Chapter 11 Sensitive: Why does everyone seem to be distancing themselves from her...?
For the next few days, Jian Mengyu clung to Ji Lingwei every day. From small things like going to the toilet together to big things like class group activities, everything at school became a three-way affair.
Because Yu Wu was somewhat resistant, she was often silent when the three of them were together, and most of the time it was Jian Mengyu and Ji Lingwei who did the talking. They also had a lot to talk about, from all kinds of food and fashion to various popular online spots.
Yu Wu mostly just listened, while Ji Lingwei occasionally turned to ask her what she thought. Before Yu Wu could answer, Ji Lingwei was drawn to Jian Mengyu's new topic and exclaimed, "Really?" "How could that be?" Then the two of them burst into laughter.
Yu Wu stood to the side, unable to join their conversation. She could only manage an awkward smile, acting as a mere guest.
Yuwu disliked this; she felt ignored.
So, on the way back to the classroom after a long morning exercise break, Yu Wu confessed to Ji Lingwei.
"I'm not familiar with her, and I don't like the three of us being together. If you still want to hang out with her, I won't hang out with you guys anymore."
Ji Lingwei immediately became anxious, her face flushed as she explained, "I'm doing this for you! And I'm always considerate of your feelings. I always save the things she brings me for you, and I always make a point of asking you about them during our conversations. You're just too sensitive, and your sensitivity makes it too difficult for those around you!"
Are you trying to restrict my ability to make friends?
Yu Wu's eyelashes trembled slightly as she stood there watching her, feeling a sense of powerlessness she had never experienced before.
"So, you consider her a friend now?"
"She's a good person! She was just temporarily blinded by love for you! She hasn't done anything inappropriate to you yet, and every time she brings me something, she specifically asks if you want some too. You're prejudiced against her! You're too sensitive, thinking everyone is a bad person!"
"Yu Wu, do you think you're superior just because you have Ke Yanchen's backing? Do you think our desire to befriend you is considered currying favor?"
Surrounded by a surging crowd, the hazy light reflected in their clear pupils. The two stood on the playground, no more than a meter apart, yet it felt as if an insurmountable chasm separated them. Once inseparable best friends, once vowing to be friends for life, now stood opposite each other in a subtle way.
"Just consider me one," Yu Wu said, lowering her head. "Then you two can be best friends from now on."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked away.
She still couldn't accept that her best friend had become good friends with someone she didn't like.
*
After that, Yu Wu began to go to the toilet, do morning exercises, eat, and enter and leave the dormitory alone.
To be honest, it was a bit uncomfortable at first.
She was often alone at home, and though she was already afraid of loneliness, she now had to live with it. While the girls in her high school class would stick together, she became an outcast.
With no one around to talk to, Yuwu sometimes wondered if she had done something wrong. Was she really being too sensitive?
At this point, Yu Wu didn't understand a single term: PUA. It refers to one party in a relationship using verbal abuse, behavioral negativity, and psychological manipulation to emotionally manipulate and control the other.
It causes those who are suppressed to fall into internal strife and self-doubt.
This is something that Ji Lingwei only understood after she deeply betrayed Yu Wu.
*
Living alone is too hard.
Yuwu felt somewhat depressed, but couldn't find anyone to comfort her.
She hadn't spoken to him for ten days.
She missed him terribly.
So, during the school's bi-weekly major cleaning, she nervously went to see Ke Yanchen.
She called him out of the classroom and cautiously asked, "Are you cleaning today?"
Ke Yanchen said calmly that he wouldn't clean.
"Are you free this afternoon? Would you like to have lunch with me?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Yu Wu's heart pounded in her chest. She was terrified he would refuse; this was the first time she had ever made a request of him.
Moreover, after he saw her being so fierce towards the boy last time, she was afraid that he had misunderstood something.
There seemed to be an insurmountable chasm between them, something Yu Wu couldn't quite put her finger on. She was always anxious, always worried about losing what she had, and always felt insecure.
Throughout this relationship, she was always the one standing on tiptoe, trying her best to maintain her balance with him.
Ke Yanchen rubbed his temples, and after a minute of silence, he softly said okay.
Yu Wu's anxious heart was slightly relieved. "Well then, I'll go back first."
"Um."
Yu Wu turned around and slowly walked away. Looking back, she saw that he had already gone straight into the classroom without glancing at her for even a second.
I have a feeling that something has changed.
She comforted herself, telling herself not to overthink it. She even started to recall Ji Lingwei's words, wondering if she had been being too sensitive lately.
*
After the third period in the afternoon, it's time for the school's bi-weekly major cleaning.
Yuwu walked out of the classroom and finally saw him again.
He stood out in the crowd, leaning lazily against the wall as the people moved by, staring at the window outside the corridor, lost in thought.
He lifted his thin eyelids to look over, nodded, and said, "Let's go."
When Yu Wu and he walked downstairs side by side, they attracted a lot of attention.
When they got downstairs, Yu Wu instinctively kept her distance from him; he walked in front, and she followed behind. He didn't say anything, just lazily walked ahead with his hands clasped around his shoulders.
Students carrying various tools moved around the campus cleaning, with laughter in the distance forming a noisy background.
Ke Yanchen walked ahead with his hands in his pockets, while Yu Wu kept her distance and walked behind him.
Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Ke Yanchen got two meals and handed them to Yu Wu. Yu Wu took them, thanked him, and pointed to a seat, saying, "Sit here."
Ke Yanchen nodded.
Yu Wu sat down first and took out a tissue to wipe the seat next to him, but Ke Yanchen sat down directly in the seat diagonally opposite him.
It wasn't beside her, nor was it opposite her.
