21 – So I Hacked That Woman Again

Chapter 21: So He Hacked That Woman Again

At the same time.

The Fengyu Gymnasium at Huzhou University. Crowds swarmed around the temporary stalls set up by students.

This had originally been one of the least visited areas, but since outdoor programs were suspended due to the rain, students had flocked here in droves.

“The confession mailbox is here!”

“So it was here. I wandered around for ages, and I finally find it here.”

A group of female students, smiling brightly, surrounded the capsule mailbox, diligently writing the recipients’ names on their confession letters.

This mailbox was specially prepared so that shy outsiders could avoid the embarrassment of sending love letters directly to their crushes; it was a staple of the Huzhou University garden party and was enthusiastically welcomed by the students.

Xie Xue sat in a corner, drinking warm milk while writing a letter. After placing the stationery into a stark white envelope and glancing over it, she carefully wrote the name of the boy she loved, stroke by stroke.

With a satisfied smile, she stood up and approached the capsule mailbox to drop in her confession, when suddenly, a drop of blood splattered onto the envelope.

Xie Xue froze for a moment.

“Uh, excuse me. Your nose is bleeding…”

A person nearby noticed Xie Xue and pulled some tissues from their bag.

“Here, use this to wipe it.”

Xie Xue quickly tilted her head back and plugged her nose with the tissues.

“Th-thank you.”

A nosebleed out of nowhere? What kind of bad omen was this?

It had been a very long time since she had a nosebleed. Come to think of it, she had only had a few as a child.

“That letter… if you’d like, I can give you a new envelope…”

“Oh, it’s fine, it’s fine! I just scribbled it! I wrote it for fun! It’s nothing! It’s not important at all!”

Fearing that someone might see the name on the envelope and mock her, Xie Xue hurriedly stuffed the blood-stained envelope into the mailbox and fled, still plugging her nose, without looking back.

The student standing by the confession mailbox only then realized.

“Huh? Wasn’t that Professor Xie?”

Meanwhile, having run far away, Xie Xue called her [unauthorized copy]copy -->brother. She wondered what kind of symptom it was to suddenly have a nosebleed.

However, no matter how long she waited, the voice that returned was always the same.

—The subscriber you are trying to reach is currently powered off…

“…”

Seriously… Has he already gone back to the dorm to sleep?

Of course, Xie Xue had no idea that her brother was not only wide awake but had ended up trapped on an island for several hours after He Yu caught him while he was wearing a fox demon mascot costume in his sister’s stead.

And right now, He Yu had just been caught by her brother.

Thus, the two gentlemen stood side by side by the lakeshore, hands in their trouser pockets, staring at each other with cold expressions.

Xie Qingcheng waited for He Yu’s explanation.

“…The moon reflected in the water, a dazzlingly beautiful sight.”

Finally, He Yu began to speak in a leisurely tone.

“The moon is truly beautiful tonight. Do you know what that means?”

“Speak in a way that people can understand.”

“I thought you were as beautiful as the moon, Teacher, so I wanted to go on a date.”

“You brat, where did you sell your conscience?”

Xie Qingcheng said as he flicked away his cigarette ash.

“I’m in no mood for jokes.”

The smile spreading across He Yu’s face slowly vanished. Realizing that trying to gloss over it with sweet talk wouldn’t work, the look in his eyes sank darkly, casting off his frivolous mask.

“…You heard everything anyway. I have nothing more to say.”

As a cold and sharp gaze flew toward him, He Yu remained silent for a moment before sighing and summarizing his situation in one sentence.

“Fine. I have someone I like and I wanted to confess, but that person didn’t come. Would you understand if I put it that way?”

Something felt off. Though the thought vaguely crossed his mind, Xie Qingcheng inadvertently brushed it aside.

His attention shifted toward the girl He Yu liked.

“Someone from your school?”

“Yes.”

“Who is it?”

He Yu smiled at the question.

“It has nothing to do with you, does it, Teacher?”

Xie Qingcheng straightened his long legs and slowly stepped forward. Because he was standing on higher ground, he could look down at He Yu despite being shorter. It felt as if those haughty peach blossom eyes were gazing at him, draped in a layer of moonlight.

“He Yu. Do you not know what illness you are suffering from right now?”

“Psychological Ebola.”

“Since you know so well, what right do you have to seek a partner when you aren’t fully recovered and have no self-control?”

