Falling In Love With Tsundere Villainess After Transmigrating

Chapter 59 (A.K.A Chapter 60) [END]

It was almost midnight when Yi Ran reached. The noise from the funeral rites downstairs was still going on.

Song Yu Meng rolled on her bed, looking at the time intermittently, waiting for Yi Ran.

Suddenly, someone knocked on her door. She immediately perked up, knowing it must be Yi Ran. She bounced off the bed and didn't even bother putting her house slippers on before running to open the door.

She opened the door and saw Yi Ran standing there, launching herself into Yi Ran's arms.

"Yi Ran!" Song Yu Meng hugged her waist and looked up at her, unable to hide her glee. "You finally arrived!"

Yi Ran hugged her tightly. "Mm, did you wait long?"

"You still have the cheek to ask? You clearly said you'll be here by 11pm, but you're so late." Song Yu Meng pouted. "You don't even know how much I missed you during these two hours when you weren't calling me!"

"I missed you too, but it really wasn't convenient to call you with people around." Yi Ran coaxed. "I'm already here hugging you, isn't that good enough?"

"It is." Song Yu Meng smiled and pulled Yi Ran into the room before closing the door. "Do the people below know you're here for me?"

"Nope, they were busy and didn't even notice me coming up. Even your parents don't know I came all this way to see you!"

Song Yu Meng chuckled, Yi Ran's reflection glinting in her eyes.

Yi Ran asked dumbly: "What are you laughing at?"

Shaking her head, Song Yu Meng smiled. "Nothing, I just think it's so romantic. You're secretly coming to find me without my parents knowing, it's almost like we're having a secret rendezvous."

Yi Ran smiled mysteriously. "Want to do something even more romantic?"

"More romantic?" Song Yu Meng tilted her head. "What?"

"Go out to play. The night scenery in the countryside is so beautiful. I saw so many fireflies when I was on the way here, don't you want to see them too?"

"Okay!" Song Yu Meng got excited. "I've only ever seen fireflies in books!"

"You'll be able to see the real ones in a bit." Yi Ran said. "Come on, we'll sneak out, don't tell anyone."
Song Yu Meng's smile grew wider. "Okay!"

It was a calm, peaceful summer night in the countryside with the moonlight enveloping the land. The numerous bird calls and insect chirps livened up the area, with fireflies everywhere emitting a glowing light.

There was a small thicket of trees behind the house. Trees, grass, a lotus pond, fireflies, insects and a flowing creek. The two of them walked alongside the creek with the glow from the fireflies illuminating their path.

Walking to the end of the path, their line of sight widened. There was a lush forest in the distance, with a grassy slope near them. They sat down on the middle of the slope.

"Song Yu Meng, look." Yi Ran pointed at the bright and round moon in the sky, smiling. "The moon is beautiful tonight."

Song Yu Meng hugged her knees to her chest and smiled slightly. "Is only the moon beautiful?"

Yi Ran turned her head to look at Song Yu Meng, her expression even more tender.

"You're more beautiful than the moon."

"Sweet talker."
Yi Ran smiled cheekily and moved closer. "Mm, then how about a kiss?"

Blushing under the moonlight, Song Yu Meng slowly leaned in, then shyly kissed Yi Ran's lips. She couldn't stop her eyes from showing her amusement.

When the night was deep and everything was quiet, the two of them laid in the same bed, with the air-conditioner turned on and the blanket covering them. They had been together for over two months, but it was their first time sleeping together.

The two of them were sleeping on their sides, Song Yu Meng curled up in Yi Ran's arms, while Yi Ran had one arm hugging her, and another arm under Song Yu Meng's head. Even though her arm was numb, Yi Ran couldn't bear to move.

Their hearts raced, showing how nervous both of them were. It was such a sweet experience, lying in each other's arms, but they weren't sleepy at all.

Yi Ran asked lightly: "Song Yu Meng, how about I tell you some good news?"

"Okay......" Her voice was incredibly soft.

"My dad has agreed to us being together, are you happy?"
Song Yu Meng's eyes scrunched up as she smiled. "I'm happy."

After a while, she opened her eyes and clutched at Yi Ran's clothes with her small hands, asking softly: "Yi Ran, we won't break up, right?"

The side of Yi Ran's lips quirked up. "Mm, don't think too much. We won't break up."

