Chapter 3: The Most Humble When I Like You (40)

  Tang sugar's status in the class improved a lot due to Xia Ye's help in pulling out his knife several times on summer nights. At least her classmates wouldn't bully her as recklessly as before, but they still shunned her, especially the girls, as if Tang sugar was a different low-level creature from them. So when it came to physical education class, Tang sugar still looked very lonely.

  Other girls would gather in a circle to chat and laugh, making quite a lively scene, or pairs of particularly close friends would play badminton together. Only Tangtang couldn't squeeze into any of these cliques, often standing far away watching them play.

  At this moment, she sat alone on the withered grassland not far from the playground, boredly pulling out the weeds one by one. Gu Xian walked over with a bottle of Coke in hand.

  Tang Sugar was originally calm and at ease, with a look of living in his own world without any conflict. When he saw him coming, he immediately put on a stern face, clearly indicating that he did not want him to get close.

  Gu Xiannian wasn't a careless guy, of course he noticed the change in her expression, but still walked towards her with big strides, as if his heart was full of confidence, and he could make Tang Sugar change her mind with just the bottle of Coke in his hand.

  His calm and collected attitude further pricked Tang Su's pride, she turned her body around, deciding to ignore him.

  The girls sitting in a circle at a distance had stopped chatting and were all staring at the two of them with gossip, quietly observing the development of the situation.

  In the past year, he changed his previous style of being reserved and shy, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he used Coca-Cola to clink glasses with Sugar's shoulder.

  Tang Tang expressionlessly glanced at Cola and then lowered her head to play with the grass in her hand.

  Gu Xiannian moved in front of her, a pair of good-looking eyes staring at her for forgiveness.

  She was delighted and felt that the gentle gaze was like a warm spring sun that instantly melted the iceberg in her heart. She was so happy that she wanted to shout, but she forced herself to hold back the joy. If being angry could make him care more, then she would pretend to be angry forever.

  She still had her back to Gu Xian Ye, avoiding his scorching and electrifying gaze, she didn't want to surrender at this moment.

  "Tang sugar." The familiar male voice with a hint of warmth came from behind her ear, and the usual cold tone was replaced by a gentle meaning. The voice seemed to have a magical power that quickly destroyed the defense line she had built with great difficulty, and it was about to collapse completely. Tang Tang's heart skipped a beat, and she almost shook hands with him to make peace.

  She suddenly stood up and walked quickly to the west corner of the campus, she just wanted to calm down, the joy was too unbelievable, she urgently needed a definite answer, why did Gu Xian suddenly make peace with her? Didn't he always treat himself as a small transparent person?

  This time, Gu Xian didn't respond to her with his usual nonchalance: "You can run if you want, who's going to chase you?" Instead, he followed her to the quiet western corner of the wall, where it was so still that only the wind whispered by, a perfect place for a heart-to-heart talk.

  Gu Xian handed the Coke over again.

  Tang Tang felt that it was too easy to reconcile like this and didn't want to forgive herself, so she slapped the opponent's hand holding the soda and stubbornly refused to speak.

  "Gu Xian's voice completely softened, and he said helplessly: 'Big sister, stop it, I know why you're angry, let me beg of you, can't you just listen to my explanation?'"

  Tang Tang's heart had long since turned to mush, she looked up at Gu Xian Ye and then her gaze shifted to the bottle of Coke, really wanting to take it from him with a smile and put an end to their past grievances. Just thinking about the humiliation she suffered at his hands made her eyes grow hot, she lifted her head pretending to look at the sky, not wanting to cry in front of Gu Xian Ye, but ultimately couldn't hold back, tears finally fell, first one drop, two drops, and then more and more.

  At first she wiped it with her hand, later on she simply didn't care, if she looked ugly then so be it.

  Gu Xian obviously didn't expect her to cry so bitterly, and stood there in a daze, looking at her in confusion. After a while, as if remembering something, he hastily pulled out some money from his pocket and handed it to Tang Su: "This is the money for buying hair accessories, thank you."