He Yu fell into a brief silence.

His attitude suggested he had expected this reaction from Xie Qingcheng.

Rolling his eyes, he spoke softly.

“You were the one who told me that a new bridge must be built between people and society. You encouraged me to find friendship, familial love, and romance by mingling with others. And then last time, you said things like no one would ever like me, that I’m an eternal brat.”

“That was said in the heat of the moment.”

Xie Qingcheng’s gaze was as sharp and blue as a blade.

“With that brilliant brain of yours, you should have figured out what was truth and what was a lie.”

“I’m honored that you think so highly of me,” He Yu replied.

“I’m only nineteen, so I’m not as cold-hearted as you think I am, Teacher.”

To that, Xie Qingcheng countered with a serious look.

“Grow up, He Yu. Do you know how many people fall into depression due to heartbreak? Even normal people go crazy and struggle to survive because of love; you need a calm and composed state of mind. The day all your indicators fall within the normal range, I won’t care who you like. I won’t even be curious.”

He Yu thought of Xie Xue’s dimples.

It was quite funny. Xie Qingcheng still didn’t know that the person He Yu liked was Xie Xue. Since he reacted this way without knowing, if he found out that the person He Yu had tried to trap on the island today was his own younger sister, he would have slapped He Yu across the face by now.

Xie Qingcheng continued.

“Have you ever completely controlled your emotions? If you’ve never done it once, what right do you have to talk about liking someone or not?”

He Yu’s pitch-black eyes looked directly into Xie Qingcheng’s.

“I decided to like them because I thought I could control it.”

“Quite the confidence.”

“Confidence?”

Repeating Xie Qingcheng’s words, He Yu asked quietly.

“Teacher Xie. Have I ever harmed anyone up until the age of nineteen?”

“…”

“…I’m just liking someone.”

“…”

“Am I not even entitled to that right?”

“We don’t know how your symptoms will manifest in the future. Moreover, you are a mutant patient corresponding to blood bone—”

“Professor Xie.”

He Yu calmly cut Xie Qingcheng off.

“You aren’t my attending physician anymore. I can understand a lonely middle-aged single man who can’t sleep at night meddling in the affairs of young [Read stolen contenton Read BL Novels]people, but I believe this matter has nothing to do with you, Professor.”

At the sarcastic tone, Xie Qingcheng became slightly displeased.

“…Do you think I’m doing this because I enjoy it? I’m doing this for your father’s sake. And I’m the one who looked after your illness for seven years. If it’s natural to care for a dog you’ve raised for seven years, how much more so for a human?”

He Yu lowered his head and laughed, then ran the tip of his tongue over his teeth.

“Ah, what a shame. That I’m not a dog you raised.”

“…”

“It’s late, and I don’t want to get eaten by mosquitoes here. Aren’t you getting on the boat?”

As he untied the iron chain mooring the boat, He Yu said sarcastically.

“Does your back hurt from sitting for so long? Should I come down and support you?”

Once again, the two parted ways feeling thoroughly unpleasant.

After returning to the dormitory and showering, Xie Qingcheng fell into thought for a moment. He wondered if the timing was a bit late, but he decided to try calling He Jiwei regardless.

—Mr. Xie. It’s been quite a while since we’ve been in touch.

He Jiwei answered the phone very politely.

—I was actually thinking of calling you; what a coincidence.

“Representative He would call me?”

Xie Qingcheng found it somewhat unexpected.

—Yes. There are a few things I want to ask regarding the Qingkang Psychiatric Hospital.

“…”

True, it was a matter worth being curious about.

He Jiwei let out a deep sigh.

—I’ve looked into the situation roughly over the past few days, but I can’t put my mind at ease. I heard you were with him when the accident happened.

“That is correct.”

—The people at the police station said you took good care of the boy that day. I am sincerely grateful.

It seemed He Yu had not told He Jiwei the full truth.

Receiving gratitude without a plausible reason made Xie Qingcheng feel uneasy. Thus, he gave He Jiwei a summarized account of the events at the Qingkang Psychiatric Hospital. Of course, [stolen content]he hid the part regarding Read on Read BL Novelsthe blood bone. After hearing the story, He Jiwei remained silent for a while.

—…So that’s how it happened. That kid, really…

Xie Qingcheng spoke cautiously.

