Chapter 43
Sui Yusheng's personality was well-known to everyone who knew him. Before his friends and family got to know him, he was naturally cold and his temper was closely linked to his expression. Once they got to know him, he would slowly open up, but how much he would open up depended on how much he liked the person who opened his heart.
Wen Liangxi and Sui Yusheng met in high school.
At the time, Sui Yusheng was severely imbalanced in his academic performance. He would get near-perfect scores in science subjects, but his liberal arts scores were lower than his average overall score. This student was a source of worry for half the teachers, and even more joy for the other. Several liberal arts teachers would complain to the homeroom teacher, and over time, the teacher began to take the issue seriously.
Coincidentally, Wen Liangxi, as the best student in the class, was also a leader in liberal arts. It was more reassuring to sit with a fellow boy, so the head teacher assigned Wen Liangxi to tutor Sui Yusheng in liberal arts.
Over time, not only did Sui Yusheng's grades improve, but the relationship between the two also became closer.
Wen Liangxi said that even though Sui Yusheng was accommodating him in everything now, back in school, he was the one who always showed up for Sui Yusheng and had to listen to a lot of other people's gossip.
Sui Yusheng's personality is just like that. To put it nicely, he is aloof and difficult to approach. To put it bluntly, he is expressionless. He always has a sour face and treats other people's kindness coldly. He takes kindness for granted and is shameless.
He has never accepted the enthusiasm offered by others. It would have been fine if he had just politely rejected it, but he just acted indifferent and just glanced at it as if the matter was over.
At that time, a girl secretly confessed her love to him, but he ignored her. When the boy who had a crush on that girl found out, the two had a fierce fight on the playground. If Wen Liangxi had not gone to find the teacher, explained the matter clearly, and tried to reduce the teacher's anger towards him, he would have been reported long ago and might even have been expelled from school.
From then on, word spread among the students that Sui Yusheng was a troublemaker. No one wanted to be treated with such warmth, and those who already had no affection for him gradually distanced themselves from him. Only Wen Liangxi, their deskmate, remained firm and refused to move, continuing to stay with Sui Yusheng.
Even though his old friends came to comfort him and advised him to leave, saying that Sui Yusheng was emotionally unstable and might hit him one day, Wen Liangxi still did not leave, and because of this, Wen Liangxi also lost some friends.
Wen Liangxi was neglected because of Sui Yusheng, and Sui Yusheng knew this very well. He always remembered the kindness Wen Liangxi had shown him, from high school to college, and from college to now.
Now I finally understand why Sui Yusheng is so good to Wen Liangxi. In this friendship, one never leaves him, and the other repays his kindness. They are both good people.
I was speechless for a long time, my emotions still immersed in the memories of other people's past.
When I came back to my senses, I lowered my eyes and saw Wen Liangxi staring at me intently. His blue eyes, staring straight at me, were like the calm sea. Although calm, they were deep and strange, as if he wanted to observe something through me. I suddenly shuddered and my hair stood on end.
He stood up from his seat and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. You can go back to your work first."
Seeing an old man pushing a shopping cart approaching the checkout counter, I didn't say anything more and tacitly allowed him to leave. At the same time, I politely watched him walk out the door before looking back.
I was about to concentrate on the task at hand, but unexpectedly, Wen Liangxi, who had just walked out, appeared beside me again a few seconds later. He walked like a ghost, without even breathing.
I was so startled by his sudden words that I almost reached out and knocked the small objects on the shelf to the ground. I was still in shock and stared at the culprit with my eyes wide open, my heart beating fast and fierce.
Wen Liangxi obviously didn't expect me to be so sensitive. He was also frightened by my fear, and even the smile that had just appeared on his face froze, making it look like a forced smile: "..."
I took a few deep breaths, my eyes wandering around, and finally I dared to look at Wen Liangxi who had calmed down: What's wrong?
"The results of Sui Yusheng's kinship test are out, and it clearly states in black and white that he has no relationship with the woman who claimed him."
Having heard the news a long time ago, I was no longer shocked. Instead, I was a little confused as to why Wen Liangxi deliberately came back to tell me about this: So you came back to tell me about this?
Wen Liangxi's left eyebrow raised uncontrollably. He raised his pursed lips and asked instead of answering, "Did you know that a long time ago?"
I nodded: My friend told me today.
"Friends..." Wen Liangxi repeated, and finally seemed to think of something and smiled, "What a good relationship."
These four words touched my heart. I gave him an innocent smile, full of joy and happiness that others praised my relationship with Li Ying'an: Of course!
Maybe it was the first time he saw me smile like a child. Wen Liangxi was smiling the whole time, but his smile did not reach his eyes. His blue eyes were more like a pool of clear but bottomless fresh water.
I realized later that I was being a little silly, and recalled that he hadn't answered my question yet, so I quickly tried to change the subject: Did you come back just to tell me this?
"Well," Wen Liangxi said, "I heard Sui Yusheng say that your friend was there at the time, and it was you who found the person for him, so I had to tell you the result. I didn't expect..."
He smiled casually, "It's okay then, I'll leave."
This time he left in a hurry. Before I could even say goodbye, he disappeared out the door.
An old lady came to the cashier counter. While I was checking out for her, I was thinking about Wen Liangxi's behavior just now. I always felt that something was strange, but I had no evidence to support my wild speculation.
I was still lost in thought until noon, and I felt a little dizzy after lunch. Plus, I didn't sleep all night, so I suddenly felt sleepy. I took advantage of the fact that there were fewer people around at noon to give my brain a short break. I lay down on the cash register and took a nap for a while, which lasted until I got off work in the afternoon, when I gradually woke up.
When it was time to change shifts in the evening, Deng Yu was pushed to his post by Sui Yusheng. When I left my post, I accidentally looked at Sui Yusheng, who was standing next to Deng Yu. The cold and damp feeling from the morning came over me again. My skin felt like it had been pricked by a needle that had been placed in ice water for a long time. It was painful and cold. If I were a cat, all the hair on my body would have stood up.
But as a human being, I just wanted to slip away immediately and get away from Sui Yusheng, who was hostile to me for some reason, to prevent myself from having any more eye contact with him.
I ran to where Li Ying'an worked and happened to see Li Ying'an walking out of the store with quick and steady steps.
He had a smiling face to begin with, and when he saw me, his smile became even more pronounced. The corners of his mouth that were raised seemed to fly up to the sky, taking my heart with them.
I couldn't help but ask: Why are you so happy?
"Because the first thing I see after get off work is my friends waiting at the door, the fatigue from a busy day is instantly washed away. Once the fatigue is gone, all that's left is happiness."
I feel a little embarrassed when I say this, I just stick out my tongue.
"Actually, it's mainly to give me a salary," Li Ying'an said with a mysterious smile, "and there's also a good thing."
I didn't want to play guessing games with him, so I pulled his arm like a child and shook it coquettishly: Tell me if you have any other good news.
He made a hand gesture to me, which meant the number three, or yes. I didn't understand it for a moment, but then I heard him say, "My boss has approved three days of vacation for me."
So I'm happy because I don't have to work? I think.
But then he asked me if I could ask for leave from my boss.
I was even more confused: Why ask for leave?
"I want to use these three days to visit the village."
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