"Fine!" Ye Xun said viciously, "I'll kill you right now, my enemy, to settle my score and vent my hatred!"
On the Yangtze River Bridge, the two ran one after the other, and the wind carried their shouts and laughter far away as it brushed against their clothes.
"It's all because of you!" Yang Ke pushed open the door and complained, "You made me get soaked in the rain too!"
"Why blame me?" Ye Xun said indignantly, "You gave me permission to get off and get off the bus on the bridge!"
“I didn’t agree!” Yang Ke protested. “I was completely coerced by you. From beginning to end, I have been a victim!”
"That's what you deserve!" Ye Xun said as she walked into the bedroom. "Misery was your destiny all along!"
Yang Ke swallowed his anger and returned to his bedroom. After changing his clothes, he discovered that the cage door for the white mouse was open. Startled, Yang Ke grabbed the cage and left the bedroom. "Meow Meow" was leisurely strolling in the living room. Yang Ke pounced on it like a wolf, but "Meow Meow" dodged him and then darted out of the room and escaped. Yang Ke chased it all the way to the rooftop but couldn't find any trace of "Meow Meow".
Yang Ke returned to the living room dejectedly. Ye Xun was just coming out of the bedroom when she saw the empty cage in Yang Ke's hand and understood everything.
"What did you do to my 'Meow Meow'?" Ye Xun asked anxiously.
"If it hadn't run so fast, I would have killed it!" Yang Ke shouted angrily.
"Why did you do this?" Ye Xun asked angrily.
"You're asking a question you already know the answer to!" Yang Ke shouted. "It ate my white mouse!"
“That’s because you didn’t take good care of it!” Ye Xun said. “Don’t push all the blame onto others; it has nothing to do with it!”
"I don't care!" Yang Ke was almost losing his mind. "If it dares to step into this room, I'll kill it!"
"I'll go find it right now and see if you dare touch it!" Ye Xun said, then went out onto the rooftop.
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Chapter 21 A Sandstorm of Love
Updated: 2008-06-05 15:51:39 Words: 0
Yang Ke stood alone in the living room for a long time. Suddenly, he remembered that it was still raining heavily outside, so he grabbed an umbrella and went up to the rooftop. Large, dense raindrops pounded against the umbrella with a deafening sound, and mist was constantly blown onto his body by the wind. Yang Ke's hand holding the umbrella trembled involuntarily, and he almost collapsed in the storm. Ye Xun stood on the rooftop shouting loudly, but her weak voice was completely drowned out by the wind and rain.
"Let's look for it again tomorrow. It's raining heavily now, and it might have hidden somewhere!" Yang Ke walked over and used an umbrella to shield Ye Xun's head.
"Get out of the way!" She pushed Yang Ke aside, and the umbrella fell to the ground. "You're the one who chased it out. What is it going to do in this heavy rain?"
"Why blame me?" Yang Ke asked angrily. "This is not my fault at all!"
Yang Ke angrily walked off the rooftop, while Ye Xun cried alone in the rain. The umbrella was being blown by the wind and battered by the rain, trembling incessantly on the rooftop.
Yang Ke sat on the sofa in the living room, a towel in his hand, waiting for Ye Xun to return. Yang Ke couldn't understand when Ye Xun had become such a heavy burden on his heart, occupying a significant place that he could never shake off. Weren't they always mortal enemies? They had been fighting each other since the moment they met online, and it seemed like it had never stopped. But now? He was actually gradually moving closer to Ye Xun, even though he still verbally opposed her. He knew that his true stance was beginning to change. Ye Xun finally returned, soaking wet, tears mingling with the raindrops. Yang Ke handed her the towel, but she didn't even glance at it before going into the bedroom. Enraged, Yang Ke angrily threw the towel on the floor.
Yang Ke lay in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. The sound of rain outside the window continued, each drop seeming to pound against his heart. He couldn't sleep tonight. Ye Xun's coughs drifted in intermittently, more unsettling than the rain. A sense of guilt began to weigh on him, making it hard to breathe.
