Chapter 29
--Break up with your online boyfriend first.
--Have you never heard of this? No more men in your heart, learn from nature's gods!
Sister Xiong's words were like a thunderclap exploding in my ears, and I immediately retorted:
"Sister Xiong, what are you talking about? What boyfriend? I don't have one, I really don't... Is there some misunderstanding?"
After saying that, I averted my gaze, feeling a bit guilty. After a quick mental search, I felt a little relieved. I had never mentioned Cactus Senior to Sister Xiong, nor had I told her anything about online romance.
So there is only one truth - Sister Xiong is cheating me!
She glanced at me and said, "You're still stubborn."
"What a huge misunderstanding, Sister Xiong! How could I betray our unbreakable FFF alliance?!"
Seeing that I was as calm as a dead pig, Sister Xiong began to list the evidence of my secret love affair one by one.
The first thing that comes to mind is that damn original math problem.
"I already thought it was weird when you accurately said the final standard answer that time. Until after school, I picked up a crumpled ball of paper on the ground. Can you guess what was inside?"
Seeing that I swallowed my saliva unconsciously and looked guilty, she sneered.
"There's actually a complete solution inside! And it's in your handwriting! I know what you're trying to refute. You want to say you copied the solution from the teacher's blackboard, right? But! Your solution has two more steps than the teacher's answer, and from what I know about you, there's absolutely no way you could have come up with those two steps on your own... So I infer that you copied it from someone else, and no one in our class can solve this problem correctly, so this person is definitely not from our class, let alone our school..."
"And you were chatting with us earlier. One second you were complaining about how difficult the math problems were, and the next second you didn't reply to messages all night. The next day you came back to school looking exhausted, and you had to bring your already completed math test..."
"The most important thing is the badge on your backpack. It's a souvenir you get after signing in for thirty days at the Souler Couples event. And yours is the women's version, so the men's version... humph. You were so mysterious before, telling me that you had a friend, and it seems that friend was actually you!"
"There's only one truth: you're in a relationship with someone you met online. They seem to have good grades, and your relationship is pretty good too!"
I was stunned and completely unable to refute.
If my pelvis wasn't still fractured, I would have kneeled down to perform for Sister Xiong!
So I just stopped pretending, "But what does this have to do with me studying hard and getting into the University of Tokyo? Besides, he's a top student. He even taught me math and explained math problems to me all night long!"
"Ask yourself, is he really teaching you math or helping you do math? He's been explaining math to you all night, but are you listening?"
“…”
To be honest, I fell asleep that night to the sound of Senior Cactus's voice... Although the knowledge seemed to have entered my brain in a very evil way, it did not stay in my brain for long and disappeared almost the next day.
Help, I actually think what Sister Xiong said makes sense...
Seeing that I was wavering, she immediately pressed me, "On the contrary, I noticed that you were listless every morning when you went to school, with dark circles under your eyes like a panda. This undoubtedly seriously affected your daily studies... Think about your current grades. It would take a lot of time to catch up. Can you still spare time to chat with him every time?"
"Listen to my advice. If you don't have a man in your heart, study hard and you will naturally become a god... Once you get into a very good school, you will be able to find any outstanding man you want."
"Men are just spoils of war once you become great! They're not a necessity!"
“…”
I understand the truth, but I still want to struggle.
"But my phone is broken and I can't contact him now..."
Just then, Auntie Hayami came in carrying a new bag. She first greeted Sister Xiong, "Hi, Xiongxiong, you're here!"
Then he took out a rectangular box from the bag and handed it to me, winking at me.
"Open it and take a look?"
I opened it and there was a new phone inside.
ah? ?
"I bought you the latest phone. Do you like it? Wasn't your previous one broken?"
"I've also reissued your SIM card~"
Auntie, you really made me cry!
*
I didn't immediately break up with Senior Cactus. Instead, I told Sister Xiong that I needed some time to prepare. After Sister Xiong and Aunt Hayami left, I couldn't wait to open my phone and install the SIM card.
I haven't logged into the chat software for nearly three weeks, and it will take some time for the information to be synchronized. I started to daydream.
Actually, my original intention was to find a reason to break up and end this relationship after completing the couple mission. However, as time passed, the understanding between me and Senior Cactus became deeper and deeper. Even if we were just ordinary friends, we should have feelings for each other after chatting for so long. How could we just break up without any reason?
I couldn't tell whether my hesitation was a habit after chatting for too long or whether I really had some fantasies about him that I shouldn't have.
But Sister Xiong is right. Putting aside Cactus's appearance (after all, I've never met him in person), his knowledge and, from what I've come across, his character are undoubtedly exceptional. But if I were still the way I am now, he'd probably be very disappointed to see me in real life, and might even end up breaking up with me...
