Shi Wang's heart seemed to be filled with her, and after three years he gave her the proper thanks: "Thank you."
But she broke free from his embrace and said with a smile: "It's not me, don't be so self-indulgent."
Her smile stung him.
Suddenly she tore open all her feelings and showed them to him.
She cares, she even holds a grudge.
Shi Wang held her slender shoulders with one hand: "I'm sorry, can I ring the bell for you again? Which bell do you want to hear? The nearest one is in this district's church. If it's yours alone, the bell at Gangcheng Winery hasn't rung yet. Or maybe you want to hear the bell from No. 13 Middle School--"
Daytime sleep interrupted him: "I don't want to hear the bells. I don't want to hear them now."
Shi Wang's voice, rich as wine, sounded softly, but his gentleness towards her was like a stream of wine flowing, yet it was filled with urgency: "What do you want, or what can I do to make you happy?"
Xiaomian pulled his hand away and turned away.
Shi Wang hugged her from behind: "I'm sorry."
His breath had a cool, light fragrance, but he held her tightly in his arms, and his other hand was holding her coat and bag.
Xiao Mian felt him being disintegrated, but she was so calm that it seemed as if she was not talking about her own affairs: "Shi Wang, I don't like you. You don't have to do this for me. Just keep doing it the same as before. I'm used to it."
That habit stabbed him like a cold sharp blade.
He hugged her tightly, but it seemed like he couldn't hold her: "What can I do to mend the rift between us?"
However, Xiaomian lowered his eyes and smiled calmly, "What's the rift between us? You and I are ordinary classmates in high school and ordinary alumni in college. Under such circumstances, isn't our relationship good enough? Not to mention that you are hugging me for no reason now."
Shi Wang's breathing was as heavy as his chest. He loosened his grip on her and said, "I'm sorry."
The voice of Xiao Meng sounded very relaxed. People who didn't know her might think she was very happy: "Don't say sorry so often. People will think you have bullied me when they hear it."
She held Shi Wang's hand, but took off her bracelet and gave it to him.
She turned to look at him, a faint smile between her eyebrows, and said lightly: "Now that my heart knot has been untied, please help me throw it away, just like you did before."
When Shi Wang saw the school badge in his hand that read "Daytime Sleep, Nancheng No. 13 Middle School", his heart was hit hard.
Long-forgotten memories broke through the dust and attacked him.
Xiao Mian nervously placed the school badge in his hand. He took a look and sneered expressionlessly, "Do you think our relationship is good enough to give each other school badges?"
The young girl's childish voice was flustered: "That's not what I meant. I just felt that since we've known each other for so long and are in the same drama club, and you're my club president, you don't have to give me your school badge. I—"
Shi Wang casually threw it into the glove box beside him.
It was so easy, it felt like it was meant to be in the glove box.
Zhu Mian watched him throw it with her own eyes, and her clear eyes instantly filled with tears, but she was too sad to look up at him. She wanted to force a smile but couldn't, and there was bitterness at the corners of her lips.
School emblem.
She picked it up.
Her tears at that time pierced his heart three years later.
He was tired of the good intentions that wouldn't go away, and didn't want to face any relationship similar to that between his parents, so he pushed her away again and again, hoping that she would give up.
At first he just refused, then he spoke coldly to her, and later he deliberately disregarded her sincerity, even if he didn't really disregard it.
She punched a hole in the school badge and wore it on her hand. He saw it on her first day in the NUS drama club. He would see the bracelet every time he saw her afterwards, but he never knew that it was a mark related to him. It had laid all the fuses, waiting for his love to enter the scene and all would be detonated.
Shi Wang's muscles were tense, as if he had been beaten. Looking at the school badge in his hand, the cold light reflected from the metal stung his eyes.
Zhuo Mian's eyes were like crescent moons, as if she couldn't feel any of his pain. She smiled at him indifferently and said, "Why don't you leave and stay here for the New Year?"
Shi Wang held the school badge and took heavy steps forward.
When passing by the trash can at the door, she suddenly held his hand. The moment his heart was moved, she pulled his hand over the trash can and said in a light tone: "Let go and throw it away."
He held the school badge tightly, but was reluctant to let go.
She ended her voice with a cold rise: "You won't let go even if I teach you."
Shi Wang looked into her eyes, which seemed full of smiles, but also with a sense of alienation.
He held her hand and whispered, "Let's go home."
Although she could clearly hear the pleading in his voice, she lazily said, "What's the point of this school badge? Are we close enough to give each other school badges? Isn't this gesture redundant?"
Shi Wang wrapped his arms around her: "I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that. We like each other. This is not redundant."
But Zhumian sneered.
Who likes him.
These past three years have been a complete mess.
She said lazily, "No, I don't deserve it. Throw it away, otherwise you'll think it's garbage and throw it in the trash can at home."
Shi Wang stood next to her. She was smiling, but even more distant. "I won't throw it away again. You also threw away the bracelet I gave you. Just for this one thing, can we call it even for now?"
Xiaomian suddenly said, "I want it again now. Can you get it back for me?"
Shi Wang paused, but when he realized what was happening, he happily replied, "Okay, I'll find a way to get it back."
Daytime sleep scoffed.
Shi Wang thought she was happy and said, "Can I treat you to that meal now?"
Xiaomian always keeps his word: "Of course."
Shi Wang put the bracelet away and said, "Then let's find a restaurant for dinner."
Xiaomian took her coat and bag from him: "You decide."
Shi Wang suggested, "I know a Cantonese restaurant that serves authentic food."
Zhuomian took two steps and suddenly stopped. Her shoelaces were undone. She wanted to find a place to put her things so that she could squat down and tie her shoelaces, but she looked left and right and didn't see any place to put her things.
Shi Wang noticed that her shoelaces were undone. She was wearing long boots, and once the laces came undone, the entire pair of boots would become so loose that she could no longer wear them.
Daytime sleep is still hesitant.
Shi Wang suddenly squatted down, and his long, white jade-like fingers lifted her shoelaces. The thin, round black strap shuttled through his fingertips. He carefully tied a symmetrical bow, and even the wings were full and perfect.
From this angle, you can see that his nose bridge is like a snowy ridge and his brow bones are like black eaves.
He stood up and calmly took the coat and bag from her hands: "Let's go."
Taking a nap during the day feels like a lifetime ago.
In the past, she would never have imagined that Shi Wang could do such a thing so calmly.
She praised him too highly.
She placed him far above Gu Qingxu.
But is he really that noble?
Xiaomian felt ridiculous and replied casually: "Oh."
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