Plan B
Heart-Stealing Operation 20
It seems… a little…
Chu Muyu lay in the bathtub, letting herself sink. She buried her face in the water, and just when she was about to suffocate, she came out and wiped the water from her face haphazardly with her hands.
How could it be like this… this isn’t right.
But why exactly is it not right?
Chu Muyu placed a hand on her heart, her expression a little lost.
How could she possibly like Lin Xiaohuan?
Chu Muyu took a breath and buried herself in the water again. The light from the bathroom fell on the surface of the water, refracting into another scene.
How is it impossible?
If it were the one from the past, perhaps it would be impossible.
Chu Muyu was still clear about what kind of person she liked.
But this current one…
Chu Muyu lifted her head from the water and scratched her hair.
After finishing her shower, Chu Muyu dried her hair and lay down on Wu Yubing’s bed.
Chu Muyu hadn’t brought any clothes when she came, so she was wearing Wu Yubing’s, which looked extremely seductive.
Wu Yubing scratched his head, a few different ideas in his mind.
Before he went to pick up Chu Muyu, he hadn’t finished his business yet and was already holding in a fire. Now, with Chu Muyu swaying back and forth in front of him, and thinking about his past relationship with Chu Muyu, he felt a little nostalgic.
Chu Muyu shot him a sideways glance, her eyes carrying hooks.
Speaking of which, it had also been half a month since Chu Muyu had done that something, so they hit it off immediately.
The air conditioner quilt was kicked to the floor. Wu Yubing was on top of Chu Muyu, panting. He paused his movements, then climbed up.
“What are you doing?”
Chu Muyu frowned in confusion; why stop when things were going well.
“You’re absent-minded. Don’t be in my bed thinking about another man. I’m going to sleep in the guest room.”
“Fuck, when the hell was I thinking about another man?”
Chu Muyu grabbed her hair and combed it back with her fingers.
“Who were you thinking of just now when you were looking at me? Wasn’t it that spare tire man?”
Wu Yubing was already very annoyed. For this period of time, who knows what wrong medicine Chu Muyu had taken, being one way one moment and another the next.
Chu Muyu had never cried in front of him. It was either a fight or she would turn her face away and leave, because at that time, to each other, they were both people who could not admit defeat to one another.
Wu Yubing was never a good boyfriend to begin with and had cheated an unknown number of times, so even if he had a girlfriend now, it didn’t matter that he was fooling around with Chu Muyu.
But it also had to be consensual, okay. For Chu Muyu to treat him as someone else to hehehe1 with, this was a kind of insult to him, a great contempt for his personal charm!
No more he-ing. Not in the mood.
“Who said it was a man.”
Chu Muyu replied at top speed.
“What the hell?”
Wu Yubing stopped in his tracks, looking at Chu Muyu with some surprise.
“This is annoying me to death.”
Chu Muyu rolled around on the bed twice. She hadn’t bent either; her sexual orientation was the same as before. When Wu Yubing kissed her, she would still feel something, rather than disgust and rejection.
Then why would she want to kiss Lin Xiaohuan?
And why would she get angry because Lin Xiaohuan was getting along well with someone else?
Wu Yubing actually found it a little hard to believe. The possibility of Chu Muyu engaging in lesbian activities was as minuscule as the possibility of him engaging in gay activities.
Wu Yubing felt that he still had so many girls he hadn’t been with, so why would he go and get involved with men.
For Chu Muyu, it should be the same. Without him, Wu Yubing, there were still so many men out there, you could grab a big handful2, so why go and play with women.
“If the spare tire is a woman… you’re saying… Lin Xiaohuan?”
“How did you know?”
“Because I’m smart, of course.”
This was actually very easy to guess, right. It was just that Wu Yubing had always separated Lin Xiaohuan from the so-called spare tire man. If you combined them like this, it was actually quite obvious.
So Lin Xiaohuan used to like Chu Muyu and was willing to be her spare tire. Later, she probably had a conflict with Chu Muyu; in short, Lin Xiaohuan was no longer willing to be a spare tire. Now Chu Muyu was starting to be unable to forget her. She was unhappy that the other person didn’t want to be friends with her, unhappy that she was distancing herself, and even wanted to chase her back, because Lin Xiaohuan had become better.
On the day of the campus singer competition, Wu Yubing was also in the audience.
