"Mother!"

"Ah... Youjie, you're back."

As soon as I got home, I had a fierce expression on my face.

"What's wrong? Did you step on dog poop on your way home?"

"What dog poop? I want to know why you betrayed your own son."

"What are you talking about?"

"What am I talking about?!"

"Feiya... did your brother explode?"

"Mom... Feiya doesn't know, but Youjie's mood is really bad."

"Bad mood? Is it because they can't have children? I've told you before that this can only be discussed when you're grown up."

Mother took Feiya's book bag and speculated.

"What are you talking about? I'm talking about you selling me off as an exchange student."

"Oh... what am I talking about?"

Mother suddenly remembered, but her attitude was unexpectedly calm.

"You made me become an exchange student without my consent... It's against the natural order."

"What are you saying, Youjie? Mom did it for your own good, didn't she? Besides, Zhiye went with you."

Mother's gaze shifted to Zhiye standing behind her.

Zhiye respectfully took a step forward and bowed.

"Mother...!"

"Zhiye is such a good girl. I wonder how someone like Gawautsuku gave birth to such a well-mannered girl. My son is lucky to have met her."

"Mother, I still have a lot of shortcomings. I can't be a qualified wife yet, but I will work harder..."

"I entrust Youjie to you, Zhiye."

"Yes, Mother."

With Mother's approval, Zhiye's gaze became more determined, but right now I don't want to pay attention to this matter. Instead...

"Mother, do you really intend to send your son to Feng Yu High School?"

"A mother worries even when her child is a thousand miles away, but it's okay. Youjie can take care of himself now, and we also have Zhiye's mother, so there's no need to worry."

"... It seems that no matter how I say it, I have to go."

"Alright... let's start dinner."

Mother clapped her hands and everyone went to the dining room.

"Youjie, aren't you going to eat?"

Feiya asked me when she saw that I didn't react.

"Do you want me to go, Feiya?"

"... " Feiya's face suddenly turned red. "Youjie, please go. Feiya will take good care of herself and limit her TV time."

The last sentence clearly revealed her true feelings. Even Feiya wants me to leave, huh?

Is this family really no longer livable... My carefree life in the past, coming home to lie on the bed, boredly reading manga, and being able to eat Mother's cooking... it's all... shattered.

"Youjie... come on, what are you staring at?"

"I don't have an appetite... I'm going out for a walk."

"... Youjie."

I opened the door and walked out, hearing Mother call me from behind, but I didn't pay any attention to it.

I aimlessly walked around and found a seat in a park. Suddenly, my phone rang and I answered the call.

"Where are you..." it was Su Yuqian on the other line.

"XX Park," I replied.

Soon after...

"Youjie..."

"Yuqian?" I looked up and saw Su Yuqian with her twin ponytails wearing a sailor uniform.

"I just happened to pass by here and accidentally saw you. I wanted to see who stayed out so late," Su Yuqian easily gave away the fact that she was lying.

"Stop pretending..."

"What...what? I'm not pretending," Su Yuqian danced around with her hands.

"How could you make a phone call to ask someone where they are and say something like it's a chance encounter?"

"...Cough, cough, you're so annoying. I'll do whatever I want," Su Yuqian became irritated.

"Do whatever you want...I'm not in the mood right now,"

"You're acting as if you're heartbroken," Su Yuqian sat next to me without care.

"This makes life feel even more unbearable than a heartbreak,"

"What happened to you? What's going on?"

"I remember telling you..."

"At that time, I was busy with the cosplay club activities, I forgot..."

"Please don't forget what others tell you so easily,"

"You talk too much, just say it," Su Yuqian became impatient.

"The principal wants to transfer me to another school,"

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Su Yuqian's face showed a slight change, but she concealed it well, and most people wouldn't be able to notice.

In a sad tone, I said, "Then we won't be able to see each other anymore,"

"Not being able to see each other...what's the big deal?"

"Aren't you my girlfriend?"

"That's all in the past,"

"What do you mean in the past? Are all your feelings for me fake? I wore my heart on my sleeve," I pretended to be deeply hurt.

"Okay, okay...I know you have deep feelings for me," I nodded.

"But I don't like you, you were the one who pursued me,"

"What!?"

"You should take a good look at yourself in the mirror and see what you really look like,"

"What do you mean...what I look like? Are you a judge of appearances?"

"You don't have what I want, you only got bestowed with a halo by God,"

"Am I really that pitiful?"

