Chapter 26: But Nope, Nobody Stays Put Waiting for You!
After waiting forever, Ye Liang Chen still hadn’t gotten a reply from Li Qing Xue.
He couldn’t help but feel suspicious.
According to the memories from his dream, he should have received all kinds of little essays from her by now.
But right now, the chat window wasn’t showing she was typing.
“Could she be crying her eyes out right now?”
It’s not out of the realm of possibility.
In the dream, when Li Qing Xue realized she had unknowingly fallen in love with him all these years,
She turned into some sorrowful sobbing mess, just like Lin Dai Yu.
Crying when she saw him, crying when she didn’t see him, crying after seeing him with Treasure Girl—her heartbreak was almost instantaneous over just a few days.
Now she’s probably realized her mistake and is secretly crying her eyes out.
He took a deep breath: “If I knew it would be like this, why did I even start?”
“Lost her, regret it, and finally start to cherish her… but nobody will be waiting at the same spot forever for you.”
Thinking of this, Ye Liang Chen sighed slightly, then called Gao Quan.
“Hey, you’re not the penguin number next to Li Qing Xue’s desk, right? Tell her to persuade Li Qing Xue not to cry anymore.”
“Just say it’s a request from me, okay?”
He hung up, a faint smile creeping at the corner of his mouth.
If Li Qing Xue’s desk buddy actually said that, Li Qing Xue might just become even more inseparable from him—such gentle, understanding kindness!
Putting his phone aside, he moved to the curtain and drew it back.
Sunlight poured into the room.
Ye Liang Chen closed his eyes, gazing at the scene outside the window, spreading his arms wide: “Good morning, world! Here I come!”
“My Treasure Girl is waiting for me.”
After saying this, he changed into his most handsome outfit from the wardrobe and left the house.
“It’s been a while since I last rode you; let’s relive my youth a bit.”
He caressed his bicycle, a hint of nostalgia flashing in his eyes.
He remembered in the dream, riding this very bike, carrying his Treasure Girl, freely roaming the campus.
That was a brief moment of peace only between him and Treasure Girl.
But sadly, as time passed, his age increased, Treasure Girl started her business and became a rising entrepreneur, Moonlight Queen turned into a venture capital goddess, and young Qing Mei skyrocketed in the entertainment industry.
He was surrounded by all kinds of luxury cars, and in his memory, this bicycle was long forgotten.
Now seeing it again, his heart felt something new—probably awe or curiosity about his current emotions.
Riding the bike, facing the sunlight, he left the community.
According to his dreams, Ye Liang Chen arrived at Nanfeng Plaza.
He parked his bike and started wandering around.
In his memories, every Saturday, Hu Yu Ying would be doing part-time work at this plaza.
Though she didn’t earn much, she was thrifty, able to get through until next Saturday with her part-time income.
Her grandparents were elderly, and it was hard enough for them to scrape together her tuition; she didn’t want to trouble them further.
So even when bullied or wronged outside, she’d keep it all inside, secretly bearing the pain while trying to show her happy face in front of her grandparents.
What a good girl.
Thinking of this, Ye Liang Chen’s resentment toward Long Ao Tian deepened.
“d*mn Long Ao Tian, it’s all because of you that my Treasure Girl got hurt. Just wait!”
“When I grow up, you’re gonna pay, big time!”
He barely suppressed his anger.
After a heart-to-heart with Gao Quan about “finding the right person at the right time,”
Ye Liang Chen’s emotional knot was loosened.
He wasn’t afraid of Long Ao Tian—he knew it was because at the wrong time, he couldn’t save Treasure Girl.
Only after Treasure Girl had endured humiliation and suffering,
His appearance would be the salvation she desperately needed.
That way, he could leave an unforgettable mark on her heart.
Thinking this through, he refocused: “These are all future things. Right now, I need to care more about Treasure Girl—lay foundations early so once I save her, I can better enter her heart.”
Nanfeng Plaza was huge. Following his dream’s memory, Ye Liang Chen looked for the place where Treasure Girl might be working part-time.
Treasure Girl only did her part-time job on Saturday mornings. She’s busy studying in the afternoon.
So her part-time spots varied each time.
Even with his dream’s memory, Ye Liang Chen couldn’t instantly pinpoint her exact workplace.
He could only wander aimlessly.
But he trusted that their deep bond would help him find her!
Carrying this belief, he kept walking forward.
At a corner, he paused, his gaze softening.
A gentle smile involuntarily lifted at his lips.
He wanted to approach her immediately, but his foot froze mid-air.
Recalling their past encounters, Treasure Girl seemed still resistant to men.
He thought for a moment, then walked toward a nearby milk tea shop.
He swallowed the pain and bought two cups of bubble tea with his pocket money.
After all, he didn’t have much left, and bubble tea was insanely expensive.
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But thinking of how Treasure Girl once took her first sip of bubble tea, Ye Liang Chen endured the pain and paid.
“Hello, Hu Yu Ying, what a coincidence! We meet again,” he said, holding two cups with a bright, goofy smile.
Hu Yu Ying, who was handing out leaflets, heard her name and instinctively looked up.
She saw Ye Liang Chen.
Then, naturally, she took a step back, creating some space between them.
Seeing her, the Treasure Girl he knew, actually retreating half a step—ouch, his heart clenched.
In the dream, he learned Hu Yu Ying was scared after being bullied, instinctively hostile toward men.
But that’s fine—he would use love to melt her resistance, to redeem her, and finally walk into her heart again.
“Really so coincidental! Looks like we’ve met three times now.”
Although he regularly observed Treasure Girl secretly, in reality, they’d only met twice, and now, this was the third.
“Just now in the milk tea shop, I accidentally bought two really delicious pearl milk teas. I can’t finish them myself, so I’d like to offer one to you,” he said, handing her one of the cups.
Hu Yu Ying looked at the cup strangely, thinking: Why buy two if you can’t finish one?
Then she remembered her big brother’s words: “People with brain damage, just steer clear when you see them.”
Yeah, his big bro was right—those kinds of people are better avoided.
She immediately shook her head: “I don’t want it…”
And so on.
