Episode 9: Subtle Emotions

  Why can fish face the world with just one expression? Why can't I face the whole world with just one expression?

  A few meters

  Sui Tian stood silently by, while Sui Xiang followed his gaze and walked over. Moonlight poured in through the window, casting a cold glow on the shattered cup fragments, where a small ocean of coffee lay. Ah, no wonder there was a strong smell of coffee as soon as they entered.

  "Han Yue, what kind of coffee were you drinking at midnight that made such a mess?" Su Yixiang pointed to the fragments.

  Stomach pain is severe, Han Yue really wants to be expressionless and not explain anything. Doesn't want to deceive them, nor does she want them to know that she's still in stomach pain now, otherwise Ye Xue and Lai Huo Ling will definitely keep a close eye on her in the future, that would be troublesome.

  Just smile, smiling can shift attention, a smile is the best weapon, if you smile cleverly, every kind of smile can achieve different effects, it depends on how to use it.

  Han Yue smiled awkwardly: "I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd have a cup of coffee while waiting for you guys to come back." She smiled wryly, "But then I accidentally broke the cup." After a brief pause, she let out a relieved smile. "Well, now I'll just go clean up the floor." As she walked out and closed the door behind her, everything seemed normal except for her still pale face.

  A smile is a basic requirement for all members of the Jian family, let alone for themselves and Xing. During that period of training, Han Yue thought it was easier to have no expression at all than to always have a smile on her face. Ed once said that if she could incorporate smiling into her daily life, that would be the greatest success, but is this really okay? Using something learned in class in real life, and especially in front of them.

  Su Yi Xiang was helping Ye Xue put things away, while Lai Huo Ling was still trying on the new clothes she had just bought. She didn't deliberately pay attention to herself, it was fine. Han Yue let out a sigh of relief and walked in, lowering her head to quietly mop the floor.

  Su Yitian stood by the window, turned around, and focused his gaze on a point. The unturned-off computer was flashing with cold light, Su Yitian walked forward, picked up the white pill at the corner of the table and put it in his pocket, silently retreated to the front of the window and continued to look out the window.

  "Han Yue, I'll make it up to you!" Su Yi Xiang put down what he was doing and thought of helping Han Yue mop the floor.

  The cold sweat in Han Yue's hand was getting more and more. His stomach still hurt, plus the fall just now, it was a severe fall. At that moment when he fell to the ground, there was a feeling that his whole body had already scattered.

  What's taking so long? Han Yue smiled warmly and pushed Su Yi towards the outside: "No need, really nothing's wrong. It's already late, you guys should head back to rest."

  "Hey, don't issue a dismissal order!" When Han Yue bumped into Su Yi Xiang, Su Yi Xiang's body stiffened. Then he recovered normally, standing at the door and casually shouting to Su Yi Tian, "Hey, brother, let's go!"

  The cold moon turned around and saw Su Yitian standing there motionless, as if in a daze. Lai Huo Ling had been wandering all night and was now lying on the bed pretending to be dead. Ye Xue and Su Yi Xiang were standing at the door chatting happily.

  Han Yue took a deep breath and walked to the window. As soon as he approached, Han Yue was on guard.

  Are you afraid of him, guarding against him, and having malicious intentions towards him?

  Is there?

  Her body stiffened, and Han Yue shook her head. She reached out to ring the wind chime. No response? Forget it, Han Yue decisively chose to give up, really not wanting to provoke Su Yitian. Anyway, she would leave soon, no big deal. Han Yue turned around and continued to mop the floor while shutting down the computer. It was just that the pain was really severe, so she stopped for a moment, gripping the mop tightly, letting the pain wash over her.

  A bony hand grasped the wrist of the tightly clenched mop handle. Han Yue's inexplicable fear was greater than her surprise, and when she looked up, she saw a delicate and cold face with a subtle expression, even with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

  Sui Tian! Wait, teasing? How can there be such an expression? Han Yue was puzzled and even more puzzled by Sui Tian's behavior. When the fear of that moment passed, Han Yue suddenly felt a pain in his wrist. Sui Tian had touched the scalded place. Han Yue instinctively felt that he couldn't make a sound, and with one hand clenched, his fingertips were pressed into his palm.

  She met Su Yitian's gaze, and her panicked face quickly returned to calmness, only with a puzzled look at Su Yitian. As they gazed at each other, she was suddenly surprised by the subtle change in Su Yitian's eyes. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the door, and Han Yue immediately sobered up, abruptly pulling back her hand and turning around to face away from Su Yitian with a thud.

  The heart is absent-minded, and the strength covers up the inner turmoil.

  "Brother, let's go!" Su Yixiang and Ye Xue walked over.

  Ye Xue sent Su Yitian away, and after finishing cleaning the floor, Han Yue saw Lai Huo Ling still lying on the bed with a weak face. She secretly took out the medicine from her bag and went into the bathroom to swallow a few pills. After staying in the bathroom for a while, she came out when her body didn't hurt anymore.

