What is the one-character name (8)
"You can't take everything from me!"
The man in black ignored her screams, put away his knife, and quickly disappeared into the moonlight.
Lou Yao looked at her body which was gradually becoming transparent in horror, and suddenly remembered that Xu Xing came to see her that day and seemed to have entered her bedroom.
Bell, yes, that's when the bell disappeared. It must have been Xu Xing, he must have taken it.
At that time, she was feeling proud, thinking that she had completely become Li Zhaoyue and no longer needed the bell. Even if it was lost, she didn't think of looking for it. She didn't expect that someone would take advantage of her.
Now that she calmed down and thought about Xu Xing's attitude towards her, she found it was also unusually cold. And just now, she seemed to have seen Li Zhaoyue in his room.
Thinking of this, she became even more panicked. Now that she had lost her body, she could only exist as a spirit for seven days. If she couldn't find a suitable body after seven days, her soul would be shattered and she would completely disappear from this world.
No, no, she couldn't just die like this.
It must be Xu Xing who harmed her. She had clearly replaced Li Zhaoyue and was about to completely enjoy such a life, but everything was ruined!
She can't accept it, she can't accept it!
Lou Yao paced back and forth anxiously, and in a trance, a person's name flashed through her mind.
"He is the only one who can help me now." She thought so and hurried out.
*
It was a bright, sunny morning. A gentle breeze blew past the half-open window, stirring the white gauze curtains draped above the bed, finally landing on the sleeping girl's ear. Her hair was blown aside, revealing her smooth, white forehead. Warm sunlight filtered in, illuminating the down on her face.
Like a fresh and juicy peach.
Perhaps the sunlight was a bit too bright, and she frowned slightly, her eyelashes fluttering. A pair of hands reached out, blocking the glare. Li Zhaoyue's frown relaxed again.
Xu Xing stretched out his other hand and gently tapped Li Zhaoyue's eyebrows. Seeing that there was no response, he stretched out his index finger and pressed hard on the small, light-colored mole.
A pair of big eyes suddenly opened and looked at him angrily.
Xu Xing tilted his head, scratched her nose intentionally, and said, "Good morning."
Li Zhaoyue wrinkled his nose, looked around, and his slow mind suddenly became clear.
This wasn't Xu Xing's room, it was her own room. And... she turned around and looked at her clothes, which were exactly the same as the ones Lou Yao wore that night.
"Am I...back again?" she asked doubtfully.
Li Zhaoyue, who had just woken up, had messy hair and a strand of hair sticking up on top of her head. She stared at Xu Xing with her big eyes, looking extremely cute.
He almost suppressed his lips and nodded.
After receiving the accurate response, her eyes suddenly curved up and she smiled brightly, like a vibrant sunflower in the sun, which made Xu Xing raise the corners of his mouth involuntarily.
"That's great!" Li Zhaoyue cheered, stretched out his long arms, and hugged Xu Xing in front of him.
Xu Xing was stunned for a few seconds, then reached out to hug her back, but Li Zhaoyue swam under the bed like a slippery fish and walked towards the dressing table.
His eyes darkened, he withdrew his hand from the air, and slowly followed Li Zhaoyue.
"What is A Yue looking for?" Xu Xing asked when he saw Li Zhaoyue running around everywhere.
"Mirror!" Li Zhaoyue's eyes lit up, and she pointed at the bronze mirror on the dressing table and rushed over. After seeing her own face in the bronze mirror, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled foolishly at the mirror.
The person in the mirror had clear eyes and curved eyebrows, still the familiar self. She was in a good mood, so everything looked good to her. Xu Xing happened to be standing behind her, and Li Zhaoyue wanted to take a look at him in the mirror.
Xu Xing didn't notice her gaze, but just stared at a point outside the window, as if looking at something. Li Zhaoyue moved closer to the mirror and looked closely at his eyes.
Those usually gentle eyes were slightly cold, and the emotions inside were very deep. Li Zhaoyue not only couldn't understand it, but felt cold all over.
She quickly looked away and stood up from her chair. In her panic, she accidentally dropped the gold hairpin on the table.
The crisp sound of metal collision not only drew her attention back, but also brought Xu Xing's gaze back to her. Li Zhaoyue hurriedly squatted down to pick it up, and Xu Xing also came over to help her pick it up.
"Why are you so careless?" Xu Xing asked her.
Li Zhaoyue shook her head absentmindedly and said nothing. Seeing her confused and frightened expression, Xu Xing pursed his lips and said softly, "If there's anything that makes you unhappy, you can tell me."
She paused in picking up the hairpin, then shook it off suddenly, pointed the tip at the palm of her hand, and stabbed it down.
"Be careful!" Xu Xing shouted, rushing to throw the hairpin out of her hand. However, the hairpin was too close to her palm, and although Xu Xing quickly snatched the hairpin away, the tip still pierced her skin, and even the movement of Xu Xing's snatching left a deep bloody mark on her palm.
Li Zhaoyue grimaced in pain and tried to clench his fists, but Xu Xing forcibly pried them open.
"I, I didn't see it. It's okay. It just scratched the skin." Seeing Xu Xing staring at the wound silently, Li Zhaoyue felt quite uncomfortable, so he said this.
Xu Xing said nothing, but simply pulled her up and pressed her back onto the chair. He used a bit too much force, and Li Zhaoyue wanted him to be gentler, but she swallowed her words after seeing his gloomy eyes.
"It's just a minor injury, Xu Xing, you don't need to be so nervous. This was entirely due to my carelessness. I will be more careful next time." she said.
Xu Xing glanced at her and sneered, "Do you want to do it again?"
Li Zhaoyue chuckled and stopped talking.