Isn’t that what everyone says on the Internet? Online romances are most likely to fail when exposed.
No, what am I thinking?!
I immediately slapped myself twice to wake myself up, and told myself that Cactus Senior was just someone I met online, and I shouldn't invest too much personal emotion and unnecessary expectations in him.
What's more, I now have something more I want to do——
I want to study hard and become someone like Mr. Makyo who earns 200,000 yen an hour! Let Aunt Hayami enjoy her retirement! (No)
While thinking this, the phone also completed the synchronization of all messages.
There are more than 200 unread messages.
The first thing that came to mind was the shocking number of nearly 60 unread messages from senior Cactus.
I didn't dare to click in to read his message, so I clicked on the chat box of Echizen Ryoma below him and replied directly -
I hate Fuji the most: My phone broke a while ago and I just got a new one, so I didn’t reply to you in time. Sorry~
After I responded to the greetings from some of my classmates below, Ryoma Echizen did not respond to me either.
In the end, the only news that I hadn't had time to process was the message from Senior Cactus.
After about half an hour of mental preparation, I finally plucked up the courage to open his chat box, but I still didn't dare to read the past messages he sent me, for fear that the courage I had worked so hard to muster would disappear without a trace when I saw those words. I couldn't be soft-hearted, nor could I hesitate.
I wrote a short essay in the dialog box for nearly twenty minutes to explain why I wanted to break up.
When typing the last sentence 'So I decided to break up', it suddenly occurred to me - why did I have to explain so much to him at such a lengthy time?
And these pretentious words... make it seem like I’m really reluctant to let go!
Even if we broke up, I should have maintained my cool persona and just told him 'We broke up, don't contact each other anymore' and then blocked him... Looking back, this is a short essay of nearly a thousand words... Not that bad, really not!
Thinking of this, I was about to delete the long paragraph of non-pretentious text, but I accidentally touched the send button.
The entire segment has been sent and there is no recall function.
New phone, I really hate how sensitive you are!
Maybe this was destined. Even God couldn't stand my hesitation and indecision, so he helped me make a decision.
So, I followed God's will and deleted Senior Cactus' WeChat.
Also deleted were all our chat records from the past few months and the unread messages that I hadn't even looked at.
While I was doing all this, my hands were shaking, as if the phone weighed a thousand pounds, and my expression was completely lost. Then, I put the phone down and felt something warm on my face. I reached out and touched it, and it was covered in tears.
Like I said, we've been talking for so long, even a dog would have some feelings for it.
So, I’m not really reluctant to let go!
At this moment, Echizen Ryoma's phone called back. As soon as the call was connected, Echizen Ryoma roared with full energy on the other end of the phone -
"Are you stupid? You disappeared for three weeks and didn't even bother to borrow someone's phone to let them know you were safe? You're not going to school either. You've grown up..."
I swear, I was definitely not too sad because I deleted Senior Cactus, but the tone of that brat Echizen Ryoma was just too fierce, and I wasn't fully recovered from my illness yet, and I felt so painful from the wounds all over my body, so I couldn't help but burst into tears on the other end of the phone, successfully interrupting Ryoma Echizen's words.
“Wow, wow, wow, wow…”
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"No, why are you suddenly...don't cry first..."
“Wuwuwuwu…why are you talking so harshly? Your voice…wuwuwuwu, is it a big deal if your voice is loud? I…wuwuwuwuwu, I barely escaped death and managed to save my life, but now I’m temporarily paralyzed and lying in the hospital. It’s already very, very miserable. My wounds are almost excruciating…wuwuwu, how can you still be so harsh to me? Wuwuwuwu——”
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean?! Stop crying..."
“Wuwuwuwuwu!!!”
"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have spoken to you so loudly. I really deserve this. Please forgive me, sir. Please stop crying, okay?"
“Ooo ...
"Which hospital are you in now? I'll come find you."
I cried and told him the address of the hospital. He comforted me a few more times and ended the call. But even after we hung up, I kept crying. At first, I cried my heart out, but later, I got tired and my voice was hoarse. I just curled up in the quilt and cried silently.
When Echizen Ryoma arrived at the hospital, he saw me wrapped in a quilt like a fat cocoon, with my eyes red and swollen from crying.
As soon as I saw him, it was as if I had found the right person to confide in. The tears that had just stopped flowing began to flow again, "Wow, Ryoma, I'm heartbroken..."
The corners of his mouth twitched. "Aren't you lying in the hospital with hemiplegia, almost dying of pain? How did you suddenly become heartbroken?"
I looked up and was about to say something when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a large group of teenagers in sportswear following behind Ryoma Echizen.
No, who are you?
How can you be so immoral as to peek at a beautiful girl crying?!
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