Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 427 Ming Shi Sui and Yu Ru Chu's First Acquaintance (2)

Seeing that she had finished the water, Ming Shisui smiled contentedly. "Yu Ru, you fainted, I saved you. Can I be your friend?"

Yu Ru was slightly taken aback. This was the first time she had met someone like Ming Shisui. She had rejected her when that volunteer activity ended. She never expected that Ming Shisui would still be in the mood to ask her to be friends. She lay back on the bed listlessly, lying on her side and texting Ming Shisui on her phone, "I don't need friends. I like being alone."

Ming Shisui's smile vanished instantly. "How can anyone not need friends? What if you get sick and have no friends around?"

Yu Ru replied via her phone: When you're sick, there are doctors; when you're in a bad mood, there are psychologists.

"Yu Ru, I really want to be your friend. Can you give me a chance?" Ming Shi Sui looked at Yu Ru earnestly and said. "If we can't be friends, I'll be your follower. I'm willing to be your little puppy."

Yu Ru looked at Ming Shisui strangely. She was genuinely at a loss. When other people made friends, they naturally came together because they shared similar interests. But Ming Shisui, who asked others for permission before making friends, was someone she had never encountered before, either online or offline.

After a long silence, she sent a message to Ming Shi Sui on her phone: Why do you want to be my friend? As you can see, I've been rejecting you, and I'm not a suitable person to be your friend.

“How could that be?” Ming Shi sat up straight. “You are a very good person. If you were a friend, everyone would definitely like you.”

"I..." She stammered for a long time, her face turning red. "I don't have any friends. I'm so envious when I see other people with friends by their side, so I want to find one. I didn't have any friends when I was little. I was chubby and slow to react, so other kids disliked me and wouldn't play with me. When I grew up, I still didn't find any friends because I don't like to talk, I don't know how to joke, and I have no sense of humor."

As she spoke, Ming Shi started to cry. "Waaah, I feel so lonely without my mom and dad by my side. I've tried so hard to make friends, but I just can't make a single good one. The people who are willing to be friends with me, I've found that they're not sincere, so I don't want to play with them anymore."

"After entering university, I thought that with so many activities, I would definitely make friends. But everyone has friends they made in junior high and high school, and to them, I'm nothing. This isn't what I want. I want really good friends. Waaah..."

“Last month I thought I had made a friend, and I even made plans to have dinner with her. But when I was about to leave, she told me that someone else had made plans with her and she wanted to have dinner with that person. Waaah... How could she do this? We made plans first, but she broke her promise.”

"I didn't want to talk to her anymore because of her. Then... I continued to observe the people I met. Until you came along. You're so beautiful, you must be a good person. I want to be your friend. I'll treat you well, and you'll be my only one, believe me."

Yu Ru wasn't heartless; it would be a lie to say she wasn't moved at all by such heartfelt words. There was a pack of tissues on the bedside table; she reached for one and handed it to Ming Shi Sui.

Afterwards, she sent a message to Ming Shi Sui on her phone: You have too high expectations of me. I'm not as good as you imagine. On the contrary, I have a bad temper, so I always keep to myself.

Ming Shi looked at Yu Ru with teary eyes and said excitedly, "No, not at all. You are clearly a gentle person, the best person I have ever met. When we were learning that dance, my other partner was impatient with me. Although I really didn't do well, it was understandable that she was impatient with me, but I was still so sad. But you weren't impatient with me, and you even noticed that I was sad, so you patiently taught me during the later practice sessions. If you weren't good, how could you have noticed that I was sad?"

"And another thing, I sent you so many messages, and you replied to every single one of them seriously. Before, when I sent messages to other people, they would just send an emoji or a period or ellipsis. I knew they didn't want to chat with me, so they were perfunctory. But even if you didn't want to chat with me, you still treated me very seriously. You are so serious about everyone and everything, you must be a really good person. You are so nice, I just want to be your friend, to be your follower. Just being by your side makes me so happy."

Yu Ru: "..."

Yu Ru fell silent again. After a long while, she sent a message to Ming Shi Sui: "Focus your energy on improving yourself. Once you reach a certain level and have a certain status, you'll have friends from all directions."

Ming Shi glanced at the message on his phone, his lips trembled, and he asked in a muffled voice, "Can I be your friend?"

Yu Ru replied on her phone: "Making friends with people also requires responsibility. I don't want any extra burden, so I don't need friends."

Ming Shi stared intently at her, then suddenly laughed. "I also think that making friends means taking responsibility. You're so nice, such a sweet little thing, and I want to be your friend even more. Yu Ru, let me be your little puppy. If you want me to follow you, then let me follow you; if you don't want me, then let me go. Okay?"

Meeting those sincere eyes, Yu Ru didn't refuse again, but she didn't agree either. She looked into Ming Shi Sui's eyes, carefully trying to discern how much sincerity was in them.

“Yu Ru, I really want to be your friend. I… I’m learning sign language now, and I know several meanings. It will be easier for us to talk in the future.” Ming Shi Sui couldn’t wait to start gesturing.

"This is to say hello, this is to say apology."

"This is what I want to eat. This is what I'm sad about."

"Where are you going? Do you need help?"

"And this is the longest one. I want to go to the People's Hospital. Which bus number should I take? Which route should I take?"

Her gestures were halting and not very fluent, but the meaning was correct, and Yu Ru understood them.

You see, Yu Ru has been mute for many years, and none of her family members know sign language, not even the simplest "thank you" or "sorry." For Ming Shi Sui, a complete stranger, to go to such lengths shows he truly cares. As if possessed, she temporarily granted Ming Shi Sui's request to stay by her side.

From then on, Ming Shisui acted like a devoted fan, caring for her and supporting her, focusing solely on her. Yu Ru received all the emotional fulfillment she had never experienced in her twenty years of life, and it was all exclusively hers. This was exactly the kind of unique affection Yu Ru craved; she wanted to be irreplaceable in someone's heart, and Ming Shisui delivered. Therefore, she agreed to be his friend.