After being attacked by the rich young ladies with hatchets, I chose to enter "sage mode".

After all, it's very difficult to develop feelings for someone you don't like, especially when it's a yandere rival.

Bai Yu looked up and stared intently at Si Yu's door, then turned to look at Lin Ying's open door. It took her more than a minute to roughly understand what Si Yu meant.

However, the thought that Lin Ying was actually thinking of Si Yu's best interests made Bai Yu's mind go blank, and she was truly stunned.

Although Lin Ying is indeed a very gentle person, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe her as a delicate and demure lady, she must be dissatisfied with Si Yu. So why would she show kindness to her?

It wasn't that Bai Yu wanted to doubt Lin Ying's motives, but rather that he had to consider multiple perspectives. After all, he wasn't dealing with a normal person, nor was he the kind of person who couldn't bring himself to use a knife.

If Lin Ying were secretly plotting something illegal against Si Yu, given her personality, she wouldn't suspect anything unless she thought about it deeply.

But this time Bai Yu was really overthinking things. The reason Lin Ying helped Si Yu up when he fell, and even used her phone to translate and ask if he needed to go to the hospital, was not out of scheming, but for his sake.

Lin Ying could see how much Bai Yu valued Si Yu, and she could also see the deep affection in Bai Yu's eyes when she looked at Si Yu. Although she always felt very sad, she was willing to sacrifice everything for Bai Yu, and the little bit of grievance in her heart was nothing.

Just as Lin Ying and Bai Yu said, he is like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, shining on every inch of the earth, while she is like a sunflower on the ground. When the sun rises, she faces the sun because he is her only direction, and when the sun sets, she quietly lowers her head because her gaze will only be on him.

The sun may never look at a tiny sunflower, but the sunflower always sees everything the sun does.

That's how Lin Ying is—a selfless person. Bai Yu felt he knew her quite well, but he still didn't know her nearly as well as Lin Ying knew him.

Lin Ying would observe every action, expression, look, and even demeanor Bai Yu made, and understand the reason behind each of his expressions and actions.

Chapter 104 Unexpected Situation

Stepping into Lin Ying's room, Bai Yu lay down again, resting on the still-warm sofa, listening to the rushing water from the bathroom, and slowly closed her slightly heavy eyes.

At this moment, Bai Yu wondered how Qing Siling had arranged things. The plan was to officially begin tomorrow, and Bai Yu was still conflicted about it.

After all, if the plan in this matter is carried out, it is very likely to hurt Qing Sisi. Bai Yu does not want to hurt Qing Sisi in any way, but it is the only way and he has to do it, otherwise this girl is very aggressive.

Given Qing Sisi's personality, if this girl is wronged, she definitely won't tell her family. In other words, even if Bai Yu uses Qing Siling, it's possible that Qing Siling won't know.

Of course, this is the best outcome. After all, Bai Yu knows that hurting Qing Sisi is necessary, but if she doesn't want her friendship with Qing Siling to be ruined, wouldn't that be a good thing?

With his eyes closed, he gradually began to fall asleep as if drowsiness had suddenly swept over his entire body.

Just then, the phone rang in Bai Yu's pants pocket.

The constant whirring and vibrations instantly snapped him out of his drowsy state.

Bai Yu subconsciously reached into her pants pocket and pulled out her phone. The next moment, she saw that the person who had called her was Su Rongxue.

He paused for a moment, then answered the phone without hesitation.

"Hey, little..."

"Bai Yu, could you come to the capital? Xiao Xue... Xiao Xue is in the hospital, and she says she wants to see you..."

Before Bai Yu could finish speaking after answering the phone, she heard the voice of Su Rongxue's mother, Luo Er Ai Li, her voice tinged with sobs.

Bai Yu was completely shocked by these words.

The news that Su Rongxue was hospitalized stunned him. How could this girl be hospitalized? This scene never existed in his previous life.

"Hey, Bai Yu, can you hear me?"

Because she was in a daze, Bai Yu forgot to reply to Luo Er Ai Li for a moment, and only came back to her senses when Luo Er Ai Li reminded her again.

"I...Auntie, I'm here, I'm here. Why is Xiaoxue in the hospital? What happened to her?"

As she sat up, Bai Yu unconsciously tightened her grip on her phone, her fingertips turning pale from tension and excessive force.

"Xiaoxue hasn't been eating much these past few days. The psychologist said she... has some mental issues. Why is she like this? Has someone bullied her at school? Do you know?"

Listening to Luo Er's anxious and sad emotions, Bai Yu naturally didn't know why.

"I...I don't know either. Su Rongxue was perfectly fine before the holiday, so why is she like this?"

It was clearly Luo Er Ai Li who was asking Bai Yu the question, but Bai Yu turned the tables and asked her the question instead.

Since neither of them knew why, it was obviously impossible to ask any questions.

This sudden event will undoubtedly disrupt all of Bai Yu's previous plans, and everything will have to be rearranged from scratch.

Sometimes plans just can't keep up with changes, but you have to adapt to them. He also knew very well that since Su Rongxue wanted to see him, he had to meet the girl in advance.

She was a petite and delicate girl, and her loss of appetite and subsequent mental health issues caused Bai Yu great distress.

"Auntie, I'll come as soon as possible. I'll come whenever there are tickets available."

"I'm sorry, Bai Yu, Auntie didn't want you to travel so far, but Xiao Xue just wants to see you. She insists on seeing you and won't even take her medicine..."

"I...I understand, I'll be there soon."

After saying that, Bai Yu no longer paid attention to polite language and hung up the phone with Luo Er Ai Li in her anxiety.