"Then say that you'll be with me forever."

Yi Ran teased: "Mm. You'll be with me forever."

"You're the one who will be with me forever!"

Yi Ran laughed. "Exactly, you're the one who will be with me forever."

Song Yu Meng tightened her hold on Yi Ran's clothes, harrumphing.

"Yi Ran......!"

She was the epitome of an angered girlfriend.

Yi Ran grinned and patted her head, saying indulgently: "Alright, it was just a joke. I'll be with you forever and you'll be with me forever, we won't break up."

Song Yu Meng was finally coaxed, and she kissed the edge of Yi Ran's mouth gently.

"Your goodnight kiss. Goodnight."

"Mm, goodnight."

......

Summer break went by quickly, and it was time for the third year of school to start.
On the day of registration, both of them went to Tang Xiang Ping's office.

Song Yu Meng said: "Teacher, can we continue sitting together this school term? I think we can help each other in our weak subjects to raise our marks by sitting together."

Yi Ran turned to look at her with a smile on her face.

Tang Xiang Ping looked at them with a smile. "Is the reason you two want to sit together because of your marks? Or is there another reason you want to sit together?"

The two of them had been exposed, and they smiled, lowering their heads and staying silent.

"Tell me honestly, are the rumors on the school forum true?"

"What rumors?" Yi Ran pretended as if she didn't know.

Taking a sip of water, Tang Xiang Ping said calmly: "The rumors about you two dating."

Yi Ran smiled dryly, unsure how to respond.

Tang Xiang Ping continued: "There aren't any other teachers around, you two can tell me in secret, are you really dating?"

The two of them lowered their heads, but the corners of their lips twitched, clearly trying to hold back their smiles.
Seeing the two of them acting so bashfully, Tang Xiang Ping sighed. "Teacher Tang has been a form teacher for over 20 years, what kind of stuff have I not witnessed?"

Song Yu Meng hummed in embarrassment; her face flushed red as she refused to lift her head.

While Tang Xiang Ping was looking at them, deep in thought, Yi Ran suddenly lifted her head and asked worriedly: "Dating is a major offence for the school, the punishment is expulsion. Teacher, you're not trying to trap us, are you?"

"Sigh, I'm not your Dean Qian, would I be so cruel as to expel you two?"

The two girls nodded.

"But I remember how your relationship was so bad at the start, even resulting in a fight once." Tang Xiang Ping tried to dig up a bit more information. "So how did you two get together? Who confessed first?"

Yi Ran smiled and pointed at Song Yu Meng.

Embarrassed and annoyed, Song Yu Meng argued: "What are you talking about, Yi Ran! You're the one who confessed to me in class, how did it become me confessing!"
"It's you."

"It's you!"

Yi Ran grinned widely. Their arguing couldn't be sweeter.

Tang Xiang Ping sighed wistfully. "Oh, to be young."

......

Year three was a grueling and boring experience. They revised, studied, discussed questions and more, day after day. The two of them would revise while flirting and fooling around, and their relationship got stronger and better.

That's how year three flew by, and it was almost time for Gaokao.

The night before Gaokao, Song Yu Meng pulled Yi Ran to the beach they frequented. She stood on the golden sand and put her hands together, praying to the ocean.

"Ocean, please bless me and Yi Ran to get into C University!"

Yi Ran looked at her praying and found it funny. "Are you dumb? Who prays to the ocean?"

Song Yu Meng couldn't be bothered. "I want to!"

Rubbing Song Yu Meng's head indulgently, Yi Ran asked: "It's the maths paper tomorrow. Have you memorized the formulas I've spotted for you?"

Song Yu Meng raised her head proudly. "Relax, I remember them all. You said it so many times, they're all ingrained in my memory now."
"I'm just worried you'll get nervous during the exam and forget everything. You always get so nervous during the big exams." Yi Ran said. "Did you forget the preliminary exams? Who was the one who was boasting she could get over 110 marks before it, but then forgot all the formulas once she got nervous?"

Song Yu Meng tried to explain herself. "I can't control when I get nervous either. But don't worry, I'll take a calming pill[1] before the exam."

"Oh right, here's a lucky charm for you to be even better than you normally are." Song Yu Meng took out an orange-flavored sweet and stuffed it into Yi Ran's hand.

