webnovelfull Chapter 111 I messed up
Chapter 111 I messed up
Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously thought he had mistaken the person for someone else.
It wasn't until he met Ye Yixian's complex eyes, which were churning with shock, loneliness, anger, and, most alarmingly, deep disappointment, that he became absolutely certain that it was her, the living, breathing Ye Yixian.
She actually appeared there, and in the cruelest way, witnessed Xu Lingjing tightly embracing him.
This sudden impact was like an invisible hammer, shattering Ye Yixian's already fragile heart.
With the encouragement and persuasion of her friends, including Wang Qingyu, she had actually mustered up a great deal of courage and was ready to come to Lu Yuan to explain everything.
Even if she couldn't muster the courage to confess, she wanted Lu Yuan to know how much she liked him and how much she wanted to be with him forever.
But this situation was like a bucket of icy snow water poured over her head, instantly silencing the words she had rehearsed and carefully prepared in her mind all the way, leaving them stuck in her throat, unable to utter a single word.
It felt like a ball of water-soaked cotton was stuffed into my chest, making it extremely difficult to breathe. A sour liquid welled up uncontrollably in my eyes, blurring my vision.
Ye Yixian could no longer hold back the tears that welled up in her eyes. She bit her lower lip hard, turned around abruptly, and fled from this suffocating place in a disheveled state.
She dared not linger for a moment longer, because her most fearful and terrifying nightmare had finally become a reality: under Xu Lingjing's persistent offensive, Lu Yuan wavered and accepted Xu Lingjing again.
Although she once said that she could accept Lu Yuan falling in love with Xu Lingjing again and that she could gracefully withdraw from the relationship.
But when this scene actually happened before her eyes, she realized that she had overestimated her ability to bear it. She would still lose the courage to face it and would still be heartbroken.
"Ye Yixian!"
Lu Yuan realized what was happening and shouted in a hoarse voice.
He knew what this situation meant for Ye Yixian; it wasn't just a misunderstanding, but a huge blow to her spirit.
At this moment, Lu Yuan had only one thought in his mind: to grab Ye Yixian and explain things to her no matter the cost.
Xu Lingjing seemed to have anticipated this, her arms clamping tightly around his waist like iron clamps, giving him no chance to take a step.
Xu Lingjing knew Ye Yixian had arrived, of course. Instead of letting go, she hugged him even tighter, a hint of triumphant pleasure flashing across her face.
This was an unexpected delight for her. Even if she couldn't completely win back Lu Yuan's heart, she wanted to plant a thorn in Ye Yixian's heart and make her question him.
Once cracks and suspicions appear in a relationship, it's easy for someone to take advantage of the situation—this is Xu Lingjing's specialty.
"Let go!" Lu Yuan finally snapped. He was furious and pushed Xu Lingjing away from his arms with all his might.
Caught off guard, Xu Lingjing stumbled back several steps before finally collapsing to the ground in a disheveled state.
She looked up in disbelief, glaring angrily at Lu Yuan, tears welling up in her eyes: "You actually did this to me for Ye Yixian? Are you even a man?"
As she spoke, she covered her face and burst into tears, her cries sounding particularly jarring in the empty corridor.
"Leave me alone."
Lu Yuan didn't even bother to look at her again, spitting out a disdainful snort before turning around without hesitation to chase after Ye Yixian, completely forgetting about Xu Lingjing, who was crying her eyes out.
However, just as he rushed downstairs, the school bell rang, signaling the end of class. Students trapped in their classrooms poured out like a tidal wave, instantly turning the once quiet campus into a bustling and noisy place.
Lu Yuan anxiously weaved through the crowd, his eyes searching urgently for that familiar figure.
But the girl ran too fast, like a startled fawn, and we had no idea which direction she was going.
Unwilling to give up, he ran to the playground to search again.
The night was dark, and the streetlights on the playground were dim. Finding someone deliberately hiding among so many people was no easy task.
Moreover, Ye Yixian definitely doesn't want to see him right now and will surely find the most secluded corner to hide in.
Panting heavily, Lu Yuan had no choice but to run back to his dormitory, take out his phone, and dial Ye Yixian's number.
"Beep...beep...beep..."
There was only a long busy tone in the receiver; I dialed several times in a row, but no one answered.
Ye Yixian left her phone in her dorm during class. No one answered it now; either she hadn't returned to her dorm at all, or she was deliberately ignoring the caller ID.
Lu Yuan gripped his phone, his heart pounding with anxiety.
Ye Yixian is an extremely sensible girl. If she hadn't been so traumatized by seeing him and Xu Lingjing embracing, she would never have left in such a huff.
After thinking it over, Lu Yuan had a sudden inspiration and remembered Jiang Yiqing.
In the current situation, the only person he could ask for help or who could help him sound out the girls' dormitory was Jiang Yiqing. He quickly found her number and dialed it.
