Chapter 56 Chapter 56 My heart can't control its pounding
The warm sunshine shines on Jingjiang City's most prosperous pedestrian street. Today is a good day for shopping, and the aroma of bread from the bakery along the street is wafting in the air.
There was an awning on top of the glass window. Under the awning, Xing Kui was waiting for Xu Ye with a small white bag on her shoulder. She was wearing a sky blue long-sleeved polo-neck top and light yellow trousers. Her outfit was fresh, which matched her bright mood.
Recently, she has been ticking off each item on her life wish list. She is living a relaxed and happy life, looking forward to Xu Ye's arrival amid the hustle and bustle of the street, with an unconcealable smile on her lips.
A tall and straight boy appeared on the opposite street. Xing Kui waved to him happily: "Xu Ye, here, here!"
Xu Ye saw her and quickly ran towards her through the crowd. He ran so fast that he didn't even need to breathe, as if he had just walked two steps. "Going shopping today?"
"Hmm!" The sunlight shone obliquely on Xu Ye's shoulders, giving him a layer of gold. He was wearing a dark blue short-sleeved sports shirt, which, to some extent, looked like a couple's style with Xing Kui's.
As soon as he arrived, Xing Kui, almost out of habit, took his hand. Xu Ye's fingers trembled, and an electric current flowed from his fingers to his arm and then to his heart, making his heart beat violently.
Xing Kui was unaware of this. She was much shorter than Xu Ye, and she tilted her clean face up to smile at him, just like a small sunflower blooming towards the sun when the sun was hot. Xu Ye's heart beat even faster.
Recently, Xu Ye is actually pursuing Xing Kui under the pretense of a relationship.
He is not extremely smart and cannot come up with various methods. He basically relies on one sentence or one word: be obedient.
He gives Xing Kui whatever she wants.
I don’t know if it works, but it seems to be useful. At least Xing Kui’s hand no longer trembles when she holds it.
The glass window of the bakery next door showed two people's intertwined fingers and someone's clenched fists.
On the opposite street, by the wall, Song Hongyu clenched his fists. He knew Xu Ye had left school to see Xing Kui. Why was Xing Kui shaking his hand? Was Xu Ye's hand sweaty and needed to be wiped?
The poison of jealousy was about to seep out of his eyes, and he was about to catch up with her "by chance", but unexpectedly Xu Ye took the lead and turned the corner, holding Xing Kui's hand.
The distance between the two sides widened, and Song Hongyu had to run faster to catch up. He was not as good at running as Xu Ye, and if he ran fast he would gasp for breath, and panting heavily would not seem like an accidental encounter. With no other choice, Song Hongyu could only stare at the backs of the two men from a distance and follow behind them.
"May Day is coming in two days, and I want to buy something for my mom and send it back home." Xing Kui said, using her phone's navigation system. "My mom posted on WeChat Moments a few days ago, saying that the air conditioner at home is old, and she wants to buy a cabinet unit."
In fact, a relative replaced his ATM machine a few years ago. Xing's mother is a strong-willed person and wanted to have what others have. She had mentioned it several times in the past, but Xing Kui always felt it was unnecessary.
Recently, Xing's mother has been in a cold war with Xing Kui, and deliberately mentioned the cabinet machine in the circle of friends. Xing Kui realized at once that her mother was giving her a way out. The mother wanted to save face and couldn't get out of the situation, so she asked her daughter to find a way to appease her.
Wow! Xing's mother is quite interesting when she's not pushing her to get married. Otherwise, she wouldn't have raised an interesting Xing Kui. Xing Kui didn't want to continue to stalemate with her mother.
"Send it back home?" Xu Ye followed Xing Kui.
"Yeah, I won't go back. Distance makes beauty. If I'm here and send things back, my mother will say, 'What a nice daughter I have.' If I go back with both myself and my things, my mother might add, 'It would be even better if we got married.'"
Xing Kui smiled and shook her head. "Here we are, at the electronics store. I found out they're having their ninth anniversary celebration these next two days, and everything is 10% off."
It was indeed the anniversary celebration. There were at least six promotional banners outside the high-rise building. The entrance was crowded with people. Xu Ye protected her and the two of them took some effort to squeeze in. The first floor sold mobile phones, computers and other digital products, the second floor sold electric griddles, water dispensers and other small appliances, and the third floor was where the large appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners were sold.
Xing Kui had already made a strategy and found a brand and model she liked at a suitable price, so she bought it on the spot and told the salesperson that she wanted home delivery and installation services. The salesperson brought her a form to fill out, and Xu Ye stayed beside her.
