Chapter 189: Chapter 181: Fooling Bai Shunyuan_2
Yin Meng added, "Better make it a thousand! Trust me, Senior, once you give her a thousand paper cranes, that girl will give you anything!"
Bai Shunyuan didn’t think too much at the time, just looked at Su Xiaomeng’s starry eyes and couldn’t help but tease, "You’re such an idiot, a single Winnie the Pooh can settle you, of course you’re easy to please."
"Bai Shunyuan, joke around all you want, but can you not make it personal?"
Su Xiaomeng gave him an indignant glance.
Bai Shunyuan just chuckled lightly and took a piece of braised pork from her bowl and stuffed it into his mouth.
This action left both Su Xiaomeng and Yin Meng dumbfounded.
Bai Shunyuan chewed a few times, swallowed, and before they could say anything, stood up, "Clean up for me, I’m leaving, bye."
After saying that, he walked out of the cafeteria with a straight back, rather dashingly.
Su Xiaomeng rolled her eyes hard at Bai Shunyuan’s departing figure.
"What kind of behavior is that! Why should I clean up his plate?"
"Cousin... what a sin."
Yin Meng laughed.
Su Xiaomeng took a few bites of her meal and looked suspiciously at Yin Meng, "Do you think he knows we’re cousins?"
"He should know, why else would he have lunch with you?"
Yin Meng didn’t give it much thought either, thinking that the special ops uncle from the Bai family couldn’t possibly have not told his son by now.
Su Xiaomeng rubbed her head and felt Yin Meng’s words made sense.
However... his attitude when asking her to clear his plates, and his way of speaking, were still quite harsh.
"This is how cousins act..."
Su Xiaomeng muttered, a bit dissatisfied.
Yin Meng also took a piece of braised pork from her bowl and said while chewing, "Maybe he can’t put down his pride! Guys like him always have a ’the world revolves around me’ attitude. If half of what your uncle says is true..."
Su Xiaomeng blinked at Yin Meng.
Yin Meng laughed, "It at least proves he’s not that bad to his family."
"... So what?"
"It means that after finding out you’re his cousin, he felt guilty about bullying you before."
Su Xiaomeng pointed to the plate in front of her, "That’s his so-called guilt?"
"It’s because he’s guilty that he’s eating with you, at least got to build some relationships first, right? But if you expect him to apologize sincerely, that’s impossible."
Yin Meng’s words made Su Xiaomeng think it over and find it quite possible.
"By the way... do you really think your cousin will fold a thousand paper cranes?"
Yin Meng raised an eyebrow, a mischievous smile on her lips.
Hearing this, Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but feel a bit smug, looking at Yin Meng, "You’re really bad!"
"Aren’t you bad too?"
Su Xiaomeng grinned, then touched her chin and thought, "Anyway, I couldn’t imagine Bai Shunyuan folding a thousand paper cranes for a girl in the first place!"
"I can’t imagine it either; post this on the school forum, and it’s sure to go viral."
"Yeah, definitely viral!"
"If he really goes and folds a thousand paper cranes for a girl, I bet what we just said would be enough to convince him that a thousand cranes would definitely win the girl over."
"So you think he’ll do it?"
"... Probably will." Yin Meng’s tone was quite certain.
"Wow, then we’ve really messed with him."
"Feels good, right? Who told him to bully you so much before?"
Yin Meng blinked, feeling their retaliation was only fair.
"By the way... what’s so good about Shanshan that Bai Shunyuan would do so much for her?"
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t understand; it would be one thing for someone else, but it had to be that little white lotus.
Yin Meng shrugged, "Who knows? Weird tastes can only notice weird things."
Su Xiaomeng thought about it and nodded, very much agreeing with Yin Meng’s statement.
Anyway, with Bai Shunyuan’s bad personality, any good girl by his side would be wasted.
Yin Meng and Su Xiaomeng chatted quietly there.
After Bai Shunyuan left the cafeteria, he went back to the dorm, got some things, and went to the small grove.
The small grove was chilly this season, with not a soul around.
Bai Shunyuan found a clean spot and sat down.
He put on his earphones and started folding paper cranes...
On second thought, this was a pretty silly move...
But it seemed like all the idol dramas played it like this, and if a guy liked a girl, he’d end up doing really dumb things.
And yet... these girls still liked it.
But still...
Does it really have to be a thousand? When will this ever end?
Bai Shunyuan scratched his head, looking quite troubled.
Su Xiaomeng...
Bai Shunyuan sighed heavily, unsure of what he really wanted.
She’s already married, to none other than the Fourth Young Master of the Yin family. Not only that, she’s had two kids...
Was he crazy? To have feelings for such a woman?
During this time, as he folded the paper cranes, he kept thinking...
What about Su Xiaomeng is so appealing...
He thought for a long time, but couldn’t find a good enough reason to convince himself, which oddly enough, was a relief.
It’s just that... he couldn’t recall from whom he heard the saying.
Liking someone has no reason...
And he began to think aimlessly day and night.
Actually...
He knew it was just a crush.
Perhaps... cute girls tend to be more likable.
Perhaps... naturally pleasant girls are more likable.
Don’t overthink it, there’s no need to overthink it.
This liking... isn’t as pitiful as you imagine; it’s more like liking a hat, or a watch...
This type of liking has an expiration date.
Bai Shunyuan was convincing himself this way as he continued the boring task of folding paper cranes.
Liking... in some way you have to do something to show it, right?
After all, Su Xiaomeng has a husband and kids, he can’t do anything...
So a thousand paper cranes it will be...
When he gets tired of it, it’s over, because... he’s never been a patient person, nor a long-lasting one.
Su Xiaomeng...
Bai Shunyuan thought of her, and just found it quite amusing.
"Shunyuan..."
Shanshan had been searching for Bai Shunyuan during her lunch break and finally saw him sitting there...
Folding paper cranes?!
She thought she was mistaken, but as she got closer, she could see it clearly, he was indeed holding square pieces of paper.
His slender fingers were transforming those square pieces into paper cranes.
Those paper cranes were so exquisite, lifelike, as if they were endowed with life.
"Bai Shunyuan!"
Shanshan realized he’d been unresponsive despite her calling him several times, so she called out louder.
Only then did Bai Shunyuan hear the sound, look up, and meet Shanshan’s slightly smiling face.
He still had his earphones on and casually asked, "What are you doing here?"
Shanshan touched her head, a bit shyly said, "You’re here, so of course, I’m here."
Bai Shunyuan didn’t hear her words clearly, thinking for a moment, feeling a bit annoyed at being disturbed.
He took off his earphones, "If there’s nothing important, don’t disturb me."
Shanshan was immediately a bit embarrassed, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, then forced a smile, pointing to the paper cranes in his hand, asking, "What are you doing?"
"Folding paper cranes, can’t you tell?"
"No... it’s just strange. Why are you folding paper cranes?"
"To kill time, you know I dread being idle."
Bai Shunyuan said casually.
Shanshan hurriedly squatted down, sat beside him, picked up a square piece of paper to help him.
Yet her hand had barely touched it when Bai Shunyuan waved her off, "Don’t touch."