Chapter 03 The mysteriously stolen painting 5
"Hey, Xiao Luonan." I found Xiao Luonan in the billiard room. He put down his cue and walked towards me amid the whistles of a group of gangsters.
There was a suspicious blush on his usually stern face.
"What are you doing here?" Xiao Luonan said with a sullen face, pulling me out of the billiard room. "Is this the place for you, a girl?"
"Looking for you." Seeing his usually expressionless face with a bit of rare anger, I couldn't help but smile, "Why? Can't I come to see you?"
"If you need anything in the future, just ask them to notify me. Don't come by yourself, okay? Silly girl." Xiao Luonan took my hand and walked out of the alleyway where all kinds of people gathered. Then he stopped and looked at me thoughtfully. "Come to think of it, this is the first time you have taken the initiative to look for me. Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Uh... you figured it out." I felt a little embarrassed that he had easily seen through my intention, but the matter was of great importance and I didn't have time to be shy with him, so I just got straight to the point and said, "Xiao Luonan, I want to ask you for a favor."
"You mean, you want me to help Wei Jimo provide proof of his absence to the school?" After hearing my purpose, the smile hidden in Xiao Luonan's mouth slowly faded.
He looked at me quietly, and was silent for a very long time, so long that I almost suspected that time had frozen in time. Then he slowly spoke.
Every word penetrates the shrill whistle behind me, penetrates the noisy clamor, penetrates the leisurely afternoon in the alley, and strikes my heart.
"Lin Yining." He called my name, solemnly, with a deep light in his eyes that I couldn't really see, "Is what they said true?"
"Ah?" Being stared at by those eyes that were deep, misty, yet filled with eager anticipation, I was distracted for some reason and for a moment I couldn't react to what he meant.
"They said that you like Wei Jimo. Is that true?" Seeing that I was puzzled, Xiao Luonan spoke again, her curled eyelashes resting quietly on her eyelids, like a pair of butterflies falling among flowers. "Lin Yining, do you really like him?"
"How is that possible?" I retorted almost subconsciously, my voice so loud that even I was shocked, "Xiao Luonan, how could you also believe such nonsense!"
"Really?" Xiao Luonan smiled without commenting, his tone so light that it was almost nonexistent.
That burning gaze looked at me without blinking, persistent and determined.
" certainly !"
I hurriedly avoided his sight, but the next second, I regretted it.
Damn it! Lin Yining, you don’t like Wei Jimo in the first place, why are you hiding?
"Then I won't help."
Xiao Luonan's voice was not loud, but it was sonorous, powerful and resounding.
"Why?"
In desperation, I grabbed Xiao Luonan's hand.
"Because I don't like him." Xiao Luonan lowered his head, his eyes fell on our clasped hands, and his usually cold eyes suddenly softened a little.
"Xiao Luonan, are you serious?" I was so angry that I grabbed his hand and squeezed it hard.
"Of course." He remained calm and answered seriously.
"Okay then." I gritted my teeth, made up my mind, looked up at the boy in front of me, and asked firmly, "Xiao Luonan, do you still remember those three wishes? Now, I want to use one of them on you."