The address of her hometown was written on it. A boy suddenly squeezed in between her and Xu Ye, startling her. Song Hongyu greeted him, "Xing Kui! What a coincidence! You're also buying home appliances!"
Xing Kui was startled, her heart skipping a beat before she realized who it was: "Ah... coincidence."
Across from Song Hongyu, Xu Ye frowned, displeased that his sudden arrival had startled Xing Kui. He questioned, "You're buying appliances even if you live in a school dormitory? Isn't that against school rules?"
Song Hongyu's face froze. He had taken advantage of Xing Kui's stay at the electronics mall to finally catch up with her. In his excitement, he didn't think clearly. Fortunately, he had some common sense. "Yes, I bought it and sent it home."
He ignored Xu Ye and looked at Xing Kui with gentle eyes. "You know, my mother is not in good health. I want to buy her a sweeping machine to reduce the hard work of sweeping the floor for her."
Through his words, he showed his filial piety and revealed that Xing Kui understood his family situation, deliberately making it seem like he and Xing Kui had an unusual relationship.
However, Xu Ye was straightforward and didn't think too deeply about it. Song Hongyu was not an important character, so it wasn't worth his effort to think about it too deeply.
Song Hongyu charged forward and launched an attack, but the damage was zero.
Glancing coldly at Song Hongyu who was in the way, Xu Ye put his hands behind his back and gestured. Song Hongyu was about to say something to Xing Kui like "I don't know which robot vacuum cleaner is good, can you help me choose one?" At this moment, a new person appeared.
"What a coincidence! You're all here!" Peng Peng rushed out and grabbed Song Hongyu's shoulders with such force that he pushed him aside, away from between Xu Ye and Xing Kui. "Are you here to buy a phone like me?"
Song Hongyu: “…” Why is Xu Ye’s roommate here too?
Time goes back to when Xu Ye was leaving the dormitory building. He had an amazing intuition and realized that he was being followed not long after he walked. However, he was in a hurry to keep an appointment with Xing Kui and had no time to catch him, so he sent a message to his roommate while walking.
[Looking at the window to see if someone is following me.]
No matter how stealthy the people on the ground were, they couldn't escape the observation of the higher-ups. Song Hongyu thought he had perfected the tracking, but he didn't know that Peng Peng had seen his every move and relayed it to Xu Ye.
Peng Peng loved to join in the fun, so he followed along.
The three boys looked at each other, with undercurrents surging. Xing Kui was completely unaware of this: "Hello, I'm done."
She handed the order to the salesperson and smiled friendly at him. A few passersby walked by and said, "Come on, come on, there's a promotion going on on the first floor. I didn't even notice."
What activity! She hadn't noticed! Xing Kui became interested and turned to hold Xu Ye's hand. When she turned her head, she realized that there were three boys beside her. Her outstretched hand stiffened for a moment, and she tactically retracted and stretched her arm, thinking of it as an exercise for her back pain from bending over to write.
She called out, "Xu Ye, let's go to the first floor too."
"good."
"Then one of you bought a vacuum cleaner and the other bought a cell phone—"
Song Hongyu: "Let's go together. I've bought it."
Peng Peng: "I'll go too. It's too expensive so I won't buy it."
The first floor was packed with people. When Xing Kui entered the electronics mall before, he thought the first floor was too crowded and noisy, so he went upstairs without looking around. Now when he came down to take a closer look, he found that the electronics mall had set up a special area on the first floor to celebrate its anniversary.
For example, there are lottery boxes, and consumers can get lottery numbers with their shopping receipts; for another example, there are blind boxes of items, which are divided into multiple grades such as 88 and 188.
There are also game forms, such as ring tossing and balloon shooting.
Realizing that many customers hadn't noticed the activity area, the organizers brought out a loud speaker. Xing Kui could hear it clearly and hit ten balloons to send the speaker.
"Speakers for you!" Xing Kui walked quickly towards the shooting booth. Three strong young university students cleared the way for her. Even with the huge crowd, she arrived smoothly. "My mom loves square dancing. She would like speakers."
The actual product was placed next to the stall, and the brand on the outer packaging was a well-known brand. Xing Kui thought of her mother's old speakers, a no-name brand she had bought on Douyin. She thought getting her mother a better one would make her show off to her square dance friends.
When she was little, her mother doted on her. Now that she's grown up, she dotes on her mother. Xing Kui's gaze shifted from the speakers to the rows of balloons. Hitting ten out of ten times—is that easy?
