“Bu Yu, I want some too!”
A sudden voice broke in.
Bu Yu frowned and turned to look at Su Muwan.
She stood there with her hands on her hips, glaring at him angrily.
His expression remained calm. Without making a fuss, he quietly placed a bun on Lang Man’s desk before turning to Su Muwan and saying, “You want some? Sure.”
“That’s more like it. Hand it over.”
The corners of Su Muwan’s lips curved upward. In her heart, she thought, So you finally gave in. Are you scared now? Trying to make up for what you did earlier?
“One bun is 4 yuan. Since we’re classmates, I’ll give you a discount. 6 yuan each.”
Su Muwan was stunned.
“Bu Yu, are you insane?”
“What’s wrong, Student Su?”
“I’m asking you for food, and you want money?”
“Student Su, get this straight. If I gave food to someone for free, that would make me the insane one. Understand?”
Lang Man remained silent.
“But you weren’t like this before…”
“The past is the past. The present is the present.”
…
Throughout this exchange, Lang Man kept her head lowered. She said nothing, glancing at her notes and the bun beside her desk as if everything was unrelated to her.
“Bu Yu!”
“Why? Why are you treating me like this?” Su Muwan’s eyes were already red, tears blurring her vision.
She felt as if she was losing something. It seemed important, more than just losing Bu Yu.
“Bu Yu, why? I want an explanation. Even just one sentence…”
Yet Bu Yu remained silent, looking at her coldly.
Su Muwan tried to speak, but her throat felt blocked. Her voice came out hoarse and trembling.
Seeing the coldness in his eyes, her heart felt like it was shattering into pieces.
All she felt now was emptiness, a hollow ache spreading through her chest.
“Su Muwan, I already said it clearly. We’re not the same kind of people.”
“Not the same kind?” She suddenly laughed, the sound sharp and unsettling. “If we’re not the same kind, then are you and her the same kind?”
Her finger shot toward Lang Man, who was still quietly bent over her desk.
Bu Yu frowned. “This has nothing to do with her.”
“Nothing to do with her? How could it not?” Su Muwan’s chest rose and fell violently. “I can see it. What kind of spell did that woman cast on you last night to make you lose your mind like this?”
“Su Muwan!”
Bu Yu could not hold back anymore. His shout left her stunned.
It was the first time he had ever called her by her full name. Before, he had always called her “Muwan,” never her entire name.
“You can scold me or insult me all you want, but dragging an innocent person into this is too much! I’ve said it before. My change has nothing to do with Lang Man. I woke up on my own!”
“I… I…”
Facing his serious expression, Su Muwan’s mind went blank.
“Wuwu…”
In the end, she covered her mouth and ran out of the classroom in tears.
Bu Yu took a deep breath and did not look after her.
“What are you all staring at? Get lost!”
He turned and shouted at the group of students who had been watching the scene unfold.
“Ah… right, right, what are we doing here? Let’s go…”
“Yeah… why are we crowding here? Can’t you see Brother Yu’s in a bad mood?”
“This is insane. I’ve only seen this kind of plot in novels. I can’t believe it’s happening in front of me…”
“When did Bu Yu learn to turn the tables like this? Is he that awesome? He made Campus Belle Su Muwan chase him in just one night?”
…
After calming down, Bu Yu instinctively asked Lang Man, “It didn’t affect you, right?”
But the moment he said it, he realized how ridiculous that question was. How could it not have affected her?
Still, Lang Man gently shook her head.
Bu Yu looked at the bun on her desk, now completely cold, and sighed.
He took another bun from the bag, still slightly warm, and held it out to her.
She shook her head again.
“Eat it. Consider it thanks for explaining things to the teacher for me.”
Lang Man finally lifted her head and glanced at him before reaching out to take the bun.
“Bu Yu.”
“Hmm?”
“You said your change… never mind.”
She held the bun with both hands and began taking small bites.
Her unfinished sentence made Bu Yu uneasy, yet he could not press her for an answer.
She shook her head.
“Eat.”
“If you don’t, I’ll drag you to the woods tonight.”
Seeing his “fierce” expression, Lang Man’s cheeks puffed slightly.
“I’m dieting.”
“You still need to eat when dieting. How can you lose weight on an empty stomach?”
Lang Man stared at him with a strange expression.
Bu Yu placed the bag with the buns and fried dough sticks on her desk.
“Just eat. I’m really sorry about this morning. Take this as compensation.”
“It’s fine,” Lang Man said lightly.
The way she said that made him think, as if I could still ask her to write for me next time…
He quickly added, “Don’t worry. There won’t be a next time. From now on, I’ll study properly.”
“Otherwise, I’d be letting down the full-mark test you helped me get,” he said with a grin.
Lang Man froze slightly and looked up at him.
Bu Yu fell silent.
“What’s with that expression?” he asked, black lines forming on his forehead.
Lang Man stared at him as if she had seen a ghost.
…
Meanwhile, Su Muwan did not leave the school. She went up to the rooftop and stood alone, letting the wind blow against her face.
She could not understand why Bu Yu had changed so suddenly. They had once been so close, and now they were strangers.
As she thought about it, tears flowed again.
At that moment, a warm hand rested on her shoulder. She turned and saw her best friend, Lin Xiao.
“Muwan, stop crying. He’s not worth it,” Lin Xiao said gently.
Su Muwan leaned against Lin Xiao’s shoulder and sobbed. “Xiao, I feel so terrible. I don’t know what I did wrong.”
“I can’t understand why he’s treating me like this. Our relationship was always so good. How did it disappear overnight?”
She felt as if she were trapped in a nightmare she could not wake from.
“Was it really that good…” Lin Xiao could not help twitching her lips at those words.
Still, she patted Su Muwan’s back. “Maybe you two just aren’t suitable for each other. Let it go. Look at Lang Man. Bu Yu treats her so well. Maybe he likes gentle girls like that.”
“Am I not gentle? Have I ever rejected Bu Yu?”
The moment she said that, she froze. Lin Xiao was looking at her seriously.
“You really never rejected Bu Yu. You just kept him hanging. That’s all.”