There was no other way but to come.
Despite the slippers, the old man still didn't win. Under his instigation, his mother ordered him to sleep on the balcony for a month, freezing until tears and snot streamed down his face. It was truly... satisfying.
As she pondered this, Qu Yun walked up to the podium and began to introduce herself and explain the tasks for the new school year.
Amidst the admiring gazes of the girls, Qu Yun noticed that one person was absent from the class.
Furthermore, based on the total number of male and female students, it can be inferred that the one who dared to be so bold was actually a girl.
Not wanting to alert the enemy, Qu Yun did not name names.
He secretly memorized the appearances of the more than forty students who arrived, deciding to use his excellent memory and all the information and photos of the students at hand to find out who this audacious person was the next day.
After the assembly, Qu Yun left school to go home. On the way, she went into a supermarket to buy some convenience food.
He immediately went to the instant noodle counter to find his favorite tomato and beef brisket flavor.
But it was a tragic fate, a truly tragic fate—there was only one pack of this flavor of instant noodles left, and as he reached for it, his other hand grabbed it at the same time.
Those hands were much smaller than his, delicate, with short, neatly trimmed nails painted with clear nail polish that shimmered slightly under the light.
Looking up, I saw a young girl who looked like a student. Her long hair was loose and unpermed, with a natural curl.
It looks a bit like... the fur of her old cat.
Then, they let go at the same time, and then reached out at the same time. In the end, Qu Yun didn't know why, but suddenly he really wanted to fight with the girl.
Perhaps it was the expression on her face—she regarded a packet of instant noodles as something precious, as if she would defend it with her own life.
Qu Yun was very curious about just how far she would go for a packet of instant noodles; he wanted to see.
But the "gurgle" from the girl's stomach melted away the awkward silence between them.
Looking at her face, which was as red as a tomato, Qu Yun decided that it was better not to push her to her death.
So he gave up on the packet of tomato and beef brisket instant noodles, turned around, and left.
This was the first time Qu Yun realized that she, too, possessed humanity.
However, the next day, Qu Yun realized that he had misused his humanity—he discovered that the audacious girl who hadn't shown up for the meeting the night before was the same girl who had fought him for instant noodles in the supermarket.
Li Youran.
Qu Yun will remember this name forever.
Because she was absent from the meeting not only last week, but also this week.
Moreover, Qu Yun ran into her again in the supermarket.
Instead of going to the meeting point, she's leisurely selecting food here; she's such a jerk.
Qu Yun decided to punish her a little—the next moment, he put all the tomato and beef brisket flavored instant noodles into the shopping cart.
But he overlooked one point—if a single packet of instant noodles could cost her her life, then more than ten packets would be enough to make her do anything.
When Qu Yun was slapped by the middle-aged woman, he decided to torture Li Youran to death.
Extracurricular Reading: Qu Yun's Side Story (Part Two)
Li Youran seemed to think she had too much time on her hands, because she disappeared again at the next two gatherings.
Qu Yun desperately wanted Li Youran to be a nine-lives cat demon—because one life wasn't enough for him to play with.
At the fifth gathering, Li Youran finally arrived. Upon discovering that he was her tutor, her face changed rapidly, like a rainbow, displaying a riot of colors.
In the end, I wished I could embed my head into the desk and never lift it up again.
Qu Yun played slowly, initially remaining calm and collected, but when she thought there was no danger, she suddenly stabbed out with her knife.
"Li Youran was absent from work without cause during the first week."
"Li Youran was absent from work without cause in the second week."
"Li Youran was absent from work without cause in the third week."
"Week 4... Li Youran, who was absent without cause."
He read it slowly, like slicing a roast duck, cutting a fat duck down to its bare skeleton.
In the end, under the watchful eyes of all the students in the college, Li Youran had already died once.
But it's not enough, absolutely not enough.
Next, in countless elective classes and at sports meets, Qu Yun successfully made Li Youran, a student, understand what it felt like to be worse than dead.
However, to his surprise, Li Youran showed no sign of begging for mercy. She was like a resilient blade of grass, which could not be broken no matter how much he pushed or bent it.
