Wanting to Die
After making the arrangements, Gao Dewei pulled Bai Hui aside for a private talk.
"When organizing events, we don't want any unexpected incidents to occur. The matter with Zhao Wuqiang last time was handled relatively smoothly in the end," Gao Dewei said to Bai Hui.
Bai Hui nodded, waiting for Gao Dewei to continue. Zhao Wuqiang still seemed a bit gloomy today, not chatting much with his classmates. However, he had never been the type to be very outgoing, so Bai Hui didn't find anything unusual about his current behavior.
"Did Miao Yingying and Lin Xinhuai really break up?" Gao Dewei asked again.
Bai Hui looked at Gao Dewei with some suspicion. Gao Dewei was not the type to care about such gossip. Could it be that Gao Dewei did care about Miao Yingying after all? That was a possibility. Boys and girls spend a lot of time together, and Miao Yingying was quite cute. Had Gao Dewei finally come to his senses?
Bai Hui nodded and decided to wait and see.
"That's fine too." Gao Dewei nodded. "Lin Xinhuai was never a good match for Miao Yingying."
Bai Hui was a little happy for Miao Yingying. It seemed that Gao Dewei actually hoped that Lin Xinhuai and Miao Yingying would break up. If Miao Yingying hadn't broken up with Lin Xinhuai, she wouldn't have realized that she had fallen for Gao Dewei. As time went by and the holiday was over, it would be difficult for the two of them to have more opportunities to spend time together and develop their feelings.
In this sense, Lin Xinhuai didn't hold Miao Yingying back. The breakup was clean and efficient, which was good for everyone. Lin Xinhuai got what he wanted, and Miao Yingying was able to meet the right person.
"Lin Xinhuai is quite smart, while Miao Yingying is too stupid. Smart people and stupid people can be friends, but they're really not suitable as lovers, since communication would be a pain," Gao Dewei continued.
Communicating with you is quite a hassle! Bai Hui wasn't surprised that Gao Dewei still had this kind of attitude. She also admitted that Gao Dewei had the right to say that. Moreover, girls need a boyfriend they can admire. If someone like Miao Yingying didn't think much of Lin Xinhuai from the beginning, the two of them wouldn't go far.
"Being a couple doesn't mean you have to study together. It's okay to have some differences." Bai Hui naturally had to speak up for Miao Yingying.
"Of course couples should study together. Think about it, if two people are always studying together, and one of them is doing poorly or is too slow, the other will have to constantly explain things to them, which wastes their own study time and makes them even less efficient. That's obviously not suitable." Gao Dewei shook his head. "Look at Liu Chang'an and An Nuan, they don't have this problem. When we encountered difficult problems before, we could quickly find a solution. We could just write down a formula, or even just make a gesture, and the other person would understand..."
"I miss it so much," Gao Dewei said nostalgically.
"Gao Dewei, you called me here just to talk to me about studying?" Bai Hui crossed her arms and looked at him coldly. Bai Hui knew that in Gao Dewei's eyes, the comment "too bad at studying and too stupid" was for Miao Yingying, but also for her, Bai Hui.
"No, we've gone off on a tangent." Gao Dewei anxiously returned to the main point, quickly saying, "These past few days, I've been seeing Miao Yingying, and I keep feeling like she has suicidal tendencies. Once, I suggested to Miao Yingying that since she and Lin Xinhuai broke up, she could write a love letter to Lin Xinhuai to apologize and get back together. But Miao Yingying looked at me and said, 'Why don't you just let me die?'"
Bai Hui sighed.
"From what I understand, the phrase 'I might as well just die' has a strong psychological suggestive effect. I talked to her several more times afterward, and she repeatedly expressed strong suicidal thoughts," Gao Dewei warned Bai Hui. "Although casual conversations about dying are usually just lighthearted banter, Miao Yingying has just broken up and is emotionally unstable, so such words might not be entirely unfounded."
"You know what? I want to die too." After saying that, Bai Hui didn't want to waste any more words with Gao Dewei and walked away on her own.
Gao Dewei shook his head, somewhat puzzled. Had he really overthought things? Oh well, he'd better talk to Miao Yingying Gao Dewei in the future, lest she keep saying she wanted to die, which might have given him a psychological suggestion and affected his judgment.
But that's how the rooms are arranged; better safe than sorry.
Liu Chang'an and An Nuan cooked together, while the other classmates moved tables, chairs, and stools. It was a lively scene, somewhat like a banquet in the countryside in the past.
While eating and drinking, some people drank alcohol, some sang, some sang and danced after drinking too much, some became sentimental, and some even suggested the last confession event that Bai Hui had once held. However, not many people responded, because the two girls with the most crushes in the class, one was already taken, and the other had a history of "rejecting all confessions."
After dinner, those who wanted to go back went back, while the rest stayed overnight. Liu Chang'an, Gao Dewei, and An Nuan, three mahjong masters, played against Miao Yingying and Bai Hui.
The game ended around 11 p. m. because it was getting boring. Gao Dewei kept letting Miao Yingying win, which was an extremely strange and unusual behavior that made everyone lose focus on the game, so it ended quickly.
"Your two rooms are here." Gao Dewei led Bai Hui and Miao Yingying into the room and then left. Gao Dewei definitely didn't have the habit of wanting to linger in a girl's room.
Miao Yingying closed the door, her cheeks slightly flushed as she looked at Bai Hui, "Gao Dewei was acting a little differently tonight."
"It is somewhat different." Bai Hui nodded.
"When I peeked at his cards, he didn't even stop me, and he even let us win on purpose!" Miao Yingying felt that Gao Dewei was completely different from usual. He seemed to have a gentle side, a gentle side from a simpleton, which unexpectedly made her heart flutter and feel touched.
"Because he suspected you wanted to commit suicide and was afraid of upsetting you." If Gao Dewei hadn't said those things to Bai Hui before, Bai Hui might have misunderstood something too!
Of course, she could see everything clearly now and told Miao Yingying about her original conversation with Gao Dewei.
Miao Yingying opened her mouth, then realized she had been presumptuous, and felt a surge of anger and embarrassment. "I should have listened to him and written a love letter to Lin Xinhuai apologizing and begging for reconciliation!"
Of course, this was just said in anger. Miao Yingying lay on the bed, angry. That's right, she didn't want to commit suicide at all, but if she suddenly died one day, it would definitely be because Gao Dewei had angered her to the point of suicide.
After seeing Bai Hui and Miao Yingying to their rooms, Gao Dewei came looking for An Nuan and Liu Chang'an.
"Fatty was pretty nice to Miao Yingying tonight," An Nuan asked tentatively. As a girl, she was naturally more observant and could tell that it was Miao Yingying who was peeking at Gao Dewei, who didn't seem to be trying to hide anything. Normally, Gao Dewei would insist that Miao Yingying follow the rules.
"Gao Dewei thought Miao Yingying wanted to commit suicide and didn't want to upset her," Liu Chang'an guessed.
An Nuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Gao Dewei sighed. It seemed he had indeed been overthinking things; no one thought Miao Yingying wanted to commit suicide.
"Where's our room?" Liu Chang'an asked. "Go to sleep early, we'll go boating together tomorrow morning."
"Fatty's still a true friend, giving Liu Chang'an and me each a room," An Nuan said, patting Gao Dewei on the shoulder. She noticed that the other students were all sharing rooms, but she couldn't possibly share a room with Liu Chang'an, could she? Now that it was just the two of them, the treatment was naturally different. She looked around, "Are there two rooms left? I see only one room without a light on."
"You're sharing a room," Gao Dewei said apologetically.