Li Ziye packed her bags and went to another city to attend college. At first, she still had a headache with interpersonal relationships, as she was not used to dealing with strangers. However, her roommate Su Li was an out-and-out optimist, cheerful and enthusiastic, and so popular that almost everyone in the department knew her.
At school, Su Li always took good care of her, never letting her be alone in class, eating or shopping. Under her influence, Li Ziye gradually opened up and began to make new friends. Li Ziye's life also seemed to be getting back on track...but she couldn't convince herself to start a new relationship. She didn't even know if she still loved Ye Xiang. After all, he was a knot in her heart. As long as she couldn't completely forget the memories related to him, she couldn't accept a new relationship.
Song Chuling went to the United States to study as an exchange student when Li Ziye was a freshman. He often called Li Ziye despite the time difference, asking her if she was getting used to the school life, whether the major courses were difficult, and asked her to take good care of herself and to find a reliable guy if she wanted to fall in love... She was always nagging, like an old lady.
Towards the end of her sophomore year, Song Chuling went back to China for a vacation. After visiting her mother, she ran to City G to find Li Ziye.
Li Ziye suddenly received a call from him. When she heard him say that he was waiting for her at the bottom of her dormitory building, she was really shocked. Song Chuling said on the phone: "It's because you are not prepared that you can have surprises. Come on, I'll treat you to a meal."
Li Ziye really wanted to refute him, narcissist, how did you know that she would be surprised instead of frightened?
Originally, Li Ziye was going to have dinner with Su Li, but Song Chuling suddenly showed up and it ended up being a dinner for three of them.
When Li Ziye and Su Li walked out of the dormitory, they saw Song Chuling standing there in a well-dressed suit. He was tall and handsome, and the girls who walked out of the dormitory building frequently looked back at him. Li Ziye sighed in his heart, Song Chuling is indeed a material that attracts bees and butterflies!
Even Su Li, who was said to have seen so many handsome men that she no longer had any "lustful thoughts", stared at him with her eyes wide open. Li Ziye had to push her and said, "Wake up, your saliva is about to flow down."
As a result, Su Li actually wiped the corner of her lips, and then glared at Li Ziye angrily: "No way! Liar!"
Li Ziye couldn't help but laugh heartlessly when he saw her being so infatuated. There was no way, Song Chuling was indeed popular with girls.
Li Ziye just made a brief introduction and didn't expect any development between them. However, he found that they had an amazing understanding in some aspects.
For example, when Song Chuling asked Li Ziye what he wanted to eat, he looked at the menu for a long time and thought: "It would be better if the sweet and sour fish didn't have vinegar..."
Su Li continued after hearing this: "Yes, yes, stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts would be better without the garlic sprouts."
“Tofu and fish head soup without tofu.”
"Another serving of fried tomatoes, my favorite."
After the two of them finished speaking calmly, the waiter standing next to them frowned: "Sir, Miss, are you guys ordering food or are you making fun of us?"
"Of course it's ordering food. I don't even know who Kai Xin is." Song Chuling closed the menu and said lightly.
"Are you happy? Give me a plate." Su Li added with an innocent expression.
Li Ziye watched the two people talking to each other so smoothly, and couldn't help but twitch her lips. She suddenly found that Su Li and Song Chuling were actually quite a good match, and they were equally abnormal.
Finally, Li Ziye shook his head and sighed, then took the menu himself: "Let me order, both of them forgot to take their medicine when they went out."
Su Li snorted, expressing her dissatisfaction: "You're lying, I've clearly eaten it!"
Song Chuling said irrationally : "Then you ate the wrong food."
Li Ziye rolled his eyes, but couldn't help but curl up a smile. In fact, it seemed that the two of them were quite compatible.
Song Chuling probably spent all his brain and time on studying, so he has been single all the time. With his conditions, there should be many girls pursuing him, but he has not had a girlfriend until now.
There were a few times when Song's mother got anxious and even called him to ask, "Song Chuling, do you like men or women? If you like men, that's fine. Mom has an open mind, so you don't need to worry about it."
Song Chuling was in tears and laughter. In fact, he felt that he didn't even have a career and didn't want to think about love. After all, he couldn't even take care of Li Ziye and Song's mother, so how could he fall in love and start a family?
He often urged Li Ziye to find a boyfriend, saying that girls should fall in love while they are young and enjoy being loved.
But Li Ziye could only smile helplessly... Being in love doesn't necessarily mean you will be loved. It's possible that after falling in love with someone, you don't know how to love yourself?
