After a night of hard work, the next morning, He Yishu finally got the chance to meet Elisa instead of Adrian, but Adrian would also follow him there and stay in the shadows, ready to protect He Yishu.
The appointed time was at twelve o’clock at noon. He Yishu arrived at the location on time, and as soon as he walked into the restaurant, he saw Elisa sitting by the window wearing a pure white dress, her sad eyes gazing at the scenery outside the window, her whole person looking both haggard and soft.
He Yishu slightly hooked the corners of his mouth and walked towards Elisa step by step, finally stopping in front of her. He smiled and spoke, “Elisa, I’ve kept you waiting.”
In order to arouse Adrian’s sympathy, Elisa had deliberately picked such an endearing pose and had posed for a long time, but she never expected that the person she welcomed would be He Yishu.
Elisa immediately raised her eyebrows and looked behind He Yishu, but didn’t find Adrian’s figure: “How can it be you? Where is Adrian?”
“He was tired last night; he should still be resting in his apartment right now.” He Yishu’s hand brushed over his waist that still felt sore and weak, smiling through clenched teeth. “So today, it’s up to me to meet you instead of him and have a good chat with you.”
Although he said yesterday that it was up to him, He Yishu didn’t expect Adrian to be so reckless.
After saying that, He Yishu didn’t even care what kind of expression Elisa had and directly sat down in the seat opposite her and smiled as he said, “Elisa, you should be very clear about the relationship between Adrian and me.” So for me to come, it’s actually the same as him coming, and you can directly talk to me about any problems you have, and if I feel the need to do so, I am also able to selectively help you convey it to him. ”
Elisa’s face turned unusually ugly. “The person I’m meeting is Adrian; it has nothing to do with you; he personally promised to meet with me!”
“Oh, I forgot to tell you, at that time when Adrian was communicating with you, I was right next to him; he originally wanted to strictly reject you; it was me who told him not to be so desperate that he reluctantly changed his mind.” He Yishu reached out and rubbed his hand on his waist as he was speaking. Last night, Adrian was just too much; he was sceptical of whether Adrian was trying to use this method to stop him. “But later on, Adrian still didn’t want to come to see you because he was worried that I would be upset; I had to come here in his place. I hope you can understand that.”
Although He Yishu’s tone was very plain, to Elisa, it was undoubtedly hitting her face one by one, which made her feel unusually humiliated: “He Yishu, don’t go too far! I think it’s nonsense; the reason why Adrian didn’t come to see me, I’m sure it’s because you’re worried that he’ll be attracted to me; that’s why you don’t dare to let him come over, right?”
He Yishu carefully looked Elisa up and down and then queried, “Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking; do you think that there is anything about yourself now that can attract him? Is it the family background that you used to be proud of, or is it your strength in making rune cards? Or perhaps you find yourself attractive in your current sickly appearance?”
Speaking here, He Yishu intentionally moved forward closer to Elisa and then lowered his voice and said, “I’m secretly telling you, Adrian’s needs in certain aspects are very strong; even I can’t stand it a bit.”
“Shut up!” Elisa’s face suddenly turned green and sensationally white by He Yishu’s words; her chest was visibly heaving with anger. “You’re just too shameless!”
“I just accidentally told the truth; your reaction is too strong, isn’t it? And speaking of shame, I think the one who really doesn’t know shame should be you, right?” He Yishu innocently blinked and said with a smirk, “There’s something that’s still spreading in the first academy until now, going so far as to intentionally seduce a boy with a girlfriend in order to deal with me; this kind of thing isn’t something that anyone can do.”
“Shut up! You shut up!” Elisa was so angry that she was trembling; even her voice took on a tremor. “He Yishu, get lost! I don’t want to see you again!”
“Your temper is really quite bad; making a scene like this is very impolite behaviour, but I’m in a good mood today, so I can leave you alone for now, and I haven’t finished my words yet.” He Yishu leaned back against the sofa behind him with an idle movement, but he accidentally touched some parts of his body and grimaced. He adjusted his sitting posture for a moment, and then slowed down to a slow and steady pace. He adjusted his sitting position, then slowly continued, “You should still remember the recording that boy took out at that time, right? To tell you the truth, he didn’t record it himself, but I gave it to him. Do you feel very surprised? Very pleasantly surprised?”
Elisa stared at He Yishu with wide eyes, almost unable to believe what he was saying: “That recording… was you?!”
“That’s right, it’s me.” He Yishu smiled and nodded in acknowledgement, looking to be in a happy mood. “In fact, I originally wanted to tell you about it on the field of that previous tournament, but your self-elimination at that time was really too fast; I didn’t even have time to finish my sentence. Now that I’ve finally found the opportunity to tell you about it, I’m kind of relieved.”
Elisa stared at He Yishu with wide eyes for several seconds, then she suddenly stood up from her seat and roared, “He Yishu, you even dared to trick me like that! I will ki-ll you!”
