Chapter 32 Werewolf 02 ...Perhaps, people just change. ...
Even though you tossed and turned in bed until almost two o'clock before falling asleep, your biological clock still woke you up at 6:30 in the morning.
After a quick wash, you took the elevator downstairs while yawning and came to the parking lot in the community reserved for non-motor vehicles.
As you might expect, the black mountain bike in the corner has disappeared.
The school's morning reading starts at seven o'clock, and some people probably want to avoid you, so they go to school before six o'clock every day.
We go to the same school and live in the same community, but we haven't run into each other on the street in the past few months. I can only say that someone is very thoughtful.
Thinking of this, you feel a little angry again.
Just break up with him, he doesn’t make any difference as he’s a friend.
However, just as you decided to stop paying attention to Xia Mingshuo, his name came into your ears again.
You had just sat down at your desk when your deskmate came over mysteriously.
"Let me tell you some gossip!"
As you sorted through your textbooks, you casually asked, "What gossip?"
"It's related to Xia Mingshuo! I heard from the people in the next class that he takes a sick day every month. He looked so proud yesterday, but I didn't expect him to be such a sickly person."
You were in a trance for a moment and didn't say anything.
"Why aren't you surprised?" Your deskmate was surprised by your calm reaction.
You thought about it and decided to tell the truth: "We were in the same class in junior high school, and he was like this back then, taking leave every month."
In fact, it's not just junior high school, elementary school, and kindergarten. Ever since you met Xia Mingshuo, he would disappear from your sight one day every month.
You were very worried about him at that time and went to his house to look for him, but Xia Mingshuo's parents didn't let you see him, saying that he was not feeling well and was resting.
No one told you what disease Xia Mingshuo had, which scared you, especially after you learned about the concept of terminal illness. You once thought that Xia Mingshuo might have some terminal illness.
You are a person who can't hide things at all. Thinking of this, I couldn't help crying when I saw Xia Mingshuo again.
Maybe because he saw you crying so miserably, Xia Mingshuo finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He asked you to come to his house the night before he was due to take leave.
It was amazing. That day, Aunt Xia didn't stop you from looking for Xia Mingshuo, but the look in her eyes when she looked at you was particularly complicated.
You didn't quite understand why at first, until you opened Xia Mingshuo's room and saw him, then you understood everything.
Xia Mingshuo is not human.
Whenever the moon is full, he transforms into a werewolf.
Unlike the settings in many comic works, the so-called werewolf is not simply a pair of wolf ears and a wolf tail.
Dense silver-gray wolf hair will grow all over his skin, his facial features will also become like a wolf, his fingers will become sharp wolf claws, and he will even have a furry wolf tail appear out of thin air behind him.
Except for the body shape which still resembles a human, the rest of its features are more like a wolf.
Even though the werewolf boy in front of you no longer looked like a human, you could still tell from those familiar eyes that this was Xia Mingshuo himself.
He stood there without moving, just looking at you quietly.
You have always felt that your childhood sweetheart is more mature than his age and is different from those little kids in the class, but you never knew why. But at this moment, you seem to understand something vaguely.
"Ashuo?" you asked tentatively.
The werewolf boy curved his eyes, a smile appearing in his eyes: "Yes, it's me."
You pounced towards him quickly, and immediately reached out to touch his silver-gray wolf fur curiously.
There are many people in your community who keep dogs, and you like dogs very much, but your mother doesn't let you keep one, so you can only spend your days petting other people's dogs.
You might have thought that wolf hair would feel similar to dog hair, but if you touch it rashly, it actually feels prickly.
"Tsk..." You said with some regret: "Why is your fur so prickly?"
Xia Mingshuo must have been a little amused and helpless. He raised his hand and tapped your forehead lightly with his fingers: "What? Others say I'm your dog, so you really treat me like a dog."
Before, there were naughty boys in school who deliberately bullied you, and Xia Mingshuo always stood up for you and beat them so hard that they would avoid you whenever they saw you. Behind your back, they all called Xia Mingshuo your puppy who was very protective of his master.
You smiled brightly. "No way. It's obviously Little Wolf."
He then asked, "Even though I've become like this, aren't you afraid of me?"
"...Why would I be afraid of you?" You looked at Xia Mingshuo in confusion and said seriously, "You are you. Even if your appearance has changed, you are still you, and you are still my best friend, Xia Mingshuo."
After hearing what you said, the werewolf in front of you turned his head silently. You couldn't tell his true emotions from his face covered by layers of wolf hair.
After a while, he said calmly: "...feel inside a little, the fur is soft."
"Oh? Really..."
