As Nan Sheng gazed at the alleyway that felt both familiar and strange, memories flooded back into her mind.
That day, Su Chuanlin came to play with her. She was seven years old at the time, and Su Chuanlin was already 12 years old, so she kept pestering Su Chuanlin to take her out to play.
She was very playful and had been restless ever since she came out, running around everywhere.
She had been playing hide-and-seek with Su Chuanlin while he was buying her food, but she never expected that he would actually disappear from her sight later.
But she wasn't flustered at all, because the children's watch she was wearing had a GPS tracker, and her family would be able to find her sooner or later.
She didn't choose to wait quietly in place, but instead walked around the streets until she reached this alley.
The alley used to be the same size as it is now, but the difference is that it used to be very dirty and messy, with cardboard boxes piled up on the ground.
She first saw Yin Han sleeping inside a cardboard box.
She was very curious, wondering why a child would be sleeping on the roadside.
She walked up to him, her footsteps startling Yin Han inside the cardboard box. He half-opened his eyes, saw that she didn't react, and chose to close them again.
This made her even more curious. She had been loved by everyone since she was a child, and people's eyes would light up when they saw her, except for him.
Nan Sheng squatted down, her fan skirt trailing on the ground, but she didn't care at all. Her bright eyes looked at Yin Han, and she said in a childish voice, "Little brother."
Upon hearing the sound, Yin opened her eyes again, looking at the little girl in front of her with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
Everyone who sees her avoids him, so why would anyone come up to talk to him?
"Little brother, why are you sleeping here?" Nan Sheng asked again when she didn't get a response from Yin Han.
Because she thought this little boy was so handsome! He was even more handsome than her older brothers.
Indeed, even though Yin Han, who was sleeping in a cardboard box, was homeless and sometimes didn't know where his next meal would come from, apart from his somewhat worn and faded clothes, his face wasn't covered in grime like a little beggar; on the contrary, he was quite clean.
Yin Han didn't answer, just stared blankly at her.
Nan Sheng wasn't angry. She patiently muttered to herself, "Little brother, look at me so well."
"Don't you have a home?"
"My name is Nan Sheng, Nan as in south, Sheng as in shengge (a type of folk song). What's your name?"
"You have no home anymore, shall I take you home?"
"You're the most handsome boy I've ever seen. You're mine now. Will you be my husband?"
"......"
Yin Han stared blankly at Nan Sheng, his eyes filled with disbelief. He had been abandoned since childhood, but now he had met someone who was willing to take him in.
Her gorgeous clothes, beautiful face, elegant princess shoes, fair hands, and soft, sweet voice once made Yin Han wonder where this angel came from.
She smelled of milk, while he reeked of sourness; she was exquisite, while he was tattered; she lived in a castle, while he was in a swamp...
Even though they were from two different worlds, he still chose to hold that warm hand.
He followed her back to the castle, and the first thing he said to her was: "My name is Yin Han."
Unexpectedly, one day later, when the girl sat next to him, she said something that planted a seed of attraction in his heart: "Yin Han, my name is Nan Sheng, and your name is Yin Han. There's a saying, 'Nan Xi Han Sheng,' meaning the bright and cold music from the south. It's like destiny has been sealed."
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Nan Sheng was suddenly jolted out of her reverie, and hot tears involuntarily streamed down her face. So, where exactly was her destiny?
She was determined to find him, appease him first, then punish him severely, and finally make him appease her in return. She was truly feeling wronged.
Looking at the dark, bottomless alley, Nan Sheng was moved and unconsciously walked into it.
The dilapidated streetlights dimly illuminated the narrow path, the ground uneven and full of potholes. Normally, Nan Sheng would never have dared to step into this deep, deserted alley, but now she couldn't help but walk in. With each step, childhood memories came vividly to mind.
As she walked, Nan Sheng saw something that made her gasp for breath and her body tremble uncontrollably.
In the dim light, a tall man huddled in a corner of the alley, his face buried in his knees, his shoulders trembling slightly.
When Nan Sheng saw this scene, she both cried and laughed, feeling sorry for him, and then she found him.
She couldn't control herself any longer, and choked up. She walked up to Yin Han and knelt down: "Yin Han..."
So that's where he was.
She should have thought of that sooner.
So, is he also here, just like her, repeatedly recalling the scene of their first meeting?
"Nan Sheng is here..."
Nan Sheng was choked up at first, but as soon as she finished speaking, tears silently streamed down her face.
Why couldn't he trust her a little more?
She had clearly tried very hard to make him feel her burning love for him.
Why does he still feel insecure?
Nan Sheng felt extremely sorry for him and reached out her hand to help him up from the ground.
At this moment, Yin Han raised her head, her scarlet eyes filled with tears, and the beauty mark at the corner of her eye became even more prominent.
Her eyes were filled with grievance, and she looked so pitiful.
"Nan Sheng, I'm sorry..."
Yin Han rarely called her by her full name.
"Yin Han, why?"
Why don't you believe me?
When Yin Han heard her ask why, she didn't know how to react for a moment.
"Why don't you want to see me? Why are you apologizing to me? Just because I died once, do you think I'm being nice to you out of a desire to make amends?"
Nan Sheng suppressed the bitterness in her heart, sniffed, and withdrew her hand that was about to pull him away.
Yin Han shook his head: "No... I'm not..."
He didn't know how to answer her, whether to admit it or deny it. Hearing her say that she had died once shocked and pained Yin Hanxin once again.
"What do you mean, 'not'? Isn't your avoidance proof enough?"
Nan Sheng clenched her fists, forcing herself to ignore his aggrieved expression. She absolutely could not be soft-hearted this time. She had to make him realize the seriousness of the matter. She had been lucky to find him this time, but what about next time?
Nan Sheng was so anxious that she almost cried when she saw that he was silent again.
She gritted her teeth and said to him seriously again, "Do you not want to see me because you think I don't love you?"
Yin Han looked at Nan Sheng, wanting to get closer to her but not daring to. He tightened his arms around his knees, hesitated, shook his head, then nodded quickly after thinking of something.
Nan Sheng felt a pang of anger in her chest, but seeing his aggrieved expression also made her feel inexplicably sorry for him. "You really don't trust me?"
Nan Sheng suddenly stood up and looked down at the person on the ground.
No matter how aggrieved Yin Han felt, he knew that Nan Sheng was angry. His body and face stiffened at the same time, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes.
He carefully reached out his long arm and tentatively took her slender white fingers in his hand, speaking in a very aggrieved voice, "Shengbao..."
P.S.: Here we go! This time, we're really going to give Han Bao a little punishment! So he'll never be able to run away again! Running away solves nothing.
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