Plan B
Heart-Stealing Operation 6
After Chu Muyu heard these words, her footsteps paused for a moment, and then she walked in another direction.
“Inertia.”1
Chu Muyu really did not want to sleep with Su Xin; she just walked to that room out of inertia, because most of the time when she came to stay here, she did not stay in her own room, but in Lin Xiaohuan’s room.
Because every time Lin Xiaohuan helped Chu Muyu back, Chu Muyu’s state was always drunk.
Lin Xiaohuan was afraid she would want to drink water at night, or do some other things, and was worried she would not be able to take care of herself and would get up to vomit, so every time Chu Muyu was drunk, she would sleep together with Lin Xiaohuan.
Lin Xiaohuan’s mood at that time was definitely very happy, but Lin Xiaohuan knew that Chu Muyu got drunk for someone else, so even when lying on the same bed, it was purely covering themselves with a cotton quilt, and she did nothing, meticulously taking care of Chu Muyu.
Lin Xiaohuan was really too timid, so even if the person she liked was standing in front of her, lying on the same bed with her, she could not do anything.
Pure in feeling and introverted.
If the one Lin Xiaohuan liked was not Chu Muyu, maybe things would not have become like this today, but this kind of thing cannot be started over from the beginning; fate has always been a very strange thing.
But this kind of thing is indeed destined by heaven; you will never know which people you will meet, what kind of people will appear in your life, what kind of roles those people will play in your life, and the influence they bring you, whether good or bad. Some people can ruin your entire life, while some people can bring you happiness.
After Su Xin finished tidying herself up, she returned to the room, planning the things to come.
Chu Muyu was in her room playing with her phone, but some things that used to make her feel quite happy were now unable to cheer her up. A stream of gloomy qi that could not be waved away was in her chest cavity and could not be vented no matter what, to the extent that she was extremely irritable.
She also did not know what exactly she was annoyed about, but she knew it must be related to Lin Xiaohuan.
This relationship is really so troublesome. Why can’t it go back to how it was before? Could it be that this feeling of liking someone is really that important?
Why is it that after eliminating that kind of feeling, they can no longer be friends? Could it be that after not liking her anymore, they can’t be very good friends?
She did not know what Lin Xiaohuan wanted to do, but she knew what she herself wanted to do.
Since she had made Lin Xiaohuan unhappy, then she would just work hard to make Lin Xiaohuan happy. This way, once Lin Xiaohuan was relieved, they would go back to how they were before.
Chu Muyu’s thinking in a certain aspect was indeed somewhat simple and childish; she seemed to have no way of understanding that kind of complex and tangled feeling within relationships, only treating them as a kind of simple interaction.
What kind of feeling can be let go of just by saying so? If one can really forget and feel relieved that quickly, then it must be that one did not care much at the beginning.
Humans are a kind of animal that likes to be moved by themselves; they will always recall the things they have done and be moved by the things they have done.
But not all people are like this, yet Chu Muyu was.
Chu Muyu saw the caller ID and swiped up to answer.
“If you have business, present your memorial; if not, withdraw from court. Laozi2 is annoyed right now.”
“No way, could it be that you get irritable just seeing me call you? But it wasn’t me who dumped you, it was you who dumped me.”
“It has nothing to do with you. Why on earth did you call?”
“I asked you to come out for a meal this afternoon, why didn’t you come?”
“In a bad mood, didn’t want to go.”
“Could it be that you hit a wall somewhere? That shouldn’t be. Isn’t our great beauty Chu always successful in all her endeavors? What, you can still stumble over someone.”
“I already said it has nothing to do with you.”
“Could it be that after leaving me, it’s not easy to find the next house3?”
Wu Yubing said teasingly on the other end. Anyway, in these few months of them being entangled like this, they had long since figured each other out almost completely.
“I don’t want to hear your nonsense right now. If you have something important, say it quickly. If not, hang up.”
“You’re not this heartless, are you? Could it be that after breaking up, I can’t even ask you out to have fun anymore?”
Chu Muyu did not have this kind of personality, but right now she really did not want to think about these things anymore, plus she had just remembered a sentence Su Xin had said.
Su Xin had asked her if, after she and Wu Yubing broke up, they could still be very good friends.
She had answered, yes.
She had not lied to her, it really was possible. But as for being very good friends, she’d better forget it. Before, Chu Muyu saw Wu Yubing as good in every way, but now, nothing about him was pleasing to her eye.
“Wu Yubing, we’re still friends, right?”
“Haven’t seen you for a few days, has your brain been kicked broken by a donkey?”
“Why did someone tell me that two people can’t be good friends after breaking up?”
“Hmm… this is a good question. Anyway, none of my ex-girlfriends have contacted me again; they all cursed me when we broke up.”
“What a coincidence, actually it’s the same with me and my ex-boyfriends.”
“Right? Not one family, don’t enter one door.”4
“So, you really can’t be good friends after a breakup?”
“That depends on what the situation is. Anyway, that doesn’t exist between the two of us. You didn’t like me that much either, did you?”
Chu Muyu tugged at her hair in confusion, the annoyance in her heart deepening.
“Why do you say that? I feel that I quite liked you when I was in a relationship with you.”
Chu Muyu knew her own state. That uncontrollable feeling of wanting to possess him at that time, and the feeling of wanting to rely on and act spoiled toward him—how could that not be ‘like’?
If that was not called ‘like’, then she felt that she had probably never liked anyone before.
Could it be that what Lin Xiaohuan said was really right?
She was not sad. She was able to let go so quickly not because of her mother’s command, but because she herself had long wanted to do so. She actually did not like Wu Yubing very much, but because she was not reconciled to it, she had not let go.
