Lovely Allergen

Chapter 62: A Qualified Partner

Yue Zhishi saved the last part of Song Yu's final competition match and even forwarded it to Song Yu.

[Le Le: Who allowed you to use what I said without permission? Quickly transfer me some money.]

With no reply coming after waiting for a while, Yue Zhishi guessed Song Yu was still in his meeting. He might even be giving a report right now with no time to reply, so Yue Zhishi didn't really mind. He only noticed Song Yu had replied to him when he checked his phone right before he was about to start his first class in the afternoon.

Song Yu didn't say anything — he simply transferred over 520 RMB to Yue Zhishi's WeChat.

Yue Zhishi didn't know whether he should laugh or cry when he first saw that notification; there was no way he would've able to guess Song Yu would give him such a response. If you said Song Yu was a straight-forward person, sometimes he was particularly indirect, going around in circles and circles. If you said Song Yu didn't understand how to flirt, he still knew how to transfer over money in an amount that carried special significance.

Yue Zhishi didn't accept the transfer.

[Le Le: I was joking. How could you have kept it so hidden and not told me at all? I heard from senior Nan Jia that a lot of people thought you were about to get into a relationship after your final competition match. With so many people discussing you and your rumours, how'd you feel?]

He received a reply after two minutes.

[Gege: I don't remember.]

The professor had already arrived at the podium at the front of the classroom and was opening his lesson plan. "Have all the students arrived? Scan this QR code and sign in."

Yue Zhishi quickly left the chat to scan the code, and he nudged Shen Mi, who was sitting next to him and trying to hide the fact he was playing .

Another notification popped up in WeChat, so Yue Zhishi returned back to the chat after he finished signing in.

[Gege: But right now, I'm quite happy that I'm no longer single.]

Yue Zhishi could almost imagine Song Yu saying the words 'I'm quite happy' with that dead, expressionless face of his, combined with his flat voice.

[Le Le: If you'd let me heard that last bit earlier, you would've lost your single status earlier.]

[Gege: I'm very glad you didn't hear it earlier. This way, I know you ended up liking me by yourself, and not because you were affected by some affectionate words. You say yes to things very easily because you're incapable of rejecting other people's kindness, and that's especially true when it comes to me — you never refuse me. I'm very clear about this.]

When he saw this message, Yue Zhishi's heart felt very warm. Song Yu understood him more than anyone else — he knew his issues when it came to social interactions, and he was also the person who understood his personality and temper the best. And yet, he would never take advantage of this familiarity and understanding to achieve any particular goal.

But Yue Zhishi didn't want Song Yu to take him as a child, so he argued back for himself.

[Le Le: I'm already an adult now. Don't worry, I won't be affected that easily anymore.]

[Gege: The first step in becoming a qualified adult is to learn how to refuse people, and that includes me.]

He was right. Yue Zhishi stared at that message. He was often bound by his inability to reject other people's requests and would get caught in trivial matters that had nothing to do with him. But when faced with Song Yu, it felt like he wasn't able to refuse him — because Song Yu fundamentally never requested anything at all. Yue Zhishi actually hoped Song Yu could ask for something from him, whether it was to hold his hand or to give him an embrace.