BSG - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Yun Youqing woke up. Her head hurt a little. She rubbed her temples and sat up, squinting slightly. The moment light from the day touched her vision, she flinched as if burned and hastily closed her eyes again. She burrowed back under the covers, frowning and whimpering. Blacked out from drinking again. Couldn't even remember how she'd lain down last night. Probably Shen Wenxin had to look after her again. Reversing the natural order... Yun Youqing thought. It was supposed to be her taking care of someone, but she'd gotten carried away, drank too much, and ended up being the one looked after again. Reversing the natural order, truly reversing the natural order! Once I'm up, I'll definitely apologize properly to Shen Wenxin!

After a while, her eyes adjusted. Yun Youqing opened them again. What greeted her sight was the squirrel ornament and the mushroom lamp on the bedside table. Squirrel? Mushroom lamp? Yun Youqing's eyes suddenly widened. Weren't these the gifts I gave Wenxin?! She looked around again, sobering up. This is Wenxin's room! I slept here last night?! Then where did she sleep? Here, too? With me? Sharing a bed?? Yun Youqing was fully awake. Sharing a bed might mean nothing to a straight girl, but to a lesbian secretly in love with that straight girl, it was huge!

Yun Youqing flipped over and sat up, wanting to find Shen Wenxin. Maybe Shen Wenxin was outside? Like last time, standing by the window, quietly drinking water. But when she turned around, she saw a water glass on the nightstand. Right next to her phone. Underneath it was a note.

Yun Youqing picked up the note. It had a few lines of elegant handwriting: The company still has matters to attend to; I headed out first. If you wake up with a headache, drink some honey water. If it's past 12, don't drink it; pour it out and make a fresh one.

Two extra vertical lines were drawn beneath the last line, circling the words "past 12." It was as if Shen Wenxin was highlighting the key points for her, afraid she'd forget. So thoughtful, yet so regrettable. Ah, so she's already left for work...

Yun Youqing picked up her phone to check the time. 10:34. She could still drink it. She tapped into WeChat to find Shen Wenxin: [I'm awake! I saw the little note!]

Shen Wenxin replied very quickly: [Hurry and wash up, eat breakfast. Don't go hungry.]

Yun Youqing responded cheerfully: [Okie dokie.] Then she couldn't help but whine to Shen Wenxin: [But my head hurts...]

[Shen Wenxin]: Then drink the honey water and lie down for a bit longer.

[Yun Youqing]: Lying, lying. But this seems to be your room?

[Shen Wenxin]: We were both drunk last night, so we just slept together.

Yun Youqing raised an eyebrow. Did Miss Shen know this sentence would make her imagination run wild? Probably not, because Miss Shen was righteous.

[Oh, by the way, did I do anything particularly bold last night when I was drunk?]

[Shen Wenxin]: Can't remember anything again?

[Yun Youqing]: Yep, can't remember anything again. I black out when I drink too much. You've been through this with me before. She was super honest, super self-aware.

Shen Wenxin replied: [Last night, you criticized me.]

Yun Youqing froze. She tried to think, tried to remember—tried, but no use. [Ah! I'm that bold? Even daring to criticize President Shen!] President Shen said: [Not like it's the first or second time you've been bold.] Yun Youqing thought: That's also true. If she weren't bold, she wouldn't be bouncing around in Shen Wenxin's world. [So what did I criticize you for? Tell me, so I can reflect.] Yun Youqing was dying of curiosity.

[Shen Wenxin]: I'll tell you when I get home tonight.

Agh, keeping me in suspense! But tonight wouldn't work. [Yun Youqing]: Can't. I'm going skiing with Liu Zhao tonight. Seeing the name Liu Zhao, Shen Wenxin was taken aback. "... " Her again.

[Yun Youqing]: We agreed on it last night. After your invitation, actually. What a coincidence.

Shen Wenxin: "... " Indeed. What a coincidence. [Dinner?]

[Yun Youqing]: Oh. Teacher Yun's dinner schedule hasn't been booked yet.

Shen Wenxin felt relieved. [Please book me in.]

[Yun Youqing]: Okie dokie. Teacher Yun says see you tonight.

[Shen Wenxin]: Alright, I'll book a restaurant. Rest well. Still have things to do; heading to work now. Call me if anything.

Yun Youqing replied with an "okay." Their conversation ended there.

Yun Youqing drank the honey water, lay back down, and quietly scrolled through their chat log—just for this moment. The more she scrolled, the more she felt something was off. Shen Wenxin didn't seem to like her going to see Liu Zhao, did she? And there was this feeling that she was trying to see her before Liu Zhao—what was that about? Little Squirrel was confused. Little Squirrel didn't understand. Little Squirrel chose to sleep first. Head hurts.

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Yun Youqing finally waited until dinner time. Rested up for the day, she arrived at the restaurant right on time in the best spirits. Coincidentally, Shen Wenxin also arrived. The first thing Shen Wenxin did was proactively explain, "Sorry, Youqing. Something came up at the company today, so I couldn't stay with you during the day."

Yun Youqing hadn't taken it to heart at all. Hearing her explanation, she was actually a bit stunned and waved her hand. "What's that about? I'm a grown adult. I can take care of myself."

As she finished speaking, Shen Wenxin's hand reached out before her. Cool fingertips, gentle as they softly brushed across her cheek, tucking the stray hairs at her temple behind her ear. Her palm cupped her face. Her eyes looked into hers. "Rested well? Still have a headache?"

