Chapter 7 Warm Cherry
Once again returning to the Ji family, back to the cherry tree that I planted myself, I thought, if I had walked away at the beginning, there would not be so much torture. But you told me that no matter where I go, you will find me...
The next day at noon, the school gardening club.
Xia Ying sat in the bushes, trimming the leaves of the roses with scissors. There were dead leaves all around her, and the scissors made a clicking sound. Her eyes were focused, but there was no expression on her pretty face. Occasionally, she was slightly absent-minded, as if her thoughts were drifting far away...
Bai Xichen stood quietly behind her, his slender figure just blocking the sunlight for her. His eyes were always on her hair, which was bare. The gardenia hairpin he gave her, this was the first time he saw her without it...
"Xia Ying."
Bai Xichen broke the silence.
Xia Ying was slightly stunned, but did not answer.
"Where is the gardenia hairpin I gave you..." He asked softly, as if he was worried that his tone was too harsh and would hurt Xia Ying, and even his expression showed nervousness.
“Crack—”
She cut off a gorgeous pink rose.
The beautiful rose fell to the ground and its petals scattered into several pieces.
Xia Ying then realized her mistake. She picked up the rose with some distress and held it in front of Bai Xichen: "I accidentally lost it. I can't find it..."
Bai Xichen frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on Xia Ying's hand. The thorns of the rose pierced deeply into her hand, and large drops of blood flowed out of her hand, but Xia Ying seemed to be unaware of it.
"Xia Ying, let go, you're bleeding."
Xia Ying glanced at her hands calmly, then looked up at Bai Xichen: "The gardenia is gone, the cherry blossoms are gone, there is nothing left, nothing can be found..." She clenched her hands tighter and tighter, the thorn sank deeper and deeper into her palm, more blood dripped out, dripping from midair to the ground, and the rose petals were instantly dyed bright red...
"It doesn't matter if it's gone. Xia Ying, let go, let go quickly..." Bai Xichen panicked and snatched the rose from her hand. The heart-piercing pain made him unable to ask any more questions. Even if Xia Ying didn't answer, he knew clearly that it was Ji Xingyan...
Last night, he stood under the tree and saw everything. He seemed to gradually understand everything...
"I lost it. I will find it and give it back to you..." Xia Ying kept murmuring, her clear eyes filled with crystal-like stars. "I'm sorry, it's my fault, it's my fault. I will find it, I will... Don't be angry, don't be angry with Xia Ying..."
"It's not important, it's not important..." Bai Xichen supported Xia Ying, who was completely unconscious, with a heartache, and hugged her tightly in his arms, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, Xia Ying is a strong girl, Xia Ying doesn't feel any pain..."
What is pain...
She hurt him again and again, and she herself fell into the abyss again and again, unable to jump out. Every night of terrible and painful nightmares was an endless entanglement, which made her almost suffocate with pain but unable to wake up...
"Yin Xiaying, Yin Xiaying, where are you..."
Who is calling her?
Xia Ying suddenly came back to her senses, pushed Bai Xichen away like lightning, and searched frantically with her eyes.
"Yin Xiaying, come out here..." The girl's voice was completely panicked, as if she had a huge hatred for Xiaying, and even her shouting was filled with immense resentment towards her.
Xia Ying hurriedly ran out of the gardening club and just happened to see Xia Tingxin looking for her.
Xia Tingxin ran up to her, without saying a word, and raised her hand unceremoniously -
With a "slap", she slapped Xia Ying in the face.
The gardenias on the trees were startled and fell down...
"What are you doing..." Bai Xichen roared. He supported Xia Ying distressedly, and looked at Xia Tingxin with eyes full of anger, as if to tell her that if she got hurt again, no matter who it was, he would protect Xia Ying to the end...
Xia Ying turned away after being hit. She looked at Xia Tingxin, who was full of anger, with lifeless eyes. "What happened? Why are you looking for me so anxiously?"
Xia Tingxin didn't say anything and raised her hand again, but was stopped in mid-air by Bai Xichen, who looked angry. She put her hand down unconvinced.
"Is it him..." Xia Ying asked softly.
"You still know him, right?" Xia Tingxin said loudly to Xia Ying, "Do you know how cruel you are? How can you be so heartless? Even if you ignore him, why do you treat him like that..."
"Who? Are you talking about my brother?"