"I'll go get you some medicine. Just sit here and don't move." Xu Xing said.
Li Zhaoyue nodded.
No one knew how Xu Xing knew where she kept the medicine, but he quickly fetched the medicine box that Li Zhaoyue had used to bandage him last time. He half-knelt on the ground, stretched out his arms, and pulled Li Zhaoyue over with him, along with the chair.
Li Zhaoyue was held in his arms, lowering her head slightly in embarrassment, not knowing where to look. Xu Xing saw her panic, and the rebuke on the tip of his tongue turned into a sigh.
"Idiot." He patted her head gently.
The movement of his hand stirred a breeze, blowing away the strands of hair from her forehead and causing her heart to skip a beat. When Li Zhaoyue came to her senses, the wound on her hand had been neatly bandaged. Worried she might find it unsightly, Xu Xing had placed a small, delicately fragrant flower in the white cloth.
She sniffed carefully and found that it was the scent of osmanthus. She looked up with joy and happened to meet Xu Xing's eyes. Li Zhaoyue's eyes curved, and she gently leaned against Xu Xing's chest and smiled, "Thank you, Xu Xing."
Thank you, Xu Xing.
He felt as if he'd been poked by something, his entire body numb and tingling. Even his cheeks were burning uncontrollably. Li Zhaoyue was still smiling at him. Xu Xing looked away, breathing rapidly, and nodded hastily.
Li Zhaoyue shook his hand and poked the little flower with satisfaction, liking it more and more.
"But Xu Xing, how do you know I like osmanthus?" She raised her head and smiled at him again.
Xu Xing's hands on his side suddenly tightened, and he said in a hoarse voice, "You told me so."
"But why don't I remember?" Li Zhaoyue shook his head, puzzled. The furry head kept rubbing against Xu Xing's chest, making his mouth dry and his concentration dwindling.
The shaking made him feel confused.
"But now that you mention it, I remember it was Ah Feng who sent me..." Li Zhaoyue was speaking excitedly when her lips were suddenly pinched by a strong force. She looked at Xu Xing in surprise and found that he stretched out both hands and squeezed her cheeks together, stopping her from speaking.
"What are you doing?!" She widened her eyes and spoke incoherently.
"Ayue talks too much. What should I do if I don't want to listen?" He smiled, but it was cold. Li Zhaoyue glared at him and struggled to grab his hand, trying to force his grip. Xu Xing pulled his hands away, avoiding her scratching, and after she dropped her hands, he reached back.
"Xu--Xing--" Li Zhaoyue was angry and anxious. She never expected that Xu Xing, seeing her like this, would rub her cheeks mischievously, and only let go after she had tears in her eyes.
"I noticed that you always make trouble when I mention Ah Feng." She rubbed her cheek and accused Xu Xing. Xu Xing slowly took her injured hand, picked up the small flower on it, and smiled: "I am not making trouble."
Didn't cause any trouble? Li Zhaoyue got angry when she heard this. She slapped his hand away, rolled up her sleeves and was about to argue with him. Unexpectedly, Xu Xing grabbed her outstretched hand, his eyes curved, and smiled, "I'm just unhappy."
"What's wrong?" she asked, looking at him warily.
"Ayue, tell me why I'm unhappy." Xu Xing held her hand and looked at her carefully with his eyes lowered.
"Every time I mention Ah Feng, you..." Li Zhaoyue suddenly stuttered. Xu Xing raised an eyebrow and asked, "What about me?"
She stopped talking.
Xu Xing held her uninjured hand and whispered, "Ayue, can you call me more intimately from now on?"
Li Zhaoyue was still pondering the meaning of Xu Xing's previous sentence, and looked at him puzzledly when he heard it.
"I also have another nickname, Ah Xu."
"My name is Ah Xu."
Xu Xing's voice mixed with the voice of the young man in the dream. Li Zhaoyue's body trembled and she reflexively shook off Xu Xing's hand.
"What's wrong?" he asked with a frown.
Li Zhaoyue's heart was filled with turmoil, and he stared at the ground and shook his head. After finally suppressing the doubt and shock in his heart, Li Zhaoyue habitually touched his wrist and suddenly turned pale with shock.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xing asked her again.
Li Zhaoyue rolled up his sleeves and pointed at his empty wrist, saying, "My bracelet is gone!"
Seeing Xu Xing still looking confused, she stamped her feet anxiously and continued, "The bracelet you gave me is gone!"
Unexpectedly, after saying this, Xu Xing became even more calm and composed, even wearing a faint smile, and said: "It's just a bracelet, Ah Yue, I can give you another one."
Li Zhaoyue slapped his hand and said angrily, "But that was the gift you gave me. Although you can give it again, you can't let such important things be lost like that."
After saying this, both of them fell into strange silence for a while.
Xu Xing raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Zhaoyue's panicked expression, and asked slowly with a smile on his face, "What is the important thing?"
His eyes were strange, neither gentle nor sharp, but rather a little teasing.
She turned her head away and said stubbornly, "What important thing? I'll look for the bracelet again." After saying that, she bent down and looked left and right near the dressing table, but didn't look at Xu Xing behind her.
The smile on his face deepened, and his pair of almond-shaped eyes stared at her actions, which were trying to cover up the truth. He stretched out his long arm and pulled the person over.
Li Zhaoyue's waist was pinched by Xu Xing. His expression was blank. He raised his head in shame and anger and shouted, "What are you doing?"
For some reason, since that hug yesterday, Xu Xing has become more aggressive and always likes to get very close to her, making her quite uncomfortable.
"I didn't do anything. I was just afraid that you would fall, so I helped you up." Xu Xing blinked innocently and spoke very sincerely. If Li Zhaoyue didn't know that he did it on purpose.
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