Your back was drowned in the ruthless and cold rainy night. I stood there and watched you turn and leave again. The enchanting cherry blossoms fell to the ground, dotted like stars, leaves dusty, as if foreshadowing the end of our chapter for your departure.

It’s Xia Ying again!
The winner of the National Mathematical Olympiad!
Yin Xiaying is the only legend in Xuansheng Academy!
Yin Xiaying is the best in the entire college. Because of Xiaying, the school has won many awards, and all the teachers are vying to hold Xiaying in their hands and pamper her.
After the last incident, Yin Xiaying once again became a popular figure in Xuansheng College. Suddenly, more and more people in the school liked her, and the fan club organized in the name of "Yin Xiaying" almost surpassed the vitality index of Bai Xichen and Ji Xingyan's fan clubs.
For a week.
Yin Xiaying's name was posted in the most conspicuous place on the bulletin board.
At noon, the bright sunshine shines through the gaps in the leaves onto the vibrant playground, and the fragrance of gardenia floats in every corner.
"Come on, Yin Xiaying, come on!" Gu Yixiu shouted loudly, as if no matter where people were standing in the playground, they could hear her energetic voice.
As if they were infected by her, the girls watching around also cheered for Xia Ying in unison with her voice.
"Come on, Yin Xiaying, come on..."
“Pah—”
Chain attack!
Backhand shot!
Backhand shot!
pretty!
Xia Ying, wearing a white sportswear, caught the ball sent by her opponent accurately. Her confident smile seemed like the purest lake water in the world. She waved the tennis racket in her hand, winked at Gu Yixue who was cheering, and looked at Bai Xichen who was sitting upright and handsome on the judges' seat.
This is a tennis match for the student council members.
After several games, Xia Ying was already sweating profusely. As soon as the game was over, Gu Yixue immediately wrapped Xia Ying in a towel and wiped the sweat off her face without hesitation, and couldn't stop smiling.
"Xiaoying, I want to say it again solemnly, you have become the person I admire the most. You are like a god. You won the Mathematical Olympiad without a doubt, and you won this tennis match without a doubt. You are really amazing. I am getting more and more..."
"Stop!" Xia Ying snapped her fingers. "I've heard this sentence no less than a hundred times. Little Gu Yixue, please don't say it like this again, okay?"
"Why?"
It wasn't Gu Yixiu's voice.
Xia Ying looked up and saw Bai Xichen, who was dressed in sunshine, walking towards her with a bottle of water. His dark jade eyes seemed to be full of her figure. His lips were filled with a gentle smile.
"Xia Ying is the most amazing girl I've ever met. Not only is her academic performance the best, she's also great at sports!" Bai Xichen smiled slightly, and carefully opened the cap of the water bottle and handed it to her, "Don't drink water too fast. Your body has just been through intense exercise, and drinking water too fast can easily cause choking, and it won't be easy to absorb."
Xia Ying was stunned and looked at him in confusion. How could he say the same thing to her? Even every word was the same?
Bai Xichen saw her in a daze and patted her head gently: "Don't be in a daze anymore." After that, he stuffed the water bottle into her hand and said, "To reward you, I have decided to take you out this weekend..."
"Ah..." Before Bai Xichen could finish his words, Gu Yixiu, who was standing beside him, screamed loudly. Suddenly, she realized her own loss of composure and shut her mouth obediently.
"What's wrong?" Bai Xichen asked.
“Where are you going this weekend?”
Xia Ying shook her head.
Bai Xichen smiled again and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
"I'll go too, okay? Senior, Sakura, can I go?"
Bai Xichen looked at Xia Ying: "Ask Xia Ying if she agrees."
Immediately, Gu Yixue grabbed Xia Ying's arm and shook it desperately. She said to Xia Ying pitifully: "Xiaoying, you are the best person I know, and we are best friends, right?"
Xia Ying nodded and said to her with a cunning smile: "Okay, I promise you. But I have a condition. If you can complete all the homework assigned by the teacher this week, I will definitely agree to it."
"Xiaoying..." There was another scream. Gu Yixue pouted angrily. Damn Xiaoying. She always used her weakness to threaten her. But, the senior would also go...
"I will do it." Gu Yixiu clenched her fists, "Don't worry." In order to spend a happy weekend with her senior, she tried her best.
Xia Ying smiled helplessly. She was really impressed by this lovely Gu Yixiu.
