CH 72

After getting home and taking a shower, Yu Zhou couldn’t sleep at all when she lay in bed.

She got up and watched some TV. “Ace vs Ace” was really lively, which made her home feel even more desolate.

So annoyed.

She opened Weibo and the last post on Xiang Wan’s page was still the one she had seen in the afternoon. Xiang Wan had posted a picture of flowers on a coffee table, with no caption.

But it seemed to suggest expectations for a new life.

At that time, Yu Zhou was relieved and then waited for her next post. But there was no next post. Xiang Wan also didn’t send her any WeChat messages, asking her why she didn’t bring some things over.

Sigh, she thought, perhaps she was too thoughtful. Yu Zhou felt both disappointed and proud.

She sighed and turned off the TV before playing with her phone in bed for a while. Seeing that it was past midnight, she lay down to continue sleeping.

In her daze, the phone on the bedside table was vibrating.

Yu Zhou squinted and saw that it was Xiang Wan.

She woke up with a start, blinked twice, and then picked up.

There was no sound, just a bit of background noise from a bedroom.

“Wanwan?” Yu Zhou called her.

“Wanwan, what’s wrong?”

“Wanwan, say something.”

Xiang Wan hung up the phone.

Yu Zhou found it strange. Just as she was about to call back, Xiang Wan called again. She picked up and still no one spoke.

This time Yu Zhou also stayed silent for a while, then asked her in a very soft voice: “Wanwan, what’s wrong? Can’t sleep?”

There was a pause for two or three seconds, and then Xiang Wan hung up again.

Yu Zhou waited for a while and the phone rang a third time.

This time neither of them spoke. Yu Zhou placed her phone next to her pillow, turned on the speakerphone. She could hear Xiang Wan’s slow breathing, as if Xiang Wan was lying next to her.

Xiang Wan was missing her, Yu Zhou knew. She was not used to it, maybe a bit scared, but she didn’t want to say.

They accompanied each other in silence for five minutes before Xiang Wan finally said, “Goodnight.”

Yu Zhou softly smiled as she said, “Goodnight.”

The next day, Yu Zhou didn’t wake up early. She saw that Xiang Wan had sent her a WeChat message, asking her, “Didn’t you buy laundry care agent? I didn’t see it.”

Yu Zhou replied, “No, the laundry detergent I ordered for you this time is a three-in-one, so you don’t need to add anything else, you’ll find it convenient to use.”

Xiang Wan replied, “Got it.”

Yu Zhou saw that she was fine, so she relaxed and got up to make breakfast.

Just as she had finished setting up the egg boiler, the doorbell rang.

She was very surprised.

She dried her hands and went to open the door. Outside was Su Chang.

No, not just Su Chang. She was carrying a cat bag, and the small cow cat was sticking its head out from inside.

“Are you…” coming to join me?

It was so strange seeing the tall Su Chang with her cold face, carrying a cat bag and a clueless cat, hahahahaha.

Su Chang handed her the cat bag and placed the cat toilet in the entrance, then bent down to change her shoes.

Yu Zhou took the calf out and it was a bit nervous in the new environment. She put it on the sofa, where it found a corner to nestle in, sniffing cautiously and familiarizing itself with its surroundings.

“Hey, are you mute?” Yu Zhou looked at Su Chang hanging up her coat. How could she be so casual about boundaries? It’s like she’s in her own home.

Su Chang looked up at her, seemingly startled, then slightly frowned. Yu Zhou seemed to be getting more and more fierce.

She said, “I have my last supplementary recording today at Three Sounds Studio. See if you want to go. If you want to, come with me. After that, I have to go on a business trip. There’s no one to take care of it, so I want to ask if you’d be willing to.”

“Is this asking?” Yu Zhou looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Wasn’t this more like breaking into someone’s home and forcibly delivering goods?

Su Chang didn’t say anything, just stood by the dining area while looking at her.

Yu Zhou felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze. She knew from the moment she saw the cat that Su Chang cared about her, which was why she brought the cat over to accompany her. But she was afraid that if Su Chang said it, the two of them would have to play some warm and affectionate scene, which would be so embarrassing, so she acted fierce first.

“You came over so early in the morning. What if I hadn’t woken up yet? You should have at least sent me a message or something.” She grumbled as she went to the bathroom to wash up.

Su Chang looked a little innocent: “It’s already eleven.” Early morning?

“You still need to give people a heads up when you go to their house, you know? Do you understand basic social etiquette?” Yu Zhou complained as she brushed her teeth.

But deep down, she knew Su Chang wanted to surprise her.

Maybe she even wanted to see Yu Zhou perform a flying hug or something. Tsk, tsk.

Miss Su looked cold and aloof, but her pursuit strategy was pretty down-to-earth.

