I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 578 I Lied to You as a Puppy
After the stipulated visiting hours were over, the two of them found excuses to delay for a long time, and finally ended the visit under the half-urging and half-pleading persuasion of Nurse Yuan, who came to the door and had no other choice.

Before leaving, the two helped organize the birthday gifts Xia Yu received this time.

The little girl probably hadn't received so many gifts in a long time. She looked at a loss and seemed not to have accepted the reality that these things belonged to her, and she didn't know what to do with them.

The originally pale ward began to have some life in it, and it looked like a proper bedroom.

Xia Yu seemed to know from the beginning that the two of them would not be able to stay for long, so when Nurse Yuan pushed the door open, she was not scared, but just watched the three "adults" negotiate quietly.

Finally, when Ye Ju touched her head and said that he was leaving first, she just nodded with her eyes open.

"I'll come to see you next time, okay, Xia Xia~ My sister will be on winter vacation soon, and I'll be free to accompany you every day then."

Ye Ju pinched her little face, her tone was unusually gentle.

Xia Yu nodded again and looked up at Su Chengyi who was standing far away.

Su Chengyi felt inexplicably guilty when she stared at him.

Did he want to hear something similar to what Ye Ju said? But he couldn't say it.

But after thinking about it, he still said:

"See you soon. Draw more when you're bored. Give me another one next time you come."

He spoke slowly to make sure Xia Yu could understand what he meant, which was "it won't take too long."

Hearing his answer, Xia Yu's eyes suddenly brightened, as if she was happy.

Nurse Yuan, who was standing at the door waiting, was stunned and immediately wondered if she was dazzled.

The whole hospital knew that the "VIP" in the top-floor ward was a little girl who looked like a puppet.

In the past, she would occasionally do things like secretly throwing away food, visiting other people during breaks, or even sneaking out of the nursing home to run around.

Since moving to this ward, she has never behaved in this way again - of course, it may be that she no longer has the chance.

In short, the little girl was very well-behaved. She never hesitated when taking medicine or getting injections. When the finger-long needle was inserted into her blood vessel, she didn't even blink.

But because of this, the nurses were inexplicably a little afraid of her. When discussing privately, they all said that they felt she was like the weird child that often appears in horror movies.

During routine nighttime ward rounds, the nurses on duty would often “accidentally” neglect their duties and skip the inspection of the top floor.

Nurse Yuan observed this phenomenon and wanted to do something about it, but unfortunately she didn't know where to start.

The longer Xia Yu lived here, the quieter she became, and the more she fit the stereotype of nurses.

Only today is different.

Xia Yu was full of life today. It was the first time that Nurse Yuan felt the liveliness of a little girl from her.

Somehow, she suddenly felt that this narrow world of the "sanatorium" seemed a little cruel for a little girl.

But she didn't know why Xia Yu appeared here, and when she could leave this ward.

“Ah—Ah!”

As soon as he walked out of the inpatient department, Ye Ju sneezed loudly.

Su Chengyi reacted quickly and moved several steps to the side, saying vigilantly:
"You're not infected with any virus, are you?"

"what?!"

Ye Ju looked at him as if he was a fool and was speechless.

"Your Giant Mountain Sanatorium looks a lot like the kind of institution that, uh, uses the name of a sanatorium but does some shady things behind the scenes."

Su Chengyi spread his hands and revealed his true feelings here.

Ye Ju coughed and waved his hands, then replied unhappily:

"Wait, wait, what do you mean by our Giant Mountain Sanatorium?! I just worked here part-time, okay?! You make it sound like I'm the mastermind behind some evil plan!
Besides, if I was serious, you would have been killed as soon as you entered the door, right? Nai Yizut!"

"In broad daylight, isn't that a bit too brazen?"

Su Chengyi was amused by her poor Shanghainese and shook his head.

"They are all evil organizations. Who would care about life after they are killed?"

Ye Ju curled his lips, put his hands behind his back, and jumped forward a few steps in a crooked manner.

When she did this movement, she did not look like a girl like Miss Chu. Instead, she looked like a robot that had not been debugged yet and whose limbs had just been installed.

A record of the early human domestication of limbs.

"Like what? Any shameful deeds?"

Suddenly thinking of this question, she turned around with her head tilted, and the breeze blew her hair a little messy.

"For example, human trafficking, organ trading, human experiments, or research on some extremely lethal biological weapons?"

Su Chengyi thought about it and answered like this.

"Wow, what an imagination~~~——Come on, big brother, have you played too many horror games or watched too many thrillers? Is there a scary doctor holding a chainsaw in it?"

Ye Ju stuck out her tongue and made a displeased face.

"It's not impossible."

Su Chengyi said with a smile.

"Go away, that's perverted!"

