Chapter 3: The Most Humble When I Like You (18)

  The First Watch

  "On a serious summer night, Tang Xin's elder brother scolded him: 'Take a good look, the one standing in front of you is your own sister, her name is Tang Tang, and I told you not to call her fatty pig again, have you forgotten? You should call her Sister Tang Tang, did you hear me? If you don't behave, brother will send you to the pig farm to eat and sleep with the pigs!'"

  "No!" Tāng Xīn turned around in Xià Yè's arms and buried her head in his chest, as if she was extremely afraid that her brother would send him to the pig farm.

  Tang sugar looked at Xia Ye with a mixture of embarrassment and gratitude, then lowered his head.

  Before long, Tang Xin couldn't help but lift her head from Xia Ye's arms, turn around and look at Tang Tang seriously. She muttered in a low voice, "She's obviously very fat, I'll call her when she loses weight and becomes pretty."

  "No way!" Xia Ye said resolutely, staring at Nuan Xin with a stern face.

  "Help! Help!" The little guy yelled loudly in fright.

  The summer night's complexion finally eased, and she looked deeply at Tang Sugar, who was standing on one side with a silly smile, nodding her head in affirmation: "You did well, you know how to defend your own dignity."

  He stopped here and frowned, looking at her in confusion: "You can't just be 'a mouse carrying a gun in its nest' at home, you have to be just as fierce outside!"

  Tang Sugar's expression froze on his face, looking like he was crying and laughing at the same time: What's wrong with you? I'm clearly a tiger, a little tiger, not some old mouse!

  Xia Ye looked like a patriarch, bowing his head to interrogate the restless little thing in his arms: "Be honest, why are you bullying your sister again?"

  Tang Sugar's face turned white with fright, and he wished he could rush up and cover Tang Xin's lovely little mouth tightly.

  She hastily rushed towards Tang Xin, raising her eyebrows and making eyes at him, pouting and baring her teeth, desperately signaling to him not to speak.

  But the little guy didn't even glance at her, defending himself: "Sister is wrong to say I peeked at her bathing, look at how fat she's become, just one glance and you'd want to vomit for half a day, brother, if it were you wouldn't you rather sneak a peek at a pig bathing than her?"

  "Smelly brat! Pigs don't take baths, do they?!": Tang Sugar was furious and shouted from the side, clenching her two chubby fists. If Xia Ye hadn't been there, she might have pounced on Tang Xin to bully him until his face turned blue and swollen.

  On a summer night, Shen Yan calmly took the sugar from top to bottom and looked at it several times. He said with a straight face: "It's a bit fat, but if there's a chance, I'll still sneak a peek!"

  "Next time she takes a bath, I'll help you blow the wind!" The little guy said excitedly.

  "Great!" Xia Ye stretched out her finger: "Come on, let's make a pinky promise, what we say counts!"

  Tang Sugar saw that the two brothers were coming and going, discussing themselves, their faces were so ashamed that they could fry an egg.

  I've lost to you two brothers! From now on, I'll lock the door when taking a bath and won't give you any chance to take advantage of me!

  She lowered her head with a silly expression.

  At night, when lying in bed, Tangtang's heart suddenly became happy, repeatedly recalling every detail of today's solo outing with Gu Xianian, and couldn't sleep. His helpless appearance was so cute, the feeling of carrying him on his back was so wonderful! Even the moment he moved the umbrella to his own head made Tangtang's heart skip a beat.

  He still has some good feelings about himself.

  There should be some point, right?

  Sugar sugar in the heart of self-doubting conjecture.

  Didn't he tell Du Juan that he didn't have princess sickness and was willing to do this and that for him?

  Yes, I'm willing to do anything for you, just ask you to glance back at me, okay?

  Tang Sugar thought it was sweet in his heart, but he didn't know why he left behind bitter tears.

  She said silently in her heart: From tomorrow on, I will do many good things for you, please look at me once, so that I will have the courage to get close to you again.

  Let me love you in my own clumsy way, from momentary to eternal, from a single leaf to knowing autumn.

  Fifteen years old, dark sky, a girl's tearful eyes see you for ten thousand years!

  When the sugar finally fell asleep, Xia Ye quietly pushed open the door and walked in. The all-night bright lights from the high-rise building outside shone through the soft curtains, making everything in the room seem hazy.

  Xia Ye sat down slowly beside Tang Su's bed, gazing at her quietly. Even in her sleep, the girl's face still had tears stains on it, he reached out his hand and gently wiped them away for her.

  How wonderful it would be if I could wipe away the sorrow in your heart, my dear girl! When you gaze intently at the boy you have a crush on, do you know that I stand behind you with a multitude of worries and watch you? Do you know that I have already fallen in love with you? It has nothing to do with appearance, to be honest, your looks are really bad. All this is because, through long observation and espionage, I gradually fell in love with the simple and clumsy you like white paper!

  After a few days, Gu Xiannian's foot had almost recovered, and he came to school.

  It's been a few days since she saw him, and Tang Sugar has been thinking about him all the time. Now that she sees him again, she finds that his attitude towards her has improved a lot. Although he still doesn't say a word to her in public or give her a warm smile, at least he no longer looks at her with cold, piercing eyes as if he's looking down on her.

  That's enough! Sugar's mouth corners always hung a hint of a faint smile that couldn't be hidden.

  His eyes looked softer than before, and he seemed to be stealing glances at her, as if there was something he wanted to say to her, with a look of wanting to speak but hesitating, seemingly...with a hint of anxiety.

  What does he want to say to himself?

  Tang sugar was tormented by this problem and didn't even listen to classes carefully.

  At the end of the second class in the morning, Gu Xianian suddenly walked past her seat, pretending to be nonchalant, but Tang Sugar noticed that he had put something unknown into his open pen box.

  Tang Sugar quickly picked it up and took a look, it was a small piece of paper that had been folded into a neat square. At first she thought it was just scrap paper, but her curiosity got the better of her and she secretly opened it to take a peek. On it was written in elegant handwriting: I'm waiting for you at the west corner of the teaching building, come quickly!

  Her heart suddenly started racing wildly, that corner was notorious for being secluded, what did he want to take her there for?

  She couldn't find the answer. Unintentionally, she raised her head and saw Gu Xianian looking at her, then turned around and walked towards the outside of the classroom, stopping at the door and turning back to look at Tang Sugar, this time tilting his head, indicating for her to follow him.

  Tangtang's heart had shrunk into a tight knot, and sweat seeped out of her palms as she quickly stuffed the note into her pocket, scanning the entire class without anyone noticing her.

  She finally stood up and walked out of the classroom, with Gu Xianyan leaving first.

  The two of them stepped out the door, and just as they did, a person emerged from the classroom, following closely behind Tang Su in a hesitant manner.