Mu Wenxi fell into deep thought, hoping to find some clues from Xi Changye, but he never glanced in her direction.
Jiang Ningyuan saw Mu Wenxi from afar and jogged over, interrupting her thoughts: "Wenxi, you really came."
Mu Wenxi responded verbally, but her eyes remained fixed on Xi Changye, who stood out among the crowd in the distance.
Jiang Ningyuan followed Mu Wenxi's gaze and saw Xi Changye warming up. He turned around and saw Mu Wenxi's focused expression, feeling somewhat unwilling. He didn't think he was any worse than Xi Changye in any way.
Jiang Ningyuan: "Wen Xi, cheer me on later."
Mu Wenxi looked away and smiled politely at him: "Okay."
Xi Changye saw Mu Wenxi the moment she arrived. He secretly glanced at her several times when she couldn't see him, but she didn't notice and was still talking to Jiang Ningyuan. He looked away, feeling a little annoyed.
After the game started, Jiang Ningyuan seemed to be targeting him, not only blocking him everywhere but also verbally attacking him. Xi Changye found it somewhat amusing and dribbled the basketball around to tease him, watching him try to steal the ball but failing.
Jiang Ningyuan said ruthlessly, "Xi Changye, I will not give Wen Xi to you."
Xi Changye: "She is not an object, she doesn't need you to give way to her, and who she chooses is none of my business."
Jiang Ningyuan seemed to want to snatch the ball from Xi Changye's hands, but Xi Changye jumped up and made a three-pointer into the basket: "Besides, you can never take what's mine away from me, and you can take what's not mine."
During halftime, Jiang Ningyuan deliberately walked up to Mu Wenxi, took off his clothes, and handed them to Mu Wenxi, saying, "Hold this for me."
Mu Wenxi was about to refuse, but when she saw Xi Changye glance at her, she was somewhat disappointed. She took the clothes without thinking. She thought that she might have been presumptuous. Yesterday, Xi Changye probably just happened to be passing by and did not want to invite her to watch the basketball game.
She clenched the water in her hand and suddenly handed it to Jiang Ningyuan. It was originally meant for Xi Changye. Jiang Ningyuan took the water with a look of surprise and delight: "You even bought me water, thank you."
Mu Wenxi said apologetically, "You're welcome. I have something to do and can't watch the whole thing, so I'll be leaving now."
Although Jiang Ningyuan was somewhat disappointed that she couldn't watch the entire match, he was already very happy that she came.
Mu Wenxi left without looking back and silently returned to the classroom to do her homework.
Xi Changye squatted down to tie his shoelaces. After standing up, he glanced inadvertently at the place where Mu Wenxi had left. It was for the best. He and Mu Wenxi were never from the same world.
Su Yanhe was a year older than the two of them. He was Xi Changye's good friend and also a teammate on the same basketball team. He didn't like to meddle in other people's business, but as Xi Changye's brother, he couldn't bear to see him so emotional, especially after Xi Changye lost the ball. So he patted Xi Changye on the shoulder.
"What's wrong? Cheer up, Aya."
Xi Changye slapped his hand away and quickly ran out: "I know."
In the end, Xi Changye and Su Yanhe's team won, but seeing Jiang Ningyuan so happy and not unhappy at all, Xi Changye felt a little depressed.
Su Yanhe keenly sensed his emotions: "Speak, what's wrong?"
Xi Changye naturally wouldn't tell him these things.
But Su Yanhe was the best at reading people's expressions: "Alright, as someone who's been there, I'll share some experience with you. There are some things you can't give up."
But judging from what happened a year after he left, Xi Changye did not take his words to heart.
Senior year of high school is already stressful, and Mu Wenxi has always prioritized her studies. Moreover, Xi Changye is like an unyielding stone, so Mu Wenxi's initial attraction to him gradually faded away.
Jiang Ningyuan seemed to have no homework every day, like a busy little bee, always talking about Mu Wenxi. At first, Mu Wenxi found him annoying, but she gradually got used to it.
On her way home that day, Mu Wenxi suddenly remembered something she had forgotten at school and had to go back to get it. But it was so dark that night, and Mu Wenxi wasn't wearing her glasses, that she unknowingly stepped into a pond near the school.
The pond was shallow, but Mu Wenxi couldn't swim. The darkness amplified her fear. She choked on some water and couldn't help but shout for help. But in the dead of night, how many people would notice this secluded path and this pond?
Just when she thought she was beyond saving, someone rescued her in a daze. She seemed to see a familiar school uniform. After that, she was probably taken to the hospital in an ambulance. When she woke up again, she was in the hospital ceiling.
She opened her eyes. Jiang Ningyuan was beside her. Jiang Ningyuan was very happy to see that she was awake: "You're awake?"
Mu Wenxi: "Did you save me?"
Jiang Ningyuan's face was slightly pale, and the hair on his forehead was a little damp, as if he were the one who had saved her. He stammered for a long time before finally saying, "Yes, it was me."
Mu Wenxi thought he was embarrassed and tried to speak but coughed a few times. Jiang Ningyuan quickly helped her up, saying, "You should rest first and not talk."
In the corner, a boy, his clothes soaked through, saw this scene in the ward and turned away dejectedly.
After that, Mu Wenxi became much more tolerant of the boy beside her. She no longer found Jiang Ningyuan annoying, but instead admired his persistence.
Mu Wenxi, carrying her schoolbag, looked at Xi Changye, who remained silent in front of her, and lowered her eyes. Did Jiang Ningyuan always look at her like this, just as she looked at Xi Changye?
Xi Changye seemed a little confused as to why she suddenly stopped. She jogged a few steps to catch up with Xi Changye and cautiously asked, "Ah Ye, I may not be able to walk with you anymore after this."
"Um".
Looking at Xi Changye's expression, which remained unchanged, Mu Wenxi continued, "Afterwards, I might leave with Jiang Ningyuan."
Xi Changye: "Oh."
"He saved me before."
Xi Changye suddenly turned around: "You're saying he saved you?"
Mu Wenxi was startled by his gloomy expression: "Wh...what's wrong?"
Xi Changye: "Ha, I saved you, and you want to repay me with your body? Is your affection so cheap?"
Mu Wenxi's face turned pale: "Xi Changye, what are you saying?" After saying that, she left with a disappointed look on her face.
Xi Changye watched her leave with some regret, but then he thought: Is your affection so cheap? You don't even know who saved you. Didn't you say you liked me? Your affection was only so short-lived.
Finally, he pushed the person who loved him into the arms of someone else.
Mu Wenxi felt wronged and wanted to cry. She didn't expect Xi Changye to see her this way. She thought that Xi Changye walking home from school with her and buying her sanitary napkins meant that he had the same idea as her, or that it was just his charity, just like how she pitied Jiang Ningyuan's one-sided love.
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