Chapter 2 Glass-colored Left Eye 3
What is the YS legend? How do I know about that?
I shook my head.
He walked over to me and squatted down so that he could look up at me. Being stared at like this, I felt a little uncomfortable and my body was getting hot.
"The YS legend says that if someone whose first name is Y and whose last name is S meets someone whose first name is S and whose last name is Y at YS Academy, they are destined to be lovers and will love each other and live happily together for the rest of their lives."
"Huh?" I was a little confused. What's the matter with letters? What does a person's name have to do with marriage?
"It's like this..." He said, holding my hand. I felt an electric current flowing from his fingers to my hand, and then directly hit my heart. I almost dodged in fear, but I didn't know if I was pretending to be calm in front of him or for some other reason, I didn't.
"Your name is Shen Yun." He began to write and draw on the palm of my hand, "The first letter of the first character is S, and the second letter is Y. And mine, Yi Mei San, the first letter is Y, and the last letter is S. So, do you understand? We are destined lovers. I like you, and you should like me too!"
What?
Thinking back to yesterday, his attitude suddenly changed, as if it was the moment I told him my name... He, he... actually fell in love with me because of my name?
What kind of bullshit YS legend is this! How can anyone believe such a ridiculous legend? Yimeisan, I surrender to you!
"Mr. Yi Meisan, two people falling in love is a very complicated and magical thing. Don't you think this legend is a little bit..." stupid. I want to say that this legend is stupid, very stupid.
While speaking, Yimeisan held my hand tightly. My eyes naturally turned downwards, and I happened to see the expression on his face.
With his bangs slanting down on his forehead, his eyes were looking at me seriously and intently. I could even feel the sound of his strong heartbeat from the slight trembling of his eyelashes.
"I really like you, Shenyun. From the first time I looked into your eyes, I liked you, really liked you. And I have a feeling that I will never like anyone else in this life." He spoke word by word. When he finished speaking, I nervously realized that I actually forgot to breathe while he was talking.
I took several deep breaths to avoid suffocating from the confession. My mind was completely confused: How could someone fall in love with another person in an instant for such a boring reason, and also think that he or she would never love anyone else in this life?
After thinking carefully about what Yimeisan said, I came to the conclusion: either I am crazy or he is crazy.
I am definitely not crazy, so he is a complete lunatic, a lunatic who is rich, has free time and is extremely bored.
"Imisan-san..." It seemed unnecessary to talk nicely to him, so I cleared my throat and looked at him seriously. He actually shrank his body, and walked in front of me with a very well-behaved, cute, and obedient puppy expression, tilting his head and blinking his eye that was exposed behind his bangs innocently, as if to say, "I am a very cute and well-behaved puppy, you are not allowed to say anything that hurts me."
Um……
Don't be deceived, don't be tempted. This guy is rich and has free time. I am not the same kind of person as him.
I thought about this, shook my head vigorously, and said to him seriously: "Senior Yi Meisan, although I don't know whether the YS legend of YS College you mentioned is true. But I can tell you with certainty, clarity, and solemnity - it is impossible for you and I to be together."
"Why?" The well-behaved puppy suddenly stood up and shouted with a pouty expression on his face that looked extremely cute.
Calm down, Shenyun, you must calm down.
"Because I can't possibly like you, and you can't possibly like me as much as you say. And I'm very busy, and I don't have time to play emotional games with a master like you, so..." I shrugged my shoulders and said, pretending to be relaxed, "I'm sorry for what I said to you yesterday. Please, for the sake of me being an ignorant freshman, let me go, Senior Imi San, the King of YS Academy and President of the Student Union!"
After saying these words, I feel like vomiting.
I, Shenyun, have never been so humble before. If this person wasn't so difficult to deal with, I wouldn't be so shameless.
"Shenyun, is this why you don't like me?" After hearing my apology, Yi Meisan's attitude became very gentle. His voice and expression seemed to have just been soaked in warm water, becoming very soft, gentle and considerate. In addition to the warmth and consideration, his eyes seemed to be tinged with a little sadness.
How did he do it, changing so many expressions in such a short time, making my heart skip a beat?
"Do you think I am teasing you on purpose because I am angry because you scolded me? Foolish man, how could I have the time to spare?" Yi Meisan looked up at me, smiled faintly and said, "I am not the rich and idle young master you are talking about."
Oh? He's not?
Suddenly, I realized that I had made a fatal mistake, that is, I didn't know the person in front of me at all. It's no wonder, I'm not a fanatic, I won't be busy asking about the gossip of the handsome senior in the second year of high school as soon as I arrive at school. So, how could I think he was a rich and idle young man?
I hurriedly looked him over from head to toe. Although I had no idea about fashion, I could tell that the fur on his nice black coat was genuine. The material of the coat was definitely not cheap stuff that could be bought at a big sale. It was obviously the rarest fur from wild goats in the high-altitude areas. Putting aside his clothes, his temperament and elegant conversation were definitely those of someone who had received aristocratic education since childhood.
