Chapter Thirty-Three: The Mouse Falls in Love with the Cat

  Qin Keyi maintained a stiff posture, glaring at me, while I was leisurely flipping through the pages, but actually stealing glances at Qin Keyi from time to time. As for what was written on it, I had no idea. Qin Keyi had tried several times to ignore the possibility of cola splashing onto his clothes and impulsively try to shake off the situation, but perhaps considering the expensive clothes on him, he gave up on that thought.

  "Alright! Have you had enough fun? That's about it, isn't it?! Hurry up and take it away!" Qin Ke finally couldn't hold back anymore.

  "Does this mean you've compromised with me?!" I said to Qin Ke.

  "Yes! Yes! Get out of the way!" After hearing Qin Ke Yi's words, I smiled apologetically at her and carefully helped Qin Ke Yi move all the Coke away. Qin Ke Yi slowly stood up, stretching her limbs and waist.

  "Alright, now we're even. No more revenge from either of us! Let's go... already..." Just as I hadn't finished saying this, Qin Ke suddenly grabbed a cup of Coke from the table and splashed it fiercely onto my face.

  "This makes up for it!" Qin Ke Yi said to me in a cold tone, accompanied by a cold smile. Fortunately, it's not early now, and there are only two tables of people in KFC, except for a few service staff cleaning up. Maybe I've been feeling guilty about Qin Ke Yi these past two days, but after her sudden attack, I remained calm and composed, without getting angry like usual. I just quietly looked at Qin Ke Yi, who was also quietly looking at me, her gaze softening as if worried that her previous action might have gone too far and made me angry.

  After a few seconds of silent eye contact, Qin Ke picked up her bag and slowly walked towards the door.

  "Qin Kaiyi, stop right there!" I suddenly shouted at Qin Kaiyi. After hearing me, she subconsciously stopped in her tracks and stood still for a few seconds before slowly turning around to face me with an expression that seemed to say "What can you do to me?"

  "Hey... do you have any tissues in your bag? I want to wipe my face." I suddenly switched to a gentle tone and said to Qin Ke Yi, who seemed completely unaware that after I loudly ordered her to stop, I would use such a soft tone to ask for tissues. She couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing me, then walked up to me with a smile, took out a pack of tissues from her bag and handed it to me, while also taking one out to gently wipe the Coke off my face. Just like that, the conflict between Qin Ke Yi and I was gradually wiped away, just like the Coke on my face.

  The next morning, I got up early again and made a pot of porridge for Qin Ke Yi. Then I went to school to ask for two weeks' leave for Qin Ke Yi. It seems that Qin Ke Yi is quite popular in their department. The counselor signed the leave application without saying a word after reading Qin Ke Yi's leave note and medical report, which surprised me greatly. The sweet words I had prepared were also unnecessary.

  After handling the formalities for Qin Ke Yi, I took a bus to Central Street to buy a new phone for her. Last night when Qin Ke Yi got home, she kept telling me that she wanted to buy a new phone today and claimed that this idea had been brewing for a long time, but she was just too attached to the old one. This made me suspect whether Qin Ke Yi smashed her phone yesterday because of anger or if it was an excuse to get rid of the old phone so she could have a reason to buy a new one.

  Because of the problem of which mobile phone to buy, Qin Ke Yi and I had some differences. After browsing Beidou Mobile Network, Qin Ke Yi was attracted by the beautiful appearance of Motorola V3 and insisted on buying this flashy but useless mobile phone. So I had to patiently advise Qin Ke Yi again to establish a correct consumption view. Under my patient guidance, Qin Ke Yi reluctantly chose from Nokia, which she thought was "ugly". Finally, Qin Ke Yi chose the relatively fashionable Nokia 8800, but when she saw the price, I had to lecture her again. However, this time Qin Ke Yi insisted on her point of view. Considering her extraordinary economic strength, we reached an agreement. This morning when I left, Qin Ke Yi gave me a bank card and told me the password.

