving, she did not forget to take a few frozen mini buns from the fridge and heat them up for Shen Yuru. She also used the rice cooker to make a small pot of millet oatmeal porridge and stuck a sticky note on the kitchen fridge.

Then she ran to school at the speed of an eight-hundred-meter sprint.

At this moment, in Shen Yuru’s house, a faint rice fragrance drifted from the kitchen, along with the gentle milky scent of golden mini buns. The atmosphere of ordinary human life slowly flowed out from the steam vent of the rice cooker.

The entire house no longer carried the original cold, lifeless air of a place no one had lived in. Instead, it was filled with sunlight and vitality, making people feel comfortable and relaxed.

When Shen Yuru woke again, she grabbed the phone beside her pillow and glanced at it sleepily, only to discover that it was already nearly eleven.

Shen Yuru slowly sat up. Her long, straight black hair scattered down her back, slightly messy. She stared at her phone in a daze for quite a while before slowly recovering. She had actually slept through another whole morning.

Ever since her parents passed away, her heart had been poor, and she had never slept peacefully at night. She often had nightmares and frequently woke in the middle of the night. It was rare for her to sleep all the way until daylight.

Moreover, she was an extremely light sleeper. She would wake with the slightest movement, and she was also very afraid of light. If sunlight shone on her face, she definitely would not be able to sleep.

Shen Yuru looked at the somewhat dazzling sunlight shining into her eyes. A little unused to it, she raised her hand to block her eyes and felt very surprised.

The sunlight today was especially strong. Last night, when she pulled the curtains, she had accidentally left a gap in the middle. By eight in the morning, sunlight had already seeped in and shone on her face, yet she had still slept peacefully. Not only had she not dreamed during these few hours, she also had not felt any palpitations.

Last night at one in the morning, after she woke from her nightmare, she and Han Shuangshuang had fooled around until two or three before finally falling asleep.

Shen Yuru stood up with an aching body and went to the bathroom to wash up. There, she saw the brand-new matching couple wash cups and couple toothbrushes placed together.

Shen Yuru picked up the tender pink toothbrush and looked at it carefully. The corner of her mouth curved into a smile.

This Han Shuangshuang really was childish.

Although she thought this in her heart, she still used that pink toothbrush to brush her teeth.

After arriving in the kitchen, Shen Yuru saw the sticky note attached to the fridge.

Han Shuangshuang: Lazy pig, remember to eat when you get up. Be careful not to starve your stomach, bad woman! ＼(`Δ’)／

The corner of Shen Yuru’s mouth curved unconsciously, and even her eyes softened. She even let out a light laugh.

The millet oatmeal porridge had already finished cooking. The kitchen was filled with the clear fragrance of millet and oats, and the small buns were still left in the steamer.

Shen Yuru took the small buns out of the steamer and placed them on a plate. Then she opened the rice cooker, served a bowl of porridge, placed it at the table, and slowly ate her lunch.

This Han Shuangshuang really did pay quite a bit of attention to detail.

At this point, even if Shen Yuru did not want to admit it, she had no choice but to admit that all the recent changes in her body were caused by Han Shuangshuang’s approach.

She discovered that as long as Han Shuangshuang came near her, those uncomfortable symptoms from before would gradually ease.

Although during this period, she had contacted her psychologist, the psychologist had only said that her heart discomfort originally came from the shadows in her mind. Only when those psychological shadows disappeared could she fully recover.

But the psychologist had not given her an accurate answer.

Shen Yuru ate the porridge in the small bowl one spoonful at a time.

Her thoughts began drifting a little far away.

Han Shuangshuang’s liking was indeed somewhat shallow, but it was not perfunctory.

Shen Yuru was a little unused to this feeling of being surrounded by warmth everywhere.

She had been used to being alone since childhood. Han Shuangshuang was like someone who had suddenly torn a huge opening in the boundary of her darkness, then willfully stuffed handful after handful of sunlight into her dark surroundings.

Shen Yuru was already somewhat unable to control herself from wondering, if Han Shuangshuang was sincere, what should she do? She had never seriously thought about responding to Han Shuangshuang’s feelings.

Shen Yuru ate the last small bun.

Forget it. What was the point of thinking so much? In any case, what Han Shuangshuang liked was also this face of hers.

She had never asked Han Shuangshuang to do these things. Han Shuangshuang had done all of it willingly.

Han Shuangshuang liked her face, and she needed Han Shuangshuang’s closeness to heal her body.

So in essence, the two of them were each taking what they needed.

After Shen Yuru thought this, the guilt in her heart immediately lessened by a great deal.

Shen Yuru had grown up beneath lies and motives since childhood. After her parents passed away, she had an extreme lack of security. After being deceived again and again, it was difficult for her to trust anyone anymore. And after she indulged herself and believed in someone, what she feared most was stepping into despair again, walking the old road once more. So after growing up, she subconsciously avoided getting along with people. As long as she cut off all bonds and did not let herself live with hope, then she would not be disappointed, and she would not let herself be hurt.

