You are not truly happy, your smile is just a protective color you wear. You are not truly happy, your wounds have never fully healed.

Jian Yan has been a scheming little brat since he was young, and Lin Leyao has always believed this.
After Hu Yunxin left, she found out where Jian Yan's dormitory was. Although he had only been in school for a few days, he was already famous enough.
At this time, Lin Leyao didn't think there was anything different about Jian Yan's return this time. She just thought that this young master had eaten enough potato bread abroad and wanted to change his taste, so he returned home, and tormenting her was his hobby.
As soon as she stood downstairs of the boys' dormitory, she received inquiring looks from all directions. She wanted to yell downstairs, but finally gave up, took out her cell phone, dialed the number and said very gently: "I'm downstairs, please come down."
Jian Yan shuddered after answering the phone. He clearly heard the chill in her words.
"Little Qingmei is looking for you." Ma Ruge said jokingly, "Be careful, the plums are very sour."
"I just like sour food." Jian Yan replied and hurried downstairs.
It was not uncommon for girls to wait for someone downstairs in the boys' dormitory, but Lin Leyao always felt that she was being watched. Was it an illusion? Or did these people know the gossip about her and Jian Yan? Or was it because she was so beautiful that these people admired her?
She couldn't help but shudder at the thought of this possibility. She knew she was pretty, but it was unlikely that she could get everyone to stop and watch.
As a beauty, you must have a strong mentality to accept everyone's gaze at any time and anywhere. Lin Leyao stood quietly in the shade of the tree and waited. Someone once said: "Lin Leyao, if you don't speak, wear a white dress and stand quietly, you really look like an oil painting."
She still remembered that she was stunned for a moment and asked the person who was speaking: "Is the name of this oil painting Sadako here?"
Of course, although Lin Leyao was standing quietly at the moment, she had nothing to do with oil painting. She was wearing a huge T-shirt with "口工少女" written on the chest, shorts with yellow duck heads all over them, and a pair of rose-red flip-flops. She looked like a otaku.
She wanted to take back the words "sisterly love" she had said when she met Hu Yunxin just now. How could they be considered sisters with a deep love? It was clearly Snow White and her rural cousin.
Jian Yan saw the girl in white standing under the tree at first sight. The four big characters "口工女孩" on her chest were particularly eye-catching. He smiled bitterly. This girl's dressing style is really getting more and more...
Why do I like her? This question popped up in Jian Yan's mind. Recalling the scene of their first meeting, he always felt that he was a "slut". But since he had done it, he would just admit it. He was a person who could see things in a positive way.
"Let's go have dinner together." Jian Yan came up and took Lin Leyao's wrist and walked towards the school gate, just like before.
"I want to eat meat, you have to eat more than me... No, Jian Yan! I'm here to talk to you about something." Lin Leyao was almost fooled, but fortunately she reacted in time and pulled her hand out of Jian Yan's hand, "I'm here to have a serious chat with you, not to have dinner."
"Man is like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. Lin Leyao, can't we talk while eating?" Jian Yan covered her stomach like a weak girl, "You know, my stomach is not good."
"I don't know." Lin Leyao hardened her heart and turned her head away from his deliberately pitiful look. "Jian Yan, we need to have a serious talk."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. What do you want to talk to me about?" Jian Yan put away his playful smile and looked at him seriously. His serious look charmed a lot of girls again.
Lin Leyao: "Why did you return to China?"
Jian Yan: "Exchange student."
Lin Leyao: "Exchange students also need to ask for their own wishes. Why did you agree?"
Jian Yan: "After I went there, I realized that what I loved most was my motherland. I was determined to sacrifice my life for my motherland and never leave my beloved motherland again in my life."
Lin Leyao: "Jian Yan, your grandfather's."
Jian Yan: "Ah? Yaoyao, do you miss my grandpa? My grandpa was mumbling a few days ago that he hasn't seen you for a long time. Do you have time this weekend? Let's go see my grandpa together."