  Ye Xue saw off Su Jia brothers out of the dormitory, and none of them spoke. When they reached the entrance of the dormitory, Su Yixiang stopped: "Xue'er, you go back to rest."

  Ye Xue nodded: "Alright, you all get some rest too." She turned around dazedly and then turned back again.

  Su Yi Xiang looked at her: "Xue Er?"

  Ye Xue smiled and said: "Almost forgot, I bought some food earlier and prepared a portion for you guys too."

  Su Yi Xiang took over the thing, glanced at it, and Su Yi Tian walked ahead. Su Yi Tian looked at Ye Xue, smiled slightly, with a warm and gentle expression, a soft smile that belonged only to Ye Xue, lightly embracing Ye Xue, then gently kissed Ye Xue's forehead.

  Every time Su Yitian does this, Ye Xue will always happily peck him on the cheek. This time is no exception.

  Su Yi Tian left the apartment and Su Yi Xiang was standing not far away waiting for him.

  Walking side by side, Su Yi Xiang broke the silence and smiled: "Brother, today Xue Er seems a bit unhappy!"

  "Huh?" Su Yitian's puzzled gaze, "Really? Why?"

  "Ah, just kidding." Su Yi Xiang smiled. It seems that her brother really didn't notice Snow's subtle emotional changes. At the time, Han Yue was facing away from her brother, and her brother's gaze at her was... did she missee it? Or did he himself not realize it? If she didn't missee it, then, ah, stop, can't think about it anymore, mustn't have wild thoughts!

  Su Yi Xiang relaxed his mood, but Su Yi Tian suddenly stopped in her tracks and said: "Yi Xiang, don't you think there's something off about her?"

  Su Yi Xiang's heart tightened, and he asked in confusion: "Who?" Is his brother paying too much attention to Han Yue? He had never seen his brother pay so much attention to someone they had only met a few times.

  Su Yitian's eyes were somewhat dazed.

  Just as I was spacing out for a moment, I felt like someone was behind me. It wasn't until I turned around that I saw Han Yue lowering her head and enduring the pain.

  Aren't they friends? At least Xue'er and the others consider her a friend. What's there to hide in front of them?! So at that time, I was dissatisfied and intentionally grabbed the mop with the hand that was clenched due to pain. However, when Han Yue's face turned pale and she looked up in horror, I clearly saw a flash of pain in her eyes. Suddenly, something inside me was triggered, and before I could understand what it was, Han Yue abruptly pulled her hand back. I don't understand why Han Yue still wants to hide in front of them, why she's trying so hard to cover up the pain that's obvious. In Sui Tian's eyes, Han Yue has always been a mystery, whether at the hospital or on the basketball court, he sees different sides of her.

  "Brother, what are you thinking about?" Su Yi Xiang stared at Su Yi Tian.

  Su Yitian came back to his senses: "Nothing, you said Xue'er is unhappy, how didn't I notice?" Since Han Yue wanted to hide it, why bother meddling in other people's business.

  "Oh, so it was Snow who wasn't feeling well. Su Yi Xiang smiled slightly. It turned out that he was still the same aloof and intelligent Iceberg brother who didn't like to bother with others, she must have been overthinking earlier."

  Su Yitian turned around, raising an eyebrow: "What are you still standing there for?"

  "Ah." Su Yi Xiang hastily caught up and overtook Su Yi Tian, taking the lead to rush into the boys' dormitory to negotiate with the administrator.

  Su Yitian glanced at the pill in his hand. Painkiller, Su Yitian smiled and laughed at himself for being overly cautious, casually tossing the pill into the nearby trash can.

  Ye Xue returned and sat on the bed without lying down, remaining silent for a while before saying: "Xiao Yue".

  Han Yue looked up at Ye Xue.

  Ye Xue fell silent for a few seconds before saying: "Earlier... uh, earlier Yi Xiang asked you to meet him at the basketball court tomorrow afternoon."

  Basketball court? Han Yue responded with a nod and lay down, suddenly thinking of something. Regardless of whether Ye Xue saw the scene just now, Han Yue felt it was necessary to say a few words: "Xue'er, in the future, don't let them come in so late, I'm not familiar with them yet, not used to it."

  Ye Xue seemed relieved after hearing this and smiled: "Mm, I know."

  "Ah, Su Yi Xiang will definitely be heartbroken if she hears this."

  Ye Xue thinks it's good, then it's good. Han Yue feels that she doesn't want Ye Xue to be unhappy because of herself. Ye Xue is so perfect, everyone likes her and wants to get close to her, can't bear to hurt her a bit, including herself. This psychology of hers is probably very serious, so she wants to get close but dares not, afraid of hurting Ye Xue.

  Basketball court? What news did Su Yi Xiang find out? Is everything going to end soon or just begin? Han Yue closed her eyes, and the complex and profound eyes appeared in front of her. Was it sorrow and pity that flowed from those eyes later on?

  "Hey, what was his expression just now?"

  Shut up, it's none of your business.

  The cold moon shakes its head and covers itself with a quilt, unwilling to think more.