Carrying My Senior's Coffin (GL) - Chapter 12

“I’ll work even harder!”

Fang Yiyi’s attitude was proper, serious, and earnest.

What a fool.

Li Ting could not understand what there was to work hard at.

Then she suddenly remembered something else.

“How long ago did you buy your underwear? The color has faded, and the waistband is loose.”

Fang Yiyi was both embarrassed and ashamed.

She stammered, “…Well, this… this one isn’t torn…”

Li Ting said, “Buy new ones.”

“Oh… okay…”

Fang Yiyi lowered her head awkwardly.

Li Ting had no intention of dwelling on the subject.

“Your tuition is gone.”

Fang Yiyi thought for a moment.

“That doesn’t matter either… I’ve been earning my own tuition since I started university.”

“Then what have you been afraid of all this time?”

Fang Yiyi said worriedly, “I’m afraid they won’t let me go back. There are things there I can’t take away.”

“Things you can’t take away?”

Li Ting raised an eyebrow.

“The house they live in belonged to my parents. After my parents died, they adopted me and moved into my home.”

“…”

There were so many things wrong with that statement that Li Ting did not know where to begin.

Her expression grew darker and darker.

Fang Yiyi looked confused, but immediately said, “Okay, I understand. Senior is here, so when the time comes, I’ll listen to you.”

Li Ting glanced sideways at her.

“Heh.”

Fang Yiyi added, “Senior is kinder than many people.”

Li Ting scoffed as though she had heard a joke.

“Don’t say that. What I want is your life.”

Fang Yiyi lowered her eyes.

Her long eyelashes were like tiny brushes, casting shadows that concealed her gaze.

She bit her lip and murmured, “Actually, someone like me isn’t very useful alive.”

“I have trouble communicating. Even the most basic interactions with other people are extremely difficult for me.”

“After I graduate, I probably won’t be able to do any job that requires dealing with people.”

“I have no relatives or friends. I’m like a transparent person.”

“I once read a news story about an elderly man who lived alone. His children had worked in another city for years.”

“One day, he died at home, but no one knew. His body began to smell, and only when the odor disturbed the neighbors did anyone discover him.”

“By then, he had already been dead for a week.”

“I have a feeling that might be my future…”

“Mm!”

Li Ting was irritated by how Fang Yiyi withdrew into herself at every opportunity.

She struck the back of Fang Yiyi’s head and said in disgust, “Instead of wasting time thinking about nonsense like that, you might as well go running.”

“Don’t you want your diploma? Improve your health so I don’t wear you to death before graduation.”

She licked her lips.

“I won’t show you any mercy.”

“…Senior, you hit me again.”

Fang Yiyi covered the aching back of her head and tearfully accused Li Ting of her cruelty.

“You’re getting bolder. Now you dare talk back.”

Fang Yiyi pouted and lowered her head to continue studying.

She answered several questions, then checked the solutions and discovered that every one of them was wrong.

Distracted and irritated, Fang Yiyi simply gave up and started chatting with Li Ting instead.

“By the way, Senior, about my aunt…”

“Hm?”

“My aunt will probably call me.”

Li Ting glanced at her.

“Then let her call. What’s so special about that?”

“Well… the things she says when she curses people are really awful, and her voice is very loud.”

Fang Yiyi shuddered at the memory.

“And then?”

Li Ting asked indifferently.

She reached out and took another strand of Fang Yiyi’s hair.

Her cold, pale fingers moved nimbly, twisting two strands together in her palm.

Fang Yiyi tapped her forehead with the end of her pen, looking troubled.

“She’s especially fierce when she argues. Nothing anyone else says ever reaches her ears.”

“She’s famous throughout our neighborhood for being a shrew. No one can outargue her.”

“Then don’t answer.”

“If I don’t, she’ll definitely go outside and say terrible things about me.”

Li Ting sneered.

“If you answer, will she stop?”

“Mm…”

Fang Yiyi frowned and thought carefully.

“You’re right. I’ve already fallen out with Xuanxuan.”

“With that as the starting point, even if I gave her all the money now, she’d still go around talking about me.”

“She’d probably call me an ungrateful wretch again.”

