Reincarnated as a Poor Little Green Tea, Am I Destined to Be Bullied? - Volume 1 Chapter 25

Chapter 25: What’s Going On?

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This didn’t come as a surprise to little Yueye.

Originally, a poor soul who kept to herself at school shouldn’t have been prying into other people’s business, especially the family affairs of wealthy households, which should have been completely irrelevant to her.

But I’m really sorry.

Having died once already, even if it means completely abandoning this face, Lin Yueye doesn’t want to continue being the pitiful creature in others’ fixed impressions, the one who “shouldn’t ask about anything” in this life.

“Human, your expression looks very determined now?”

“Yes, I feel like I’m terrifyingly strong right now.”

Because I know how to make this weak body of mine burst forth with tremendous energy.

Whether it was the landlord incident or facing Xia Mujin at school, Lin Yueye actually used the same trick.

That is the art of tea…

Ahem! That is the art of language!

Using softness to overcome hardness, combining firmness and gentleness, taking an unconventional approach, revealing a whole new world.

Little Yueye picked up her phone, her mindset already stabilized this time.

Her hands were no longer shaking as she typed.

After all, she knew that every word she typed now would affect the direction of her future life.

【Because he is Xia Mujin’s brother.】

【I’ve received a lot of help from you usually, but I don’t have money, I can’t splurge thousands like you do. I also don’t have physical strength, I often get sick, and I have no other way to repay your help. I’m grateful that Classmate Mujin noticed the medicine bottles on the desk that day, usually no one cares about how I’m doing.】

【I hope this can be the beginning of changing my weak personality, I don’t want to let down Classmate Mujin’s kindness.】

【I heard about your brother’s situation at school this morning, and I deeply regret it.】

【Even if Classmate Mujin says she doesn’t care about it at all, I think you are a kind-hearted person, at least your help to me has been significant. So if possible, I would like to give you some feedback within my abilities.】

【For example, attending your brother’s funeral and offering a white flower.】

That’s all there is to say.

Lin Yueye was wondering whether to end with an emoji, but after scrolling through, Lin Yueye’s emoji collection only had those cute cat heads, which would seem inappropriate to send, so she decided against it.

The other party was silent, or maybe hadn’t checked their phone yet? Anyway, there was no reply for a long time.

Yuebing peeked over with a snow biscuit in her mouth and observed: “What strategy is this?”

“The strategy of sincerity.”

“?”

“You wouldn’t understand.” Lin Yueye directly took the other snow biscuit from her hand, like a schemer, “What she cares about is nothing more than me frequently mentioning ‘her brother’ instead of her, so she might feel ignored. But it’s different when I say it this way, my explanation is ‘I mention your brother because of you’, which gives enough attention to others, and the form of address gradually changes from unfamiliar to familiar. No one can resist this sugar-coated bullet.”

“Aren’t you afraid that this rich lady will become even more aggressive towards you if you do this? Didn’t you say she already has ulterior motives towards you? If this continues to develop, won’t she have proper motives?”

“If you don’t know how to use words, don’t use them. Heh, I don’t think so. Do you think the situation could get worse than it is now?”

“Impressive.”

Yuebing gave a thumbs up, then turned back into a black cat and happily curled up in the corner with that whole bag of snow biscuits.

You see, this is the only way to afford to keep a cat.

At the same time, Xia Mujin’s reply also came.

【I see… Yueye really doesn’t speak much, but once she does, she easily touches people’s hearts… Hmm, does this mean you’ve accepted the ‘exchange’ I proposed earlier? To be honest, I’m really happy now. Maybe I should be the one saying thank you.】

Mm-hmm, yes, yes, yes, I don’t speak much, but once I do…

Little Yueye nodded repeatedly, hammering her little head, suddenly suspended.

And broke out in a cold sweat.

Hmm…?

Did I say I accepted the 【conditions】 she proposed?

When did I say I accepted?!

No, my change in address was my plan, why did your form of address suddenly drop the “classmate” too?!

Before Lin Yueye could probe further, Xia Mujin’s next message, which was also the last one for tonight, had already arrived.

【The day after tomorrow at 10 AM, at No. 8 Qihai East Road, Yixia Villa District, my family will hold a farewell ceremony for my unfortunate brother. If Yueye still feels the same way by then, come over, I’ll meet you at the mansion gate. I have some things to take care of, so I’ll end the chat here. It’s getting late, good night Yueye?】

She actually ended the conversation on her own!

Lin Yueye had already typed out half of 【No, it’s not】 in her draft input box.

Her finger trembled, seeing that the other party had left no room for further argument…

She silently deleted the content she had already entered and sent the simplest one-word reply.

【Okay】

What else could she do?

Being able to attend the funeral now was already achieving the goal, wouldn’t continuing to talk just be overdoing it and potentially ruining things?

But the problem is…

“Yuebing, save me!”

“Huh?” Yuebing was almost asleep curled up in the corner of the bed, but seemed to have anticipated Lin Yueye’s cry for help, “Didn’t you say you felt terrifyingly strong just now? It’s only been a few minutes.”

“Can you accumulate some of that divine power and come with me to see Xia Mujin? I feel like I might be ambushed on my own.”

“Here, let me use your phone for a bit.”

“Phone…?”

She thought Yuebing had some clever use for the phone.

She had become quite experienced with handling phones recently, quite proficient indeed.

Proficiently opening the phone’s voice recorder function.

Using her paw to press play.

Lin Yueye’s own voice, claiming to be terrifyingly strong, came out.

【Heh, I don’t think so. Do you think the situation could get worse than it is now?】

“Good night, human.”

“……”

After playing the recording, the cat fell into a deep sleep.

But Lin Yueye felt… her “good night” had two meanings.

First, sleep well tonight.

Second, life is full of hardships.

Lin Yueye slumped on the edge of the bed, not knowing… whether this brave step she had taken was right, or a descent into an irredeemable abyss.

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The next day at Qihai No.1 High School, Class 1, Year 2.

Lin Yueye was not at all listless.

She had really had enough.

Sleeping on the floor didn’t work either, Yuebing would roll off the bed and deliver an elbow strike with gravitational acceleration to her stomach.

Wasn’t she unsure last night whether that decision was right or wrong?

Well, now she knew.

No matter what, she had to move to a big house, even if the risk was extremely high, it was still better than continuing to live in a small room and being crushed to death by Yuebing.

Yuebing stood beside the deflated Lin Yueye, tiptoeing to observe. She had already taken an invisible tour around the classroom and now reported back to Lin Yueye.

“Human, it seems like fewer people are gossiping about you today?”

“Probably because of what Xia Mujin did yesterday… She took me out and sent me back, deliberately letting everyone in the class see. No one dares to spread rumors anymore, but the problem is… I feel like the atmosphere is not quite right… Don’t you think there were fewer people avoiding us on the way to school today?”

“I think that might be because you were late today.”

“Don’t change the subject, my intuition tells me… Huh?!”

“Why are you making weird noises again!”

“Shh… don’t talk for a moment… What’s all this?”

Lin Yueye inadvertently looked down.

In her desk cubby, she suddenly saw a bunch of things that weren’t there yesterday and didn’t belong to her.

She thought it might be some prank targeting her.

But when she actually took them out and looked…

It seemed to be a pile of envelopes.

Colorful envelopes.

When Lin Yueye took out all those letters in surprise, she didn’t notice.

— At least half of the class suddenly lowered their heads.