Reincarnated as a Poor Little Green Tea, Am I Destined to Be Bullied? - Volume 1 Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Not Needed Anymore

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There’s killing intent!

Yuebing trembled all over, anxiously looking around to see where the person who wanted to kill her was hiding, but looking everywhere, there was only Xia Mujin’s “kind and polite” smile in front of her.

The little cat girl scratched her head, unable to figure it out, muttering to herself.

“Was it an illusion… why did it feel like I was about to be sent flying?”

The illusion might not have been an illusion, at least Lin Yueye seemed to notice Xia Mujin’s impulse to almost kick out just now.

But fortunately, the young lady was well-mannered, she wouldn’t do something as shocking as flying-kick a poor orphanage girl in public.

But her hands clasped in front of her were unusually tight, Lin Yueye seemed to hear something like the cracking sound of bones when fingers are bent.

“Ahaha… it seems Classmate Lebing has a good appetite, but please remember to leave some for Yueye next time? Her health isn’t good, though snacks aren’t really good either… well, next time I’ll buy something more nutritious, though it might not taste as good.”

“No way! Class monitor, trust me, these kinds of snacks are just fine!”

“I’m not buying them for you…! cough Classmate Lebing really has quite a personality… that’s good, that’s good.”

“Huh?”

Stop with your “huh”, my cat, can’t you see Xia Mujin almost lost it just now!

Lin Yueye quickly stood up and positioned herself in front of Lebing, preventing her from facing Xia Mujin directly, blocking that non-stop chattering little mouth from continuing.

—— But this action, in Xia Mujin’s eyes, looked like Yueye was protecting Lin Lebing.

Even though she was frail, she was still trying to protect a weaker companion.

But Yueye… I’m not someone you need to guard against!

“Classmate Mujin? Classmate Mujin?”

“I… hm? Ah sorry… did you say something, Yueye?”

“No… I just saw Classmate Mujin suddenly looking very sad, did Lebing say something offensive? If that’s the case, I apologize on her behalf, she doesn’t know better, I hope Classmate Mujin won’t give her a hard time…”

“Then I’ll give ‘you’ a hard time, is that okay?”

“Eh?”

My Yueye, truly adorable.

The mood was quite bad just now, but seeing Yueye’s slightly pouty and pleading expression with her head lowered, that knot in Xia Mujin’s heart instantly dissolved.

She shook her head to reassure Yueye that she was just joking.

Remembering the “three rules” she had agreed upon with Yueye yesterday, she muttered in a somewhat self-mocking tone.

“Being guarded against by Yueye to this extent really is a failure… ah.”

Being guarded against even when trying to get close, and being misunderstood as wanting to use violence just for testing Lin Lebing.

Xia Mujin felt a bit wronged.

Yueye, you tell me yourself! Have I ever used violence against you?!

Oh, actually I have.

Well, that’s why there’s a phrase called “reaping what you sow.”

But when Lin Yueye slowly sat back in her seat, and after checking that no one else was around, what she said made Xia Mujin completely stunned.

“I’m sorry… I think my reaction was a bit too much just now, Classmate Mujin doesn’t need to feel that way… I’m not deliberately guarding against you.”

“Did I say that out loud?!”

“Yes, I heard it very clearly, you said ‘being guarded against by Yueye is really a failure’ or something like that.”

“……”

When you’re too anxious, it’s easy to confuse inner thoughts with reality.

What you think you said but didn’t, what you think you didn’t say, but actually said clearer than anyone.

Essentially, perhaps Xia Mujin wanted Lin Yueye to hear her complaints…

—— It was also a small protest against how she had protected Lin Lebing and opposed herself just now.

Little Yueye’s crimson eyes rolled around, and whether it was because becoming a girl had made her thoughts more delicate, she could somehow sense Xia Mujin’s slight resentment, something that would have been impossible to notice in the past.

Thus, she recalled Teacher Luo’s second piece of advice from yesterday in the office.

【You can’t easily forgive her, but you also can’t completely push her away. The art of “fishing” is like the force effects in physics, there needs to be give and take. If you pressure her too much, she might break down; if you let her drift too far, she’ll be lost and confused. The most suitable method…】

The most suitable method.

That would be combining firmness with gentleness, improvising on the spot!

Lin Yueye’s originally somewhat guarded expression softened.

She fidgeted with the blue butterfly tie on her uniform chest — they say such gestures indicate when someone is nervous.

“Even if you say I’m guarding against you, I feel like I actually… might want to get closer to Classmate Mujin?”

“Is… is that so?!”

The light rekindled in Xia Mujin’s eyes, and she instinctively wanted to cup Lin Yueye’s hands in her own, but little Yueye gracefully avoided it.

She didn’t dodge on purpose.

She just happened to raise her hand to brush away her bangs, as the silver strands were poking her eyes.

“Yes… recently the classmates have all been much friendlier to me.” Lin Yueye looked around again to confirm no one was coming, even though she had already checked once before, then leaned closer to Xia Mujin’s side and said quietly, “Although that incident happened before… I can still see how Classmate Mujin has been helping me… sigh… maybe I can be honest, before when I deliberately got close to Classmate Mujin, it was because I felt that as long as I stayed by Classmate Mujin’s side, everyone would stop being hostile towards me, I was always doing it with that purpose in mind, but now my feelings about wanting to get closer to Classmate Mujin… seem somewhat different.”

“Could it be…” Xia Mujin swallowed, looking at Lin Yueye’s affectionate eyes, her heart being tugged and beating rapidly.

“Yes, that’s right, it’s friendship, I might have started seeing Classmate Mujin as a friend, it’s just that recent incident… has left me a bit confused.”

“……”

Damn friendship!

But at this stage, Yueye being able to say such things already warmed Xia Mujin’s heart.

“Mm… I’m very happy that Yueye can say this, I understand your situation in class, actually you can rely on me as much as possible, stay closer to me, and they won’t dare to gossip, I don’t mind being ‘used’ by Yueye at all?”

“But hasn’t this also brought troubles to Classmate Mujin…? I’m really sorry.”

“How could that be! Yueye can rely on me all she wants, or rather, I’m actually very happy!”

Oh my, oh my, what’s going on now?!

Xia Mujin suspected if her luck had finally turned around, this progress, clearly shows Yueye taking the initiative to be friendly and get closer, right?!

Everything was marching towards a bright direction?!

“Being able to benefit from Classmate Mujin’s influence, I’m really grateful, but it won’t be necessary anymore from now on.”

“Yes, yes, yes! Yueye, you can do whatever you want… uh? What did you just say?”

“Hm? I… I said there’s no need to trouble Classmate Mujin anymore… is… is there something wrong with that?”

“It’s not wrong… eh? The problem is… ahaha, Yueye hasn’t completely returned to normal in class yet, right? Before that… I can completely… can continue to serve as your ‘friend’, right?”

“Thank you for your kindness, but I don’t want to continue troubling Classmate Mujin anymore, after all…”

The chair moved slightly to the side as her legs shifted.

Under Xia Mujin’s shocked gaze, Lin Yueye moved her chair closer to Lin Lebing’s side.

Reaching out to hold the petite girl’s arm, she gently rested her beautiful profile on her shoulder.

—— Her expression showed absolute trust, something Xia Mujin had never seen before.

“Because… now that Lebing has transferred here, I can rely on Lebing, right? There’s no need to trouble Classmate Mujin anymore.”

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