"Yes, that's right, I'm talking about Ji Xingyan. I've never seen a sister like you! Your brother is sick and in the hospital, but you're here dating someone else. Are you his sister..."
"What..." Xia Ying raised her head in shock, "What did you say? Say it again--"
"Because you refused to go back with him, he got angry and was exposed to the rain all night. He has had a high fever since morning and has been unconscious ever since. However, he kept calling your name even when he was unconscious! Yin Xiaying, what do you want him to do to make you satisfied? He is your brother, how could you treat him like this? How could you..." As she spoke, Xia Tingxin's face was already covered with tears. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she forcibly pulled Yin Xiaying from Bai Xichen's hands.
"If he doesn't wake up today, his life will be in danger, and he also has... Come with me, go to the hospital and wake him up."
He also has a heart disease... His disease is like a time bomb, which may make him unable to wake up at any time...
Was he going to take revenge on her like this, taking his own life?
How could he be so cruel, how could he threaten her with his own life...
She hates him!
She hates Ji Xingyan!
Xia Tingxin pulled Xia Ying hard and ran away: "Come with me, go to the hospital with me, you have to save your brother..."
Just like that, Yin Xiaying staggered and almost fell down.
"Xia Ying..." Bai Xichen called her name, but his fear made his voice tremble. A strong premonition stimulated his nerves. He seemed to be afraid that Xia Ying would never come back after leaving like this, and he would never have the chance to get close to her again...
"You are still hesitating, you are still considering..." Xia Tingxin cursed angrily.
Xia Ying lowered her head, her face pale as she turned around indifferently and ran quickly. Her long black hair fluttered violently behind her and the hem of her school uniform left countless traces of sadness on the path in the campus.
Suddenly, a small rose fell to the ground.
Bai Xichen looked at her increasingly smaller figure, and drooped his eyelids helplessly. Every time, he watched her leave; every time, she turned away without any regrets; every time, she could not see his sad eyes...
How long does he have to wait before she turns around and looks at him?
But if Xia Ying is not happy, he won't be happy either...
First Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
The room was dimly lit and the curtains were tightly drawn. The afternoon sun shone through the gaps in the windows, and the air was filled with a strong smell of disinfectant.
Ji Xingyan lay very quietly on the hospital bed, his face ashen, as if he had already died. However, despite this, he still looked heroic.
The ECG machine beside the bed was still beeping, and the heartbeat was steady and strong.
"Xia Ying..." He called Yin Xia Ying's name in a daze, with a look of pain between his brows.
Butler Ji tiptoed into the ward and saw this scene. He turned his head away with reluctance, then gently closed the door of the ward and stood quietly by the door guarding it.
Suddenly, a petite figure flashed into his sight. Butler Ji's pupils dilated unconsciously, with an expression of disbelief.
The girl was panting, her expression tense and dazed, as if her soul had been pulled out of her body, making her so exhausted: "How is he? Uncle housekeeper, is he okay? Is he still unconscious?"
"Why did you come here, Miss Xia Ying? Don't you think it's not enough? Do you want the young master to die?" Butler Ji said harshly, looking at Xia Ying with eyes full of hatred for her.
"I didn't, I didn't, how is he?" Xia Ying wanted to rush into the ward, but was coldly blocked outside by Butler Ji.
"Miss Xia Ying, have you forgotten what you promised me? You promised me that you would never get close to the young master again. You have to..."
"Uncle Butler, I just want to see him and see that he is okay, I really..." Xia Ying begged, her big eyes filled with tears.
"The young master is fine, you don't have to worry." Steward Ji rejected her coldly. He didn't want Xia Ying to see Ji Xingyan. "You have caused the young master a lot of suffering. I can't stop the young master from seeing you, but I won't let you see him either. Even if you are the adopted daughter that the old master loved the most when he was alive, you can't do that. I won't let anyone hurt the young master."
"But……"
"Ms. Xia Ying, please go back..."
"Uncle Butler, please let me in, let me go in to see him, I promise this is the last time, the last time... I will never see him again, even if I see him at school I won't say hello to him, I will never do anything to hurt him again, please, Uncle Butler..." Xia Ying's tears kept falling, dripping on the cold floor like broken crystals, "If he can wake up, I..."
In the ward.
Ji Xingyan's eyes moved.
"Uncle housekeeper, don't you know that his life will be in danger if he doesn't wake up?" Xia Ying grabbed housekeeper Ji's arm, "His illness... I know, I know, I'll go wake him up, okay?"
