Jiang Shuyi retracted her fist, and the people around her were looking at her with a hint of fear in their eyes.

Jiang Shuyi didn't like to hit people.

But she couldn't stand the insulting words that person said about Wen Yao.

She felt she could call Wen Yao cold, say she was emotionless and harsh, but she couldn't tolerate others saying such things.

Jiang Shuyi knew that she was being willful and unreasonable, but this kind of emotion was just so hard to control.

Jiang Shuyi thought about putting her hands in her school uniform pockets and quickly walked down the stairs.

She sniffed, feeling her eyes sting.

She didn't even understand what she was feeling wronged about. Maybe it was because after coming here, her discomfort with life was just starting to show, maybe it was because she couldn't continue being Wen Yao's deskmate, or maybe it was because she heard people talking bad about Wen Yao...

In any case, she just felt very uncomfortable.

Footsteps sounded behind Jiang Shuyi, and she took a breath, thinking it was Song Jinxi coming.

"Song Jinxi, let me be alone—"

"I'm not Song Jinxi."

A pleasant voice coldly interrupted her words.

Jiang Shuyi looked at the person in front of her, her shoulders trembling slightly, "......Wen Yao."

She quickly turned her back.

She felt that her eyes must be very red now, and she probably looked like she was crying.

And the one thing she didn't want was for this person to see her like this.

"Jiang Shuyi, are you crying?"

Wen Yao took a step closer to her.

As she calmly asked Jiang Shuyi, she took out a tissue from her pocket and offered it to her.

Upon hearing this question, Jiang Shuyi's shoulders hunched even more, feeling even more wronged, "I'm not crying."

Wen Yao looked down at the Alpha who had curled up her back, paused for a moment, and as usual, put the tissue back into her school uniform pocket, "Okay."

She slowly turned around, seemingly intending to leave.

Jiang Shuyi felt a surge of anxiety as she heard Wen Yao's footsteps turning to leave.

She realized it had been a long time since she last spoke to Wen Yao.

If Wen Yao walked away like this, would she never talk to her again?

So, Jiang Shuyi reached out and grabbed Wen Yao's wrist, "Wen Yao."

"Please, don't go."

Wen Yao: "......" 

Wen Yao paused at the feeling of her wrist being held and turned to look at Jiang Shuyi.

"I don't want you to leave."

Jiang Shuyi looked at Wen Yao's face, feeling a sense of loss, and somehow managed to say this.

"......"

The two stared at each other for a long time, and Jiang Shuyi didn't say a second word.

So, Wen Yao looked at her and asked in a flat tone, "If you want me to stay, why aren't you saying anything?"

Her tone was still so distant.

"......I." Jiang Shuyi stammered.

She actually had a lot of questions she wanted to ask Wen Yao, such as:

—Am I really just a burden to you?

—Am I truly dragging you down?

She really wanted to get a negative answer from Wen Yao.

But looking at Wen Yao's calm and indifferent face, she couldn't help but remember Li Roujia's words.

— "Yes, you have time, but can you afford to delay others?"

So, Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but let go of Wen Yao's wrist.

Suddenly, she was afraid of asking.

She felt she would only receive a confirming answer from this person.

And if, if she really heard Wen Yao say, "Yes, you really are a nuisance," Jiang Shuyi believed she might fall into despair afterward.

Wen Yao looked at her letting go of her hand, then lowered her gaze, "If you won't talk, then I'll ask you."

"Why did you change seats?" Wen Yao's voice remained calm and composed.

Jiang Shuyi paused for a long time, looking at Wen Yao like a wronged stray dog, "Teacher Li said I was influencing you, that I was disturbing you."

Jiang Shuyi looked at Wen Yao, hoping she would shake her head or say something like, "No."

However, after hearing this, Wen Yao only fell silent for a moment, as if she had found the reason, and nodded as if to say, "I see."

Jiang Shuyi: "......"

The light in Jiang Shuyi's eyes immediately disappeared. To her, it seemed that Wen Yao was agreeing with what she had just said.

So, Jiang Shuyi became even more despondent.

"So, I really am a nuisance..." her tone turned disheartened.

Wen Yao looked at this large Alpha in front of her, as if she could see what she was thinking, and called her name, "Jiang Shuyi."

Jiang Shuyi sniffed and looked up with a pitiful expression.

"You sat next to me without asking, followed me, didn't ask me how I felt at lunch, just put food in my bowl, always said things unrelated to the topic when asking questions, bumped into me without greeting, and even texted me on weekends, pestering me to go out."

"Anyone would find you very annoying."

Wen Yao's tone was flat and casual, yet it left Jiang Shuyi speechless.

Jiang Shuyi looked at Wen Yao with tears in her eyes, feeling like she was really about to cry, "......I see, I'm sorry."

Her expression grew more and more dejected.

Wen Yao looked at her, as if she was about to speak again.

"Wen Yao, can you not say anything?" Jiang Shuyi choked up.

Jiang Shuyi was afraid that if she listened any longer, her heart might break.

"I won't..."

She wanted to say she wouldn't do that anymore.

"But I don't dislike you." Wen Yao interrupted her.

Outside the window, the sound of a plane passing through the sky was heard.

Jiang Shuyi looked at her, pressing her lips together. "What do you mean?"

"I don't understand why either." Wen Yao hesitated for a rare moment, then looked at Jiang Shuyi with serious eyes and said:

"Even though you're so noisy and always cling to me, I seem to not dislike you that much."

"......" Jiang Shuyi gazed into Wen Yao's beautiful eyes, feeling her heart skip a beat.

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