Yi Ran looked at it and smiled. "But we're not allowed to bring this into Gaokao."

Song Yu Meng said innocently: "Then eat it now so it'll be effective tomorrow."

Yi Ran laughed and unwrapped the sweet, sticking it into her mouth. "Since it's a lucky lollipop, how can it be just for me? You need to take some luck too."

They had been together for a year, and they knew each other inside out. Song Yu Meng got Yi Ran's meaning, wrapping her arms around Yi Ran's neck with a smile and kissing her.
The refreshing orange flavor spread through their mouths, with the softness on their lips and the intimate mingling of their breaths intensifying their senses.

......

- Gaokao -

Their exam venues were in different buildings. When it was time for the maths paper, Yi Ran sent Song Yu Meng to her building first.

Yi Ran said: "Repeat the formulas for linear regression B, just in case you forgot."

It was a fairly complicated method, and it wasn't easy to memories. Song Yu Meng couldn't recite it fully.

"Oh no, Yi Ran, I'm getting mixed up. Repeat it for me again."

There were still a few minutes left before the venue opened, so Yi Ran fished out a pen and wrote the formulas down on a piece of paper.

Handing the paper to her, Yi Ran instructed: "Take it, there are still a few minutes, hurry up and memories it."

Song Yu Meng stared at the paper, trying to commit it to memory.

The minutes flew past, and the bell rung, reminding students to enter. One by one, people brushed past them as they walked into the room.
Yi Ran patted her shoulder. "Don't be too nervous, just do your best. I'll wait for you downstairs after it's over."

Song Yu Meng nodded, and when their eyes met, she suddenly was overcome with a thought.

She tip-toed and kissed Yi Ran unhesitatingly. Then, she quickly left, following the students into the venue.

Some students saw their kiss, but with Gaokao right at hand, they couldn't afford to be distracted. They just took a look then continued walking.

After the checks and a long wait, the maths exam paper was finally handed out.

Yi Ran quickly scanned through the questions and realized this year's paper wasn't as difficult as she had expected. Aside from some usual difficult questions, most of the questions were ones that they had revised frequently. The details were different, but the general gist of how to solve them was the same.

When she saw the third big question was regarding linear regression, her heart suddenly felt relieved.

She had given Song Yu Meng a few ways to solve it just now, and it had just coincidentally come up in the paper.
But there was a twist to the question. The data and formula given in the question didn't match. The data could only be used in another formula and the question didn't provide it, so the student had to rely on their own memory for the formula.

Yi Ran felt that Song Yu Meng should be able to remember the second formula since she had just revised it......

The two hours allocated for the maths exam went by quickly, and Yi Ran left her building to head over to wait for Song Yu Meng.

She thought she had done pretty well, with possibly around 120 or 130 marks. Song Yu Meng's grades had also improved thanks to her, and Yi Ran estimated she should at least score around 110 marks.

After the exam, many students came out crying, including Song Yu Meng.

Seeing her cry, Yi Ran immediately panicked, asking: "Why are you crying? Did you not do well or what?"

Song Yu Meng's tears kept falling as she sniffled. "I... I panicked and completely forgot the formula...... I left the third question blank...... 12 marks, wuwu......"
There had been only a few minutes earlier, Song Yu Meng couldn't remember much of the formulas at all. She had been nervous entering the room, and she got even more panicked when she saw the question. After that, she forgot all about the formula.

After calming herself down, she had managed to complete the other questions but the whole third question was left blank.

Song Yu Meng didn't pay attention to the other students who were leaving, she hugged Yi Ran and cried.

"I'm done for...... I can probably only score 110 for maths. I can't go to C University with you anymore, wuwuwu......"

Yi Ran felt her heart was breaking, and quickly wiped Song Yu Meng's tears away with a tissue. "Don't be ridiculous, it's just one subject, and our difference isn't that big. If you score well for the other five subjects, why can't we go to the same university!"

"Don't be sad anymore, there are still five subjects! Exactly 600 marks, are you still worried about not being able to get back those 12 marks?" Yi Ran looked at their surroundings. "Look, it's not just you crying, so many people didn't do well either."
Song Yu Meng nodded heavily and wiped at her face. "Mm! I can't have that kind of attitude. There are still five subjects, I must study even harder and get those 12 marks back!"