Bai Xichen looked at her smile and raised the corners of his mouth unconsciously.
Suddenly, I seemed to feel something.
Xia Ying turned her head and looked under the gardenia tree. Her hand holding the water bottle suddenly froze in the air.
Under the pure and beautiful gardenia tree, Xia Tingxin held Ji Xingyan's hand tightly, her pretty little face full of excitement and joy.
Under the tree.
Ji Xingyan still looked coldly at the girl opposite, without a trace of expression on his face, and he didn't even want to speak.
"I haven't yet..." Xia Tingxin said tremblingly, "I haven't beaten her yet. But if it weren't for her, I would have been the champion of the Mathematical Olympiad. If you're still not satisfied, I'll ask my dad to find the principal and have her fired. In that case, can you agree to me?"
Dismissal?
Ji Xingyan sneered, it was a surprise that she could think of such a thing.
Don't even think about it.
"Let go."
Ji Xingyan called out in a cold voice, and Xia Tingxin was so scared that she quickly withdrew her hand, stood quietly, and lowered her head slightly shyly.
"If you want to expel her, I can tell you that before you expel her, I will ask the principal to expel you first." His cold tone seemed to freeze the air around him.
Xia Tingxin nodded in panic: "Then you, promise me..."
Ji Xingyan didn't intend to pay any more attention to her, and turned around indifferently and prepared to leave.
“Senior…”
"If you still want to stay in this school, don't bother me anymore. I never promised you anything."
Did he agree?
Xia Ying lowered her head and clenched the water bottle in her hand. Did he agree to Xia Tingxin's request? Impossible. Xia Tingxin didn't win the Mathematical Olympiad. There was no way he would agree to it...
Thinking of this, Xia Ying walked towards the classroom in a daze, as if she didn't hear Bai Xichen and Gu Yixiu calling her from behind.
After school in the afternoon, all the students in Grade 1 Class A left, leaving Xia Ying alone in the classroom.
Xia Ying rested her chin on her hand and looked lazily at the piles of letters on the table, some for Senior Xichen and some for Ji Xingyan. She felt as if she had returned to those days three years ago that had troubled her - being the most suitable courier for Ji Xingyan.
What should I do?
Senior Xichen said that he would not accept these things, and Ji Xingyan knew six years ago that he would never accept such things. However, if she threw away all these letters, she would soon experience the way those girls in the fan club "tortured" people.
"What is the best thing to do?" Xia Ying closed her eyes weakly, her brows furrowed, and her cheeks as red as an apple.
"Dear Miss Yin Xiaying, is there anything I can help you with?"
Who? Who's calling her name?
Xia Ying opened her eyes and began to look for the person who called her name, her eyes fixed on the door of the classroom——
Bai Xichen leaned against the door, carrying a shoulder bag, and smiled gently at Xia Ying. His smile was as warm as if it had melted into the summer sun, and his slender white figure just blocked the peripheral light in front of her eyes.
"Senior Xichen..." Xia Ying stood up in panic, blocking the letters that had already piled up on the table. "Senior Xichen, haven't you left yet?" She smiled in surprise and began to sort them out with her hands behind her back.
Bai Xichen walked closer to her: "I have been waiting for you outside, but I have been waiting for a long time and you haven't come out..."
"Then senior, you should go back early. I'll be back soon!" Xia Ying smiled as usual, but she didn't know that Bai Xichen, who was looking at her, had already noticed...
"Since when has Xia Ying become so popular?"
"This, this..." Xia Ying gritted her teeth, "This is not for me, these are for my brother and you."
Bai Xichen's face changed, and he took out a letter from the table behind her. On the blue envelope, three big black characters "Bai Xichen" were written neatly. His smiling face turned indifferent: "Xia Ying, have you forgotten what I told you? Don't accept these things in the future, okay? No matter what they say, don't..."
"Yes, I understand!" Xia Ying continued his words, "Then, can you accept all of these? It means that I have completed the 'task' they gave me!" As she spoke, Xia Ying's smile turned awkward.
"Mission?" Bai Xichen shook his head. "Xia Ying, you are not obligated to do these things for them. From now on, you should not accept these things anymore. Promise me, okay?"
But... Xia Ying scratched her head. Even if she didn't collect them, these things would unconsciously "fly" into her drawer.
