After Losing My Memory, I Went After My Archenemy - Chapter 14

What’s going on, is Xia Rou pursuing Lin Xi?

A post with this title exploded on the Linglu University campus forum tonight, with replies breaking ten thousand in just two hours.

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I saw Xia Rou follow Lin Xi onto the same bus after school tonight. That’s Xia Rou, a true rich young lady from a wealthy family. When have we ever seen her lower herself to do such a thing? Furthermore, according to a classmate from another department, she has been spotted more than once attending classes with Lin Xi. Therefore, I suspect Xia Rou is pursuing Lin Xi.

[1st Floor]: Before entering the thread, I thought it was just a sensational title, but I didn’t expect the OP to be seriously discussing this. Claiming the sofa to wait for the gossip.

[2nd Floor]: Also thought it was a sensational title but rushed in immediately anyway. No choice, these two are the traffic passwords of the forum! Bringing a stool to wait for the gossip.

[3rd Floor]: I reckon this is probably just another one of this rich lady’s pranks. Everyone at Linglu University knows they are mortal enemies.

[4th Floor]: I second the floor above. It’s impossible. Let’s disperse.

[5th Floor]: Hey everyone, what if there’s a 1% chance it’s true?

[6th Floor]: Disperse, disperse.

[10th Floor]: Judged to be a filler post. Everyone, disperse.

Normally, a thread’s popularity would fade after this point, and it certainly wouldn’t accumulate into a tower of ten thousand replies. However, in reality, a post that becomes explosive is never that simple.

Xia Rou, who habitually browsed the forum before sleep, naturally saw the post. Usually, when she saw a thread related to her, she would click in to read, but that was all. This time was different.

Upon seeing most people betting against her and Lin Xi, refusing to believe any possibility between them, the rich young lady’s rebellious spirit instantly soared to its peak. The next second, her hand moved faster than her mind, and she wrote a reply.

[11th Floor] Xia Rou: That’s right, I am pursuing her.

[12th Floor]: OMG, OMG, OMG! The subject herself has arrived!

[13th Floor]: Predicting this thread is going to blow up…

[25th Floor]: Want to know if the 11th floor’s reply is the person herself? Does anyone know?

[Xia Rou] replies to [25th Floor]: It is me. Do you want proof?

“Niece, still exercising so late? Bring me back a can of beer in a bit.”

After switching her run to a walk, Lin Xi lightly adjusted her headphones. Her slightly breathless tone replied coolly, “Go buy it yourself if you want to drink.”

“But you’re out already! It’s right on your way, hehe.” The man on the other end of the phone chuckled. Fearing she wouldn’t agree, he pulled out his ace: “Consider it your uncle begging you.”

“…Just keep indulging your beer belly.” The alpha hung up helplessly, turned, and left the track towards the convenience store.

After buying the beer, she received a text message from her friend Shen Xuan.

Lin Xi paused after descending the steps, her brow furrowed slightly.

Soon, Shen Xuan sent another message.

Shen Xuan: Finished reading the post yet?

Lin Xi: Too long, didn’t read.

Shen Xuan: I knew you wouldn’t read it. The thread is indeed very high now. I screenshotted the main points for you. Take a look.

Ten minutes later.

Shen Xuan: ?? Where are you?

Lin Xi: What’s wrong?

Shen Xuan: …No reaction after reading it?!

Lin Xi: I was walking home at night. Just got home now.

Shen Xuan: So Xia Rou is really pursuing you?

Lin Xi: I don’t know what counts as pursuing and what doesn’t. Perhaps.

Shen Xuan: !!! Something this big and I only find out through the forum? Lin Xi, you’re keeping deep secrets. You really don’t treat me as a friend! pouting emoji.jpg

Lin Xi: …

Lin Xi: I just didn’t think it was worth mentioning. Maybe she’s just having a momentary whim, just playing around.

Shen Xuan: That makes sense too!

Shen Xuan: Thinking that way, it’s certainly more likely she’s playing a trick, but it’s too much! This rich young lady really is… If she doesn’t like you, she doesn’t like you, why be so antagonistic!

Reading this, Lin Xi unconsciously lowered her gaze, and the voice that said, “I like you,” echoed in her ears again, firm yet containing a hint of shyness.

Lin Xi: Gotta go, I’m going to take a shower.

After sending the final reply, the alpha put down her phone.

When Lin Xi came out of the shower, her uncle was already passed out on the sofa from drinking too much. She frowned slightly, but eventually stepped forward and silently helped clean up the mess. The soccer game on TV had ended and gone into commercial break, the flashing screen light making the living room alternately bright and dim.

By the time everything was handled, it was late at night.

