Reincarnated as a Poor Little Green Tea, Am I Destined to Be Bullied? - Volume 1 Chapter 88

Chapter 88: Fear

 

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“Over there.”

 

Luo Yahan pointed towards a car parked not far to the east, presumably indicating that Xia Mujin was resting in the car.

 

“Don’t worry.”

 

Hearing this, Lin Yueye silently breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s so good that she’s okay… I thought she would be depressed.”

 

“I mean, don’t worry, she’s completely useless for these few days, maybe even months.”

 

“?!”

 

So this is what “don’t worry” meant?!

 

Since Lin Yueye was a “partner,” Luo Yahan didn’t intend to hide anything from her.

 

“She’s probably done for. When I talked to her just now, she could probably hear me, but she could only stutter with trembling lips, unable to speak, then she crawled into the car and shut herself in. This kind of situation has happened before. Well… it was expected. Uncle’s decision wasn’t wrong. If we left it alone this time, the situation would only get worse. Over these years of observation, Xia Mujin’s psychological state has become increasingly distorted, showing no signs of being diluted by time. Unfortunately… being harsh was useless too. Besides making her sad and upset, the only consequence was nearly knocking over the urn.”

 

“……”

 

It seemed to be said rather casually.

 

But Lin Yueye could faintly sense the pain and helplessness in Teacher Luo’s words.

 

But she had already grown accustomed to it.

 

After all, she had tried countless times over these years to resolve Xia Mujin’s inner turmoil, never succeeding once.

 

This time, of course, was no exception.

 

Luo Yahan shrugged somewhat irritably, folding her arms across her impressive chest, scanning the current situation at the cemetery, and turned to suggest to Lin Yueye with cold eyes.

 

“Later, Uncle will arrange for them to eat at a restaurant. Do you still want to go? Anyway, it’ll probably be quite noisy, and you don’t know anyone there. I suggest you don’t go. It won’t be easy to answer when people ask you questions.”

 

“Mm, I won’t go to the restaurant… ouch, Lebing, you definitely don’t want to go either, right? There will be many people surrounding you, asking why you look like an elementary school student when you’re actually a high school student?”

 

You little cat, stop tugging at my sleeve here, your eyes light up at the mention of a restaurant, don’t you see what kind of occasion this is!

 

Luo Yahan nodded and led the way in front.

 

“Come with me, I’ll take you back first. If Uncle and Auntie ask later, I’ll say you weren’t feeling well and left early.”

 

“Are we leaving now? But Classmate Mujin…”

 

“This time won’t count against you.”

 

“Eh?”

 

Won’t count? Won’t count what?

 

Luo Yahan temporarily stopped in front, her scattered blue hair stranded with ice, swaying willfully with the early autumn wind.

 

Just as Luo Yahan couldn’t imagine falling leaves would pity the grief of late summer, people who weren’t childhood companions were ultimately just passing travelers in life. When autumn leaves pass by late summer, it’s just to seek a bit of warmth for survival, right? There’s no need to linger in the scorching summer, that would burn them, making it not worth the cost.

 

Therefore, Luo Yahan’s half-turned advice carried no emotion, it was just a matter of course.

 

“I mean, even if Xia Mujin cries badly this time, I won’t count it in the impact on your compensation. This situation is special, it’s the result of Uncle’s temporary decision, which exceeded our expectations. So you don’t need to worry, just cooperate with what I say in the future.”

 

“That’s not what I meant.”

 

“You think I would lie to you? If I said this time doesn’t count, then it doesn’t count.”

 

“Uh no no, you misunderstood, it’s not about the compensation. I was wondering if we could leave later. I want to check on her condition. If I can comfort her and make her feel better, that would be best. If not… at least we should try, right? How would we know if we don’t try?”

 

“……”

 

Somehow.

 

These words popped up in Luo Yahan’s mind at this moment.

 

—— Unnecessary.

 

—— Incomprehensible.

 

—— Bleeding heart.

 

Seeing Lin Yueye clenching her small fist to her chest, not seeming to be joking, Luo Yahan didn’t know how to react for a moment.

 

Lin Yueye’s contact with Xia Mujin… was for money and dignity, this should be correct, right?

 

The relationship between us is just mutual exploitation, she follows my instructions to get compensation, this should also be correct, right?

 

Xia Mujin previously almost unilaterally violated Lin Yueye, this is also a fact, right?

 

If that’s the case, whether looking at it objectively or subjectively, there should only be a relationship of interest between them?

 

Various symbols similar to inequalities and equations combined in Luo Yahan’s genius mind to form various possibilities, yet she still couldn’t figure out why Lin Yueye would actively try to comfort Xia Mujin when there was no benefit to gain?