“Since Representative He has taken such great care of me, I have been checking on He Yu’s condition whenever I see him, even if we are no longer in an employer-employee relationship. However, there is one thing I am curious about. Has He Yu’s condition been alright in the meantime?”

—Thanks to you, it has improved a lot. Didn’t you also say back then that it was time for He Yu to be independent? I was incredibly worried at first, but surprisingly, he’s been managing his emotions well. Other than taking injections or medication whenever he feels uncomfortable, there are no problems.

“Is his dependence on medication severe?”

—Well…

He Jiwei hesitated and gave a bitter smile.

—As you know, both I and the boy’s mother are busy people, so we haven’t had the leisure to pay attention to what medication he takes or how. I heard from the butler that it’s fine and there aren’t any severe symptoms. Why? Did he do something strange?

“…No.”

Xie Qingcheng paused for a moment. As expected, he felt it was better to keep quiet about He Yu’s romantic interests.

“Not at all. I was just curious.”

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“You’re telling quite a funny joke,” Xie Qingcheng said.

“I left the medical field a long time ago, and my medical license has expired.”

—Weren’t you a student when you first came anyway… Well, fine… if you dislike it, let’s act as if I never mentioned it. Still, since you’re staying close, could you keep an eye on our He Yu when you have time? Even if he looks mature on the outside, he’s still young, so he often acts emotionally and impulsively. Neither I nor his mother have the capacity to look after him, goodness. Sometimes my heart feels heavy, wondering if an accident will happen.

Having said this, He Jiwei added one more thing.

—Of course, if you don’t have time, I won’t force the request…

“It’s fine. It’s not a difficult task. After all, he is a patient I’ve seen for a long time,” Xie Qingcheng replied.

“He is Representative He’s son. It is only right that I do it.”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two hung up.

Xie Qingcheng leaned back in his chair and pressed his temples. He Yu was certainly a special patient to him, and complex human relationships were entwined within that.

But He Yu was an adult now. If he wouldn’t even listen to He Jiwei, Xie Qingcheng had no confidence in controlling him either.

Therefore, watching from a distance for now was the best option.

Feeling a headache coming on, Xie Qingcheng stood up, [stolen content]dried his hair, and changed into clean clothes. Of course, He Yu was in no Read on Read BL Novelsdata-wm="unauthorized copy" style="display:none;" aria-label="unauthorized copy">unauthorized copystate to be dating… but then again, there was no guarantee that the unlucky lady would accept his confession even if he did it.

Let’s just watch for now.

Thinking this, Xie Qingcheng took the guestbook he had brought from ‘Secret Utopia,’ left the dormitory, hailed a taxi, and headed to the police station.

“This year’s confession capsules are seriously heavy…”

“Just how many letters are in here?”

“I wonder why everyone is so shy that they can’t just give a letter openly, honestly…”

Around the time the garden party ended, a few students were carrying event equipment. Among them was the large confession mailbox.

“Ack! Don’t step on my foot… Whoa!”

In the commotion, a student tripped, and the confession mailbox fell to the ground. The crude plastic lid popped off, and the letters inside poured out of the opening. As the night breeze blew, the scattered letters flew in all directions as if they had legs.

The student’s face turned pale.

“I’m screwed!”

No matter how you looked at it, these were confession letters from passionate boys and girls. They couldn’t be lost before being delivered to the recipients. Quickly brushing the mud off their clothes, the student dashed after the letters like a piglets.

However, since so many letters had flown away in the wind, stolen contentstyle="position:absolute;left:-9999px;font-size:0;">[unauthorized copy]it was too much for two people to pick up alone. Left with no choice, the two students shouted for passing students to help. Kind students rolled up their sleeves and began helping to gather the love letters.

He Yu, who happened to be passing by, witnessed this scene.

As the model student and the kind, polite young nobleman, he naturally joined the seniors in picking up the ‘escaped love letters.’

“Thank you, thank you!”

The busy senior didn’t even look up, just bowing repeatedly in thanks.

At that moment, a classmate next to her pinched her and whispered softly.

“Hey, it’s He Yu!”

“Omg!”

The senior let out a small cry and looked up. Seeing He Yu in person, her heart raced a thousand kilometers. She couldn’t even speak properly.

“Ju-junior, hello…”

He Yu gave a bright smile, handed the letter in his hand to the senior, and finished picking up the remaining letters.