It was undeniable that Lin Xiaohuan was super charming at that time; even he felt a stir of interest for a moment. It was just that Lin Xiaohuan wasn’t the type he liked. One look and you could tell she was the type you couldn’t just play around with. He liked the slutty, wild, and cheap3 type, not some devoted and pure girl, because they could part on good terms. So he still didn’t feel anything for Lin Xiaohuan and gave up.
For Chu Muyu to be like this was actually understandable. Who would be resigned to it if it were them, ah, but, really, she had no justification.
To sum it up in one word, it’s just being cheap, right.
“Chu Muyu, ah, you should first figure out what you want to do before saying anything else, okay. I see you’re all muddled right now. That person isn’t willing to develop some pure friendship with you at all, so you should stop rushing forward to stab with a knife.”
“I’m not.”
“I know, I know, you’re just a person with cheap bones4, right. When she liked you, you didn’t care. When she doesn’t like you, you’re eagerly wanting to chase after her. If this isn’t being cheap, what is?”
“But she’s changed, ah.”
“Then, in addition to being cheap, it’s even more contemptible. Can you have some backbone? If you really want to find a woman to experience it with, just find a random one and try it out to see how it feels.”
“I don’t want to, how disgusting, ah.”
Chu Muyu said without even thinking. Making her hug and kiss another girl… she couldn’t stand just thinking about it.
“Then Lin Xiaohuan isn’t disgusting to you?”
“She… she’s different, ah.”
Chu Muyu was conflicted to no end. If it were Lin Xiaohuan, thinking about it, it wasn’t unacceptable, ah.
“…Whatever you want. This old man5 can’t be bothered to care anymore. I’m going to sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, leave on your own, ah.”
“Got it.”
“By the way, Wu Yubing, do you have that thing?”
“What thing?”
“You know, that thing, with two women.”
“I do. I’ll send it to you in a bit.”
Wu Yubing closed the door with a dark face. Chu Muyu picked up the air conditioner quilt from the floor and got her phone ready to receive the file at any moment.
Wu Yubing muttered to himself, is this person really going to walk down this path? He knew he had a lot of messy stuff here, and quite a few with two women. He’d just send one over.
Wu Yubing never would have thought that among the many milder ones, he would send a rather heavy one over.
Chu Muyu was extremely surprised when she received it.
It was an SM training series…
Chu Muyu subconsciously threw the phone to one side, but after a moment, and after some mental preparation, she continued to observe it.
Su Xin and Chu Yanxi were playing in the water.
After a boisterous shower, Chu Yanxi dried Su Xin’s hair.
“Do you have the strength to pick me up? I’m very light, you know.”
Su Xin spread her arms, looking like she was asking for a hug.
Lin Xiaohuan was indeed very thin. Although you couldn’t call it malnutrition, she was just on the thin side. Except for her butt having a bit of meat, the rest of her was very slender.
It wasn’t particularly strenuous for Chu Yanxi to lift her; Su Xin was even lighter than she had imagined.
“You need to be fattened up a bit.”
Chu Yanxi pinched Su Xin’s slender waist.
“Okay, ah, I’m very easy to raise.”
Su Xin said in a light and cheerful tone, nestled in Chu Yanxi’s arms.
Entering the air-conditioned room, Su Xin felt like she had been saved.
The season Su Xin disliked the most was summer; anyway, she wasn’t very interested in skirts.
In summer, more skin is exposed, which made Su Xin feel uncomfortable. Plus the stuffy weather and the sun that wouldn’t stop shining its scorching rays, and a swarm of buzzing mosquitoes, it was truly vexing.
The air conditioner was a good thing. Although it could be uncomfortable if you stayed in it for too long, it could indeed keep one’s mood pleasant.
Su Xin was placed on the bed by Chu Yanxi, and then Chu Yanxi also sat down on the bed. Su Xin immediately went over and obediently helped Chu Yanxi massage her hands.
“I’ll be very busy for the next few days and might not be able to come back to eat with you.”
“It’s okay, I’ll call you every day.”
“Okay.”
Chu Yanxi was the one who couldn’t bear to be apart; Su Xin, on the other hand, felt it was fine.
Chu Yanxi started to get busy again, constantly making phone calls and typing on the computer keyboard.
Su Xin felt tired just watching her and could only help by pouring her a glass of water; there wasn’t much else she could do to help.
Su Xin was chatting with the original host Lin Xiaohuan’s good friend, Lan Xixi6.