Ye Ju yelled, then reached out and plucked a leaf, squinting his eyes to observe the veins of the leaf.

"Spring is her favorite season~ when the breeze blows her hair casually~"

For some unknown reason she began to hum again.

“It’s autumn now.”

Su Chengyi corrected.

"What's wrong?!"

His interest in singing was ruthlessly interrupted. Ye Ju angrily threw the leaf in his hand towards Su Chengyi, but the force was not enough. The leaf flew out for a distance before falling to the ground in a spin.

"As you wish, please change the disc! Fortunately, I am known as the Chinese Music Library."

Ye Ju hummed and continued to sing.

"Let the autumn wind take away my thoughts and my tears!

Please, God, wet my eyes! Freeze my heart! "

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I seem to have heard this song on my father's car stereo.

When Su Chengyi was frowning and thinking, a head suddenly popped out of the window on the other side.

"Who's singing! Who's singing!"

The tone sounded very angry and excited.

Maybe he was woken up from his nap?
Su Chengyi was thinking this and was about to righteously point out the suspect for his fellow patient who was disturbed by the disturbing behavior when Ye Ju suddenly pushed him and then dragged him away.

The two of them made a big circle and didn't stop until they disappeared from the sight of the residential building. Ye Ju stopped panting.

"Why are you running? Is it that serious?"

Su Chengyi's breathing was steady, but he raised his eyebrows slightly in confusion.

"Are they worried about being beaten by patients? Yes, they don't seem to be held accountable for beating people."

"How could I possibly be beaten? Please!"

Ye Ju finally recovered, but his words made her cough several times.

"Don't be fooled by the guy's shouting. He was actually just inviting me to go up and sing karaoke."

"what?"

Su Chengyi doubted his ears for a moment.

"Yes, you heard it right, it's karaoke."

Ye Ju once again gave an affirmative answer.

"I went there to sing when I was working part-time. It was really awesome. There was a guy with gender identity disorder who sang Kunqu opera with such twists and turns that it broke my heart."

Ye Ju's deliberately contorted voice sounded like the dead sound of pulling a broken bellows.

When Su Chengyi couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to cover his ears, she changed the subject and said seriously:
“So, sometimes I feel like living like this is pretty happy.”

Su Chengyi was slightly startled, but did not respond. "Just think about it, in his world, he is just a sad ghost, singing little songs every day, looking at the fallen leaves by the window to express his sorrow, how simple it is."

Ye Ju raised his eyes, and his clear pupils reflected the color of the clouds.

"He doesn't have to worry about food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. He doesn't have to worry about what will happen in the next second. He doesn't have to think about whether he can have enough food tomorrow. He doesn't have to experience most of the suffering in life. Isn't this a good thing?"

"It makes sense."

Su Chengyi pondered for a while, but couldn't think of any reasonable rebuttal.

However, it is understandable for other people to say such things, but when Sister Orange said such things, it made people feel that the tone of the situation suddenly changed.

"Did something bad happen to you recently? Why do you suddenly feel this way?"

Thinking of this, Su Chengyi couldn't help but turn his head to look at her and asked.

Ye Ju turned his head away at the right moment and let out a short laugh.

“Ha, it seems like there really is one?”

He didn't deny it.

Su Chengyi paused. Although he suspected that this was another trick question, he continued to ask:
"What's the matter? Can you tell me?"

"Is it convenient—or inconvenient?"

Ye Ju stretched out his tone and frowned. He didn't seem to be deliberately keeping the question in suspense, but rather seemed to be truly struggling.

Su Chengyi waited for a while, and seeing that she still had no intention of speaking, he couldn't help but smiled and said:

"I didn't expect you would have this day."

"today?"

Ye Ju turned his head and asked back.

"I just feel like there's nothing in the world that can upset you. After all, you're Ye Ju."

Su Chengyi thought about it and told the truth.

He really thought so. For a girl like Ye Ju who was quirky and heartless, it was hard to imagine anything that could really affect her cheerful and carefree nature.

"Hey, thank you for praising me."

Ye Ju curled his lips, obviously not really expressing his gratitude.

In order to avoid being dragged to sing karaoke by enthusiastic patients, the two of them escaped and ran to the fitness equipment area in the sanatorium.

It was lunch time and there were not many people here, except for someone hanging upside down on the horizontal bar in the distance on the other side, which looked a bit weird.

But if you think about it carefully, since we are in the Giant Mountain Sanatorium, there is nothing weird about it, it is normal.

Su Chengyi curled the corners of his mouth inexplicably, pushed himself up with both hands, and sat on the parallel bars next to him.

In the afternoon, the sunlight that vaguely leaks out from behind the obscuring clouds is soft and quiet in tone, showing the breath of autumn.