Seeing her embarrassment, Bai Xichen shook his head and smiled, then bent down to pick up the letters on her desk. He folded them neatly, then put them into his backpack one by one, then looked up at Xia Ying: "Okay, no matter who they are for, I will accept them all, okay? Xia Ying, can I take you home?"
"Senior Xichen..."
Bai Xichen's face changed, and he tapped Xia Ying's nose with his hand: "Ms. Yin Xia Ying, I think I have told you no less than a hundred times, call me Xichen, don't call me senior."
"I'm used to calling you that..." Xia Ying looked up at him, "Senior Xichen, I call you that out of respect for you. Please, senior, don't be so nice to me, okay?"
"Xia Ying, don't you understand at all?" Bai Xichen held her shoulders, "Could it be that Xia Ying never felt it?"
"I..." Facing his gaze, Xia Ying felt that she had nowhere to escape. She lowered her head and didn't even know what to say.
"Do you know why I personally chose you to be the vice president of the Student Union? It's because I want to see you every day! I privately adjusted Princess's votes to give you the opportunity to make a wish, and that's also because I want to see your happy smile!" His hands tightly grasped her shoulders, and the scorching temperature of his palms almost burned her skin.
"You really don't understand, don't you?"
Xia Ying shook her head. She had never thought about this before, and she didn't want to understand. "Senior, please stop talking. Xia Ying doesn't understand, and doesn't want to understand... I'm leaving first..."
She broke free from his hand, hurriedly picked up her backpack, covered her ears with her hands and ran out of the classroom. She had only one thought - to avoid him.
She didn't want to hear those words, and she didn't want to hear them.
Bai Xichen stared at her running away in a daze, the sadness in his eyes began to solidify, and the bag on his back drooped down weakly. The dark golden sunset made his figure even more lonely, and he began a long silence.
Xia Ying ran all the way down the classroom without even taking a breath, and bumped into a gardenia tree along the way. The snow-white gardenias fluttered down and spun rapidly behind her as she ran.
There was an extended RV parked in front of the school gate. Ji Xingyan was standing quietly under a tree. When he suddenly saw her, his deep pupils suddenly tightened.
Opposite him was Xia Tingxin.
"Senior, you..."
"I told you, you don't have to bother me anymore, Xia Tingxin, have you forgotten what I said to me?" He didn't even look at her, and his cold tone made her shiver.
"It doesn't matter." Xia Tingxin suddenly became bold. "Even if you said that to me, I would still do it. Senior, although I didn't win the Mathematical Olympiad, I can't take back my love for you."
"Yeah?"
"Yes." She answered affirmatively.
Xia Ying's eyes unconsciously looked in the direction where he was, and her feet stopped in place, unable to take a step forward.
Very far, very far.
It’s not just the distance now, it will also be the same distance in the future…
I can only look at him, look at him from afar...
"Senior, as long as you don't give me this opportunity, I will follow you until you agree." Her firm tone and eyes were very similar to the stubborn Xia Ying when she was a child.
But she is not Xia Ying.
"Do you know the consequences of saying this? I only need one word to make you never appear in front of me again."
"I know."
Ji Xingyan was silent and didn't speak for a long time.
He and she were in opposition to each other.
In the distance, Xia Ying was staring at them blankly, not moving a muscle.
"Okay." After a long while, Ji Xingyan said slowly, "I promise you, from today on, you will be my girlfriend."
Watching him nod from afar, as if she heard what he said, Xia Ying's body froze slightly, and her hand holding the backpack loosened a little. He promised her, he actually promised Xia Tingxin.
Xia Tingxin was so excited that she went forward and hugged Ji Xingyan, almost crying with joy: "Senior, thank you, I will definitely..."
"Let go." Ji Xingyan yelled, "I don't want anyone to know about our relationship. If someone finds out... then our relationship will end immediately."
"Yes, yes..." Xia Tingxin nodded repeatedly and quickly took a few steps back. Her big watery eyes were filled with irrepressible joy and excitement.
Until Xia Dixin jumped out of the school gate.
Until Ji Xingyan got into the RV and disappeared at the other end of the road.
Until the gardenia petals fell all over Xia Ying's shoulders.
Until I could no longer feel his breath.
Xia Ying slowly put on her bag and walked to the other end of the road. Her lonely back was stretched out by the setting sun, as if she had been walking away alone since a long time ago, always...
He and she should never meet again...
weekend.