So, he is definitely a young man from a wealthy family, I can be sure of that.
But he said no.
"Hmph... I don't know how many hundredth time I've been misunderstood. Shenyun, I'm not the kind of rich and idle young man you say I am. I'm a full scholarship boarding student just like you. And since I was raised by the college, after I graduate, I have to work at YS College for the rest of my life to repay the school for raising me." As he said these words, a bitter smile flashed across the corners of his mouth, as if he had just remembered something tragic.
I think those tragic things must be related to being "raised by school".
He seemed to see through my thoughts, tilted his head and smiled brightly at me, saying, "You may have heard about my miserable life. I am actually an orphan. When I was very young, my mother abandoned me at the gate of YS College. Later, the teachers and the dean of the college adopted me. They treated me very well. Not only did they let me grow up happily here, but they also gave me a lot of freedom. So I was not sad at all because I was an orphan, never, and I never felt lonely because others had parents but I didn't. Really." He was smiling happily when he said this. But the smile that was obviously forced made the pain in his eyes inadvertently exposed very obvious, which hit my heart directly.
Seeing such an incredibly perfect and noble person speaking of his dark life experience , I almost cried, and my heart felt as if someone was grabbing it.
Could it be that what he said was true and I misunderstood?
"You are an orphan? How is that possible?" I couldn't help but ask, "You are so... perfect!" I wanted to die, I actually used the word "perfect"! I will never use the word "perfect" again!
"Perfect?" Yi Meisan frowned, then couldn't stop laughing. The laughter was sharp and crazy, as if he had experienced many vicissitudes of life.
What's up with him?
I was completely confused by him, staring at him with wide eyes. Then he stood up, bent down, put his face very close to mine, and raised his slender fingers like a boy in a comic book to pull back the red bangs that had been covering his left cheek.
I finally saw his left eye. Hidden in the light gray shadow, under the handsome eyebrows, on the fair skin, that eye also has eyelashes that are beyond imagination , but its color is light gray. He pulled all his bangs back, and that eye was exposed to the light of the setting sun without protection. But it seemed to be shrouded in an eternal shadow, without change, without spirit, but the color was still so beautiful, light gray with a silver sheen, as crystal clear and pure as a glass ball.
"My left eye is blind." Yi Meisan said lightly.
But I felt like I was struck by lightning. This person in front of me was gorgeous, noble, arrogant, lively, indulgent, eccentric, moody, or even naughty like a child, but no one would have thought that he was a disabled person with only one eye! He was too optimistic, and perhaps 90% of normal people could not be as optimistic and cheerful as him.
He actually only has one eye, and the reason he has those bangs and wears those sunglasses is because he is half blind.
"My memory before coming here is very vague. I only vaguely remember that my father got drunk again and he picked up a wine bottle and smashed it on my head. Then my eyes hurt and everything went dark. My right eye could see things slowly, but no other colors appeared in my left eye. I vaguely remember that my mother brought me here and left alone before the bandage on my head was taken off. Later, the teachers in the college saved me and took me to see a doctor. But it seems that due to the delay in treatment, the effect is not very good. I heard from the doctor that if I don't have surgery on my right eye, I will also go blind. I once thought that if both of my eyes were useless, I would definitely commit suicide... But... Now I really hesitate."
Woo woo woo…
There was a noise in my ears, as if someone was crying. Who? Who was crying?
I silently looked at Yi Meisan, who still had a faint smile on his face but was talking about those terrible past events. There were no tears on his face. Although his eyes were more sad than crying, he did not cry. The one who cried then... was me.
How pitiful! He is so pitiful!
I have never met a person as pitiful as him. Not only did domestic violence destroy his eyes—such beautiful eyes—but he was also abandoned by his parents and might even go blind in the future. How could he be so pitiful!
"Yimesan...you can't commit suicide!" Thinking of what he said, I choked and pulled his clothes.
"Shenyun." He turned his head and looked at me, his eyes distant and solemn, "You cried, is it because of me?"
"Hmm..." I nodded, unable to speak. Suddenly, my body was pulled into a very warm place by a strong arm. It was Yimeisan's chest. His familiar smell made my nose sensitive at the first moment. He hugged me, tightly, as if he was holding a beloved and fragile toy.
"Thank you, thank you, Shenyun. You cried for me, I am so touched, so touched... No one has ever shed a tear for me, no one has ever really cared for and loved me, I, I am so touched!" Yi Meisan hugged me and said affectionately, I could hear the sob in his throat.
What he said was true, wasn't it? It was all true! At this moment, I believed him without hesitation. He needed me, he was really pitiful.
"I'm sorry, can you let me hold you a little longer?" he begged.
Although I knew this was wrong, I nodded softly.
He hugged me tighter, holding me against his chest. I could hear his heartbeat, one, two, three... very loud, very strong, as if it had magic power, making my heartbeat also become faster.