Chapter Eighty-Four

  "You really have no shame, you've put me in this situation and now you're just going to walk away with a clear conscience? I'd like to see where you can run off to!"

  I shouted loudly at the air, but still couldn't help but sneak a peek around, there was no shadow of the fox in the grass, no shadow of the fox behind the flower bed by the road, and none on the tree trunks in the flower bed either. When did it become so good at hiding and so hard to find?

  "Isn't it just a monster? What's the big deal, I don't believe it, without you, I wouldn't be able to go home."

  I was muttering to myself, on the one hand to boost my own morale, and on the other hand, I still had a small hope for this fox, always feeling that it was hiding nearby watching me.

  The sun sets in the west, and the sky gradually turns black. It's already past dinner time now. If I don't hurry back home, Grandpa will probably get furious, yelling loudly at home like that smelly fox with a terrible temper.

  "Is it Xia Qinghe?"

  The voice of Zhang Ruofei echoed behind him.

  This can't be an auditory hallucination, right?

  I turned around to look, under the sunset, he was wearing a white shirt that was slightly reddish, with a faint smile on his face, waving at me with his hand.

  "Is it you? It's so late, why haven't you gone home yet?"

  I smiled faintly and pretended to wave at him, and in the moment I raised my hand, I unconsciously wiped away the remaining tears on my face with my sleeve.

  "This question should be asked by me to you instead, as a senior three student, I'm very busy with schoolwork now. As the class monitor, I stayed in the teacher's office for an extra hour this afternoon because I had to rush to finish next week's blackboard newspaper. How about you? Why are you back home so late? Are you on a date with your boyfriend and just got back? Why didn't he send you home? Aren't you scared coming home alone like this?"

  "Boyfriend?"

  "When did I have a boyfriend? How come even I don't know that?" I frowned and looked at him with a questioning face, "Did you misunderstand something?"

  " Misunderstanding?"

  He seemed to have heard a joke, his smile growing bigger as he slowly walked towards me.

  "Are you and Shibuya-san in a romantic relationship?"

  He asked in a low voice, but my heart was racing fast because of this sentence. 'Are you and Xia Benjun classmates in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship?' Oh my god, I didn't even dare to think about it, just thinking about it makes me shudder, that fox would be like Chen Jie to Xiao Su, delivering breakfast every day, coming to pester me every day, and my heart can't help but feel cold.

  "No, it's not."

  I hastily waved my hand, eager to dispel this idea from his mind as soon as possible.

  "It's already good that he and I aren't enemies, let alone being boyfriend and girlfriend. This kind of relationship, just thinking about it makes me afraid, I don't want to have any relation with him."

  "Hehe......"

  He laughed again, "Just kidding, Qinghe took it too seriously, look at your face, it's all pale."

  Qing... Qinghe, oh heavens, this name was called out by him, how did it sound so good? His voice was very warm and soothing, listening to it felt like being filled with magic.

  I stood there blankly, motionless, watching him walk closer.

  "Let's go, let's head back together."

  Under the sunset, the shadow cast by the trees covered more than half of his face, but still couldn't block the gentle smile on his face.

  "Together?"

  I couldn't believe my ears, so I asked him to confirm if I hadn't misheard.

  "Uh-huh."

  He nodded and walked slowly forward, I was stunned for a moment, then followed his footsteps.