Usually, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng would arrange to eat and walk together.
In the dormitory, Minal often went with Wei Zixuan, while Mu Mu usually went by herself, or with Yong Mu.
This arrangent, since the beginning of school, had basically beco set in stone...
However, recently, Minal had been so preoccupied with pursuing Ye Xi that she seldom ate with Wei Zixuan anymore.
Now, Wei Zixuan usually ate with Mu Mu, and this grouping didn’t really pose any big problems.
It was just that Minal had tried so hard to chase after Ye Xi, it seed like she had tried too hard...
Minal had investigated through various ans, found out Ye Xi’s daily routine, and even interacted with male classmates who often hung out with Ye Xi; she could be said to have spent a lot of energy and ti.
She staked out the restaurants Ye Xi frequented, the roads he often appeared on, and the track he ran on!
On average, out of 7 days a week, she could find him on 5 days, talk with him for a while, and even bluntly told him she liked him and wanted to pursue him...
Perhaps it was because Ye Xi’s classmates told her that the girls who had pursued Ye Xi in the past were too timid; after being rejected once, they would give up, which is why no one had succeeded in winning over that coy Ye Xi.
Therefore, Minal told herself that she must be thick-skinned! She couldn’t retreat easily! She had to persevere! One day she would move his heart!
As a result, Minal, who was already brazen, beca even more shaless after a round of self-encouragent!
Following Ye Xi around, spouting things about liking him and wanting to chase him, these weren’t really big issues.
After being annoyed a few tis, Ye Xi seed to have also grown accustod to her tactics.
Then, last week, while she was pestering and grinding on Ye Xi to accompany her for her birthday, they happened to bump into a female doctoral student from the Civil Engineering Departnt who ca looking for Ye Xi and appeared to be very close and intimate with him...
At that mont, Minal was especially angry. After the woman left, she bombarded Ye Xi with nurous questions, which resulted in Ye Xi becoming even colder towards her and his rejections becoming more explicit.
After that, an irate Minal sought out that woman, wanting to clarify her feelings towards Ye Xi.
But that woman didn’t want to deal with her.
The more Minal pressed her for answers, the more the woman evaded her and ran faster...
Afterward, an accident occurred on the main road off-campus, where the woman was knocked down by a bicycle team, suffering several abrasions...
Minal spent that day compensating and accompanying her to the infirmary, truly realizing that she had been too rash and had done wrong.
The following week...
Which is to say, this week, she no longer had the face to seek out Ye Xi, nor did she go to him again.
Now, having heard what Pu Sangzhi said upon her return, Minal knew that it must have been her private encounter with that woman that Ye Xi had gotten wind of.
He truly detested her now...
And she herself also realized that perhaps she had gone too far with her theatrics, throwing one tactic after another, only to achieve the opposite effect.
Minal sent all these recent events to Pu Sangzhi over WeChat.
After seeing these ssages, Pu Sangzhi looked over at Minal, who was sulking under the blanket on the other bed, and couldn’t help but sigh.
Pu Sangzhi then sent so comforting words to Minal, "Since you’ve already compensated and apologized, the senior must have forgiven you. Brother Ye Xi doesn’t seem to bla you either. Don’t be too sad, let this be a thing of the past. Just don’t do it again."
Minal quickly replied to her, "Ah... I’ve tried everything, yet it’s still without any effect."
Pu Sangzhi, looking at this response, didn’t know how to comfort her, so she could only say, "Maybe Brother Ye Xi isn’t the right person for you. Don’t be anxious, you’ll et your true match soday?"
Minal responded, "I think he is... I think I should make an effort... Otherwise, like last ti, I didn’t make the effort to chase the instructor, and a great opportunity just disappeared."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
Pu Sangzhi: "Maybe it’s just not ant to be?"
Minal: "But I don’t want to miss out on my fate with Brother Ye Xi..."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
Pu Sangzhi often didn’t know how to respond to Minal.
Love is sothing that can’t really be predicted.
Although Pu Sangzhi felt that Minal and Brother Ye Xi were not well-matched, with very different personalities—it logically seed impossible for them to end up together.
But...
Pu Sangzhi looked back on herself. She had gone from extre dislike toward Huo Feng to gradual acceptance, then to being accustod, being moved, and finally falling for him...
Pu Sangzhi didn’t know whether she should dissuade her or encourage her.