The blue sky was clear, and the white clouds seemed to be countless cotton candies floating in the sky. The first ray of sunlight in the morning fell on the Xingya Welfare Home. The warm light covered the welfare home with a thin layer of gold, which looked solemn and sacred.
The backyard of the welfare home is full of crabapple flowers, red, blue, pink, and beige. When the breeze blows, the air is filled with refreshing fragrance.
"Look, what is this?" the girl asked in a soft voice, looking up.
"It looks like eggplant..."
"No, no, it looks like cotton candy..."
"Stupid Lele...Have you ever seen a marshmallow with wings?"
"No, the one with wings is an airplane..."
…
Xia Ying laughed happily, as innocent as a blooming cherry blossom , with her long black hair casually tied behind her head. She sat upright on the lawn, holding up the thing she had just folded, and said proudly: "Le Le, Xiaomi, you guys could never guess it..." Her tone was full of childish innocence.
"Sister Xiaoying, if we guess it right, what reward will we get?" 4-year-old Lele said in a baby voice. Her round face was as cute as an apple, with two pigtails and a pouting mouth, making her look like an exquisite doll.
Xia Ying thought for a moment, then said, "Whoever guesses it right will get it..."
"That's great, Sister Xiaoying is the best..." Xiaomi jumped up happily, and then imitated the adults, pacing back and forth beside Xiaying with her hands behind her back, "Like a pigeon, very white..."
"No!" Xia Ying shook her head. "Le Le, Xiaomi, and all of you, I haven't seen you for so long, why do I feel like you've all become stupider?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little ones sitting around her looked at each other, scratching their heads and thinking hard. At this time, a little boy stood up from the lawn and said in a serious tone: "Sister Xiaoying, it's not that we can't guess, it's that we can't tell what the thing you folded looks like..."
Xia Ying pretended to be angry and scratched his nose with her hand, "Damn Xiao Xu, if you can't guess it, then you can't guess it. And you said that the things I folded don't look like them. Your sister loves you in vain..."
"Sister Xiaoying, Sister Xiaoying..." Lele held Xia Ying's hand, "Sister Xiaoying, please tell us what you folded..."
"Yes, yes..." The children sitting on the ground rushed forward and surrounded Xia Ying tightly, "Sister Xiaoying, please tell us quickly, please tell us quickly..."
Bai Xichen had just come down from upstairs when he saw this scene. He raised the corners of his mouth to smile and walked quickly towards the lawn.
"Children, let me tell you what Sister Sakura folded, okay?"
Hearing someone calling them, Lele and Xiaomi turned around suddenly. Lele bit his little finger in confusion: "Handsome brother..."
"Wow, brother is not pretty, he's handsome..." Xiaomi tapped Lele's head and put his hands in front of his chest like a little adult, full of pride, just like Xia Ying's expression just now.
"Really handsome brother..."
"It's the handsome brother..."
"wrong……"
"You are wrong..."
"Then brother, what exactly did Sister Xiaoying fold..." The calm Xiaoxu quickly jumped to Bai Xichen's side and asked with blinking eyes.
Bai Xichen rubbed his little head, then walked to Xia Ying, squatted slightly, and took the origami from Xia Ying's hand: "This one has a pair of wings, but it's not an airplane, nor a pigeon, and it's not the marshmallow you mentioned..."
"What is that..."
"Brother and Sister Sakura both don't want to tell us." Xiaomi raised his head, looking indifferent, as if everyone had offended him.
Xia Ying sighed helplessly: "What a ghost." She looked at Bai Xichen beside her. In the sun, his skin looked as transparent as crystal, and his smile was as gentle as the spring breeze. It seemed to be the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. It seemed that no matter who he was with, Senior Xichen was always so gentle and elegant.
Bai Xichen held the head of the origami with one hand and the tail of the origami with the other hand, then pulled it up, one by one. Then the paper wings miraculously moved, flapping with the swing of the tail.
"It's so fun..." Lele giggled.
"Brother is better than Sister Xiaoying..." Xiaomi said again, blinking her cute big eyes at Xia Ying.
"Brother is the smartest, even smarter than Xiaoxu..."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Looking at this group of cute children, Xia Ying's smile became happier. "Since you all say that my brother is more capable, I won't come to see you anymore..."
"It doesn't matter, as long as the handsome brother comes..." After saying that, Lele laughed secretly.
"Le Le..." Xia Ying was angry, her little face was red, she was even cuter than Le Le.
