Chapter 6: Confessing under the stars is the most romantic thing 1
"How could this happen… When on earth did I sign that crappy agreement?" I slapped the bed sheet in frustration, trying to recall every detail of this period of time, but found that there was not a single clue that was related to this incident.
"Xiao Ruo, how did that bastard Yu Muchen get my signature?" My head ached but I couldn't figure it out. I looked helplessly at Huang Ruo beside me. Her mind was always clearer and calmer than mine, so I thought she could help me.
"Ah? Ah? What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly..." Huang Ruo looked absent-minded and I didn't know what she was thinking. She suddenly came to her senses after hearing my question and looked at me blankly.
"I say, how did Yu Muchen get my signature? I can't figure out when I signed the agreement. Was I sleepwalking?" I repeated my question again, but Huang Ru just looked at me and nodded thoughtfully.
"Hmm... well, I can't figure it out either..." Huang Ruo answered my question reluctantly and continued to fall into his own thoughts.
"Forget it! I don't want to think about it anymore! It's already hard enough to complete Yu Muchen's orders to me. These past two days he probably wanted to make up for the loss of not using me in the previous few days, so he bullied me even harder..." I fell weakly on the bed, my eyes dull and my mind distracted.
"Oh, right! I almost forgot that you have been here for two days. It's time to go back! Come on, I'll go with you to buy the train tickets! Your parents will definitely be worried if you stay too long." I suddenly remembered that Huang Ruo should also go back to his city to go to school, so I forced myself to cheer up, jumped out of the bed, grabbed Huang Ruo's hand and wanted to go out.
"Ah, Xiaoxiao...well, that..." Unexpectedly, Huang Ruo grabbed my hand and hesitated.
"What's wrong?" I stopped and looked at Huang Ruo, not knowing what was going on. I felt very strange because of her uncharacteristic shyness.
"It's like this... Xiaoxiao, um, I..." Huang Ruo bit her pink lower lip, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
"Xiao Ruo, what do you want to say? Stop hesitating!" I hate procrastination the most. I just say what I want to say. Huang Ruo also understands my personality. What happened today?
"It's like this, I decided... I decided to stay here for a few more days and postpone my return trip." Huang Ruo frowned, finally made up her mind, and said to me.
"Ah? You're not going back? Why? Could it be that you're worried about me?" I was so happy that tears were about to come out. Huang Ruo must have seen how anxious I was, and decided to stay for a few more days just to reassure me. She is indeed my best friend!
"Thank you! But... does your school have nothing to do with your family?" I snuggled into Huang Ruo's arms, rubbing against her happily like a kitten. Of course, I was still a little worried. Huang Ruo has always been a model student and would never miss classes unless it was necessary. But this time, he didn't care at all.
"Well...well, it's okay, I've already talked to mom and dad. Although I'm doing this for your sake, I also have things of my own that I want to figure out and deal with...Xiaoxiao, can you understand me?" Huang Ruo looked at me seriously.
In fact, I had no idea what Huang Ruo wanted to do, but what did it matter? As long as Huang Ruo could stay by my side, I didn't care about anything else. So I nodded and gave her a big smile.
Huang Ruo stayed at my house temporarily, but I didn’t have much time to accompany her because Shengxi College’s most grand annual sports meeting was about to begin!
As a super famous private aristocratic college, Shengxi College has also cultivated many talents in sports events, including the football team where Yu Muchen is, as well as the gymnastics team and basketball team, which are all among the best teams in college competitions. Therefore, Shengxi College's competitions will also attract many famous people to watch, which can be said to be the second college festival of Shengxi College.
Although I am not particularly interested in these events, there are definitely things that excite me more.
Every year at the Shengxi College Sports Meeting, the school cheerleaders will perform at the opening ceremony! That will be the most gorgeous performance of the cheerleaders in the year. For this day, the entire cheerleading team has been rehearsing overtime recently, striving to present a perfect performance.
Especially Xu Yasha. I heard from other team members that after the cheerleading opening ceremony, the first event was a football match. Xu Yasha had always been in love with Yu Muchen, so of course she wanted to seize this opportunity to be in the limelight.
As the sports meet approaches, the cheerleading training is becoming more and more intense. Every day, watching the cheerleaders rehearsing hard and performing all kinds of beautiful moves, those bright faces and the sweat shining under the lights seem to drip into my heart, making me itchy.
I have been a member of the cheerleading team for a month or two. Although I have not achieved perfection in these trainings, at least I have rehearsed seriously every day, and I look forward to standing on the stage like them. I have also imagined countless times what it would be like if I stood on the stage and danced with them.
However, fantasy is just fantasy after all, and after waking up from the dream, I can only sit on the bench.
"Ah... I also want to perform at the opening ceremony with you guys." I sighed and said in a low voice.
"Then why don't you go talk to the captain? I see that you have practiced the movements almost perfectly, so there should be no problem." Jiang Shuang, a cheerleader who has been very close to me recently, patted my shoulder.
"But Xu Yasha, uh...Captain, is very dissatisfied with me and seems to hate me very much." I felt there was no hope just by imagining the way she would look at me.
