Chapter 10: You Must Be Weak from Exhaustion
Bai Shuchuan quickly moved away, and Su Moyu’s face turned red right away.
“What do you mean I was acting cute? After crying like that, can anyone still talk in a strong voice?” Su Moyu complained. “My voice is just like this now. It’s not like I chose to become like this…”
After saying that, she let out a soft sigh, and her expression became troubled again.
“I already lost my girlfriend, then I became someone else’s partner, and now I turned into this… The only person who knows my situation is you, and you still dislike me.” The more she spoke, the more wronged she felt, and her voice became softer. “If you were in my position, you might not even handle it as well as I do.”
“I’m sorry,” Bai Shuchuan quickly apologized. After hearing her words, he really felt like he had gone too far.
That’s true, this wasn’t something Su Moyu chose.
Seeing his guilty expression, Su Moyu suddenly got a little mischievous idea.
“So, what did you do wrong?”
Her voice still sounded nasal from crying.
Bai Shuchuan immediately felt something was off. When he turned his head and saw her slightly smug expression, he couldn’t help but laugh.
“Why are you acting like a girl now?”
Su Moyu frowned when she heard that.
So he still looked down on her?
“What do you mean ‘like a girl’?” she said with a confused look. “Bai Shuchuan, what’s wrong with you?”
“Do I really have to explain? You even asked me what you did wrong.”
Su Moyu crossed her arms. “I don’t understand what you’re talking about. I am a—”
Halfway through, she suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. Even she couldn’t handle saying something like that.
Saying this kind of line in front of her best friend was just too awkward…
But since he disliked her, she decided to go all out and annoy him.
“...a girl.”
Bai Shuchuan made a pained expression. “Do you know your face is as red as a monkey’s butt?”
Su Moyu couldn’t hold back a laugh, but her expression became even more awkward.
She really couldn’t keep this up anymore.
“Damn it, can’t you just play along for once?”
“You’re the one trying to gross me out, and you still think you’re right?” Bai Shuchuan shot back.
Knowing she was at fault, Su Moyu quickly changed the topic.
“If you’re apologizing, you should show some sincerity,” she sniffed. “Like… give me some compensation.”
“Explain what kind of compensation,” Bai Shuchuan said while casually pouring himself a glass of water.
“Let’s go out together tomorrow. Canceling the plane ticket will cost money anyway. And you haven’t gone out in a long time,” Su Moyu said. “It’s a rare chance. You’ve been stressed with work lately too, so just take it as a break.”
“Alright,” Bai Shuchuan replied helplessly. “Then let’s rest early tonight and catch the flight tomorrow morning.”
Su Moyu immediately smiled. “Then it’s settled, you’re not allowed to ruin the mood during the trip.”
Bai Shuchuan nodded. “Okay.”
She then took off her coat and placed it on the sofa. “Going out should be something fun.”
“It’s tiring,” Bai Shuchuan said as he checked tomorrow’s schedule on his phone.
“Everything is tiring,” Su Moyu said softly. Then she suddenly thought of something. “How about we check our documents first? Like the house ownership certificate and stuff.”
“I don’t know where it is.”
Su Moyu got up from the sofa. “I’ll go look for it. It should be in the bedside cabinet in our room.”
She slowly walked into the bedroom. The room was nicely decorated, and even the bed had a soft pink style. It was obvious that in this world, Bai Shuchuan had compromised with Su Moyu’s taste.
Su Moyu took a deep breath and squatted down in front of the bedside cabinet.
She couldn’t help but wonder, before she came to this world, what was the relationship like between the “original” Su Moyu and Bai Shuchuan?
It probably wasn’t like her own past, where she had to work while studying just to keep a relationship going, only to end up breaking up in the end.
She reached out and opened the cabinet. Ever since she was young, she liked searching through drawers at home, and her instinct told her that what she was looking for should be here.
But when she saw the small box inside, her expression immediately changed.
Her face turned red at once. She picked up the opened paper box, and inside, there was only one left…
Well… they were already married. Doing that kind of thing was normal…
It’s natural for two people in love to have physical intimacy.
But the problem was… she was the current Su Moyu, and Bai Shuchuan was the Bai Shuchuan she knew.
She swallowed nervously, and her mind couldn’t help but imagine some embarrassing scenes…
“What’s that?”
Bai Shuchuan’s voice suddenly came from behind, startling her. She turned her head to look at him, her face even redder now.
“Why is this here…”
Su Moyu cleared her throat. “I just saw it when I opened the drawer…”
The atmosphere between them became a bit awkward, at least that’s how Su Moyu felt.
“It’s not strange to have something like that,” Bai Shuchuan said calmly. “Didn’t I have a box like this in my dorm drawer too? Why are you so embarrassed?”
Su Moyu rolled her eyes at him and casually put the box back.
Luckily, his thinking was simple. He didn’t try to make the situation more awkward.
“This brand is pretty expensive, I heard it feels quite good,” Bai Shuchuan added.
“Oh,” Su Moyu replied casually, then pulled open another drawer.
What do you mean it feels good? Is he recommending it or something?
“But I’m not going to do anything to you,” Bai Shuchuan added. “I’m not that desperate.”
That instantly annoyed Su Moyu.
What the heck? She was a beautiful girl now, okay? Why was he acting like this?
It wasn’t like she was trying to prove anything, but she really felt like Bai Shuchuan was… kind of pretending.
“I think you’re just weak,” she shot back.
Although the situation right now felt a bit like…
There was a saying, something about how certain situations always end in something unexpected.
Now she technically had the “conditions” for that kind of thing…
But she trusted Bai Shuchuan. He might joke around, but he wouldn’t actually do anything.
“Innocent people don’t need to explain,” Bai Shuchuan said. Then he reached into the drawer she had opened and took out two red booklets.
Su Moyu sat down on the bed with him and looked at the marriage certificate. In the photo, both of them were smiling slightly at the camera.
Time seemed frozen in that moment.
She then looked at Bai Shuchuan sitting beside her. His eyes were also focused on the photo.
Well, she had to admit, he was quite handsome. Even his sister looked good.
The light from above cast shadows on his face, making his features look sharp and well-defined.
Su Moyu couldn’t help but wonder, before she became the “Su Moyu” of this world, what kind of life did the original female version of her live with Bai Shuchuan?