novelraw Chapter 67 : The Withering Lily
Chapter 67 : The Withering Lily
“But I don’t know why, yesterday Xia Rou seemed to be in a bad mood and didn’t message me much. Maybe it’s because of her health...”
As Xia Hongxuan spoke, his tone grew heavy, and he didn’t continue on that topic.
“If possible, I hope you can spend more time with Xia Rou. She might leave here soon. She said she wants to have some beautiful memories before she goes.”
“This card can be used for unlimited purchases at Summer End Plaza.” After saying this, Xia Hongxuan pointed to the card.
Su Yun could clearly feel that he was here to assign her a task.
Accompany his sister to play, and the reward is this card.
And this card definitely wasn’t ordinary, if it was “unlimited spending,” it probably held lots of money.
“...” Su Yun lowered her head and was silent for a moment, feeling this wasn’t a big deal.
“I don’t like shopping, so I don’t need this.” She handed the card back to the man.
“You don’t like this? Just say the word, I can meet any request you have.” Upon receiving it back, Xia Hongxuan became nervous, and immediately increased his offer of thanks.
“No... I don’t want your thanks. I didn’t do what I did for a reward, and I don’t need anything for being friends with Xia Rou. It’s just... I truly want to be friends with Xia Rou.”
Su Yun wasn’t sure how to express herself; anyway, she just didn’t want the card.
Xia Rou was her third friend since university.
The first was Qin Xue, the second was Zhang Deyi who got hurt helping her, and the third was this frail girl.
“Ah?” Xia Hongxuan was somewhat surprised to hear Su Yun.
He had thought a pretty girl like her would definitely like dressing up and wouldn’t refuse his gift.
Looks like he had been superficial after all.
“Thank you.” Xia Hongxuan bowed sincerely to Su Yun.
They exchanged just a few brief words after that, added each other’s contact info, and Xia Hongxuan left.
Su Yun stood there feeling quite strange.
Did Xia Rou really plan to leave here? Weren’t they both freshmen?
Oh, probably her family was wealthy, and she was going back to inherit the family business.
Su Yun chose to think positively, after all, Xia Rou’s brother clearly wasn’t a simple person.
Accompany the girl to play, alright, alright.
This wasn’t simple at all.
Feeling in a good mood, Su Yun closed her own door and walked to 1102.
She just happened to want to pet the cat.
“Xia Rou, it’s me, can I come in and play?” Su Yun whispered towards the door.
Soon, light footsteps came from inside.
“Click.”
“Come in.” Xia Rou’s thin figure in pajamas appeared before her eyes.
Su Yun followed her inside and suddenly noticed that both doors had been repaired.
And the landlady hadn’t come asking her for compensation.
After some thought, she figured maybe Xia Rou’s brother had paid for it.
Smelling the faint fragrance in the room, Su Yun felt mentally relaxed and happy.
Seeing the flowers outside the kitchen again and the photos in the hall, she suddenly felt this place was so beautiful.
“Meow~” After opening the bedroom door, the little orange cat lying on the bed jumped down and ran to Su Yun.
Before long, the cat jumped into Su Yun’s arms, clawing at her clothes, meowing happily.
“Little Orange, don’t pull on other people’s clothes.” Xia Rou caught up from behind, pinching the cat’s tiny paws.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, hey.” Su Yun felt her clothes were thick enough, so it didn’t matter.
But her attention was focused on the frail little hand in front of her.
Su Yun’s own hands had actually become a bit small since she changed, probably because she was hungry, drinking only a little blood each day. But she wasn’t normal anyway, so this was somewhat normal.
But Xia Rou was normal, eating every day, yet her hands were even smaller than Su Yun’s, looking somewhat sickly.
“...” Su Yun felt worried inside.
Looking at the pink big bed before her, she inexplicably felt Xia Rou was like a lily about to wither.
......
For the next hour, Su Yun stayed in Xia Rou’s room, playing with the cat and chatting about school.
When Xia Rou heard that Su Yun fell from a four-meter platform yesterday, she was scared, repeatedly asking if her body was okay, if she felt uncomfortable, asking for a long time, and even when leaving, still asking a few questions.
A kind girl indeed.
Of course, Su Yun didn’t tell Xia Rou about the embarrassing song she sang on stage or the awkward nickname.
But something strange was that Xia Rou suddenly asked about her relationship with Qin Xue. The tone sounded like gossip even though they weren’t a couple or anything, making it feel weird.
Back in her own room, Su Yun finally picked up her phone and found more than ten missed calls from her dad.
“Beep, beep...” Seeing them, she quickly called back.
“Hello, is this Su Yun? Why did you not answer so many calls earlier?”
“I wasn’t home, I was playing next door.”
After a brief explanation, her father told her the main reason for the call today.
Basically, an elder from their old village who worked at the government might be able to help them, and when she has time, she should go back and try gifting something to see.
Actually, the ID card issue could be fixed by simply changing the gender on it, after all, the last photo was three or four years ago, from middle school to university, so changes in appearance were inevitable.
But changing gender wasn’t that simple, so she’d still have to go back and check.
The next time she would need the ID card was the midterm exams of freshman fall semester, i.e., before the exams on January 14.
Now it was December 20, so she had nearly three weeks.
Her father planned to take her back to the village next week or the week after to sort this out, depending on when they could contact the elder.
They talked for over twenty minutes before Su Yun hung up.
She felt a strong sense of security from her parents, which confirmed the saying online: no matter what happens, just shout “Mom!” and everything will be solved.
Of course, Su Yun wasn’t planning to rely on her parents forever, one day she would support them, but there were things she didn’t quite understand yet.
She returned to her desk and resumed studying, energized and immersed in her work.
After ten days and nights, Su Yun now felt confident she could pass all subjects, that was the true value of efficiency.
But for her to be first in the whole college? That was still a dream, though with a month more effort, she might have a chance.
......
“Ding-ling~” Around 11:30 p.m., her phone on the desk vibrated.
It was a voice call from Qin Xue!
Su Yun eagerly leaned in to see.
A video call! Wow?
She jumped onto the bed with a bounce and answered the call.
Soon, on the phone screen appeared a beautiful young girl with long hair flowing over her shoulders.
(End of Chapter)