Lin Leyao suddenly didn't know what to say. It was obvious that she couldn't find an answer to this question. She looked up at Jian Yan, wondering why she was always obsessed with the question of why he returned to China.
It was a long time before she realized that the reason she was so conflicted was because of her inner uncertainty and expectations. She was not sure whether they would still be the same as before. She expected that they would be as close as before.
"What are you thinking about?" Jian Yan asked.
Lin Leyao: "Hu Yunxin suddenly came to see me, is it related to you?"
"Of course, if she didn't act in this drama but was doing bad things behind the scenes, you wouldn't be able to deal with it with your IQ and would just sulk by yourself, so I used some tricks." Jian Yan admitted very straightforwardly.
Lin Leyao was not interested in knowing what methods Jian Yan used. She knew that for a strong person like Hu Yunxin, only being more powerful or having enough leverage could make her cooperate. She had never doubted that Jian Yan had this ability.
only……
"In short, I'm not the same person I used to be. This little thing is not enough to make me angry." Lin Leyao sighed, "I've grown up."
"Really?" Jian Yan looked at her, his eyes were dark and hard to read. He took a step forward, closing the distance between them. Lin Leyao felt that she could clearly hear his heartbeat and also felt his soft sigh. He said, "Lin Leyao, I'm back."
It was just a simple sentence but it made Lin Leyao blush for no reason. She stretched out her hand to push the person in front of her away, but she felt that this posture was a bit ambiguous, even a bit reluctant, so she gave up after thinking about it.
Finally, she pushed Jian Yan away. His closeness made her feel very pressured.
"See, you still blush so easily. You still have the nerve to say that you have grown up." Jian Yan chuckled.
"Jian Yan! You did it on purpose!" She finally realized that he was teasing her and deliberately making her blush. After knowing each other for more than ten years, he knew her very well.
"Intentionally? Intentionally for what? Lin Leyao, I am telling you very seriously that I am back and will never leave again." He looked at her and approached her again, "Lin Leyao, I..."
There was an ambiguous atmosphere around, and a leaf fell, right at her feet.
If her life was a novel, then the hero would kiss the heroine next. Should she close her eyes? Should she stand on tiptoes? Should she... No, they were just friends, why would they think of kissing?
No, he must want to tease her again, she must stay calm and not let him make fun of her again. How can she turn defeat into victory?
How about just kneeing him in the... thing and making him feel like dying? No, no, that's too cruel.
Pull him by the collar and kiss him in front of her eyes? No, no, that's too proactive, it will be misunderstood .
Why are you thinking about kissing again! Lin Leyao, what are you thinking about? You are here to negotiate with him!
Negotiations? Why negotiate? What were they going to talk about?
Lin Leyao felt like she was a complete mess, with all kinds of thoughts running through her mind and she couldn't control herself anymore.
This girl was having wild thoughts again. Jian Yan smiled helplessly, raised his hand and flicked her forehead, and waved a piece of paper in his other hand in front of her eyes: "Hu Yunxin must have done it, it's a childish trick that kindergarten kids dislike."
The three words "I am a Pig" were written in large letters on the white paper. She finally understood why Hu Yunxin patted her back when she held her hand. Suddenly she felt that this girl was a little cute. She could actually play such a childish game.
Her focus was wrong again. She actually ran across half the campus carrying a piece of paper like this?
Lin Leyao stood there stiffly, she had already forgotten why she was looking for Jian Yan.
Then Jian Yan smiled and said, "Yaoyao, don't you have something serious to tell me? Are you just going to ask me why I came back to China? Oh, and to visit my grandpa."
Serious matter, serious matter...
What did she want to say? She remembered that she told him very seriously that she had grown up. Then, what else did she want to say?
"Have you forgotten again? I'm curious, what were you thinking about when you kept your head down and didn't say anything?" Jian Yan asked.
Lin Leyao has always had a strong divergent thinking ability. When other children were still thinking about aliens invading the earth, she had already thought about all the possible ways of alien invasion and also looked for ways to deal with it. In today's words, she has a very big imagination and once she starts thinking, she can't stop.