The rain stopped just before dawn, and everything returned to calm. Yang Ke had only been asleep for a short while when he was awakened by the cat's meowing. He excitedly opened the door, and the soaking wet "Meow Meow" immediately darted in. Yang Ke picked up "Meow Meow," dried it off with a towel, and the little kitten playfully followed him, falling asleep beside his pillow. Yang Ke gently stroked the kitten, and his heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, finally settled down.
Yang Ke prepared breakfast, but Ye Xun didn't come out for a long time. Yang Ke couldn't wait any longer and got up to urge her. He called out for a long time but didn't hear a response. Gathering his courage, Yang Ke pushed the door open a crack. Ye Xun was still fast asleep in the bedroom. As Yang Ke approached, he realized Ye Xun was sick. He panicked and rushed around looking for medicine and calling a doctor.
Ye Xun didn't wake up from her deep sleep until nightfall, and Yang Ke stayed by her side the whole time. This was the second time Yang Ke had seen Ye Xun sleeping soundly, not at night, but in the sunlight. Ye Xun in the sunlight was just as beautiful as she was that night. That night, Ye Xun was hazy, like a feather lying quietly in the darkness, gentle and beautiful; but today, Ye Xun in the sunlight was clear, like a crystal-clear ice sculpture.
Yang Ke thought of Sleeping Beauty again. He felt he should add some music to the bedroom, because at this moment, lying quietly was the most beautiful Sleeping Beauty in the waltz. Yang Ke even hoped that this beautiful princess would continue to sleep like this forever, maintaining this most beautiful posture.
When Ye Xun opened her eyes, Yang Ke was looking at her. The events of last night were still vivid in her mind. She turned around angrily, pulled the blanket over her head, and asked, "Why are you here? Why are you barging into a girl's room!"
“If I hadn’t taken care of you, you would still be running a high fever and talking nonsense!” Yang Ke said. “It’s simply repaying kindness with enmity!”
"I willingly got soaked in the rain and developed a high fever; it was you who unilaterally took care of me. I didn't ask you for anything!"
Yang Ke smiled and placed the kitten on the quilt. The kitten burrowed into the corner of Ye Xun's quilt and playfully licked her fingers. Ye Xun shouted with joy.
"I'll forgive you this time for Miaomiao's sake. Now get out!" Ye Xun said. "If you ever enter my room without my permission again, I won't let you off the hook!"
"Is this all you're going to say thank you to me?" Yang Ke asked. "I took care of you for a whole day!"
"I've already been very polite!" Ye Xun said.
"He cursed in his dream, and now he's lecturing people again when he's awake!" Yang Ke said as he walked. "I guess I brought this on myself!"
"Wait a minute!" Ye Xun called out to Yang Ke, saying, "Since you're being a good person, why don't you make me some dinner? I'm hungry!"
"Dinner is out of the question!" Yang Ke said.
"Fine, don't do it then!" Ye Xun pouted. "I'll just go hungry and wait for breakfast!"
"But there's still some late-night snack left, do you want some?" Yang Ke said with a smile.
It was already very late at night. Perhaps because she had slept all day, Ye Xun was not sleepy at all. Lying in bed, she couldn't help but wonder—what was Yang Ke doing now? Was he also suffering from insomnia on the second night before summer vacation, which was also her last night staying here, just like her?
"Nan Ke, you must not be asleep! What are you doing?" Ye Xun sent a message from the internet.
"Do you want to tell the truth?" Yang Ke replied, confirming that Ye Xun's guess was indeed correct.
"Of course you have to tell the truth!" Ye Xun said, "Otherwise, you might get a ghost knocking on your door in the middle of the night!"
"I'm busy wiping away the tears of my banknotes! With you falling ill today, they're practically separated from their families, how tragic!"
"I think those are your tears! They not only have to suffer the pain of separation from their loved ones, but also the agony of being drowned!"
"Seeing them in such a miserable state, I naturally couldn't be heartless; I had to shed a few tears along with them!"
"Nan Ke, isn't your reasoning and emotional appeal in this way considered debt collection?"
“If you think so, I absolutely agree!” Yang Ke said.
"I don't know how to bring the dead back to life, but if you don't mind, I'll find them a new home in a supermarket or store tomorrow so they can rejoin the family!"
"I think you shouldn't trouble yourself with this. If possible, you should give them a resettlement allowance!"
