39 – Mr. Zhang De-yi is hospitalized
But awkward as it may be, she really has to learn this kind of thing, even though she doesn’t know if her situation will come to that.
“Baby, when are you going to do that? Should I put it up now as a heads-up?” After demonstrating, Ms. Wang Hai-yan couldn’t wait to walk over and tug on Suyun’s pants.
“No, no.” Suyun was startled, and her body went weak, immediately sticking against the wall beside her.
She still found it a bit hard to accept; no more talk about it.
Later that evening, her mother tidied up her room, and they also talked for a long time.
Among other things, they asked Suyun why her hair was white, and she answered honestly.
This time, her parents weren’t as surprised as they had been initially; after a few comments, they believed her, and it made them realize they needed to help their daughter conceal things and avoid going to the hospital.
As for her ID, her father said he would check with the elders back home via his phone and call Suyun back when they figured it out later.
Sure enough, no matter how Suyun changed or how well she did on exams, in her parents’ eyes, she would always be their precious child.
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Once her parents left, Suyun gloomily stared at the pile of things in the corner of the room.
She had really turned into a girl…
Suyun smiled bitterly.
When she made her wish, she never thought the consequences would be this severe; she just wanted to become a girl to accompany herself.
But she still believed her father would find a way.
After all, when she was young and fell ill, even burning up to over forty degrees and falling unconscious, it was her father who carried her around, and he managed to get her well again.
Back then, her father’s back was still fine.
After a while, Suyun snapped back from her memories and looked around the suddenly empty room, unsure of what to do.
“Hmm… I need to sing for Qin Xue tomorrow afternoon, better practice a bit.” Suyun picked up her phone from the bed nearby.
On the phone, Qin Xue had sent her a message.
Just as Suyun was about to open it, she noticed a message in a group chat below from Qin Xue.
(Zhang De-yi is hospitalized)
“?!” Suyun froze for a moment, immediately forgetting to speak with Qin Xue and quickly entering that group chat.
This group chat was her dorm group, so it shouldn’t be a joke.
As expected, when she entered, the dormitory was in an uproar, constantly tagging people and urging those outside playing basketball to go to the hospital to see Mr. Zhang De-yi.
The last message was timestamped at 7:30, and the current time was 9 PM.
Suyun guessed that everyone in the dorm had already gathered around Zhang De-yi, which was why no one was sending more messages.
She immediately looked for Liu Fei and sent a message to inquire.
She had a hunch in her heart that if things were as she feared, she would feel guilty for a long time.
(I don’t know, a whole bunch of people stormed into the dorm around six; when they saw Zhang De-yi, they started hitting him. I went up to mediate and got slapped a few times too)
(About ten people, and two of our dormmates weren’t even there, we couldn’t stop them at all…)
(Those people are really *#@, you#@, mother#*…)
Liu Fei gave Suyun a brief rundown of the situation before turning into a telegram operator, expressing extreme dissatisfaction with those people.
Looking at the pictures Liu Fei sent, Suyun’s face darkened.
In the photo, Zhang De-yi had several stitches on his head and more than ten stitches on his body, covered in bandages, looking a bit like he wasn’t even human anymore.
Suyun’s heart surged with furious anger, wanting to beat those people one by one, but at the same time, she felt guilty and distressed.
When she thought about over ten people suddenly storming in to hit Zhang De-yi, it was easy to see why.
They were definitely the outsiders that Zhang De-yi had chased away before who regrouped for revenge.
Suyun was a selfish person, but that didn’t mean she was selfish toward those who treated her well. Zhang De-yi was hurt because of her, so she had to find a way to take revenge.
In fact, if Zhang De-yi had brought people with him, those societal thugs wouldn’t have been able to beat young, vigorous male college students; but since he was alone, they ambushed him without honor.
Originally, Suyun just wanted to avoid being discovered, and she hadn’t cared when seeing Zhang De-yi successfully chase people away; but now, it had caused him serious trouble.
Suyun deeply blamed herself, tightly gritting her teeth.
“Don’t let me run into you, or I’d break all of you just the same.”
Looking at the time, which was already past nine, she could only wait until tomorrow afternoon to see Zhang De-yi.
“Ding…” At that moment, her phone vibrated.
Suyun was looking at her phone and quickly realized that it was a voice call from Qin Xue.
“Baby, good evening~” Once connected, a sweet teasing voice came through the phone.
Hearing the word “baby,” Suyun fell silent.
“Baby, baby, why aren’t you speaking? Are you shy?”
Unaware of what had just happened, Qin Xue was teasing her as usual, not noticing anything wrong.
“Stop saying that, don’t call me baby!”
It was only the next second that Suyun loudly scolded Qin Xue, making the other person realize what was happening.
“…” There was a long silence on the other end of the line.
When Suyun finally emerged from her anger, she realized she had made a mistake.
“Sorry…”
“If you really dislike that title, I won’t call you that anymore. I’m sorry for not noticing,” but before Suyun could speak, Qin Xue took the initiative to apologize.
Qin Xue’s tone was serious and sincere, genuinely acknowledging her mistake.
This left Suyun a bit stunned.
It seemed she had seen videos stating that girls generally wouldn’t admit their mistakes; even if they were wrong, the guy had to coax them.
Not to mention Qin Xue was a pampered young lady.
“It’s nothing. Just something happened earlier, and I’m quite upset. It’s not your fault…”
“Oh? What happened?” Qin Xue’s tone was much lighter than before.
“I had a little argument with my parents, but it’s nothing, it’ll be fine soon.” Suyun didn’t reveal the truth to Qin Xue.
“Oh, I see.”
“Little Yun, such a gentle girl gets angry; it must be your parents’ fault.”
“Maybe…”
After the previous little incident, they resumed chatting like yesterday.
Except today, they started at nine o’clock.
In the end, they talked until around eleven, and Qin Xue hung up because she needed to take a shower.
During the conversation, Qin Xue didn’t call Suyun baby again, just referring to her as Little Yun.
“Girls really are talkative; once they start chatting, they can’t stop.” Suyun lay on her pillow, not knowing how many times she had turned over because her body had gone numb during the voice chat.
“Fine, I’ll take a shower and go to bed too.”
She had been busy since morning, and now she was so tired.
Suyun rolled off the bed.
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“Sister, you talked for so long.” At the bathroom door, Qin Yuan Yuan pouted.
“Hmm, what’s wrong?” Qin Xue, holding the nightgown she would change into, walked over with a smile still on her face from chatting with Little Yun.
Although startled at first, things had gone smoothly afterward; listening to Little Yun’s soft voice and teasing her brought Qin Xue inexplicable joy.
“I waited here for an hour! All you do is chat with that person!” Qin Yuan Yuan glared at her sister, who was still smiling, feeling even angrier.
Her sister used to only chat with her.
For a moment, Qin Yuan Yuan was even more convinced of her previous thoughts.
“Didn’t I tell you to wash up first?”
“Waa… I want to shower with my sister.”
“What are you, like, how old, and still need me to accompany you, silly sister?” Qin Xue flicked Qin Yuan Yuan’s forehead and led her into the bathroom.
Once in the bathroom, Qin Xue helped her younger sister wash her hair.
But her mind was somewhere else.
Qin Xue was looking forward to how well Little Yun’s singing would be tomorrow. After all, it had already sounded pretty good after just a bit of practice yesterday, though she occasionally went off-key.
If possible, for the sports meeting the day after tomorrow, she hoped Little Yun could take center stage in their club, hoping not to fall too far behind that girl group.
