Chapter 8 Falling in love with you was an accident 2
As the end of the semester approached, everyone was reviewing diligently in the library. There were not many people on the street outside the school. The leaves dyed golden by the autumn wind slowly fell, like a beautiful landscape painting. Su Han was full of thoughts and unknowingly walked to the cafe she and her friends often went to. The fat orange cat was lying on the outdoor chair basking in the sun, shaking its ears lazily, looking very comfortable.
She smiled slightly and was about to walk over. Just as she took a step, she unexpectedly saw two familiar figures - Xu Zhe who took off his teddy bear hat, and Li Su who was sitting opposite him and wearing a pink knitted jacket.
After not seeing him for a few days, Xu Zhe's smooth chin had stubble on it, and he looked a lot more shabby... Could it be that the funny Kumamon just now actually had such a haggard face?
Su Han felt sad. What were he and Li Su talking about? Was it something about him?
They were talking so seriously that no one noticed her arrival. Su Han carefully made a circle and found a seat in the corner behind Xu Zhe and sat down. The parasol of the cafe blocked her face. Because the distance was not far, the breeze carried their conversation intermittently.
"Xu Zhe, it seems that you really like her."
"Yes, everything is my fault. Please stop blaming her. She is innocent."
Su Han's heart tightened, and she really wanted to see Xu Zhe's expression at this moment. Was it helplessness, pain... or something else?
It was a long time before Li Su's voice sounded again. This was the first time she heard Li Su's voice so depressed, completely devoid of the original sunshine and vitality.
"Hanmei has never done anything to wrong me. I was too impulsive that day...I shouldn't have said that to her."
"I'm sorry, Li Su."
"No need to apologize. You haven't accepted me either. In fact, I've figured it out these past few days... I also want to reconcile with Hanmei, but when I think of the excessive words I said that day, I don't dare to face her. Xu Zhe, I should thank you. She is lucky to have someone like you who treats her well with all your heart."
"sorry."
"Hey, stop apologizing. From now on, you have to be good to Hanmei like you are now! Otherwise, I will beat you up!"
…
Their conversation was like warm sunshine, shining into Su Han's heart. Her nose felt sore and she hurried ahead of them, as if a heavy burden had been put down. Was Xu Zhe going to find Li Su for her?
After leaving
Since Xu Zhe went to Li Su to apologize for me, why am I still avoiding it and being a coward?
On the tree-lined avenue leading to the basketball court, there are lush trees on both sides and the ground is swept very clean. At the end of the road is the basketball court surrounded by a blue fence. Su Han had just walked over when she heard two girls passing by, arm in arm, curiously talking about the abnormal Zheng Hao.
"I just saw Zheng Hao. He played basketball so violently today. He just dribbled the ball and hit someone, almost getting him injured."
"Yes, my boyfriend is a member of the basketball team. I heard that Zheng Hao was in a bad mood recently and scolded several people during training."
"What's going on? This is so abnormal!"
…
Su Han's heart moved slightly. These days, she had been avoiding like an ostrich, even skipping the basketball team's training using the excuse of being sick. Could it be that something happened in the team that she didn't know about?
She walked to the blue fence with a worried look on her face. As the two girls said, Zheng Hao rushed into the crowd with the ball recklessly, almost knocking people down several times. Even though his teammates were right in front of him, he ran across most of the court alone as if he couldn't see them, and jumped up to shoot the ball from a long distance away. However, due to poor judgment, the basketball bounced on the rim several times and still fell outside.
Seeing his failure, Zheng Hao frowned and looked gloomy. The players who usually had a good understanding and a relaxed atmosphere on the field were silent. No one dared to approach Zheng Hao and looked at each other. They had been practicing from the morning until now, and they didn't even have lunch. The captain didn't even give them time to buy water. After playing one game after another... the players with the best physical fitness couldn't bear it.
"How can this be possible?"
Looking at everyone's pale faces and basketball uniforms soaked with sweat, Su Han, the assistant of the basketball team, subconsciously wanted to stop it. But before she ran to the coach's seat, she saw a tall figure standing up from a bench nearby and forcibly stopping Zheng Hao's crazy behavior.
"Xu Zhe?" Su Han widened his eyes.
"What are you doing here?"
Zheng Hao looked at the handsome boy opposite him with hostility. In fact, he knew why he had lost control these days, and he also knew how much of a blow it was for him when Xu Zhe confessed to Su Han first that day. In fact, he had heard of Xu Zhe from the art academy next door a long time ago.
Everyone said that people from the Academy of Fine Arts were free-spirited and unrealistic, but why was Xu Zhe an outlier? It seemed that in his eyes, there was only Su Han. Sometimes, I really envied him for being so bold in love and hate and having no scruples.
"I came to talk to you about Su Han."
"What can I talk to you about?"
When that name was mentioned, Zheng Hao suddenly became furious. He raised the basketball in his hand and smashed it over with a "bang", hitting Xu Zhe directly in the chest.
"Xu Zhe!"
Su Han couldn't help but shout, but the audience on the sidelines were in an uproar, and her voice was instantly drowned out by the noisy discussions around them.
"Isn't that Xu Zhe from the Academy of Fine Arts? What's the problem between him and Zheng Hao?"
"Oh my god, whatever it is, I'll take a picture of it first! They both look so handsome from this angle!"
"A showdown between the two most handsome men on campus!"
…
The noise around her gradually faded away and became insignificant background sound. Su Han clasped her hands tightly around the iron net. All that was left in her eyes was Xu Zhe's pale and bitter smile. The sourness from the tip of her nose rushed up to her throat, choking her so much that her eyes turned red.
Why, why did she have to tolerate Zheng Hao's excessive behavior? Was it because of me again? Why, why...
At this moment, she finally understood that all the excessive words she said to Xu Zhe and those shameful escapes were actually just because she took advantage of his love for her.
In fact...I have already slowly fallen in love with him without realizing it!