Just like she loved Ye Xiang, loved him so much that she almost lost herself, and then gave up in the end, covered in bruises.
But why, after two years, she still couldn't forget it. In the past two years, although Ye Xiang didn't appear in front of her, his shadow always followed her, making her heart feel uneasy.
After having dinner with Song Chuling, Su Li often asked Li Ziye about Song Chuling. For example, whether he had a girlfriend, what type of girls he liked, whether he had any special requirements for his partner, and even at what age he planned to get married...
Li Ziye originally felt quite interested in being the matchmaker. After all, Su Li was indeed a lively, cheerful and kind-hearted girl.
But on this day, when Li Ziye was helping Su Li get the speech she had forgotten in the dormitory, he saw a photo she had hidden in the notebook.
It’s Song Chuling.
Li Ziye knew that looking through other people's things was a bad habit, but she was really curious, why did Su Li have a photo of Song Chuling? And in this photo, Song Chuling was obviously still in middle school, wearing a school uniform and a clean white shirt.
So after a brief hesitation, she opened the notebook.
The notebook contains Su Li's diary, which records her story of having a crush on someone since junior high school. This person is none other than Song Chuling.
It turned out that Song Chuling and Su Li were in the same school, but Su Li was in the junior high school while Song Chuling was in the senior high school. For many years, she had never dared to confess her feelings, but she had always been following Song Chuling's news, learning that he had been admitted to a key university, that his father was sick, and that he suddenly had a younger sister named Li Ziye...
When she found out that she and Li Ziye were admitted to the same university and studying the same major, she used her connections to arrange for herself and Li Ziye to live in the same dormitory... Li Ziye also remembered that at the beginning of the school year, when she was not very willing to talk to others, the other two roommates in the dormitory were somewhat rejecting her, but Su Li was the only one who tried hard to get close to her.
At that time, Li Ziye thought that maybe it was just because Su Li and she got along well, just like Luo Enze, who originally just wanted to teach her a lesson, but ended up getting to know her and becoming friends because of this.
What she didn't expect was that Su Li only used her as a tool to get close to Song Chuling. This truth made Li Ziye feel completely unable to accept it. In her heart, Su Li was definitely the best friend she had ever had, but she didn't expect that she had approached her with a purpose from the beginning.
Li Ziye immediately thought of Meng Xiazi, who had completely cut off all ties with her because of Bai Yuwang. For some reason, she felt very upset, as if this friendship was also beginning to crumble.
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Li Ziye had been away for such a long time to get his speech, and Su Li felt something was wrong. She was afraid that something might have happened to her, so she rushed back directly from the competition site, only to see Li Ziye reading her diary.
In an instant, her face turned pale, and she rushed over and snatched the diary away: "How could you peek at my diary?"
Li Ziye looked at her with a bit of amusement: "If you hadn't clipped this photo properly, I might have been kept in the dark. I would have foolishly believed that you really treated me as a friend!"
Hearing this, Su Li's arms holding the diary began to tremble. She tried hard to calm herself down, then reached out and gently grabbed Li Ziye's sleeve, saying, "Aye, it's really not what you think. I like your brother, but I really don't want to use you!"
“No…” Li Ziye pointed at the diary in her hand, his voice frighteningly cold, “It’s clearly written there, you don’t have to waste your energy explaining it…”
"Aye!" Su Li wanted to say something else, but the evidence was conclusive, and whatever she said seemed powerless, as if she was just quibbling.
Li Ziye closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Anyway, I have given you Song Chuling's contact information. It should be useless for you to ask for it now, so there is no need to pretend.
"Although you used me, I can see that you like Song Chuling very much, so if you want to be together, I won't stop you. But from now on, I will not recognize you as my friend."
After leaving these words, Li Ziye walked out of the dormitory, leaving Su Li standing there in a daze.
In fact, Li Ziye didn't understand why, after so many years, she still didn't know how to be tactful or give in when dealing with interpersonal relationship issues .
Maybe for others, the matter could be resolved with just an apology and a hug and tears, but she was so decisive in doing it.
Maybe it was just her nature, or maybe she was really too afraid of being hurt by her friends, because slander from strangers cannot hurt the heart, but the harm from the closest people can be fatal.
She had endured it too many times, so she really couldn't bear the pain again.
When she received the call from Song Chuling, she had broken up with Su Li for three days. Song Chuling asked, "Aye, are you okay?"
"Okay..." Li Ziye paused for a moment before reacting, "You know?"
