Chapter 51 Reaching an Agreement

Chapter 51 Reaching an Agreement

"I said..."

Shi Yu's dark and deep eyes looked at her seriously and intently, speaking each word clearly.

"If you like it, would you want to come with me..."

"No, no..."

Lin Yao's face turned redder and hotter than it ever had when she was drunk.

"Don't say it, don't say it..."

Her slightly intoxicated mind had no capacity for thought, so she simply covered his mouth in the most straightforward way.

But being someone who got dizzy from just a bit of alcohol, her trembling palm had barely touched Shi Yu's thin lips before she realized something was wrong.

The sensation of his lips against her palm felt like an electric current running through her hand. Lin Yao's heart tingled slightly, and she pulled her hand away as if it had been shocked. Her eyelashes fluttered, her eyes misty with tears, as she retreated backward, looking pitiful and aggrieved.

Seeing Lin Yao's desperate avoidance, Shi Yu's dark eyes grew even more intense: "Why can't I say it?"

Lin Yao's heart raced for a second as she leaned against the other side of the car, her tear-filled eyes looking at him.

His voice was somewhat resentful and cold: "Yoyo, even Shen Chaowen was laughing just now."

Lin Yao bit her lip and looked down, not daring to meet Shi Yu's gaze for that moment.

"..."

Her head hurt again.

Vaguely, she seemed to remember seeing Shen Chaowen and saying something about not allowing him to like her.

But whenever she tried to recall, her mind became a jumbled mess, making her temples throb.

She couldn't remember what had happened.

The more her head hurt, the harder it was to think, and she felt suffocated and miserable...

"You have to give me a reason." Shi Yu moved closer, one hand resting on the car door, the other supporting himself on the seat next to her, effectively trapping her between him and the narrow seat.

His long, dark lashes lowered, his eyes dark and fixed on her.

Lin Yao lifted her misty, tear-filled eyes to look at his approaching, chiseled face, suddenly feeling very wronged.

She was already so upset, why did Shi Yu still insist on pushing her?

Did he... didn't he know that he couldn't like her... and she couldn't like him either?

"You, you don't need to ask anymore. Why do you have to keep asking? Why do you always force me? Can't you just not like me? I... I can't, can't like you..."

The little girl suddenly covered her ears and retreated backward.

Her head throbbed painfully, tears streaming down her face, her eyes red and swollen, not knowing what she was saying.

"Why can't you?" Shi Yu held her wrist, his voice hoarse and low, clearly concerned but patiently coaxing her.

Clearly still drunk, she inadvertently revealed her deepest feelings.

He caught the key point in her words.

It wasn't that she didn't like him, but that she couldn't.

"Can't is can't, there's no why... I, I can't like you..." Lin Yao pushed him away with a whimper, hurriedly covering her ears, only to have Shi Yu forcibly remove her hands.

"Be good, tell me why you can't like me." He slightly lowered his head, his thin lips close to her ear, his cool breath mingling with his low voice entering Lin Yao's ear.

Shi Yu's cold breath brushed over Lin Yao's earlobe, causing her heart to tremble uncontrollably, her limbs going numb as she cried and leaned against his shoulder, her tear-filled eyes red and blurry, innocent and pitiful.

"I've already said I can't like you... why... why do you still need a reason..."

The little girl's intoxicated mind had lost its ability to think. She felt so miserable, crying until she could hardly breathe, and resigned herself to leaning on Shi Yu's shoulder.

"But Yoyo won't tell me, how can I know... whether Yoyo likes me or not?"

His long fingers gently stroked her head, soothing the distressed little girl.

"It's not that... it's not that I don't like you, it's that I won't be able to get into college if I like you... I can't like you..."

Lin Yao sobbed and gasped, finally revealing her deepest fear.

She didn't want all her efforts to turn to ashes.

She didn't want all her years of hard work to end up with her not getting into college...

Shi Yu's dark eyes visibly widened.

Even his hand, which had been absentmindedly stroking her head, paused.

Even though he had imagined various reasons, he never thought that the little girl's constant avoidance and rejection stemmed from this.

Liking him meant not getting into college?

What kind of reason was that?

Shi Yu: "Who told you that liking me means you won't get into college? Yoyo, they're lying to you."

His voice was somewhat cold, perhaps a hint of anger.

But not for Lin Yao, rather for the person who had concocted such an absurd reason to deceive that little green tea behind her back.

"It's not, it's not a lie," the young girl said with sobs, crying genuinely and emotionally, "Liking... liking you means I won't be able to go to college, it just does."

"It won't," his voice grew colder, yet sounded incredibly confident and resolute.

"R-Really?" Lin Yao was somewhat skeptical, tilting her head slightly, her tear-filled eyes looking at him.