Yi Ran said in relief: "That's right. Good girl, let's go back and revise, we still have physics in the afternoon."

After returning to the classroom, Song Yu Meng made full use of the hours she had to memorize the formulas and questions to the point she could recite them word for word. She wouldn't have another situation like before.

Song Yu Meng treated the Gaokao physics paper as any other physics test and she didn't let her nerves get the better of her.

As for Yi Ran, physics had always been her strong point, and this year's paper wasn't hard either. The only difficult question was the final long-form question, encompassing quite a few topics.

But Yi Ran knew how to solve it.

But as she finished writing the workings for the first part, she paused. Eventually, she flipped the paper over and started verifying her answer for the first multiple-choice question.
The second and third small questions, Yi Ran could easily have done them. She knew the required formulas.

But she still gave up on them.

Firstly, because the two questions were a waste of time. Even if you could do them, it would take a lot of time. It would have been better to use that time to double-check the answers for the questions that she managed to complete.

Secondly, she wanted to compensate for the 12 marks that Song Yu Meng lost in the maths paper. As long as their marks weren't too far apart, they could still get into another university together even if it wasn't C University. She didn't want to be apart from Song Yu Meng.

But if Song Yu Meng had gotten the 12 marks, Yi Ran would have tried completing the two questions.

After the physics paper, Yi Ran went back to the other building to wait for Song Yu Meng.

Song Yu Meng handed in her paper, and she felt light as a feather. The weight in her heart had finally been lifted.

Seeing Yi Ran standing downstairs, she quickly flew over and hugged her. "Yi Ran, I think I did pretty well for this physics paper. I should get a few marks more than the preliminary paper; it should be around 70 marks! What about you? How did you do? Your physics is better than mine, you should have 80 or 90 marks, right?"
Yi Ran smiled and stroked her head. "Mm, I did pretty well too."

She didn't tell Song Yu Meng about leaving the questions blank, afraid that she would blame herself and affect her performance in the upcoming papers.

Their luck was pretty good; the four other papers weren't as hard as expected, and they should have gotten their expected scores.

......

After Gaokao ended, it was time for students to estimate their scores and fill in their applications for university.

The two of them sat on the beach, reminiscent of that day long ago.

Yi Ran asked: "Song Yu Meng, which course did you apply for? I randomly picked finance."

"Finance......" Song Yu Meng contemplated. "It sounds pretty impressive. But I have no interest in those. I just applied for C University's food science."

"Food science?" Yi Ran was a little taken aback. "I really don't know much about that; I've never even heard of it."

"What is that course about, you're interested in it? I couldn't tell."

"It's just because the requirements for this course is lower, so I applied for it. The other courses for C University all require really good scores, and I'm afraid I can't qualify."
Song Yu Meng lowered her head and said shyly: "Actually, there's another reason why I applied for this course."

Yi Ran asked confusedly: "What?"

"Don't you like eating sweets? I read online that if you want to make sweets and such, this course is relevant." Song Yu Meng suddenly lifted her head and looked out at the ocean. "When I graduate from this course, I'll open a sweet factory to make all the sweets you can eat!"

Song Yu Meng looked at Yi Ran, her eyes sparkling like a galaxy of stars, and smiled. "I can also open a sweet shop. The rest of the sweets can be sold, but the orange-flavored ones aren't for sale. Only one person can have them, and that person is......"

Is you.

Without waiting for Song Yu Meng to finish her sentence, Yi Ran had closed her eyes and leaned forward, kissing Song Yu Meng. The love in her heart felt as vast as this unending ocean.

......

The results for Gaokao came out quickly, with the baseline for university acceptance at 520. Song Yu Meng scored 570 marks and Yi Ran scored 589, so they could get into a pretty good university.
Soon, the letters of acceptance came out too. Both of them had been accepted by C University.

But when Song Yu Meng saw Yi Ran's acceptance letter in her room, she found something strange......

"Yi Ran, didn't you apply for finance? Why does it say food science on the acceptance letter?" Song Yu Meng looked at her suspiciously. "You changed your application?"

"I didn't change. My first choice was finance, I just changed my second choice to this." Yi Ran sat on the bed, casually saying: "But what a shame. C University's finance course requires 600 marks. I'm off by 11 marks, they didn't want me."