"What are you thinking about?" I want to kiss! Of course, Lin Leyao couldn't tell Jian Yan the answer. She could only laugh and change the subject, "Jian Yan, I have something serious to tell you."
Well, back to the beginning.
Jian Yan looked at her with an expression that said, "Go ahead and talk. I'm listening." She thought for a long time before she said, "I know we are friends, but we have all grown up and should know that friends should also keep their distance. You were so popular the moment you arrived at school and became the focus of discussion among the girls."
"Hmm, so what?" Jian Yan's expression at this moment seemed to be saying, "Is it my fault that I'm handsome and popular?" That was quite asking for a beating.
"So we should keep our distance." Lin Leyao said, "I don't want to be the target of girls' attacks."
There was another silence between the two of them, and then Jian Yan asked a question that had nothing to do with what she was talking about: "Lin Leyao, are you very rich?"
She didn't understand, but nodded anyway.
Jian Yan: "Lin Leyao, are you very beautiful?"
She nodded again.
Jian Yan: "Lin Leyao, don't you have a good figure?"
She nodded again, her mind still confused, not understanding what he wanted to say.
Jian Yan said with a straight face, "Lin Leyao, as a girl with money, good looks and a good figure, you really shouldn't be so self-deprecating."
What? Inferiority complex? Her?
"I know I'm tall, handsome and talented, but you're not bad either. Don't think that if you stand next to me, people will say you're not worthy of me. Even if others say that, as your good friend, I will firmly stop it! So, we don't need to keep a distance at all." Jian Yan put his arm around Lin Leyao's shoulders, looking like a good brother. "Yaoyao, I'm really hungry. Let's go eat, okay? I will never snatch your favorite food from you."
Isn't this just a substitution? That's not what she meant!
Forget it, she gave up resisting this time. Anyway, she had never gotten the upper hand from Jian Yan since she was a child. She was obviously a very eloquent person, but every time she met Jian Yan, she was like a dumb machine gun, unable to speak a word.
Doesn't this mean that every evildoer will be punished by his own evil?
Get out of here, she is not a bad person, she is an incredibly cute and beautiful girl!
Lin Leyao felt that she shouldn't believe Jian Yan.
The last piece of beef was stuffed 's mouth, and only a few rapeseed leaves with chili shreds hanging on them were left on the table.
Her sweet and sour spare ribs…her black pepper beef…her braised pork…
"Jian Yan! You bastard! Didn't you say you wouldn't snatch it from me? Give me back my beef!" Lin Leyao was furious! This guy's hobby is to snatch food from me. He has been doing this for ten years, why hasn't he changed this bad habit!
"Did I accidentally rob again? Yaoyao, don't blame me, I was just...careless. You know, in places like England, people eat potato bread every day. I almost vomited. I finally had a good meal, and for a moment...I couldn't help it."
"Jian Yan! Your grandfather! " After cursing, Lin Leyao added before he could speak, "I know your grandfather is talking about me. I will go to see him, but I will never be with you."
"Pfft, Yaoyao, you're so cute. Be good, I'll order two more plates for you. I've got money, eat as much as you want." Jian Yan called the waiter over and ordered another plate of beef. Only then did Lin Leyao feel that her anger had subsided a little.
wrong……
"Jian Yan, you are younger than me, so you have to call yourself my brother in front of me from now on!" Lin Leyao emphasized.
"Okay, big sister! I understand, big sister!" Jian Yan was tactful and did not refute.
Lin Leyao was very satisfied. She stretched out her arm and touched Jian Yan's head, saying, "Be good, sister will buy you some candy."
After the beef came up, Lin Leyao's eyes lit up. Jian Yan was full, and he leaned back in his chair and watched her wolfing down the food with a smile, then handed her a tissue when her mouth was full of sauce. It's not that he didn't think about wiping the corners of her mouth himself, but he was afraid that moving so fast would scare her, so it's better to do it step by step, after all, Monkey King can't escape his Five Finger Mountain.