She had played this kind of game at the market when she was seven or eight years old. She was terrible at it as a child and couldn't even win three times out of ten. Maybe she could improve when she grows up!
"Want a speaker?" Xu Ye asked beside her.
"Yeah, I'll give it a try. If I don't win, I'll go buy something. I get a coupon for hitting six out of ten. I'm going to break six balls at least." Xing Kui expressed her determination and played for ten yuan. "Boss, where is the payment QR code?"
After paying the bill and getting the gun, she weighed it in her hand to test the weight, then assumed a shooting stance and found the aiming point, looking like a sniper, quite competent.
Xu Ye couldn't help but smile when he saw her serious look.
Then--
The first strike missed.
The second strike missed.
The third strike missed.
…
The sixth strike missed.
On the seventh strike, Xing Kui closed one eye and aimed for a long time before finally lowering the gun and offering it to the student who had been watching for a long time and wanted to play with it but whose parents wouldn't let her: "Little girl, you can play with it."
Damn it, Xing Kui grabbed her wrist. Her arm had been severely impacted in the car accident, and now it would shake whenever she raised it, and she couldn't hold the gun steadily at all.
Xu Ye: "I'll do it."
Song Hongyu: "Let me do it." He rushed to say, looking at Xu Ye with a smile, and said sarcastically, "I'm good at it. I won't waste money."
Xu Ye: "You said Xing Kui wasted money?"
Song Hongyu: "..." I'm implying something! How could this person not understand! "We're all friends, how could I have such an intention?"
He particularly emphasized the word "bo" to test the relationship between Xu Ye and Xing Kui.
Xu Ye didn't react - he didn't understand, and Xing Kui didn't react either - she was watching the little girl she gave the gun to hit the balloons. She hit two out of four, which was amazing. Her parents were discussing whether to spend ten yuan to let her compete for the reward. That was great. Song Hongyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and took out his mobile phone to scan the code.
Thinking that he was playing for her, Xing Kui was about to pay for Song Hongyu. As soon as she raised her phone, Xu Ye held it down and said, "Don't let him waste your money. We'll pay for that guy. Whoever can hit ten out of ten will have Xing Kui transfer ten yuan to him."
His tone was full of hostility, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Song Hongyu was like a sharp sword, as if he was disgusted with Song Hongyu for wasting Xing Kui's time.
Song Hongyu was stimulated: "You are so confident, be careful not to lose."
Xu Ye retorted: "You are very confident too."
Xing Kui listened to their confident words, looked at Song Hongyu, then at Xu Ye, and asked in confusion: "Have you two ever played together?"
Song Hongyu: “I have played it.”
Xu Ye: “No.”
After the two finished speaking, Peng Peng, who was listening in, immediately shouted, "That's unfair." He tried to stop the competition that would have cost Xu Ye the loss if he had heard it. "If you're not even starting from the same starting line, what's the point of competing? Even if you win, it's unfair."
Xu Ye: "We have to compete. I can't bear to see him waste Xing Kui's money."
Peng Peng: “…” No, buddy, others have played it, but you haven’t, who would waste money on it?
"Hey guys..." The stall owner, who had been waiting for a long time to collect the money, couldn't help but say, "Do you want to play or not?"
Xu Ye & Song Hongyu: "Play!"
The two of them rushed to scan the code. Xing Kui moved aside. She had no hope for either of them. The boss dared to set the first prize as a big-brand speaker, which showed that the probability of winning ten out of ten was extremely low.
I wish one of them could pass Form 6. It would be great if I could give her a shopping voucher.
Puff, puff, puff; puff, puff, puff.
Xu Ye and Song Hongyu stood on each side, as if they wanted to compete in shooting speed. Xing Kui heard a series of short "puffs", each followed by the "pop" of a balloon bursting, one after another.
After each of them had completed ten attacks, Xing Kui, Peng Peng, and the stall owner all opened their mouths wide. They saw that ten balloons were burst at the place where Xu Ye attacked on the left, and nine balloons were burst at the place where Song Hongyu attacked on the right.
There was silence for a moment.
Boss: Ten hits will give you speakers, nine hits will give you an electric fan, I’m going to bleed.
Peng Peng: If you think about it carefully, shooting is also a sport. Brother Xu, you are worthy of it.
Song Hongyu: Damn, it seems Xu Ye hit quite a few people in the last attack and couldn’t keep his composure.
Xing Kui: Speakers! Speakers! My speakers!