  Tang Sugar cried for a while, and her heart felt much more relieved. But when she heard him say that, she suddenly felt offended. She impulsively stretched out her hand and slapped the hand he was holding money with, making a loud slapping sound. The two of them were stunned at the same time. Gu Xian Ye looked at her in shock, while Tang Sugar stared blankly at the scattered banknotes on the ground. The banknotes were blowing around in the cold wind, and Gu Xian Ye's expression was dull and silly. The scene was quite comical, but Tang Sugar couldn't laugh.

  "Was it because I gave that hairpin to Du Juan that you're angry with me?"

  He paused, looking at Tangtang's reaction, Tangtang had stopped crying and was waiting for his next words.

  "I was thinking of breaking up with Du Juan, so I bought a gift..."

  "What?" Tāng Sù hastily interrupted him, completely disbelieving what he had just heard.

  "I was just saying that buying a gift is just to comfort her." Gu Xiannian picked up the banknotes on the ground and stuffed them into Tangtang's hand, then walked away without looking back.

  The information was too much for Tang Sugar to take in, but his heart had already been stirred up with a stormy wave of emotions. A kind of unexpected joy spread rapidly from the bottom of his heart to his whole body, and all the torture of the past few days disappeared instantly.

  Tang sugar was both shocked and delighted, suddenly realizing that the heartache of the past few days was all her own doing. Alas! She blamed herself for not inquiring about the situation clearly and always thinking of the worst-case scenario. The huge stone that had been weighing on her mind disappeared with Gu Xianyun's explanation, and she felt revitalized. However, when she returned to the classroom, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed to face Gu Xianyun, who acted as if nothing was wrong and continued with his usual activities.

  It's really unfair, no matter when, boys are given a calm mind, while girls explore the world with their feelings, so they cry more easily and fall more deeply, at least that's what Tang Sugar thinks.

  When she saw the lily hairpin on Du Juan's head again, it didn't seem dazzling at all, and it didn't seem that beautiful either. It was just that with a change in the nature of the gift, her mood had also changed greatly. This was probably what people often said about liking someone and wanting to possess everything they have, and feeling anxious when seeing them being nice to other girls.

  But after this misunderstanding, will Gu Xiannian really be angry with himself? And how should he approach him again?

  This has become a problem.

  Tang sugar certainly thought he should take the initiative to apologize to him, but would he accept it?

  During a unnoticed class break, Tang Sugar secretly put the money that Gu Xiannian had returned to her back into Gu Xiannian's backpack.

  That money was all in small bills, with the largest denomination being twenty yuan. Maybe it was his savings from nine years of pocket money.

  During class, Gu Xiannian quickly discovered that the returned money was from her. He turned his head around and looked at her with some surprise.

  Tang sugar gave him a heartfelt smile, and a hint of a smile quietly crossed the corner of Gu Xiannian's mouth. He looked really good when he smiled.

  Is this a sign of thawing relations?

  Sugar's heart beats rapidly.

  In the afternoon when school was over, Tang sugar went ahead and waited for him under the pomegranate tree. Through the pomegranate leaves, she gazed intently at Gu Xianye walking out of the school gate, wearing earphones and heading straight to the pomegranate tree without looking sideways. Tang sugar's heart flew up to her throat, he... should know that she was waiting for him here.

  However, what disappointed her was that Gu Xiannian quietly floated by the pomegranate tree, his expression and movements not even thinking of looking over at the pomegranate tree.

  Waiting in vain, Tang Sugar sat on the ground, using a branch to draw circles, one circle after another. He hated his own rashness, why was he so impulsive and threw away the money in his hand? He must have felt very hurt.

  She was so depressed that she was covered by a shadow. Tangerine sugar looked up and her heart bloomed with joy, unexpectedly looking down on her from above!