Lin Xiaohuan had two good friends who genuinely cared about her, one was Mu Bai7, and the other was Lan Xixi.
Mu Bai did not take the Gaokao8, staying in that city to inherit his family’s restaurant, learn to cook, and become a boss. Lan Xixi, on the other hand, went abroad in her third year of high school to study in a foreign country.
The three good friends made completely different choices on the path of the Gaokao. Mu Bai didn’t take the Gaokao and dropped out of school. Lan Xixi also didn’t take it and went directly abroad. Lin Xiaohuan followed the rules, got into this school in a big city, but their relationship did not grow distant because of this.
After Su Xin took over this body, she had also maintained her relationship with Lan Xixi.
Lan Xixi’s personality was also somewhat introverted, and because of her figure, she had some low self-esteem.
Lan Xixi was chubby. As a girl in high school, her weight reached 180 jin9, which could be said to be very unhealthy.
Because of her appearance, Lan Xixi had few friends and a somewhat solitary personality.
Lin Xiaohuan was willing to hang out with her, and the two became very good friends who told each other everything.
Lin Xiaohuan was timid because she felt she had a secret that couldn’t be known by others. If this secret were to be told, the consequences would be very serious. Lan Xixi, on the other hand, couldn’t hold her head up amidst all kinds of ridicule and teasing. The two lonely people quickly got together.
Because of Lin Xiaohuan’s relationship with Mu Bai, Mu Bai also got to know Lan Xixi. Mu Bai was actually a very gentlemanly boy and wouldn’t make any critical remarks about girls, so Lan Xixi gradually started to hang out with him.
Although the trio’s combination was strange, and there were some unpleasant words from their classmates at the time, it did not spoil the relationship between them.
Lan Xixi’s choice to go abroad at that time made many people envious, and there were also many who made sour remarks.
In a foreign land, Lan Xixi always maintained contact with Lin Xiaohuan, occasionally sending some gifts and postcards to her other two good friends.
Both Lan Xixi and Mu Bai knew that Lin Xiaohuan liked Chu Muyu, and both of them held the same opposing attitude. But Lin Xiaohuan just wouldn’t listen to what others said to her and still treated Chu Muyu well with unwavering devotion.
What surprised Su Xin a little was that Lan Xixi said she was coming back.
Lan Xixi was coming back to see her family, and also them, her companions.
“Hey, Xixi, are you coming back?”
“Mhm, I’ll be back in two days. You have to come pick me up at the airport then, you know.”
The girl’s voice on the other end was gentle, carrying a soft feeling.
“Mhm, mhm, of course.”
“So, are you free recently? Let’s go find Mu Bai together, ah. Mu Bai must be very busy now, with no holidays, so it’s not convenient for him to come find the two of us.”
“I still have exams for another week and a half. Once I finish my exams, it’ll be vacation. We can go find Mu Bai to hang out then, ah.”
“Okay.”
After the brief exchange ended, Su Xin turned her head and saw Chu Yanxi, who had stopped her work and was staring at her.
“Who was that on the phone?”
“My good friend.”
“You guys are going to hang out together after the vacation starts?”
Chu Yanxi felt that this was a big deal. It was no big deal that the little girl’s good friend was coming back. It was also acceptable that the little girl was going to pick her up from the airport. But for the little girl to run off to another city with someone else to meet people, that was a problem.
Every second they spent together was one second less. For the little girl to run off with someone else, how could that be okay.
She was going to be very busy handing over her work next, which would already waste more than a week.
Chu Yanxi was very conflicted. She couldn’t not let the little girl go see her good friend; she wasn’t that domineering yet, but she was just unhappy about it in her heart.
“Mhm, mhm, she’s coming back from abroad. We haven’t seen each other for two years. Our other good friend is over at my hometown. That good friend is busier with work, so even if he had time to come over to see us, it would definitely be a loss for him. But it doesn’t matter for the two of us.”
Su Xin held her phone and put her arm around Chu Yanxi’s shoulder.
“Do you want to go with me then?”
“Me going… would that be appropriate?”
Chu Yanxi was still feeling a little awkward in her heart, but now she wasn’t feeling awkward anymore. As expected, as soon as the little girl coaxed her, she felt very comforted.
“What’s inappropriate about it? The two of them are my best, best friends. They know about my sexual orientation and have always hoped that I could find the right person to love me and take care of me. Now that I’ve found you, of course I have to take you to let them see.”
