Chapter 33 Werewolf 03 “I can’t be friends with you like this. …
Your deskmate seemed to be hesitant to speak, and it seemed like she had a lot to ask, but maybe because your expression was too serious, she didn't ask any more questions.
But you can't control everyone.
I still hear Xia Mingshuo's name from other people from time to time.
Sometimes the teacher would casually mention that Xia Mingshuo from the next class had scored the highest score on a test, or classmates would chat about the famous people in the school. Of course, the most uncomfortable thing for you... is running into old classmates.
After all, we are all in the same place, and in the same high school, we will more or less run into former junior high school and elementary school classmates.
Everyone knows how close you and Xia Mingshuo are, and they always mention Xia Mingshuo when they meet you. That's fine, you can just brush it off. The worst thing is that someone perceptive enough will notice the discord between you and him and deliberately avoid mentioning Xia Mingshuo's name in front of you, which will make you very embarrassed.
You just don't fit in.
You think that after a long time, you will no longer care about him.
The days passed slowly, and before I knew it, more than a year had passed.
At this time, under the increasingly heavy academic pressure, you actually rarely thought about Xia Mingshuo, but something suddenly happened that brought him back into your sight.
During that time, a crime occurred near your school. An exhibitionist followed a female student. The girl was in the same grade as you, and your deskmate even knew her. I heard that she was very scared and went to see a psychologist. She had not come to school for a week.
Your deskmate tells you what happened in vivid detail.
"I heard that pervert hasn't been caught yet. You should be careful coming home so late every day, or else you should ask your parents to pick you up."
“…I do want to.” To be honest, you felt a little nervous when you heard that. “But my parents are very busy and often have to travel for business.”
If it weren't for this, you wouldn't have gone to Xia Mingshuo's house so often when you were a child. It was because they were on business trips every now and then, and they would ask Aunt Xia to pick you up and drop you off, and you would also have dinner at his house.
My deskmate suggested, "Why not get accommodation? Even though your home is close, it's already past nine o'clock for evening self-study classes. I heard that the senior year classes will be extended to ten o'clock. It's not very safe to go home so late."
You hesitated for a moment and shook your head: "Let's talk about it later. I'm riding a bicycle. Even if I really run into that exhibitionist, he probably won't be able to catch up with me."
If I apply for accommodation now, I will probably have to live with girls from other classes. Everyone is already used to it, and with you suddenly appearing, no one will be able to adapt.
"That's right, then you better be careful." After chatting with you about gossip, your deskmate turned around and went back to study.
You didn't take it too seriously. Of course, that's how it was...
It was not until the end of evening self-study that you walked to your bicycle and found that a nail had pierced the tire at some point and it was completely deflated.
In this case, you can only push the car back, but if you walk home, it will take about 20 minutes.
If you didn't hear about any "exhibitionism" incidents during the day, you might think it's okay.
But at this moment, when you push the cart on the road, even if the street lights are bright, you always feel panic in your heart, as if there are a pair of eyes watching you in the dark. When the wind blows, it seems that there are heavy footsteps behind you.
It feels like someone is always following you.
You dare not look back and can only walk faster and faster.
But people are always prone to making mistakes when they are in a hurry. You didn't pay attention to your feet and your bicycle was hit by a rock, causing you to fall down with the bicycle.
The fall was not serious, just a little scrape on the knee.
Compared to this, you are more afraid of being caught by an "exhibitionist".
You clutched your phone, mustering up the courage to look behind you, ready to call the police if anything went wrong.
However, you were stunned at first sight.
About three meters away from you, a boy in school uniform is pushing the black mountain bike that you are very familiar with. The orange light makes his shadow extremely long.
You vaguely thought you saw him frown, and an emotion you didn't understand flashed in his eyes.
"Why are you still so impulsive?" He raised his hand and grabbed your arm through your school uniform and lifted you up. "...Are you hurt?"
The tone is no different from before.
It seems that this year's unfamiliarity is just an illusion of yours.
"……without."
You don't quite understand why Xia Mingshuo appears behind you. You have been fiddling with the bicycle for a long time. Logically, he should have been home by now.
The boy, who was half a head taller than you, lowered his head, his dark eyes looking straight at you: "Here's the car for you, you go back first."
"Then how do you..."
Xia Mingshuo quickly interrupted you: "That's none of your business."
The attitude is as bad as usual.
You were silent for a while, took the bike, and rode home.
To be honest, you bought this bike for him. You spent your entire year's pocket money and New Year's money on it, so you should ride it.
Humph, let him push that broken car back slowly.
Although you were cursing, after you parked your car at home, you didn't rush upstairs, but quietly hid in a corner of the parking lot.
About half an hour passed.
Xia Mingshuo's figure appeared in your sight. He came back on a bike. It turned out that he had helped you get your bike repaired.
There seemed to be a plastic bag hanging on the handlebars of the bicycle.
