Chapter 005: That One Glance, The World Faded Away

  That day happened to be the first day of the new semester, he met his best friend Zhou Chen and his classmates in the corridor. Zhou Chen asked: "Rong Xuan, are you taking liberal arts or science?"

  He replied without hesitation: "Nonsense, of course I choose science, who doesn't know that only bookworm girls and poor students who can't make it would choose liberal arts..." He really said so, not intentionally targeting anyone, but as soon as he finished speaking, a sharp gaze with substance suddenly made him wake up, his eyes lifted, and in that fleeting glance, his eyes could no longer see any color, and a stubborn little face flashed quickly in his mind.

  That face looked very blurry, the long and black bangs had already covered half of it, a large pair of black-rimmed glasses on her flushed face, especially those two ink-black eyes like round gemstones, for some reason, he just felt particularly lively, like a demon, hooking away his soul, making him unable to help but chase after her.

  That fleeting figure was like her when she came, and then disappeared silently at the end of the corridor, disturbing his heart. He stared blankly at the corridor until Zhou Chen patted him on the shoulder, only to find that he had been lost in thought for a long time.

  Suddenly hearing Zhou Chen's praise of her, he felt anxious at once and hurriedly interrupted him.

  At noon, Rong Xuan didn't go home. He liked to take a nap in the school building, lying on his bed and thinking about the teacher's announcement that afternoon, which said they would be divided into liberal arts and science classes. For some reason, a pink figure appeared in his mind, but unfortunately, after a quick glance in the morning, he couldn't find her anywhere, even though he had looked for her during class. In his memory, if there was such an unusual girl in school, he shouldn't have missed her, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find her. At one point, he thought he might be hallucinating, and with that, he fell asleep in a daze.

  In his dream, he saw those lively eyes and couldn't help but chase after her as she ran. In his dream, he smelled the fragrance of flowers and heard the chirping of birds. Just when he was about to get close to her, she suddenly startled herself and quickly disappeared from in front of him. How could he let her disappear? He desperately wanted to grab hold of her, pin her down in his arms, and roughly declare his possession of her.

  He suddenly woke up from his dream, feeling a bit dazed, and she was still nowhere to be found. A pang of loss hit him in the chest. The school bell rang at this moment, and he only then remembered that he was about to be late. But as soon as he moved his body, he felt a cold, damp sensation beneath him, and he cursed under his breath, "Damn it."

  Because he didn't live in the dormitory, he only came here to rest at noon. Except for the bed where he slept, there was no change of clothes in the dormitory. He sat in the dormitory with a sullen face, waiting for everyone to go to class before he reluctantly went home to change his clothes. In his heart, he had secretly made up his mind that if he found that girl, he would definitely make her his girlfriend.

  As he thought of this, Rong Xuan smiled foolishly. Heaven was really good to him. The next day, as soon as he entered the classroom, his gaze was drawn to one person. He didn't know how to describe the feeling at that time, among so many people, it seemed like he and she had some kind of connection, even if they were separated by a vast sea of people, he could still find her with just one glance, it was a strange feeling, although at that time she was lowering her head, submerged in the noise.

  When he saw her, Rong Xuan thought of a line from an ancient poem: "In dreams I searched for you in vain, suddenly turning my head, that person was in the dim light of the lamp!" He usually hated Chinese literature, especially such flowery ancient poems. At this moment, he was surprised to come up with such a line.

  His eyes locked onto the person who was engrossed in reading, and he walked towards her step by step. However, the sudden unusual quietness of the classroom made him momentarily at a loss, unsure of what had happened.

  Next, Zhou Chen's words made him feel like he had been struck by lightning. He had once said that girls were not allowed to sit in front of his seat. As soon as he spoke, his heart tightened and he thought to himself, "Don't leave, I want her to sit there, she's different from the other girls, she won't chatter on and on, she's always so careful and quiet, it's like she doesn't exist when you walk by her, she's like a messenger of the wind." He was afraid that in the next moment, he wouldn't know where she had drifted off to.

  Tense and oppressive, the surroundings were extremely quiet, his heart was beating violently, his palms were all sweaty, what to say in response to Zhou Chen's words? He looked at her, but she kept her head down, pretending nothing had happened. At this moment, he suddenly became annoyed, he was anxious and flustered for her, while she seemed completely carefree, how could it be like this?

  Rong Xuan couldn't calm down for a moment, she finally raised her head to look at him, but she never looked up, this was the most frustrated moment he had ever experienced in front of a girl. You don't look at me, I'll make you remember me!

  As he walked up to her, Rong Xuan opened his mouth: "Sister Furong can also be considered a beauty, oh, I really didn't expect it." As soon as the words left his mouth, he scolded himself harshly in his heart. How could he say such things? This wasn't what he wanted to say, but it was too late for regrets. Her reaction and the teasing from their classmates made him feel like he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off. In his heart, he prayed that she would endure it as usual and let the matter pass.

  In his eyes, she wasn't ugly at all, but rather very beautiful, it's just that she knew how to hide it, with a face that didn't show any expression.

  But she stood up, and got angry. He was delighted that she could talk to him now, how could he think like this! Oh my god, at that time he was stunned, he actually had such a bad taste. Immediately after that, another thoughtless sentence came out of his mouth, "Will you really cry?" After saying it, seeing her eyes turned red, his heart was completely messed up.

  Watching her storm out of the classroom with a fierce remark, he could only force himself to maintain his composure and sit down awkwardly.

  Later, when class started again, she came back, and Rong Xuan's hanging heart finally landed. Thinking that he could see her every day from now on, his heart couldn't help but burst with joy.

  Some people say that humans are always unsatisfied. Rong Xuan thinks this sentence is too right, he can see her every day, but it's just her back, from that day on, she never turned around again, nor did she speak a word to him, Rong Xuan was not satisfied, wanting more, why couldn't she be like other girls, lively, turn around and let him help answer questions.

  Is she that unwilling to talk to herself? Not even giving herself a chance to see her own face? No way, he absolutely can't tolerate it, if she won't speak to herself, then he can't let her open her mouth.

  Having figured out her temper, Rong Xuan would go to provoke her every day, whether there was something or not. Every time he saw her angry expression because of him, Rong Xuan would feel that she was still there, and hadn't left him.

  He knew that doing so would give her a bad impression, but every time Rong Xuan saw Mo Xi Wu's appearance of wanting to break off all relations with those around him, he couldn't think straight and ended up doing strange things that even he himself couldn't understand, once pushing their relationship to the point of being irreconcilable.

  This made him anxious and flustered, he just couldn't understand why every time something related to Mo Xi Wu came up, he couldn't calm down, lost his ability to think, and often did excessive things, then went on to hurt her. None of these were what he wanted to see, he wanted to get along well with Mo Xi Wu, so Rong Xuan started making an effort to ease the tension between them.