She cried and begged, crystal tears falling all over her delicate little face. She begged so sadly and helplessly. Her originally watery big eyes were now empty as if there was nothing in them.
a long time.
Butler Ji whispered, "Miss Xia Ying, please go in..."
He gently pushed open the door of the ward, then turned his head and walked to the end of the hospital corridor. No one would notice his slightly bent body and increasingly heavy footsteps.
"Xia Ying, Xia Ying..."
On the hospital bed, Ji Xingyan closed his eyes tightly, calling her name faintly, his brows knitted tightly together. He was groaning in pain in his nightmare, Xia Ying stood beside the bed and looked at him, her already nervous heart tightened even more...
The wish I hung on the cherry tree three years ago...
The wish I made under the wishing tree in the gardenia forest three years later...
Why can't it be realized? Are those legends all lies?
"How can you be so unkind to yourself? Don't you know that everyone is worried about you? Brother... am I cruel? You are more cruel than Xia Ying..." Her tears were like pearls with broken strings, dripping on the clean floor, one drop, two drops... just like Xia Ying's broken wishes.
"Aren't you going to take revenge on me? Don't you think it's not fair to use such a method? The brother I know wouldn't be like this..." Looking at his beautiful face that was so familiar to her, Xia Ying felt so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe. Her tone became more and more ethereal, as if she was the only one left in this quiet ward.
"If I tell you that I lied to you and that I never liked Bai Xichen, can you forgive me..."
"If I apologize to you for leaving you three years ago and for what I said, can you forgive me..."
"If I say that Xia Ying doesn't want to be your sister anymore and doesn't want to call you 'brother' anymore, can you please stop sleeping..."
"If Xia Ying goes home with you...can you wake up? For me, can you wake up? Can you wake up..." Xia Ying was already sobbing and her deep self-blame made her almost dare not look at him again.
"Can."
Ji Xingyan suddenly opened her eyes wide, and the hand that was receiving the IV had already grasped her wrist tightly, holding it tightly, not wanting to let her leave at all.
Xia Ying was so shocked that she immediately looked up at him. All her sadness froze at that moment, and more tears flowed from her red eyes.
"If... you don't leave me, if... you apologize to me, if... you don't call me 'brother' anymore, if... you come home with me, I will wake up... and keep looking at you, I won't... fall asleep again, I won't let you... cry again..." Ji Xingyan smiled palely, his deep eyes like the sea contained infinite tenderness and tolerance. As long as she agreed, as long as she didn't leave, he would do anything...
Xia Ying was so stunned that she couldn't speak, and just let the tears flow down her face.
Ji Xingyan tried hard to support his body and leaned against the hospital bed, holding her hand without letting go: "From now on, you are not allowed to leave my sight, and you are not allowed to see anyone except me, especially not to see Bai Xichen, and don't let him see you." He said domineeringly, beads of sweat the size of beans appearing on his pale forehead.
"you……"
Seeing that she wanted to refute, the strong uneasiness made him irrationally shout in a cold voice: "If you dare to refute, I will not accept any treatment from now on." After that, Ji Xingyan shook off Xia Ying's hand forcefully and raised his arm to pull out the needle.
"No." Xia Ying hurriedly grabbed his hand. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she made Ji Xingyan unable to move. "You can't... your illness... No, I don't want to..."
Before she could finish her words, she was pulled by a strong force and fell onto the hospital bed.
Ji Xingyan took her into his arms and buried his head deeply in her hair. Feeling her body stiffen, he hugged her even tighter: "Don't push me away, never push me away again. I don't want to look for you all the time, so..."
“You did it on purpose…”
"Yes, I did it on purpose, Yin Xiaying, you can't reject me so cruelly again. Otherwise, I will really be hurt to death by you and never wake up again..." The sadness in his tone made Xiaying's heart ache. Suddenly, it seemed as if warm liquid flowed down Xiaying's neck, and bright crystal flowers bloomed.
Did he cry?
He who was so cold and proud, so noble, actually buried his tears in her neck...
Because she...
Night begins to fall.
The ward was quiet. The only sounds could be heard: the beeping of instruments, Ji Xingyan's even breathing, and the gentle swaying of the curtains in the breeze through the window.
He was sleeping soundly, with a faint smile on his face, as if he was very happy in his dream. That faint smile was filled with happiness and satisfaction.