You can't help but complain: You have so much free time, but you still go shopping. No wonder you're so slow...
However, seeing that everyone returned safely, you finally felt relieved. You waited for Xia Mingshuo to take the elevator upstairs before you slowly took the elevator upstairs.
When you arrive at the door, you find the plastic bag that Xia Mingshuo brought back hanging on the door handle, which contains iodine and a Band-Aid.
Turns out I bought it for you.
You stared at the things in the bag for a long time, feeling extremely complicated.
You couldn't sleep again at night.
Why is Xia Mingshuo so conflicted? If he hates you, why would he care about you?
It doesn't count as deliberately delaying his return home to take you home, as there is no evidence. He first lent you his car and helped you fix it, and then went to the pharmacy to buy you iodine and Band-Aids.
I don't think people would do so many things for people they hate...
But if he doesn't hate you, then why has he been deliberately distancing himself from you for the past year? Is there some hardship or something like that?
It's so annoying.
You would rather he ignored you because he hated you, rather than going back and forth like this, trying to keep a clear distinction between the two while caring about you at the same time, making it seem like he had no choice but to do so, which made you upset.
After all, I didn't sleep all night.
No, if you continue like this, Xia Mingshuo will definitely drive you crazy.
You have to ask clearly, and you want to know the truth even if you die.
You have to go to school today, and if you wait for him you might be late. You think about it and realize that tomorrow is a day off and you can go home after class in the afternoon, so you can go to his house to wait for him in the evening.
Once you have figured it out in your mind, you can go to school happily.
As expected, at school, Xia Mingshuo was still as dead as before. When you met in the cafeteria at noon, he looked at you as if he didn't see a thing and treated you as air, as if he had been possessed by someone last night.
It doesn’t matter, just bear with him. Anyway, the result will be known tonight at the latest.
With this mood, you finished the day's classes as if it were a year, and endured until the last class in the afternoon. As soon as school was over, you rushed home quickly.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Aunt Xia would go out to play mahjong and usually would not come back until around ten o'clock.
You calculated the time, and after Aunt Xia left, you stood in front of the door opposite and started ringing the doorbell.
The doorbell rang again and again.
Xia Mingshuo's house has a video doorbell. You know he can see you, and you bet that he will open the door for you.
Five long minutes passed, and just when you thought Xia Mingshuo would not open the door for you and were about to leave disappointed, the door finally opened.
It’s Xia Mingshuo.
You both looked at each other, and although you didn't say anything, he seemed to already know what you were here for.
He lowered his eyes slightly, avoiding your gaze, and whispered: "Come in."
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You finally made it into his room again.
The harsh words he said before are still ringing in my ears. Hmm... this should be considered as him asking you to come in. A request is also a plea.
After mentally preparing yourself for an excuse, you spoke again: "Xia Mingshuo, I think you need to give me an explanation."
However, Xia Mingshuo just stood there, looking at you quietly, without saying a word.
You really don't understand what he's up to, and you were a little angry at first, but when you saw his originally fair skin gradually turn pink and then turn into a deeper crimson, you were completely stunned.
The boy walks towards you step by step, getting closer and closer to you.
You subconsciously took a few steps back.
I don’t know when, but his body has become very tall, almost twenty centimeters taller than you, even though he was much shorter than you for a long time when he was a child. His childish face is gone, leaving only an increasingly angular outline.
Your back was leaning against the door, but your eyes swept across the desk not far away. There were many things on it, the watch you gave him last year, the bottle of soda that was snatched from your hand... and even a hairband that you lost.
Your heartbeat inexplicably quickens, perhaps because your subconscious mind seems to have predicted the answer the other person is about to give.
Xia Mingshuo stopped half a step away from you, and the look in his eyes was so complex that you couldn't understand it.
He sighed and then slowly said, "Don't you understand yet?"
"Xia Mingshuo." You spoke a little unsteadily, but still mustered up the courage to ask, "Do you...do you like me?"
The other person is much more decisive than you thought. He answers almost without hesitation: "Yes, I like you."
You never expected that the reason why he deliberately distanced himself from you was completely opposite to what you thought, nor did you expect that he would admit it so frankly.
This actually puts you in a difficult position.
Nervous, you blurt out something without thinking: "If you like me, then you like me. It's not like no one has liked me before. Why are you distancing yourself from me without even asking me? Even if I don't like you, we can still be friends. What if..."
What if you like him too?
Thinking about this makes your mind even more confused.
"If only it were that simple." Xia Mingshuo was clearly smiling, but you always felt that his smile was full of bitterness, "Although I really don't want to admit it."
"As long as I'm close to you, my body temperature will rise, my consciousness will become blurred, I can only see you in my sight, and my nose can only smell your scent. It's scary, isn't it... My whole body and soul longs to possess you completely."
"I can't be friends with you like this."
His tone was more serious than ever: "Please stay away from me. This is for your own good."
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