Shen Jingshao drove her home. Wen Yixing sat in the car and unconsciously tilted her head and fell asleep. When she woke up groggily, Shen Jingshao's car had already stopped in the parking space below her apartment building.

"What time is it? Why didn't you wake me?" Wen Yixing looked outside, then looked up at Shen Jingshao.

Shen Jingshao: "I just arrived, not long ago. I was thinking of letting you sleep a little longer."

Red marks appeared on Wen Yixing's fair cheek, and Shen Jingshao stared at them for two seconds.

When Wen Yixing looked at him again, she noticed the smile in his eyes.

She thought for a moment, then opened her phone and looked at her cheeks with the camera; there were several red marks on them.

Wen Yixing pursed her lips and looked up at Shen Jingshao.

"You slept the whole way, and slept so soundly that I didn't have the heart to wake you."

As Shen Jingshao spoke, his deep eyes remained fixed on her.

Wen Yixing deliberately looked away, neither looking at him nor speaking.

Not long after, Wen Yixing felt him approach and reach out to take her hand.

He didn't dare do anything, he just gently pinched her fingertips and played with them.

"It's getting late." Wen Yixing turned to look at him and said softly, "I should go back."

Shen Jingshao seemed a little reluctant to let go of her fingertips and whispered, "Mm."

The light inside the car was dimmer than outside, and Wen Yixing's gaze was fixed on Shen Jingshao's face.

He was facing away from the light, so Wen Yixing could only see the smooth outline of his face.

Wen Yixing couldn't help but call out to him softly, "Chen Jingshao."

Her voice was soft and gentle, carrying an invisible allure.

No one knew that Shen Jingshao really enjoyed hearing her call his name.

Shen Jingshao looked into her eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly, before he slowly responded, "Hmm?"

The question made her feel a little ashamed and hesitant, but Wen Yixing was indeed curious and wanted to know why.

After a moment of silence, Wen Yixing asked softly, "I want to know, why do you like me?"

To be honest, Wen Yixing also found it unbelievable when she learned that Shen Jingshao had liked her for many years.

She knows very well what it feels like to have a crush on someone.

She never imagined that someone would like her for so many years.

Shen Jingshao remained silent, but Wen Yixing tentatively asked, "Love at first sight?"

It wasn't love at first sight.

Inside the car, Shen Jingshao's voice was exceptionally clear, "I've seen you many times before I realized I like you."

His gaze was serious, and Wen Yixing knew he wasn't just making things up. She was a little puzzled: "You've seen me many times?"

Seeing that she was thinking seriously, Shen Jingshao nodded: "It was at school, I've seen you many times. I remember the first year of school, you were an outstanding student representative, speaking on the podium."

Shen Jingshao remembers the first day of high school. It was the day of the school's opening ceremony. The weather was particularly hot. He sat in the last row of the playground and didn't listen carefully to what the teacher on the podium was saying. He just kept his head down and played with the pebbles in his hand.

He was idling around when a few classmates nudged him, prompting him to look up at the girl on the podium.

The girl on the podium was slender, wearing a school uniform and with her hair in a ponytail. She was so fair that she seemed to glow in the sunlight.

He looked up and saw her almond-shaped eyes, which were slightly serious due to nervousness.

Her appearance is very pleasing, and she has grown into a more graceful and poised woman than she did when she was a child.

Shen Jingshao doesn't remember how long he looked at her, he only remembers thinking that his friend was right, that she was quite pretty.

He was a late bloomer and didn't understand what liking someone meant.

But later, he would unconsciously pay attention to her, enjoying watching her back, listening to her soft voice, and admiring her crescent-shaped eyes when she smiled.

Then one night, he had a dream.

The next day, while washing the sheets in the bathroom, he belatedly and clearly realized that his feelings for her were actually love.

"Because I was a special admission student at the school that year." That year was quite a long time ago. If Shen Jingshao hadn't reminded her, Wen Yixing would have almost forgotten that she had spoken on the podium the year she started high school.

Wen Yixing looked at Shen Jingshao: "Are you here too?"

Shen Jingshao laughed: "I'm watching you from down here."

Wen Yixing opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

The conversation abruptly ended, and neither of them spoke again.

After a long while, Wen Yixing spoke up in a muffled voice: "I'm sorry."

Wen Yixing didn't know why she apologized. She felt a tightness in her chest, perhaps because she felt sorry for Shen Jingshao, or perhaps because she felt sorry for her past self.

Shen Jingshao didn't speak, but just as Wen Yixing looked up, he suddenly moved closer.

Immediately afterwards, Wen Yixing felt a tightness around her waist, and the world spun around her. Before she knew it, she was already sitting on his lap.

Things happened so fast that Wen Yixing even forgot to breathe, and just stared blankly at Shen Jingshao.

Her arm instinctively gripped his shirt shoulder, looking as if she were intimately embracing his neck.

Shen Jingshao raised his hand and gently patted her back to help her regain her senses.

After he saw that she had calmed down, he slowly said, "Liking you is just my business, I hope you don't feel pressured."

Wen Yixing looked into his eyes and subconsciously retorted, "No."

Shen Jingshao lowered his head and approached, his presence filling the air, and he could even clearly hear his heavy breathing.

He was already very close to her lips, but Wen Yixing neither dodged nor moved.

But after waiting for a long time, Shen Jingshao made no further move.

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