The whole world seemed silent.
Outside the ward, Butler Ji and Yin Xiaying sat side by side.
"I'm so sorry, Miss Xia Ying, it was me back then..."
"It's okay." Xia Ying raised her face and showed a bright smile. "I know, if it weren't for you, uncle, how would I know that I would really bring him danger? I should have walked further away and prevented him from finding me. In this way, he wouldn't be so easy to..."
"Miss Xia Ying, I... maybe what I did before was really extreme, but the young master's body seems to be closely connected with you. Every time he sees you reject him, his heart will..." As he said this, Steward Ji lowered his head in shame, "Miss Xia Ying, please forgive me for selfishly driving you out of the Ji family and failing to live up to the old master's instructions before he left..."
"Uncle housekeeper..."
"Miss Xia Ying, please... please, stay by the young master's side and don't let him be in any danger again. Don't let him get sick again, okay?" Butler Ji begged, with endless sorrow on his wrinkled face. "Miss Xia Ying, I beg you, the master is gone, the Ji family cannot be without a young master anymore, cannot..."
"Stop talking." Xia Ying interrupted him calmly, and suddenly smiled at Butler Ji, "Uncle Butler, I promise you that I will stay by his side until he recovers and will not stimulate him."
“Xia Ying——” Ji Xingyan was so shocked that she sat up from the bed, opened her hazy eyes wide and looked around for her, but there was no trace of her in the lonely white world. Where was she…
"Xia Ying, where are you..." He called her name tremblingly, his deep eyes full of nervousness and fear. She was clearly by his side just now, and she was clearly with him just now...
Was she lying to him again, and just because she saw him fall asleep, she turned around and went back to Bai Xichen?
"Yin Xiaying, Yin Xiaying, Yin Xiaying..." He called her name almost like a roar. He jumped out of bed and stood barefoot on the cold floor. The freezing cold filled his whole body and his handsome face was cold and silent.
"Bang--"
The door of the ward was pushed open.
Xia Ying walked in with the meal. The caution and tenderness in her eyes made Ji Xingyan freeze in place.
"Are you looking for me?" Xia Ying asked, "Brother, why did you get out of bed? The ground is cold, and you haven't recovered yet..." Before she finished her words, Ji Xingyan walked quickly to her and looked at her nervously, "Where did you go just now? Why weren't you here? You..."
Xia Ying picked up the meal with a smile: "I just went to make this..."
"this……"
"Millet porridge." Xia Ying walked to the bed and sat down, carefully placing the bowl and chopsticks on the table. She turned back to look at Ji Xingyan who was still standing there, and said to him with a smile, "Brother, aren't you going to lie back on the bed?"
Her smile was like a ray of warm sunshine that shone into the coldest part of his heart. That kind of peace of mind was like the happiest feeling he had three years ago when he could see her happy every day.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Xia Ying became a little angry. She stood up and strode to him, stood behind him with a cold face and pushed him: "If you stand here like this and catch a cold, I will leave immediately."
"Xia Ying, you..."
"Since someone doesn't want to take care of his body, there's no need for me to stay here and worry about him." Xia Ying pretended to be pitiful while pushing Ji Xingyan hard. However, Ji Xingyan couldn't move no matter how hard he pushed.
Suddenly, he smiled gently, walked to the bed with the help of the warm power coming from behind, then leaned on the bed obediently, and kept looking at Xia Ying.
Xia Ying, his Xia Ying.
In three years, she hadn't changed at all, and was still the cutest Xia Ying by his side...
"The millet porridge is very fragrant. I put a little bit of sugar in it. I know you don't like sweets or tasteless food. But for the sake of your health, you have to be tolerant of it!" Xia Ying picked up the millet porridge and handed it to him.
"Then I am willing to change for Xia Ying..." Ji Xingyan looked at her and murmured, his voice so soft that Xia Ying couldn't hear it at all.
"What did you say..." Xia Ying frowned in confusion, "Maybe my cooking is not as delicious as the ones cooked by the Ji family chefs, but..."
"Feed me."
"Hmm?" Xia Ying seemed not to understand, "Brother, what did you say..."
"Feed me." Ji Xingyan repeated, "I don't want to say it for the third time."
"elder brother……"
"Yin Xiaying, how many times have I told you that I am not your brother, don't call me brother."
