Don't Cry for Me - chapter 6

Chapter 6

After a semester of matchmaking, I don’t know whether Xu Nanyi and Yao have developed any sparks of romance.

But their grades have soared, and I’m very pleased.

Actually, that’s just a side effect. What I did was have them absorb a large amount of information, then summarize general patterns from it-that’s the essence of learning.

Repeating this process over and over makes them better at learning itself-in other words, they master the art of learning.

After that, picking up anything new becomes much faster, and the same logic applies to solving problems.

Simply put, their brains work better.

Once your brain works better, the chances of getting a “love brain” should decrease… I guess that’s a roundabout way to save the country.

But while I had it all figured out, the worldline had other ideas.

After winter break started, Yao became unpredictable. She used to call me “sister” all the time, but now she’d lock herself in her room for entire afternoons.

When she did come out, she’d be blushing and flustered, her eyes darting around as she said she was meeting classmates to watch a movie.

I told her I was going to take a nap. She looked relieved. I pretended not to notice her obvious relief, saw her out the door, and then immediately messaged Xu Nanyi on WeChat: “Are you dating Yao?”

Xu Nanyi: ?

Xu Nanyi: “Say that again, who am I dating?”

Me: “My sister.”

Xu Nanyi didn’t reply.

When I tried to message him again, I found he’d already blocked me.

Tsk, boys are so hard to deal with.

If they don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. Let them date. Maybe this is just the convergence of the worldline. The Male and Female Lead are destined to be entangled. If it happens early, and you ask if I support it, of course I do.

After all, they’re young-less likely to get stomach cancer.

But soon, I realized things weren’t quite as I’d imagined.

When the new semester started, Yao brought a boy into our evening self-study classroom, blushing as she introduced him: “Sis, this is Lou Qi from my class. Can he join us for self-study?”

Me: ?

Before I could react, Xu Nanyi, sitting beside me, answered seriously, “Sure.”

The boy quickly handed him a bottle of Coke. “Brother Xu.”

“Mm. Sit there, don’t be nervous.” Xu Nanyi accepted the bribe, jerked his chin toward the seat next to Yao, and naturally added, “Introduce yourself.”

Ahhh! What’s with this big-brother-in-law welcoming the little-brother-in-law scene?

Very soon, the school called Yao’s parents in.

That teacher surnamed Zhao seemed to wish her nothing but trouble, making veiled accusations in class every day about her seducing boys, moving her seat to the very front, right next to the podium, all alone, claiming it was to guard against “flirty vixens.”

Dad scolded her too: “So young and already thinking about dating?!”

“I also know how to study,” Yao replied softly.

“You can’t wait until you’re old to date, either,” I chimed in from the side.

“You’re dating too?” Dad was incredulous.

“No,” I decided to go big. “I won’t get married or have children.”

Dad’s expression froze instantly.

Mom, who’d been painting her nails, was also stunned.

They realized that compared to Yao, I was the real ticking time bomb, so they spent the whole evening earnestly trying to talk me out of it.

When I thought the timing was right, I reassured them, saying they didn’t need to worry. I’m still young-maybe in a couple of years, I’ll change my mind.

Dad and Mom finally relaxed and sent me back to my room as if I were some kind of deity.

Dad seemed like he wanted to say something more to Yao, but after glancing at me, he held back.

Compared to me, her older sister, Yao is such a lively, vibrant girl!

He took a few steps away, then suddenly remembered something, turned back, and said to Yao seriously, “If you two ever… um…”

He couldn’t finish and signaled Mom with his eyes.

Mom was embarrassed too. “Yes, well, you’re both still young…”

“Yao wouldn’t do that,” I said coolly, glancing at her. “Boys at this age aren’t any good at it anyway. She knows what’s up.”

Yao nodded in agreement.

Dad and Mom’s faces twisted up, but since we both acted so calm, they wandered out like sleepwalkers, holding each other’s hands tightly.

Later, Yao carefully collected everything she’d experienced in class and wrote a sincere letter of complaint, which she sent to the Education Bureau.

The teacher surnamed Zhao was quickly transferred, and Yao became the Discipline Committee Member in her class, patrolling the halls every day with a red armband and a blank expression.

Rumor has it that even Sun Yue avoids her now.

I’m quite pleased that, throughout the whole process, I only made two corrections on her letter of complaint.