Chapter 105: Luna's Kindness

  When Bai Xueya asked this, Luna didn't answer, her face gloomy as she looked out the window.

  Bai Xueya was slightly taken aback, not understanding why Luna had such a detached expression. Perhaps it was because she had been waiting for Lu Haochen for too long and wasn't happy about it? Or maybe the two of them were secretly sulking at each other?

  She licked her lips and found the atmosphere awkward to death, turned around wanting to push the door away, but Luna behind her spoke up at this time -

  But she shook her head. "Do you like him too?"

  Bai Xueya was stunned, turned around, and looked at Luna in shock. Her eyes were filled with crystal-like tears, and her slender and delicate figure looked even more pitiful at this moment.

  "What?" Bai Xiaya asked back, not understanding what Luna was referring to.

  Upon hearing this, Luna took a deep breath, and her eyes flashed with a complex expression. She calmed herself down, seemingly struggling to swallow back tears.

  After a long time, Luna suddenly stood up and swung her hand, pouring the hot tea on Bai Xiaya's body!

  "Whoa——!"

  Scalding hot water was still steaming and was splashed "splash" into the air.

  Fortunately, Bai Xueya reacted quickly and took a step back in time, so she didn't get scalded. However, her pant legs were soaked with hot water, and her black high heels were covered with soggy tea leaves.

  "Luna! What are you doing?!" Bai Xiaya raised her head and glared at Luna, who had suddenly gone mad, shouting sternly.

  Luna took two steps back, her hands holding the teacup loosened, and the ceramic cup crashed to the ground with a "bang", shattering into pieces.

  "I...I'm sorry..." Her expression became flustered, shaking her head in dismay while looking incredulously at the water stains all over Bai Xueya. Sparkling tears slowly flowed from the corners of her eyes and wetted her cheeks.

  "Sorry, Xiaoya..." She pursed her lips and hung her head in shame, like a child who had done something wrong, shrinking back timidly until she was cornered, then slowly slid down the wall to sit on the ground, hugging her knees and sobbing.

  Bai Xianya was stunned.

  She had never seen Luna lose control like this before. In her impression, this girl who liked to smile always brought people a warm and sunny feeling, even when she was really sad, she would only pout like a little kid and sulk.

  But today——

  Looking at Luna curled up like a wounded little animal, Bai Xiaya felt her heart surge.

  What was it that made Luna, who had been so cheerful and lively just a moment before, turn into this?

  She slowly walked closer, crouched down beside Luna, gently, like a gentle sister, stroking her hair.

  "What are you crying about?" she softly comforted, "Is that bastard Lu Haochen bullying you? Stupid Luna! Girls can't be wronged! If a boy bullies you, you must bravely stand up for yourself! Don't be a weak victim!!"

  At the words, Luna, who was crying, lifted her head from her knees. Her eyes still had big tears in them, and her cheeks were covered with intersecting tear marks. Her slender shoulders trembled like fallen leaves in the wind.

  "Xiao Ya...please...she looked at her with tearful eyes and begged,"Please, can you return Hao Chen to me?"

  "What?" Bai Xueya was startled, and her hand that was gently stroking Luna's hair froze in mid-air.

  Luna sobbed softly twice, her eyes falling from top to bottom on the blue hair clip on Bai Xiaoya's hair. She suppressed the pain in her chest and trembled with her voice: "This hair clip... wasn't it given to you by Haochen?"

  As if struck by lightning, Bai Xueya stood there in a daze. After a long while, she slowly turned to look at Luna, asking incredulously: "You...Luna, what did you just say? This hair clip was bought by Lu Haochen?"

  "Don't you know?" Luna looked up in surprise, wiping away the tears on her face. "Actually, after the summer camp ended, I never left M City. I knew that Haocen didn't like me, he was just too kind and couldn't bear to see me being bullied, so he took me with him back then... This whole time, I've been secretly following him... After finding out he's interning at Yongsheng Company, I...I often wait for him at the company entrance. Just to catch a glimpse of Haocen..."

  Luna's voice began to tremble uncontrollably.