"This is a thousand paper cranes!" Bai Xichen said with a smile, and put the origami in Lele's palm, "It's not my brother who is good, it's sister Xiaoying who folded this origami..."
"What are you guys playing? It's time to go have lunch..."
"Ah, Dean mom..." Lele covered her mouth and screamed.
"Let's go, Sister Xiaoying, we'll come back after lunch..." Xiaoxu coolly put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the director's mother.
"Let's go, Sister Xiaoying." Xiaomi also waved to Xia Ying coolly.
Xia Ying stood up from the lawn, gently patted the grass stuck to her clothes, and said with a smile: "Okay, eat your food well! This way you can grow up faster..."
The director's mother smiled and nodded at Xia Ying, then took Lele away.
Only after they had gone far away did Xia Ying turn around, only to find that Bai Xichen had been looking at her the entire time. Her shadow was all over his bright eyes.
"Today I realized that Xia Ying is really a kind girl. It seems that I was right to come here today as you said. Suddenly I feel that Xia Ying is really like a little angel." Bai Xichen also imitated Xia Ying's actions just now and scratched her little nose affectionately.
"Hehe..." Xia Ying smiled awkwardly, but didn't know what to say.
This scene happened to be seen by Gu Yixue who had just walked into Xingya Welfare Home. Gu Yixue froze in her place with an expression of disbelief. She felt as if what she had just seen was just an illusion, an illusion she was unwilling to believe.
"Yixue..." Xia Ying saw her and waved to her desperately.
Gu Yixue came back to her senses and ran towards Xia Ying with a smile: "Xiaoying, Senior Xichen, what the hell is this place? Why did we come here? And it's so far away. It took me a long time to find it..."
"Who told you to sleep in? I just told you yesterday to get up early..." Xia Ying pretended to blame, "You said you wanted to come with us, but you don't..."
"Okay, Xiaoying, stop talking about me!" Gu Yixue took Xia Ying's arm and looked at Bai Xichen with a smile, "Senior Xichen, what are we doing here today?"
Bai Xichen looked at Xia Ying, then at Gu Yixue, and snapped his fingers confidently: "Serve the children."
Therefore, under the "coercion and inducement" of Xia Ying and Bai Xichen, Gu Yixue reluctantly joined them in playing with the children at Xingya Welfare Home ...
evening.
The weather began to get cooler. The blue sky had long been covered by layers of gray clouds. The gentle breeze made the leaves on both sides of the asphalt road rustle. It should rain soon.
Xia Ying clenched her hands, lowered her head, and walked slowly in front. Bai Xichen also followed behind her. Gu Yixiu had already gone home early on the pretext of having something to do.
Xia Ying had been walking in front, and Bai Xichen had been following behind her. No one spoke first. The surroundings were quiet, and only their unrhythmic footsteps could be heard, soft and slow.
After a long time, Bai Xichen broke the silence.
"Xia Ying."
Xia Ying stopped and turned around with a smile: "Yes, Senior Xichen."
For a moment, Bai Xichen hoped that her smile would stay like this in front of him, frozen in the warm early summer, frozen in the gentle breeze, and never disappear.
Bai Xichen walked up to her and said, "Xia Ying, do you remember what I said that day?"
"Huh?" Xia Ying looked at him puzzledly, and the smile on her face suddenly froze.
call--
The evening breeze ruffled her long hair, her collar, and the hems of her skirt. The diamond gardenia hairpin on her hair seemed a thousand times more dazzling than the evening sun.
"Has Xia Ying forgotten?"
Not forgotten.
She hadn't forgotten what she heard that day, she just didn't want to face it again.
"That day, I hadn't finished what I was saying, Xia Ying." He called her name softly, "Xia Ying, from the very beginning I..."
"Senior." Xia Ying interrupted him in panic, "It's very late. I'm going back first." She turned and left like a whirlwind, her steps so disordered that she almost fell.
"Stop, Yin Xiaying, what are you afraid of? What are you running away from?"
"Senior, I don't have any."
"You really didn't? Xia Ying, do you really not know yourself?" Bai Xichen questioned, "Don't you know that you are avoiding me? You are afraid of being alone with me, aren't you?"
"Yin Xiaying, are you so afraid of hearing me say 'I like you'?"
Xia Ying closed her eyes in pain, unable to take another step. How could she be qualified to be liked by others? How could she steal the person her best friend liked? And the most important thing in her heart was...
