The Romance Extras Turned Out to Be a Yuri Story - Chapter 80.1
Lin Luoluo blinked, not understanding how Zhang Qiu had offended Yi Yushu. Yi Yushu hadn’t treated Zhang Qiu with this attitude before. However, Gu Beichen had already slipped away when he saw things going south, so she had to brace herself and say, “Sister Yi, this way.”
“I’m not going.” Yi Yushu was furious. “She tricked me into coming here and then doesn’t show up? Then I’m not going to the book signing either!”
Huh? Lin Luoluo watched Yi Yushu turn and walk towards the school gate. Anxiously, she followed. “Sister Yi, wait a minute! Don’t go!”
She was small, her steps were short, and she eventually had to run to catch up. Yi Yushu, in her anger, walked faster and faster. Just as Lin Luoluo was about to lose her, a familiar figure suddenly appeared halfway. When Yi Yushu saw the figure, her anger dissipated by half, but she was still very upset. She shouted at the figure, “Didn’t you say you weren’t going to show up? Why are you here now?”
Zhang Qiu’s expression was full of annoyance. She frowned and said, “Didn’t Gu Beichen take you to the signing?”
“Zhang Qiu!” Yi Yushu’s voice was sharp and shrill. “I know everything! The excuse you used to reject me back then was that you had a boyfriend! But today I heard your ‘boyfriend’ say he’s only cooperating with you! You used that to put me off? You have to give me an explanation today!”
“What explanation do I need to give you?” Zhang Qiu’s frown deepened. “Isn’t ‘I don’t like you’ a good enough reason?”
Yi Yushu was choked up and paused, her momentum slightly weaker.
“How can you not like me? You took such good care of me back then.”
“I’m like that to everyone,” Zhang Qiu said, a headache forming.
“Then you knew my menstrual cycle and specifically handed me brown sugar water.”
“Sister, your stomach hurt so badly. As a girl, of course, I knew what was going on.”
“I had low blood sugar during the physical education test and you were the one who took me to the infirmary. If you weren’t constantly paying attention to me, how would you have known I fainted?”
“The tennis court is right next to it. I was practicing tennis with the club and heard the shouts from your side. I didn’t know it was you, but even if it wasn’t you, I would have helped anyone else.”
“And the time during the school sports meet…” Yi Yushu brought up many details, which Zhang Qiu refuted one by one. Yi Yushu grew agitated. “Do you really not like me? Then who do you like?”
The corner of Zhang Qiu’s mouth twitched as she saw Lin Luoluo jogging over, and her eyes softened.
“I like her.”
Yi Yushu turned around and frowned. “Don’t just randomly pick someone to put me off.”
Lin Luoluo ran up, still out of breath.
“Sister, we…”
Her wrist was suddenly grabbed. While she was still dazed, Zhang Qiu pulled her to her side.
“Zhang, Zhang Qiu?”
A sarcastic smile appeared on Yi Yushu’s lips. “Do you dare to prove it to me? You’re scared…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Zhang Qiu leaned in. She whispered, “Sorry.”
Lin Luoluo’s eyes were glazed over. The soft touch came and went instantly. Zhang Qiu pressed her head against her own shoulder and turned to Yi Yushu. “Is that enough? How long are you going to keep this up?”
“You, you, you really like her?” Yi Yushu was furious. “She’s acceptable, but why am I not?”
Zhang Qiu sneered, “Because she’s cuter than you.”
“Fang Duo, take Sister Yi to the event.”
Fang Duo, who was standing behind the Vice President, was also stunned by the bizarre turn of events.
Although Zhang Qiu had always been very popular and received about as many confessions from men as from women, she hadn’t expected Vice President Zhang Qiu to actually be a lesbian. Who knew how many men would be heartbroken tonight, and how many gay women would be ecstatic.
“I’m sorry.” Zhang Qiu let go of Lin Luoluo and sincerely apologized. “She pushed me too far. Are you alright?” she asked with concern.
Lin Luoluo gasped, feeling a little flustered.
“I’m, I’m fine.”
Zhang Qiu chuckled lightly.
“Thank you for helping me with the act.”
Lin Luoluo’s cheeks were burning. “It’s, it’s nothing,” she repeated.
Actually, Zhang Qiu hadn’t really kissed her just now. When she cupped Lin Luoluo’s face, her thumb had rested against her lip, so she was actually kissing her fingertip.
But Lin Luoluo’s heart was still racing, unable to calm down.
Her cheek was gently touched. Lin Luoluo instinctively covered her face and stared at Zhang Qiu, who had suddenly moved.
Zhang Qiu hid the warmth on her fingertip and explained, “There was something dirty on your face.”
Dirty thing?
Lin Luoluo hesitated and rubbed her cheek with the back of her hand.
So cute.
Zhang Qiu curled her lips into a smile.
“It’s clean now,” she asked softly. “Why did you bring Sister Yi over? Didn’t I arrange for someone else?”
Lin Luoluo answered, “I ran into Gu Beichen. He said he had something to do and asked me to help take her there. That’s when Sister Yi got angry and started looking for you everywhere.”