One letter was stuck in the bushes next to the basketball court. He Yu walked forward and picked up the stark white envelope. The moment he brushed off the dust, his hand froze.

There were bloodstains on the envelope.

Beneath the bloodstains, a neat handwriting was visible.

[To Wei Dongheng]

Wei Dongheng was the idol of Class 1, 4th Year of the Acting Department in the College of Arts and a long-time acquaintance of He Yu.

The names of the two appeared most frequently when mentioning the children of the Huzhou tycoon community. The reason was simple: all the conditions for Young Master He and Young Master Wei were similar. Even their birth years were different, but their birthdays were the same. However, these two young masters grew up in very different directions. Young Master He became famous for his intelligence, while Young Master Wei became famous for being arrogant and fond of women.

The Wei family had been a military-political family for generations. One wondered if a club had been built on some ancestor’s grave. No matter who had been dancing on that grave every day, a human waste named Wei Dongheng had been born into this family.

From a young age, Wei Dongheng made a habit of skipping school and hung out with delinquents, acting like a biker and turning the Wei household upside down on a daily basis. If it had been a poor family, they would have collapsed long ago, unable to endure this young master’s mischief. When the frustrated tycoon parents said, ‘Look at He Yu! Now look at yourself! You have nothing good about you!’, the second-generation tycoons would tear up and retort, ‘Look at Wei Dongheng! Look at your own child! He has so many good qualities!’

Everyone at Huzhou University knew that Wei Dongheng was a crazy seed. Even when the school provided audition opportunities for the acting students, Wei Dongheng only scoffed. The reason he entered the acting department was that it had the lowest cutoff score in the Huzhou University College of Arts. His goal was purely to wash his academic credentials.

He Yu thought indifferently.

Just how blind is a woman to write a love letter to a guy like this?

Just as he was about to leave with the envelope, He Yu suddenly stopped. Something felt strange.

He checked the envelope again.

To Wei Dongheng, to Wei Dongheng…

He Yu’s body froze completely.

The handwriting.

It was a handwriting… he could absolutely not mistake.

He felt as if he had been struck hard by an invisible club.

This was Xie Xue’s writing.

“What’s this? Oh, looks like letters spilled?”

At that moment, a group of male students who had finished playing basketball walked out of the court, wiping away sweat. One of the students happened to glance over and spotted the letter envelope in He Yu’s hand.

The student suddenly laughed and turned his head.

“Young Master Wei, you’ve got a harvest of letters again this year!”

Following him, another male student walked out of the court. Similar height to He Yu, stubborn eyes, brightly bleached silver hair, and ears pierced with five studs each. His slouching features were the typical look of a thug.

It was indeed Wei Dongheng.

Their gazes met.

Wei Dongheng tilted his head first.

“He Yu.”

He Yu tilted his head back in response. Before his eyes, the six characters ‘To Wei Dongheng’ continued to shimmer. It was a handwriting far too familiar in every single stroke.

Wei Dongheng had never been interested in trivial things like love letters, but since He Yu was the one holding it, he found his gaze drawn to the letter unconsciously. The moment his eyes landed on it, he noticed bloodstains on the envelope.

Wei Dongheng frowned.

“A blackmail letter?”

He Yu’s demeanor was utterly cold. He barely even opened his lips to answer.

“……It seems so. Should I throw it away for you?”

“Boring love letters are all headed for the trash anyway. I’m sure you’d understand, He Yu. But this is my first time receiving a blackmail letter. I should go read it.”

Wei Dongheng gave He Yu a beaming smile and spoke as he took the letter.

“Thanks.”

He Yu replied curtly, out of habit.

“Don’t mention it.”

It was only long after Wei Dongheng had left that He Yu slowly regained his composure.

He could hardly believe that the letter he had seen was a love letter sent by Xie Xue to Wei Dongheng. As he turned away, the two girls who had been managing the capsule mailbox were looking at him with excited eyes. He Yu approached the two students.

“Excuse me, that letter with the blood on it earlier…”

“Ah. That’s a letter written by Professor Xie.”

“Right, Professor Xie. Maybe it’s because it’s autumn and the air is dry; she suddenly got a nosebleed in the middle of writing, so I even gave her some tissues.”

“……I see.”

After a moment, He Yu said softly.

“Thank you for letting me know.”

That night. After returning to the dormitory and finishing his shower, He Yu lay quietly in bed, staying awake all night.