The moment she lay in bed and closed her eyes, Lin Xi suddenly thought of something and opened her eyes again. As if possessed, she reached for her phone, performed a series of operations to log in, and opened the campus forum.

As Shen Xuan said, there was indeed such a post tonight, and it was still floating at the top of the homepage even in the dead of night.

Lin Xi opened the thread and slowly scrolled down from the first floor, naturally seeing the omega’s reply on the first page.

Time always flies by unnoticed. By the time Lin Xi realized it, she had scrolled through the entire thread. It was now three in the morning, and not only that, the omega was actually still arguing with her schoolmates on the forum. Every time she refreshed, a few new replies would appear.

[Xia Rou]: Yes, I may have truly disliked Lin Xi before and done some inappropriate things, but people should be given a chance to reform. So what if I like her now?

[Unknown Schoolmate]: Give it a rest, you’re not worthy.

[Xia Rou]: Then tell me where I’m not worthy? I’m all ears.

[Unknown Schoolmate]: Anyway, it’s absolutely impossible for Lin Xi to like you. Don’t waste your energy.

The argument between Xia Rou and this anonymous schoolmate alone spanned dozens of floors. Lin Xi couldn’t help but frown, feeling a headache coming on. She switched out without thinking, opened her instant messaging with Xia Rou, and began typing a message.

Lin Xi: Don’t argue with that person.

She deleted it a second before hitting send.

She started editing again.

Lin Xi: Why aren’t you asleep yet?

Thinking it felt strange, she deleted it again.

After going back and forth for half an hour, Lin Xi never sent the message. When she looked at the forum again, the thread had been reported for disrupting campus harmony and was locked.

What did she argue about with people to get the thread locked…

Lin Xi smiled helplessly and simply put down her phone to sleep.

“Where is my little notebook? Where did it go? I clearly had it after class yesterday!”

An anxious voice echoed from the second floor of the Xia family villa early in the morning.

“Rou Rou? Why aren’t you downstairs yet? What are you looking for?” Wu Daiyun asked, standing at the bedroom door. She couldn’t help but shake when she saw the completely ransacked room.

Xia Rou acted as if she hadn’t heard, continuing to search frantically in her own world.

Wu Daiyun couldn’t stand it and walked in, saying, “First, try to remember carefully when you last saw it.”

“…I can’t remember.” The omega drooped her mouth, like a wilting puppy, her eyes pitiful.

“Then forget it. It’s just a small notebook. Just buy a new one.” Wu Daiyun tried to comfort her.

The thought of the strategies, Lin Xi’s preferences, and the class schedule recorded in the notebook—losing it felt like losing half the possibility of pursuing Lin Xi. A wave of sadness instantly washed over her. Xia Rou, who was already squatting on the floor searching, suddenly sat down and began to sob, overwhelmed with grief.

Wu Daiyun had never seen her daughter in such a state and immediately panicked. Seeing that no amount of comforting worked, she had no choice but to call someone to buy every beautiful paper notebook in the city.

No matter how sad she was, school still had to be attended.

With a pair of tear-reddened eyes, Xia Rou was hurried into the family driver’s car.

On the way to school, she still didn’t give up trying to remember, but nothing came to mind.

Xia Rou decided to retrace her steps from after school yesterday, starting from the bus stop.

She had the driver drop her off at the bus stop and walked along the route toward the school. Unexpectedly, she hadn’t walked far when she ran into Lin Xi, who was also heading to school.

The rich young lady, who cared deeply about her image, immediately turned her back, took out her portable small mirror to check her makeup and appearance. Her eyes were the focus; it would be embarrassing if they were swollen.

Lin Xi was about to say something but had to stop for a moment.

Quickly finishing her touch-up, Xia Rou turned around with her most perfect, flawless smile. “Good morning!”

Seeing the omega’s slightly excessive blush, Lin Xi paused, then reached into her pocket and produced the small notebook she had dropped yesterday, handing it out. “Is this yours?”

Seeing the notebook recovered, Xia Rou excitedly took it with both hands. However, before she could be happy for a second, she suddenly thought…

Lin Xi didn’t read the contents inside, did she???

The omega’s face instantly cycled between pale and red, and her heart rate soared.

Lin Xi paused slightly, her hand hanging by her side clenched. She spoke somewhat unnaturally, “I didn’t look at what was inside.”

It was the first time the poor liar had lied.

“Hmm?!” Xia Rou looked up in surprise.

Noticing the look of relief in her eyes, Lin Xi added, “As for friends, let’s just let nature take its course.”

It took Xia Rou a moment to realize that the other person was referring to the matter of wanting to be friends, which she had mentioned that night at the campus clinic.

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