Chapter 580: Chapter 580: At Least Not an Enemy
Guan Yue said, "Why is it not suitable? Are you... still angry about what I said the other day? If that’s the case... I sincerely apologize for those words that offended you."
Li Yufei: "I don’t feel that you have offended me in any way. From your standpoint, it’s only natural to be cautious of me."
Guan Yue chuckled: "Then why do you think we aren’t suitable to be friends?"
Li Yufei let out a soft sigh: "Guan Yue, actually, I’m not as carefree as you think. When I broke up with Du Shaoheng, I prepared myself not to have any contact for the rest of my life. If it weren’t for Junjun, we probably wouldn’t meet again for a lifetime."
She turned around, her voice dull: "I always thought I was someone who could pick up and let go easily. But... I’m not a saint, and I’m afraid I’ll waver. I’m not magnanimous enough to witness his happiness with another woman."
After saying that, she smiled wryly: "So, no need to be friends."
Guan Yue didn’t expect Li Yufei to be so frank, showing no intention to hide her feelings for Du Shaoheng.
Li Yufei said, "Let’s just keep a proper distance."
After speaking, she smiled at Guan Yue and entered the ward.
Guan Yue suddenly grabbed her hand.
Li Yufei turned her head and looked at her: "Do you have anything else to say to me?"
Guan Yue: "Yufei, actually, I really admire a woman like you. You are very outstanding, the most outstanding and successful woman I’ve ever met. If you are willing, we can be friends. If you are unwilling, at least we won’t be enemies, right?"
Li Yufei curved her lips: "Mm."
Only then did Guan Yue smile.
The two of them entered the room one after the other.
Li Yufei said, "Shaoheng, you haven’t been resting well recently, today I’ll stay here, you should go back early, it’s been so long, you haven’t had much time to spend with your wife and daughter."
Du Shaoheng nodded and stood up: "Then... take good care of Junjun."
Li Yufei: "Mm."
Du Shaoheng got up to leave.
Li Yufei suddenly thought of something: "Oh... next month, Junjun can be discharged, coincidentally, it’s his tenth birthday too, and it’s the first time we celebrate his birthday, I want... to prepare well. Are you available?"
Du Shaoheng: "Of course. I wouldn’t miss his birthday."
Li Yufei: "Then, at that time, bring your wife and Xixi as well, to celebrate Junjun’s 10th birthday."
Du Shaoheng: "Sure."
After speaking, he took Guan Yue’s hand and left the ward.
Junjun was leaning against the bedside, he suddenly saw Li Yufei stand up, walk to the window, gently lift the blinds, and gaze outside.
"Mom?"
Li Yufei turned back: "What’s wrong?"
Junjun saw an imperceptible trace of restraint flash in her eyes, even though he still couldn’t understand the complicated emotions between adults, he could feel that every time mom and dad were together, she would show a kind of expression that made people feel heartbroken.
He reached out his hand, patting the bedside: "Sit."
Li Yufei sat down by the bed, held his hand, and lightly pressed the back of his hand against her cheek: "What’s wrong?"
Junjun: "Can you tell me about you and dad?"
Li Yufei paused, not expecting Junjun to be interested in the story between them: "What do you want to know?"
Junjun: "How did you and dad meet?"
Li Yufei smiled: "Do you want to hear mom and dad’s story?"
Junjun: "Yeah, I want to know how I came to be."
Li Yufei didn’t shy away from this.
She rarely mentioned the story between her and Du Shaoheng to outsiders.
But Junjun was different.
He was their child.
He wanted to know the story between mom and dad, and she was, of course, willing to tell him.
Li Yufei said, "Your dad and I were middle school classmates. At the beginning of the school year, I sat in the front row, he sat in the back row, later, I grew taller, gradually adjusted my seat to the back, and eventually sat in front of him. During evening self-study, I got into the habit of previewing and completing homework for the next day in advance, sometimes, after all the classmates had gone, I was the only one left."
In his youth, Du Shaoheng was a top student, his grades were always good, not liking to do homework, after school, he liked to play basketball on the court.
His desk was always stuffed with extracurricular books.
Once, he passed her a ghost story book, she flipped through a few pages and then casually stuffed it into her desk.
That night, as usual, she stayed in the classroom to preview her work.
Suddenly, there was a power outage at school.
She’d always been afraid of the dark since she was little, especially in such a dim environment, thinking about the ghost stories Du Shaoheng passed her, made her imagination run wild.
Because of the power outage, the entire school building was pitch-black, not a light, not a person in sight.
She was terrified.
As she got up, a chair propped up in the back row suddenly fell to the ground, scaring her to tears, and she rushed out of the classroom, groping her way towards the stairs in panic.
Just then, Du Shaoheng walked up the stairs.
She was so scared by the shadow suddenly appearing at the corner that she collapsed to the ground until she saw clearly that it was Du Shaoheng, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
Du Shaoheng had just finished playing basketball, saw the power outage, and was about to return to the classroom to get his backpack, unexpectedly he saw Li Yufei, scared and helpless due to the power outage, his opinion of her changed a little.
In his impression, she was a very special girl.
She appeared quiet on the surface, not fond of mingling with classmates, the girls in the class all had small cliques, but she seemed like an outcast.
She was competitive, striving in her studies, and also didn’t want to waste time on socializing in private.
Although the two of them sat in the front and back seats, except for academics, they rarely interacted otherwise.
But...
Li Yufei didn’t know that from that time on, Du Shaoheng had fallen in love with her at first sight.
But she always maintained an appearance of keeping people at a distance, he didn’t dare to easily approach her, afraid she would resist him, so he carefully maintained the distance between them.
From that day on, Du Shaoheng stayed every evening to accompany Li Yufei with her homework.
In the teacher’s eyes, he was an excellent student, a so-called genius student.
Therefore, even if he didn’t do homework, the teacher mostly wouldn’t care.
But, surprisingly, Du Shaoheng started staying every night to do homework, and then until it was very late, leaving the school with her.
Later on—
Li Yufei said, "On the night of our middle school graduation, he said he liked me. I asked him when it happened, he said it was from the first moment he saw me. In high school, we went to different schools, and every night, I would go to his house to do homework."