Ji Xingyan suddenly spoke coldly, leaving Xia Ying's hand holding the bowl in the air. She pursed her lips, and her eyes were covered with a layer of mist due to the inexplicable grievance. Did he still hate her, or did he dislike her? No matter what she did, would he treat her like this...
"Xia Ying." He looked at her face seriously, and her expression suddenly made his body freeze, "Xia Ying, I..."
Xia Ying raised her head again, her sparkling eyes filled with smiles: "It's okay, brother is sick, it's my duty as a sister to take care of him." Then she started to work on her own, carefully feeding him the millet porridge mouthful by mouthful, "Millet porridge is good for digestion. You've slept for so long, it's best to eat something light. Maybe you can be discharged tomorrow, and you don't have to stay in this disgusting hospital."
…
"You don't like sweet food, and I didn't put a lot of sugar in it, so it will taste delicious."
…
"If you don't work hard to get better, I will hate the wishing tree on the back hill of the academy..."
Ji Xingyan was silent. This was the first time he had seen and felt Xia Ying being so attentive and gentle. The warmth she gave him was like the brightest sunshine, as if he had returned to the time when she climbed up the cherry tree to make a wish for his birthday...
Still with eyes as clear as spring water, and a smile as bright as the crescent moon in the sky...
Still touching, still lovely.
"Yin Xiaying, from now on, I don't want to hear you call me 'brother' anymore. You and I have no blood relationship." He looked at Xiaying seriously, his heroic eyebrows tightly furrowed. He gently pulled up her long hair and rolled it in his palms, "I hope Xiaying can call me by my name."
It was late at night, and the deep blue sky was full of bright stars.
White House.
The bright moonlight poured freely into the room. The evening breeze blew in from the French windows on the balcony, blowing over the scattered drawing papers in the room. On each piece of snow-white drawing paper, there was a pair of clear and lively eyes and a warm and lovely smiling face, just like the sunshine...
Bai Xichen fell asleep on the desk, he was sleeping soundly, the soft moonlight reflected on his handsome face, with a faint silver light. His eyebrows were tightly knitted together, his face was painful and solemn.
The next morning.
The black extended RV drove into a beautiful garden, from the gate to the end. In order to let Xia Ying see this place more carefully, Ji Xingyan also specifically asked the driver to drive slower.
The car was going very slowly.
Xia Ying kept looking out the car window, while Ji Xingyan kept looking at Yin Xia Ying.
Three years have passed, and this place is still as beautiful and fresh as it was three years ago. Not a blade of grass or a tree has changed in the slightest. Even the late-blooming cherry tree is still as lush, blooming beautifully and romantically.
On the cherry tree, a white lace headband with intricate floral patterns is tightly wrapped around the most beautiful cherry blossom.
"Nothing has changed?" Xia Ying asked softly, looking out the car window.
“Nothing has changed.”
"Everything is still the same as before?"
“Everything is the same as before.”
"Have you changed?"
"I haven't changed."
"So..." Xia Ying turned around with a warm smile, "So, have I changed?"
"It has changed." Ji Xingyan replied indifferently.
"Oh..." Xia Ying also responded calmly, "I know..."
"Yin Xiaying has changed. She is not as naughty anymore. She is smarter, more powerful, and more outstanding... Moreover, she has learned to be obedient and stay by my side..." Ji Xingyan's tone became unusually gentle, and the clarity in his eyes flowed like clear stream water.
The car suddenly stopped and stopped as close to the cherry tree as possible.
Ji Xingyan took Xia Ying's hand and got out of the car.
Standing under the tree and staring.
The feeling of standing here again was so warm and sentimental. She could never forget how she had lied to him that evening, how she had hurt him mercilessly, how she had cried so sadly and wrongedly under the tree, and she could never forget that their first meeting was also here...
Every first time is so unforgettable.
"Taller, bigger, more beautiful and more luxuriant than before." Xia Ying looked up, her eyes sparkling like stars in the night sky. "Although there is no lace headband to make a wish as a gift, I still want to say - happy birthday..." As if she didn't know how to address him, Xia Ying paused when she said "Happy Birthday".
Ji Xingyan's body froze suddenly, and suddenly, a bright smile appeared on her lips, enchanting, beautiful, warm, and happy...
…
13-year-old Xia Ying slowly stood up from the cherry tree branch, her hands trembling slightly as she held onto the tree trunk. She looked at him intently, then smiled, and without hesitation pulled off the white lace headband on her hair with her right hand, and said loudly, "Brother, happy 15th birthday!"
