I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

"Hey, Li Du, are you okay..." Although she wanted to help him up, she had no choice but to help Li Yinghui.

"Hey, Li Du, why did you fall down~"

(I still wasn’t pushed by you...)

Lu Yunzi behind him also ran over naturally and pretended to be unaware as he helped Jia Lidu up.

"Ah, Yun Zi is here too..."

"Hao, who are they?"

"Hao"... He actually called me by my name!

As if these words were written on his face, Lu Yunzi turned to Jia Lidu and complained silently.

"..." He could only say that he was powerless to do anything about it.

Li Yinghui, who was standing by, looked at the two people who had suddenly appeared, confused. "Are they your friends?"

"Well, we met in junior high school..."

"Oh, we just went to your house to look for you to hang out, but you're already out. What a coincidence that we meet here~"

Lu Yunzi suddenly changed the topic and interrupted the conversation between the two people, which seemed to be a declaration of sovereignty.

Oh, that's terrible.

Thinking of this, Jia Lidu silently slowed down his pace and stood behind the three people.

If it can produce subtle effects

Although she noticed Jia Lidu had quietly withdrawn from the fight, Lu Yunzi didn't have the energy to care about him at the moment. Her primary goal now was to find out who the woman Ah Hao was supporting was from and where she was from.

"Oh~ There's another person here. It looks like you're not from our school. Nice to meet you~ Hello~" Lu Yunzi greeted Li Yinghui beside him with a kind face. Because this action was so abnormal, even Sun Hao, who didn't know what was going on, felt a little bit uncomfortable.

"...Um, what's wrong with you?"

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Lu Yunzi asked with a smile, and put his arm around Sun Hao's other shoulder. "Shouldn't you introduce me now?"

"Wow..."

Even after a few years, Jia Lidu still couldn't imagine Lu Yunzi taking the initiative. But now he's made an unconventional move. It seems...competitiveness is really a good thing.

"Ah... the person next to me is..."

"My name is Li Yinghui, and I'm definitely not a student here..." Li Yinghui, understanding the situation, interrupted Sun Hao, who was about to introduce himself. "However, from elementary school to junior high school, I had a good relationship with Hao. If I had to say... we were childhood sweethearts, right?"

“…Ah…Ah…”

Lu Yunzi was suddenly stunned.

When Jia Lidu heard this, he couldn't help but frown. If we were to talk about how long they'd known each other, Lu Yunzi was completely at a disadvantage. It was just that...why hadn't Haozi mentioned it yet?

"Well, that's it." Sun Hao could only agree.

"...So, where are you going?"

"My leg is injured, and I need Hao to help me get it treated." Li Yinghui thought for a moment and then added, "And after the wound is treated, I still have some things to do... I hope that as Hao's friend, you can understand and not get in our way."

"Uh..."

My pace slowed down, and my hand around Ahao loosened. I felt like there was a huge gap between me and the girl in front of me.

"Well, we do have a lot of things to deal with... If we go out and play tomorrow, we can..."

"No...it's okay." Lu Yunzi stopped and stared blankly at the two of them as they left. Although Ah Hao looked back at her with some concern...he still felt...

"Yeah..I'm fine, go ahead."

The waving hand gradually dropped as Ah Hao turned around.

This was probably what was meant by a forced smile. Although Jia Lidu couldn't see Lu Yunzi's expression at the moment, he could still roughly imagine it.

"..."

It seems the road ahead is still very long. Jia Lidu couldn't help but sigh. Even if he was just observing something like this, he would still feel entangled... perhaps it was a stomachache.

"Hey, Li Du." He didn't turn around, but his tone revealed sadness.

"Uh-huh?"

I always feel like things are getting complicated.

"I...what should I do?"

This kind of thing...how would I know.

Chapter 37: If it can produce a subtle influence

When people are impulsive, they don't think too much, so doing absurd things is understandable to a certain extent. Most people in the world believe in the theory of results. In other words... judging by the results, what Ming Xinxi did is not really a big deal, but if you look at the reasons behind it... it really can't be ignored.

"Princess... Prince... You really think too much. But to be honest, I don't dislike people like you who are good at understanding."

"...uh-huh..."

It's not annoying, is it? But that doesn't mean she'll listen to me, let alone want to tell me the whole story. So it's still troublesome.

"You're being too obvious." I changed the subject. "Even though you act like a sweet and obedient person now, you showed signs of worrying me the first time we met."

Of course, what I care about is only the unknown side.

"...Is it because of the mention of Xiaohui?"

"Well, that's true. You always have a subtle expression when you mention her." I paused, scooping out the remaining cream with a spoon. "But... I still don't think you're revealing your true character now."

"..."

"Well, let's get back to the point." I put the cream into my mouth. "The princess wouldn't go looking for the dwarf just because the prince died, and the prince wouldn't marry a woman of unknown origin and silence just because the princess disappeared. Besides... reality isn't a fairy tale."

"...Ah...I know."

Of course I knew she knew. Yet, for some obsession, she preferred to ignore it, and I longed to know what it was. Hmm, the power of "love"? It felt a little strange.

