Chi Xu looked down at Jiang Yuan.
She had her head down, her eyes evasive. A few loose strands of hair fell, half covering her blushing earlobes. Her cheeks were also flushed red, like a ripe red apple, making one's mouth water and yearning to take a bite.
Chi Xu's throat went dry. He coughed lightly and, suddenly reminded of something, let out a soft chuckle.
Yuan Yuan was still the same as when she was a child, so easily embarrassed. If it hadn't been for that accident back then, he wouldn't have left. Instead, he would have always been with Yuan Yuan, gone to high school and college with her, and finally confessed his feelings and been together with her...
Back then, he had been full of hope for the future, wishing that time would pass faster and faster so that he could be officially with Yuan Yuan.
But there were no "ifs" in this world.
Chi Xu stretched out his hand, hesitated in mid - air for a while, and finally gently patted Jiang Yuan's head. His voice was so gentle that it seemed to drip with tenderness. "Okay, I misheard."
Jiang Yuan frowned and suddenly looked up, staring directly into Chi Xu's eyes. Chi Xu met her gaze unexpectedly. He heard Jiang Yuan say, "Are you on the wrong medication? You're acting so weird."
Chi Xu: "..."
Chi Xu was once again amused by her words.
He had been gentle for once, yet was still suspected.
Was his image really that bad in her eyes?
"And don't touch my head anymore!" Jiang Yuan covered her head and shouted righteously. "I already have a bad memory. What if you mess it up?"
For example, she didn't even remember deleting the word "plan" from the memo.
The girl's eyes were wide open, and her cheeks were slightly flushed with excitement, like a pufferfish puffing out its cheeks. She looked cute and playful.
It made Chi Xu's heart itch, like a cat rolling around playfully.
"You used to do this too, without even asking for my permission!" Jiang Yuan continued, pouting. There was a hint of coquetry in her tone.
"From today on, I'm going to set three rules for you!" Jiang Yuan let go of one hand covering her head and pointed a finger in the air, looking serious. "The first rule is that you're not allowed to touch my head randomly anymore!" Then she held up a second finger. "As for the second rule..."
Jiang Yuan wracked her brains to think of the second and third rules.
Suddenly, a slightly cool finger touched her cheek and gently pinched it. Jiang Yuan's words got stuck in her throat. She stared wide - eyed at Chi Xu, who had bent down to look her in the eye.
What on earth was he doing!
Since he wasn't allowed to touch her head, he started touching her cheek.
Jiang Yuan's heart was roaring madly, but a corner of her heart felt tingly and softened involuntarily.
Her cheeks were a bit hot from being pinched by Chi Xu. She slapped his hand away, annoyed and embarrassed, and said angrily, "What are you doing? Have you no shame?"
Chi Xu thought Jiang Yuan looked extremely cute like this. He couldn't help but smile more widely. He looked seriously into Jiang Yuan's eyes and said, "Okay, I'll do whatever Yuan Yuan says."
The boy's warm breath blew on her ear, making the loose strands of hair flutter. It was ticklish and warm.
Jiang Yuan was stunned and didn't say a word.
"However, there's only one rule I can't agree to. The rest are fine."
"No way!" Jiang Yuan blurted out. Then her eyes lit up as if she had thought of something. She paused and softened her tone a bit. "It's not completely impossible. Now, right this second, you pull me out of your QQ blacklist."
She almost forgot that she was still trying to pursue him.
Chi Xu took out his phone and sent her a message right in front of Jiang Yuan. The message was received normally.
"Yuan Yuan, can we add each other on WeChat?" Chi Xu asked.
Jiang Yuan didn't say a word. Instead, she took out her phone and scanned his QR code.
Chi Xu clicked to accept.
Jiang Yuan put away her phone contentedly. Suddenly, she remembered why she had come here. She coughed lightly, lifted her chin, and looked interrogative.
"Aren't you supposed to be in class at this time? Why are you here? Did you skip class?"
"Oh? Yuan Yuan knows my whereabouts so well?" Chi Xu hooked his lips and retorted.
Jiang Yuan's imposing manner immediately weakened. "I, I don't!"
Chi Xu looked up thoughtfully at the class schedule posted outside the classroom. His voice was deep and drawling. "Really? Yuan Yuan, you've been lurking around here... Could it be that you want to know when my classes are?"
Jiang Yuan, whose little secret had been accurately exposed: "..."
Chi Xu saw Jiang Yuan's expression and raised his eyebrows casually. "Your initiative is really eye - opening, and then it makes me dizzy."
Jiang Yuan complained listlessly, "Don't be so narcissistic. I just took an extra curious look."
"You want my class schedule so much? You should have said so earlier. How could your brother Chi Xu bear to refuse your request?" Chi Xu chuckled softly, opened the class schedule, took a screenshot, and was about to send it to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan glared angrily at Chi Xu and was about to kick his white shoes. "Since your shoes are already dirty, I don't think one more mark will matter."
Chi Xu dodged to the side to avoid Jiang Yuan. He pressed a finger, and the screenshot was successfully sent.
He smiled innocently. "Your brother Chi Xu has already fulfilled your wish."
At the same time, Jiang Yuan didn't expect Chi Xu not to dodge in time. She stepped directly on his shoes, leaving black marks on both his left and right shoes.
Jiang Yuan panicked. "It's your fault for not dodging. You can't blame me."
She had just wanted to play a little joke on him. She never expected... Jiang Yuan was a bit speechless and whispered, "If it's really a problem, you can give me your shoes. I'll take them to the dry cleaner."
"Ah!" A scream came from the stairwell.
Jiang Yuan and Chi Xu turned their heads.
Jiang Yuan looked at the girl at the stairwell in confusion. She looked a bit familiar, but not very much.
Suddenly remembering that she was still stepping on Chi Xu's shoes, her face turned red, and she quickly stepped off.
"Hello, Senior Chi Xu. I didn't expect to see you again." The girl smiled sweetly at him.
Jiang Yuan signaled with her eyes: Do you know her?
Chi Xu blinked: I don't know her.
Guessing the confusion of the two in front of her, the girl introduced herself proactively. "Senior, I'm the one who saw you didn't bring an umbrella this morning and wanted to lend you one. Do you still remember me?"
Zhou Xiangmeng?
The name of the girl in front of her popped up in her mind.
Jiang Yuan looked suspiciously at Chi Xu and then at Zhou Xiangmeng. So did he finally borrow the umbrella?
Chi Xu's gaze fell on Zhou Xiangmeng. Thinking of something, he said, "Thank you for this morning."
So he did borrow it?
Jiang Yuan's eyes widened.
Perhaps Jiang Yuan's gaze was too intense. Zhou Xiangmeng explained softly, "I was walking with a friend. She brought an umbrella. I saw that Senior Chi Xu didn't have an umbrella, so I lent him mine so that he wouldn't get wet on his way back."
Jiang Yuan sighed, "You're so considerate."
Chi Xu snorted. "Unlike someone who avoids me like the plague."