…
"Cherry blossoms are a symbol of happiness!" Yin Xiaying sat on the branch again, "I'm going to tie a lace headband on it, along with my birthday wishes for my brother. Tie it tightly, and my brother will be happy in the future!"
…
"Brother, you have to promise me something!"
…
"Brother, you have to promise me that you will no longer be cold when you look at me. You must smile. This way, you will be more handsome and more girls will like you!"
…
"Happy birthday, Ji Xingyan." Xia Ying smiled, her face tilted to the side. The morning breeze brushed across her small cheeks, as if a pink cherry blossom bloomed from her cheeks, a blush...
That seemed to be the purest smile in the world.
"Is this year's gift just these four simple words?" Ji Xingyan questioned. He put his hands casually in his trouser pockets, frowned, and his heroic face was full of displeasure and disappointment with her.
"What else do you want?" Aren't these four words enough? This is her most sincere blessing for him...
Ji Xingyan said nothing, with a cold face. He rudely pulled Xia Ying's wrist and walked to the other side of the cherry tree: "Last time, I accidentally discovered a secret..." He leaned over and laughed softly in her ear, causing Xia Ying's ears to feel numb.
"What..." Still couldn't believe it, what did he find?
Ji Xingyan raised her head and said, "I wonder which idiot carved the words 'I love you' on the cherry tree three years ago..."
Xia Ying was shocked and lowered her head in embarrassment.
Three years ago, the day before leaving the Ji family, which was also the day that hurt him the most, it was she who carved the words hidden in her heart on the cherry tree she planted when she was a child. Unexpectedly, he would actually find out...
"Don't be so smart as to think that I will never find it." Ji Xingyan walked forward, pointed at the place where the words were engraved and said, "Actually, this is what I want."
Ji Xingyan, I like you.
Actually, this is what I want...
How much emotion is contained in this sentence?
Xia Ying lowered her head, feeling so heartbroken that she couldn't say a word. For a moment, bitter tears welled up in her eyes but couldn't fall. So, so, this is what he wanted...
"Actually, Xia Ying, I lied to you about that selection. Bai Xichen and I both participated in changing the results of the selection. He wanted to make you happy, but I just selfishly wanted to embarrass you. I didn't care about your feelings and only wanted to take revenge on you..."
…
"You are so good to Bai Xichen, you blocked me, you looked down on me, do you know what I was thinking after seeing that? I was thinking, how could you be so selfish, so selfish that you don't have any feelings for me at all, and even forgot about me..."
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"How many times have I been so hurt by your cold tone and eyes that I turned away, but you didn't even call me back. I once thought that my extreme behavior made you hate me, just like before, you hated me, didn't want to see me anymore, and wanted to leave me at all costs..."
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"I want to hate you, but I seem to be sinking deeper and deeper into this selfish feeling..." His voice became lower and lower, as if it was almost inaudible.
"Don't say anymore, don't say anymore." Xia Ying started crying, letting the tears flow freely down her cheeks. "You are not selfish, I am the most selfish person in the world... I was wrong, why didn't I hide far away so that you can never find me again, so that I won't make you suffer so much..."
"Yin Xiaying!" Ji Xingyan called her name loudly, his cold and arrogant face full of anger towards her. He walked quickly to her side and held her tightly, "Try to say that again?"
Xia Ying bit her lip and said nothing.
"I'm telling you, you will never be able to escape from me again in this life. You will never be able to leave me again. Even if you leave, no matter where you go, I will find you, just like this time, I will find you and torture you..."
Suddenly, Ji Xingyan put his arm around her waist, brought her into his arms, and hugged her tightly, not even giving her a chance to breathe. He buried his head in her hair and whispered in her ear, "Admit it, you like me... I like you too!"
Yin Ying's body suddenly froze.
He continued, "My birthday wish this year is that Xia Ying returns to the Ji family and stays with me forever... I know that for this wish, you will stay with me forever and never leave me. You will keep us together..."
The romantic and beautiful cherry blossom petals fell together, fluttering in the air, so magnificent.
At the top of the cherry tree, an incomparable white lace headband is always wrapped around the most beautiful cherry blossom in the world, entangled as if it will never stop.
afternoon.