Lin Luoluo looked up. Zhang Qiu lowered her head, her smile gentle. “So that’s what happened. I apologize for troubling you.”
Lin Luoluo shook her head.
Zhang Qiu asked, “I remember you don’t have afternoon classes. Do you have anything planned later?”
Lin Luoluo shook her head again. Zhang Qiu then asked, “Then could you do me a small favor?”
“What is it?” Lin Luoluo wanted to hear it before deciding.
Zhang Qiu didn’t delay and immediately told her.
“Today is our stray animal feeding day, and the club is short on hands. If you’re free, could you help me out?”
Lin Luoluo didn’t think for long and agreed.
Zhang Qiu was beaming, her smile warm and pleasant.
Fang Duo returned and saw this scene. The Vice President is smiling more brightly than if she won a scholarship, she thought to herself.
“Vice President, I’ve seen her off,” she reported.
“Then go find the President and finish up the remaining work. Once I’m done here, I need to head to the club,” Zhang Qiu said.
Fang Duo nodded, watching the Vice President and her ambiguous companion leave together.
She scratched her head, feeling strangely compelled to ‘ship’ them.
After all, the Vice President was beautiful and cool, and the person she liked was small and cute. The difference in height was perfect for kissing.
After a moment, she quickly dumped the inappropriate thoughts from her mind.
I can’t keep thinking like this. Will I become gay too?
She’d heard that people’s sexual orientation was fluid. However, the Vice President herself had the potential to be ‘bent’, no wonder so many girls in the school liked her.
She was gentle, considerate, and observant. It was just that recently, for some reason, she had become increasingly sharp-tongued, often making people speechless.
Lin Luoluo was now lucky enough to witness it.
A newly purchased batch of cat food for the club had a moldy smell when opened; the person in charge of procurement had been deceived by the supplier.
Zhang Qiu’s face was dark as she scolded the person in charge, “Is your brain full of straw? Do you have no intelligence at all?”
“Didn’t you think about why this batch of cat and dog food was so cheap? Couldn’t you have done a spot check? At the very least, you should have opened a bag and checked! Did you feed your intelligence to the dogs?”
“The sample that was sent had no problems, so I didn’t worry about it,” the person in charge mumbled. “We’ve had pleasant collaborations several times before, so I didn’t expect him to trick us this time.”
“A pig’s brain is better than yours!” Zhang Qiu demanded, “Do you have the phone number? Give it to me, I’ll talk to them!”
The person in charge quickly got the number. Zhang Qiu called. “Hello, I’m the student council representative from Mindian University. Our school recently purchased a batch of cat and dog food from your store, and it was moldy when we opened it. How do you plan to handle this?”
“You won’t deal with it because the return period has passed?”
Zhang Qiu sneered, “You wouldn’t want this matter to be blown up, would you? Our school was originally in a long-term partnership with you. We won’t pursue the issue this time; human errors are common. If you don’t handle it, I might accidentally leak this information. After all, Mindian University has tens of thousands of students, and there’s always someone with a strong sense of justice. It wouldn’t be good for your brand’s online purchasing power and reputation, would it?”
“You say I’m threatening you? That’s a joke. I’m just a student, how could I have such power? I only know a few ways to protect my rights, such as reporting to the 315 consumer protection hotline, and the food safety supervision bureau. You sent enough of these samples. I haven’t even thanked you yet. I remember your platform states ‘ten times compensation for fakes’, right? I wonder how much you’ll have to pay.”
“You’ll handle it? That’s wonderful.”
“We won’t exchange it, we only want a refund.”
Zhang Qiu hung up the phone with a cold face and instructed, “Return the items. Keep one open bag and send it to the food supervision bureau to report them for selling moldy animal food.”
Zhang Qiu dealt with the issue with great efficiency. She then sourced a batch of cat food from nearby pet stores before starting the day’s activity.
The task was to feed the stray animals, tally the number of strays in the school, check for any new strays, and assess the animals’ health.
The workload was large. Lin Luoluo had thought they only needed to feed them.
Some cats and dogs weren’t friendly to people, so they could only leave food out and watch from a distance.
Other animals were very friendly and easier to check.
Lin Luoluo followed Zhang Qiu, watching her take notes and playing with the friendly cats.
Zhang Qiu forgot the time once she started working. It wasn’t until dusk that she straightened up and looked at Lin Luoluo, who had been following her, with an apologetic expression.
“Sorry, it’s so late. You’ve been with me for so long, let me treat you to dinner.”
She made the offer casually, and Lin Luoluo didn’t refuse.
“We have to continue checking and feeding tomorrow. Are you coming again?” Zhang Qiu asked.
“It’s quite interesting. I’ll come,” Lin Luoluo said, smiling and giving a definite answer.
They had a simple meal in the school cafeteria before parting ways. Sitting in the car on the way home, Lin Luoluo felt the envelope in her bag but ultimately decided not to give it to Zhang Qiu, because she didn’t know what reason to use to give it to her and unlock that dusty memory.