Song Yu Meng patted her head and consoled her. "It's okay, this course is pretty good. People online say prospects are good, don't be sad."

Yi Ran chuckled. "I'm not sad. I'm fine going to whichever course, honestly. There's nothing I really want. As long as I'm with you, I'm fine."

"Yi Ran......" Song Yu Meng was touched again, throwing herself into Yi Ran's arms.
Yi Ran patted her back. She still hadn't told Song Yu Meng about her choice to reduce her marks. If she had just done the last question instead of double-checking her marks, she could have been accepted into the finance course.

Yi Ran looked from the window to her desk, her gaze falling on that transparent glass jar on her table filled with white, balled-up post-it notes.

She said: "How about I give you something?"

Song Yu Meng lifted her head, eyes shining: "What is it?"

Yi Ran walked to the desk and picked up the glass jar, Song Yu Meng tagging along after her.

"This." Yi Ran gave her the jar.

"What's this?" Song Yu Meng looked at it.

"Open it and you'll know."

Song Yu Meng sat on the rug and opened the jar, pouring out the balled-up notes. There must have been dozens of them.

Amidst the pile of white post-its, there was one that was a different color and size. It was slightly more yellow and bigger, more attention-catching.

She picked this one first, opening it up.

【I'll agree, but you're not allowed to like anybody else aside from me!】
Song Yu Meng couldn't be more familiar with the handwriting and words. Wasn't this the exact same piece of paper she gave Yi Ran during that physics lesson?

Song Yu Meng was surprised. "You actually still kept this paper."

Yi Ran scratched her head. "Mm, it was important to me precisely because you gave it to me, so I kept it."

Song Yu Meng said: "If I had known, I would have kept the paper you gave me too. But I lost it accidentally......"

Her eyes filled with tears, and she looked like she was going to cry.

Yi Ran hastily tried to comfort her. "It's okay, it's normal to have misplaced it after so long. Keeping it like me is the abnormal thing!"

Song Yu Meng smiled tearily. Yi Ran smiled and continued: "Look at the rest."

Opening every post-it, they all had a sentence or two on them. She could understand them, but she couldn't join them together because the order was mixed up.

Yi Ran arranged the post-its to show them in chronological order.

【That Song Yu Meng is really vicious, scaredy-cat! She doesn't even dare to confess, useless!】
【Does Song Yu Meng have a problem with her brain, she really can't see Liu Luo Yang is leading her on? Unbelievable.】

【I treated you to food but you bought so much stuff with my card, and even made me your transporter. Song Yu Meng, you're extra vicious!】

【Scaredy Cat finally saw my post. Great, I purposely let her see it. She must be pretty angry now, right?】

【Who are you dressing so revealingly for at the movies??? Crazy.】

【I just want to snatch your bread to eat, I just want to snatch your water to drink. I just can't stand to see the way you act so desperately for Liu Luo Yang!】

【Song Yu Meng, you never say what you really mean to me. You said you wouldn't come to watch me play badminton, but didn't you come anyway?】

【Today, Song Yu Meng popped out of nowhere after I sent Xu Yuan home. She rather ask me to send her home instead of sitting in her perfectly fine Bentley? I thought she said my scooter was dangerous! But she looked like she was unhappy...... Why?】
【Song Yu Meng, I really think your brain is made of bubbles. Why do you insist on giving Liu Luo Yang breakfast, wouldn't it be better if you gave it to me?】

【Song Yu Meng, wouldn't it be better if you liked me? Liu Luo Yang wouldn't carry you to the medical bay if you fell.】

【Song Yu Meng, you really look nicer when you don't have makeup on.】

【Song Yu Meng is so dumb, how can you only score 29 marks for maths?】

【Song Yu Meng told me an earth-shattering secret, she said she doesn't like Liu Luo Yang anymore. Odd, why am I so happy that she doesn't like Liu Luo Yang?】

【Mm, I like being called Yi shifu, Song Yu Meng always gives me nicknames.】

【Is Song Yu Meng angry? She won't even send me a message, is it because I sent He Xiao Meng home?】

【Why is she still not sending me any messages, I miss her......】

【Mm, I'm the one who can't bear to part with you, not even a little bit.】

【I think I like Song Yu Meng, but how...... She's clearly so silly, so dumb, she never says what she means to me......】
【Does Song Yu Meng also like me? Will she like me? Will she? If not, why would she hug me and say goodnight?】