After saying that, Elisa’s hands quickly reached out towards He Yishu’s side, but the moment she was about to touch him, a hand reached out from the side, tightly grabbed her wrist, and then forcefully threw her back to her seat.
Elisa’s back slammed into the backrest of the sofa, and although it wasn’t painful, it made her dizzy for a moment, and when her vision became clear again, she saw Adrian standing in front of the table with an icy expression, looking at her with cold eyes.
That icy gaze almost froze Elisa’s right to death.
“Honey, why did you show up? Didn’t you promise me to hide in the shadows and watch the fun?” He Yishu’s angry voice suddenly came.
Adrian’s gaze immediately shifted to He Yishu, and then Elisa clearly saw that his originally ice-cold gaze, after landing on He Yishu, instantly melted and turned into a pool of spring water filled with tenderness and doting.
Such an obvious to extreme change deeply pierced Elisa, making her feel that breathing had become difficult.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t tolerate any possibility of you being hurt by someone else.” Adrian sighed softly and gently held He Yishu’s hand. “Have you finished saying what needs to be said? If it’s finished, let’s go back early; aren’t you still a bit uncomfortable?”
Just now, when hiding in the dark, Adrian saw He Yishu’s movements, and he naturally saw that He Yishu was in some discomfort.
He Yishu glared at Adrian helplessly: “It’s all because of you? But don’t worry, I still have some things to say.”
Speaking of this, He Yishu turned his gaze to Elisa, who had a hurt expression and tears in her eyes: “Elisa, do you know why I came to see you today?”
Elisa’s eyes were red as she stared at He Yishu, the corners of her mouth pursed up tightly as she clearly didn’t intend to open her mouth anymore.
“You can’t even guess such a simple question, ah, I came to see you today; of course it’s for the sake of flaunting.” He Yishu held Adrian’s hand and even purposely raised his hand so that Elisa could see clearly his and Adrian’s interlocked hands. “Elisa, now that the Brandt family is about to collapse and your ability to make rune cards is nothing in front of me, is such a you equivalent to trash in front of me?”
“He! Yi! Shu!” Elisa’s voice had already taken on an obvious sobbing tone; if she had known that what she was going to face today would be such a situation, she shouldn’t have contacted Adrian before. “What gives you the right to talk about me like that? You’re the loser who should be looked down upon!”
“Geez, if you put it that way, then aren’t you a scum who can’t even compare to a waste?” He Yishu didn’t feel exasperated by Elisa’s words; on the contrary, one could hear from his voice that he was actually in a very good mood at this moment: “Elisa, you’re so pathetic that you’ve become an existence that’s even more trashy than the trash in your own eyes; what’s the point of living like this?”
Elisa was so angry that she directly cried out, her voice shrilly crying and yelling, “Shut up! You shut up! Who are you to say that to me? Who are you to say that?”
“You’re crying; are you feeling especially angry, sad, and aggrieved? Do you feel that I’m not qualified to humiliate you like this?” He Yishu snorted, speaking slowly to the accompaniment of Elisa’s crying. “But when you were feeling angry, sad, aggrieved, and even issued a question, did you ever think about what you had the right to intentionally humiliate those whose qualifications were lower than yours in the past?
When calling others trash, have you ever thought that you will also become trash one day and suffer the humiliation of others? If you must know the answer, I can tell you bluntly that the reason why I humiliated you like this is not because your strength in making rune cards is lower than mine; it’s not because the Brandt family has become a thing of the past; it’s because you once humiliated other people because of their qualifications, and so you deserve to be humiliated, do you hear me?”
Although Elisa was crying in pain non-stop, somehow every word He Yishu said smoothly reached her ears, and her brain, which was already close to collapsing, smoothly picked up the meaning He Yishu was trying to convey.
A person shouldn’t be belittled and humiliated by other people because of his low qualifications, yet she could be levelled and humiliated because of the belittling and humiliation she had once inflicted on other people.
If in the past a person said this to herself, Elisa would be disdainful, because she would never have thought that one day she would become a waste in the eyes of others.
But the word “trash” came out of her own mouth at first.
There were many things that only when it really happened to you would you truly realise what it felt like.
It was only in this moment that Elisa really understood the meaning of this sentence, which made her heart suffocate to death, but she had nowhere to vent it out.
He Yishu finally added, “Elisa, those with low qualifications neither drank your family’s nutrient solution nor stole your family’s airship, so what qualifications did you have to humiliate them?”
Elisa couldn’t help but cover her face and cried even harder.
“Alright, I’ve almost finished what I have to say, but in the end, I still have to remind you.” He Yishu stood up and prepared to leave with Adrian. “No matter what idea you had today, it’s not going to work out as you want it to, and I also ask that you don’t make such impossible moves in the future; you’ll just bring shame to yourself, and your end will only get worse and worse.”
After saying that, He Yishu directly held Adrian’s hand and walked out the door; behind him, Elisa seemed to be crying even harder.