Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: An Alumnus Wants to Make a Donation to the School?

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“Xiao Xiaxia, have you heard? A successful senior alumnus is coming back to make a donation to the school. The school is even organizing a special event,” He Ya said while sitting next to Xia Ruoming, discussing some questions with her while sharing some daily news.

“Senior? Who is it?” Xia Ruoming had a flash of deja vu, feeling like something similar had happened in her previous life, but couldn’t recall the specific details. Those less important memories seemed to not be included in the extraordinary memory ability given to her by her reincarnation.

“Hmm… I heard his name is Jiang Huaiyun?” He Ya frowned thoughtfully before giving an uncertain answer.

“Jiang Huaiyun?” She just nodded after hearing this, not asking anything more. The name was indeed familiar, but she truly couldn’t remember who it was.

“I heard it’s next Friday, after our test results come out. That senior will come to the school, and I heard he’ll personally present awards to some outstanding students,” He Ya rested her chin on Xia Ruoming’s desk, seeming a bit unhappy. “If only that fool Ji Chuan had studied hard regularly, he might have had the chance to meet someone like this now.”

“What, having regrets?” Xia Ruoming chuckled lightly, just joking and not being serious.

“No way, he’s my favorite person in the whole world. No matter what he becomes, I’ll marry him,” He Ya said lazily, and Xia Ruoming could see the stars sparkling in her eyes as she spoke.

“What does Jiang Huaiyun do?” Xia Ruoming suddenly asked, her expression suggesting she had thought of something.

“Ah… I don’t know exactly what he does, but he probably built everything from scratch, otherwise how could he be called a successful alumnus?”

“What’s wrong? Why is Xiao Xiaxia suddenly so curious?”

“It’s all the news you shared, you can’t tease people and not let them be curious, right?” Xia Ruoming poked He Ya’s nose. Since He Ya had been open with Xia Ruoming about her relationship, they had become close enough to be best friends, and such intimate interactions between Chinese-style best friends were quite normal. Xia Ruoming had always been quite fond of this girl who had saved her from disaster in her previous life, of course, in a friendly way.

The reason she asked was that Xia Ruoming suddenly remembered someone, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Ruhua.

Jiang Ruhua had a brother who had also graduated from this high school, but no matter what, she couldn’t remember what that person was called. In her previous life, he had repeatedly advised her to stay away from Jiang Ruhua, saying his sister was too extreme, and that with her talent, she could succeed even without his sister’s help, and if needed, he was willing to provide assistance. Xia Ruoming still vaguely remembered the scene of Jiang Ruhua’s brother arguing with Jiang Ruhua in the room while she was writing a new novel in the villa.

He was repeatedly persuading his sister in the guest room that if she still liked that person, she shouldn’t make things too absolute.

At that time, Xia Ruoming didn’t know what they were arguing about, but now she knew.

When she heard the surname Jiang Huaiyun, Xia Ruoming thought of that eldest daughter of the Jiang family, and also remembered Jiang Ruhua’s brother.

“Could it be him? A senior who graduated from this school, also surnamed Jiang.” Xia Ruoming tilted her head in thought, then rejected this idea in her mind, “He Ya said he built everything from scratch, so it probably isn’t him. In the previous life, he truly inherited the Jiang family fortune, far more than what his sister Jiang Ruhua inherited, so how could he possibly need to build from scratch?”

Unless this world had gone completely chaotic.

“By the way, He Ya, are you friends with Suhe now?”

Xia Ruoming came back to her senses and asked about something He Ya had mentioned jokingly earlier.

“Yes, how could I ignore someone Xiao Xiaxia takes such good care of?”

Always making such playful remarks, He Ya’s quirky nature indeed added a different flavor to her life.

“Do you know she wears a glove on one hand?”

“Yes, speaking of which, I once asked her why she always wears a glove on one hand, but she was always vague and didn’t want to answer the question. One time I saw she was having trouble with the glove and wanted to help her take it off, but she pushed me away immediately. Though she apologized afterward, saying she was too impulsive at the time, she didn’t explain why. If Xiao Xiaxia wants to ask me why, I’m sorry, but I don’t know either.” He Ya shrugged and spread her hands to show she was helpless.

“Don’t touch that glove. Unless one day she’s willing, never try to find out why she wears the glove, and never try to take it off. Try to avoid touching the hand with the glove in any way, even if she falls, please grab her arm or her other hand to help her up.”

He Ya looked at Xia Ruoming’s face, showing an indescribable strange expression.

“Why?” she asked curiously.

“Don’t ask. One day you’ll know. Of course, don’t think this is some chuunibyou novel where something is sealed in her hand or something like that.”

“In there lies her past, a past she’s unwilling to uncover, so no matter what, don’t touch it.”

Xia Ruoming said gently, as if she knew Chu Suhe very well.

“Okay.” He Ya also nodded slightly. Actually, her curiosity only lasted for a moment; as soon as she asked the question, she somewhat regretted it. Everyone has their own secrets, and if they don’t tell you directly, perhaps they don’t want to talk about it, so why should she keep asking?

Xia Ruoming knew exactly what was under the glove. In her previous life, Chu Suhe had helped her, so after she became successful, she repaid Chu Suhe when she was in her most difficult time, with a cash sum of over 700,000 yuan.

In Chu Suhe’s eyes, she had only provided trivial help to Xia Ruoming, and for Xia Ruoming, that kind of help might not even count as a notable event in her life, but when Xia Ruoming had already entered high society, she reached out to help her when her family was in their most difficult time, helping someone who had neither connections nor personal value to Xia Ruoming.

That help made this self-deprecating girl fall in love with Xia Ruoming forever, developing thoughts of dedicating herself to her. If Xia Ruoming hadn’t already given herself to Jiang Ruhua, perhaps they would have been together in their previous life.

It was also then that Chu Suhe voluntarily took off her glove and told Xia Ruoming the secret beneath it, because Xia Ruoming was her light, because with Xia Ruoming there she wasn’t afraid, she could finally face those scars from the past.

If someone forcibly removed Chu Suhe’s glove, she might go mentally insane immediately. As long as she couldn’t see it, she could deceive herself that that past didn’t exist… as long as she couldn’t see it, everything would be fine.