“Okay.”
Chu Yanxi felt a lump in her throat. She had started to think that the little girl would be too embarrassed to introduce her to her friends.
Although she could be called a very outstanding woman, her age and social status were still quite different from the little girl’s.
Not many people would even believe that the two of them were friends.
But as expected, she had been overthinking it. The little girl didn’t care about issues like face at all. She was so frank and passionate. To be able to have her was like obtaining a treasure.
“Anyway, I have to go home for summer vacation too. You’ll have to come home with me to meet my parents then, oh.”
“Okay, but Uncle and Auntie probably don’t know about this matter, right?”
“Don’t let them know. Anyway, I… when the time comes, I’ll just say you’re my teacher, and add some title like the youngest professor to you. If I bring you home, my parents will definitely be especially happy. Then you can use some excuse to take me out, and my parents will definitely be at ease. That way, we can be a couple openly.”
Su Xin was absolutely confident that she could fool Lin Xiaohuan’s parents. Anyway, she didn’t want to be a good girl who stayed at home and was controlled in every way.
Family affection is certainly wonderful, but at certain times, it’s still an unspeakable hassle.
“Okay.”
Chu Yanxi was happy now. Although meeting the parents so soon made her feel a bit caught off guard, it wasn’t actually that soon, after all…
Chu Yanxi sighed in her heart. The little girl said not to let her parents know, to avoid making them angry and sad, but they would have to know sooner or later.
Chu Yanxi was already thinking about things in the future, and the more she thought, the tighter her brows furrowed.
“What are you thinking about with such a serious expression?”
“After you’re gone, how am I going to fight with your parents for your ashes.”
As Chu Yanxi thought this, she said it out loud, and then the atmosphere fell silent.
Chu Yanxi was a little annoyed. How did I get so morbid again, and saying such an inauspicious thing, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!
Su Xin couldn’t hold it in and let out a pfft of laughter.
“Hahahahaha, you’re just trying to make me laugh to death, right? We just mentioned meeting the parents, how did you think of this.”
“This is a very realistic problem. I hope you can be buried with me.”
It should be so, her lover.
But there was no official status between them, and their affair could not be made public at the little girl’s home. Otherwise, the living would be even more miserable, and the dead, in the mouths of others, would not be able to rest in peace.
“That won’t do, hey. I can leave you many things, but this body must be left for my parents.”
Su Xin could understand Chu Yanxi’s feelings, but after she was gone, this body, in the eyes of others, would be Lin Xiaohuan, not Su Xin.
So even if Chu Yanxi got her body, it wouldn’t be her.
She could only be considered a soul dwelling in these bodies that had already lost their vitality.
Chu Yanxi became a little gloomy again.
Chu Yanxi was not a person who was easily prone to mood swings, but ever since she fell in love with her little girl, her mind had been pulled by Su Xin’s every move and word.
“Look, isn’t this scar very deep? I almost died because of this once.”
Su Xin spread open the wound on her wrist.
“But, you know, after I woke up, the past me had already died, and a new me has awakened.”
“What you see now is the new me. When I leave, everyone will think I am the past me, but only you will know that I am different.”
“I can leave myself to you, but this body, I cannot.”
Although what Su Xin said was a bit mysterious and roundabout, she understood that Chu Yanxi would definitely know her true meaning.
Chu Yanxi nodded and rubbed Su Xin’s head.
“If you do this, I won’t grow taller.”
Su Xin whimpered, and snuggled up in front of Chu Yanxi.
“You be good now and go work hard. I’m still waiting for you to finish handling your business so you can spend quality time with me.”
“Okay.”
The air conditioner was running with a whirring sound. Su Xin couldn’t stay awake and felt sleepy, so she went to sleep first. Before sleeping, she reminded Chu Yanxi, who was working, to go to bed early.
Chu Yanxi was busy until one in the morning. She climbed into bed lightly and saw her little girl, covered with a quilt and sleeping soundly, feeling content.
She took the air conditioner remote and turned the temperature up a bit, lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and her hand very consciously landed on the waist of the person next to her.
The little girl in her sleep seemed to feel it and moved a little in her direction.
The next day, the alarm clock woke Su Xin up. She had no classes in the first two periods today; class only started at 9:40. Su Xin set her alarm for eight-thirty.
When Su Xin opened her eyes, the person who was beside her last night was no longer in bed.