  When I took over the phone from the salesgirl, my heart was always in doubt. Holding such an expensive phone to make a call would make me feel like it's burning my hands. I took Qin Ke Yi's phone out of the packaging box and put her old SIM card in. Holding this relatively expensive phone for me, I couldn't help but feel a sense of inferiority, and at the same time, I had a question in my heart for the first time. As a rich family's young lady, would Qin Ke Yi like someone like me? She should have her own social circle, her own world. Even if she might temporarily intersect with my life, she would eventually return to her own world. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little melancholy, but at the same time, I was relieved that I had controlled my emotions towards Qin Ke Yi well recently. After all, we are not people from the same world, maybe all my feelings were wrong, perhaps it's just self-inflicted sentimentality.

  With these annoying questions, I boarded the bus back, at this time Qin Ke Yi's new phone in the bag started ringing non-stop with text messages. After taking it out and looking at it roughly, there were more than 20 messages, all sent yesterday. From the names, it can be seen that almost all of them were boys. The general meaning was similar, all expressing concern and condolences for Qin Ke Yi's foot injury, making me feel the charm of the school flower from another side once again.

  When I opened the door and returned home, Qin Ke was surfing the internet in the room. After hearing the sound of the door opening, he reluctantly came out of the room.

  "Have you bought it back?" Qin Ke asked with some impatience.

  "Here! I've bought it back for you." I handed my phone, packaging box and bank card to Qin Ke Yi, reminding her that she had just received over 20 text messages at the same time.

  Qin Kaiyi excitedly answered the phone, took a look at the text message he had just sent, and then started fiddling with his new phone.

  "Aren't you going to reply to them? They're all people who care about you!" I saw Qin Ke look at the text message and then start playing games on her phone, so I reminded her.

  "There are so many, I'm too lazy to reply, besides they're all people I dislike." Qin Ke said indifferently while playing games.

  "Has anyone ever cared about you? A mass text message can solve everything!"

  "Oh! Right! How could I have forgotten!" Qin Ke made a sudden realization, then started texting. At this moment, my phone rang and I picked it up to see that it was Ma Ke, so I answered it.

  "Hey! Kang Jian! Where are you?" The panicked voice of Marco came from the other end of the phone, and I realized that something might have happened.

  "I'm home! What's wrong?!"

  "I'm at the Second Hospital of Medical University! Come over quickly! Zhang Wei has had an accident!" I heard this news and hastily asked Ma Ke, "What's happened? What kind of accident?"

  "He's been stabbed a few times, come quick!" From Mark's voice I felt the severity of the situation, so I put down the phone and looked at Qin Ke Yi.

  "I've heard everything! You go ahead, I'll boil some instant noodles for myself tonight!" Just as I was about to explain to Qin Ke that I might not be able to cook for her again today, she said this with a gentle tone, and for the first time, I felt Qin Ke's considerate side.

  I rushed to the hospital at the fastest speed, found the ward that Mark told me, and when I rushed in, I saw Zhang Wei's arm and head wrapped in bandages, half lying on the hospital bed. Mark and his five or six younger brothers were standing around him chatting with him. When he saw me coming in, he looked very calm.

  "Brother, you're here!"

  "What's going on? How is the injury?"

  "Ah, it's nothing! Just a few stitches!" Zhang Wei said nonchalantly, and then told me about the reason behind his injury. It turned out that Zhang Wei had recently discovered someone selling ecstasy in the disco he managed, and due to the influence of his strict upbringing, he was deeply opposed to drugs. So, he beat up the person selling ecstasy and warned him not to show up again in his territory. However, the opponent's boss had negotiated with Zhang Wei several times without success, so they sent their underlings to slash Zhang Wei a few times when he was leaving his bar alone. The intention was just to teach Zhang Wei a lesson, so they didn't use too much force; otherwise, Zhang Wei wouldn't be sitting here chatting and laughing with us now.

  Just as Zhang Wei and I were chatting, a female police officer suddenly pushed open the door and walked slowly to Zhang Wei's front. Without saying a word, she slapped him with a loud "slap". Seeing this scene, all of us present were stunned.

  "Get out of my way!" Zhang Wei's younger brothers came back to their senses and were about to rush up and argue with the police, but were suddenly stopped by Zhang Wei.

  "There's nothing to see here, you all go back! With Kang Jian and them accompanying me, that's enough!" Zhang Wei used a severe tone to shoo away his several younger brothers. After they left the hospital room, Zhang Wei looked at the female police officer again, then raised his head to look at me and Ma Ke, before telling us with a face full of embarrassment a news that seemed absurd but not hard to accept: the female police officer in front of us was Zhang Wei's girlfriend!!!