"Xia Ying, I like you, can you come back?" Bai Xichen begged. He stretched out his hand, his bright eyes filled with expectation for her.
However, Xia Ying still did not look back.
After a long while, Xia Ying looked up at the sky, then turned around and raised the corner of her mouth: "Senior is the person I respect the most. When you say you like me, you must like me as your younger sister, right? Besides, Yi Xue likes you very much, too."
"Xia Ying, is it because of Ji Xingyan?"
"Senior Xichen, Ji Xingyan is my brother! It's very late now, I'll go back first, see you at school tomorrow." Xia Ying lifted the hem of her skirt and jogged slowly.
Bai Xichen stood there at a loss, her figure slowly moving farther and farther away from him.
He suddenly shouted loudly: "Xia Ying, I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you to give me an answer."
Xia Ying paused, then quickened her pace.
The weather was getting darker and darker, and the clouds were getting very low.
It's about to rain, and she hasn't come back yet...
Ji Xingyan stood under the cherry tree, head down, staring absentmindedly at the cherry blossom petals in his hand. His face was almost pale, his chestnut hair hanging down, blocking his deep eyes. His white clothes seemed to be the brightest star in the night; beside him, there were pink cherry blossom petals scattered all over the ground.
There was an extended RV parked not far away, and the driver was standing respectfully waiting.
It’s been a long, long time…
She is not here yet...
He held the cherry blossoms tightly in his hand, and looked up at the wind chimes hanging on the door, his tightly pursed lips slightly raised. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the wind chimes were jingled, with a clear and pleasant sound.
It seems that year...
Her sweet, bell-like laughter.
"Dongdong, Dongdong--" It seemed to be her footsteps.
“Knock, knock, knock—” It’s getting closer and closer. It’s her. She’s coming soon…
The wind chimes hanging on the door suddenly rang happily.
"Xia Ying..." He said her name, his cold and arrogant eyes became less and less serious, and his arrogant chin was no longer tense. He just wanted to see her, even if he didn't say anything, just looking at her would be enough.
However, when he heard what she said when she saw him, he seemed to have suddenly fallen from a warm place into a snowy wilderness.
Why did he come here again?
"Why are you here?" Xia Ying's words were cold and emotionless. This kind of Xia Ying reminded him of Xia Ying on the basketball court that day. The same, the same...
"What? You don't welcome your brother?" Ji Xingyan sneered, and exerted force with his palm. With a "pop", the cherry blossom petals that he had just held in his hand and carefully cared for were instantly crushed to pieces, and the broken fragments fell silently from his palm to the ground.
"Brother..." Xia Ying muttered softly. Yes, he was her brother. He had been her brother since she was little, the overbearing brother, the brother who bullied her, the annoying brother, the supreme brother...
"Don't tell me, Xia Ying won't invite me in to sit down?" Ji Xingyan walked up to her, "Or...Xia Ying hates seeing me, doesn't like me appearing here, and doesn't like me coming to your house?"
Xia Ying couldn't help but shake her head.
"Xia Ying, aren't you going to apologize to your brother for what happened that day?" Ji Xingyan smiled coldly. His right hand stroked his right cheek intentionally or unintentionally, as if the burning feeling from that day was still on his face.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Xia Ying lowered her head sadly. Her long black hair completely covered her face, making it impossible for him to see the expression on her face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it... I did that for a reason, I..." Xia Ying said with a sob, her big watery eyes filled with mist.
"The reason? Because you like Bai Xichen, you like him, right? You were afraid that he would lose to me, so you couldn't control yourself and hit me, right? Xia Ying, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are really getting bolder and bolder."
She bit her lips tightly, trying hard not to let her tears fall. She was so upset that she couldn't even speak clearly: "No, no, it's not like that at all. It's not what you said..."
Her love for her senior was just the kind of love she had for a brother. She wasn't afraid that he would lose, she was afraid that Ji Xingyan's illness would flare up. She didn't want him to suffer, so why didn't he understand, not at all...
How could his body allow him to do such strenuous exercise...
The air around them was so quiet that even the sound of the wind blowing the cherry blossom petals off the trees could be heard clearly, as well as her breathing, his breathing, which was a little tense...
"Boom, boom, boom—"
The sky was filled with merciless summer thunder, a prelude to the coming heavy rain.
"Tell me, what was it like, what was it like?" He looked at her, her perfect face was as pale as snow, her lips were purple. His right hand covered his heart, only his eyes, those bright and deep eyes, were full of expectation, full of doubts...
