Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 521 Redemption Must Be Complete
Every time Bai Qingxia cried, it made Lu Yuanqiu feel as if a knife was stuck in his heart.

He folded the paper carefully and put it in his pocket.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuanqiu took out his phone from his pocket, turned off the shutter sound, and then turned around to take a picture of Bai Qingxia, who was sleeping on the table. Chi Caocao's bewildered little face was also in the lens.

After Lu Yuanqiu finished taking the photo, he raised his hand and rubbed Chi Caocao's head, then looked down at the photo and zoomed in to examine it closely.

...Since you haven't finished collecting your photos, I'll take over. However, if I take the photos, the main subjects will probably be different.

After putting his phone away, Lu Yuanqiu looked at Bai Qingxia again, his eyes gentle yet cautious.

He had never expressed his feelings to Bai Qingxia because he was afraid of putting pressure on her.

Lu Yuanqiu had just made his feelings for her clear by writing it down on paper because Bai Qingxia had already taken a brave half-step. However, the factor that led Bai Qingxia to take this half-step was only "panic," not the "proactive" decision she ultimately made.

Therefore, Lu Yuanqiu expressed his feelings in a relatively light and subtle way, yet in a way that the other person could fully understand.

His goal was to reassure Bai Qingxia, to put her at ease, and to make her understand that Lu Yuanqiu would always love only her and that she shouldn't worry about Long Liandong's existence.

However, don't let this "liking" put pressure on you and cause you to continue to suffer from self-doubt and internal conflict.

If being together would only bring worry, Lu Yuanqiu would rather maintain the current state with her.

He wished more than once that Bai Qingxia would be happy, that she would smile, and that she could take every step in the future without any worries. What he wanted was a Bai Qingxia who was at peace with herself and free, not a Bai Qingxia whose mind was still trapped in the shackles of inferiority and who would fall back into the shadow of inferiority whenever she compared herself to Long Liandong.

Redemption must be complete.

Bai Qingxia shouldn't care so much about Long Liandong. The person she should really become is someone who doesn't care about Long Liandong at all.

Whether it was the photo album from last night or Lu Yuanqiu's note just now, the two of them tacitly avoided expressing their feelings too strongly, but both made it clear to the other their intentions.

This is a good thing. Lu Yuanqiu has done everything he could. The rest is entirely up to Bai Qingxia to "heal herself".

Perhaps one day, on a sunny afternoon, Bai Qingxia will take the initiative to say "I love you" under the golden sunlight.

It's uncertain what kind of inner reconciliation she will go through before she can say those words... Maybe it's Uncle Bai, maybe the opportunity lies with Long Liandong, but in any case, Lu Yuanqiu is willing to wait.

When the class ended, Lu Yuanqiu turned his head to look again. Bai Qingxia was still lying on the table. Chi Caocao leaned closer to listen and said to Lu Yuanqiu, "She's asleep."

Lu Yuanqiu nodded and replied softly, "Let her sleep."

Bai Qingxia woke up as soon as the second class started. She gently shook her head, raised her hand to brush the strands of hair that were stuck to her face, opened her book and listened to the lesson attentively, as if nothing had happened.

During class, Chi Caocao carefully counted the number of times Lu Yuanqiu turned his head to look at Bai Qingxia 125 times, excluding those she hadn't noticed before. Bai Qingxia turned her head to look at Lu Yuanqiu once, and Lu Yuanqiu was picking his nose the only time he turned his head and didn't notice.

At noon, Lu Yuanqiu got up with his books, while Bai Qingxia packed her things with her head down. After she finished, she pulled Chi Caocao out of the classroom quickly. Chi Caocao kept looking back at Lu Yuanqiu, because Bai Qingxia would usually be waiting for Lu Yuanqiu at this time.

Lu Yuanqiu didn't chase after her; he planned to give her some personal space today.

At the Human World Restaurant, Zheng Yifeng and Lu Yuanqiu sat together, while Zhong Jincheng and Luo Wei went to sit in a corner of the restaurant.

Lu Yuanqiu looked up and saw Zhong Jincheng and Luo Wei eating the same noodle. Just as their mouths were about to touch, Lu Yuanqiu frowned and immediately looked away.

"Go order some food," Zheng Yifeng reminded him.

Lu Yuanqiu walked toward Xia Yiwan's noodle counter. Bai Qingxia looked up at him, then silently lowered her head again.

Lu Yuanqiu: "Two servings of noodles."

Seeing Bai Qingxia reach for two spicy sauce packets, Lu Yuanqiu leaned over the counter and said close to her face, "Boss lady, we want to eat hot and sour sauce today." Bai Qingxia paused, her head still lowered, not looking at him. She put down the spicy sauce and picked up the hot and sour sauce packet next to her.

Back in his seat, Lu Yuanqiu said, "I ordered you a spicy and sour one today."

"why?"

"No reason."

"..."

Zheng Yifeng silently accepted it.

He raised his phone and said, "Our band is number one in popularity."

"Really."

Lu Yuanqiu opened the Tieba forum and saw that the popularity value was 105,000... It had indeed surpassed the Yu Luo Band. The Yu Luo Band's die-hard fans were obviously anxious and posted all sorts of things. But Yang Gu String Band also had die-hard fans. Seeing the Yu Luo Band's fans posting like crazy to increase popularity, they also posted like crazy in the "Yang Gu String Bar".

Lu Yuanqiu glanced around and noticed that most of the posts in the "Yangguxian Bar" had titles like "[Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia are together]"...

Could it be that all the die-hard fans of Yang Gu Xian's fan club are made up of CP fans?

Lu Yuanqiu couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. It was good that he made the decision to have the band and Bai Qingxia perform together. Sure enough, creating a CP (couple pairing) was easier to generate buzz and more popular.

The marketing gimmicks of future idol dramas are simply a game-changer when applied to this campus.

He then flipped to the dance rankings and found that Bai Qingxia had also become number one, even surpassing the second-place senior, Shi Ling, by a full 20,000 points in popularity. The most frequent posts in the "Bai Qingxia Bar" were also things like "Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia are together".

So, you ship both sides?

Wait a minute, Lu Yuanqiu suddenly noticed that a post had a pretty high number of likes.

The title is "Parents' Love," and the accompanying image is a high-definition screenshot of him dancing with Bai Qingxia.

...Well, to be fair, some of Bai Qingxia's son's fans are quite cute.

Zheng Yifeng: "Let's prepare an original song. There are still six months left until the city arts competition... How long does it take to create a song? Is six months enough?"

"Wait a moment."

Lu Yuanqiu said, looking down as he typed, and sent a message to the lead singer group: "Thank you all for your past support and encouragement. Today, Yanggu String Band has become the number one most popular campus band."

The group was quiet; no one was speaking.

Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt bored.

“Original songs…” He then looked up at Zheng Yifeng, “I’ll write the songs?”

Zheng Yifeng said matter-of-factly, "Aren't you quite good at writing? You got such high scores on your high school Chinese essays, so you can just find someone in your family to compose the music."

Lu Yuanqiu felt somewhat uncertain.

However, he really enjoys singing, so he remembers quite a few songs from 2012 onwards. Although he doesn't know how to arrange music, he remembers the tunes. If he gets a professional to help him, copying a song shouldn't be difficult.

But the question is whether or not to do it.

(End of this chapter)