But in her mind, she thought that this person was Shi Yu... Shi Yu always kept his word; whatever he said would come true.

Shi Yu: "Really. What university do you want to attend?"

Lin Yao: "..."

The young girl, who had been suffering from a throbbing headache due to drunkenness, seemed to have regained some clarity.

She slowly lifted her head from his shoulder, tilting her head to look at him, as if struggling to think seriously.

After several seconds, Lin Yao said, "I... I want to go to a key university."

Shi Yu: "It's possible, I'll help you."

Lin Yao: "I... I want to get into Capital University?"

Shi Yu: "Anything is possible."

Lin Yao: "..."

Huh? Really anything?

But that's Capital University, the top university in the country.

In the original story, only main characters like Shi Yu and Shi Nian could attend such a prestigious school.

Even after awakening, Lin Yao had never imagined attending such a good university.

Shi Yu: "So Youyou, if you get into Capital University, will you agree to date me? How about it?"

Lin Yao's breath caught in her throat.

Her teary eyes widened in surprise and bewilderment as she looked at him, still feeling a throbbing pain in her temples, but the ache in her heart was even harder to bear.

Such a huge... huge temptation.

Lin Yao had never encountered such a great temptation in her life.

But... but it seems like she shouldn't... a voice in her head told her not to agree...

Her brows furrowed tightly, her head tilted, and her muddled brain struggled to think.

Shi Yu sighed softly.

Even drunk, the little green tea wasn't easy to deceive.

Shi Yu: "Then if you get into Capital University, will you at least consider it and not avoid me?"

Lin Yao: "Okay."

This was simple; she nodded without hesitation.

Shi Yu: "..."

Whoever said that little green teas were foolish.

The car had just stopped at the entrance of the neighborhood.

Shi Yu picked Lin Yao up, his arm around her waist tightening, "Let's go, we're home."

She obediently nodded, feeling sleepy again, and curled up in the boy's arms, her face unconsciously rubbing against him.

Lin Yao vaguely felt that she had made a great agreement in her sleep.

When they got out of the car, the driver, who had been silent all along, excitedly took out his phone to send a voice message to his wife.

"Hey, honey, high school boys these days really know how to brag. To get a girlfriend, they promise to get someone into Capital University. That's quite a boast. They're much bolder than we were back then!"

*

When Shi Yu brought Lin Yao home, Xia Tingnan and Lin Xiong had already received the call.

Knowing that their daughter had accidentally drunk fruit wine and passed out at the celebration banquet, Xia Tingnan worried about Lin Yao's alcohol sensitivity and was relieved that Shi Yu had been there to bring her back.

That night, Lin Yao knew nothing.

She slept deeply, snuggled in her blanket.

The next morning, when she woke up, Shi Nian was folding the quilt beside her.

Shi Nian: "Youyou, you're awake? How do you feel? Does your head still hurt?"

Lin Yao: "I...?"

Her memory was hazy; she didn't understand how she had gotten home or ended up lying here.

Seeing her confused expression, Shi Nian understood, "You got drunk last night. Luckily, Shi Yu happened to show up at the celebration banquet and saw you accidentally drinking fruit wine at the No. 5 Middle School banquet, so he brought you back."

Hearing Shi Nian say this, Lin Yao had a vague recollection.

She remembered being taken to the No. 5 Middle School banquet room by Shen Chaowen, chatting and snacking with a group of girls, but the rest was blurry.

It turned out that it was Shi Yu who brought her back.

Her heart was a bit flustered, and her cheeks were inexplicably flushed.

Lin Yao knew that she tended to get headaches and say nonsense when drunk. She wasn't sure if she had said anything inappropriate last night with Shi Yu.

"Let's go, get up for breakfast."

Shi Nian urged her, and Lin Yao softly responded, got up, changed her clothes, and followed her out.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Shi Yu leaning against the corridor, holding a stack of something. His dark, narrow eyes were lowered, as if he was waiting for her specifically.

Lin Yao's heart tightened inexplicably.

Her eyelashes fluttered, and she felt her legs go weak. "Shi... Shi Yu..."

The girl frantically recalled if she had said anything inappropriate last night. Shi Yu said he had something to tell her after the competition. What if it was about feelings, and she had accidentally agreed while drunk...

"Lin Yao." The young man's low and deep voice interrupted her wild thoughts.

He approached with a stern face, handing her a stack of papers, his tone serious: "‘Essential Practice Problems for College Entrance Exam,’ ‘Golden College Entrance Exam,’ ‘New College Entrance Exam Simulation 38 Sets’—finish these today."

Lin Yao: "..."

The weight in her hands nearly made her legs give way under the stack of papers.

So scary.

Why did Shi Yu look at her so terrifyingly!!!