Xia Ying walked closer to him and looked up at him. Her eyes were red, but the hairpins in her hair were extremely colorful and dazzling.
"Have you forgotten your illness?"
"What?"
"Don't you know that you can't do strenuous exercise? Brother, does your illness allow you to do this?" Xia Ying lowered her head. "The reason why I stopped you every time is this. It has nothing to do with Senior Xichen. It has nothing to do with him at all."
"Xia Ying..."
"Brother, please don't do this again, okay? Brother, stay healthy, be happy, and stay healthy forever..." Tears flowed from her eyes like two streams. Xia Ying sniffed and continued, "Brother, you'd better go back early. It's going to rain soon. Take care of yourself."
"Do you really care about me, or are you trying to drive me away?" Ji Xingyan held her shoulders in surprise. "You don't let me play against him because you care about me, right?"
Xia Ying nodded.
"In Xia Ying's heart, the most important person is me, right?"
…
"I'm the one who cares the most, right?"
…
"Whatever Xia Ying does, it's all for me, right?" Ji Xingyan hugged her tightly, not even giving her a chance to breathe. "From now on, don't leave me, come home with me, okay? Let's go home and stay by my side, okay?"
Xia Ying said nothing, letting the tears fall from her eyes silently.
After a long while, Xia Ying stopped crying: "I won't go with you, you should go back, or you will really be caught in the rain here, and the driver is still waiting for you..."
Her voice was faint, as if she was two different people from before.
"What? Xia Ying, are you chasing me away?"
Xia Ying pushed him away and said solemnly: "Yes, brother."
This "brother" seemed to bring everything back to the starting point. She reminded him all the time that he was her brother, and there was nothing else between them except the relationship between brother and sister...
"You still don't want to see me? Or don't you want to forgive my misunderstanding of you?"
"no."
"Then... why are you still chasing me away? Why are you still unwilling to go back to the Ji family with me? You should have been at the Ji family, if not..."
"I don't want to go back, I'm fine here."
"Why... or, you just don't want to see me at all, right? You still like that Bai Xichen, right? You have forgotten me, and you don't want to..."
"I……"
"No need to explain, hehe..." Ji Xingyan suddenly laughed. The indifference and despair in his laughter made Xia Ying suddenly feel like she was in an ice cellar. It was so cold that she couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"I should have thought of it earlier, I should have thought of it earlier... It's not entirely because of me. Yin Xiaying, no wonder you said I was like a child, no wonder you thought so, because you like him, so you want to keep your distance from me and drive me away..."
"Hualala——" heavy rain poured down.
Without a doubt, heavy rain fell on them in an instant, and the cold raindrops wet the lush cherry trees, the indifferent Ji Xingyan, and the trembling Yin Xiaying.
Suddenly.
He forcefully snatched the gardenia hairpin from her hair, not caring about Xia Ying's painful moans: "Before, I thought you liked cherry blossoms the most, so I planted a garden full of cherry blossoms where I lived abroad. But three years later, everything is different, it has changed completely. You no longer like cherry blossoms, you are no longer Yin Xia Ying, you are no longer my Xia Ying..."
The rain slid down his handsome face, as pale as paper, and countless drops of water also dripped down his hair. The heavy rain soaked them all.
Xia Ying pursed her lips tightly and closed her eyes in pain. Her body was shaking constantly, and it was hard to tell whether the water on her small face was rain or tears...
That's it, let him think so...
Ji Xingyan no longer looked at her. He tightly grasped the gardenia hairpin, as if he would not be satisfied until it was crushed: "I want to make you regret it, I want to avenge you...but you don't know that the one who is avenged and the one who regrets the most is me..."
Ji Xingyan brushed past her and said, "I won't look for you again, I won't see you again, and I never want to see you again."
…
"Okay, from now on, I will hate you and use all my strength to remember you until the moment I die - I will never forget you! And, I will start praying to God to let me never meet you again from now on."
…
It was as if I had returned to that unforgettable evening three years ago, with the fiery red sunset, the beautiful cherry blossom trees, and the intricate and beautiful white lace headband...
The same Ji Xingyan, the same Yin Xiaying, the same words, the same heartache...
Xia Ying stood in the rain, looking back at his back as he turned and left and gradually disappeared in the rain, unable to move away for a long time.
It rained heavily all night long.