Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 25

Chapter 25: I Want to Save You, Escape from the Past Times

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“However, I do have something I want to discuss with teacher,” Xia Ruoming wiped her mouth, her words bringing Xiao Qinghan back to reality from her daydream.

“I knew you weren’t up to any good. Go ahead, what is it?” Xiao Qinghan helplessly held her forehead, the sweet daydream she had been having for barely half a minute was about to be interrupted by this unpredictable student.

“I want to save you, teacher!”

“What?” Xiao Qinghan was stunned for a moment, clearly not understanding what Xia Ruoming was talking about.

“After graduation, I want to establish a novel website, called Tomato Novel Network, a platform that can rival Zhongdian Chinese Network.”

“What does that have to do with saving me?”

“I want to hire you, teacher, to be one of the chief editors of Tomato Novel Network, and at the same time, you’ll be the actual first administrator of Tomato Novel Network, with an annual salary of one million placed right in front of you,” Xia Ruoming expressed her true thoughts.

“…”

Xiao Qinghan fell into an odd silence after hearing this. Firstly, how could a high school student have enough money to establish a platform that could rival Zhongdian Chinese Network? Even with full family support, it wouldn’t be enough. Secondly, even if she really had that much money, why would she want to hire her?

“Where would you get that much money? Aren’t you still a student?”

“I don’t have that much money now, but I will right after graduation. As for the salary, teacher, you don’t need to worry about that,” Xia Ruoming smiled at Xiao Qinghan.

“Why me? If you really have that kind of money, you could poach people from other platforms who are ten times better than me. Why choose me?” Xiao Qinghan voiced her second doubt. Assuming Xia Ruoming really had that much money, she could poach several mature, experienced people from other platforms who would be far better than herself. Why spend so much money to hire her?

“In this world, there aren’t more than 100 people who surpass teacher’s talent. Because of your parents’ words, your youth and your future have been trapped in this confined space, your soul has been trapped in these shackles. Don’t you think it’s too much of a waste?” Xia Ruoming spoke sincerely to Xiao Qinghan, just short of cutting out her heart to prove her sincerity to heaven and earth.

In her previous life, many years later, Xia Ruoming had read the mystery novels written by Xiao Qinghan after she had resigned: 《The Secret Treasure of Duke Vera》 and 《Great Detective Kui: The Mystery of Morning Wind Manor》 She felt that no orthodox mystery novels in the world could compare to teacher’s works. However, by then, Xiao Qinghan’s youth had already faded, her best years buried in the path her parents had arranged for her, and the once-smiling person had disappeared into her teaching career.

At that moment, something soft in Xiao Qinghan’s heart seemed to be struck, and tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her vision.

“Why… do you know…”

“Perhaps it sounds a bit presumptuous, but in this world full of stench and maggots, I am the person who understands you best, teacher. You shouldn’t blame your younger self who couldn’t resist, but rather those parents who, having failed in their own lives, could only force their path onto their children, and this corrupt world where trash can only find spiritual comfort through their descendants.”

“I want to save you, teacher. I can leave the confined campus that traps you, but I can’t watch you remain trapped in it, unable to break free.”

“I want to save you, teacher, and also borrow your strength. I want to dominate the internet world, and I need your power. So, I’m not just trying to help you, I’m also trying to help myself.”

Xiao Qinghan could no longer hold back, her tears breaking free, unstoppable no matter what. Xia Ruoming wasn’t wrong at all, she truly was the person who understood her best in this world.

Although she still maintained her sunshine at school, keeping that gentle and cheerful attitude towards students, but as time passed, she felt her soul slowly fading away. She had been trapped since that day more than ten years ago when her parents decided to arrange her entire life. Xiao Qinghan had never blamed anyone for this, she only blamed herself for being too timid, too weak back then.

At this moment, this girl seven or eight years younger than her reached out her hand, speaking words about wanting to pull her out of darkness and the past, saying she shouldn’t blame her past self for not being able to resist fate, that those things were never her fault to begin with.

She also said she hoped she could lend her strength.

In this world, there were plenty of people more useful than herself. If it was really just about needing help, would it require such a great price to hire her? Impossible!

In this world, no one would be kind to others without reason. Xiao Qinghan didn’t know what Xia Ruoming’s feelings for her were, but at that moment, she, who had never been in love and had even become numb to the point of being a single-ist, stubbornly believed that it was love.

In that instant, she made a decision in her heart: if Xia Ruoming still liked her when she was in her second year of university, at twenty years old, then she would accept Xia Ruoming’s feelings — the age when women could legally marry, she had already compromised to the edge of the law.

As for moral concepts and such, to hell with them! She was going to bravely accept her love!

“Alright, I agree,” Xia Ruoming wiped away the tears of the now-calm Xiao Qinghan, and then Xiao Qinghan softly replied to her.

Xia Ruoming hooked her pinky with Xiao Qinghan, then said to Xiao Qinghan: “Then let’s pinky swear for a hundred years, no taking back, Sister Qinghan can’t go back on her word.”

“Go away, how old are you to still be so childish? Won’t your admiring junior students laugh at you if they see this?” Xiao Qinghan laughed lightly seeing Xia Ruoming like this, though while her mouth said Xia Ruoming was childish, her pinky finger remained hooked with Xia Ruoming.

Since the two weren’t sitting face to face but on the same side, Xiao Qinghan opened a can of draft beer and directly leaned on Xia Ruoming’s shoulder, then pointed at the starry sky outside.

“Venus, isn’t it beautiful? Like a jewel embedded in the night sky.”

“Yes. And it’s as bright as your eyes, Sister Qinghan,” Xia Ruoming teasingly replied.

“You know, for my star chart, Venus symbolizes sensitive, delicate, and selfless love,” Xiao Qinghan closed her eyes and whispered in Xia Ruoming’s ear.

“What?”

Before she could react to what Xiao Qinghan was saying, the next moment, Xiao Qinghan’s cherry lips were already pressed against hers.

Taking advantage of her slightly tipsy state, Xiao Qinghan directly kissed Xia Ruoming. Xia Ruoming had never known Xiao Qinghan’s kissing technique could be so extraordinary.

Even though Xiao Qinghan had never been in a relationship, she somehow managed to make Xia Ruoming’s legs weak with her deep kiss.

After a long while, Xiao Qinghan reluctantly released her lips, continuing to lean on Xia Ruoming’s shoulder, the blush on her face unclear whether from drunkenness or shyness.

Meanwhile, Xia Ruoming, who had just recovered from her shock, was still covering her burning cheeks, staring blankly at the sky.

What just happened, did her first kiss in this life just get stolen by teacher?

The development of this timeline seemed a bit off?

And teacher, you just forcefully kissed me while drunk, what about the car?