"Nan Ke, you're making such a big deal out of it, are they really that intelligent?"
“Of course!” Yang Ke replied in the message, “Actually, each banknote is like a person!”
"This analogy is even more far-fetched than your 'sandstorm' theory!"
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Chapter 22 A New Love Crisis
Updated: 2008-06-10 17:01:28 Words: 0
“Miss Chigusa, please listen to me! Every banknote has two English letters and eight Arabic numerals. The two letters are like a person's name, and the eight numerals are like a person's birth date. So, when you look at it this way, doesn't every banknote become a person?”
"That's not right either!" Ye Xun still didn't forget to argue with Yang Ke online. "Can't those English letters correspond to many people's names?"
"That's normal. Many people are born every day around the world!"
"Then how do you explain the face value of the banknotes?"
"That's probably a person's age, an approximate number!" Yang Ke explained.
"If that's the case, then that banknote with the code YX19840521 and a face value of 20 yuan best represents me now!" Ye Xun thought for a moment and typed these words on the keyboard.
“Yes!” Yang Ke said, “But Miss Ye Xun, you will probably never truly know ‘yourself’ in this lifetime!”
"That's not necessarily true! Maybe one day in the future I will find my true self!"
"I think what you're saying now is no longer a myth!"
"What is that?" Ye Xun couldn't help but ask.
"It's just sleep talking!" Yang Ke's laughter echoed in the room, and Ye Xun could hear it clearly.
"You don't need to laugh at me so smugly. You've also lost yourself! You'll never find your own banknote in this lifetime!"
"Miss Chigusa, tonight is the last night. Can't we each compromise?"
"I've been giving in all the time, but you've been pushing me harder and harder!"
"I was wrong! But it's not fair that I'm always the one admitting my mistake!" Yang Ke said helplessly.
“That’s absolutely true! Boys are always wrong in front of girls!” Ye Xun said.
"Is there ever a time when this truth is wrong?" Yang Ke asked.
"Maybe so!"
"When? Can you give me a date I can wait for?"
"Now it's all right!" Ye Xun said, "I apologize to you on behalf of Miao Miao, I'm sorry!"
"Thank you! This seems to be the first time you've apologized to me on your own initiative!"
"This doesn't count as an apology; it's just a kind of well-intentioned consolation!" Ye Xun was a little unconvinced again and began to retract her apology.
After a long talk all night, the two went to bed late but woke up early. They busied themselves in the kitchen, working in perfect harmony throughout. Of all the breakfasts they had eaten during the summer vacation, this was the quietest, with almost no arguments. As soon as they sat down at the table, Yang Ke smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" Ye Xun asked curiously.
"After chasing you for so long, I've finally won today!" Yang Ke said.
"That's not true at all!" Ye Xun retorted, "This was a voluntary retreat, which is completely different from being forced to flee!"
"That doesn't matter!" Yang Ke said. "Anyway, I've already taken back my position!"
"Don't get too cocky!" Ye Xun said. "I'll be back anytime, and I'll beat you to a pulp!"
"Since you're leaving, I'll give you a gift!" Yang Ke said.
Ye Xun took a box from Yang Ke. Inside was a framed photo. The photo delighted Ye Xun. The background was a building and a living room, with four main characters in the center—Yang Ke, Ye Xun, Tao Tao, and Miao Miao—surrounded by everyday scenes, both comical and adorable. Ye Xun was already captivated by the photo frame as soon as she received it.
“This is our family photo!” Yang Ke said with a smile.
"When did you do it?" Ye Xun asked.
“After saying goodnight to you last night!” Yang Ke said.
"Yang Ke!" Ye Xun looked at the large characters on the wall and suddenly remembered something. "After I moved away from here, do our promises still stand?"
"Do as you please!" Yang Ke said with a smile. "How could I possibly use a broken rope to trap someone else? What use are those principles now that you're gone? Unless you can move back in someday!"
"And what about this?" Ye Xun pointed to the words on the wall—"No dating in college." "I believe it still works!"
"Of course!" Yang Ke said, "If I wanted to be in a relationship, I would definitely look for you!"
"Why?" Ye Xun asked.