Yu Wu was briefly surprised, but quickly composed herself. Perhaps boys are just naturally carefree, she thought.
He lowered his eyes, his slender fingers peeling a hard-boiled egg.
There was a subtly awkward atmosphere between the two.
As Yuwu was thinking this, a peeled hard-boiled egg was handed to her.
She looked up, and Ke Yanchen raised an eyebrow, gesturing for her to take it.
Yu Wu accepted it and thanked her softly.
The braised egg was salty and flavorful, very delicious. Knowing that he had peeled it himself made it taste even better.
To save money, Yuwu hadn't eaten dinner for a long time, and her appetite had shrunk. She ate a few bites and then couldn't eat anymore, leaving the food on her plate.
The two of them ate their meals quietly, each in their own place.
After finishing his meal, Ke Yanchen noticed that Yu Wu hadn't finished her braised egg. He picked it up without hesitation or disgust and popped it into his mouth.
Yu Wu opened her mouth, standing there in surprise.
"Let's go." He took Yuwu's plate and headed towards the plate recycling area.
After returning the tray, Yu Wu followed him out of the cafeteria.
As soon as she stepped out of the cafeteria, she encountered someone Yu Wu didn't want to see.
Zhou Jin.
Since the fight between Ke Yanchen and him, he has become much more restrained and hasn't bothered Yu Wu anymore. Yu Wu hasn't seen him at school for quite some time either.
He was walking towards the cafeteria entrance when he ran into Yu Wu Ke Yanchen, who was walking out of the cafeteria. He glanced at Yu Wu and smiled, making a "yo" sound. He lowered his head slightly and stared blatantly at Yu Wu's chest.
Alarm bells rang in Yu Wu's heart, and she lowered her head, intending to leave hastily.
"Where are you looking, your mother?"
Ke Yanchen's voice, neither too loud nor too soft, immediately attracted the attention of those around him, who all turned to look at him.
This is the main entrance to the cafeteria, and it's dinner time, so the crowd is gradually getting congested at the entrance.
Yu Wu stood there, trembling with fear, and tugged at Ke Yanchen's sleeve, whispering, "Let's go."
He stood there unmoved, giving Zhou Jin a cold laugh: "Apologize."
Zhou Jin narrowed his eyes, a sinister and ruthless glint in them. "Why should I? What's wrong with taking a look at that bitch?"
It could erupt at any moment.
Familiar boys squeezed in, but still couldn't stop Ke Yanchen from unleashing a powerful and fierce punch.
A gasp rippled through the crowd, and they spontaneously began to retreat.
Ye Ren held onto Ke Yanchen tightly around the waist, pleading, "Ke Zi! This is school!"
Ke Yanchen was panting, his tone barely concealing his anger.
"Apologize! Otherwise, this isn't over!"
Zhou Jin slowly got up from the ground. He'd taken a solid punch to the eye, and lightly touched the wound, grinning shamelessly, "Can't I even look at it? What, are you all so superior?"
"Is your gaze normal?" Ke Yanchen pointed at him. "Have you no shame?"
"Shameless." Zhou Jin finished speaking, spreading his hands and laughing in a particularly lewd way. "Tell me, what kind of look did I give you just now? Where was that stinky wench I was looking at? They're all boys, what are you pretending for? Didn't you eat this when you were a kid?"
Ke Yanchen charged forward, but was stopped by Ye Ren and several other boys.
Ye Ren turned to Zhou Jin and yelled, "You'd better get out of here!"
Zhou Jin, with an innocent expression, spread his hands and looked around. "Look, hitting people for no reason! Crazy!" He was dragged into the cafeteria.
"Stop watching! What's so interesting?" Ye Ren yelled at the students watching the commotion around him.
As the crowd dispersed, Ye Ren and his companions dragged Ke Yanchen away.
Yu Wu clutched her injured arm, only able to see their figures gradually receding into the distance.
She was pushed by the crowd and fell. After getting up, she couldn't squeeze back into the crowd.
She knew that such thoughts were wrong, but she did feel a little more at ease and safer because he had once again stepped in to protect her.
He still cares about her.
She was overthinking it.
*
Back in the classroom, Yu Wu's elbow was getting more and more swollen, and it hurt whenever she moved it.
Despite her discomfort, she still went to Class 7 after evening self-study to see if Ke Yanchen was in the classroom.
He didn't return to the classroom during evening self-study; we don't know where he went.
After evening self-study, Yu Wu went to the infirmary and got some medicine to reduce swelling.
She carried the medicine and returned to her dormitory alone, feeling an unprecedented exhaustion.
She clearly received love and should be living a happy life, so why does everyone seem to be distancing themselves from her?
Isn't this what I've always wanted? Why can't I feel happy?
Was she really being too sensitive, wanting him to be with her all the time? Was it really because she was being too sensitive that she drove Ji Lingwei away?
Yu Wu didn't understand.
Back in the dorm, my roommates were talking about something funny, their faces beaming with smiles.
She walked in, feeling like an outsider, completely out of place.
Ever since her roommate found out about the letter Ke Yanchen wrote to her, her roommate's attitude towards her has been quite subtle, and she would occasionally say some sarcastic things.
After slowly washing up, the person lay down on the bed and closed their eyes.
After a while, someone gently nudged her.
Yu Wu opened her eyes.
Holding a cup of hot water, Ji Lingwei asked cautiously, "Are you alright? Your arm looks injured."
Yu Wu sat up, feeling an indescribable surge of emotion. She took the water glass and thanked her.
Ji Lingwei gave her a deep look, then turned and got into bed.
Yu Wu held the cup of hot water, the heat spreading through her hands to her heart, bringing a mix of emotions.
A note from the author:
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The explanation of PUA comes from Baidu Baike.
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