I stood up, glanced at the time, and saw it was already 7:23 PM.

Open the ticketing app on your phone and search for your flight from the north of the city to the capital.

After searching, I found there was one flight at midnight, and without much hesitation, I bought a ticket to the capital.

After buying the plane tickets, Bai Yu immediately called Qing Siling again.

It's not for any other reason, I just want to say that I have some very unexpected circumstances that require me to fly to another city, so I have to cancel tomorrow's plans for now.

Although this is not good, we just made arrangements this afternoon and now we have to trouble Qing Siling to cancel them.

But Qing Siling could hear the anxiety in Bai Yu's words, so she didn't say anything and readily agreed.

Bai Yu hung up the phone only after repeatedly apologizing and expressing her apologies to Qing Siling.

It's fortunate that Qing Siling is still making arrangements and hasn't told Qing Sisi yet, otherwise things would have become much more complicated.

After hanging up the phone, Bai Yu hurriedly went out and knocked on Si Yu's door next door.

Although he was very anxious to leave now, his flight was at 12 o'clock, so there was no use in leaving now. Besides, he couldn't leave without telling Si Yu.

Kata~

As soon as the door opened, Si Yu's slightly dissatisfied voice came through.

"Bai Yu, your sister was just about to take a bath, what's wrong?"

"Sister Siyu, I need to go to the capital at midnight. It's a rather urgent matter, so I wanted to let you know in advance."

Upon hearing this, Si Yu paused slightly, then frowned and asked in confusion.

"Why go to the capital so suddenly?"

"Because...because Su Rongxue is hospitalized, and she...she refuses to take her medication; she just wants to see me."

With her lips pursed, Bai Yu considered hiding the truth for a moment, but in the end, she told the truth.

"Oh."

Si Yu gave a curt "oh" and then closed the door.

Bai Yu reached out and pushed the door shut, saying with some guilt.

"Sister Siyu, I... I know you must be upset to hear my reasons, and I know you don't like me mentioning other people in front of you, but I've already told you everything about my situation. I'm sorry, I really have no other choice."

After saying that, Bai Yu bowed and apologized to a girl with such sincerity for the first time.

Si Yu simply pursed her lips and slammed the door shut.

bump!

Leaning against the door, she knew she was a complete loneliest person with no relatives. Bai Yu was her only one, but even this one and only person didn't treat her as their only one. It would be a lie to say that anyone wouldn't be sad. Sometimes Si Yu wondered if she had too high expectations of Bai Yu. Shouldn't love be something to be enjoyed alone?

Chapter 105 The Light of Mutual Redemption

Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Si Yu tried to accept all of this, but she really couldn't accept it easily, even though she loved Bai Yu very much.

It's like a sheep and a wolf. If you want a wolf to fall in love with a sheep instead of wanting to eat it, that goes against its nature. What she has to do is do this kind of thing that goes against its nature. Isn't that difficult?

Slowly, she squatted down against the door, hugging her knees, and quietly began to sob again.

Bai Yu, standing by the door, could faintly hear Si Yu sobbing.

He gently knelt down, unsure how to comfort her, but he didn't offer any words of comfort.

She listened quietly to Si Yu's sobs behind the door, clutching her chest and clenching her teeth.

This is the price he has to pay. He can't let anyone down, but because there was no other way to go, he had to forge a path and bear all the consequences.

Kneeling on one knee, Bai Yu clutched the hem of her clothes tightly to her chest, slowly lowering her head, tears dripping onto the ground and creating tiny water droplets.

He found himself becoming more and more like a child who couldn't bear any sadness from the five girls; whenever he saw them sad, his heart ached so much he wanted to die.

Looking at Si Yu's WeChat profile picture on her phone, Bai Yu realized that she used to be able to say whatever she wanted to her without any hesitation, but now she could only silently open her profile picture and stare at it again and again, never daring to say a word again.

He firmly believes in the saying that life will get better after it gets really bad, because it can't possibly get any worse. He only realizes after trying hard that many things will change if you just keep going.

Standing up straight, Bai Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, patted her cheeks, and laughed self-deprecatingly at her current wretched appearance.

"Why does a grown man always cry? He's as fragile as a child."

Kata~

Hearing the sound of the door closing across the street, Si Yu paused slightly while squatting on the ground with her knees drawn up to her chest. Then she looked up, stood up, and opened the door.

Looking at the closed door across the way, she stared for a long time, pursing her lips, hesitating whether to take the first step and open the door to see him.

Just then, Bai Yu, who had returned to her room, heard the whooshing sound of Lin Ying using a hairdryer to dry her hair.

Reaching out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes once more, Bai Yu deliberately put on a smile, trying to make her expression look more natural.

The hairdryer stopped, and then Lin Ying came out of the room.

Looking at this girl's long, golden hair that reached her hips, and its slightly damp appearance, she exuded a sense of the fusion between the mundane world and a fairy tale.

"Boss lady, weren't you blow-drying your hair? Why... did you come out without drying it properly? Aren't you afraid of getting a headache?"

Taking two steps forward, Lin Ying did not immediately respond to his words. Instead, she reached out and gently wiped away the undried tears on his eyelashes with her thumb.

Why are you crying?

"Huh? Why would a grown man like me cry? I'm not..."

"Bai Yujun, you don't need to lie to me. Your eyes tell me how sad you are."

Bai Yu's sophistry was interrupted by Lin Ying's words before it could be finished.

Looking into her deep blue eyes, as dark as the azure sky or the vast ocean, and with twinkling stars like a sky full of stars.

Her eyes were beautiful and lovely, but the deep affection she held for herself was unbearable.