In truth, Xie Xue and Wei Dongheng knew each other.

When they were young, the young master of the Wei family used to visit He Yu’s visit our sitecontent" style="display:none;" aria-label="stolen content">stolen [stolen content]contenthouse, and Xie Xue would always take He Yu’s hand and gang up on Wei Dongheng. Back then, he thought Xie Xue hated this boy, whose nose was higher than the sky.

However, no one realized at the time that she wouldn’t have paid that much attention to someone she was truly indifferent to.

In high school, Xie Xue and Wei Dongheng attended the same school.

When Xie Xue was a sophomore, Wei Dongheng was a freshman.

When Xie Xue was a senior, Wei Dongheng was still a freshman.

When Xie Xue graduated, Wei Dongheng was still a freshman.

By repeating a grade for three years, Wei Dongheng had left his mark on the social scene. He even praised himself, calling himself a talent who had studied the first-year curriculum for three consecutive years.

He had always lived ignoring the rules. When Xie Xue was in school and standing at the school gate for dress code inspections, Wei Dongheng would pass by her with an indifferent face. Even though it was lunchtime, he intended to go to the skewer shop in front of the main gate in violation of school regulations. When Xie Xue stepped in front of him, huffing with anger, Wei Dongheng remained indifferent, and the delinquents following him mocked her openly.

—Brother Wei, is this our sister-in-law? She’s quite the strict enforcer. She says she’ll give us penalty points if we dare leave the gate! How scary, hahaha.

—Sister-in-law, you’re short and your chest is flat.

—Brother Wei! That girl looks like she’s actually going to report the rule violation to the student affairs office! Hurry up and soothe her!

The delinquent male students whistled and made a ruckus. Xie Xue, wearing the student prefect armband, was so angry that her eyes turned red. As Wei Dongheng walked away with his school bag in one hand, Xie Xue stood on her tiptoes and shouted.

—Wei Dongheng! You piece of trash! I hate you most in the universe!

If she hated him most in the universe, why did she apply to be a professor at Huzhou University’s College of Arts immediately after graduating?

Xie Xue, coming from a science background, had excellent grades. She certainly had the opportunity to apply to Yenzhou University’s College of Theatre, where she could have taken a better major with a higher salary. However, when they exchanged messages, Xie Xue told He Yu that she lacked confidence, so she would apply to Huzhou University, where the cutoff was lower.

He Yu had been somewhat puzzled at the time.

Xie Xue had always been a brave person. The only person braver than her was Xie Qingcheng. How could such a person lack the courage to even apply to a university?

Only now did he realize that the reason Xie Xue entered Huzhou University was that she liked Wei Dongheng.

And meanwhile, without even knowing the reason, he had given up an offer from an international comprehensive university to follow Xie Xue.

……Truly pathetic.

He Yu remained lying in bed the entire time.

He thought and thought, quietly and numbly, until the day broke.

“He Yu, you have a morning class today, are you up? Let’s go eat breakfast.”

His roommate urged him from behind the partition curtain.

He Yu gave a short reply and sat up.

But the moment he sat up, a sharp pain tightened in his chest, and the ache spread throughout his body.

“…….”

He raised his hand to touch his cool forehead. Then, taking out the pills placed by the head of the bed, he spoke in a strained voice.

“I’m not feeling well. Go ahead and eat first.”

Just as He Yu’s condition had worsened overnight, Xie Qingcheng’s situation was not much different.

His condition had been unstable since he arrived at the police station that night.

Perhaps he had caught a cold on the island. He had been feeling dizzy with a light ringing in his ears the whole time.

After handing the guestbook with the suspicious sentences to the officer on duty and explaining the circumstances, he retraced his steps.

However, as soon as he reached the stair landing, the strength suddenly left his legs.

“Qingcheng-hyung?”

He barely managed to turn his head. Chen Man, who had been helping move a colleague’s materials, came into view.

“Hyung.”

A sudden, severe bout of dizziness hit him just as Chen Man rushed over. Xie Qingcheng barely managed to keep his balance by grabbing onto Chen Man’s waist.

Chen Man scanned him with a tense expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know. I suddenly feel a bit dizzy…”

“Your face is red, too. Let me see… Wow, you’re burning up!”

Chen Man, hurriedly helping him stand, shouted back to their colleague.

“Hey, Xiao Zhou. Take my materials for now. I’m taking this man to the infirmary!”