Chapter 5: Phoenix Emperor Qingshui 1
It has been several days since that weekend, and school life is still as busy and stressful as ever.
However, after I realized that I liked Hideki, something seemed to have changed.
I would subconsciously look for Hideki in the crowd, and when I heard his name, my expression would tense up involuntarily. I wanted to see him but didn’t know what to say…
"If you have a boy you like at school, tell your dad!" I was asked this when I was talking to my dad on the phone last night.
"No, I didn't!" I subconsciously chose to deny it, not knowing how to explain my current situation to my dad.
"...You've been frowning and grinning like this for almost a week! What happened on that day?" I don't know when Seta appeared in front of me with an ambiguous smile on his face.
"No way? Nothing."
The incident last week where he left Hasumi-senpai and Seta behind and was kidnapped by Hideki is still a joke to Seta.
"By the way, weren't we talking about the school festival before..." Seeing that Seta wanted to say something, I quickly changed the subject.
It’s not that I want to hide anything on purpose, but I haven’t sorted out my emotions yet. Once I have sorted myself out, maybe I will tell her.
"Yeah, you seem very much looking forward to it?" Seta nodded understandingly and did not ask any further questions.
"I wonder what the campus festival of Huanghua College will be like?" Because I didn't have many friends before, I didn't pay much attention to the campus festival of junior high school. But now there are seniors Seta and Hasumi, and... Hideki, so I can't help but want to see what the campus festival is like.
"You'll know when the time comes. Anyway, the school festivals of all schools are similar... Think about what to wear?" Seta said casually, as if he had no expectations for the school festival.
"What to wear? I haven't even thought about it..."
My answer made Seta narrow her eyes. She looked me up and down and chuckled, "Then you should wear cute clothes. Sailor uniforms and the like should be very suitable for Xiaoliu!"
Finally succeeding in changing the subject, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Seta winked mischievously and added: "If you have anything to talk to someone about, remember that I'm always available!"
After a moment of feeling ashamed, I grabbed Seta's hand and called softly, "Atsuhime..."
The young lady chuckled and let me act coquettishly. After a while of making a fuss, I suddenly thought of Senior Hasumi - how did he and Atsuhime go on their date after being left behind by Hideki and I?
"Um... Atsuhime, you and Hasumi-senpai... eh?"
There seemed to be a sudden flash of coldness in the eldest lady's gentle smile.
"What's the problem?" Seta still looked at me with a smile, but the air pressure around him became a little weird.
"No, nothing." I always feel that if I continue asking, something terrible might happen.
It seems like I’m really worried about Senior Hasumi!
"Ranjian? That guy didn't come today. He took a leave and I don't know where he went!" Standing at the door of senior Renjian's class, his classmates told me this.
"Are you...are you sick?"
“That’s not clear!”
"Oh, thank you!" I turned around and walked back to the classroom. Thinking of Seta's previous reaction, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Could it be that the guy was rejected by Atsuhime and was so devastated that he fell ill?
What should I do? This is all my fault. If I were here, I could at least lighten the mood. I should go to his house and take a look...
Thinking about this, I realized that I had no idea where Senior Hasumi lived.
But since they are childhood friends, Hideki... should know where Senior Hasumi lives.
But... ahhh, I still don't know how to deal with my feelings for Hideki!
Never mind, I'd better go find Hideki and ask about Senior Hasumi's situation. If it's convenient, maybe I can ask him to take me there directly.
However, before I got to Xiushu's classroom, I saw him surrounded by a group of girls passing by me in the corridor. When we passed by, I heard Xiushu gently chuckled to the girls around him and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to Xiaoxi's cooking skills!"
I stood there in a daze, watching Hideki ignoring me and walking away from the girls.
Was it just my illusion that he was in the middle of the lake in the park that day?
He held me so gently and whispered in my ear: "If Yaya doesn't like me being with everyone, I will just be your Hideki." Was he just a lie?
I walked downstairs in a daze, and I kept telling myself, blinking away the tears in my eyes: "Yaya, don't cry, it's not the first time, just don't be fooled next time, don't be fooled by him next time!"
"Didn't I tell you a long time ago?" A cold voice suddenly came from the side.
I looked up and saw Hasunuma Shimu, still wearing a purple robe, standing in the corridor, looking in the direction where Hideki left.
"What?" I looked up, not knowing what he wanted to say.
The young man turned his head, his black pupils flashing with a bewitching light: "Don't fall in love with him, but reject him. That guy will never bring you any good experience. People who don't know how to love can only bring harm."
"But they are all very happy, aren't they?" I grabbed the hem of my clothes tightly, and my mind was full of Hideki chatting and laughing with the girl just now.
It seems like I'm the only one who's hurt!
"If you really like that guy, you won't be happy!" Lianuma Zimu turned her head and looked at me, with unmistakable pity in her eyes.
"If you really love him, you will be like you are now, alone and sad behind him!"
I blinked, and the tears that had just retreated filled my eyes again, and fell out before I could disguise them.
It's so annoying. Why did this weird guy have to see such an embarrassing side of me?
However, even so, Hasunuma Shimu's attitude was still strange: "Since you and Hideki are friends, why did you persuade me to reject him?"
"I hope you do this because we are friends." Lianuma Zimu looked at me quietly: "As for me, I just hope that my friends can live peacefully. If that guy's knot were you, maybe..."
"If it were me..."
I murmured and repeated what Hasunuma Shimu said. Did he also think that I was special to Hideki? If so, why did he let me reject Hideki?
I totally don't understand the connection.
"That is to say..." Hasunuma Shimu glanced at me, paused, and then continued, "If you don't want to continue to be hurt by that guy, then don't get involved with Hideki. But then again, if he takes the initiative to pester me, it seems that refusing him will be useless!"
After saying that, Hasunuma Zimu sighed, shook her head, and left without looking back in my stunned gaze.
He appeared inexplicably and left inexplicably, and we had no idea what this guy was trying to do.
I stood in the corridor in a daze, and it took me a long time to remember what my original intention was.
I'd better find someone to ask for Senior Hasumi's home address.
Holding the address of Senior Hasumi's home in my hand, I am now on my way to Senior Hasumi's home.
I walked forward absent-mindedly, with Hideki's face flashing through my mind from time to time, so that when two chubby sheepdogs ran towards me, I had no time to dodge and was knocked to the ground, falling into a small ditch nearby.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry - those two kids were too strong and I couldn't hold them back. I'm so sorry!" A little girl who looked like a junior high school student ran over breathlessly to apologize, and reached out to grab my dirty sleeve to help me up.
"It's nothing, don't be nervous." It's just a minor scratch.