"I don't want the electric fan anymore, Song Hongyu, you take it, Xu Ye! I'll transfer the money to you!"
Xing Kui was in high spirits, Xu Ye was in a good mood, and Song Hongyu was heartbroken.
What the boss took out for display was just a cardboard box to prevent the product from being bumped by pedestrians. After winning, one had to go to the second floor where small appliances were sold to pick up the product.
"Then Xing Kui, you go. I'll go wash my hands. Peng Peng, you follow me." Xu Ye said.
Xing Kui nodded and left. The shooting gun had been handled by countless people and was dirty, so she went to the second floor to wash her hands.
Xu Ye watched her and Peng Peng leave, his face gradually colder. He covered his lower abdomen and looked at Song Hongyu who also stayed. After washing his hands and walking out of the bathroom, Xu Ye directly grabbed Song Hongyu and turned into the nearby stairwell: "That's enough, don't bother Xing Kui anymore."
Song Hongyu's back hit the wall. "Why do you say I'm disturbing you? There's nothing wrong with me fighting for my happiness!"
His words were powerful, as if he were a fighter for love, wearing a crown, shining with light, brave and sacred.
Xu Ye suddenly sneered and poured cold water on him: "You used to be a male model in the xx club, right?"
Song Hongyu's expression suddenly changed: "Xing Kui told you?"
Xu Ye frowned: "Your first reaction is to suspect Xing Kui?"
On the second floor, Peng Peng waited for Xing Kui to finish washing her hands. "Hello, we've met a few times but haven't formally introduced ourselves. My name is Peng Peng, and I'm Xu Ye's roommate. I like to be funny and often make people laugh until they explode."
The name was easy to remember. Xing Kui looked at him puzzledly: "What's wrong?"
"I want to tell you something I think you should know." Peng Peng laughed, but his eyes were serious. "Xu Ye hasn't eaten enough in a few days. He's trying to lose weight."
Xing Kui was stunned: "Lose weight? Why would he lose weight? He's not fat."
"I guess it's because of you. I don't know about the rest. After all, you've been in contact with him the most recently." Peng Peng said, "Xu Ye is a pretty good person. I hope you don't let him down."
Peng Peng recalled that last year, he wore a pair of worn sneakers. Xu Ye said that these shoes would affect his running. He didn't like running and only joined the track and field club to hang around. So he smiled and made up a miserable life story, saying that he couldn't afford new shoes.
Anyone who heard it knew it was fake, but later a pair of new shoes appeared under the table in his dormitory.
Xing Kui went downstairs alone, repeatedly recalling this period of time. She didn't ask Xu Ye to lose weight, so how could Xu Ye lose weight?
She thought about it one by one until she thought of the day when Xu Ye agreed to her fake relationship. That day, she told Xu Ye why she was afraid of him.
She doesn't like all muscular men.
Xing Kui was so stunned that she stopped. Was Xu Ye trying to... please her?
A thought came to her mind, and she heard a conversation coming from the stairwell not far away. She recognized it was Xu Ye and Song Hongyu, and walked closer.
Song Hongyu: "If it wasn't her, who else could it be?"
Xu Ye: "She doesn't need to tell me. I saw you hiding in the corner that day, afraid that I, a student from the same school, would see you."
Song Hongyu fell silent.
"I didn't know you at the time, but you recognized me. If you really wanted to pursue Xing Kui, you should have contacted me after the club and found a way to get close to Xing Kui, but you didn't.
Because your love for Xing Kui is far less than your concern for your own reputation.
Until you ran into Xing Kui again, or maybe it wasn't an accidental encounter, but you guessed that you might run into Xing Kui where I was, so you would pass by the playground from time to time to try your luck. It wasn't until Xing Kui gave you the identity of "friend" that you had the courage to pursue her.
You keep saying that you are pursuing love, but once Xing Kui's interests conflict with your own, I can imagine what you will choose.
Song Hongyu, you are a selfish hypocrite. Don't get close to Xing Kui anymore. Otherwise, you don't want the whole school to know that you are a male model, right? "
Xing Kui had already walked to the staircase door. She heard every word spoken behind the door, and her heart couldn't help beating wildly in her chest, thump, thump, thump.
Song Hongyu seemed unwilling to give up after being questioned. The sparkling water turned into a wizard potion and suddenly provoked: "You are not qualified to do this. Who do you think you are to talk about me?"
Xing Kui pushed the door open and stood in front of Xu Ye: "Please don't talk to my boyfriend like that."
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