The extended RV drove all the way to the front of the teaching building before stopping. Ji Xingyan walked out of the car holding Yin Xiaying's hand. The faint and gentle smile on his face almost suffocated the girls around him.
This smile was the warmest smile Xia Ying had ever seen.
"After school, I will wait for you at the entrance of the college. Don't forget what you said." Ji Xingyan stroked her bangs affectionately, "Remember to return it to him. Don't let me see this thing again, otherwise, I will..." After saying that, he placed the gardenia hairpin in her palm. In the sunlight, the bright crystal released an extremely dazzling light.
Xia Ying nodded, turned and walked towards the classroom.
Class A, Grade 1.
The noisy classroom was so quiet that not a single sound could be heard the moment Xia Ying walked in. As soon as Xia Ying sat down, Gu Yixue quickly grabbed her arm and asked curiously, "Xiaoying, I have never seen you skip class, and you didn't even tell me when you skipped class. The most puzzling thing is that when the teachers saw you skipping class, they didn't ask anything..."
"Do you know where the senior is?"
"Um?"
"Senior Bai Xichen." Xia Ying looked at her and asked calmly, "Tell me, where is Senior Bai Xichen?"
Gu Yixiu was stunned: "Xiaoying, you are the vice president of the Student Union, no one knows where Senior Bai Xichen is better than you..." She looked at Xia Ying a little aggrieved, her face full of confusion towards her.
"You know that, Yixue , right?"
As if frightened by Xia Ying's calm expression, Gu Yixue said, "Senior seems to be in the Gardening Club. I just saw him there."
"Thank you." Xia Ying said this and ran out of the classroom.
Gardening Society.
The butterfly flowers that Xia Ying planted here last time have grown taller and have bloomed into several beautiful flowers. Sometimes beautiful butterflies will rest on them.
Bai Xichen squatted beside him, holding a small kettle and watering the plants. The water splashed down the green leaves onto the hem of his pants, but he didn't notice it at all. He was so serious that he didn't even notice that someone was standing behind him.
"Senior Xichen."
Bai Xichen's hands froze, and he didn't turn around. He was afraid that he was dreaming, afraid that this was just an illusion caused by missing her too much, afraid that when he turned around, he would find that there was actually no one behind him.
He continued to water the butterfly flowers.
Xia Ying walked up to him and squatted down: "Senior Xichen, if you water it again, the butterfly flowers might be drowned..." Her gentle laughter was as sweet as the clear sound of a silver bell.
"Xia Ying." Bai Xichen called her name absentmindedly, but still did not turn his head to look at her.
"Yes, I'm Yin Xiaying, senior." Xiaying snatched the kettle from his hand and put it on the ground, then took his arm and stood up together, "Senior, I have something to tell you."
"What?" Bai Xichen came back to his senses and looked at her, "Can you please not say that..." He seemed to know what she was going to say to him, because the fear and anxiety in his heart made even his tone of voice tremble.
Xia Ying opened her hands, and a dazzling light instantly released from her palms.
Bai Xichen looked down——
In her palm was a gardenia hairpin, the crystal on it still shining brightly enough to be dazzling.
"I have to return this hairpin to you." Xia Ying lowered her head and smiled faintly, "I have never had the chance to tell you that I cannot accept such a valuable item, so..."
"Can I keep it with you?" Bai Xichen interrupted her, "Can you not return it to me but just keep it with you? Just think of it as keeping it for me, okay?"
"I still have to return it to senior." Xia Ying looked into his eyes, and there was persistence and stubbornness in those smiling eyes.
"Is it really like this?" Bai Xichen asked, "You don't even give me a chance? Is he really that good?"
Xia Ying nodded stubbornly.
Bai Xichen lowered his eyelids and slowly reached out to pinch the gardenia hairpin.
Suddenly, he laughed, with a warm smile like the sun on his lips: "Xia Ying will still be in the student union, right..."
"Yes, Senior Xichen." Xia Ying smiled, her clear eyes reflecting his figure and Bai Xichen's melancholy and sad smile, "Senior Xichen has always been a brother who makes Xia Ying feel very warm." After saying that, Xia Ying turned and ran away, her back hurried.
Lost?
Has he already lost before the game even started?
Bai Xichen took the gardenia hairpin and gently placed it on his lips: "Yin Xiaying, are you happy with him?"
Summer cherry blossoms, summer cherry blossoms, summer cherry blossoms can never be replaced by the pure and holy gardenias...