Chapter 70 Li Nian's Independent Side Story - When He Remembered It (19)
"What a coincidence, senior is also a student here..."
The girl smiled slightly and lowered her head shyly.
Very similar...
But it's still different.
For some reason, Yu Qingzhou immediately realized that she was not "her".
As this thought came to mind, he suddenly recognized the other person.
"You're in Teacher He's class—"
"Yun Yao, my name is Yun Yao."
The girl quickly took over the conversation, her voice filled with undisguised excitement and surprise: "Yun as in cloud, Yao as in Pei Yao, senior can just call me A Yao."
Upon hearing the other person's enthusiastic self-introduction, Yu Qingzhou's first reaction was that this child was being a bit too familiar.
But then, he was completely captivated by the character "瑶" in the other person's name.
Ah Yao... Ah Yao...
A wave of dizziness washed over her again. Yu Qingzhou pressed her temples, which were throbbing slightly, and murmured to herself.
"This name—"
"Senior, are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
In this situation, Yun Yao couldn't help but feel nervous.
Yu Qingzhou shook her head: "It's nothing. I haven't been sleeping much lately, so it's normal to have a headache. I'll be fine after a little rest."
Yu Qingzhou found a nearby corridor to sit down, and Yun Yao followed her with a worried expression.
She looked at the pale-faced man with unease.
"I'm sorry, I startled you." Yu Qingzhou smiled apologetically.
"No, no..."
Yun Yao straightened up and waved her hands repeatedly.
Just kidding, she'd be overjoyed to have her crush in front of her, there's no reason for her to be scared. It's just that seeing him looking so pale makes her feel a little sorry for him…
After confirming that the other party had indeed recovered, Yun Yao suddenly remembered what had happened before.
So he tentatively asked, "Did you mention my name earlier because you were thinking about something?"
Hmm... Could it be that they think the name sounds bad?
Yun Yao couldn't help but think to herself. She had never thought there was anything wrong with her name before.
But after the other party thought about it, I suddenly became a little uncertain.
Yun Yao stared nervously at the person next to her.
Yu Qingzhou, however, couldn't help but laugh when he saw the little girl's serious expression, as if facing a formidable enemy.
He has a bright and cheerful appearance. Although he is not the kind of person who is stunning at first glance, he is easy to like, especially when he smiles.
Yun Yao was stunned.
Good heavens, really good heavens...
Today she finally understands the opposite of "dying in the light".
Waaaaah, this little fangirl is completely satisfied!
Yun Yao was so confused that she almost forgot what she had just asked.
He was still a little stunned when he heard Yu Qingzhou's answer.
"I just remembered a friend..."
Friend... what friend?!
Seeing the other person's somewhat lost expression, Yun Yao's mind immediately went into overdrive.
Could my crush already be taken?!
Waaaaah~
"They should be...very, very good friends."
Yu Qingzhou said carefully, a hint of hesitation flashing across her face, "But, it seems I've forgotten about her."
"how so--"
Yun Yao murmured in agreement.
She was drawn to the pained expression on the man's face and therefore did not immediately notice the strangeness in his words.
She simply gazed at the person beside her with tenderness and care.
While feeling deep sympathy, I felt a profound sense of mission to help them and rescue them from their predicament.
"Speaking of which, you two really are alike."
The man's sudden confession caught Yun Yao completely off guard.
The girl snapped out of her shameful fantasy of rescuing a hero, paused for a moment, and then, after fully understanding what she had heard, her cheeks flushed.
Ah, this, this, this—
Although rationally it seemed unlikely, my mind involuntarily drifted in that direction.
What if?
What if I'm not just overthinking it...
What if my crush really does have those feelings...?
So, should I just agree right away, or should I hold back for a bit before agreeing?
Ugh, I've gotten so conflicted without even realizing it... To be honest, she's not mentally prepared to become the female protagonist of a stand-in novel yet.
Yun Yao thought to herself, her cheeks burning, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
While screaming inwardly, she casually glanced at Yu Qingzhou, wanting to see if he would make any further moves.
But Yu Qingzhou seems to simply want to express the literal meaning of the sentence.
After the initial emotional turmoil, the face became incredibly calm.
It's like—
Everything that just happened was just the girl's wishful thinking and illusion.
The aforementioned dialogue never took place.
They seemed to have never met before, but had just happened to be sitting in the same corridor.
A gentle breeze swept by, and the man's figure appeared and disappeared in the dappled sunlight, as if he might vanish at any moment.
Yun Yao suddenly felt a wave of inexplicable sadness.
It seems like I've witnessed the other person disappear before my eyes more than once.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, but a familiar, panting voice rang out first in the quiet corridor.
"Honestly, I've been looking for you for ages! Turns out you were hiding here—"
Before Yun Yao could respond, her arm was grabbed by someone.
Looking up, I saw my good friend Zhuzhu.
"Zhuzhu? What brings you here?"
"What do you mean, 'How did I get here?'"
The girl named Zhuzhu was clearly incredulous.