"So, I want to confirm one thing. Senior Li Yinghui doesn't know the side of you you're hiding, right?"

"...I didn't know originally, but it's because of someone else." She looked at me angrily, "It's all because of you showing up, and you called Xiaohui here too, right?"

"I don't deny it."

"So what right do you have to sit in front of me now? All of this is yours..." He stood up again and grabbed my collar, "You planned all of this, didn't you? Wasn't your purpose to make Xiaohui hate me?! You are completely different now than before. Aren't you hiding it more deeply?"

Planning something like that, am I that good? How could you call me such a cunning person? And saying I'm hiding something... while similar, there's a subtle difference.

"Please don't get so excited. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have regretted it even more." I looked into her eyes and said calmly, "Besides, I didn't expect you to do that. I was a little surprised."

"...You bastard..."

"Alright, alright, calm down. My current senior shouldn't have any reason to dislike you. Before you reveal your true feelings, she'll probably still retain some of her previous feelings for you."

"...Previous...relationship?"

The hand that was holding my collar loosened again.

"Well, although I'm sure it's not the love you imagined. But if I handle it properly... I think we can still get along as usual. For example, I can suppress myself like before, be a well-behaved and weak high school girl, and watch her find her own happiness."

“…” She lowered her head and remained silent.

"What's wrong? Any objections? If that's what you want to do, I can find a way to convince Senior Li Yinghui that it was all a misunderstanding."

“....” Still silence.

"What's wrong? Why haven't you said anything since just now..." Really, I would feel very troubled if I don't express what I think.

"Ah... I finally understand." She picked up the spoon again and plunged it into the ice cream. Then she looked at me with anger in her eyes and said, "You men are all such rotten people."

"Hey, hey, you can't pretend you didn't hear this. How could I be such a scumbag?"

"Huh? Don't you know what you're like? You act innocent and harmless all the time when you're around girls, displaying your so-called gentleness. But once they develop a crush on you, you maintain a vague relationship with them, making them revolve around you like planets... Isn't that excessive?! Aren't you just hindering them from finding their own happiness? You scumbag!"

"...Well..."

That makes sense. But there shouldn't be any girls who like me.

"...To be on the safe side, I'd like to confirm with you first...who exactly is the person you're referring to who did such a heinous and outrageous thing..."

"...you here."

As expected, she pointed at me. Well, she didn't know anything about me, so I just let her go.

"And the guy who's with Xiaohui now."

"...That shouldn't be the case. The guy I remember wouldn't do something like that."

"Humph... This is enough to prove that you two are of the same mind and can't stand the stench. It's terrible... Go to hell."

Ugh... that's really an exaggeration. That's why I said women are such troublesome creatures.

"What on earth did you do, Senior? If it's really outrageous, please tell me."

"Well, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you." She took a big bite of ice cream before saying to me, "I once saw him go out with another girl, and she was a very innocent girl."

“…”

If it was another girl, I really wouldn't be sure, but after adding the word "innocent", I roughly knew who it was.

"Oh, that's trouble..."

I actually ignored senior Lu Yunzi who had a crush on my senior.

"So, I won't believe in suggestions from people like you. Holding back my emotions... or even cooperating with you in your lies... I simply can't do that."

"..."

Have you made up your mind? That's fine... but I'll still need some guidance. Regardless, I'll try to keep the situation under control to the best of my ability.

"Huh? Really?"

I said this with a deliberately sarcastic expression. "Even though you said you wouldn't lie to us, how many lies did you tell around Senior Li Yinghui to hide your true self? You're so harsh on others, yet so lenient on yourself... You're incredibly skilled at using double standards."

"...I, I'm different from you." She slammed the table excitedly, "Don't speculate about me with your dirty thoughts!"

"...dirty... well, whatever." I ignored this unnecessary topic and continued to keep the conversation on track. "But it's absolutely impossible to do nothing, right? You're sure you don't need the help of a... cunning guy like you called me."

"Of course not!"

"..."

"You just questioned my double standards, didn't you..."

It seems that what he said came true. She got angry.

Her body trembled slightly as she pushed the cup of ice cream aside. "Although this is unpleasant, I still thank you for your hospitality."

"No, no, it's just a small amount." In a sense, it wasn't my own money, so there was no need to feel bad. "But compared to that, I'm more concerned about where you're going."

"...I'm going to find Xiaohui right now...and tell her everything I'm thinking, the feelings I'm hiding in my heart, and...everything I've never told her before."

"Is this really okay? She might hate you forever because of this, and we won't be able to get back to where we were before..."

"What does that matter?" She interrupted me directly. "You don't need to nag about my decision! Shut up if you have nothing to do with it!"

"Okay, okay..."

He raised his hands slightly in surrender and looked at her calmly.

"Good luck to you, then."

"...cut."

Without saying anything else, she rolled her eyes at me and left alone.

"Hmm..." I reached out and took the untouched cup of ice cream. Although I didn't feel bad about it, it was definitely not right to waste it.

"That guy... is still too naive."

So far, the actions have been carried out exactly as I planned.

If I could recall anything