Chapter 86: Yu Xiaoxiao’s Social Death
Facing Xiao Luyu’s doubtful gaze, Yu Xiaoxiao’s little face turned completely red. Her brain froze and she stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
On the other hand, Lin Muxi, the one who caused all this, had a mischievous smile, like a little devil, and kept teasing from the side.
“Xiaoxiao, how about it? Say something already.”
“Ah—no... it’s not... it’s not like that... I... I—”
Yu Xiaoxiao finally reacted and waved her hands in panic, trying to explain herself in front of Xiao Luyu.
But the more she tried to explain, the more confused her mind became. She couldn’t even put her words together.
In the end, overwhelmed by embarrassment, she simply gave up, lying face-down on the table without moving.
Seeing Yu Xiaoxiao so mortified, looking like she wished she could crawl into a hole, Lin Muxi couldn’t hold it anymore.
She covered her mouth, trying hard not to laugh out loud.
At that moment, she finally understood why her good bro loved to tease her so much before. Turns out, it was actually this fun.
“I say... are you two doing this on purpose?”
Looking at Lin Muxi struggling to hold back laughter, and Mo Ziyang sitting nearby, Xiao Luyu couldn’t help but ask.
Even if he had been clueless before, now it was obvious. So he and Yu Xiaoxiao had both been tricked by these two, right?
“Huh? What are you talking about...”
Realizing they were almost found out, Lin Muxi quickly turned her head away, pretending she didn’t know anything. The sight even made Mo Ziyang smile helplessly from the side.
Lin Muxi didn’t care much about Xiao Luyu’s words. But Yu Xiaoxiao couldn’t sit still anymore. She suddenly sat up and threw herself at Lin Muxi.
Her red little face puffed up in anger, her eyes full of embarrassment and frustration as she stared at Lin Muxi, clearly very unhappy about being teased.
“Sister Lin! Is this how you treat your best friend? Too mean!”
“Who told you to always tease me before... Besides, this was helping you, wasn’t it? You should be thanking me...”
Lin Muxi tried to argue back, but her voice got smaller and smaller out of guilt. It was obvious she was also a little scared that Yu Xiaoxiao would really get angry.
“Sister Lin...!”
Hearing that, Yu Xiaoxiao felt both annoyed and amused. Now she understood why Mo Ziyang had said Lin Muxi was actually cuter in private.
“S-sorry, okay...”
Lin Muxi lowered her head apologetically, looking a bit wronged. From time to time, she also shot pitiful looks at her bro who was happily watching the show.
After all, this bad idea had come from him, but in the end, she was the one who had to apologize.
“Sis-in-law, honestly, I think feelings can’t be forced too much.”
“Since Yu Xiaoxiao doesn’t want it, then making this kind of joke is a bit too much.”
Seeing Yu Xiaoxiao upset and Lin Muxi apologizing, Xiao Luyu quickly stepped in to ease the tension. His words also gave both girls a way to back down gracefully.
“N-no... it’s not that I don’t want to...”
Hearing what Xiao Luyu said, Yu Xiaoxiao’s reaction was almost the same as Lin Muxi’s. She lowered her head quickly and explained nervously, her face, calm a moment ago because of anger, turning red again.
Actually, she didn’t dislike Xiao Luyu that much. In fact, because he had spoken up for her a few times and helped her out of awkward situations, she had started to feel some good impression of him.
Her expression now was nothing like the one she had before when she treated him like a creep.
“Then why are you blaming me...” Lin Muxi muttered.
Her awkward tone made her think of herself back when she used to deal with her own buddy.
“Ahhh... Sister Lin!”
Yu Xiaoxiao, feeling both embarrassed and annoyed again, grabbed Lin Muxi and stood up with a slap on the table.
“Um... C-Classmate Mo, I’ll head back with Sister Lin to tidy up our dorm first.”
“Go on.”
After getting Mo Ziyang’s permission, Yu Xiaoxiao quickly pulled the upset-looking Lin Muxi out of the cafeteria.
Only Xiao Luyu and Mo Ziyang were left sitting there, staring at each other.
“So this is what they mean by ‘people from the same family always end up under the same roof,’ huh.” Xiao Luyu complained.
He thought about how Mo Ziyang had just ruined his chance, and how Lin Muxi had ruined Yu Xiaoxiao’s chance. It was almost exactly the same thing.
“Heh, let’s go.” Mo Ziyang let out a cold laugh.
Seeing his “wife” being dragged away, he had no reason to stay there either.
“But I haven’t even touched my food yet…”
“If you want to eat, then eat. I’m leaving.”
“Eh? Don’t, Brother Mo, wait for me!”
When Mo Ziyang stood up to leave, Xiao Luyu quickly picked up his tray and ran after him.
Meanwhile—
As soon as they walked out of the cafeteria, Yu Xiaoxiao pulled Lin Muxi into a quiet corner and started questioning her.
“Sister Lin! What were you doing just now! You almost embarrassed me to death!”
Yu Xiaoxiao pouted, hitting Lin Muxi lightly on the chest in frustration, like she was getting back at her for the “social death” moment earlier. She really looked like a little sister complaining to her elder sister.
Seeing this, Lin Muxi scratched her head awkwardly. It wasn’t her fault, Mo Ziyang told her to say that, what else could she do? So she could only try to comfort Yu Xiaoxiao.
“I was just trying to help you… You were stuttering so much, I was getting anxious for you, you know…”
“How can you call that helping?!”
Clearly, Yu Xiaoxiao wasn’t buying her explanation and still looked unhappy. That wasn’t helping at all, more like she had wanted her to completely lose face in front of Xiao Luyu.
“Think about it. If two people want to fall in love, someone has to play the passive role, right?”
“Yes… but why did it have to be me?!”
“Uh… well, um…”
Under Yu Xiaoxiao’s pressing, Lin Muxi started sweating nervously. She didn’t know how to answer and could only keep dodging Yu Xiaoxiao’s eyes.
But seeing her like this, Yu Xiaoxiao suddenly seemed to realize something. A mischievous smile appeared on her face, and she whispered into Lin Muxi’s ear.
“Don’t tell me, Sister Lin is with Mo Ziyang because he conquered you~?”
“What? No way!”
Lin Muxi instinctively denied it. How could she be conquered by her “good bro”? If anything, she should be the one conquering him!
“Oh~? Then does that mean you’re the passive, Sister Lin?”
Yu Xiaoxiao’s grin grew wider, her eyes narrowing playfully as she looked at the flustered Lin Muxi.
“I am not! That’s not it, Yu Xiaoxiao—!”
Realizing she had walked into Yu Xiaoxiao’s trap, Lin Muxi shouted angrily.
“Ehehe, serves you right for embarrassing me so badly.”
“You still dare to say that? Just tell me, are you happy with what happened or not?”
“Ohhh… I won’t tell you, I won’t tell you. Big dummy Sister Lin!”
Seeing that Lin Muxi looked ready to punish her, Yu Xiaoxiao quickly covered her ears and ran toward the dorm.
“Yu Xiaoxiao, you get back here!”
Lin Muxi shouted and immediately chased after her, determined to teach this little devil a good lesson.