278 Loser (1/2)
Yan Si had obviously been chased out of the house in the capacity of a loser—this was observable from his appearance. His leg was wrapped in a cast, his arm was bandaged, there were bruises around his eyes, and the corner of his lips was cut. Compared to how he had looked the day before, Yan Si really looked like a loser now.
Even though she knew that it was wrong of her to do that, when Ye Shuang saw the bruises on Yan Si's face that made him look like a funny panda… she could not resist the urge to laugh. Perhaps natural enemies were particularly attuned to one another. While whispering with his friend, Yan Si suddenly looked in Ye Shuang's direction when Ye Shuang was laughing.
Yan Si's face darkened immediately. He walked over using the other arm that was not bandaged. He sat down next to Ye Shuang and asked in a mocking tone, ”Why are you so happy?”
”Cough!” Ye Shuang smiled at the friend who looked at her with curiosity, and then she looked at Yan Si. ”We're barely acquaintances. Do you really need to come to ask me why I was laughing?”
Yan Si gritted his teeth, and he had a hard time suppressing the anger in his heart. Indeed, there were many people who were mocking him, too many for him to count, but this woman was different. In a way, she had seen him at his most vulnerable.
Not when he was blocked by the media, not when he was pointed by others… As downtrodden as he was on those days, he had held his head high and showed the world that he was not defeated… But what Ye Shuang had seen was when Yan Si put down those defenses—the moment when he was so vulnerable that he wanted to give up, this was the secret that he did not want any people to see.
Yet, it had been observed by Ye Shuang.
Therefore, Yan Si cared about Ye Shuang's attitude more than he cared about anyone else. He could have brushed other people's mocking words off, but her reaction could unsettle him like she was a reminder that he had been once defeated by those thoughts before.
The youth who followed Yan Si looked Ye Shuang, but after a long time of thinking, he could not figure where he had met Ye Shuang before. Therefore, he poked Yan Si jokingly. ”This is not good. Now there are even girls that dare talk to us?”
”It's not that I want to talk with you, but you came to sit down next to me,” Ye Shuang answered with a smile. The owner of the cart saw the two sit down, and he came over to serve them. ”Do you wish to add more orders?”
”There's no need, thank you.” Ye Shuang shook her head. The owner answered with a disappointed grunt before turning to face Yan Si and his friend. ”Five buns and one glass of soy milk will be 45 RMB.”
”Wait, you had so much?” The youth was shocked, but Yan Si was glaring at the boss. ”…Why are you looking at me for?”
He had come over because he ran into a ruffian, and he just wanted to have an argument to adjust his feelings. What was the meaning of this boss? Did he think that the male had to pay the bill?
Ye Shuang giggled under her breath and then winked wickedly at Yan Si with a challenging smirk. The boss looked at Yan Si and then looked Ye Shuang, who had lowered her head. He was confused for a moment before turning to the youth with eyes that said, Please pay the bill…
”Pfft! Wait, you want me to pay?” The youth was speechless and felt like he was even getting more and more confused by this development. ”Fine, I'll pay then.”
After the boss took away the plates, Ye Shuang held the unfinished glass of soy milk and shook her head while commenting, ”Some men are generous; some are stingy. No wonder some people are beaten, while others are unharmed… Sometimes, personality does decide one's destiny.”
”Hey!” Yan Si was angry from the insinuation.
Ye Shuang raised her head with confusion. ”Huh? You're still here?”
”…” Yan Si.
The youth laughed. ”Little girl, it's not good to push your bill onto others. At least you have to let me know who I've paid for, right?”
Ye Shuang knew that Yan Si had some psychological hostility against her, so she naturally ignored this person and turned her attention to the youth. ”I can see that the two of you are friends. Back then, when this young man wanted to wave his hands goodbye to this world, it was me who saved him, so do you think it was worth the price of several buns or not?”
The youth looked around with confusion. ”What's going on?”
Yan Si opened his lips subconsciously to retort, but if he wanted to do that, he would need to explain the truth, and if he did that, would he have any face left?
Therefore, his lips closed again. When the youth saw that the person in question did not say anything, he started to believe Ye Shuang. He frowned to ask her, ”You know our Xiao Si? Did something happen to him?”
”Well, it's not really something bad. He was just temporarily confused.” Ye Shuang gave a non-answer. The youth glared at her, but Ye Shuang simply smiled, not elaborating further.
Yan Si sighed under his breath; he was really afraid that the woman might expose the stupid act. The youth felt like he was being left out of a big secret. The atmosphere was too awkward—he had asked a question, but no one could answer. The youth scratched his nose and looked around, trying to change the conversation, and then he saw the newspaper that Ye Shuang was holding.
The large headline detailed the theft at the Yan family. The youth's eyes glowed, and he snatched the paper before smirking at Yan Si. ”See this, your little sister surely moves fast. She cannot wait to make you take the fall.”
Yan Si's face darkened again, but he did not say anything. It was Ye Shuang who chimed in. ”It doesn't say anything bad about him though. I read through the paper earlier, and all it said was theft… But then again, is it really okay for something like this to see the light of day?”