After leaving Yige, he walked on the way home with a happy heart.
"Xinan!" Suddenly, a girl's cheerful voice sounded behind him.
He turned around in surprise and found that it was Meihui. She stood behind him gracefully, wearing a red dress and a pair of beautiful maroon boots, smiling and tilting her head to look at him.
"Meihui, why are you here?" he asked in surprise.
Meihui pouted and said, "I miss you... But, is there really only Shu Yige in your heart? Don't you have even a little room for me?"
He couldn't help but feel a headache. He had always treated this childhood sweetheart as a sister, but he didn't know that she had secretly liked him since she was a child. When she grew up, he found that her feelings were so strong that they were beyond his control. But the person he liked was Yi Ge, so he simply introduced them to each other. He was worried that Mei Hui would have a big reaction, but she smiled and shook hands with Yi Ge, and they became very intimate all of a sudden. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Occasionally, Yi Ge saw that Mei Hui was too intimate with him, and although she was a little unhappy, she never quarreled with him for this. However, Xinan cared about Yi Ge's feelings very much, so he consciously distanced himself from Mei Hui without realizing it.
Meihui naturally noticed it, but she still smiled every time they met, without any dissatisfaction.
But why, with the time and place being so well chosen today, why did such a "coincidental" encounter give him the illusion that he was being followed?
Xinan sighed and said, "Meihui, didn't I tell you clearly? I have always treated you as my sister. In my heart, there is only Yige and no room for other girls. So, try to keep your distance from me in the future."
"Xinan, you..." Meihui raised her head, tears in her eyes, flickering, "But I only need a very small position. As long as you think about me a little bit, I will be satisfied. Is this too much?"
Xinan shook his head helplessly: "Meihui, it's impossible. A person has only one heart, and this heart can only be given completely to another person. Your request may not be excessive, but feelings cannot be shared. So, to you, I can only say sorry... I am really sorry."
The tears accumulated in Meihui's eyes finally rolled down, but a smile still appeared on the corners of her mouth: "You won't even tell me a lie to make me happy?"
Xinan said softly, " I'm sorry , Meihui, I didn't want to lie to you. I don't want to let Yige down and make her sad."
Meihui was desperate: "Why is it that only when you mention 'Yige' does a hint of tenderness flash in your eyes? You are always so distant to me, I hate you..."
She gritted her teeth and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, because she was walking in a hurry, she tripped over the high heel of her boots, screamed, and fell to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Xi Nan didn't think too much, and stepped forward to hold Mei Hui's waist. Mei Hui took advantage of the situation and turned around to hug his neck. Xi Nan's body froze, and he wanted to let her go immediately.
Meihui hugged him tightly and refused to let go, saying in a soft voice: "Xinan, my foot is twisted, it hurts!"
Xi Nan had no choice but to continue supporting her: "Then I'll take you back."
A strange smile suddenly appeared on Meihui's lips: "Wait, it hurts so much just now, you need to stand for a while to recover. Just keep this position for a while."
When Xi Nan let her go, he found that she was still smiling, with a smug and strange expression on her face, and he couldn't help but be startled. Following her gaze, he vaguely saw a figure covering her face and running away, and he was surprisingly familiar with her.
But before he could think about it, Meihui grabbed him and said, "It's so late, and I sprained my ankle again. You won't ignore me, will you? You have to take me home."
Xi Nan reluctantly agreed...
"But I didn't expect that the next day, such a big disturbance would happen because of this incident." Xinan sighed and asked Yige for confirmation, "At that time, the figure running away was you, right? If I had chased you and explained it to you clearly, maybe what happened later would not have happened."
"But it's not all bad. After going through all this, at least we have an unprecedented understanding of each other's feelings. I won't be as willful as before." After listening to Xi Nan's brief explanation of the misunderstanding, Yi Ge's expression was very peaceful and her smile was full of light. "The days when I knew you were the best time of my life. My heart was full of happiness." She leaned her head on Xi Nan's shoulder and closed her eyes contentedly, "Just like now."
Xinan couldn't help but hold her right hand and rub it gently: "Before, you often said that your hands have the ability to listen to love. You put your hand on my heart, and you can hear the voice in my heart."
Now, although this hand is covered with scars, in his heart, it is still the most beautiful hand, as smooth and moist as mutton-fat jade.
"This is a punishment for my willfulness." Yige sighed softly, "In fact, it seems like a small matter now, but it caused us so many twists and turns. From now on, let's not doubt each other anymore, okay? Let's make a promise that from now on, we will be each other's only lifelong protectors."
"The only guardian? Okay." Xinan agreed readily, but suddenly thought of something, "Then... that boy, that Li Chongyuan..."
Yi Ge smiled. Now she didn't want to hide anything from Xinan, so she confessed, "I only regard him as a good friend. Because I promised Meihui that I would stay away from you, so after we met, I asked Chongyuan to pretend to be a couple, because I wanted you to give up on me from now on... I'm sorry, am I stupid?" She smiled softly, her smile was as bright as a jewel flower.
"What a fool!" Xinan suddenly realized, and remembering his previous hatred and suspicion towards Yige, he couldn't help but gently kiss her smooth forehead and apologized, "I should be the one to say sorry... I'm really sorry, Yige..."
Yi Ge raised her head and smiled, then put her hand on his mouth: "It's okay, I understand. Seeing you in so much pain, my heart hurts too..." She sighed and said slowly, "But my hand was already disabled at that time, and I could no longer listen to the voice of love. Therefore, I no longer had the courage to stand in front of you. I just wanted to run away, run far away, away from you..."
Xi Nan shook his head: "Silly... How could you think like that?" He held the scarred hand, gently put it to his lips, and kissed it with the most gentle movements, with a solemn expression, as if he was kissing some rare treasure. He looked at Yi Ge quietly and said gently, "From now on, you don't have to use your hands. You can use your eyes, mouth and heart to listen to love, listen to the voice in my heart..."
They were talking in ecstasy, their eyes only focused on each other, almost forgetting the danger they were in. Suddenly, there was a "crash" sound, and something fell from the door, and the fire in the room immediately burned more fiercely.
Both of them felt a burning sensation and were almost suffocated.
There was only one thought left in Xinan's mind: he must protect Yi Ge! He hugged Yi Ge tightly in his arms and protected her with all his strength!
Yi Ge felt his feelings and couldn't help but shed tears.
"Yuan Xinan loves Shu Yige, Yige, can you hear the voice in my heart?" Xinan murmured, and at the same time gently kissed Yige's cheek that was hot from the fire.
Yi Ge looked up at him. At such a critical moment, Xi Nan actually had a smile on his face. He could actually smile! Moreover, his smile was so relaxed, happy, and from the heart.
So she couldn't help but smile too, stretched out her right hand and gently pressed it on Xi Nan's chest, her eyes bright: "I heard it."
They stopped talking, held their hands tightly together, and smiled at each other.
They just looked at each other tenderly, and although it was just a glance, it was worth a thousand words.
A moment, but it is eternity.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, enough to destroy everything, but also to allow everything to be reborn inside.