Chapter Nineteen: Heart Wound

  "Don't...night..." Lan Ruo Xue woke up from her sleep with a start, wiping away the sweat on her forehead. Why did she have a nightmare about Ye being covered in blood?! Did something really happen to him?! Her heart was a bit unsettled, although she had said she would hate him, but somehow she couldn't bring herself to do so.

  She buried her head between her legs, and her heart was still racing with anxiety. How could she have such a dream? It's impossible that anything would happen at night. Maybe this is what people mean by "the thoughts of the day are reflected in the dreams of the night".

  She lay back in bed, covered herself with a quilt and closed her eyes. But she still couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, her heart unable to calm down.

  She slowly sat up, put on her clothes, walked to the chair by the window and sat down, looked up at the half-hanging moon in the sky outside the window, and the silver moonlight splashed on the ground, dyeing it a piece of silver gray.

  That night when she left him, she was in unbearable pain. However, after she had truly calmed down, she still couldn't forget him, he was a wound in her heart that would bleed endlessly with the slightest carelessness. She tried to forget him, but he kept appearing in her mind from time to time.

  Her heart gradually calmed down, and she helplessly sighed. Never mind, since it can't be forgotten, let time slowly erase him.

  Lan Ruoxi slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them, the sun outside the window had already risen high. Since she decided to be strong, she couldn't continue to be down anymore. Her past self fought against heart disease for 22 years, how could her present self be so weak?

  She walked quickly into the bathroom and took a bath, put on her school uniform and went downstairs with spirit.

  "Miss, you've come downstairs, that's great! Small Ye will go get soy milk for you right away." Small Ye looked at her with a surprised and delighted expression, a sweet smile hanging on her clear and delicate face.

  Lan Huan Yun saw her coming down the stairs, and the heart that had been hanging in suspense finally put down, a gentle smile rising from his clear and bright eyes.

  Lan Ruoxi sat down in the chair opposite him, flashing a radiant smile. "Good morning, brother!"

  "Good morning!" Lan Huan Yun's gentle smile emerged, and her resolute face instantly melted.

  "Hey, who's this? Isn't it my poor little sister? I've been worried to death about her these past two days." A sharp and piercing voice came from the entrance hall, and Lin Qiang and his mother walked over with a smile of schadenfreude.

  Lan Ruoxi weakly rolled her eyes at the sky, this mother-daughter duo really knew how to kick someone when they were down! Blinking her lively big eyes, a mischievous smile flashed across her face. With a puzzled expression, she looked at Lan Hengyun opposite her "Brother, does our family have a dog? Why do I hear a dog barking?"

  Lan Huan Yun hooked up the corner of his lips and doted on her, feeling extremely sweet in his heart. "It's probably that stupid dog next door!"

  "Who did you say is a dog?" Lan Ruotong angrily rushed forward and questioned.

  Lan Ruoxi blinked her big eyes, looking at her with an innocent face. "Sister, why are you angry? I said it was the dog barking, and I didn't say you were barking. Do you think your voice is similar to Ah Hua's from next door?"

  "You..." Lan Ruo Xue's finger pointed at her, her whole body trembling with anger.

  Lin Qiong glared at Lan Ruoxi fiercely, then turned her head with a warm and gentle smile, pulling Lan Ruoxi. "Ruoxi, come sit down."

  Lan Ruotong's face turned red with rage, she was so angry that she stomped her foot, how could she always be taken advantage of like this? She had clearly wanted to humiliate him, but in the end, she was the one who ended up being humiliated. How was she supposed to swallow this anger?

  In Lan's deep and mysterious eyes were filled with a smile, he lightly coughed. "Xī ěr, eat a good breakfast, brother will send you to school."

  "Okay! Thanks, brother." Since yesterday, the distance between them seemed to have narrowed a lot.

  "Brother, I want some too." Lan Ruotong cried out in discontent.

  The originally spacious car interior became particularly depressing with the addition of Lan Ruotong, so Lan Ruoxue opened the window to breathe in the fresh air outside.

  "Hey, are you feeling unwell?" Lan Hanyun slowed down the car and asked with concern.

  "No!" She curved up a smile and gently shook her head.

  He nodded reassuringly, his bright and spirited eyes fixed intently on the front. "That's good, I heard that your school is going to start a week-long forest trip tomorrow, so don't go if you're tired."

