Chapter 16 In the Alley

The girl's voice was cold and steady as she finished the sentence. It seemed slow and gentle, but the emotionless expression on her face gave one a chill.

Taking advantage of the boy's moment of distraction, Yan Sui took two steps forward.

The boy instinctively took a few steps back when she came so close to him. Then, realizing that he was afraid of her, a girl, an expression of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Yan Sui took in all his emotions and movements, and a hint of mockery appeared at the corner of her lips.

The boy was irritated by her smile and took a big step forward as if to save face. "Even if you didn't come, I would still go find you. I haven't settled the score with you yet!"

Yan Sui stared at his face coldly and said nothing.

Instead, Yu Shuli, who had fallen to the side, became anxious and stood up again: "I'm the one who's causing trouble for you. If you have anything to do, come to me. It has nothing to do with her."

Yan Sui glanced at Yu Shuli and said nothing.

The boy standing between them seemed quite pleased with this act of blocking the blame, as if he wanted to see them put on a good show of blocking each other. He said frivolously, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you two choose who gets to stay."

"I caused the trouble, so I will take responsibility myself." As soon as the boy finished speaking, Yu Shuli couldn't wait to take the responsibility on himself.

His reaction was exactly what the boy wanted. His smile widened, and his previous anger disappeared completely. He turned to look at Yan Sui: "What do you think?"

Yan Sui glanced at Yu Shuli who was standing not far away, then returned her gaze to the boy in front of her, her face showing fear: "Let me think about it."

The boy's smile widened, as if he was certain of what they would do.

Suddenly, the fear on Yan Sui's face faded, and then she raised the corners of her lips and said in a mocking voice: "How about I let you stay here?"

Without waiting for the boy's reaction, she quickly approached him, clenching her fists in an attacking stance. The boy subconsciously raised his hands to block, but seeing this, a sly look flashed in Yan Sui's eyes. She took advantage of the situation and grabbed the boy's wrist, bending his arm down hard.

"ah--"

The boy's screams rang out in the alley. He covered his broken hand, bent over and gasped for breath. The broken hand kept trembling, and it seemed that he was in great pain.

Yan Sui moved to the side in the direction of her arm, standing right between Yu Shuli and the boy.

She smiled and said, "Sorry, my hand slipped."

"You!" The boy's eyes were fierce, his teeth were gnashing, and with a fierce look on his face, he waved his other hand's fist and was about to hit Yan Sui.

Yan Sui was prepared. The moment the fist approached her, she used her hand to deflect it, stepped back, and moved her body to the side of the arm, grabbing the boy's wrist with her palm in the direction of her body's deviation. Then, she exerted force with her wrist and knee at the same time, pushing her knee upward and hitting the boy's stomach directly with her knee.

Almost instantly, the boy staggered back two steps, holding his stomach, and leaned against the wall, gasping for breath, unable to utter a word in pain.

Yan Sui walked towards him, without a trace of joy after winning a fight on her face.

The corners of her lips were straight, and her eyes were cold: "Now, can you please stop causing trouble for us?"

The boy bared his teeth, his face full of dissatisfaction: "Just wait, wait for me to find someone -"

Snap——

Before he could finish his words, Yan Sui had already raised her cell phone to take a picture of his miserable defeat.

She asked, "Why are you looking for someone?"

The boy was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you taking pictures?"

Yan Sui narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Of course I'm waiting for your friends to come and show it to them!"

The fox's eyes narrowed into a smile, but his expression didn't hold a trace of amusement.

The boy immediately understood what she meant: "What do you want?"

Hit the snake at its most vulnerable part. A vital point was pressed down. Although the boy's tone was still stiff, his attitude had softened.

"We want peace."

Yan Sui raised her eyes slightly: "Okay? Don't bother me and him anymore."

The boy stared at her without saying anything.

Yan Sui was not afraid of his gaze. She met his gaze calmly and looked at him quietly.

Finally, the boy posed.

He pushed himself up from the wall and said, "Okay."

Yan Sui took two steps back and let him get up.

The boy clutched his stomach and slowly walked toward the alley entrance. Halfway there, he turned back and sternly warned, "If these photos get out, you and your boyfriend will never graduate safely."

Yan Sui said calmly, "As long as you don't bother us again, I won't send the photos out."

After the boy left, Yan Sui turned around and looked down at Yu Shuli, who had just fallen to the ground because of the accidental collision during the fight between her and the man. "Are you okay?"

Yu Shuli responded: "It's okay."

Standing beside him now, the footprints on Yu Shuli's body became more obvious. Thinking of his difficult movement to get up just now, Yan Sui reached out her hand.

Yu Shuli looked up, his eyes filled with confusion.

Yan Sui said calmly: "If you don't have the strength, just borrow my strength to get up."

The alley returned to silence after the boy left. She held out her hand to him with a blank face, her voice emotionless.

It was only the slight tremor and dullness in her voice that revealed the warmth hidden beneath her frosty exterior.

Upon realizing this, Yu Shuli raised the corners of his lips, and a smile appeared in his eyes. He gently grasped Yan Sui's fingertips, and just as Yan Sui tried to pull him up, he suddenly pulled in the opposite direction.

The force reversed from upward to downward, and Yan Sui's body fell uncontrollably downward due to the direction of the force. She staggered two steps before she stabilized her body and barely squatted on the ground.

After stabilizing her body, Yan Sui raised her head and was about to scold, but she met a pair of deep, dark eyes. There was a burning sensation in the dark eyes. The moment his eyes met hers, his eyes trembled slightly, and the emotions in his eyes poured out.

He stared at her straight, and the vortex in his eyes seemed to want to suck her into the bottom of the cliff.

It was clearly just a look of gaze, but Yan Sui couldn't help being attracted to him, and her mind and emotions were stunned at that moment.

Until the heat from her fingertips, the faint burning sensation suddenly brought her thoughts back to her senses. The moment her hand pulled away, the warmth at her fingertips disappeared, interrupted along with her sight.

She distanced herself from the two of them and turned her head away with an unnatural look.

Yu Shuli wanted to grab her hand, but she dodged him.

Yan Sui tilted her head and called Yu Shuli's name softly.

"Um?"

She turned her head and looked at Yu Shuli again: "Are you really Yu Shuli?"

Yu Shuli was stunned.

"Or, are you the Yu Shuli of this life?"

“…….”

"I've been feeling very strange lately. We're just classmates who just met, but aren't you being too enthusiastic towards me? What about the lie you made up at the sports meet a few days ago, and why did you make that expression just now?"

The air fell into silence.

Under Yan Sui's direct gaze, Yu Shuli suddenly smiled: "What does this mean? Could it be that I am not Yu Shuli?"

Yan Sui paused, but then shook his head: "No."

Yu Shuli still smiled: "I don't know what you are thinking, but I am Yu Shuli."

Yan Sui's expression remained unchanged.

"Can't you really see the answers to the two questions you asked?"

Yu Shuli asked back, and an answer vaguely emerged in Yan Sui's mind.

"Because I like you."

"That's why I want to be close to you."