You parted the outer layer of wolf hair and touched the fur close to the bottom layer of skin. It felt different. It was a layer of extremely fine, curly short hair. It felt like a thick layer of velvet, so soft that you couldn't let it go.
"...Have you touched enough?" Your childhood sweetheart is helpless towards you.
You shook your head, your eyes moving down the werewolf boy’s body again, finally settling on the big, fluffy wolf tail that was shaking.
"this……"
"Don't even think about it."
You both spoke almost simultaneously.
"Ah? Why..." You rolled around on the bed dissatisfiedly, "I want to touch the wolf's tail! Ah Shuo is so stingy! Stingy! Wuwuwu——"
The werewolf boy shook his head firmly: "No matter what you say, this is not allowed. Not even the ears."
You were completely stunned: "Wuwuwu——"
This is the bad thing about childhood sweethearts. As soon as you roll your eyes, he knows what you are up to. Of course, you also understand his attitude and can see that there seems to be no room for negotiation on this matter.
You squatted on the floor feeling aggrieved, and soon Xia Mingshuo pulled you up.
He tilted his head, wagging his tail, and said awkwardly: "Even though those two can't do it, I'll let you touch the fur on my belly. You can touch it as long as you want..."
"Great." You threw your childhood sweetheart onto the bed and began to rub his belly hair vigorously: "Ashuo, you are the best."
The werewolf boy helplessly covered his face with his hands, muttering: "Ah, why don't you look like a girl at all?"
Later, when you were chatting, you found out that Xia Mingshuo's mother's ancestors had this bloodline, but it had been lost for several generations. His mother was not a werewolf. What was unexpected was that in his generation, he accidentally reverted to his ancestral lineage, causing him to become a werewolf.
Whenever the full moon comes, Xia Mingshuo will transform into a werewolf. His physical functions will be greatly enhanced. His strength, explosive power, vision, hearing, sense of smell... all of these will be similar to those of a wolf, far exceeding the upper limit of humans.
But all this comes at a price.
Whenever the full moon sets and the sun rises, he will transform back into a human and then enter a day of weakness. Every time he takes a day off, he transforms from a werewolf back into a human, feeling exhausted and having to rest at home.
Of course, according to the words passed down in Xia Mingshuo's family, this is because his body has not yet grown, so turning into a werewolf will bring him a great burden. After Xia Mingshuo's body is fully developed, he will not feel burdened when turning into a werewolf, and he will have more control over this ability and can control when to transform.
This is Xia Mingshuo's biggest secret. Apart from his parents, you are the only one who knows it.
So, you still can't understand.
Why has your relationship with Xia Mingshuo come to this point?
Now he not only pretends not to know you, but even when he sees you from afar on the street, he will choose to take another route.
Obviously before...
It is he who waits at your door every day and insists on going to school with you. Even if you accidentally sprain your ankle, he can even carry you to school every day, rain or shine.
Even Aunt Xia often jokes that Xia Mingshuo is your little tail. He will appear wherever you are. When you can't find him, you can just go find him.
...Maybe, people just change.
What has been bothering you is that the relationship between you is not gradually drifting apart, but suddenly changed completely one day.
You don't know what you did to make Xia Mingshuo hate you so much. You are very unwilling to lose your best friend in such an unclear way.
It's not like you haven't tried to save this relationship.
Even though he has been ignoring you and avoiding you, you still mustered up the courage to take the initiative to look for him in his class, but all you got in return was a reply: "Classmate, are we familiar with each other? Please don't come to my class to look for me in the future."
He spoke without hesitation and in a decisive tone, looking at you with an extremely unfamiliar look, as if your friendship over the years was all just your wishful thinking.
Yesterday was probably the last time you tried.
As far as you can remember, you have never missed each other's birthdays, so even though things have become so terrible, you still prepared a birthday present for Xia Mingshuo when his birthday was approaching.
When you ran into Xia Mingshuo by chance at the convenience store, you thought he had softened his heart and was finally willing to reconcile with you.
But obviously... you're overthinking it.
Not only did he not invite you to eat birthday cake, he even got angry and yelled at you if you entered his room.
You have to know that for so many years, you have always entered his room whenever you wanted. In the past, you didn't even need to knock on the door, you just pushed it open and walked in. It was not until you entered junior high school that you first realized the difference between boys and girls, and then you were always teased by your classmates, that you reluctantly added the step of knocking on the door.
At this point, it seems like nothing can be done.
You think you should give up.
You raised your head and said to your deskmate seriously, "Don't tell me anything about Xia Mingshuo anymore. I'm not interested."
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