A Moment Too Late [GL] by cat喵

Chapter 68

- I like you.

- Not just as friends.

These two sentences—one after another—echoed in Shu Yubai's eardrums. The tone was clearly light, but it shook her so much that she couldn’t speak. She turned around, her pupils dilating slowly and then suddenly contracting.

She could hardly believe it.

Is it true?

Shu Yubai lowered her eyes and slowly recalled many details, peeling back the layers: last night, after getting drunk, this person invited her to bathe together, kissed her forehead, between her eyebrows, and her chest; the bracelet she gave, and those almost imperceptible touches and kisses.

Shu Yubai furrowed her brows slightly: “That day after waking up, you told me not to take it to heart. What did you mean?”

Nan Xue blinked: “I was afraid you’d be angry.”

“Angry?”

Shu Yubai looked at her in confusion: “Why would I be angry?”

"You said before that you didn't like me anymore."

Nan Xue’s thick lashes lowered, her fingertips trembling slightly as she repeated Shu Yubai’s exact words: “You said, ‘Senior Sister is not a friend, she’s the person you like now.’”

She still remembered it clearly.

After speaking, Nan Xue fell silent, her fingertips turning white.

Shu Yubai: “……”

Oh, she did say that.

She thought for a moment. That sentence was actually said deliberately to distance herself from Nan Xue at the time.

It was similar to saying “I don’t like you anymore, I like someone else now” after a failed confession.

That makes sense.

—If she really didn’t like Nan Xue anymore, it would be normal to be angry or bothered by how she was treated after getting drunk, right?

So Nan Xue was acting so cautiously?

Shu Yubai hesitated, wanting to explain about You Fu, but the words faltered on her lips.

Explain what?

She decided against it, letting Nan Xue think what she wanted.

Shu Yubai’s lips curled up slightly.

Nan Xue waited for a long time without a response and suddenly became anxious: “Sister, are you still not over her?”

“No…”

Shu Yubai was about to deny it when Nan Xue grabbed her fingertips, biting her lip: “If I hadn’t called you, would you have…”

“Been together?”

Shu Yubai looked at her, not understanding.

“You and her… in a room.”

Nan Xue gritted her teeth.

Shu Yubai was stunned. In a room? Her and You Fu? Why did she jump to that conclusion, just because of that “take off clothes” comment? Was Nan Xue’s imagination too wild?

“This…” Shu Yubai paused slightly and explained: “I didn’t stay in a room with her. Her clothes got stained with wine, so I just took her to change.”

“……”

Nan Xue’s eyes showed a moment of confusion before she slowly understood, her eyes brightening slightly.