Chapter 8: Overthinking

  Later I always thought, my biggest mistake was paying too much attention to her, but I don't regret it.

  Sui Tian

  Neon lights illuminate the city's sky with a colorful splendor, and the streets are bustling with people coming and going. Lai Huo Ling pulls Ye Xue through the crowds, in and out of clothing stores.

  I'm really tired of walking around, Ye Xue expressed her dissatisfaction: "You've been walking for so long and only found one piece of clothing you like, how much longer are you going to keep walking?"

  Lai Huo Ling raised her hand to look at her watch: "It's not late, it's only 10 o'clock. It's rare that everyone has no classes tomorrow afternoon, so let's have fun while we can." After finishing speaking, she shouted towards the people behind her: "Why are you brothers standing so far away? You need to do a good job of protecting the 'flower'!"

  Ye Xue turned back and smiled helplessly at Su Yitian.

  Su Yitian didn't react, so Su Yixiang patted Su Yitian's shoulder: "Hey, what are you thinking about?"

  Su Yi Tian regained his composure and shook his head: "Nothing." After a pause, he asked, "What did Han Yue want from you that day?"

  "This can't be said, it's a secret." Su Yixiang smiled and went to catch up with Ye Xue and the others.

  In the dormitory, there was only the sound of Han Yue tapping on the keyboard. Ye Xue and others went shopping, but Han Yue had nothing to buy and no mood to wander around, so she declined Ye Xue and Lai Huo Ling's invitation. Although it felt a bit guilty, it didn't stop her from refusing. They weren't short of company, and following them would be unnecessary. So it was better not to go, and stay in the dormitory to deal with the task of decorating the room.

  "This one! Hmm, how about this one?" Lai Huo Ling browsed through the clothes, and unintentionally caught sight of a white T-shirt with blue floral patterns. Suddenly excited, she said, "This one is not bad, let's get it for Xiao Yue since she didn't come with us. Although personally I wanted to buy her a red one."

  "Alright, just this one, don't put your favorite color on Xiao Yue's body." Ye Xue reminded Lai Huo Ling. She had never seen Han Yue wear red clothes before, and even things of that color were rarely seen. Ye Xue was somewhat puzzled as to why Han Yue and Han Yang's words about Han Yue were different.

  "Why hasn't Han Yue come? I haven't seen her for a few days and I'm starting to miss her." Thanks to Lai Huo Ling's reminder, Su Yi Xiang also remembered Han Yue.

  "Why don't you think about girls for a day!" Lai Huo Ling gave him a white eye with a bad face, "She, every day doesn't know what to do, late at night and not sleeping, either holding the computer to busy with something, or sitting on the bed staring out of the window. In class, she's either staring blankly at Jingrui or sleeping with her head down, and as soon as school is over, she disappears."

  "Jing Hao, isn't he the student union president? Han Yue stares at him every day in class?" Su Yixiang became interested.

  "Yeah, every day I'm in a daze, but my grades are still better than yours, fortunately our majors aren't the same, or else I'd be dead. Lai Huo Ling exaggeratedly sighed, then remembered that the core of Su Yi Xiang's question wasn't about this, and started excitedly gossiping with Su Yi Xiang, "I think Xiao Yue has a thing for Jing Ying, and Jing Ying is also very special to Xiao Yue. You have more experience, do you think they'll get together?"

  "I won't attend classes with you, how would I know?" Su Yi Xiang's face stiffened for a moment before he smiled more slyly than Lai Huo Ling, "How is it different? Be specific."

  As for Lai Huo Ling's words, Ye Xue was also somewhat surprised. Jing Yi, the usually low-key and often absent student council president who was rarely seen in school, when did he have time to attend classes?

  Recalling what I saw on the upper floor after school today, although it was too far away to see clearly, the process seemed quite interesting. Now hearing such news again, Sui Tian's god 'color' also moved slightly.

  The bedroom was very quiet, the wind blew and the wind chime rang softly, the sound reached Han Yue's ears, her thoughts were interrupted, and she got up to close the window. She took a glance at the wind chime, and a deep sadness flashed in her eyes.

  Shaking her head, she sat down and focused on her work. She glanced at the time, they still hadn't returned, so she decided to wait a bit longer before sleeping. Han Yue got up and made herself a cup of coffee, took a sip, and suddenly felt much more alert, let out a long sigh, feeling comfortable.

  The computer beeped. I opened it and found an email from Xing.

  "Witch, is the task completed? Don't be too tired, I've helped you get an extension of a few days from Ed. By the way, I'll be back in a few days."

  It seems that Xing hasn't rested yet. Han Yue's heart aches a little, and Xing's workload is getting heavier and heavier, with less and less time to rest.

  "Get some rest early, don't be too tired. The task is done, I'll send it over later."

  "I'll give you a sneak peek at your graduation thesis, it seems to be related to psychology, but I don't know the specifics, Ed won't reveal too much, so prepare well in advance."

  Psychology is really hard to learn, and this old fox is too good at making things difficult for people. After finishing her coffee, Han Yue reviewed the materials again, and after being satisfied, she sent them over.

  Well, I'll take advantage of having some time now to look up some information. Han Yue got up and brewed another cup of coffee.

