“I love you, deeply love you, this love comes from your mother, and also from yourself. Forgive my presumptuousness, I don’t want to repeat the same mistakes. I’ve already lost the most important person once, and this time I don’t want to lose you. To: My most important person, Ning Chuxue”
Mu Wannuo set down the pen in her hand, picked up the finished letter, and carefully examined it.
After reading it, she still seemed uneasy and read it again.
This time she read it carefully, very seriously, afraid of typos or awkward phrasing.
Until a long time passed, so long that Mu Wannuo herself lost track of time, she finally set down the finished letter, carefully folded it, and placed it in the most prominent spot on her desk.
As soon as the door opened, the first thing one’s attention would land on would be this letter.
This was a position Mu Wannuo had calculated in advance, there would be no mistakes.
‘The little pitiful one will see it.’
Her expression was calm as she muttered to herself.
After that, she put away all the other items on the desk that could easily attract attention.
She walked to the entrance, scanned the room’s layout again to ensure the first thing seen upon entering would be that paper, not something else drawing the eye.
Everything was complete, nothing was overlooked.
She opened the door and left without looking back.
“Wait, what? You had a fight with Teacher Mu?”
Ying sat down beside Ning Chuxue in disbelief, her tone laced with surprise.
She had imagined the pressure Mu Wannuo put on Ning Chuxue was heavy, but she never thought it would escalate to a fight.
Up until now, Ying couldn’t even begin to imagine what kind of pressure Ning Chuxue endured on a daily basis.
Or how she managed to grow up under all that pressure.
“I’m really sorry for dragging you out, but I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore…”
“I told you, we’re friends, no need to apologize.”
Ying patted her shoulder, putting on a reliable air: “I suggest you first clear things up with Teacher Mu, that’d be better for both of you.”
“I tried explaining, but she wouldn’t even listen!”
Mu Wannuo pouted in frustration.
Thinking back to the scene just now, she really had explained herself quite clearly… had she?
Regardless, she truly needed friends, she didn’t want to go back to being alone.
Like right now, when she had trouble, she could turn to Ying to figure things out together.
If it weren’t for Ying, she might have to silently endure all of this herself, with no one to confide in, eventually bottling it all up inside until she completely forgot.
A very painful process.
Also a torment to the heart.
“If you ask me, you’re both too impatient.”
“Impatient?”
Ning Chuxue looked at Ying sitting beside her with confusion.
“Exactly!”
The other said confidently: “You both think you’re in the right, neither willing to back down, so the more you talk, the more heated it gets, until it completely blows up.”
After hearing the explanation, Ning Chuxue thought it over carefully.
She really didn’t want to admit Ying had emotional intelligence, but this time she wasn’t wrong, in fact, she was completely right.
Ning Chuxue’s silence gave Ying some confidence, and she continued to take the lead: “Right, right? Teacher Mu actually cares about you a lot, otherwise why would she restrict you?”
No matter what Ning Chuxue did, Mu Wannuo would weigh the pros and cons repeatedly every time, and as long as she thought there was even a hint of danger, she would restrict Ning Chuxue.
Including limiting her social activities, which was actually to protect her from being led astray.
“But, I’ve also said that everyone in the club is a good person, not bad people, right?”
“Usually you call me a fool, but who knew Xiao Nuo is the real fool!”
Ying lightly tapped her on the head with a look of exasperation.
“Why did you hit me?”
The latter covered her head with both hands in grievance, looking at Ying with teary eyes.
“Xiao Nuo, think about it carefully.”
Ying dodged her question: “Teacher Mu knows absolutely nothing about our club, and she doesn’t know a single member inside.”
“If Xiao Nuo put herself in Teacher Mu’s shoes, your most precious friend went to a place you know completely nothing about.”
“Who’s there, how many people, whether they’re good or bad, you don’t know any of it. Tell me, Xiao Nuo, could you really feel at ease?”
“Of course I couldn’t!”
After hearing Ying’s long speech, Ning Chuxue instinctively shook her head.
“Right, if Xiao Nuo wasn’t at ease at that moment, she’d definitely rush to explain things clearly to the other person. And if the other person not only refused to listen but talked back, Xiao Nuo would get anxious too, and then it’d go from persuading to a full-blown argument where neither backs down.”
“I wouldn’t.”
Ning Chuxue brushed a strand of hair behind her ear: “I’d go with her to take a look, and if it really was like she said, then I wouldn’t stop her.”
“Stop, stop, stop!”
Ying quickly cut Ning Chuxue off. If she let her keep going, Ying felt she’d get dragged down into the hole too.
“Is it possible that not everyone is like you, Xiao Nuo? Everyone thinks differently, so the way they handle things is different too.”
Ning Chuxue’s puzzled expression carried a unique cuteness: “What do you mean?”
“I suggest you go back and find Teacher Mu, say sorry, and then the two of you calm down and have a proper talk.”
“But, Sister Mu Wan definitely won’t listen!?”
Ning Chuxue felt it was unreliable.
Whenever it involved her own matters, Mu Wannuo would lose all rationality, unable to hear anything, only insisting that she listen.
Although many times it really was for her own good, but over a long period, this kind of “love” that was only control, she truly couldn’t accept it.
“You’re just overthinking.”
Ying patiently continued to persuade: “If Teacher Mu really didn’t love you, she wouldn’t care about you in every aspect.”
“Besides, it’s pouring rain outside right now, maybe Teacher Mu is frantically searching for you all over campus.”
After saying that, Ying gestured toward the pouring rain outside the window.
Perhaps in response to Ning Chuxue, a thunderous roar sounded outside, as if it could shatter the glass.
Soon after, a bolt of lightning like a long dragon streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire room until it faded away.
Ning Chuxue’s heart jumped along with it.
“Sister Mu Wan, is looking for me?”
Ning Chuxue really hadn’t considered that possibility.
Or rather, she had subconsciously assumed Mu Wannuo wouldn’t come looking for her.
Because she and Mu Wannuo had fought so fiercely just now, and she hadn’t given any face at all.
But now that Ying had talked her through it, Ning Chuxue still felt a trace of unease.
Listening to the “pitter-patter” of the rain outside, some drumming against the glass, some hitting the ground, and even ornamental trees being bent by the wind.
These scenes and sounds were like the end of the world.
Ning Chuxue’s heartbeat accompanied all of it, unable to settle for a long time.
“Doesn’t Xiao Nuo really want to go back and take a look?”
After all, Teacher Mu might be staring into the heavy rain right now, searching the whole campus for you.
Ying delivered the final blow, striking right at Ning Chuxue’s heart.
“I understand. Although Xiao Ying might have misunderstood something, it did wake me up. Thank you.”
This time, Ning Chuxue was resolute, no longer hesitant like before.
She bowed to Ying to express her gratitude, then picked up the umbrella by the classroom door and left without looking back.
“Misunderstood something?”
Ying didn’t understand what that meant, but she didn’t dwell on it either.