"Oh, I'm telling you this in secret. Captain Xu Yasha has decided to fight to the death this time. She has chosen a set of moves with the highest degree of difficulty and the most complicated patterns. We all gossip privately and think that she wants to use this to win back the attention of your boyfriend Yu Muchen. Hehehe, you'd better be careful!" Jiang Shuang smiled cunningly.
"W-what a mess..." I was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
First, Yu Muchen is really not my boyfriend. Even if he defeated me, he didn’t defeat her from me. Second, Yu Muchen has never looked at her favorably, and has never cared about her in his heart. To win her back is really... wishful thinking.
"However, if you really want to dance with us, just go and give it a try. Maybe Xu Yasha will be in a good mood and agree." Jiang Shuang continued to encourage me.
"What you said makes sense..." I lowered my head and thought for a while, and finally took advantage of Xu Yasha's break to drink water and moved closer to her step by step.
"Well, um...Captain, I, I want to discuss something with you." I said with a shameless smile.
"What's the matter?" Xu Yasha didn't need to look at me directly, she just glanced at me with her big peach blossom eyes.
"I...I wonder if I can join the cheerleading team with you and perform at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting?" I tried to read her expression and felt that Xu Yasha seemed to be in a good mood. But as soon as I asked, I knew I was wrong.
"Hahaha, this is so funny. Do you still want to perform at the opening ceremony?" Xu Yasha angrily threw away the half-drunk water and stared at me viciously.
"You are already Yu Muchen's girlfriend, and you still want to be in the limelight at the opening ceremony?" Xu Yasha really hated me. She probably thought that without me, Yu Muchen would fall in love with her. "Let me tell you, Ding Xiaoxiao! I am not an unreasonable person, nor am I someone who easily holds grudges. I don't mind whether you are someone's girlfriend, but as the captain of the cheerleading team, I am responsible for the entire cheerleading team. Do you understand?" She looked at me arrogantly with a serious face.
"Well... I, I know..." I really regretted why I asked this question. It was obviously impossible.
"Do you know what level you are at now? Your arms are not arms, your legs are not legs, and you still want to take advantage of others? I tell you, you are the worst member of the cheerleading team. You are the dumbest in the entire cheerleading team. You still want to perform at the opening ceremony, do you want to mess it up and embarrass the cheerleading team?" Xu Yasha's voice became louder and louder, attracting everyone's attention.
"I..." I bit my lip, not knowing how to answer.
"What do you mean by 'you'? Ding Xiaoxiao, let me tell you, you will never succeed no matter how much you practice. You'd better just sit on the bench!" Xu Yasha said sternly and went back to her practice.
And I was standing in the center of the gymnasium like a clown who had brought shame upon myself.
"Uh...you, don't mind it too much. It's all my fault. I asked you to go find Xu Yasha." Jiang Shuang handed me a bottle of mineral water and smiled at me apologetically.
"No, it's me... You heard it, I'm too bad. I'm simply not qualified to perform at the opening ceremony. It's not your fault!" I pretended to be cheerful and stretched. Although I admitted that there was still a gap between me and the other cheerleaders, Xu Yasha's expression and words just now were enough to show that it was not just my problem that didn't let me go on stage. In fact, I really couldn't read people's expressions. According to Xu Yasha's personality of "whoever makes me uncomfortable for a moment, I will make him uncomfortable for a lifetime", I knew with my toes that she would never agree to my request. But I still went to her, and it was expected that I would be slapped in the face.
The cheerleading training came to an end in a silent atmosphere, and everyone left the gymnasium one after another. Many of them looked at me with sympathy. After this period of time, several girls became friends with me, but they were just ordinary members of the cheerleading team. They had no power and could not refute Xu Yasha, the queen of the cheerleading team. They could only encourage me secretly with their eyes. Although some other girls were not necessarily close to me, they were probably not happy to see Xu Yasha's attitude of giving orders, and just silently expressed their dissatisfaction with silence.
Following these people, I also walked out of the gymnasium reluctantly. The sun had already set. I looked at my watch and it was already half past six.
"Ah, it's so late, I have to go home quickly, Huang Ruo is still waiting for me at home." These days I gave Huang Ruo a spare key so that she can go out while I'm at school and not get bored at home. But she still waits for me to have dinner every day. I'm not hungry, but it's not what a good friend should do to make Huang Ruo hungry.
Thinking of this, I quickened my pace, wishing I could grow wings and fly to Huang Ruo as soon as possible.
I jogged along with my backpack on my back, approaching the school gate as fast as I could. Just as I was about to ride my bike home, I saw a familiar figure.
"Huang Ruo? No way..." I rubbed my eyes. In front of me was a slender and tall figure. Her walking posture was very much like Huang Ruo. She and I have been good friends for so many years, so there should be no way I would make a mistake.
But if Huang Ruo really came to the gate of my school, he would definitely call me... instead of walking in the opposite direction? Moreover, there was another bigger reason that made me unsure whether it was Huang Ruo - there was a boy next to the back.
The girl who looked very much like Huang Ruo was walking with the boy, and they looked like a young couple.