  Crash! A sharp pain in the abdomen, a sudden tremble of the hand, scalding coffee splashed onto the hand, Han Yue instinctively let go, the cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, instantly filling the room with fragrance.

  On the way back, Su Yitian walked behind two girls with his hands in his pockets, while Su Xiang carried several bags and walked alongside him. Lai Huo Ling was excitedly telling Ye Xue about their shopping trip today.

  Su Yi Tian suddenly thought of Han Yue, who hadn't come out with them. Han Yue, they had actually met three times, but the first time was under special circumstances, and he remembered her, while she didn't remember him at all, or rather, she hadn't even noticed his existence back then.

  Do I really have no presence? No, why should I care about this. Su Yitian noticed the change in his emotions and suddenly stopped in his tracks, feeling a bit puzzled and hesitant: "Yixiang."

  "Brother, something's up?"

  "Hmm, I..." Su Yitian hesitated, his emotions somewhat unsettled.

  Su Yi Xiang waited, but Su Yi Tian hesitated for half a day and didn't say anything. Su Yi Xiang couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Brother, it's the first time I've seen you make this kind of expression, it's really strange."

  Looking at Su Yi Xiang's 'dying' smile, Su Yi Tian's mouth twitched, his annoyed expression gradually darkened in Su Yi Xiang's continuous laughter, narrowing his eyes and staring at Su Yi Xiang with a gloomy gaze.

  Looking at Su Yitian's expression, Su Yi Xiang thought to hold back his laughter but forcing himself to stop caused a severe cough. The older brother getting angry is really scary, looking at the icy face of the older brother, Su Yi Xiang held back his smile and asked: "Brother, you've been distracted these past two days. What's wrong, do you have something on your mind?"

  The smile in Su Yi Xiang's eyes was visible to anyone who wasn't blind, while Su Yi Tian felt a pang of regret in his heart, really wishing he hadn't thought of chatting with Su Yi Xiang earlier. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know." Then he coldly laughed, "Laugh! Don't laugh so hard you choke!" After speaking, he didn't pay attention to Su Yi Xiang anymore and finally managed to hold back the loud laughter that was about to erupt, quickly increasing the distance between them.

  "Hey! You make it clear... Ah, wait for me."

  Ye Xue and Lai Huo Ling heard the laughter and turned to look at them. Lai Huo Ling asked curiously, "What's so funny? Share it with us and let's have a laugh too."

  Su Yi Tian gave Su Yi Xiang a sideways glance. Su Yi Xiang hastily shook his head: "Cannot say, must not say, dare not say."

  The cold moon is slowly passing, it's almost eleven o'clock, they will probably be back soon. It's better to clean up here first, so as not to let them see this embarrassing scene, lest they ask too many questions and worry.

  Just like it and mind your own business.

  It's better not to get too close after all.

  You're just overthinking things.

  When did these two 'girls' easily occupy a not-so-light position in their own hearts, was it because they were too lonely and yearned for 'interaction' with two friends, and just happened to meet such people in this environment that suited their liking? Han Yue's heart understood, although she didn't show obvious fondness towards them, her heart had acknowledged it.

  Su Yi Xiang helped carry things and smiled as he walked towards the girls' dormitory: "I'll send you back to your apartment."

  "Sui Xiang, Han Yue is asleep, what are you going in there for?" Lai Huo Ling seized the opportunity to mock Sui Xiang.

  "You crazy girl, what are you talking about!"

  Lai Huo Ling hastily hid behind Ye Xue, laughing as she did so: "Originally it was like that, usually you guys threaten the dorm mother and swagger in, but now it's so late, isn't it bad for your reputation?"

  "What threat? This young master is called having charm and someone with a guarantee of character!"

  "Stop it." Ye Xue was so annoyed that she couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

  "Han Yue shouldn't be asleep." Su Yi Tian tilted her head to indicate for them to look over there, the lights in the dormitory were still on.

  Su Yi Xiang also stopped chasing and looked at Lai Huo Ling with a pleased expression: "She's not asleep, I can go in now."

  Han Yue stood up and opened the "door" to get a mop, but when she opened the "door", a force pushed in, Han Yue was already standing unsteadily, and with this sudden and unexpected push, her head spun and she fell to the ground.

  When Han Yue fell, she thought they were back, but it was really not the right time. This is really embarrassing. Landing, in time to use her hand to support herself, her head didn't hit anything, but her hands and body hurt badly. Han Yue smiled bitterly in her heart, this is great, her stomach which had just calmed down now hurts again.

  "Han Yue!" Su Yi Xiang knew he was in trouble and hastily ran over to help Ye Xue lift Han Yue up.

  "Whoa, Su Yixiang, you're not pushing the door, you're crashing into it! Look at Xiao Yue's face, it's as white as paper." Lai Huo Ling threw things onto the bed and lay down, then immediately sat up and looked at Han Yue, "Ah, it seems really serious."

  Your face is so pale, it can't be that bad! Han Yue was taken aback and didn't want them to know, nor did she want Su Yi Xiang to blame himself. She smiled and covered it up: "It's nothing, just a little painful."

  "Xiao Yue, didn't you say you were tired and wanted to rest early? Why are you still not asleep?" Ye Xue helped Han Yue sit down on the edge of the bed.

  Uh, caught red-handed, Han Yue couldn't explain herself.