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Eat meat with big mouthfuls! Eat meat with big mouthfuls! Eat meat with big mouthfuls! Important things must be said three times.
After finishing a plate of black pepper beef, Lin Leyao felt that her soul had been sublimated.
"Are you full?" Jian Yan asked.
Lin Leyao nodded with satisfaction.
"How about going for some dessert? I heard there's a shop over there that has some pretty good chocolate cakes, and the packaging is also your favorite blue color." Jian Yan suggested.
"Yes! Of course!" Lin Leyao nodded with shining eyes. It is said that women have four stomachs, each of which can be used to hold different foods. The one used for food is full, while the one used for dessert is still empty.
"Isn't this Junior? I thought a rich and pretty girl like Junior wouldn't eat at a small shop like this."
When Jian Yan went to the front desk to pay the bill, Lin Leyao saw the "male protagonist" whom she had just met a few days ago - Zeng Jiahao, the vice president of the Student Union. She smiled and said hello: "Senior, come to eat too, their black pepper beef is good." On the surface, she smiled happily, but in her heart, a thousand horses were already running through her. She believed that Zeng Jiahao felt the same way about her, and wanted to eat her alive.
"Really?" Zeng Jiahao glanced at the plates on the table, "Why is the person who came with the school girl not here? Is he too ugly to be seen in public?"
After all, Lin Leyao was still in the Student Union, and she didn’t want to break up with Zeng Jiahao, which would be embarrassing for everyone. She still had a smile on her face: “Senior, you’re joking. He just went to pay the bill.”
"So Junior Sister really came here with someone else, a guy?" Zeng Jiahao didn't expect her to answer this question. "Xinxin and I broke up. I don't know if Junior Sister wants to be with me. I still remember what Xinxin said that day. Junior Sister said she liked me and wanted to be with me, and told Hu Yunxin to get out of here."
After saying this, the people standing next to Zeng Jiahao all had ambiguous smiles on their faces. One of them said, "So this is the girl who made you break up with Hu Yunxin. She's pretty. You're really lucky."
"So she's the beautiful, rich girl from the Chemistry Department. Jiahao, you're pretty amazing. It is said that many boys who pursued her were rejected. Wow, brothers are really envious." Another person also said, with a very obscene smile.
Lin Leyao glanced at the two people behind him, and it was true that birds of a feather flock together.
"Didn't you say your boyfriend went to pay the bill? Why hasn't he come back yet? Did he go to the bathroom? Tsk tsk, junior sister, even if I wasn't with you at the time, you couldn't give up on yourself and find such a stingy man. You should be with us, senior." Zeng Jiahao stretched out his hand as he spoke.
"Senior, that was just a joke. I've already made it clear to Senior Sister Yunxin." Lin Leyao stood up and took a step back to avoid Zeng Jiahao's hand. "My friend will be here soon. I'm sure you're hungry too. Let's go eat quickly."
"She's shy." Zeng Jiahao still didn't give up. He had been thinking about Lin Leyao since the day she joined the Social Union. Because Hu Yunxin was too domineering, he never dared to make a move. However, he had already made it clear to Hu Yunxin, and he also learned from her that Lin Leyao was really interested in him, but she was just a little shy. Lin Leyao's evasion in front of him was also regarded by Zeng Jiahao as a shy reaction rather than a rejection, "Senior will definitely treat you well."
Lin Leyao took another step back and said with a sneer: "Senior, the last time I tested my eyesight, the reading was 5.2. I am neither blind nor nearsighted." Except in front of Jian Yan, Lin Leyao has always been a strong presence.
"What do you mean?" Zeng Jiahao's voice turned cold.
"You are a toad wanting to eat swan flesh." Jian Yan had returned. He pulled Lin Leyao to his side and stood face to face with Zeng Jiahao.
Zeng Jiahao is about 1.75 meters tall, Jian Yan is 1.85 meters tall. When they stand face to face, their height is a kind of oppression. Jian Yan sighed and said to Lin Leyao, "Why didn't I grow to 1.9 meters tall?"
