The weather in S City was already getting hot in April, and Zhen Tian was sweating a lot after her trip to buy milk tea.
She went out to pick up the package wearing only a thin coat.
The weather was lovely, and the sunlight streamed down the tree-lined path.
She had nothing else to do, so she slowly walked towards the gatekeeper.
All packages delivered to the university are placed in Hive Boxes, which are located not far from the school gate.
"Junior sister."
Zhen Tian looked around and saw that there was no one there. She turned around.
"Senior." She smiled and her eyes crinkled when she saw that the person who came was Shao Yuheng.
Shao Yuheng's expression was complicated. He licked his lips before pointing to his head: "Your hair..."
"Ah, it's been cut off." Zhen Tian reached out and touched the much shorter strands of hair behind her.
"Why didn't you come to me when you ran into trouble?" Shao Yuheng took a step forward, closing the distance between them considerably. The pressure from his tall stature also weighed on Zhen Tian.
She shifted uncomfortably in her tracks: "I was looking for you too..."
Zhen Tian realized that what she said was a bit hurtful and stopped herself in time: "You're a teacher, there's nothing you can do about it."
Shao Yuheng's eyes darkened. Yes, it was no use looking for him. Zhen Tian was right.
"It's okay. It will grow back. I'm not sad anymore." Zhen Tian smiled again: "What are you doing here, senior?"
She changed the subject.
"What about you? Why are you all alone?"
"I'm here to pick up my package." Zhen Tian pointed to the green box that could be vaguely seen not far away.
"Me too." Shao Yuheng pursed his lips. "Let's go together."
Zhen Tian touched the tip of her nose: "Okay."
As they walked along the tree-lined path, more and more people appeared, all eyeing Zhen Tian and Shao Yuheng.
Many people who were involved in the student council greeted Shao Yuheng as "President".
"Brother Shao."
Shao Yuheng nodded, and the gazes of those people swept over Zhen Tian.
After the two figures disappeared, the junior students who had greeted Shao Yuheng began to whisper among themselves, "Isn't that the girl who became famous at the freshman welcome party?"
It's her.
"The president won him over? They seem to know each other quite well."
"Didn't they say that girl has a boyfriend?"
"They broke up, it's no big deal. Our student council president is so popular with girls, that girl is only a freshman, what kind of outstanding people could her ex-boyfriends be? They definitely can't compare to the student council president."
Zhen Tian had no idea that someone was disliking Ji Yuzhi behind her back; otherwise, she definitely would have argued back. She wouldn't allow anyone to say anything bad about Zhizhi.
"I'll be staying on as an intern soon, and I'll try to stay on as a teacher after graduation." Shao Yuheng thought for a while before speaking: "I can help you when I become a teacher in the future."
"If anything happens, be sure to come to me. I won't let you suffer any more."
As they were talking, the two arrived at the beehive box. Zhen Tian overheard these two sentences while she was taking the packages out.
She took out the package, which was a thin file folder.
"Senior." She closed the beehive door, biting her lower lip lightly with her upper teeth. "They all say you like me? Is it true?"
Shao Yuheng didn't expect Zhen Tian to ask so directly. His eyes flickered for a moment, then he seemed to have figured something out and nodded directly, staring straight at Zhen Tian: "Yes, I admit it, I like you."
Zhen Tian was mentally prepared and didn't feel anything when she heard this: "But I only feel like a friend to you, senior. I don't like you. I have a boyfriend."
“I know all of that,” Shao Yuheng said calmly. “That’s why I’ve never said I like you.”
"So, you see, we're friends. You don't need to take any responsibility for me or anything. You don't need to blame yourself either." Zhen Tian wanted to confirm his feelings after seeing the guilty look on his face when he said he wouldn't let her suffer: "You have no obligation or responsibility towards me."
"But I want to protect you."
“Senior, friendship is about mutual support,” Zhen Tian said earnestly. “And my boyfriend is all I need to protect me.”
"Sweetie." Shao Yuheng took a deep breath, placed his hands on her shoulders, and said earnestly, "I'm not trying to stir up trouble or anything. I feel like your boyfriend doesn't care about you. He didn't come to see you off when school started, and he didn't show up when you encountered trouble. I've never even met the boyfriend you're talking about. All I've heard are rumors that you're the one who's doing all the work for him. Is it that he really doesn't care about you enough, or does he just not exist?"
"Senior!" Zhen Tian took a step back to avoid his hands: "Zhizhi is very busy, but he does exist. You're overthinking it."
"Okay, he's so busy that he won't even show up when something happens to you?"
"He just doesn't know."
"Why wouldn't I know? It's because I don't care about you."
“No. It’s because I didn’t tell him.” Zhen Tian sighed. “I didn’t want him to be distracted by taking care of me while he was working. Senior, my boyfriend is the best person in the world. He never worries about me with words. I probably wouldn’t be alive today without him.”
He took care of me as I grew up.
Shao Yuheng was so shocked by Zhen Tian's sudden confession that he was speechless.
"I like him very much, and I can't live without him. So, senior, I'm very grateful that you like me. But I can never accept you. I'm sorry."
Zhen Tian bowed to him and turned to leave.
"Wait." Shao Yuheng called out to her in a hoarse voice. After Zhen Tian stopped, he caught up with her and stood in front of her: "Let me see him. Then I'll give up."
"He's very busy and doesn't live in this city."
"You're lying to me? There's no such person, right?" Shao Yuheng suddenly felt a glimmer of hope: "I can and am willing to wait for you."
"Senior..."
Zhen Tian felt a little helpless. She licked her lips, looked around, and whispered, "If I tell you the truth, will you keep it a secret for me?"
Shao Yuheng's heart was in his throat; Zhen Tian's words gave him great hope.
"Okay, I promise you."
Zhen Tian took out her phone, showed Shao Yuheng a picture of the news that Ji Yu had previously trended on social media.
"Zhizhi, Ji Yuzhi, he is my boyfriend."
Ji Yuzhi's matter caused quite a stir, so Shao Yuheng couldn't possibly be unaware of it.
His pupils dilated when he saw Ji Yuzhi's face; he was incredulous.
Fearing he wouldn't believe her, Zhen Tian even dug out old photos she had secretly taken of Ji Yuzhi and photos of the two of them together.
The photograph extinguished Zhao Shaoyuheng's hopes completely. Not even a spark remained.
Is this true?
"Of course it's true."
Zhen Tian put her phone away: "We haven't said anything because Zhizhi's identity is special, and we don't want to attract too much attention. Zhizhi is currently interning at the United Nations. I don't want such a small matter to affect his work. This opportunity is very important to him. Senior, do you understand what I mean?"
How could Shao Yuheng not understand? Everyone says he's incredibly capable, but compared to Ji Yuzhi, what is he?
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