Yun Youqing had already been rendered speechless by the flirtation. Oh my god, oh my god— This is way too tender! This is way too ambiguous!! She couldn't possibly be liking me? Did something actually happen between us last night?! Yun Youqing's brain exploded. Her heart raced. Her face flushed. She didn't know if it was from the cold or the ambiguous tension.

She grabbed Shen Wenxin's hand and looked at her even more boldly. "Suddenly so tender, and even physically—what, you like me?" At this moment, she absolutely had to say this slick line!

Shen Wenxin raised her pretty eyebrows. Yun Youqing: "Raising your eyebrows? You like me." Shen Wenxin smiled. Yun Youqing: "Smiling at me? You like me." Shen Wenxin kept smiling. Yun Youqing: "You breathed. You like me."

Shen Wenxin suddenly remembered the past. Yun Youqing seemed to have said this before. Messy, boundary-less words. But this time, she didn't poke Yun Youqing's forehead and tell her to mind her limits. She just took a very deep breath and asked, "What about this?"

Yun Youqing was stumped by the question. "This... this means you especially like me!"

Shen Wenxin's lips curved upward, and she suddenly laughed. Her tone instantly became earnest and gentle. "Yes. I especially like you."

Yun Youqing: "Haha—wait, hold on?" She caught on, her eyes suddenly wide, not daring to believe her ears. "What did you say?!" Shen Wenxin said she liked her—she actually said she liked her! "Wait, you're not messing with me, are you?" First, she doubted it herself.

Shen Wenxin opened her mouth, but before any sound came out, she heard Yun Youqing answer herself seriously, "No, you're not the type to use something like this to mess with me..." Realizing this, she continued being shocked. "What did you just say?!"

Shen Wenxin just wanted to laugh seeing her like this. So cute. How can she be this cute no matter what? With a smile, she held Yun Youqing's hand and said, with utmost sincerity, "I said, I like you. Especially like you." After last night, she was even more certain of her feelings for Yun Youqing. A genuine, definite liking. "Because I like you, I kept thinking of you while on my business trip. Also because I like you, I always want to see you and be with you, even doing nothing. And I always find you cute. It's hard to refuse you. Youqing, I can now fully confirm that what I feel for you is exactly 'liking.' Just like the way you like me."

Each word, each sentence, landed in her ear. Yun Youqing listened, stunned and flabbergasted, yet so overwhelmingly ecstatic. She likes me—Shen Wenxin really likes me!!! "So," Shen Wenxin's eyes were tender as she looked at her, "Do you want a girlfriend? Short hair, 170cm tall, peach-blossom eyes, decent fashion sense..." Shen Wenxin glanced down at her own red coat today, then looked back up. "—a girlfriend who will wear a pine-green coat tomorrow."

Yun Youqing's eyes suddenly reddened, her heart feeling like it had been squeezed. "You actually still remember what I said..." This was the criteria she'd rattled off, modeled after Shen Wenxin, back when Shen Wenxin asked about her ideal type. Back then, Shen Wenxin didn't even like her. It was just a casual, little joke between them. But Shen Wenxin remembered. Remembered her joke, remembered her words. Shen Wenxin liked her. "Yes, yes!" Yun Youqing sniffed her reddening nose, wanting to cry and laugh at the same time. "I've waited so long for those words! Shen Wenxin, you finally like me, sob sob..."

Shen Wenxin cupped Yun Youqing's face, her thumb gently stroking the corner of her eye, her voice equally gentle. "Why are you crying?"

Yun Youqing sobbed twice more. "Because I'm happy..." With red-rimmed eyes, she looked at the person before her, feeling everything was so unreal. "I'm so afraid it's fake. You actually like me, too..."

"It's not fake. Everything is real." Shen Wenxin kissed her brow, her eyes full of love. "No more crying, okay?"

Yun Youqing pitifully sniffled, then reached up and pinched Shen Wenxin. Shen Wenxin: "?" Yun Youqing: "Does it hurt?"

Shen Wenxin said, amused, "It hurts."

Yun Youqing withdrew her hand and pinched herself, tears glistening in her eyes. "It does hurt..."

Seeing this, Shen Wenxin thought: Oh no. A deadly kind of cute. The more she looked, the more she liked her.

With her tear-filled eyes, Yun Youqing pointed at her own forehead. "Let me tell you. You confessed to me, and you even kissed me—right here. This is all real. You have to be my girlfriend. You have to take responsibility. No going back on your word!"

Shen Wenxin smiled. "I won't go back on my word." She added, "You also have to take responsibility for me."

Yun Youqing's emotion paused. "What do you mean?" Her mind spun. She exclaimed in shock, "Did we last night...?!"

She was tapped on the head. "Don't imagine wild things," Shen Wenxin said. "It didn't go that far. Just... did some other stuff." Did some other stuff? "What other stuff?"

Shen Wenxin smiled, a curve to her lips, and took her hand. "I'll tell you slowly after dinner."

Yun Youqing: "?" Yun Youqing protested. "Tell me now! No keeping me in suspense. After dinner, I still have to go skiing with Liu Zhao!"

After she finished, she saw Shen Wenxin turn back and smile faintly at her. "Skiing? Then I'll just have to wait until after your skiing trip to tell you."

Yun Youqing: "?" Was she doing this on purpose? She just didn't want her to go, right! Yun Youqing decisively took out her phone and rapidly typed: [Sis, big news. My straight girl confessed to me! So I can't go skiing tonight. I'll have to stand you up. Next time we meet, I'll kowtow to you in apology!]

Liu Zhao, receiving this message: "?" ...This straight girl couldn't be straight at all!

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