No Chasing Please

2

Zhou Yirou left without hesitation.

   Tears flashed in Tao Youqing’s eyes. She looked at the door as
   she held back her watery eyes. After a long silence, she
   inhaled and cursed, “Damn you Zhou Yirou, you scumbag!”

   But she couldn’t hold back her tears anymore. She cried for her
   heart that was crushed by Zhou Yirou. She cried for the past
   five years she had spent following Zhou Yirou like an idiot
   without dignity.

   She was tired and empty at this moment. Zhou Yirou will never
   like her. She will only like Jiang Yaling. So then why on earth
   did she struggle to this day.

   Since she couldn’t get the response she wanted even after
   waiting for five years, it’s meaningless to wait any longer.
   It’s time for her to wake up and leave. At least she would be
   able to keep a little dignity in front of Zhou Yirou.

   Her uncle had once said, “If the other party isn’t affection to
   you, don’t show depression and vulnerability, because the other
   party will not comfort you, they will only regard you as an
   incompetent loser.”

   She couldn’t let Zhou Yirou think she was a loser. She wanted
   to walk freely and let Zhou Yirou know that Tao Youqing doesn’t
   need her, nor is she inferior.

   She buried her face between her legs. After thinking about it,
   her tears fell faster and faster. But this time, it was not
   because of her unwillingness, but purely venting her
   grievances.

   She had liked a person for five years but still couldn’t get a
   place. It would be a lie to say that she was not sad or
   wronged. She needed to vent, as her uncle had said, “If you
   felt sad, cry. If you cried enough, you will be okay.”

   ——When she’s ready, she will no longer Zhou Yirou.

   Then she heard her phone beep. She stopped crying and raised
   her red eyes to look at the phone on the table.

   It was Guan Meilin.

   Guan Meilin first sent a link then sent a series of messages.
   In addition to a long string of “ah”, it had a lot of
   exclamation marks. She seemed very excited.

   [Meilin]: Ah, ahhhhh, sister, look! The first hot search is
   you!

   [Meilin]: Ahhh, ahh, ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

   [Meilin]: Our Fairy Tao is the one who falls and hangs!!!
   (T/N: falls and hangs/most powerful)

   Tao Youqing was suspicious. She really couldn’t figure out what
   kind of hot search would include her that would make Meilin so
   excited. So she calmed down her tears, clicked on the link, and
   found that it was a topic initiated by a blogger: The
   unforgettable who amazed you.

   The first hot search was really her. Or to be precise, it was
   her five years ago.

   The blogger released the picture of her performance on a talent
   show five years ago, with the caption: “People say don’t meet
   people who are too amazing when they are young. I finally
   understood this sentence after she withdrew from the
   competition. QAQ Seriously, I can’t calm down!!! Why did she
   withdraw from the competition when she was so powerful!!!”

   Tao Youqing casually clicked on the picture that the netizen
   posted. It was when she stood on the stage wearing a red
   performance dress as raised her eyebrows and smiled at the
   camera. Her eyes were lazy and arrogant as if she had trampled
   the world under her feet without fearing any wind and rain.