She didn’t want to be soone who influenced others, at most soone who could relay ssages...
Suddenly, Minal ssaged her again, "Sangzhi, am I ugly? Do I look strange to you guys, like a foreigner?"
Pu Sangzhi hurriedly replied, "How could that be, your exotic beauty could make you a star on screen."
Minal sent a dejected ssage, "Then why doesn’t anyone I like think well of ..."
Pu Sangzhi: "Because, I haven’t t the right person yet."
Minal: "Is there really such a situation where the person I fancy likes back instantly?"
Pu Sangzhi: "There is."
Minal: "But, that’s not the case with you and your boyfriend."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
Minal: "I always feel that relationships require effort. After all, the chances of eting soone you like who also likes you back are really small. Many relationships are obtained through one’s own effort... Right?"
Pu Sangzhi: "Right... I guess!"
She really didn’t know how to respond.
Love, after all, was full of uncertainties...
...
Thus, November passed in a whirl of busyness and various confusions.
December 3rd was a Saturday, and the Musical Club would be performing "Butterfly Lovers" at ng Building, offering most of the tickets for free to students across campus while also selling so to tour groups.
At the end of November, posters for the Musical Club’s performance of "Butterfly Lovers" began appearing on various bulletin boards around the campus.
Pu Sangzhi also saw the poster on the campus bulletin board at the end of November.
The poster featured several strikingly large characters, reading: December 3rd, "Butterfly Lovers" musical at ng Building, looking forward to your presence!
It also listed so of the cast...
Pu Sangzhi saw the nas of Huo Feng and You Xinran, the male and female leads, on the poster.
It was a poster Pu Sangzhi didn’t really want to see, she knew.
On December 1st and 2nd, the Musical Club had rehearsal gatherings every evening.
On those two evenings, Huo Feng couldn’t accompany Pu Sangzhi to the library to study, so she was alone.
Huo Feng had already given her the ticket for the performance on the 3rd, which was in the best location of the entire auditorium.
In the library, Pu Sangzhi flipped through her "House Architecture" book with a distracted mind, often zoning out...
She wasn’t sure what she was feeling uneasy about.
A strange and uncomfortable feeling writhed within her, giving her the urge to go find Huo Feng...
Pu Sangzhi thought to herself: Could it be jealousy?
But Huo Feng had rely a normal partnership with that girl, so was she feeling jealous just because of that?
Pu Sangzhi began to doubt her own magnanimity and tolerance.
Finally, after brooding for two nights, Pu Sangzhi found that her tolerance might indeed be lacking...
Because on the evening of December 2nd, she couldn’t resist seeking out Huo Feng, who was rehearsing.
The Musical Club’s rehearsals were sothing Huo Feng had never invited her to watch...
Not because there was anything secretive, but because Huo Feng believed the rehearsals could be quite a sight for sore eyes, with everyone belting high notes like the roar of a lioness. It would be better to let her see the live performance at its best.
Also, because Huo Feng hadn’t invited her, Pu Sangzhi felt a bit nervous when she found the rehearsal room on her own.
She was quite worried about how Huo Feng would react when he saw her.
In her mind, she prepared what to say, planning to tell him that she would go back to the dormitory first if he was busy.
Since the night before, Huo Feng had hurried over on his bike after rehearsal to et her and they had agreed to go back to the dormitory together.
When Pu Sangzhi arrived at the rehearsal hall, it was bustling with activity inside.
Peering through the glass on the rehearsal hall door, Pu Sangzhi happened to see Huo Feng and You Xinran together...
Their relationship seed not to be as bad as it was the last ti she saw them...
At least for the mont, they seed to be getting along fairly well as partners.
Pu Sangzhi saw the two of them as if they were acting out a romantic scene because at that mont, the scene was Huo Feng speaking sweet nothings to You Xinran...
After he finished speaking, You Xinran turned her head away in an utterly heartbroken manner...
Behind her, Huo Feng stretched out a hand, lingering in mid-air, also looking sorrowful.
Pu Sangzhi faintly heard the words "Shanbo" and "Yingtai"...
She guessed this scene might be from "Butterfly Lovers," likely the part where Zu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo say goodbye in the latter part of the story.
But seeing Huo Feng act out a love scene with another person was really strange...
It made her feel a bit nauseous...
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