"Well... it shouldn't be possible..." As her good friend, I have never heard that Huang Ruo is in a relationship, let alone that the person Huang Ruo is in love with is from our city, and Huang Ruo will definitely not hide such a thing from me! I shook my head, and I was sure that I must have recognized the wrong person. There will always be two people in this world who look so alike!
But just when I was about to get on the bike, I saw the boy next to the figure turned his head slightly and showed his side profile. In an instant, I felt like a bolt from the blue hit my head, and I was in a daze for a moment, not because of anything else, just because that boy turned out to be Gao Yutian, Yu Muchen's lackey.
Without saying anything, I pedaled my bike hard and appeared in front of the two men.
"Gao Yutian! You?" I was so shocked. The figure with Gao Yutian was really Huang Ruo! God, please tell me this is a nightmare, or I opened the door the wrong way when I woke up this morning and walked into a parallel world!
"Ding Xiaoxiao!" Gao Yutian also showed enough shock, his eyeballs almost popped out of his eyes.
"You, you two!" My jaw almost dropped. Why did my best friend Huang Ruo have to be with Gao Yutian? And she didn't even tell me. If I didn't see them, would she have kept it a secret from me forever?
"Smile, smile, I...we..." Huang Ruoze blushed, his eyes flickered and dodged, not daring to look at me.
"Hey, don't bully Xiao Ruo!" Gao Yutian took a step forward and blocked Huang Ruo behind him, as if he was a prince facing a dragon. Are you kidding me, between him and me, he should be more like the bad guy.
"Go away, who would bully Xiao Ruo? You are the only one who would bully her!" I pushed Gao Yutian away, pulled Huang Ruo up and walked back.
"Don't worry, Xiao Ruo. If he forces you, just tell me. I know the president of the student union. I'll make him suffer when the time comes!" Gao Yutian must be using me to threaten Huang Ruo. If I don't go with him, he'll let Yu Muchen kill me. It must be like this! I can't think of any other reason.
"No..." Huang Ruo stood there, with a shy look on her face like a young girl, "He didn't force me, it was, it was me... I myself..." When she finished speaking, her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible, as if she had swallowed it all into her stomach.
"I've told you not to do this. I'm pursuing Huang Ruo, but I'm not forcing you. Please don't do this!" Gao Yutian took advantage of the situation and pulled Huang Ruo's other hand.
"Really?" I asked, staring into Huang Ruo's eyes.
"Yeah." Huang Ruo answered me in a low voice, with his head lowered almost as low as it could go.
"So that's how it is..." I let out a sigh. No wonder Huang Ruo has been so absent-minded these days. No wonder she wants to postpone return home. It's all because of Gao Yutian! I turned my head to look at this "third party" who came between me and Huang Ruo. Although I always hated him so much before, I found that although he couldn't compare to Yu Muchen's dazzling prince-like appearance, he still looked decent. He was of good height, and his body looked well-proportioned. He always had a smile like a sporty boy on his face. It wasn't completely impossible for him to match Huang Ruo.
"When I first met Xiao Ruo that day, I fell in love with her at first sight! That's why I will be with her. You are Xiao Ruo's good friend, and I hope you can help me... help me pursue Xiao Ruo." Gao Yutian was so bold that he confessed in front of Huang Ruo and me.
"Gao Yutian...what did you say?" Huang Ruo hit Gao Yutian with her hand, and I felt that blood would drip from her face in the next second.
"That's right. I always speak my mind. How about it, Ding Xiaoxiao, can you help me?" Gao Yutian asked with a blushing face.
"Well... I need to think about it..." I pretended to be thinking, and in my heart I was happy to see Gao Yutian anxious. It was really a pleasure! In the past, only others bullied me, but now it's my turn to see others anxious. It really is a matter of time!
"Do you still need to consider it?" Gao Yutian stood beside me, not knowing which way to turn, and turned around in circles.
"How about this! Let me help you, that's okay!" It suddenly occurred to me that Gao Yutian would be very useful to me, so I glanced at Huang Ruo, and looking at the girl's expression, I guess she also has a good impression of Gao Yutian, so why don't I go with the flow?
"Very good……"
"Don't be impatient." Before Gao Yutian could be happy, I interrupted him, "I also have conditions. Aren't you guys the ones who love to negotiate conditions? Everything has to be a win-win situation to be worthwhile?" Huang Ruo was a little puzzled and just looked at me in confusion.
"What conditions? You tell me! As long as I can do it!" Gao Yutian almost swore to the sky.
"It's very simple. Yu Muchen showed me an agreement that asked me to be his servant forever. My signature was on it, but I really don't know when I signed it. I want you to help me find the answer. How about it?" I looked at Gao Yutian.
"Well... although I am Yu Muchen's good friend and should not betray him, I think if he really uses inappropriate means... I will find out the answer and tell you." Gao Yutian acted like a gentleman now.
"Also, in the future, if Yu Muchen wants to bully me, you have to stand up and help me! If he is in a bad mood, you have to notify me in advance so that I can be prepared. These are not difficult things to do. You won't refuse, right?" Since Gao Yutian and Yu Muchen are so nice, of course I have to take full advantage of them.