"You disappeared in the time it took to buy a bottle of water, and you didn't reply to my messages. I thought you were being harassed by a pervert again like last time... ugh."
Zhuzhu wanted to say something more, but Yunyao quickly covered her mouth.
"that……"
Yun Yao turned to Yu Qingzhou, wanting to apologize for her friend's careless remarks.
But the latter had already stood up and said in a low voice that it was time to say goodbye.
"I'm sorry to have worried your friend."
"Haha, no way, this girl always exaggerates. I'm the one who's really, really happy to be able to chat with you in person."
"Thanks."
As he spoke, the man nodded and smiled again.
Yun Yao watched the other person disappear at the end of the corridor, still looking reluctant to part.
Zhu Zhu finally managed to break free from the gag, and looked at the girl's dumbfounded expression, speechless. She waved her hand in front of the girl's face: "Hey, hey, nobody's around and you're still looking."
Yun Yao reluctantly withdrew her gaze, not angry at all, but rather intrigued.
"That's him, that's my idol."
"A male god? He's just average, maybe a little above average in looks." Zhuzhu said, expressing her incomprehension.
Yun Yao snorted lightly: "That's because you don't know how to appreciate it, you're superficial."
Then, regardless of whether the other person wanted to listen or not, she went on and on, embellishing the whole encounter.
Finally, she couldn't help but ask her friend for her opinion: "Do you think the senior might actually have those feelings for him?"
Seeing her friend's hopelessly infatuated expression, Zhuzhu knew there was nothing more to say.
If I tell the truth, people will definitely not be happy; if I don't tell the truth, I can't get past my conscience.
Let's change the subject.
"What, you've already forgotten about encountering that pervert from last time?"
Obviously not.
Upon hearing this, Yun Yao frowned, rubbed her arms, and looked disgusted.
Why bring that up out of the blue?
"Didn't that guy also say you look like someone he knows... Oh right, I think she's his fiancée or something—"
"Stop, stop, stop! I admit it was wrong of me not to say hello. I admit it, I apologize. Whatever you want to eat later, I'll take care of it, is that alright now?"
"Well, it's alright."
As Zhuzhu said this, a somewhat satisfied smile appeared on her face.
Yun Yao cursed inwardly, thinking, "This little girl is getting a good deal and then acting innocent."
But then they heard the other person suddenly hiss.
"So that's how it is—"
"how?"
Yun Yao was unhappy that the other person only said half of what they wanted to say, and at the same time, she felt a little uneasy being stared at by her friend.
I thought to myself, "Why are you looking at me like that? Is my makeup ruined?! Then what happened in front of my crush...?"
The thought of this possibility drove Yun Yao absolutely crazy.
Finally, Zhuzhu spoke, saying, "Yaoyao, haven't you considered one possibility?"
"What?"
"Could you not be your parents' biological child?"
"..."
"Or, you have a long-lost twin sister who looks exactly the same."
Zhuzhu spoke with a serious expression.
After recovering from her initial bewilderment, Yun Yao couldn't help but spit out, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
I'm serious.
Zhuzhu remained serious, counting on her fingers, "Look, this is the third time this month. As the saying goes, things don't happen more than three times, and if something seems out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on."
Yun Yao paused upon hearing this, looking at her friend with a puzzled expression.
"Where did you get three times from? There were only two in total, okay? Even the PE teacher wouldn't believe he taught you if you did this.
She laughed, with a teasing tone.
But my friend today seems unusually serious.
No, it's three times.
Zhu Zhu stopped and looked at the girl with a confused smile. She slowly said, "Once was just now, once was last week, and once was at the beginning of the month when you came to pick me up at the airport."
"..."
"You said you saw someone who looked exactly like you, like looking in a mirror, and it startled you. You even thought about taking a picture to remember it, but the person disappeared in the blink of an eye. Don't you remember any of these things?"
"I--"
The wind blows.
The same warm sunshine as before suddenly felt a little cool on my skin.
Just as Yun Yao felt as if she had fallen into an unreal vortex and was unable to move—
Zhu Zhu curled up the corners of her mouth, revealing a rather sly smile.
"Haha, look how scared you are."
"Wh-what?"
"This is a scene from a novel I've been reading recently. I found it quite interesting and wanted to share it with you. I didn't expect you to actually believe it."
"You...you brat, don't you know that scaring someone can kill them?!"
Yun Yao punched her friend's shoulder in annoyance.
The latter laughed frankly: "Who told you to be so easily fooled? Or do you really believe that there could be two people in the world who are so similar that even the real person can't tell them apart?"
"How could that be? You're clearly just bluffing to scare people."
Yun Yao became defiant.
The two playfully wrestled for a while.
It seemed like the matter had been put behind them, but only Yun Yao herself knew that somewhere deep in her heart, there seemed to be some lingering unease.
Is it really possible for two people in the world to be so alike?
Yu Qingzhou stood on the second floor of the old school building, looking at the figure leaning against the window in the classroom, and suddenly stopped in her tracks.
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