  "But... I'm leaving tomorrow..." She bit her lip tightly, sobbing, "I'll never see him again... A few days ago, I looked for him once, and he told me not to come again, to go back to S City with peace of mind... I didn't give up, but he told me that he already has a girl he likes... That day, I saw with my own eyes that he spent an entire afternoon searching all over M City, just to find that blue hair clip..."

  Bai Xueya's mind was a complete blank, with only a buzzing noise in her ears. She could no longer hear what Luna was saying, and the whole world seemed eerily quiet, as if it was suffocating.

  In front of her eyes, countless figures of Yan Feng flashed by quickly... His smile... His gentle words... His warm and gentle gaze... His polite demeanor... Every time he softly called her "Xiao Ya", that clear and lively voice...

  It turned out that everything wasn't done by him...

  Her world, he had never set foot in.

  Bai Xiaya gently lowered her eyelids, and the long, curved eyelashes cast a faint shadow on her face. Luna gently wiped away the tears on her face, shook Bai Xiaya's arm, and couldn't understand why Xiaya fell silent in an instant, with a look on her face that seemed to be a thousand times more painful than her own.

  "Xiao Ya... you... are you okay?" she couldn't help but ask worriedly.

  "I'm fine..." Bai Xueya shook her head, stumbling to her feet. She leaned against the wall, seeming to take a deep breath before shaking off Luna's hands and silently leaving the tea room.

  That afternoon, it rained several times. The rain stopped and started again, like a continuous silver thread, reluctant to leave this vast sky and earth.

  Standing in front of the window, gazing at the deep gray horizon, Bai Xueya's eyes were filled with confusion.

  What should I do? Go find Yan Feng and tell him clearly? Or, keep this secret hidden in my heart forever?

  She shook her head vigorously, shaking off the chaotic thoughts. Her empty gaze fell on the ground filled with rainwater, far away, separated by countless rain threads, as if someone rushed into the company building in a hurry, and splashed a crystal clear water flower behind her.

  What happened to that brave Bai Xueya?

  She clenched her fists, and her finger bones turned a terrifying pale. After a long time, she took a deep breath, turned around, and quickly left the window.

  During the tea break, she involuntarily stopped in her tracks. The still figure was still there, only she seemed to have stopped crying and was no longer shedding tears, like a wooden puppet that had lost its soul, sitting there blankly.

  She knew that at this moment, their mood was exactly the same, other book friends are looking:.

  When he lifted his head again, the corridor suddenly became noisy. The rain outside was rustling, and the leaves of the poplar trees not far away were blown upside down by the wind. A string of panicked footsteps came from afar, spreading from one end of the corridor to the other.

  He seemed to have run a long way, with his cuffs and pant legs all wet, the umbrella in his hand was dripping water as if it had been fished out of a river. It turned out that the rain outside was so heavy.

  Seeing her disheartened appearance, Lu Haocen adjusted his collar and smiled: "No need to say it, I know you've been scolded again, you big and ugly girl!" After that, he even proudly crossed his arms, waiting for Bai Xiaya to make a fool of herself.

  However, Bai Xueya did not get angry, as if she was deaf and had not heard those words. It was also as if her heart was full of something, not allowing anything else to rashly intrude.

  Lu Haochen suppressed his smile and was about to ask Bai Xiaya what had happened when she suddenly spoke up in a low voice:

  "Are you trying to get yourself killed by running out for a whole morning and not coming back?"

  Her voice was low and husky, although she was obviously angry, the tone of her words was soft and weak, not at all like her usual argumentative self.

  Lu Haochen furrowed his brow, finding it hard to understand why Bai Xiaya looked so abnormal. He smiled and said: "Hey! Big and ugly girl! Are you brain damaged? I was sent by the company to..."

  "Someone is waiting for you." She suddenly interrupted him.

  Lu Haochen was stunned for a moment and hadn't reacted yet when Bai Xiaya said those words, she had already walked past him.

  When he turned around, she had already turned into the staircase and was no longer visible from behind.

  What's going on?

  He shook his head in confusion and was about to walk into the office to report to his superior. The tea break room in front, however, had its door pushed open, and a green figure walked out, suddenly entering his territory and leaving him stunned for a moment.

  "Hao Chen." Luona's face slightly lowered, she said softly, "We... can talk about it?"