Furthermore, she didn't always give in; when he was off guard, she would occasionally come up with some new and strange tricks to dampen his spirits.
Because of Li Youran's company, Qu Yun felt that this semester went by particularly fast.
After school let out for break, Qu Yun's days were quite boring; he basically stayed at home every day like a shut-in, incubating mushrooms.
He began to miss that fun student, Li Youran.
If she were around to be tormented by me, life would be so much more comfortable.
It seemed that heaven heard his prayers, and not long after, he met the person he was destined to torment in the supermarket in their usual spot.
Judging from her appearance, she probably had a conflict with her family.
In other words, she is now a homeless, poor student.
Qu Yun immediately lured the toy home with free food and lodging.
Qu Yun enjoyed watching Li Youran lower her head for food; that meow made him feel very good.
However, a few seconds later, Qu Yun discovered a fact that plunged his spirits to rock bottom—Li Youran was actually Gu Chengyuan's half-sister.
Gu Chengyuan was a name Qu Yun never wanted to mention.
The person who went to great lengths to get close to him, and who made him open his heart to become his friend.
The person who showed him the ugliness of betrayal in the most naked way.
That whole plan was simply because he couldn't stand that someone had a mother who cared about him.
The person he hated the most.
The woman in front of him, Li Youran, was his younger sister, his own sister.
If she gets hurt, Gu Chengyuan will be sad too.
However, this idea was forcibly dispelled when he saw Li Youran's foot bleeding from stepping on the shards of the kitchen floor.
Li Youran is innocent—that's what Qu Yun thought as he bandaged her wounds.
The adoptions are still ongoing.
But a heavy rain changed their relationship.
"Why don't we just start dating?" Li Youran suggested.
He acted as if he didn't care at all, as if he were casually asking, "Should we have fish or braised pork tonight?"
Only her ears were bright red.
Qu Yun agreed.
That word "good" represents the darkness in his heart.
Qu Yun understood that the reason he agreed was because of Li Youran's relationship with Gu Chengyuan—he did not feel that he had fallen in love with Li Youran.
Qu Yun didn't know exactly what they were going to do to her.
The two were dating, but Qu Yun did not do anything that a boyfriend and girlfriend should do for You Ran.
Qu Yun is not a casual person, or rather, he has emotional fastidiousness and cannot have physical contact with women he does not like.
After their relationship was established, Qu Yun saw another side of Li Youran.
While watching the movie, his eyes darted around furtively, always thinking about how to take advantage of him.
She always looked at him with what she thought was affectionate eyes, but which were actually creepy.
As soon as she got home, she called him, as if she was afraid he would suddenly disappear.
No matter how cold he was to her, she was like a flame that could never be extinguished, and she always clung to him like candy, emitting a slightly sweet scent.
It's like... a warm cotton candy; when you get close, it has a kind of warmth that makes you reluctant to leave.
So, when a blob of cotton candy that used to stick to you 24 hours a day suddenly disappeared silently for two days, Qu Yun felt a little uneasy.
I called Cotton Candy's house, only to learn that she had gone to Mount Hua with a male friend.
They're certainly bold.
Qu Yun immediately packed his bags and, without pausing for a minute, rushed off to catch the adulterers in the act.
However, it turned out that the male friend was just Li Youran's best friend.
"Boyfriend, are you jealous?"
Li Youran's smiling eyes reflected the added white clouds, and her fingers gently pinched his cheek, warm and soft.
Jealous?
Qu Yun was startled.
What am I doing? This should just be a play, so why did I take it so seriously?
"I'm not jealous."
"I just don't want others to touch my things."
Qu Yun used this reason to refute Li Youran and himself.
Since we've already reached Mount Hua, let's continue climbing.
Li Youran usually looks quite strong, as if she can't be hurt by a bullet, but at this moment she is so tired that she can't even breathe.
Without thinking twice, Qu Yun took her hand and pulled her up the mountain.
This was their first time holding hands, and Qu Yun didn't feel any resistance. On the contrary, their hands clasped together felt harmonious and complete.
Finally, on Chaoyang Peak, Li Youran shouted out what was in his heart.