"In fact, it's even worse...most of the boys in our class are more handsome than you and have better grades. So...you don't stand a chance,"

"Is this what you've always thought? Do you really think that?"

"What do you think? I've said before that you Poor Jerrys are hypocritical, and having a girlfriend is just about wanting to sleep with her..."

"I don't have such dirty thoughts,"

"Can you swear on your life?"

"..."

"I came here to tell you that I am not interested in you at all. I'm actually happy that you are being transferred to another school," Su Yuqian said as she stood up and took a few steps forward. "You're lying...," she continued sarcastically with a mocking smile on her face.

Watching Su Yuqian walk away, I felt like my heart was being twisted and that I had loved the wrong person all along. Why, oh why, did the heavens treat me like this? What did I do wrong?

"Jie..." Zhiye appeared before me, and it must have been quite a sight to see me holding my head and wailing towards the sky. "Go ahead and laugh, since I now resemble a mad person," I cried with a forced smile.

"Jie... what's wrong with you? Why should I laugh? I'm really worried about you and anxious to know what unpleasant thing happened to you. Can you tell me?" Zhiye asked sincerely.

"I don't have anything to say. I'm now a single dog, abandoned and left behind," I replied.

"How could you be a single dog? How could you be abandoned when you still have me?" Zhiye asked.

"...Don't comfort me. I know I'm not attractive and no girl would like me," I said, feeling that the girls I liked have all rejected me. Life made me lose the will to live.

"Isn't my liking for you enough? I've always liked you, and it won't change even if the sea dries up and the mountains collapse," Zhiye said.

"I... can only see you as a sister," I replied.

"Why is it still the same? What should I do to make you like me, to make you accept me?" Zhiye seemed visibly disappointed, but as someone who had just gone through a breakup, I had no sympathy for others.

"I don't know either. I don't have any reason for Zhiye to like me..." I replied.

"You're really cruel, Jie... you're like the big bad wolf in the eyes of a child," Zhiye suddenly cried like a child, leaving me flustered.

"Always clinging to a nonexistent feeling and never considering my feelings..." Zhiye vented out her long-hidden emotions, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"Even though we made a love promise since childhood, it couldn't even compare to spending a month with someone else. I want... to kill the person who occupies Jie's mind, maybe then I'll have a place in Jie's heart," Zhiye sobbed, her eyes red from crying. I had always maintained an indifferent attitude towards Zhiye, my mother, and Aunt Gawautsuku's kind intentions, as well as Zhiye's deep affection for me because I had fallen for someone at that time. I had become uncontrollable and didn't care if it would lead to a broken head and bleeding. But now, I failed. The relationship that lasted for almost half a year shattered like glass falling to the ground.

"Uh, Zhiye..." I rubbed my cheek, feeling hesitant.

Zhiye looked up at me, confused.

"I'm actually going to become an exchange student... It might be good to experience something new," I said.

Zhiye seemed to have not yet reacted,

"Can I borrow your handkerchief for a moment?"

"Sis... What are you going to do with it?"

Zhiye handed me the handkerchief, and I used it to wipe away the tears on Zhiye's face.

Seeing my action, Zhiye looked at me with some surprise,

"Um... I don't like seeing girls cry, especially girls who have been so kind to me. It makes me feel guilty to see them cry."

"Sis..."

Zhiye's cheeks turned slightly red, and I felt a bit embarrassed, so I glanced away,

"The handkerchief is wet..."

"I'm sorry... I cried too much."

"It's just that all the grievances and sadness that Zhiye has accumulated for a long time suddenly came out. It feels better to cry it out, right? To be honest, I also want to cry."

I wanted to have a good cry and forget about all the unpleasant things before, but I couldn't do it, because a real man needs to be strong...

"Is Zhiye willing to accompany me?"

"Sis, are you referring to that... But are there any hotels that don't require ID?"

"... What are you referring to, Zhiye?" I was a bit confused.

"Well... to be together with you..."

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

I almost fell down upon hearing these words.

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not..."

"Then what did sis mean?" Zhiye looked disappointed.

"To go to Feng Yu High School with me."

"Is that what you meant?"

"Then what else?!"

"It's no problem. Wherever sis goes, I will follow. As the saying goes, 'marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog'."

"... This saying..."

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing..."

"Sis..."

"What's the matter?"

"I'm just an inexperienced young woman. Please teach me more."

"Ah... It's me who should be saying that."