Upon hearing this, Ni Sitian understood a little and asked with slight surprise, "Could it be that the person was Shen Muzhi, but she thought it was you?"
Xu Tingchuan nodded slightly and said helplessly, "That's why it's said to be a coincidence. In high school, I loved to borrow books from the library, while Mu Zhi wasn't a book lover. However, Su Yan liked stargazing back then, so he also read some books on astrology and would occasionally go to the library."
"Um, Shen Muzhi made it so obvious, didn't any of you realize he likes Su Yan?" Ni Sitian recalled how she used to follow in Qin Mubei's footsteps when she was in junior high school. Whenever she found out what he was interested in, she would try to do the same.
For example, Qin Mubei really likes basketball and is a big fan of several NBA basketball stars, so she started following the NBA and became very knowledgeable about those stars online.
"No, no one could tell that he liked Su Yan. He was the quietest among us and didn't show any difference towards Su Yan." Xu Tingchuan narrowed his eyes and recalled, "Back then, the few of us were together almost all day, but Mu Zhi didn't even glance at Su Yan more than a few times."
Ni Sitian was a little speechless, but she could imagine that Shen Muzhi was indeed quite reserved and brooding. He spoke even less than Xu Tingchuan and was always dressed in black, looking gloomy.
"To put it simply, it was a misunderstanding. Mu Zhi used my library card to borrow a book on astronomy and even made annotations in it. Later, Su Yan also borrowed the book, and the two of them may have developed feelings for each other through that book." Xu Tingchuan didn't actually know the details very well either.
But there was another thing he knew very well. During the winter break of their senior year of high school, a few of them went hiking. Su Yan accidentally slipped and fell into the river. He and Shen Muzhi both jumped in to save her. It was Shen Muzhi who swam to her side first and became her lifeline when she was about to sink.
Later, he also helped lift Su Yan up, and the three of them went to the hospital together.
Su Yan thought he was the one who grabbed her from the river the first time, but he didn't know that's what she thought.
Both he and Shen Muzhi are people who don't like to talk too much, so when no one asked, one of them naturally brought it up on their own initiative.
But little did they know that through a series of unfortunate misunderstandings, things would take a different turn.
"Didn't I mention to you before that Su Yan asked me a question during that breakup phone call?" Xu Tingchuan held Ni Sitian's small hand, unconsciously squeezing it gently.
"This is it?" Ni Sitian understood, and realized, "So Su Yan broke up with you on the phone the moment she found out the answer?"
"Yes, a couple of days after that, Su Yan boarded a plane to New York. None of them knew that she wasn't coming to New York to see me; she was going to see Shen Muzhi. At that time, Shen Muzhi was in Florida, and she planned to transfer to Florida after arriving in New York."
"They have no idea that you and Su Yan broke up?!" Ni Sitian was slightly surprised.
Xu Tingchuan nodded. "Later, when Su Yan had her accident, Mu Zhi was in a bad state. That's when I found out that Mu Zhi liked Su Yan, and that the person Su Yan should have confessed to was Mu Zhi."
It's so pitiful that two people who love each other are separated by fate.
Ni Sitian remained silent for a while before speaking again: "So you haven't mentioned that Su Yan was looking for Shen Muzhi?"
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