Li Ting neither agreed nor disagreed.

“Mm-hm.”

“Tell me…”

Fang Yiyi slumped over the desk, feeling depressed.

“Why are there so many bad people in the world… Hiss! That hurts!”

Her normally soft and smooth hair had become a small bird’s nest in Li Ting’s hands.

Li Ting released it.

The tangled clump trembled as it returned to its original position, standing out sharply against the rest of her silky hair.

Here she goes again.

Li Ting rolled her eyes and urged, “Have you finished your questions? What about the thing you promised to learn?”

“Ah! Right away!”

Fang Yiyi straightened instantly and threw herself back into battle.

She had worked hard to earn this study time and could not waste any more of it.

In truth, she understood many things.

There were no people in this world who were purely evil.

She simply saw more cruelty than others because most people chose to show their worst side to her.

She was weak and easy to bully.

They paid no price for it and could effortlessly gain the sense of superiority that came from standing above another person.

More than half an hour later, Fang Yiyi finished a full set of questions.

Just as she began checking her answers, her phone rang again.

The screen displayed:

Aunt

What had to come had finally arrived.

Fang Yiyi exhaled and turned toward Li Ting.

“Senior, my aunt is calling.”

Li Ting was lying on her stomach on the bed, reading one of Fang Yiyi’s English novels.

Without lifting her head, she said, “Don’t answer if you don’t want to.”

Out of boredom, she had casually picked up one of Fang Yiyi’s books.

When she discovered that it was written in a foreign language and that she could understand it, she simply began reading.

After becoming a ghost, Li Ting had lost some of her memories.

She spent her days in a daze.

After rolling around in bed with Fang Yiyi several times, however, her form had stabilized considerably, and many of her memories had returned.

There were still some things she had yet to remember.

Fang Yiyi hesitated.

“Summer vacation is coming soon.”

Li Ting turned a page.

“Are you worried she won’t pay your tuition?”

Fang Yiyi shook her head.

“I receive a subsistence allowance, so part of my tuition is waived. The remaining amount isn’t much, and I earn it myself by working.”

“I want to go back and visit my parents’ graves.”

“What does that have to do with answering the phone?”

“I’m worried she won’t let me return home and will chase me out with a broom.”

The thought of all the neighbors coming out to watch made Fang Yiyi shrink back.

She did not like attracting attention.

Li Ting looked astonished.

“Your biological uncle?”

“Yes.”

Fang Yiyi looked deeply troubled.

Li Ting teased, “You don’t happen to have some kind of blood feud with them, do you?”

Fang Yiyi made a bitter expression.

“Surely not.”

While they spoke, the phone stopped ringing after going unanswered for too long.

Three seconds later, it began ringing persistently once more.

Li Ting frowned.

“Answer it. It’s noisy.”

Fang Yiyi did not answer.

She rejected the call, blocked her aunt’s number, and said, “Forget it.”

Li Ting set down the book, rose from the bed, and flexed her wrist.

“Finished the questions? Then shall we begin studying?”

“I haven’t finished checking my answers.”

Li Ting said, “Your life is so brief. It will only be beautiful if you leave behind a few regrets.”

As she spoke, she floated over.

One arm wrapped around Fang Yiyi’s back, while the other slid beneath her knees.

Amid Fang Yiyi’s cry of surprise, Li Ting lifted her horizontally and pressed her down onto the bed.

“Wait! My phone!”

Li Ting raised one hand and flicked her wrist.

A red ribbon streamed from her sleeve like smoke, wrapped around the phone, and pulled it over.

The moment the phone landed in her hand, another call came through.

Li Ting glanced at the screen and said unhappily, “Why is your uncle’s entire family so annoying?”

Held in Li Ting’s arms and unable to get up, Fang Yiyi stretched her neck as far as she could to see.

“Is Uncle calling? It’s probably Aunt using his phone.”

Li Ting handed the phone back with a frown.

“Don’t answer. Reject it and block the number.”

“Oh.”

Fang Yiyi obediently did exactly as instructed.

Li Ting watched her soft, pale fingertips glide across the screen.

She licked her lips, her gaze gradually deepening.

“So obedient…”