32 – Girlfriend
Suyun was instantly puzzled by Qin Xue’s words, glancing back at her with some disbelief.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Dance, of course?”
“Ah…” Suyun was surprised to confirm that she really had to dance by herself.
No, sister, do you really think she’s a genius? She can pick up things just by watching a few times.
Suyun really wanted to find an excuse to refuse Qin Xue, but seeing the serious look in her eyes made it difficult for her to say it out loud.
Then, soon, a clever thought struck her.
Although she completely didn’t know the dance from earlier, she did know another one, having practiced it for a few years and being quite proficient.
Qin Xue watched, initially thinking that Little Yun would shyly refuse her, but the next second, she saw her body stand straight and start moving.
Not wanting to miss this moment, she focused intently, even more seriously than when she was watching before.
Suyun raised her hands, crossing them above her head and waving for a few moments before letting them slowly fall. Along with her hands, her legs began to step in rhythm.
After this smooth little routine, Suyun began to extend one hand horizontally while folding the other towards her body, turning her head towards the fully extended hand, then shaking her head and waving her hands…
“?” Qin Xue was momentarily stunned upon seeing Suyun’s “dance.”
It was obvious that this was entirely different from what she understood as dance.
Self-created?
This looked quite rhythmic; if you took a closer look, it really had some substance.
Is Little Yun really this good?
But why does it feel strangely familiar?
Qin Xue had a great sense of rhythm, and soon a pattern of 1234, 5678, 2234, 5678 floated into her mind…
If she guessed correctly, the “dance” intro was “The 3rd National Middle School Radio Calisthenics, Dancing Youth, starting now.”
“…” Qin Xue looked at Suyun, who was earnestly doing her exercises, speechless.
She realized that Suyun was indeed different from other girls, as Little Yun was a silly girl.
Qin Xue didn’t go over to stop her; she just sat on the mat, watching Suyun’s performance with interest.
In the end, after four minutes, the dance concluded with Suyun’s final stretches.
Suyun was quite surprised when she finished, not expecting to remember it so clearly after six months.
No, wait, there hadn’t been time to do exercises in senior year, so it must have been a year and a half.
“How was it?” Suyun walked up to Qin Xue to ask.
“Silly girl.”
However, the first thing Qin Xue said upon seeing her was to scold her, leaving Suyun a bit stunned.
What is it… If I hadn’t seen you watching so seriously, I wouldn’t have danced; it’s so embarrassing.
Suyun looked at Qin Xue with resentment.
“I didn’t mean for you to dance like this… pfft,” Qin Xue covered her forehead, looking quite helpless, but soon couldn’t help but laugh.
“What are you laughing at?” Suyun felt even worse, her little face scrunching up.
Laughing, laughing!
I won’t dance anymore.
“Okay, okay, I shouldn’t have asked you to dance. It really isn’t possible to learn after just a few times,” Qin Xue noticed Suyun’s little mood and reached out, wanting to pat her head.
Once again, as soon as she got close, Suyun dodged.
“Hey.”
“You’re like a rabbit, really quick to jump and can bite too,” Qin Xue said, teasingly looking at Suyun, who was covering her head.
Suyun didn’t like hearing that.
“You’re the rabbit!” The young girl’s voice was soft and sharp, looking just like a rabbit that was anxious to bite.
Qin Xue noticed the “rabbit” was angry and decided not to tease her anymore.
“Alright, you can go home for today; it’s almost 4 o’clock. If you come to my house, there won’t be much time.”
“Really?”
“Yes, yes, go back and rest.”
Suyun felt happy when she heard that her work was done; she thought she would have to follow Qin Xue home for some embarrassing play.
In that case, let’s just pretend the earlier incident of her laughing at her didn’t happen, and she wouldn’t be angry anymore.
Completing a radio calisthenics routine was a task done; yay.
Just as Suyun was about to say goodbye to Qin Xue and sneak away, she felt her pocket vibrating.
Taking it out, she found that it was a call from her mother.
Qin Xue, who was preparing to pack up the mat beside her, also noticed the phone and cautiously leaned closer to Suyun, her eyes growing sharp.
She wanted to see if she could make out the note on the phone.
‘Mom’
As soon as she saw the note, Qin Xue became curious.
She didn’t move away, just standing half a meter behind Suyun.
Suyun didn’t notice Qin Xue behind her and picked up the phone to answer.
Could it be that her parents were coming to see her this afternoon? Didn’t they say Sunday?
“Mom, what’s up?” Suyun answered the phone nervously, not hiding her voice anymore, knowing that her parents would see her true self tomorrow, there was no need to hide.
Since she spoke to her mother with this voice yesterday and even explained her illness, her mother didn’t suspect anything, just thought Suyun hadn’t recovered.
“Baby, aren’t you feeling well? Why didn’t you accept the 200 I sent you at noon?” Her mother’s gentle voice came through the phone.
But the volume was a bit too loud, echoing the mother’s voice around the room.
Ah?!!
As soon as Suyun realized, she quickly turned off the speaker.
She turned to look behind her.
“Baby, pfft.” Qin Xue nearly laughed herself silly hearing how Suyun’s mother addressed her on the phone.
How old is she? Still calling her baby, thinking she’s in kindergarten.
Qin Xue thought, and then looked up to see the adorable little girl puffing up her cheeks and glaring at her.
She immediately covered her mouth to indicate she wouldn’t say anything more.
“Baby, who was that girl’s voice just now? Is she your girlfriend?” Her mother sounded surprised, but mostly delighted.
“No, she’s a friend.” Suyun shyly replied.
“You need to seize the opportunity; don’t be picky. Your uncle is too picky, and now he’s 40 with no wife, being laughed at by others. It’s fine to like someone decent.”
“She’s really just a friend…” Suyun felt a bit helpless at her mother’s urgent voice.
She’s a girl now; how could Qin Xue possibly like her? She might even dump her next week.
“It’s okay, Baby can’t find one, Mom will help you look. Just get your money ready. But Baby, if you have the ability, you can date someone in university by yourself; it would save some money.”
“Things like this are not urgent…”
Suyun had heard her mom say these things before.
But finding a girlfriend wastes time and money, marriage costs hundreds of thousands, giving all the family’s money to someone else, and then there is always the risk of being cheated on.
Love in reality is very cruel and is not as beautiful as it is in cartoons. Bride prices can make couples who have been in love for six years turn against each other in an instant, a trivial matter can make a couple married for decades argue and yell for a whole day.
So Suyun doesn’t yearn to grow old with someone; she only desires to travel the world alone.
You could say she’s avoiding reality, but she hasn’t harmed anyone; she just wants to take care of her parents until they pass and then be on her own.
Now it’s perfect; having become a girl, she definitely can’t like boys, so naturally, she’s alone.