Chapter 62: Confused Girls

How should one describe Liu Yinuo at this moment? To Ye Xingmian, she was like a normally honest and lovable giant panda who had suddenly turned into a roaring, man-eating beast. Those tea-colored eyes that should have been calm and gentle were now burning with bright flames, making the young girl feel an instinctive sense of fear.

Her body trembled subconsciously. She didn’t understand why the class monitor was so angry or why her reaction was so extreme. It wasn’t like she wanted to go to Qin Haiyue’s house; Qin Haiyue had forced her to go. Even her own clothes had been thrown away by Qin Haiyue, and she was forced to wear the items given to her.

“Monitor… what’s wrong with you…”

Having someone previously close and reliable suddenly change like this made Ye Xingmian feel as if the sky was falling. She stared blankly at the person in front of her as if she were meeting her for the first time.

“…” Her pupils constricted slightly. Seeing the terrified look on the girl before her, the logic she had lost control of was summoned back. Liu Yinuo took a deep breath, suppressing the inexplicably rising anger in her heart.

“Sorry… I got a little overexcited just now… Can you answer me now?”

Although she apologized, her hands still restrained the girl, pinning her against the wall. In the girl’s eyes, her gaze was incredibly oppressive. At this moment, the girl couldn’t help but think of the old Qin Haiyue; she actually saw a shadow of that person in the class monitor…

Why… How could this be…?

The class monitor was someone who was good to her, and Qin Haiyue had suddenly started being inexplicably nice to her for some reason. Clearly, it should have been two good things added together, but why? Why did it turn out like this?

She didn’t understand; she only felt wronged and miserable. Her vision blurred slightly, and she knew her cowardly self was about to cry again. But she forced herself to endure, not letting the humiliating tears slide down her face.

“The clothes…?”

“Yes!” Liu Yinuo gritted her teeth and leaned in a bit closer. She didn’t want to miss even a single trace of the girl’s expression. She desperately wanted to dig into the girl’s head and see exactly what was going on in that brain of hers.

The girl turned her head, refusing to meet Liu Yinuo’s gaze and avoiding her eyes.

“Qin Haiyue gave them to me…”

Hearing this, Liu Yinuo could almost no longer suppress her rage. She subconsciously blurted out, “Meaning you really went back with her?! Why! Were you avoiding me just to be with her? Is she as good to you as I am? She used to bully you so much before!”

The girl remained silent.

“Why would you accept her kindness? Say something! Aren’t you afraid she has some ulterior motive? Have you really not thought about these things? How could she… how could she possibly be as sincere toward you as I am…”

“Monitor…” the girl said in a low voice. Since she had turned her head away, Liu Yinuo couldn’t see her expression. But from her voice alone, it sounded as if the girl was completely unmoved.

There was a moment of silence. Perhaps she was weighing her words—at least, that’s what the waiting Liu Yinuo assumed. However, it was soon proven that her guess was wrong.

“Can you let me go first?”

Liu Yinuo finally realized that the hand she used to pin the girl seemed to be using too much force; she had likely caused the other girl discomfort long ago. Thinking of this, she hurriedly released her. “Sorry… I just now…”

Having calmed down after her excitement, she felt some remorse for her overreaction just now. However, the girl kept her head lowered and didn’t look at her. Before she could finish her sentence, the girl suddenly spoke up and interrupted her.

“Monitor, I still have to catch up on my homework, so I’ll head out first.”

After saying that, without waiting for Liu Yinuo to react, the girl ran away. She ran very fast and very resolutely. Liu Yinuo only needed one glance to know there was no point in chasing after her.

She stood frozen in place.

She looked at her hands, then at the wall in front of her. Just moments ago, she had forcefully dragged the girl over, questioning her so violently and angrily. It didn’t seem like herself at all. After the girl left, it felt as though she had been doused with a bucket of cold water, cooling her down completely.

Holding her head in her hands, she fell into a state of self-blame once more. She was deeply caught in self-doubt.

How… how could I do something like that? Was that even me?

She didn’t understand why it had turned out this way. Why? If she thought about it for just a moment, she would know—how could Ye Xingmian possibly go to Qin Haiyue’s house of her own accord? Why would she wear the clothes Qin Haiyue gave her? Their relationship was clearly so bad. Based on her understanding of Ye Xingmian, she wasn’t the type of person to forget the pain once the wound had healed. Therefore, Qin Haiyue must have forced her.

But she had acted on impulse, like a wild beast.

What should she do now?

She had originally thought about trying to get closer to Xingmian again, but after a scene like this, how could she approach her? She estimated that whatever favorability she had painstakingly built up had been wiped clean by this one event.

It felt terrible.

Yet, having no other choice, she could only return aimlessly along the same path the girl had taken, heading back to the classroom.

***

Ye Xingmian didn’t go straight to the classroom. She found a deserted corner of the school and secretly wiped away her tears. Only when her emotions finally stabilized did she pick her spirits back up.

After thinking for a long while, she also figured out the reason why the class monitor had lost control. It was probably out of concern for her, right? It was just that the reaction was exceptionally intense.

Her heart ached a little. After all, being treated like that by the person she liked would make anyone feel miserable. But the girl didn’t hate Liu Yinuo. She knew Liu Yinuo didn’t want to hurt her, and that this incident was likely an unintentional mistake.

However, her chest felt tight and heavy. Having gone through this, she was a bit at a loss as to what to do.

She had originally planned to avoid the class monitor until the college entrance exams were over. But now, forget the exams—she probably wouldn’t even make it to winter break before her defenses were torn to shreds by the out-of-control monitor.

What would she do then?

Unable to think of a solution, she sighed. It seemed she could only take things one step at a time.

She only hoped her decision was the right one.

However… she rarely seemed to make the right choice when faced with such decisions. She was always landing herself in even unluckier situations. Well, perhaps it wasn’t her fault, but rather the hand of fate. No one could say for sure when it came to luck. After all, if given the choice, no one would be willing to grow up in a strange, cold foster home and endure the disdain of others.

Her head felt like a jumbled mess, and she couldn’t think straight. Sighing, the girl decided to pack her bag and head to her classroom.

Because she arrived quite late today, more than half the people were already in the classroom, and the seats were packed. The girl originally wanted to put on her hood as she usually did, but because she was worried about being seen by Qin Haiyue, she ultimately gave up on the idea. She thought that returning to the classroom this time would be like any other—acting as a plain, unremarkable nobody who didn’t attract anyone’s attention—but the reality was completely different from what she imagined.

When a girl with shoulder-length hair, fair and tender skin, a cute appearance, and neat, beautiful clothes suddenly entered through the back door of the class, she immediately attracted a lot of attention. Especially when someone noticed that this person was “Ye Xingmian,” the classroom instantly erupted into a commotion.

The girl had just sat down at her desk when she was immediately surrounded by a large crowd. Most were girls, and they were all talking at once, making the girl think for a moment that they had come to cause her trouble.