Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: This Time Let Me Chase You, Okay?

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The setting sun cast a red glow on the thin gauze at the horizon.

Watching Ji Chuan and He Ya walk away arm in arm, Xia Ruoming gave a light chuckle.

“You two are moving quite fast.”

Then she picked up her own bag, preparing to leave.

“Wait, Ruoming.” That naturally cool-toned voice came from behind.

“What is it now, Miss Xu!”

Xia Ruoming’s tone was quite helpless. Recently, Xu Fengwu had been clinging to her for some unknown reason. If she wanted someone to pamper her, countless people in this school would be willing to do so. Surely she couldn’t be this uncomfortable just because she lost Xia Ruoming.

“Let’s go home together!” After saying this, Xu Fengwu directly linked arms with Xia Ruoming, her face wearing such a sweet smile.

“We?” Xia Ruoming was about to say that they lived more than 10 streets apart, why go home together?

But just half a second later, the words got stuck in her throat, because she remembered what she had said to Xu Fengwu when she was infatuated with her before.

【Their homes were very close, so she would take Xu Fengwu’s bag home.】

“Fengwu, our homes…”

“I know, you told me a beautiful lie, but I’m going to stay at your place, so let’s go back together.” Before the explanatory words could come out, Xu Fengwu interrupted her. Xu Fengwu’s eyes sparkled, the anticipation completely written on her face.

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Xia Ruoming was even more confused. What was Xu Fengwu going to do at her house?

“No, Miss Xu, I don’t remember agreeing to have you as a guest at my home?” As she spoke, Xia Ruoming spread her hands, making an deliberately puzzled expression.

“Auntie Liu agreed!” Xu Fengwu’s eyes were full of stars, looking completely confident.

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“Liu… my mom??” Xia Ruoming’s tone was full of confusion, her eyes carrying a hint of disbelief.

“Yes, Auntie Liu Ruoxue.”

“…”

Well, although she didn’t know why, but Xu Fengwu had clearly set her sights on her home today, and obviously she also knew where her home was, so shaking her off didn’t seem very realistic.

“Then you go ahead first, I don’t want to take the bus, besides I need to ride my bike back.” Xia Ruoming said as she put on her backpack and was about to leave.

But Xu Fengwu still held firmly onto her arm, showing no intention of letting go.

“Just, just leave the bike here, let’s take a taxi back!”

Since she was grabbing Xia Ruoming’s sleeve, she almost pulled Xia Ruoming’s jacket right off.

“No, I don’t have money.”

“I’ll cover the taxi fare!” She pouted at Xia Ruoming with a proud expression.

“…”

Xia Ruoming fell silent again. She had indeed forgotten that the person in front of her was actually quite wealthy. The taxi fare was nothing to her.

Xu Fengwu didn’t even give Xia Ruoming another chance to refuse, directly dragging and pulling her into the back seat of a taxi. After telling the driver to go to Chengdu International Community, she also climbed into the back seat and leaned on Xia Ruoming’s shoulder.

Xia Ruoming also had a moment of softness and couldn’t push Xu Fengwu away.

“Look, Miss Xu, there are so many people who like you, and you pushed me away too, so why are you coming after me again? Wouldn’t it be better if we just lived our own lives? Sending you sweet peas was also telling you that we should both have fresh starts, right now, right here.” Xia Ruoming stroked the hair of Xu Fengwu who was leaning on her shoulder as she spoke softly to her.

“No… I don’t want to live separate lives with you, I want you back by my side. If you’re not willing to send me baby’s breaths like Teacher Xiao, then let me be the one to send them to you!” Perhaps because she had cried all her tears dry these past few days, although Xu Fengwu’s speech was still somewhat broken, she no longer cried immediately like before.

“Heh… what’s the point of coming back to your side.” Xia Ruoming gave a bitter laugh, “You said we’re not from the same world, you’re just not used to losing someone who protected you. We can never go back, Xu Fengwu.”

“Ruoming, I know those words that day hurt you deeply, and they weren’t entirely my true thoughts…”

“At this point, saying these things has no meaning.”

Xia Ruoming’s tone was somewhat irritated. She didn’t know why, even though she had been able to let go of Xu Fengwu before her rebirth, but after rebirth, Xu Fengwu’s personality had changed dramatically, like a fishbone stuck in her throat, unable to swallow down or pull out.

“I know, Ruoming. But I don’t want to give up this last chance, I feel it’s not too late now.”

When she heard these words, Xia Ruoming unconsciously raised her eyebrows, thinking Xu Fengwu would fall back into old habits and tell her something like there’s still time to chase her back.

“Ruoming, give me a chance, you chased me for 5 years, this time, let me chase you for 5 years, okay?”

The soft light of the setting sun shone through the car window onto Xia Ruoming’s face, revealing an unprecedented complex expression,

Bewilderment, helplessness, joy, sadness, perhaps even Xia Ruoming herself didn’t know what her emotions were at that moment.

She just kept turning her head to look at the sky outside the window, not saying another word for the rest of the journey.

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“Bang bang bang!”

After a brief knock, Liu Ruoxue opened the door, and Xia Ruoming and Xu Fengwu walked into the room.

“Mom, she said…”

“Oh, Xiao Xu’s mother has something urgent to attend to and won’t be back for a few days. Xiao Xu left her keys at home and can’t go back, her mother asked if she could stay here for a while, and I agreed. You two can just sleep together, after all, your bed was bought as a double bed in the first place. I’ve already taken out new bedding for you, it’s on your bed.”

“Of course, if you two want to share one blanket, mom won’t stop you either.”

Liu Ruoxue said casually while watching the cooking show on TV.

Hearing the explanation, Xia Ruoming just quietly nodded, neither showing agreement nor objecting to Liu Ruoxue’s words.

Xia Jingsong was working overtime today, so only the three of them were eating at the dinner table.

“Ruoming, Auntie’s sour and spicy pig feet are so delicious, you should try some too.”

“And this beef and egg custard, it’s very smooth, Ruoming you’ve been studying so hard lately, eat more.”

As Xu Fengwu spoke, she kept using her chopsticks to put food in Xia Ruoming’s bowl, she herself had barely eaten anything.

“Xiao Xu thinks it’s good, you should eat more too.” Seeing Xu Fengwu constantly putting food in Xia Ruoming’s bowl, Liu Ruoxue also smiled and said to her, then put several pieces of food in Xu Fengwu’s bowl.

It was precisely this attitude of Xu Fengwu that irritated Xia Ruoming. If it was the previous Xu Fengwu, Xia Ruoming wouldn’t have even felt a bit of sympathy for her, but now, Xia Ruoming found it hard to say exactly what her complex emotions were or where they came from.

At this moment, she really wanted to leave the dinner table immediately and light a cigarette to calm down.

But Liu Ruoxue was at home now, so she didn’t dare to be so unrestrained.

What should have been Xia Ruoming’s most enjoyable family dinner time since her rebirth passed in an inexplicably strange atmosphere…