Standing Next To You-Chapter 244: Stand up for it

Fei Chuan stepped back, not uttering a sound.

Fortunately, after a few unsuccessful attempts to open the door, the persistent group finally left, searching for him in another direction.

When he no longer heard any noise outside, Fei Chuan let out a loud sigh.

Why were these people so obsessed with him?

He had only cut his hair; how did it seem like he had swallowed a god?

Fei Chuan sat on the bench and checked the time on his phone.

There were ten minutes left before the lunch break ended.

Then, his eyes set on his wallpaper and paused.

He recalled what those people had said earlier.

It turned out Bei Sangyun had kept those girls away from him, just as she did during the homecoming dance.

Fei Chuan tapped the screen, poking Bei Sangyun’s forehead. "Where are you when I need you?"

This girl stuck to him 24/7, bothering him all day and never leaving him alone. Now that he needed her as a repellent, she was nowhere to be found.

What happened now? How come she could leave him and spend time somewhere else? Didn’t she like him?

Fei Chuan sulked and tapped the screen a few more times.

*****

The bell rang, and Bei Sangyun returned to the classroom. Zhong Cheng and Lin Sunji entered the room together, but no one noticed anything strange except for Wang Jia.

Bei Sangyun glanced at the empty seat beside her. Fei Chuan wasn’t here yet?

Usually, he always returned on time. Did he have something going on?

Curious, Bei Sangyun wondered, but as she had promised herself, she wouldn’t burden Fei Chuan with her presence and chose to express her care through small actions.

Bei Sangyun diverted her mind and, for the first time, listened intently to the teacher who had just arrived. This way, when Fei Chuan arrived later, she could update him on what the teacher had been saying.

Ten minutes after the teacher began, Fei Chuan entered the room. Bei Sangyun’s eyes brightened at the sight of him.

As soon as he sat down, Bei Sangyun passed him the notes she had taken during the lecture.

"For you."

Fei Chuan accepted it blankly, seemingly not caring about the notes. The reason for his tardiness was that after the bell rang, he had gone outside, intending to return to his room. However, he did not expect to encounter those who had been searching for him earlier at the staircase.

Fei Chuan had no choice but to turn around and find a hiding spot for a while. Only when he was certain that those students must have returned to their rooms did he go back upstairs.

Fei Chuan sighed, a sense of melancholy enveloping him.

When he portrayed himself as a low-key person, everyone took notice of him and labeled him a coward, subjecting him to relentless bullying. Now that he had shed that facade and revealed his true self, he found himself still being harassed by these people.

Bei Sangyun observed his expression and noticed that he didn’t seem happy or moved by the fact that she had written notes for him.

Bei Sangyun: "...."

She wondered if the notes she had painstakingly written were misunderstood as trash.

Hearing his sigh, she thought he was feeling ’burdened’ again.

"Why look so dejected? Not happy with my notes?" Bei Sangyun blurted out, regretting it instantly. She slapped her own mouth and berated herself inwardly.

Fei Chuan, however, seemed to be waiting for her question, and his grievance resurfaced. "Where have you been?"

"...Just attended to some business."

"You seem busy." He sounded bitter. Was that business more important than him?

How could someone who confessed to him and kissed him be casual afterward?

Bei Sangyun blinked. He must really dislike her notes. Did he think they were too much? Then why did he accept them?

"Anyway, I won’t do something you don’t like next time," Bei Sangyun said, trying to appease him.

Fei Chuan was about to express his desire for her not to leave him again, but Bei Sangyun spoke first.

What does she mean by that?

He blinked and suddenly understood. He had consistently pushed Bei Sangyun away, repeatedly telling her to leave him alone. They had only spent time together during the preparation for the homecoming dance, which was the only reason he tolerated her.

Now that it was over, did it mean their companionship would disappear? Would she stop sticking to him?

Fei Chuan found the situation absurd. Bei Sangyun had told him she liked him, so why was she distancing herself from him now?

His gaze narrowed, and he stated, "You said you liked me. You should stand up for it."

Bei Sangyun: "?"

Fei Chuan was upset. He didn’t even understand where this irritation was coming from. He looked away, focusing on the front with a cold expression.

Bei Sangyun: ?

Why had he suddenly become more upset?

Bei Sangyun thought about her actions but couldn’t find anything upsetting, aside from giving him the notes and ’burdening’ him.

She racked her brain until the next class began.

At the end of the day, Bei Sangyun wasn’t able to appease Fei Chuan. She did not know what to do except to shut her mouth. In an unknown situation like this, the first good thing to do was to stay silent.

She didn’t know what Fei Chuan was thinking, and she couldn’t get a good read on him unlike the others. She could only make assumptions that Fei Chuan was upset because of something she did.

Bei Sangyun sighed in helplessness. She did not expect pursuing someone would be this tough.

If she had a choice, she would dragged him somewhere and made him accept her as her girlfriend.

*****

The next morning, Bei Sangyun’s sense of taste disappeared, and her illness returned.

She ate the shrimp pasta that Maid Ye Zhai cooked but couldn’t taste anything. It was a pity. Just based on the smell and presentation, it seemed like it would be very good.

Bei Sangyun sighed as she chewed the mud-like flavor in her mouth. Fei Chuan’s touch of blessing had expired, and her good days were over.

Despite this, the period of tasting many delicacies had lasted for quite a while, and Bei Sangyun was grateful for that.

That morning, Bei Sangyun shared her experience with Maid Ye Zhai and sought advice. However, even the usually knowledgeable Maid Ye Zhai was clueless this time. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Still, she offered Bei Sangyun a good suggestion.

"When things happen like that, it is better to communicate."

Bei Sangyun agreed with the idea and went to the classroom with the intention of talking to Fei Chuan.

However, upon entering the room, she found Fei Chuan taking out dozens of pink letters from his desk drawer. They were full of pink hearts with words of love confessions.

Bei Sangyun happened to read some words and paused.

’To Male God Fei Chuan. Please be my husband...’

Bei Sangyun: "..."

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