Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 177 : Terrifying Upon Reflection

"Can you tell me about your story?" He Pingge looked at the cup of milk that Su Weiai had accidentally sipped from. "I think you must be someone with a story."

From the beginning, Su Weiai had been unusually kind to her, which she couldn't help but find strange. They say showing excessive courtesy without reason indicates either treachery or theft. The only explanation Su Weiai had given her was "fellow sufferers"...

So naturally, He Pingge wanted to ask clearly what this "fellow sufferers" situation was all about. She picked up that cup of milk and drained it in one gulp.

"Actually, it's quite simple—can be summarized in just a few sentences." Su Weiai smiled calmly, her right hand casually playing with the hair falling by her temples. "I had a secret crush on someone for three or four years, but since we're both girls, I was afraid that confessing would make her find me disgusting, so I never dared to speak up. I didn't expect that before I could gather my courage, she had already been taken by another girl."

"..." He Pingge fell silent for a moment. After thinking for a while, she asked tentatively, "Is it Bei Yaoyue?"

"Yes." Su Weiai immediately nodded. There was nothing to hide about this—liking someone meant liking them.

"...Truly fellow sufferers indeed." He Pingge laughed self-deprecatingly while feeling an irrepressible sympathy for the girl before her.

Precisely because they were fellow sufferers, she could empathize.

"But I've already come to terms with it." Su Weiai smiled and waved her hand. "I really like one saying: 'What's destined to be yours will eventually be yours; what's not meant to be shouldn't be forced.' There's no need to wallow in past sorrows—just go with the flow."

"Go with the flow..." He Pingge sighed. Though her personality was also quite optimistic and positive, her secret crush on Xifeng wasn't just one or two years, but nearly ten years.

In the earliest days, it might have just been fondness—after all, they were both still young then. But as time fermented, her feelings for Xifeng became increasingly clear, and she finally understood that it was love.

Ten years of constant longing—how could it be easily let go?

He Pingge simply couldn't be as open-minded as Su Weiai.

"What about you?" Su Weiai picked up a napkin and wiped her mouth, ending breakfast. "Won't you tell me about your situation?"

"Me... it's similar to yours, nothing much to say." He Pingge rubbed her temples. "Xifeng and I grew up together. I've liked her since I was very young, and she seemed to have special feelings for me too. Later..."

Speaking to this point, He Pingge's brow furrowed, and her clear eyes instantly filled with confusion.

Xifeng had once implicitly expressed her love for her, but... she had rejected it?

Why would she reject it?!

She liked Xifeng, and Xifeng liked her too—this should have been a mutually affectionate, happy-ending romantic comedy. So why would she reject Xifeng?!

Detecting something amiss, He Pingge's expression instantly became grave. She covered her forehead and lowered her head, falling into deep thought.

Seeing her like this, Su Weiai was first stunned, then carefully asked, "What's wrong?"

But He Pingge seemed to be in a state of deep contemplation, showing no reaction to Su Weiai's question. She could only temporarily remain quiet and wait.

"Why...?"

Murmuring in confusion, He Pingge became increasingly unable to understand. Previously, she had never actively thought about this matter, so she hadn't noticed the suspicious aspects. Now, the more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong.

Soon, He Pingge discovered that her memory seemed to have gaps. She only remembered Xifeng hinting at her feelings, and after that, her memory only contained the result of her rejecting Xifeng. The process, reasons, and everything else had been submerged in the flood of memory, impossible to verify.

This shouldn't be! All other memories seemed perfectly intact—why were only the memories related to this matter so unclear?

Continuing to think deeply for a while, He Pingge felt a bone-chilling fear from the bottom of her heart, causing cold sweat to instantly seep from her back.

What were Xifeng's parents' names?

This was a question she should have known, but now she couldn't remember no matter what!

Why was most information about Xifeng in a state she couldn't recall?

Following this line of thinking further, He Pingge noticed more and more strange aspects. She felt as if Xifeng had suddenly appeared out of nowhere in her life, yet this didn't make her feel the slightest sense of incongruity. In her memory, Xifeng was that lovely girl she had secretly loved for nearly ten years.

Damn it, where exactly was the problem?

After racking her brains for a long time, He Pingge was still at a loss. She frustratedly lowered her head, only able to temporarily suppress this doubt in her heart.

Seeing He Pingge raise her head, Su Weiai smiled at her and asked, "Finished eating?"

Quite naturally, Su Weiai assumed that He Pingge had fallen into the pain of past memories and didn't want to bring up this past anymore, so she wisely didn't continue the topic.

"Yes." He Pingge nodded with a blank expression. That bout of thinking had left her feeling as if she were in another world.

"Then let's go."

He Pingge was stunned for a moment and asked somewhat bewildered, "Where to?"

Where to?

This question was both for Su Weiai and for herself.

"Let's go back to the hotel first." As she spoke, Su Weiai naturally took He Pingge's hand. He Pingge hesitated for a moment but didn't pull away.

"Do your parents know you like girls?"

On the way, He Pingge asked Su Weiai this.

"Of course they don't know." Su Weiai sighed deeply and put on a bitter expression, not hiding the worry and distress on her face at all. "If my father knew I liked girls, wouldn't he break my legs?"

Feeling suddenly choked up, He Pingge said in a strained voice, "But sexual orientation is a person's freedom and shouldn't be interfered with by others."

"Of course I understand that, but my father definitely doesn't." Su Weiai looked down at her toes. "My father is a businessman who only thinks about profit all day and doesn't care much about family affection. My mother has already divorced him because of this. If someday a marriage alliance with some big boss's son could bring huge profits to his company, he might even send me directly into someone else's hands."

"..." He Pingge opened her mouth but couldn't speak. Though Su Weiai's tone could be considered light, anyone could hear the weight contained within.

The possibility of being used as a tool for marriage alliances at any time... He Pingge couldn't imagine at all how painful and unacceptable it would be if this happened to her.

Seeing He Pingge's expression grow heavy, Su Weiai chuckled and patted her shoulder. "Don't worry, don't worry. Though I say that, I also believe my father wouldn't really be heartless to that extent. After all, I'm his biological daughter."

"..." He Pingge was speechless.