"What?" Lin Leyao didn't react for a moment.
"Haven't you always wanted to see the cutest height difference? If I grow to 1.9 meters tall, I can demonstrate it to you with my senior." Jian Yan glanced at Zeng Jiahao, and the contempt in his eyes was obvious.
"What do you mean?" Zeng Jiahao also understood what he meant. Although 1.75 meters tall is not tall nor short for a boy, height depends on the reference. Standing in front of Lin Leyao, who is 1.67 meters tall, he is barely tall, but standing in front of Jian Yan, who is 1.85 meters tall, he is a dwarf.
Lin Leyao understood what he meant, and she suppressed her laughter, pretending to be a little disappointed and sighed, "I really regret not wearing a skirt today."
Jian Yan knew without even looking at her that this girl was about to start acting, so of course he had to cooperate. He asked, "Why?"
"If I wear a skirt, I can act out Snow White and the Three Dwarfs." Lin Leyao smiled sweetly, making the three men hate her so much.
Zeng Jiahao asked again in a tactless manner: "What do you mean by this?"
"Of course we were simply and directly saying that you are short. Even though we said it so clearly, you asked me two or three times. I was really confused. They say that important things should be asked three times. Do important questions also need to be asked three times?" After saying that, he pretended to be enlightened. "You keep asking me this. Could it be that you don't want to admit the fact that you are short? Yaoyao, we want to apologize to you. We accidentally touched your sore spot. I'm sorry."
The "I'm sorry" was said very sincerely, and Zeng Jiahao's face turned green with anger. He took a deep breath and adjusted himself. He didn't want to lose face in front of his friends and the beautiful girl. He said with a fake smile: "You don't need to apologize, junior brother. Height and looks are things that are brought from the womb. My parents gave birth to me and raised me up. I don't feel dissatisfied at all. On the contrary, I always think I am 100 points."
Zeng Jiahao's words really surprised Jian Yan, but that didn't mean he would back down. Only he could bully Lin Leyao, no one else could.
"I admire the senior's confidence. I just hope that this confidence will not turn into arrogance. It is important for people to know themselves and never think about things that are not theirs, otherwise the ending will be very ugly." Jian Yan's words were very clear. He didn't want to argue with Zeng Jiahao anymore, so he pulled Lin Leyao and prepared to leave.
"Jian Yan, what you said..." Zeng Jiahao grabbed Jian Yan's arm. He was about to ask "What do you mean by that?" , but when he thought of the ridicule he had just received, he changed his tone and said, "What qualifications do you have to say that to me?"
Jian Yan glanced back at the hand holding his arm, and the cold look made Zeng Jiahao let go of his hand. He suddenly smiled, a bright smile, and a casual remark made Zeng Jiahao's face turn green again.
Jian Yan said: "Because I am more handsome than you."
The two people who had been watching this "verbal cannon" nearby couldn't help but sneer. They looked up at Zeng Jiahao, then at Jian Yan, and could only nod in agreement with this statement. Since he is handsome, he must be right.
"You..." Zeng Jiahao was so angry that he was speechless. The three of them left without even sitting down to order food, saying "We'll see."
Lin Leyao said helplessly: "The boss will definitely hate us to death."
"Then let's run before the boss chases us away with a broom." Jian Yan pulled her out of the restaurant.
Lin Leyao, who followed Jian Yan, was a little confused. She hesitated for a moment, not sure if she really knew Jian Yan. They had known each other for ten years, which was a long time, but she felt that she didn't know him anymore. She didn't understand his smile, why he went abroad, why he came back after a year, why he appeared in the meeting room to help her out, why he asked Hu Yunxin to find him, and whether they were still friends.
"What are you thinking about?" Jian Yan asked.
Lin Leyao: "If you have a girlfriend in the future, will we still have dinner together like this?"
In short: "Always."
Not really, Lin Leyao thought. If Jian Yan really had a girlfriend one day, she would learn to avoid suspicion and keep a distance between them so as not to let his girlfriend misunderstand. So-called friends cannot be friends for life.