Chapter 88 Unrequited love is truly a chaotic battle fought alone.
Shi Yang glanced back and saw Jiang Xueyan, who was even slower than her, running behind her.
Then you see Ji Peiheng standing right in the middle of them.
Shi Yang: ...
She was speechless for a moment, unsure whether she was speechless at her own wishful thinking or at being caught in the middle of their public display of affection.
He gritted his teeth, increased his speed, and unleashed tremendous power in his legs, striving to run towards the finish line.
The deer beside him growled softly from behind, "Damn it, are you on fire? Why are you running so fast all of a sudden!"
After the test, Shi Yang and Lu Qingqing sat on the lawn to rest, listening to the sighs around them. Everyone teased Cui Xueyan, "Xueyan, when did you get together with Young Master Ji?"
"Remember to send us wedding candy when the time comes!"
Lu gently tugged at her: "Look, Jiang Xueyan is walking towards Ji Peiheng."
Jiang Xueyan held a bottle of water and handed it to the boy standing under the tree.
"Thank you just now."
The boy looked away from the lawn, frowning in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Xueyan lowered her head shyly: "Thank you for running with me just now. If it weren't for you, I probably would have failed."
"……oh."
Lu said softly, "It seems the rumors circulating at school aren't unfounded."
Shi Yang scoffed, "The school doesn't allow early relationships, but we'll get them to report us sooner or later."
The scene then shifts to the time when the school is organizing a winter camp.
That evening, Shi Yang and several other girls went to the forest to collect wood and start a fire.
As I was picking things up, I turned around and couldn't see any of my classmates anymore.
She got separated from them.
There is no cell phone signal.
The surroundings were too dark, and she was so scared that she hid under a tree and cried.
Half an hour later, a glimmer of light shone through his dark eyes.
The light made the figure appear very long.
The light drew closer and closer, filling her eyes with an astonishing brightness.
It shone into her heart, dispelling the brief darkness.
The boy ran alongside her, still panting, asking, "How are you?"
She hugged him, crying, "Ji Peiheng, I'm scared."
"Ji Peiheng..."
Shi Yang murmured something and opened his eyes in the darkness.
She touched her eyes; they were moist and warm.
From the summer filled with the chirping of cicadas to the deep winter filled with frost, he has always been there.
He'll always be there for her, no matter how far she turns around.
In those details she once overlooked, there was always a tall and imposing figure.
Lu Qingqing wasn't sleeping very deeply, and she woke up immediately when she heard her movement: "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Wen Wanwan opened one eye, still sleepy, and yawned: "What's wrong?"
Shi Yang shook her head: "Qingqing, do you have any photos of us from when we were in school?"
Although she didn't know why she suddenly wanted the photos, Lu gently pulled out a lot of old photos from her phone's cloud storage: "I've kept all the photos of us sneaking food in class."
Schools don't allow cell phones, but there are always exceptions in the class, like Lu Qingqing, who always likes to challenge the teacher's bottom line and secretly bring her cell phone to school.
Lu gently pulled out the photos: "Look, this is a selfie we took when we skipped class with you and got caught by the principal and made to stand in the office as punishment. While he was out, we took out our phones and took a selfie."
"Look, you were even crying back then."
Shi Yang remembers that time when a celebrity held a concert at the gymnasium near the school, and Lu Qingqing insisted on going to see it. Before school was over, he dragged her out for a walk.
As a result, they ran into the principal right in front of the school gate.
Shi Yang saw a blurry figure in the photos that belonged to them.
They pointed to a window behind them, where a boy was standing, his gaze fixed on them.
Lu Qing exclaimed in surprise, "Is this person Ji Peiheng?"
Shi Yang flipped through many more photos, and almost every one of them featured his figure.
A blurry, indistinct figure, half a silhouette, a corner of clothing.
It's all him.
Wen Wanwan flipped the page to the back: "Look at this one."
In that low-resolution photo, Shi Yang, holding flowers, poses for the camera with a peace sign, her beautiful features radiating elegance.
It was during high school graduation. After the group photo was taken, Lu Qingqing took a beautiful solo photo of her with her phone.
Behind her stood a young man under an old locust tree, his gaze sweeping over the throng of people and landing directly on her. His handsome features were hidden in the shadows of the tree, and a smile played on his lips.
The crisp chirping of cicadas still seemed to echo in his ears, and sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled light on his face.
Two faces separated by a crowd, captured in a frozen moment, became a unique, unseen photograph that belonged only to them.
It holds unspoken thoughts from my entire student life.
Lu sighed softly, "So, unrequited love really is a chaotic battle fought all by one person."
Shi Yang stroked the photo, touching the figure under the tree: "I always thought I was alone, but it turns out you were all here a long time ago."
"Qingqing, I'm so happy to have you and him by my side." She hugged Lu Qingqing.
Lu gently hugged her back: "Hmph, let me tell you, Ji Peiheng and I must be equals in your heart. You can't have him and then stop loving me."
Shi Yang chuckled: "Okay."
Lu Qingqing asked with a puzzled "Eh?": "Isn't Ji Peiheng a year ahead of us? He would have already graduated and left the school by the time we graduated, so how come he's still at the school?"
Shi Yang gave a wry smile: "He didn't graduate."
He went to jail. Near the end of his junior year of high school, he was imprisoned for assault. He missed the most important year of his senior year.
A year later, I went abroad.
In other words, did he visit her at the school before he went abroad?
"Wanwan, do you know why Ji Peiheng went to jail?"
Wen Wanwan shook her head: "My brother kept this a secret from me, I knew nothing about it."
Shi Yang: "You guys should get some rest. I have to go next door."
Lu Qingqing said dismissively, "Go ahead, go ahead. Considering how much he likes you, you can go keep him company in the middle of the night."
Shi Yang tiptoed to the next room.
As soon as I entered, I heard a cold laugh: "What time is it? You still know how to come back?"
She turned on a warm light in the entryway and said with a smile, "You're still awake?"
Ji Peiheng leaned lazily against the bed, his chest exposed: "Waiting for you."
His face was full of resentment, like a woman confined to her chambers in sorrow. Shi Yang suppressed a laugh and leaned closer to hug him: "Qingqing and I chatted about some things from our school days."
Ji Peiheng lifted her chin and examined the still-swollen and red eyes: "Have you been crying?"
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