57. Rival’s Gratitude
Stinky rival in love, don’t even think about controlling me, hum hum!
You still dare to invite me to dinner?
Just forget it! Although all the beautiful fantasies about Gu Xiaoxue have been shattered, that doesn’t change the fact that you were once my rival in love.
A rival in love is just a stinky rival in love.
There’s no need to give him a good face.
“I’m leaving…..”
Lin Yibai walked towards the intersection outside the hotel. A real man never turns back to talk to a stinky rival in love; he just raised his right hand and waved casually, as a farewell.
Crossing a few streets and walking through the road.
In no time, she arrived outside the small inn.
Daytime is different from nighttime.
A woman going to an inn alone at midnight without any housing registration information would definitely be regarded as inappropriate.
It could be that kind of service.
If by chance she knocked on someone else’s couple’s door, the small inn would get reported for complaints.
But daytime is different.
Lin Yibai easily entered the inn and arrived at her booked room.
“Ha~”
“Finally back.”
With the cold air from the air conditioner blowing, the fatigue on Lin Yibai’s body immediately hit her again.
But no, she couldn’t sleep.
She would miss the 11:40 high-speed train.
That would mean staying here for another day and spending a little more money.
She took her sports backpack.
Inside were just a few sets of regularly worn clothes.
The checkout service was done directly online; she didn’t want to explain why she, as a girl, was helping another male’s identity with the checkout.
[Female Correction Value: 49%↓]
At the high-speed train station, Lin Yibai glanced at the correction value.
For these past two days, she had intentionally maintained the fluctuations of the correction value.
Now it had dropped below fifty percent, and she needed to minimize actions that could create positive values. Lin Yibai didn’t know what kind of unknown changes she would encounter once she changed back this time.
“Last time, all the useless hair on my body was removed; what about this time?”
Lin Yibai shook her head.
Indicating she didn’t know!
Moreover, becoming a girl was like opening Pandora’s box.
It wasn’t that she genuinely wanted to change.
Or had the mindset of being a girl or anything.
The main temptation of becoming a girl and profiting from it, relieving survival pressure, was just too great.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yibai boarded the train back and whispered, “As long as I have some self-awareness in my heart, it’s fine. It’s just a slight change towards the female side. Considering what I can gain in return, I think this small cost is worth it!”
Everything corresponds to each other.
If you want to gain the dividends of being a girl, then be prepared to become one!
Don’t talk to me about psychological changes.
Be realistic; it’s just because there’s a benefit.
He took the high-speed train and moved forward.
Xia Changyu finally stepped out of the PCS, sitting on the curb with a dazed expression.
“Alas~~”
He let out a long sigh.
Has this matter finally come to an end?
Lian Haifeng and the others were detained for 14 days for provoking trouble, along with a fine of 500. Gu Xiaoxue and Yang Yueping were also detained for three days along with criticism for instigation.
Would Xia Changyu be satisfied with such punishment?
The answer was naturally no. But unless Xia Changyu was lying in the hospital, the current situation of being detained was already the maximum penalty.
‘Dinglingling~’
Looking at the phone number, it displayed: Mom.
“Hello, Mom.”
“Son, what’s going on? Were you bullied outside?” Xia’s mother asked with concern.
“It’s already resolved.”
“What exactly happened? Tell me.”
Clearly, her authority as a mother could not be questioned.
Xia Changyu briefly recounted what had happened, and when she heard that her son had been beaten, her breathing quickened in anger.
Moreover, the person who harmed her son was actually his girlfriend. How infuriating!
Xia Changyu said, “Fortunately, I met a really nice girl who helped me a lot. If it weren’t for her, I’d probably be lying in the hospital now.”
Xia’s mother expressed amazement, “Then you should thank her properly!”
“Of course, I know.”
“Why don’t you take her out for a meal?”
Xia Changyu asked, “Now?”
Xia’s mother: “Otherwise, are you waiting until tomorrow? Son, you should show your gratitude while the iron’s hot.”
Xia Changyu scratched his head, honestly admitting, “It’s not that I don’t want to invite her, it’s just that she’s already gone.”
In a private residence.
Xia’s mother, who was of good figure and appearance, turned her head upon hearing this.
She had understood what had happened.
Moreover, she felt her son was very thoughtless and reminded him: “Are you saying that the girl in your school knew you were in danger and traveled all the way to Binhai to save you from possibly getting beaten up, and in the end, you didn’t even treat her to a meal before letting her go back?”
Oh my goodness! No way, we, the Xia family, don’t have such a foolish son.
This seemed very thoughtless in Xia’s mother’s eyes.
But Xia Changyu also had difficulty saying.
He wanted to express his gratitude too! But did that girl give him a chance?
“Mom, she didn’t give me a chance!”
“Chance?” Xia’s mother exclaimed in anger, “How can a grown man talk about chances? Then tell me, after she saved you last night, what did you do for your ‘benefactor’? What kind of gratitude did you show?”
Xia Changyu said, “After the crisis last night, I was scared to go back to the hotel, so I just followed her.”
‘Smack~’
Xia’s mother slapped her forehead, feeling utterly helpless as she asked, “And then?”
“Then… she treated me to a late-night snack, spending about twenty-seven or twenty-eight bucks.”
“…” Ahhhh! Xia’s mother felt like she wanted to traverse time and space to slap her son’s butt.
Xia’s mother took a deep breath: “Continue.”
Xia Changyu said, “I took a few photos of her, and then I suggested.”
“What did you suggest?”
Xia Changyu hesitated for a moment but still honestly told his mother: “I actually kept pestering her to go watch the sunrise with me, making her not sleep well the whole night and looking really tired.”
“Son, keep going.” Xia’s mother indicated she could still hold on.
“And then she went back to school!”
“You didn’t even send her off? At the very least, even if… you could buy a train ticket for the person who saved your life!” Xia’s mother’s mood was very heavy, displaying a classic image of a mother failing to teach her son.
Saved her life.
Then just tagging along for a late-night snack.
Pestering and not letting her sleep, then managing to hitch a ride for breakfast in the morning.
When the benefactor left, he didn’t even send her off.
“Mom, when I go back this afternoon, I’ll be passing through our hometown on the highway. I can stop by to see you first.”
“No! Don’t come back.”
“Mom?”
“First, you need to find your benefactor and repay her before we talk about coming back! Our family values do not endorse ingratitude, hum hum!”
“I don’t know if I can find her.”
“Why can’t you find your benefactor?”
“She blacklisted me.”
“Your benefactor blacklisted you!” Xia’s mother raised an eyebrow and questioned, “Are you saying that your benefactor blacklisted you?”
Oh my goodness!
Never met such a foolish son!
Xia’s mother issued a firm order:
First, repay your debt of gratitude before discussing coming home.
ps: (Years later, the protagonist, walking with support, says: Is this how you express gratitude?)