Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 125 of 214
Xiao Qing thought it over. Though she still didn't quite grasp his meaning, she shook her head.
"Exactly. Two women hugging—people who see them at most assume they're close sisters," Yang Ce said. "But if two men were hugging, that would be a bit improper. The principle is the same, really."
"Oh." Xiao Qing still didn't understand why Yang Ce wasn't bothered by this, but since he wasn't angry, that could only be good.
"So don't go carrying any mental burden over it," Yang Ce consoled her. "Actually, not only do I not find this disgusting—I find it rather exciting. If I could join in..."
"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Qing gave his forehead a none-too-gentle poke, then said, "It's only me who'd have you—a boy so much younger than me. Anyone else wouldn't."
"I was just saying it offhand, heh heh." Yang Ce scratched his scalp and changed the subject. "Sister Xiao Qing, why did you suddenly bring this up with me? It's all in the past—what made you think of it today?"
"I didn't want to bring it up either—it's all behind me, I'd practically forgotten it." Xiao Qing shook her head. "But yesterday, she suddenly called me."
Yang Ce understood at once who "she" referred to—it had to be that little lily who'd once fooled around with Xiao Qing.
"What does she want with you?" Yang Ce asked casually.
"I don't know. She asked me to go out and meet her." Xiao Qing sounded nervous. "It's been so long since we lost touch, and then she suddenly calls me out of the blue. I'm a little scared."
"What's there to be scared of?" Yang Ce said. "Don't tell me she wants to pick up where you two left off?"
"That's exactly what I'm afraid of," Xiao Qing sighed. "I didn't want to go meet her, but I was also afraid she'd come looking for me, and that you'd find out."
"Find out? Well, I know now, don't I?" Yang Ce teased. "So I get it—that's why you came to confess to me first, right?"
Xiao Qing nodded, a little embarrassed. "I was afraid you'd be angry if you found out, so I figured I'd better tell you first. Since it's come to this, I just won't go meet her, and I won't have anything to do with her anymore."
"I think you'd better go meet her after all," Yang Ce said after a moment's thought. "Tell her plainly to her face, so she won't keep pestering you afterward."
"But what if she clings to me anyway?" Xiao Qing said worriedly.
"No problem. How about this—I'll go with you," Yang Ce said. "We'll tell her you like men now, and that I'm your boyfriend. That should make her give up."
"Yang Ce, you'd really come with me?" Hearing his words, Xiao Qing felt a warmth in her heart and asked in delighted surprise.
"Of course. She's my love rival, after all—if I don't step up, who will?" Yang Ce nodded solemnly. "And if she really won't let go, then I'll have no choice but to settle it with force."
"..." Xiao Qing pursed her lips, half amused. "Don't do that. Actually, she's really a very nice person."
"Is she pretty?" Yang Ce asked instinctively.
"So what if she is?" Xiao Qing twisted her mouth. "Let me tell you—don't get any ideas. She hates men even more than I do."
"How's that?" Yang Ce said, surprised. "Weren't you a lily too, and didn't I change you?"
"How should I put it—I only hated Song Hang," Xiao Qing shook her head. "Besides, I had some... physical issues of my own, which is why I never dated another man. It wasn't that I hated men. So you got to take advantage of me. But she's different. She looks down on men from the bottom of her heart, and thinks anything a man can do, she can do just as well. To be honest, it was her seduction that led me into that foolish business in the first place."
To be continued
670. The Shu Family of Hong Kong
"Oh." Yang Ce laughed. "That kind of woman—forget it. I'm not interested."
Yang Ce's ideals might be grand, but he wasn't terribly fond of that sort of feminist woman. After hearing what Xiao Qing said, he lost whatever other interest he'd had in the woman she'd described.