No, wait. Didn’t she make up her mind that the two of them had no chance? Why was it that when she thought of the keyword “pursuit”, her mouth, still foamy from brushing her teeth, curved upward?

…Yu Zhou felt a little out of her mind and shivered.

After brushing her teeth and combing her hair a few times, Yu Zhou came out directly. Su Chang was sitting on the sofa playing with the cat. Seeing Yu Zhou’s face still looking the same as before, she asked hesitantly, “Aren’t you going to wash your face?”

Yu Zhou cleared her throat before sitting on the other side of the sofa, “I’ll wash it later when we go out.”

Su Chang hooked the corner of her mouth as she asked softly, “You don’t need to wash it when you see me?”

It seemed like she was using Yu Zhou’s own words to tease her – “Do you understand social etiquette?”

Ignoring her, Yu Zhou started scrolling through Xiang Wan’s Weibo on her phone. After a few scrolls, she couldn’t take it anymore and wailed expressionlessly, “Why hasn’t she posted a Weibo yet, why hasn’t she posted a Weibo yet?”

Why hadn’t Xiang Wan posted a Weibo yet? Yu Zhou felt like she was about to dry up and she was even more like a mom than Xiang Wan’s mom fans.

Yu Zhou even had to resist the urge to message Xiang Wan because she knew that once she started, she wouldn’t be able to stop herself from asking this and that. Then what was the point of being independent?

Su Chang glanced at her phone and asked: “Xiang Wan?”

“Yeah, isn’t it normal to ask this and that on the first day of moving out? She only asked me about fabric softener, could she handle all the rest?” Yu Zhou just didn’t believe it.

“Yesterday, Xiangzhi called her and wanted to invite her to lunch today, but she said she had to go to the studio. Some of her training classmates are in the project and they invited her.” Su Chang explained.

“Oh.” Yu Zhou felt a little relieved.

Seeing her like this, Su Chang felt a bit amused, but also a bit…jealous.

So, she asked: “If you’re so reluctant to let her go, why not reconsider what you said to me before?”

“What did I say?”

“You said that you had no feelings for her.”

Her words were euphemistic but the meaning was clear, as if asking Yu Zhou to think carefully whether she had feelings for Xiang Wan.

“Are you crazy?” Yu Zhou scolded her.

Su Chang was taken aback.

Yu Zhou pursed her lips, why was she getting fierce again…

Then she hummed twice and lowered her voice to reason, “Missing someone is one thing, having feelings is another.”

“You can distinguish that clearly?”

“Mm…” Yu Zhou clicked her tongue and put down her phone before picking up the pillow, saying to Su Chang, “Actually, I’ve thought about this. I’m lesbian and she’s so beautiful and so good. We lived together for so long, and we’re quite close. I’ve been thinking, is she just a friend to me, or do I have a bit of… that kind of feeling for her?”

Su Chang’s heart clenched as she propped her hand on the back of the sofa, turning to look at Yu Zhou.

“Then I figured that I probably don’t.” Yu Zhou pondered and concluded.

“Why do you think so?”

“Well, firstly, I really, really like her, but I… I don’t have that kind of desire.” She spoke in a tiny voice, as if she was sharing some scandalous gossip, afraid of eavesdroppers.

Su Chang couldn’t help but laugh at Yu Zhou’s demeanor. She propped her forehead with her hand, listening quietly to her.

“Girls can naturally be very close. Don’t laugh. I mean… this factor is quite important. That is, whether there is any… impulse.”

She was quite embarrassed to say this and felt like she was offending Xiang Wan.

Yu Zhou bowed to Xiang Wan in her heart.

“Mm,” Su Chang seemed to agree, “What about the second reason?”

The second reason…

The second reason was, of course, that she still liked the person in front of her.

Yu Zhou didn’t know if it was possible in this world for someone to like two people at the same time, like He Shuhuan in ‘Romance in the Rain’, but this wouldn’t happen to her.

If she liked Xiang Wan, she would be dedicated to her. The concept of ‘proclivity’ didn’t exist in her love. She wouldn’t respond to Su Chang’s kisses merely based on physical ‘proclivity’.

“There’s no second reason,” She said.

“Huh?” Su Chang raised her eyebrows.

“Saying ‘firstly’ is just a way of speaking, don’t you understand?”

Su Chang shook her head with a smile before she glanced at the wall clock, saying, “It’s getting late. Shall we go out for a meal and then head to the studio?”

“So, are you leaving this cat here?” She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but it seemed like Su Chang had become bolder after receiving her response.

“Yes.”

“But you didn’t ask me, and I didn’t agree.”

“It seems like you didn’t refuse either.”

“Hiss…”

“So, do you want to refuse?”

“……”

“Can I leave it here?”

“…Okay.”

“Let’s go then.” Su Chang said softly.