Flocks of birds kept flying in groups across the sky and landing on the leaves on the other side. Then, they were startled by some sudden movements and fled away, flapping their wings.

Ye Ju looked up at him sitting on the parallel bars leisurely and wanted to imitate him immediately.

"I'll sit too, I'll sit too, hehe!"

She gripped the parallel bars with both hands and pushed upwards with all her strength. She was about to sit up, but because she used the wrong force method, she was about to slip and fall.

"OMG!!!"

In a panic, she tried to grab something nearby.

Fortunately, Su Chengyi was quick-witted and grabbed her arm in time, allowing her to use the force to sit on the other side.

"I was so scared. I was so scared! Thank you, handsome guy."

After landing safely, Ye Ju breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his eyes and looked into the distance.

Near the electric pole in the distance, a group of flying birds formed a straight line. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she suddenly narrowed her eyes and smiled.

Su Chengyi happened to catch this inexplicable smile and asked casually:

"what are you laughing at?"

"Laugh at those birds over there. If they were all electrocuted, wouldn't it be a bunch of burnt birds?"

Ye Ju laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward.

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Su Chengyi felt a little regretful for a moment. Why did he have to ask this question when he knew he wouldn't get any serious answer?

"So, does the terrible thing you just mentioned really exist?"

he continued to ask.

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Ye Ju's face faded a little. She lowered her eyes and said "hmm". After a long while, she replied:

"It's nothing, actually. It's just..."

At this point, she suddenly took a deep breath, and then spoke like a rapid-fire cannon:

"A puppy suddenly came to the store where I worked before. Hahaha. Every time it was time for dinner, it would suddenly come to eat. The manager wanted to chase it away, but it wouldn't leave. The manager was very surprised and asked why the store didn't give it food, but it still came for every meal. I didn't have the courage to tell the manager that every time the puppy came, I would give it a sausage. Hahaha. I like you. That's so funny. It seems that puppies really like sausages."

This long paragraph of incomprehensible words, coupled with Ye Ju's machine gun-like speaking speed, made Su Chengyi's head buzz, and it took him a long time to react to what she was saying.

Half a day later, he realized that Ye Ju suddenly added something in the middle of this sentence.

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No kidding, Su Chengyi suddenly felt like he was having a myocardial infarction.

Ye Ju was surprisingly calm despite revealing such a shocking secret. He was swinging his legs leisurely and humming a tuneless little song.

So Su Chengyi pondered for a while, and felt that this was obviously Sister Orange's daily joke, so he bravely asked:

"Kidding?"

"No."

Unexpectedly, Ye Ju's answer was also very straightforward. She tilted her head to look at Su Chengyi and said seriously:
"I like you - but it's okay, there are many other interesting things in the world."

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Su Chengyi scratched his hair, feeling a little nervous for some reason.

"Don't worry, I do like you, but I don't like you to the point where I will cry, make a fuss, or even hang myself for you, or I will never marry anyone except you!"

Ye Ju smiled mischievously, and his tone was as inappropriate as ever.

Under normal circumstances, she would have been talking nonsense again, but at this moment, it seemed as if she was serious.

Su Chengyi was confessed to out of nowhere, and his reaction time in this regard was as long as usual. It took him a long time to organize some reasonable and decent official answers. When he was finally about to speak, Ye Ju suddenly smiled and said,
"——I'm just kidding!! How about it? A beautiful girl came down from the sky and confessed her love to me. Did you feel excited?! Did you feel excited?!"

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At this moment, Su Chengyi had an urge to push her off the parallel bars to the ground.

"Okay, okay, sorry. Besides, your love life seems to be quite rich already, right?"

After failing to apologize in a serious manner, Ye Ju couldn't help but burst out laughing again.

At the end, he didn't forget to add a sarcastic remark.

"boring."

After being fooled, Su Chengyi said expressionlessly.

"Oh my, oh my, our friendship is pure revolutionary, comrades, comrades, comrades!
I really have no interest in you, I'm lying to you like a puppy!!!"

Ye Ju swung her calves, looked into his eyes, and said with a smile.

"Of course I know that. Let's go."

Su Chengyi jumped off the parallel bars and glanced at her indifferently.

Fortunately, this guy was just joking as usual. From a certain perspective, it was really a relief.

Su Chengyi thought this as he walked towards the gate.

Ye Ju raised his voice and said "Okay~", then jumped off the parallel bars and slowly followed him a few steps away.

The flock of flying birds in the distance just now did not do as she wished. They were not burned by the high voltage electricity. They were still flying freely, forming an undulating wave line.

As the breeze passed by her ears, Ye Ju slowly lowered her eyes and said softly in a voice that only she could hear:
"Wang Wang."

(End of this chapter)