Super God Grandmaster

Chapter 27: Chapter 25: Inferiority Complex · Acting Chapter 27: Chapter 25: Inferiority Complex · Acting Yu Qing was left alone. She sat on a patch of slanted grass, tucking in her legs, her chin perfectly resting on her knees. She bowed her head, lost in thought.

Ye Chen pondered for a moment, whether to approach her or not. After some thought, he decided to proceed.

“Oh, you’re here? Are you reading?” Ye Chen asked, pretending to be surprised by the encounter.

Yu Qing raised her head to see who it was. It was him.

“Hmm, you’re just coming back now?”

“Finished moving things, Zhan Ze said we have to prepare something for tomorrow, so I got held up until now.” Ye Chen moved closer to her, asking, “What book are you reading?”

“Zhuangzi, have you read it?”

“No, I’m just a country bumpkin, rarely read books.” Ye Chen replied.

“What’s wrong with being from the countryside!” His words seemed to hold a different meaning, as if they were meant for herself. Just like her mother was a woman from a brothel, so what? She was unwilling to accept this.

“You seem upset.” He knowingly pointed out, uncertain of what comforting words to say.

“Really!”

“Hmm.” Ye Chen leaned against a rock formation not far from her.

“That night, after I visited Haoyu, why did fireworks go off in the courtyard?”

“Hmm, I tried to stop Zhan Ze at that moment. But because of Haoyu’s harsh words at noon, Zhan Ze was agitated. Yet, we went to see the girl the next day. She was okay, you don’t need to worry.”

Yu Qing let out a fake laugh, she didn’t fully believe him, and said: “It’s my fault, I’ve caused all this trouble.”

“How can you think like that? Kids, they often play and make a ruckus. It’s strange if they don’t. In our countryside, such things happen all the time, don’t worry.”

Yu Qing was a bit puzzled, and asked: “Did you overhear the conversation of those two girls earlier?”

Ye Chen decided not to lie, nodded his head and said: “I heard it, but you shouldn’t take it to heart. It’s just a few words.”

Yu Qing gave a cold chuckle, lowering her head and plucking the longer blades of grass in front of her, saying: “I originally wanted to find a quiet place. I didn’t expect to make such a fuss in just a few days.”

“Oh, it’s just a few words. Once heard, they’re already in the past.”

“Ha, you are quite open-minded. You aren’t me, you wouldn’t think this way if you were.”

“Hmm, maybe. Everyone seems to understand a lot when it comes to the business of others. But when it becomes their own business, they become confused.”

It seemed like a discerning comment. So, Qing’er asked: “Have you had dinner yet?”

“No, it’s still a while before dinner.”

“Do you think I’m annoying?” She sounded somewhat self-conscious.

Ye Chen said: “How can that be? How can a girl as pretty as you be annoying?”

“Seriously, I don’t really like it when people say I’m pretty.”

“No! How can a girl not like being told she’s pretty?”

“Because I don’t know if boys just approach me because I’m pretty. I don’t like it if it’s only for my looks.” She suddenly felt like she was saying too much.

Upon hearing, Ye Chen seemed to understand, and after a moment of silence, said: “It seems you lack self-confidence. I guess I’m right.”

“What do you mean? You guessed right? You guessed I lack self-confidence?”

“Yes, even though you seem very enthusiastic on the surface, I think you’re not confident. Your enthusiasm isn’t the real you, it’s as if you’re acting, and a bit self-conscious.” Ye Chen connected this to her background, and made this judgment.

“I’m self-conscious? I’m acting? You’re talking nonsense. Just because you think you can see through me, you, a cowherd, don’t understand anything. You’re just presumptuous.” Guo Yuqing suddenly got angry, had a complete turn in attitude, as if she was provoked.

For some unknown reason, she suddenly got angry, like she’d been hit where it hurt, and got all neurotic.

But when she called Ye Chen a cowherd, he didn’t get angry. He just smiled lightly, saying: “It seems what I said is right.”

“Still laughing.”

“Why do you get so angry all of sudden? Is it because I hit it right on the nose? If I didn’t, why would you get so excited?”

“I’m not, I really can’t be bothered to talk to you, cowherd, wasting my breath, accusing me of being self-conscious. You’re the one who’s self-conscious, you’re the actor.” With that, she patted off the grass seeds on her clothes, and marched off in a huff.

Ye Chen was somewhat stunned by the unexpected change. He watched as her figure got farther and farther away.

Yu Qing kept muttering to herself: “Why am I getting angry with such a person? He accused me of being self-conscious, an actor, a cowherd, daring to say such things about me, I think he’s the one most likely to be self-conscious and to act.”

From a distance, Luo Rui approached, seeing Yuqing coming angrily. Not knowing what had transpired, as she seemed fine just moments ago, Luo Rui asked: “What happened? Did those two girls bother you again?”

“No, I just ran into an excessively annoying, presumptuous person.”

“Where?”

“Don’t ask. Did you find out where the girl I asked you about lives?”

“Yes, I found out.”

“Good, let’s go back, eat dinner and then go see her.”

“What on earth happened?”

“Ah, you are so annoying!” Yu Qing quickened her pace.

“We don’t know her, shouldn’t we bring something over?”

“Yes yes yes …”

“I think it’s better to go with Shi Zi. If just the two of us go and something happens, it could be hard to handle. Besides, if we go like this, wouldn’t we be admitting that everything those two girls said earlier is because of us?” Luo Rui offered.