【Song Yu Meng, tell me, how should I tell you I like you? I've already lost sleep for the entire night.】

【Song Yu Meng agreed!!!!!!】

【I'll agree, but you're not allowed to like anybody else aside from me!】

【I can't bear to part with Song Yu Meng, I don't want her to go home.】

【She was so pretty during our date today!】

【Song Yu Meng asked when I was bringing her home, I said right now.】

【They all agreed. We're dating with our parents' approval now.】

【How did I withstand Song Yu Meng's temptation?】

【Taking a train to see you in the middle of the night instead of sleeping is probably the craziest, most romantic thing I've ever done.】

【Ocean, I know wishing to you is silly, but can you bless us to be together forever?】

【We will be together forever.】

These post-it notes recorded all the changes in their relationship, from the start when they couldn't stand the sight of each other, to how they can't be separated now.
Song Yu Meng was frustrated and amused by the first few notes, but at the end, each sentence piled on. Song Yu Meng felt incredibly moved, her tears falling onto the carpet non-stop.

"Yi Ran......" She looked at Yi Ran, unable to say anything else through her tears.

"Dummy, don't cry."

Yi Ran's eyes were also shimmering with tears. She wasn't that emotional when she wrote them, but looking at them all now, it was definitely overwhelming.

Their school romance was this sincere and passionate.

After a while, Song Yu Meng calmed down and wiped her tears away, her eyes all red.

She took a pen and a post-it note, writing 【We will definitely be happy together.】The handwriting was clean and neat. She rolled it into a ball and put it into the jar, rolling up all the other notes and keeping them in the jar as well.

Song Yu Meng hugged the glass jar and smiled. "This contains all our memories from high school. Should we bury it in school?"

Yi Ran smiled. "Won't you regret burying it in school? What if one day, you want to take it out and revisit our memories?"
"I remember it in my heart, I won't forget." Song Yu Meng said seriously. "I just feel that this glass jar contains all the memories from high school, and it should be buried in the place where it happened. We can dig the jar out again after waiting for many years, isn't that romantic?"

Yi Ran nodded. "Mm, it's very romantic. Then let's do that. After 10 years, we can go back and dig it out, and revisit how we were like, young and sweet."

In the end, they went to the small thicket near the field and buried the glass jar under the tallest, lushest tree.

Yi Ran looked at this familiar grove and recalled something, smiling at Song Yu Meng. "Do you remember? We were punished by Tang Seng to clean this area just a few days after the second year started."

Yi Ran suddenly laughed. "You were so silly at that time, crying over Liu Luo Yang. In the end, I said I'd treat you to food and you stopped crying immediately. Taking my card and swiping it as if you had such a big win, and even made me carry it for you!"
Song Yu Meng said imperiously: "Yeah, it was a big win! Why wouldn't I swipe your card since it's free! Of course I was happy!"

"Really......" Yi Ran smiled cunningly, moving closer. "Did you fall for me already then?"

Song Yu Meng's face flushed red as she stomped her foot. "What! Who liked you that quickly! I clearly hated you, okay!"

"I don't believe you. Tell me the truth, I'm sure you liked me first, right? You just don't want to be embarrassed, right!"

"What! It's you! I'm sure you liked me first!!!"

"Explaining is covering it up, covering it up means it's the truth! It's definitely you who liked me first!" Yi Ran just wanted to provoke her. She ran, shouting at the same time: "Don't deny it, just admit it!"

"As if I'll admit anything, Crazy Yi!!!' Song Yu Meng shook her fist and chased after Yi Ran.

The two of them chased each other under the sunset, with their shadows on the field.

Their relationship seemed as if it had gone back to the very beginning, quarrelling and bickering, young and tender but sincere and passionate at the same time. The sunset sealed their love story forever in Sucheng First High School.
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[1]  Anyway, this is something I never understood in China. They have stuff like heart pills that are supposed to help "strengthen" your heart and make it calm, not hurt etc. Supposedly it'll even help with heart attacks or heart pain? I'm honestly quite skeptical about the efficacy of these pills, but yes, that's what Song Yu Meng is talking about, a pill that will calm your heart down and not make it race so much.