So after Shen Yuru discovered that Han Shuangshuang was approaching her, her first reaction had been to escape. She was not used to such a passionate person staying by her side. She was an extremely cold person by nature, unwilling to respond to other people’s enthusiasm, and unable to respond to other people’s enthusiasm.

A sensitive and suspicious nature would not change in a single day, just as childhood shadows would not disappear in a single day.

Shen Yuru had obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Only after tidying the house neatly did she get dressed, pack the books she needed to read that afternoon, and prepare to go out.

Shen Yuru walked under the sunlight and took a long breath of air.

In the past, she had hated the feeling of sunlight shining on her. It felt stuffy and suffocating, making her unable to breathe. As long as her breathing became obstructed, bad memories would flash through her mind.

Shen Yuru’s hand rested over her chest as she recalled that, recently, for many days, she had barely felt discomfort in her heart.

Shen Yuru raised her hand, spreading her five fingers open toward the sky, as though she wanted to forcefully grasp that cloud in the sky and seize hope.

And after her heart became less uncomfortable, the feeling of sunlight shining on her body was no longer so intense either.

As Shen Yuru walked, she saw a familiar dessert shop. Yesterday, Han Shuangshuang had acted shamelessly, insisting that Shen Yuru buy her that pink dessert.

As if possessed, Shen Yuru stopped. Carrying her shoulder bag, those phoenix eyes quietly looked inside.

However, five minutes later, Shen Yuru looked a little dazedly at the pink cake box in her hand.

Forget it. She had already bought it.

She would just consider it repaying Han Shuangshuang for making breakfast for her this morning.

It would be a pity to throw it away anyway.

Besides, it was not as though she had specifically bought it for Han Shuangshuang.

……

On the university campus.

Han Shuangshuang finally endured until the end of morning classes. She was so sleepy she kept yawning, and her stomach was also starving.

Last night, they had messed around until so late. She had only slept for a few hours before getting up at seven in the morning. And after making breakfast for Shen Yuru, she had not even had time to eat. She had left with a small bun in her mouth.

Yan Huan patted Han Shuangshuang’s shoulder, smiling extremely slyly. “Sis, how did living outside make you this tired? I haven’t seen you for one day, and you’re already weak.”

If Han Shuangshuang really were not physically exhausted, she would have performed a whole set of Five-Animal Exercises right in front of Yan Huan and let her keep teasing her.

When the last class ended at noon, that was mealtime. Everyone ran incredibly fast, afraid they would not get food. So before long, the classroom entrance was completely empty.

Han Shuangshuang was weak and limp, supported by Yan Huan. The two of them walked a little slowly and were thrown far behind by the main group.

Yan Huan’s eyes watched all directions and her ears listened to all sides. The moment her sharp eyes saw someone, she released the hand supporting Han Shuangshuang. Han Shuangshuang staggered and almost faceplanted, but someone caught her by the shoulders.

Han Shuangshuang said, “Yan Huan, are you trying to take my dog life?”

However, when Han Shuangshuang supported her almost-twisted waist and straightened up, she looked up and saw Shi Nianxue’s face. Yan Huan had long since fled, leaving only her back behind.

Han Shuangshuang felt she had nothing to say to Shi Nianxue. And her stomach was truly too hungry. She wanted to go to the cafeteria to eat, so she turned and left.

But Shi Nianxue held her arm tightly.

Shi Nianxue’s delicate brows furrowed. She did not understand why Han Shuangshuang avoided her as though she were something dreadful.

“Shuangshuang, what happened yesterday was a misunderstanding. Listen to my explanation. I was indeed standing at the corner at that time, but Uncle Han was in a rage. Even if I had come forward, he would not have let you off lightly. He would only have become angrier. That was why I was one step later than Shen Yuru.”

Han Shuangshuang did not care about what Shi Nianxue was saying at all. “It’s nothing. I didn’t take it to heart. Can you let go of me first?”

To Shi Nianxue, Han Shuangshuang’s perfunctory attitude meant that Han Shuangshuang had mistakenly believed Shen Yuru, who had jumped out in front of her yesterday, was the person who heroically saved the beauty.

“Shuangshuang, can you listen to me seriously? Don’t be so heartless.”

Han Shuangshuang only wanted to twist her arm one hundred and eighty degrees and break free from Shi Nianxue’s restraint.

“No, can we talk about whatever we need to talk about after I eat?”

Hearing the rumbling coming continuously from her stomach, Han Shuangshuang felt despair. She was really so hungry. She felt like she was about to faint.

But Shi Nianxue remained relentless. “Shen Yuru isn’t a good person. Can’t you see that clearly? During this period, you’ve clung to her so much and treated her so well. Has she responded even a little? She’s only enjoying how good you are to her.”

Han Shuangshuang retreated two steps and flung her arm, finally shaking off Shi Nianxue’s hand. “What exactly are you trying to say? I already told you, don’t say bad things about Shen Yuru in front of me again. I really will get angry.”

Seeing Han Shuangshuang directly oppose her for Shen Yuru’s sake, Shi Nianxue’s brows furrowed even more deeply. Her lips pressed tightly together, and those delicate doll-like eyes stared unblinkingly at Han Shuangshuang.