  She couldn't describe the feeling, she just felt extremely nervous, even more so than when her teacher called on her to do a problem on the blackboard. Tang Sugar jumped up from the ground, and her heartbeat was completely out of rhythm.

  She glanced at Gu Xianyan, a bit awkward, their eyes met, and they couldn't help but exchange a smile, neither of them spoke, yet they walked side by side in perfect sync. Tang Sugar gazed down at the two parallel shadows on the ground, her heart filled with sweetness.

  "Your face is really red!"

  Tang sugar was silent, as if there was a kind of pink breath shuttling between the two.

  The two people actually both wanted to talk, but they both felt awkward and didn't know where to start, so they remained silent all the way. As they approached the fork in the road, Tang Sugar's heart was filled with melancholy. Suddenly, she summoned up her courage: "Gu Xian Nian..."

  "I thought..."

  The two of them opened their mouths at the same time and then closed them again, looking at each other with awkward smiles. Sugar's face turned bright red as she said, "You go first."

  It's just like what was said in the past, two people speaking in unison, the atmosphere became even more awkward, but it wasn't the kind of awkwardness that made you want to escape, rather it was accompanied by the palpitations of youth, and both could hear each other's nervous heartbeat, the shyness of young boys.

  For a moment, neither of them dared to speak easily. One lowered his head and studied the ground carefully, while the other looked up at the sky as if waiting for a pie to fall from above, not daring to look at each other.

  After a while, Gu Xian still broke the deadlock and handed over the stack of money to Tang Sugar: "You'd better take it."

  Tang sugar glanced at him and shook his head: "I don't want it, I have money."

  "In the past, Gu Xiannian had said with a smile: 'You have money, but it's yours to take anyway.'"

  Tang Sugar couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she had to take the money from Gu Xiannian's hand. She felt her face burning as if it could fry an egg because Gu Xiannian refused her help.

  Gu Xianni led her to a bench at the side of the street and sat down: "What did you want to say to me just now?"

  The wind of early winter blew through the withered yellow leaves, making a rustling sound, like a whisper in the ear. Tang sugar glanced around and didn't want to disturb the loving couple. The girl had a happy face, and Tang sugar's attention was drawn over there. Hearing Gu Xian's question, she responded vaguely with an "Hmm?" and then suddenly realized: "I wanted to ask...ask..." She inexplicably became stuttering: "Why do you need to explain to me?"

  She was vague, and it wasn't until later that she realized: "I'm afraid you'll misunderstand."

  "Are you afraid I'll misunderstand?" Tang Sugar asked in shock.

  "In the past, I looked elsewhere, but now I'm telling you sincerely: 'I care about you.'"

  Tang Sugar looked at him with a stunned expression like being struck by five thunders, but in her heart she was actually overjoyed.

  "So I don't like you being with Xia Ye."

  Tang Sugar's face was expressionless, but his heart was racing like a deer. The hand that once held Xia Ye's hand now didn't dare to show itself and wasn't worthy of being seen. Taking advantage of Gu Xian's unawareness, Tang Sugar put it in his pocket and imprisoned it.

  After sitting for a while, Gu Xianian stood up and gave Tangtang a big smile: "I'll go first, you should hurry back too."

  Tang Sugar only then noticed that the night was already thick with makeup, and the lanterns were overflowing with color.

  She glanced at the money in her hand, turned around to look for Gu Xian's figure, he walked really fast, and was about to be submerged in the crowd in the distance, so she quickly got up and chased after him.

  Gu Xiannian turned his head around upon hearing the shout behind him, and was shocked to see Tang Sugar. She was panting heavily, her face flushed bright red, which even the night couldn't conceal. With great sincerity, she said "thank you" to him, quickly stuffed something into his hand, and then ran away.

  He looked down and saw that it was the money he couldn't send, he raised his head, his eyes searching for Sugar's figure in the dim light of the lamps, and didn't leave for a long time.