Song Chuling hummed, then said, "Su Li told me."
Li Ziye slightly curved the corners of his lips. Su Li was indeed a social expert. Rather than being exposed by her, it would be better to confess proactively. Maybe she could get away with it by pretending to be pitiful. Besides, she had been secretly in love with Song Chuling for so many years. If she confessed her love, maybe Song Chuling could persuade her... So now Song Chuling accepted the confession and planned to persuade them to reconcile?
Song Chuling didn't wait for Li Ziye's response. She seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, so she said, "She did explain everything clearly. She saw that you were too lonely wandering around the school all day, so she wanted to make peace with you."
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"Don't worry. Since she used means to get close to me through you, I will definitely not get together with her." Song Chuling seemed to be very aware of Li Ziye's inner vulnerability, so she explained all her concerns at once.
Li Ziye listened on the other end of the phone, and after a long while he sighed faintly: "Brother, do you like her?"
"What a joke! There are so many girls chasing after me, why should I like her?" Song Chuling answered in a decisive tone.
Li Ziye mercilessly exposed him: "Yes, there are so many girls chasing you, but you never reply to their messages, nor add them on QQ, so why do you like chatting with them?"
Song Chuling still looked righteous and awe-inspiring: "She is your roommate. I keep in touch with her so that I can understand your current situation in all aspects. It's because your sister is too stupid that I am worried about her."
Li Ziye wanted to laugh but couldn't... In fact, she really hoped that the two of them could be together. After all, Su Li lied to her, not Song Chuling, and she had been secretly in love with Song Chuling for so many years. Many girls might have changed boyfriends several times, but she was still single.
Su Li is so lively and cheerful with a good personality, and there are many boys chasing her , but she has never been in a relationship. Li Ziye had guessed that it must be because she has someone she likes. But she never thought that this person would be Song Chuling.
After a long silence, Li Ziye finally spoke: "Brother, if you really like her, don't give up because of me. She is a good girl."
"Anyone who cheats on my sister is not a good girl!" Song Chuling was also surprisingly naive and stubborn.
Li Ziye was a little helpless, but also a little touched... Song Chuling had always really taken care of her and was definitely a model brother.
"She lied to me because she likes you. It's hard to find a girl who likes you so much if you miss her. Look at you, you are narcissistic, mean and stubborn. It must be difficult for her to be so blind and like you for so many years." Li Ziye laughed out loud as he spoke.
"...Li Ziye! Have you grown too powerful? I was so worried about you that I even called you long distance to comfort you, and you dare to say that to me!" Song Chuling gritted her teeth, as if she wanted to fly back immediately and tear Li Ziye apart.
"Yes, yes, it's not worth it to give up a good girl for me." Li Ziye smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed slightly, and he once again cleverly brought the topic back to the starting point.
Song Chuling was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone, and then said after a while: "Let's talk about it later, I don't want to fall in love now..."
"Ah..." Upon hearing this, Li Ziye's eyebrows knitted together and his face turned bad. "Do you guys like to use the excuse of 'I don't want to be in a relationship right now' to evade others? I tell you, if you like her, you like her, if you don't like her, you don't like her. There is no such thing as wanting to be in a relationship or not! Anyway, even if you don't like her, there are still many boys chasing after her. If you miss the chance, you can just cry by yourself later!"
Song Chuling was puzzled by Li Ziye's sudden scolding: "Little girl, your stance has changed too quickly. Didn't you break up with Su Li? Why are you scolding me for her?"
"Uh..." Li Ziye was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she seemed to be on the wrong side, but she just hated that sentence because Ye Xiang had said the same thing. But of course she would not explain it to Song Chuling like this, and in the end she could only say: "It's your own business anyway, I can't control it." Then she hung up the phone without waiting for Song Chuling to react.
She suddenly felt an inexplicable panic. Why did she still have such a strong reaction just because Ye Xiang said such a thing?
On the fifth day after Li Ziye and Su Li broke up, Su Li got drunk and a girl from the same class called Li Ziye and asked her to go to the food stall and pick her up. Few people knew about their breakup, and in the eyes of outsiders, they were still good friends.
Li Ziye didn't say much. After hanging up the phone, he put on a coat and headed straight for the school gate.
Su Li seldom drinks alcohol, because she gets drunk easily. Once drunk, she will open her heart and even tell others her bank card password. She said that for the safety of her property, she decided not to drink anymore.
