Upon hearing this, Rong Qi immediately turned around and indeed saw Wan Ge standing there.

Rong Qi didn't even glance at the girl who had just been in front of him again, and strode straight toward Wan Ge.

“Wange…” Rong Qi knew she would come.

With a faint smile, Wan Ge glanced at the girl behind him and asked, "Girlfriend?"

"No!" Rong Qi immediately denied, "I don't know her."

"Then where did you get these flowers? You don't even know them, yet you're accepting flowers from someone else?"

Rong Qi spoke again: "My mother had it delivered."

Wan Ge suddenly remembered that this was the first time Rong Qi had not spent his birthday with his family. He had gone home during the holidays when he was a freshman, but this time he chose to stay at school.

"Oh, I see. Here, happy birthday." Wan Ge handed him the flowers and a birthday gift.

"You two..." The girl stepped forward, still a little confused. There had been rumors that they were a couple, but she had asked Rong Qi's roommate, who said that he didn't have a girlfriend.

Rong Qi didn't wait for Wan Ge to answer before speaking directly: "It seems to have nothing to do with you. I'm sorry, classmate, you are very nice, but I don't like you."

The girl wasn't surprised at all by the answer. She just wanted to express her feelings. She knew it was normal that someone as good-looking and outstanding as Rong Qi wouldn't accept her.

"No...it's okay." It just felt pretty bad after being rejected. "I'll go now."

After the girl finished speaking, she ran away.

"I bought you a cake, Xiao Qi." Wange picked up the cake from her hand.

"Wange, I want to go out to eat with you." As she said this, she gave the flowers and cake to her roommate, asking him to take them back to the dorm.

"Okay, where shall we eat?"

Rong Qi grabbed her hand and said he knew a great place.

Wan Ge obediently followed him, letting him lead her.

Rong Qi glanced down at her, wanting to hold her hand tighter, wanting to hug her tightly like before, wanting to stay by Wan Ge's side forever.

No one knows why he chose to distance himself from Wan Ge after high school.

Because at that time, he realized his feelings for Wan Ge. Just thinking that Wan Ge had no other feelings for him, and that she only saw him as a younger brother, made him feel particularly uncomfortable, and he subconsciously wanted to escape.

But he desperately wanted to get closer to her, only to find that she only saw him as a younger brother, especially since he had overheard it with his own ears.

In that instant, he felt as if his heart had shattered into a million pieces, but he had no choice but to face the reality.

Wan Ge had no idea that every time someone confessed their feelings to her, Rong Qi would get incredibly jealous. He would secretly talk to the person and try various ways to keep them away from Wan Ge.

Rong Qi didn't know it was because Wan Ge didn't want to find a boyfriend; she thought it was all because she had chased away all those bad men.

…

Before they reached the parking lot, they walked a short distance when suddenly a snake darted across their path.

Rong Qi's face turned pale instantly, and he tightened his grip on Wan Ge's hand.

The next second, Rong Qi felt himself being hugged: "Don't be afraid, it's gone."

There's a lot of grass and trees around here, and students encounter snakes every year, but Rong Qi had never encountered one before.