 

“You don’t need to force yourself, nor worry about leaving me with a bad impression. Simply put, I think you’re smart, you should understand this is just a transaction between us.”

 

“Transaction… haha, Teacher Luo, that’s an interesting way to put it… but we can’t just ignore Classmate Mujin when she’s like this, right? Can I go over now?”

 

“You can…”

 

“Okay, then Lebing, wait for me here, I’ll go take a look.”

 

Still not having recovered from her surprise, Lin Yueye’s hurried figure had already passed by.

 

Luo Yahan stared blankly at the figure that ran over without hesitation, feeling mixed emotions.

 

In this situation, trying to console Xia Mujin… actually made Luo Yahan a bit nervous.

 

Worried about her crying, worried about her cold treatment, worried about not knowing what to say — worried about being reminded of her surname, Luo, from the Luo family.

 

But Lin Yueye’s steps could be so resolute, as if she was her own family member… casual yet determined.

 

“Really incomprehensible…”

 

“Hehe, but this is just how Sister Yueye is, right? It’s normal not to understand.”

 

“Lin Lebing? You…”

 

“Hm? What’s wrong with me? What I said isn’t wrong. Sister Yueye is the type who can’t help but worry even about flowers and plants, let alone a living person.”

 

“She can barely take care of herself…”

 

“That doesn’t stop her from worrying about flowers and plants.”

 

“Incomprehensible… flowers and plants are flowers and plants, Xia Mujin is Xia Mujin, what she’s doing… doesn’t make any sense at all.”

 

You don’t believe it?

 

Why don’t you ask how many times she’s asked me about potted plants along the way, can she even afford those few yuan for buying potted flowers!

 

……………………………….

 

Wow, that’s clearly an expensive car.

 

Is that a Bentley…? Seems like it’s several times more expensive than Teacher Luo’s Porsche.

 

Lin Yueye first sneakily peered through the car window to observe, but unfortunately, the luxury car’s privacy features were too good, couldn’t see anything.

 

Knocking on the window would be impolite, and who has the car keys anyway? It doesn’t seem right to just go ask her parents?

 

Hmm…

 

But often, some things are quite simple, to the extent that you wouldn’t know how simple they are until you try.

 

For example…

 

—— Is this car door locked?

 

Lin Yueye was an action-oriented person, gently pulled the back door handle.

 

Hey, I knew it, the car door wasn’t locked at all!

 

Using her body to push open the heavy car door with effort, before she could catch her breath, Lin Yueye immediately drew in a sharp breath.

 

Hiss…!

 

Quickly looking back, the car was parked against the wall, naturally no one was behind.

 

Mainly because opening the door, the visual impact was quite strong.

 

Xia Mujin was lying in the back seat, she had pushed the middle partition to the back, connecting the two seats together, and she was lying on her side in the not-so-spacious space, motionless, not even turning to look when someone opened the door.

 

It shows… her current mood is uncontrollable, negative emotions have filled her world, leaving her no attention for reality.

 

The problem is…

 

Pay a little attention to your image, Young Lady Xia!

 

The way she was lying there, her skirt had caught on the seat armrest, the fabric had rolled up to her thighs, the black triangular fabric faintly visible against ivory-white skin, a dazzling expanse of white.

 

Good thing I, a person of integrity, came to check first…!

 

Let’s deal with other things later, at least help her fix this first.

 

In her state, calling her probably wouldn’t make her turn around, so Lin Yueye had to do it herself.

 

Slowly moving her fingers towards her caught skirt, removing it from the armrest, and gently placing the whole piece of fabric back against her thighs, covering that skin that would appear more alluring when partially hidden.

 

During this process, Lin Yueye was a bit nervous.

 

When people get nervous, they tend to make small mistakes.

 

For example, when putting down the skirt and withdrawing her fingers, her cold fingertips accidentally touched her thigh.

 

Oh no.

 

“Who…?”

 

Xia Mujin turned her head with a blank and hollow gaze, even reflexively picking up the cup from the seat in self-defense.

 

But what she saw was Lin Yueye’s face.

 

What she saw was little Yueye smiling bitterly while greeting her, waving her left hand awkwardly.

 

The water cup naturally slipped from her hand.

 

The hollow eyes finally gained some light, but tears immediately filled her entire eyes.

 

Then Xia Mujin’s following words.

 

And the arms that opened up full of vulnerability.

 

Were all straightforwardness that Lin Yueye could never have imagined.

 

“Yueye… hug me…”

 

“Please…”

 

“I’m so scared… so painful…”