“When I went abroad back then, it wasn’t because I wanted to abandon you. It was because I felt I didn’t have the ability to protect you. I wanted to seek a better way out. At least at the time, it was the best path. I wanted to make myself stronger. Now I’m back. Although I can’t compare to Shen Yuru, and I’m only an adopted daughter, as long as you want to leave the Han family, I can take you away.”

Shi Nianxue suddenly saying something like this made Han Shuangshuang freeze. Even the rumbling of her stomach suddenly stopped.

Shi Nianxue’s gaze softened. Her eyes carried pleading as she slowly drew closer to Han Shuangshuang and stretched out her hand. “From the moment Auntie had me adopted and brought back, from the moment I saw you, I secretly swore in my heart that in this life, I would do my best to protect you. Shuangshuang, why can’t you try to understand me? Why do you have to be attracted to Shen Yuru? Why do you have to place all your attention on Shen Yuru? Is she really that good? What part of her is worth you being this devoted to her?”

Han Shuangshuang did not understand either. “Why do you keep using rhetorical questions when you talk? And it’s one rhetorical question after another. You’re asking so many that my brain is going numb.”

Shi Nianxue sighed. She suddenly lowered her posture, seeming somewhat humble. “What is good about her? Tell me. I can learn, and I can change. I can try to become like her. As long as you don’t treat me so distantly, all right?”

Han Shuangshuang was the typical type who yielded to softness but not force.

And this heartfelt speech from Shi Nianxue had come too suddenly. Mainly, it caught her completely off guard.

Seeing that Han Shuangshuang did not resist, Shi Nianxue lifted her hand and slowly held Han Shuangshuang’s hand. “So yesterday, I didn’t hide because I was afraid. I just didn’t want the situation to become worse. If Shen Yuru hadn’t appeared, I would have jumped out too, even if it meant standing in front of you and taking that punch for you.”

Han Shuangshuang said, “Uh… so you said so much to me just to explain why you didn’t jump out?”

Shi Nianxue’s fluttering big eyes filled with little tears.

Han Shuangshuang had a problem since childhood: even though her own life was bitter, she could not bear to see others suffer. So the moment someone cried, her heart could not help softening.

And thinking back on it, Shi Nianxue did not seem like some utterly wicked person either. Han Shuangshuang did not need to reject her so much.

After all, everyone had their own choices and their own road. No one was obligated to always accompany a burden.

So Han Shuangshuang sighed as well. With an almost peaceful state of mind, she said to Shi Nianxue, “The past is already the past. There’s no use saying anything now. Maybe before, I hated you. I hated the choice you made back then. But now, I’ve already let it go. After all, time can fade everything. So there’s no need for you to always appear in front of me with that guilty mindset. I also don’t think you did anything wrong now. And you were never obligated to always stay with me in the first place.”

Han Shuangshuang still wanted to say that from now on, the two of them would each walk their own path, one on the broad road and the other on a single-plank bridge.

But before Han Shuangshuang could finish, Shi Nianxue suddenly took a large step forward and wrapped both arms around Han Shuangshuang’s neck, hugging her tightly.

Shi Nianxue was around 1.67 meters tall, not as tall as Han Shuangshuang, so she slightly stood on tiptoe and buried her head in Han Shuangshuang’s neck. “As long as you understand my difficulties.”

Han Shuangshuang lifted both hands, not knowing for a moment whether it was better to push her away… or push her away.

She pushed, but failed.

She used more strength, and still failed.

However, behind a tree not far from the two of them, Shen Yuru had originally carried the cake along the way in a good mood. She could even imagine the way Han Shuangshuang’s eyes would light up when she saw the cake, and the way that invisible tail behind her would wag happily.

But unexpectedly, after unconsciously walking below the teaching building where Han Shuangshuang had class, she saw this scene at the entrance.

Han Shuangshuang and her old lover were embracing each other deeply.

Shi Nianxue’s side profile blocked Han Shuangshuang’s face, so Shen Yuru could not see Han Shuangshuang’s expression at this moment.

But she knew Han Shuangshuang had not pushed Shi Nianxue away.

Shen Yuru watched with a gloomy face. A whole day’s good mood vanished in an instant, replaced by gloomy anger.

She felt this anger had come inexplicably, even too suddenly.

For the first time, she felt a desire to rush up and tear someone apart.

This violent emotion grew wildly in her heart.

It was very unfamiliar, and also very intense.

She felt that the cake in her hand made her look especially ridiculous.

Shen Yuru tightly gripped the exquisite packaging box of the little cake. The corner of her mouth suddenly curved into a mocking smile.

After a while, Shen Yuru gave a sneer. A cold aura surged around her whole body. Then she turned and saw a trash can. Casually, she threw the little cake into it.

The little cake lay in the trash can, looking exquisitely out of place and somewhat pitiful.

Author’s Note:

Shen Yuru: I’m not angry. I’m really not angry. The cake went bad. Smile.

Little cake: Is no one going to speak up for me?