Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 49 : The Calm Before the Storm

"Where did you go earlier? You came back halfway through class, which isn't like you."

During break time, Su Weiai, who sat in front of Bei Yaoyue, turned around and asked with a smile.

"Nothing much." Bei Yaoyue didn't look up and answered perfunctorily, continuing to read the study materials in her hands.

Hearing that Bei Yaoyue didn't want to answer this question, Su Weiai blinked and didn't pursue it further. After thinking for a moment, she asked: "Speaking of which, are you free tomorrow afternoon?"

"What for?" Bei Yaoyue's voice sounded somewhat disinterested.

"I want to invite you to see a movie. I've already bought the tickets—tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM." Not minding Bei Yaoyue's coldness at all, Su Weiai smiled slightly. "It's the latest theatrical release of 'Detective Conan,' very popular. I had a hard time getting these two tickets."

Bei Yaoyue paused slightly, put down her study materials, and looked up to ask: "Why invite me?"

"Eh—" Su Weiai made a somewhat plaintive sound, deliberately drawing out the ending, "We're good friends who grew up together. For something like watching a movie, of course you're the first person I think of."

Bei Yaoyue's eyes flickered. These words moved her slightly, so after thinking for a moment, she very decisively chose to refuse: "I'm not very interested in watching movies. Go find someone else. You have so many friends, there's no need to come to me."

"I don't want to." Pouting slightly, Su Weiai showed a coquettish expression. "For something like watching movies, of course I have to go with my best friend. What's the point of watching with others?

"Speaking of which," Su Weiai looked at Bei Yaoyue's iceberg-like expressionless face and smiled, "If you don't go, I won't go either."

"Didn't you already buy tickets?"

"So what if I bought them?"

"Wouldn't it be a waste not to watch after buying them?"

"Are you stupid?" Su Weiai laughed and patted Bei Yaoyue's shoulder. "If I went to watch, that would be the real waste."

"......?" Bei Yaoyue couldn't quite understand Su Weiai's logic for a moment.

"Think about it—suppose you bought a box of cake, and after opening it you found the cake had gone bad. Would you choose to eat the cake or throw it away?"

"Throw it away, of course." Bei Yaoyue answered without hesitation. Any normal person would definitely choose this way.

"Then isn't it the same thing? By analogy, I bought a movie ticket and already paid the cost of admission. If I don't want to watch, what I should do is cut my losses in time, not force myself to watch a movie I don't want to see. Otherwise, not only would I lose the ticket money, but I'd also waste an afternoon. If I used that time to do other things, I might gain more happiness."

Feeling that Su Weiai's words made some sense, Bei Yaoyue nodded thoughtfully and fell into contemplation.

"Let me give you the ticket first."

Saying this, Su Weiai unceremoniously stuffed a movie ticket into Bei Yaoyue's hand.

Frowning slightly, Bei Yaoyue instinctively wanted to refuse: "But I don't want to......"

"Just hold onto it for now."

Although ruthlessly rejected by Bei Yaoyue, Su Weiai showed no unhappiness, still maintaining her smiling expression.

"If you change your mind at the last minute, you can find me anytime. I'll go watch it with you.

"If you don't want to go with me, you can also go watch it alone. I don't mind.

"Of course, if you don't want to go, that's fine too. No need to feel any psychological burden."

Having been spoken to this extent by Su Weiai, Bei Yaoyue didn't know how else to refuse, so she could only nod and put away the movie ticket.

"Let me make this clear first—even if you force it on me, I won't go." Bei Yaoyue said coldly. With Xifeng at home, unless necessary, she wouldn't go out anywhere.

"Don't worry, just keep it." Su Weiai smiled sweetly.

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"届かない恋をしていても...... (Even though this love will never reach you…)"[ TN: Todokanai Koi (届かない恋) by Mamiko Noto; White Album 2 ]

"Mm......"

Making a drowsy sound, Xifeng slowly woke up amid the noisy alarm.

Although her mind was still somewhat foggy, she still forced herself to crawl out of the warm covers. For a moment it felt like stepping from a greenhouse into polar glaciers—the cold sensation spreading throughout her body made her shiver, and her consciousness instantly became clear.

Today was the day He Pingge was coming to find her, so she had set a 7 o'clock alarm to get up before Bei Yaoyue and sneak out.

After spending a week together, based on Xifeng's understanding of Bei Yaoyue, if Bei Yaoyue caught her going out, she would definitely be interrogated about her purpose, and might even have her plans interfered with.

She and He Pingge really hadn't seen each other for a long time. He Pingge had traveled great distances across half the country to visit her, and she didn't want Bei Yaoyue to interfere with this rare reunion.

Half an hour later, having placed the prepared meal on the coffee table, Xifeng left a note beside it: "I have something to do today and need to go out. Don't worry about me—I'll be back before bedtime tonight ＼(￣▽￣)／. Breakfast is ready, eat it while it's hot when you wake up. I probably won't be back for lunch and dinner, so order takeout yourself.

by Xifeng"

Placing the note under a plate, Xifeng checked her bag for wallet, documents, and phone. After confirming everything was there, she set off.

Every additional minute was an additional risk. If Bei Yaoyue woke up before she left, she'd have trouble escaping even with wings.

There were still about three hours until He Pingge's flight landed. Xifeng figured she needed to find something to do, but after thinking left and right, she found there wasn't really anything suitable for her entertainment.

She actually quite wanted to go to an internet café, but thinking about the age of barely fourteen on her ID card, she could only helplessly give up.

The next option was visiting friends' homes, but with her current appearance, she didn't dare go alone to those not-so-familiar friends' houses. The only one she could trust was Ji You, but based on her understanding of Ji You, that person would definitely still be sleeping now.

So after thinking it all through, Xifeng decided to just go directly to the airport and wait.

"I'm boarding the plane."

Looking at the message He Pingge had sent her five minutes ago, Xifeng sat on chairs at the airport exit, browsing LGA to pass time.

Such a cute white-haired loli sitting alone quietly had a hundred percent turn-around rate, with people frequently stopping to admire, chat, or even point and whisper.

Facts proved that white hair had extremely strong killing power on Chinese people, affecting men, women, old and young alike.

Being at the center of attention, Xifeng was completely unaware as she became absorbed in reading LGA, temporarily forgetting to pay attention to time, until a familiar call penetrated the noisy crowd and reached her ears.

"Xixi!"