  Looking at the two people chatting happily in front of her, Lan Ruotong's jealous eyes turned red, she clenched her fists tightly, and even her fingernails sank into her palm without realizing it. She glared fiercely at Lan Ruoqing sitting in front of her, wishing she could glare two holes through her back. Why did she have to sit in the front row? She and he were born from the same mother. That hateful woman not only snatched He Yanye away, but now even her brother was going to be snatched too.

  The car had just stopped, and Lan Ruo Tong didn't even say hello, quickly opening the door and jumping out of the car. She slammed the door shut and walked towards the school gate.

  "Brother, I'm getting off too." She turned her head to look at Lan Hanyun's face with a sweet and beautiful smile, as lovely as the sunshine in March.

  He stared at her blankly until she gently pushed him, and he came back to his senses. With a noticeable flush on his face, he awkwardly rubbed his nose. "Uh... I'll pick you up after school."

  "Haha......" She let out a silvery laugh.

  Lan Ruoxi, with a joyful smile on her face, pushed open the car door and waved at him inside. "Brother! See you later!" A hint of a sly smile played on her lips, and her mischievous eyes sparkled with an evil glint on her beautiful face.

  "Goodbye!" Lan Hanyun's resolute face turned even redder, almost comparable to Guan Yu of the Three Kingdoms. After she closed the car door, he quickly started the car and fled in a hurry.

  She drove in the direction he left, hugging her stomach and laughing even harder. "Haha... haha... so much fun!" Who would have thought that a man who is normally as cold as ice also has such an adorable side?

  "Xiang Er, what's making you so happy?" Liu Qingfeng walked towards her with a sly smile.

  She suppressed the smile at the corner of her mouth, gave him a cold glance, and her clear eyes were like water without any expression. "Teacher Liu, I'll leave first if nothing else."

  His starry black eyes flashed with a hint of melancholy, and he grasped her hand. "Xī ěr, why are you so cold to me? Am I really that detestable to you?"

  "No! Teacher Liu, please let go. This pulling and tugging will cause gossip if others see it, even if you don't care, but I do." Her face showed an icy indifference that was hard to look at, and she coldly snorted, lifting her leg to walk away.

  Liu Qingfeng tightly grasped her and wouldn't let go. His face was stern as he pulled her towards the campus. "Follow me, I have something to say to you."

  "Isn't that Mr. Liu?" Several girls were at the school gate, watching and discussing this scene.

  A girl pouted and asked indignantly, "Who is the girl with him? YY drop, how can my prince like another girl?"

  "Yes, yes. How great it would be if I were Teacher Liu's girlfriend! I really want to have a romantic relationship with him as teacher and student! How romantic that would be!" Another girl clasped her hands together in front of her chest, lost in thought with a look of infatuation on her face.

  The girl with two braids, took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, looking at them with a sentimental expression. "Alas! The fallen flower has a heart that follows the flowing water, but the flowing water has no heart to love the fallen flower."

  "Bang!" Everyone fell over.

  Liu Qingfeng pulled Lan Ruo's hand and walked towards the small woods. When they arrived at the center of the woods, he let go of her hand. His eyes were filled with pain as he looked at her. "Ruo'er, do I disgust you? You smile warmly at everyone else, but only treat me with cold indifference."

  Her eyes, like black onyx, stared straight at him, with a hint of bitterness at the corner of her mouth. "Yes! I'll tell you, I'm human, not a thing. Even if he doesn't want me, he can't just casually throw me to someone else. What right does he have to throw me to you? How can he treat me like this? I hate him, I hate him..." She shouted excitedly, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably, the wound on her heart that had finally begun to heal was once again brutally torn open.

  He stepped forward, hugging her tightly as she trembled with emotion. He gently patted her back. "Xiang'er, I'm sorry! It's my fault! Actually, he didn't intentionally abandon you. You don't know how much he loves you! But you don't know how dangerous that person is. This time when he went...” He couldn't continue, his voice bitter.

  She pushed him away, her heart felt like it was being tightly gripped, making her breathless. "What will happen to him?" She still couldn't let go of him, especially after thinking about the dream from last night.

  "It's okay, don't worry, Xiaoyu. I believe he will be fine." He patted her back to comfort her.

  "Uh-huh! He'll be fine." She kept comforting herself, silently praying in her heart, "Night, you mustn't have anything happen to him." In fact, she still couldn't bring herself to hate him.