But this time, when Li Ziye arrived at the food stall, she saw that the table was full of empty bottles and cans. The girls who accompanied her to drink saw Li Ziye as if they had seen a savior: "Ziye, you are finally here! Just now we wanted to ask the boys to carry her back, but she refused and even kicked them away. She said she wanted you to pick her up... Go over and persuade her. When she is drunk, she is like a child and has a bad temper."
Li Ziye frowned slightly, and when he approached her, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol.
Su Li also saw her and said with drunken eyes: "Aye...you are finally here...you are finally willing to see me..."
Li Ziye took the bottle of wine from her hand, frowned and said calmly: "Don't we meet every day?"
"Burp..." Su Li shook her head and burped. The alcohol rushed up. She tried to stand up but fell back. "It's different... I know you won't forgive me... But what should I say so that you will believe that I really treat you as a friend... I, I thought at first that if I lived in the same dormitory with you, I might be able to meet your brother... It's because of your brother that I couldn't bear to see you alone..."
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"I just wonder why Song Chuling is so sunny and cheerful, but his sister is always so reluctant to talk? I don't have such a scheming mind to deliberately please you and get close to him... I just thought that I have been secretly in love with him for so long and have never done anything practical, so I can take care of his sister for him... I never thought I could be with him. I am ordinary in everything, but he is a genius, a genius admired by all the girls in the school..."
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"Aye, I swear I never thought of using you to get close to your brother... I really treated you as a friend. After getting along with you, I found that you have a clear distinction between love and hate. Although you don't like to talk, you are actually kind and gentle at heart... I think you are a good girl, so I am so close to you... I really don't want to use you..."
"Su Li..." Li Ziye's nose felt a little sour when she heard this. She knew that once Su Li got drunk, everything she said was from the bottom of her heart, and there was absolutely no lie.
In the five days since they broke up, Su Li had actually been looking for opportunities to reconcile with her, but she had always coldly avoided them. It was really hard to believe what a person who had deceived you said when he was sober. Because of the "criminal record", out of self-protection, the first reaction was to doubt. Now Su Li was so drunk that even if she wanted to lie, she probably couldn't organize her words.
Seeing that Li Ziye didn't answer for such a long time, Su Li thought that she didn't believe it, so she struggled to get up: "Aye, you don't believe it, right? I'll give you my bank account password, QQ password, Wi-Fi password... Anyway, I'll give you all the passwords! My card number is..."
Li Ziye rolled his eyes and reached out to cover her mouth: "Next time you drink, you should really use a rag to cover your mouth!"
Su Li waved her hands and twisted her body to struggle, but Li Ziye was stronger than her, and she fell asleep after struggling for a while.
The group of girls next to them found a boy to carry her back to the dormitory. After seeing her lying down safely, Li Ziye took out his cell phone and called Song Chuling.
The first thing she said after the call was: "Brother, I plan to reconcile with Su Li."
"Hmm... Hmm?" Song Chuling was obviously a little surprised, but immediately looked like she had expected it, "I knew you were so soft-hearted that you wouldn't be angry for more than a week."
Li Ziye did not answer, but just said: "Since she and I have reconciled, if you like her, it's okay for us to be together."
"How can you be so sure that I like her?" Song Chuling was still practicing Tai Chi shamelessly.
"Oh, if you don't like it, I will introduce a handsome guy to her tomorrow. I guarantee he will be more handsome than you." Li Ziye was not polite at all.
"Hey..." Song Chuling was quiet for two seconds, then said angrily, "You dare!"
"See if I dare!"
"Okay..." Song Chuling was silent for a while before speaking awkwardly, "It's not that I don't want to... It's mainly because I may have to stay in the United States for a while, and my internship will also be here. It's not good to be in a long-distance relationship and there is a time difference."
“They’re all excuses!”
"Okay, okay... I admit defeat... Can I surrender? What do you want me to do?" Song Chuling raised a small white flag.
"Confess, and be together!" Li Ziye summed it up simply and straightforwardly.
"this……"
"If you can't do it, you're not a man!"
"Okay, I'll call her right away for what you said..."
"Not now... She's drunk..."
"Drunk? What's going on?" Song Chuling's voice suddenly increased by several decibels, and he sounded a little anxious.
"Well...it was the boy who carried her back." Li Ziye added fuel to the fire silently.
"Hey...what's going on..."
"The signal is bad, I'm hanging up. You can ask her yourself tomorrow..." After saying this, Li Ziye pressed the hang-up button with a satisfied smile on his face.
Even if she herself cannot get beautiful love, at least let Song Chuling get it.