  I don't know how many times I've been here.

  Every time, this place brings her either extreme joy or extreme sorrow, never calm and peaceful.

  Standing at the door of Yan Feng's office, Bai Xiaoya hesitated for a moment. Should she or shouldn't she tell her senior clearly? Tell him that she liked him, had liked him for a very, very long time?

  Looking back to a long time ago, she still had the boldness of a newborn calf, standing fearlessly at the entrance of Shenghua High School, surrounded by a group of girls, her face not flushing or her heart racing as she loudly read out the love letter she wrote overnight.

  At that time, she was still a fearless little wild girl. She didn't know what shyness was, nor did she know what heart palpitations were; even when people teased her, she would only savagely clench her fists and speak with violence.

  But now——

  In just one short month, her mood had changed so much.

  But having understood more, is it a good thing or a bad thing?

  Bai Xueya took a deep breath and adjusted her mood. Indeed, as Jin Zaiyan said, she had evolved from a "barbarian" to a "normal person". But no matter how much she changed, her liking for Yan Fengxue would never change.

  She wants to loudly express her own feelings!

  The clock on the wall swung quietly.

  Tea table during tea break.

  Steam rose from the cup in a gentle mist, twisting into various shapes and slowly dispersing upwards.

  Lu Haochen leaned back in his chair, his expressionless face giving him a slightly sharp edge at this moment. His eyes, however, revealed a hint of impatience, and his fingers tapped lightly up and down.

  Luna stealthily lifted her head to glance at him, then didn't dare look up again, tightly biting her lips, her rapid breathing revealing the unease and tension in her heart.

  "I'm leaving tomorrow," she said softly.

  "I know," Lu Haochen responded indifferently, "you've already said that once."

  Luna quietly lowered her head even further. She muttered back and forth, perhaps it had already annoyed him?

  "School is about to start soon," Lu Haocen said quietly, "You're not going back to S City, are you still going to stay here?"

  Luna raised her head and gazed at him for a long time before asking softly, "Haochen, we've known each other for so long, haven't you ever really liked me?"

  Lu Haocen's hand tightened slightly.

  "No." He denied it cleanly, his expression seeming to grow even more impatient, as if he had long since grown tired of answering Luna's question.

  Luna hung her head in sorrow and said softly: "I knew it..."

  "Now that you know, it's better to leave earlier." Lu Haocen stood up and looked at Luna, his tone without a hint of weakness or pity. "Staying in M City won't change me one bit. In the end, it's still you who will be heartbroken."

  Watching Luna's tears flow out, Lu Haochen sighed. He knew that he shouldn't have indulged this frail girl because of his soft heart. In the beginning, when she was clinging to him tightly, he should have steeled himself and told her it was impossible. If only he had done so, they wouldn't be in such a difficult situation today.

  The longer you drag it out, the deeper the wound will be.

  He shook his head and turned around wanting to leave.

  Luna suddenly asked from behind: "The person you like is Xiaoya, right?"

  Lu Haochen's footsteps came to a halt, and after a long while, he turned around to look at her, sneering: "How could that be?"

  "What a stubborn boy." Luna forced a smile, "You ran all over the city for her, and were even almost hit by a car in your hurry... I saw it all..."

  "Since I've already paid the price for her, why not tell her? Luna lifted her face and smiled innocently. "If you like someone, you should tell them... If I couldn't be with the one I liked, at least seeing you happy would make me feel a little better..."

  Liking someone shouldn't be about making him stay with you, but seeing his happiness and finding your own joy.

  "Did you tell her?" Lu Haocen asked with a shocked expression.

  "Right." Luna nodded and pursed her lips in a quiet smile. She helped Haocen confess, so he would be happy too?

  However, she did not see the expected scene, and Lu Haocen's expression was icy and somewhat pale.

  "What's wrong with you?" she asked back.

  Lu Haochen didn't respond, instead he furrowed his brow in thought. After a long time, before Luna could even react, he suddenly turned around and ran out like the wind.

  Luna hastily stood up and rushed to the door, but by the time she got there, Lu Haochen's figure had already disappeared without a trace.

  This may be our last goodbye...

  Looking at the quiet corridor, she shook her head with a bitter smile.