Remove Witch Mountain 3

  The door of the bedroom opened and Qingqing rushed in, shouting: "Qin Xiao, Bai Ze Hua is waiting for you downstairs. Hurry up."

  Qin Xiao helplessly got up from the bed, walked to the window, pulled open the curtains, and saw Bai Ze Hua standing downstairs. Then, with a "whoosh" sound, she pulled the curtains shut again and returned to bed, lying down and falling asleep once more.

  "Hey, Qin Xiao." Qingqing walked to her bedside and shook her. "Get up, don't waste any more time here. Don't pretend to be asleep anymore. You've been hiding for an entire afternoon."

  Before Qin Xiao woke up, her upper bunk returned, holding a box and throwing it on Qin Xiao's bed. "Bai Ze Hua asked me to pass this to you. He also asked me to bring a message: 'If you don't want to see him, then don't go down, rest well.'"

  "Qin Xiao, wake up quickly." Qingqing shook her again and then picked up the box, "Quickly take a look at what was sent."

  She helplessly opened her eyes, "Stop yelling! Give me the thing." She snatched the box from Qingqing's hand.

  She opened it and found it was a diamond brooch.

  Qin Xiao suddenly got up, tossed the box onto the bed, put on her shoes and clothes, and ran downstairs with a clatter. The two girls in the dormitory were left looking at each other in surprise.

  Bai Ze Hua hasn't left yet and is still waiting downstairs.

  She ran over there.

  He saw her and beckoned "run slower, don't fall."

  "Thank you." She ran to his side, "Zehan, I think we should have a good talk. From the first year of high school until now, it's been four years, and we should have a serious conversation."

  He seemed to have known all along what she would say, "Uh-huh. No problem."

  "Speak while walking?!"

  "Uh-huh."

  Two people walked along the small path in the campus, with tall French plane trees shading this road.

  "The brooch is very beautiful, I'll take it, thank you."

  "As long as you like it."

  "But...” Qin Xiao suddenly stopped in her tracks, “I don't need this brooch at all. No matter how much I like something, if it's not useful, it can only be thrown aside for now. At first, it may have a fresh feeling and look very beautiful. But after many years, it will completely become a useless ornament that can only be looked at."

  "What did you want to say?" Bai Ze Hua also stopped in his tracks and turned around to ask Qin Xiao.

  "Zehua, you understand what I mean, from high school to now. I don't know which part of me is worthy of you, nor do I know which part of me is worth your liking. You pursuing me will only make others think that I'm just a woman who was briefly fancied by the young master."

  "A two-day infatuation?" Bai Ze Hua repeated with some self-mockery. "Xiao Xiao, I'm not interested in you just because of a temporary novelty. Not just from high school until now these few years. I knew you wouldn't remember, but very, very long ago, we had already met before. From that time on, I was determined about you."

  Qin Xiao racked his brains and couldn't recall any memories of him before high school.

  Bai Ze Hua saw Qin Xiao had no reaction, and continued to say: "That year my parents just died in a car accident. After the funeral was over, I ran onto the road because I was so sad. Then..."

  "I'm sorry to bring up these sad things. But I remembered that when I was around 7 or 8 years old, my dad took me to a funeral. I didn't expect it to be your parents'. Sorry."

  When it comes to funerals, Qin Xiao still has an impression. When she was about 7 or 8 years old, her father took her to a funeral. It wasn't for a relative or friend, but her father took her anyway, and didn't bring her sister along. Plus, it was the first time she went to that kind of place, so she remembers it clearly. At the time, she didn't understand what funerals meant, but now she does - they carry the infinite sorrow and mourning of the living for those who have passed away.

  It turned out that they were actually Bai Ze Hua's parents. However, she had never heard her family members mention knowing the Bai family before. Perhaps it was because of work relationships, and it was also possible to know some business people. But weren't most of the Bai family in City A?

  "It's okay, it's over. Even if I think about them again, they won't come back. After I ran onto the road, a little girl followed me and pulled my hand, shouting for me to leave. Luckily she pulled me out of the road, otherwise the next funeral would have been mine."

  Bai Ze lowered his head and then raised it again, putting on an air of nonchalance with a hint of bitterness.

  "Am I that little girl?!"

  To be honest, Qin Xiao doesn't remember this thing at all, and it can be confirmed that there was no such thing. As soon as the funeral was over, she was immediately taken home by her father. And it seems that the people at the funeral didn't know each other either.

  "Hmm. Because you're the only kid who came to attend the funeral. I originally wanted Uncle Chen to check the list, but he directly said your father's name and yours."

  "Is it just because of this kind of thing that you like me? But for you, this feeling might just be gratitude. So..."

  Bai Ze Hua denied Qin Xiao's words, "When I entered high school, coincidentally saw your name, and later inquired about it. You were indeed the Qin Xiao from back then. So I started paying attention to you. To be honest, at first maybe it was just because of gratitude, but later on, slowly discovered that you're not as strong-willed as you appear on the surface. You're independent because you're lonely. Therefore, I want to accompany you."

  Qin Xiao suddenly burst out laughing, "Are you pitying me?"

  "No, no, it's not that. I'm worried about you. Sometimes, you really don't have to take on so much, and you're really kind. You need someone by your side."

  "Zhe Hua, the one who accompanies me might not be you. We two are not suitable."

  Qin Xiao originally thought this might be a difficult thing to say out loud, but she naturally said what was on her mind. She continued:

  "You're too great, I'm not worthy of you. I'm not as kind as I look, I..."

  Wanting to speak but stopping oneself, or perhaps being unable to say it at all.

  Bai Ze Hua hung up the sign with a gentle smile, "Don't talk about yourself like that. You are perfect in my heart. If you weren't kind, how could you have run into the middle of the road? How could you have served soup for those younger students because you were afraid they would get scalded?"

  "Bai Ze Hua, why don't you understand?" Qin Xiao was getting impatient. "It's precisely because I genuinely consider you a friend that I don't want to hurt you. Moreover, if we were really together and then broke up, it would be so awkward afterwards. I don't want to lose you."

  Yes, Bai Ze Hua, you are indeed the ray of sunshine that has illuminated my life. However, it can't always be sunny days. You are the one person I least want to lose in this lifetime, but I know that once I say something like this, I will start losing you bit by bit.

  "We won't be apart. Xiao Xiao, it's been four years, why don't you give me a chance? I've waited for you for over ten years, just for the one chance you gave me."

  Bai Ze Hua's voice sounded somewhat pitiful.

  The students on the road looked at them, a perfect sentimental and gentle man, I guess they were all scolding this woman for having no taste.

  "Zé huà……"