“When I was in a relationship with you, I quite liked you too. Chu Muyu, to put it plainly, the two of us are the same kind of person; we have fundamentally never liked anyone.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’re still a bit more childish than me right now. I estimate that in another two years, you’ll be the same as me. It’s just that you yourself haven’t thought it through yet.”
“Thought what through? Aiya, hurry up and say it, I’m waiting to listen.”
“Alright, wait for me a moment. I’ll sit on the bed and tell you slowly.”
Chu Muyu also sat down cross-legged, plugged earphones into her phone, and waited to hear Wu Yubing speak.
“I really never thought that I would one day be telling you these great principles. Actually, I know you never liked me that much. It’s not like I’ve never been liked by anyone before. I don’t know why you later pestered me with breaking up and getting back together; I found it all annoying, but you still insisted. I was puzzled. You are clearly the same kind of person as me, isn’t it better to meet well and part well? Later, I figured it out: you were having a fit of pique with me.”
Chu Muyu did not speak, waiting for Wu Yubing to continue.
“Chu Muyu, am I the first person who dared to split legs5 while in a relationship with you?”
Chu Muyu’s mind went blank. So… what Lin Xiaohuan said was right?
“Hey, say something.”
“You don’t need to say any more. I know what you’re trying to express. Now I want to ask you a question, and I hope you can properly tell me the answer.”
“Fine, fine. I was only halfway through my great principles and wasn’t finished yet. Can’t you just let me be a life mentor for once?”
“I’m afraid you’ll lead me astray. It’s just, I’m asking you, if there was a person who liked you a lot, stayed by your side silently for several years, and was especially good to you, but you clearly rejected her, so she decided to let go. But then she left, what would your reaction be?”
“If she leaves, she leaves. Anyway, I already rejected her. Since it’s impossible to be with her, why give her hope? Anyway, although I’m quite a bastard, I still have principles. A rabbit doesn’t even eat the grass by its nest6, and a good horse doesn’t eat the grass it’s turned back from7.”
“But what if you feel very angry, very unhappy, and want to chase her back?”
“…Ah… then isn’t that being reluctant to part with her, isn’t that liking her?”
“No, you don’t like her.”
Chu Muyu also did not know how to explain it clearly, but she did not want to tell Wu Yubing that the person was Lin Xiaohuan.
“Then if you don’t like her, why would you still feel happy and reluctant to part?”
“That’s why it’s strange, and that’s why I’m asking you this question. Aiya, it’s just not that kind of ‘like’, you know? It’s the kind of feeling where you want to treat her as a good friend.”
“Oh—I understand what’s going on now. It’s that you have a spare tire8 by your side for many years. He silently gave for you for many years, but now he knows it’s impossible to be with you, so he wants to leave, but you are reluctant to let him go, right?”
“Who told you it was me… Anyway, the situation is more or less like this, right? Can you help me analyze what’s going on?”
“It’s just that you’re greedy. Since you can’t be with the person, you still want to be good friends with them. Are you a stupid cunt9?”
“You are the fucking10 stupid cunt.”
“Chu Muyu, I’ve now discovered that you aren’t inferior to me at all. You are much more of a fucking bastard and more cruel-hearted than I am. At least I wouldn’t let a girl I rejected continue to be friends with me.”
“But I’m reluctant to let her go!”
“In this world, no one is obligated to give for anyone else as a matter of course. If someone likes you, they like you; if they don’t, they don’t. Why must they stay by your side to take care of you? She’s not your mom.”
“Even my mom doesn’t take care of me. Alright, alright, I know. Hanging up, bye.”
Chu Muyu originally wanted to undo her heart knot11 a little, but unexpectedly, not only did it not get untied now, the knot also grew deeper and deeper.
Su Xin was in the other room listening to the broadcast and couldn’t help but want to applaud and say, “Beautiful.”
Originally, these were the words she had wanted to say to Chu Muyu, but unexpectedly, someone else had said them first. But actually, it didn’t matter; Wu Yubing still had a pretty clear understanding of things.
Su Xin paid no mind to Chu Muyu’s tossing and turning; she had already made up her mind.
Master Fourteen, is there a way to help me undergo vocal training? Or some kind of bonus?
【Transmitting resource pack now. The Host can train skills in the static space12. Because skill memory can be reused, saving time, it will not be blurred. When the Host returns to the real world, the learning memory will be retained.】
Su Xin remembered that she had come in a hurry. After going back, she estimated she would still have to face Qiu Qingqing and explain to her why she had become like that before. Otherwise, Qiu Qingqing would worry to death. But how to explain it…
Could she say, “Hi, actually I died once, that was the process of repeating my own death”?
That way, Qiu Qingqing might not only think her body was sick, but would also think her brain was sick.
【The Host does not need to worry about real-world problems. This Humble One will help you handle them well. Furthermore, in the future, the Host will not have a month of rest time. It may only be one day, or one hour, or possibly one minute, or even one second, depending on This Humble One’s speed in searching for missions.】
Truly frightening.
【Does the Host wish to immediately enter the static space to train?】
Yes.
The other end of the city.
Chu Yanxi listened to the reported news, lost in thought.
On the table were several photos, obviously taken secretly from a long distance. They were all of the same girl. There was also one photo where she was directly facing the camera, holding a lollipop in her hand, with a knowing look in her smile.
“Boss, she is very sharp. She discovered my tracking and shook me off. These are all the photos there are.”
“It’s fine.”
Chu Yanxi picked up that photo and stroked its edge.
She is very smart. The smarter she is, the stranger it is.
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