"Banjian, what happened to your eyes?"
Luan Hua pointed to Lin Banjian's eyes; her eyelids were swollen very high.
She covered her mouth with her hand, "Nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night."
Luan Hua didn't believe it. "Just from not sleeping well, it's swollen this much?"
"Yes!" Lin Ban answered decisively, not wanting him to continue asking questions.
"Then eat more spinach today, to replenish your body."
"good."
Lin Banjian was listless all day, like a frostbitten flower. Luan Hua told her a few jokes to coax her, but she just grinned, a forced smile.
By evening, the day's studies at the Foreign Languages Department had ended, but Luan Hua still hadn't seen anyone.
Did she go back first?
He decided to look for them in the places they usually frequented, and sure enough, he found Lin Banjian by the lake.
She was sitting on a rock, looking at something in her hand.
He quietly circled around behind her.
Lin Banjian rested his chin on his hand, seemingly lost in thought, before suddenly standing up.
Have they found him?
No, she made a throwing motion.
What is she going to throw?
"Plop"
Tiny splashes of water rose from the lake surface.
Lin Ban stared blankly at the lake for a long time, then lowered his head and walked away quickly.
etc!
Luan Hua wanted to call out to her, but Lin Banjian was walking hurriedly, not caring about anything, and it was clear that she was in a bad mood.
Perhaps she needs some time to be alone.
He swallowed back the words of urging him to stay that were about to spill from his mouth.
In the blink of an eye, the person had disappeared. Luan Hua emerged from the shade of the tree and came to the spot where Lin Banjian had just thrown something away.
What did she throw?
He rolled up his trouser legs and shivered as the lake water was slightly cool in the evening.
After searching underwater for a long time, he finally touched something soft, about the same size as Lin Banjian's hand.
He was pulled out of the water and finally saw clearly.
A lotus-root colored purse.
He gave a cold laugh.
"mandarin duck."
The soaked purse felt like a red-hot iron, stirring up a surge of anger within him.
He clenched his fist suddenly, squeezing the small purse into a ball, and the muddy water was squeezed out, overflowing from between his fingers.
He unfolded it again, carefully smoothing it out and wiping away the mud.
"So all that time I was feeling so tired was because of this thing."
"So, did he make you sad?"
He suddenly started grinding his teeth excitedly.
Mu Jinyun, you really have a lot of flaws!
If the city walls you have built are truly impregnable, how could Luan Hua possibly have any chance?
If you have someone to blame, it's yours!
...
Mu Jinyun calculated in his mind that, given Lin Banjian's speed in those few days, the purse should have been embroidered long ago, so why hadn't he given it to him yet?
"Half-sighted, what have you been up to lately?"
"It's nothing." Her eyes darted away.
Since that night, she has refused to look him in the eye.
Or you could say, they dare not.
She couldn't believe that the tenderness and love in those eyes were fake.
If that's true, she'll have to marvel at how good his acting was.
For so many years, he has maintained this facade.
Was her three drops of heartfelt blood worth all this?
She felt sorry for him, that he would sacrifice so much for someone who was worthless.
He didn't need to do any of that. He only needed to say one word, and she wouldn't refuse him.
“Half-seen…” Mu Jinyun looked at the part of her hair.
She wore her hair in two buns today, which looked very cute, and her ears swayed like a kitten's when she walked.
He reached out his hand to her, wanting to take a closer look at her appearance.
She sensed his intention and instinctively backed away.
The two of them were stunned at the same time.
“Um…I…” Lin Banjian felt a chill run through his body.
She...she actually...
Mu Jinyun's hand froze in mid-air.
"..."
"It's nothing." He was still so gentle. "I shouldn't have touched the hair that Banjian had worked so hard to comb today. I apologize to you."
"No! No!" she blurted out. "Yes...yes, you can touch it...yes, with Jinyun, you can..."
She was so eager to explain that she became incoherent.
Mu Jinyun put his hands behind his back.
"Don't be nervous, it was my oversight." He still had a faint smile on his face.
"No..."
Mu Jinyun's bones were almost crushed.
He couldn't ignore her avoidance, especially since it was an unconscious action.
Why is she hiding?
They used to be so close, why have they become like this?
Does she... hate him?
"I'm sorry, Jinyun. I haven't been sleeping well these past few days, and I sometimes have nightmares at night, so just now... I didn't mean to."
So that's how it is.
So you don't dislike him, right?
"Nightmare? I have two doses of calming tea, I'll bring them to you in a bit, you can drink them before bed. Or how about this, Banjian, why don't you just come sleep at my Rui'ai Pavilion, it'll be easier for me to take care of you at night."
"No, no, no, no need!" Lin Banjian waved his hands repeatedly. "I'll drink the tea, but I'll stay in my own room!"
How old is she?!
"It's okay, we're engaged anyway..."
"No, no, I'm sensitive to sleeping in unfamiliar beds!"
Lin Banjian shook his head like a rattle drum.
"All right……"
That's a real shame.
"Then come to my place for some snacks later, and I'll also have your favorite plum blossom tea."
"good……"
Lin Banjian finally felt relieved.
Mu Jinyun's hands behind his back gradually loosened, but his eyes remained unfathomable.
A month later, Lin Ban met with Mu Jinyun at Rui'ai Pavilion.
"Jinyun, I have something to give you."
Mu Jinyun was overjoyed when he saw what she was holding in her hand.
It's finally going to be given to him!
"Half-sun gave me something? I'm so happy!"
Lin Banjian handed him the things in his hand, saying, "Here you go."
It's a purse, but...
Why is she different from the one he saw in her room last time?
"Half-sighted, are you sure this is for me?"
Last time, the purse on her table clearly had a pair of mandarin ducks on it, but this time it turned into a crane.
“You’re a disciple of Immortal Venerable Linhe, so I thought I’d embroider a crane. I’m sorry, it’s my first time embroidering, and it doesn’t look very good…” She lowered her eyes, staring at the floor of his room, her voice timid.
She clearly embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks.
Where is that purse embroidered with mandarin ducks?
To whom did she give it?
Why did you give him something embroidered with cranes?
It is obvious that this purse was made later.
He has too many problems!
Lin Banjian noticed the intense gaze directed down at him and lowered his head even further.
I'm sorry, I meant to give you a mandarin duck purse, but... it's sunk to the bottom of the lake.
What a tragic couple!
Lin Banjian closed his eyes.
"Jinyun, don't you like it?" she asked.
Mu Jinyun was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'll like anything Banjian gives me."
The same smile as before.
"……That's good."
Lin Banjian smiled too.
Two people in a room looked at each other and smiled.
Who is sincere, and who is deceitful?
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