Just like Su Xin had done before, Chu Yanxi had also stuck a sticky note on the door.
The general meaning was that she was going to the company for work and might not be able to have lunch with her today. She told Su Xin to take good care of herself and to remember to call or text her after waking up.
Su Xin took the sticky note down, placed it casually on the desk, and sent a text to Chu Yanxi with her phone, saying that she had already gotten up. Then she went to the bathroom to wash up.
The breakfast the auntie had made was already wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in an incubator. After washing up, Su Xin took the things out and placed them on the dining table. She ate breakfast while holding her phone, and then washed the dishes.
Chu Yanxi was in a meeting. She noticed the screen of her phone, which was placed by the side of the table, light up. She glanced at what the message said and continued to speak about her previous matter in an orderly manner.
But the curve of her lips was obviously a little wider than before. The subordinates sitting on either side of her could clearly feel that her mood had become even better.
After the meeting, the Chu siblings went to Chu Yanxi’s office to ask for advice on some matters. After knocking and being signaled that they could come in, they stood quietly to the side because Chu Yanxi was currently on the phone, and obviously hadn’t finished talking.
They had thought it would be some very important business negotiation, but they didn’t expect to hear some things they probably shouldn’t have heard, and they quickly lowered their heads.
“Are you going to class now? Do you want the driver to take you?”
Chu Yanxi’s voice carried obvious care. She glanced at the scorching sun outside through the window and felt that it must be very hot outside. It would take at least ten minutes to walk from home to school. If she took a car, the time would be much shorter, and it would be more comfortable.
“No need, I’ll just walk over. It’s not time for class yet. I’ll go over by myself when it’s time.”
“Okay, feel free to buy whatever you want to eat. I left money for you in the bedside table. If you want it, just go get it yourself.”
“I have my own money, why should I use yours.”
“It’s only natural that you use mine. If you want anything else, just feel free to tell me.”
“Okay, oh.”
Su Xin touched her clothes pocket. She indeed didn’t have much cash on her because she used mobile payment for everything.
“You work hard, okay. I’ll eat lunch alone. Are you coming back in the afternoon?”
“I’m not sure either. If I do come back, I’ll call you in advance.”
“Okay, mua10.”
At the end of the call, Su Xin even happily added a little kiss.
Chu Yanxi saw the words “Call Ended” displayed on her phone, and the corners of her mouth turned up. She felt that after getting together with the little girl, she herself had become much younger.
Chu Muyu fell asleep last night after watching it. When she woke up in the morning, she found that she had a very terrifying dream last night.
How could she YY11 Lin Xiaohuan!
It must be because of that film from last night; it wasn’t her heart’s true intention.
What on earth should she do? Chu Muyu was also worried in her heart.
In the current situation, she had no idea how to handle it.
Lin Xiaohuan was now keeping a distance from her that was neither far nor near and didn’t really want to pay attention to her. Moreover, she might now have another wild woman12.
She discovered, almost with annoyance, that she seemed to have already lost her advantage.
No… I don’t want to… don’t want to try.
Chu Muyu looked in the mirror, at the beautiful and somewhat unfamiliar girl in the mirror, and closed the mirror.
If she didn’t get this matter cleared up, or find a result, she would be annoyed to death by herself.
Chu Muyu opened her phone and searched for Lin Xiaohuan.
She hadn’t been deleted by Lin Xiaohuan, but Lin Xiaohuan also hadn’t sent her a message in a long time. These historical messages were all from half a month ago.
The last message Lin Xiaohuan sent her was a “good morning.”
After that, everything changed. Their relationship underwent a great change.
Lin Xiaohuan’s profile picture had changed, her screen name had changed, her personal signature13 had changed, and her profile information had also been modified. If it weren’t for the contact name, she would have thought it was another person.
Chu Muyu clicked into her Space14 and found that the posts15 inside had also been almost completely deleted.
There were only two updates inside. One was pure text, dated five years ago.
【Met someone, happy.】
One was from not long ago; it was a song shared from a K-song16 app.
Chu Muyu clicked on it, and music started playing from her phone.
“Is happiness so light that it’s too heavy,
Overused, it doesn’t itch or hurt,
The pupils, rotten-ripe and red, have become hollow,
Finally hollowed out, finally having a beginning but no end,
What cannot be obtained is forever in turmoil,
Those who are favored are always fearless,
…”
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