The phone rang for a long time before being answered. Jiang Yiqing's voice came through, deliberately lowered and mysterious: "Lu Yuan, why are you calling me? You don't know, Lingjing is really heartbroken right now, crying her heart out. If she finds out I'm talking to you, she'll definitely hate me."
It turns out that Jiang Yiqing was still with Xu Lingjing at this time.
If it were someone else's call, she would simply not answer it, but since it was Lu Yuan's call, she could only sneak out to the corridor to answer it when Xu Lingjing wasn't paying attention.
Lu Yuan didn't care about any of that and said urgently, "Jiang Yiqing, could you go check on Ye Yixian's dorm for me? See if she's back yet?"
"Huh? To Ye Yixian's dorm?"
Jiang Yiqing's voice rose a few decibels instantly, then fell back down, her face full of difficulty, "It really can't be, Lu Yuan. It's not that I don't want to help you, but I really can't leave right now. Ling Jing's emotions are very unstable right now, and she really needs me to be with her."
If Jiang Yiqing goes to see Ye Yixian now, it would be tantamount to openly telling Xu Lingjing that she is on Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian's side.
This was very inappropriate for Jiang Yiqing. After all, she and Xu Lingjing were best friends for many years and had the closest relationship. It was impossible for her to openly stand against Xu Lingjing when she was most heartbroken and vulnerable.
"Alright."
Lu Yuan sensed her predicament. Although disappointed, he understood and hung up the phone helplessly.
Holding his phone, he was impulsively contemplating whether to recklessly break into the girls' dormitory to find out what was going on when Gao Zhe walked over, humming a song. Seeing Lu Yuan's gloomy expression, he was taken aback: "Brother Yuan, what happened? Who upset you?"
Upon seeing Gao Zhe, Lu Yuan's grave expression suddenly eased somewhat, as if he had grasped a lifeline. He quickly asked, "Gao Zhe, can you call Wang Qingyu?"
"Wang Qingyu?" Gao Zhe was taken aback, then smiled confidently and patted his chest. "Of course! We're best buddies now. I'm the older brother, she's the younger brother. If I call her, does she dare not answer?"
As he spoke, Gao Zhe took out his phone and started searching for Wang Qingyu's contact information, asking in bewilderment as he did so, "By the way, why are you looking for her? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I'm looking for Ye Yixian," Lu Yuan said bluntly, his tone filled with anxiety.
"Don't you have Ye Yixian's phone number?" Gao Zhe's finger hovered over the screen, even more puzzled. "Don't you usually take Ye Yixian back to her dorm after evening self-study? You're not back this early. Why are you here so early today? Did you two have a fight?"
Gao Zhe was clearly completely unaware of what had just happened, but Lu Yuan really didn't have time to explain the details to him. In his anxiety, he just felt that Gao Zhe was being too long-winded and impatiently urged, "Stop asking, can we contact Wang Qingyu or not?"
Gao Zhe was startled by Lu Yuan's murderous look and quickly found Wang Qingyu's phone number and dialed it. "Yes, yes, yes, I got through. Don't panic."
The phone rang for a while before being answered, and Gao Zhe tactfully handed it to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan grabbed the phone and hurriedly asked into the receiver, "Wang Qingyu, where's Ye Yixian? Has she gone back to her dorm?"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's voice, Wang Qingyu on the other end of the phone was visibly startled, followed by a rustling sound, then the sound of a door opening and closing.
Wang Qingyu probably realized that things were not simple, so she chose to come outside the dormitory to talk.
This detail reassured Lu Yuan somewhat, confirming that Ye Yixian must have returned to her dormitory; otherwise, Wang Qingyu wouldn't have bothered to deliberately avoid her.
Wang Qingyu lowered her voice, her tone tinged with worry: "Lu Yuan, Yixian has already returned to the dormitory. But as soon as she came back, she didn't say a word, went straight to her bed, drew the curtains, and it seemed like she was crying. What exactly happened between you? She's acting very strangely."
Hearing the words "cried," Lu Yuan felt as if his heart had been stabbed with a needle, and the pain was intense.
"Could you let her answer the phone? I have something to say to her," Lu Yuan pleaded.
"Let me see..."
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
Finally, Wang Qingyu's disappointed voice came through, tinged with apology: "I'm sorry, Lu Yuan, Yixian said she wants to sleep and doesn't want to answer your calls. She... seems really sad."
"..."
Lu Yuan gripped his phone, falling into a deathly silence. A night breeze blew by, bringing a chill, and he suddenly felt an emptiness inside, as if he had lost something very important; that sense of powerlessness instantly overwhelmed him.
He felt he had messed everything up.
We've come so far, we're so close to happiness, yet we've carelessly ruined everything we've built up over such a long time.