Chapter 26: An Unpeaceful Christmas Eve

  When I walked out of the report hall, the ground was already covered with a layer of white. This year's first snow quietly arrived on Christmas Eve.

  Snowflakes gently fall in the winter night, drifting with the wind, landing on the road surface, falling on passing vehicles, and falling on people.

  Everyone walked out of the conference hall with excitement and screams, talking about the sudden snow, discussing the wonderful performance just now. The girl with a red face blown by the cold wind said this to her sister who was hand in hand with her, unable to hide the joy on her face.

  Some people tread the snow carefully, while others chase and play with each other. Gu Xiang walks alone in the wind and snow with his guitar on his back. Next to him is a girl's scream "Gu Xiang, ah, it's really Gu Xiang!" He smiled at the girl without stopping his footsteps.

  Seeing the snowflakes fluttering outside, Xianmiao put her hands into the pockets of her coat, and the sudden snow added a touch of unexpectedness to this night. As she turned around the corridor outside the classroom, her surprise came suddenly.

  "Where's my gift?" Cheng Mu leaned against the wall with one hand in his pocket and the other behind his back.

  "I didn't promise you a gift" Xian Miao looked up at him, her heart filled with surprise and delight, surprised that he had come, delighted that he was here.

  He shrugged and pulled out a small box from behind his back, "Open it when you get home"

  "I don't want it." Xian Mei took a step back and didn't reach out to take it.

  "What's wrong? I rummaged through the boxes for half a day to find my first-year physics notes, don't regret it if you don't want them." Cheng Mu made a gesture of putting the box away, with a mischievous smile observing Xing Mian's expression.

  Xiao Mei was so annoyed with herself that she said in a huff, "I don't want it anymore!" This person is really annoying, choosing such an unlucky day to give me the notebook, making it hard for me not to be superstitious.

  "Huh, are you angry?" Cheng Mu lowered his head, leaned in close to her face, and stared intensely into her eyes.

  Xiao Mei ignored him, feeling both regretful and angry in her heart, turned around and left.

  "Wait for me, ah——Liu Xuanmei!" Cheng Mu hastily took big strides to chase after her.

  Two people walked in the snow, one after another, with snowflakes falling on their bodies without brushing them off. In such a wonderful time, it seemed that walking like this would lead to white hair.

  Xia Xi returned to the classroom with her backpack, took a glance at Class 2, and saw that Lu Dongqi was still there. She decided to wait for him on the small path leading to the school gate. She wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck, clutched the glow-in-the-dark apple in her hand, and carefully watched every passerby, afraid of missing Lu Dongqi if she wasn't careful. Her little heart beat nervously and anxiously.

  The snow had fallen on his body in a thin layer before Lu Dongqi walked out, with Shen Luyao following closely behind him.

  "Dong Qi——" Shen Luyu wore a red coat, like a ball of fire in the snowflakes, and pulled out a pale green thing from her pocket. Xia Xixi's eyes widened as she stood in the dark, how could she not recognize what was in Shen Luyu's hand? It was one of the three night-glowing apples that she had held in her palm and admired countless times.

  "This is for you" Shen Luoyao's face turned red as she handed the apple to Lu Dongqi.

  "Oh, thank you" Lu Dongqi hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it.

  "Lu Dongqi, I...I like you" Shen Luoyao said cautiously, her voice as soft as a wandering thread, and the girl's heart was revealed, her face blushing with shame.

  Lu Dongqi was shocked by her words and furrowed his brow involuntarily.

  What shocked was not only Lu Dongqi, but also Xia Xixi. She stood far away and did not hear Shen Luyu's words, but she saw the whole process of Dongqi accepting Luyu's apple clearly.

  "Since someone has already given it to you, I don't need to give mine," she said with a huff, turning around and walking quickly towards the school gate. Snowflakes fell on her face, eyelashes, and melted away secretly, the sourness in her heart solidified into ice.

  She couldn't help but think of the scene earlier, and her mind kept flashing back to the time Dong Qi had appendicitis, lying alone in the hospital bed, his face so pale it scared her, yes, she was so afraid of losing him.

  As she turned around and ran back, she wanted to give him the gift and tell him her concerns. Some answers she couldn't wait until tomorrow.

  She panted heavily and ran towards Lu Dongqi's direction.

  "I don't like anyone, whether it's you or Xia Xi, they're all like my sister" Lu Dongqi's voice floated into her ears, mixed with the cold air and snowflakes that fell on her heart, she was stunned in place, feeling suffocated, even breathing became a laborious task

  "What's wrong?" Dong Qi soon discovered her

  "Lu Dongqi, what a coincidence!" She forced out a smile that was even uglier than crying and waved at him.

  "Waiting for someone?" Dong Qi looked at her with a puzzled expression. The cold wind was biting, and her small face had turned bright red from the chill. She hadn't even brushed off the snow that had fallen on her body.

  "Uh, I'll go first." Xi Xi hastily ran in the opposite direction of Dong Qi. Before turning around, she saw Shen Luoyao squatting on the ground behind Dong Qi, burying her face in her arms. At that moment, she didn't even have the courage to hear the answer with her own ears, and only wanted to quickly escape this awkward situation.

  "Hey, Merry Christmas!" Lu Dongqi shouted from behind her back.

  She didn't hear what Lu Dongqi was shouting, she only had one thought, to run quickly. Xia Xixi ran with all her might, and her heart no longer felt cold. She had seen a movie that said as long as people ran fast enough, time would flow backwards. How she wished she could run like this and make time flow backwards, so she wouldn't have heard Lu Dongqi's words just now, and she could continue to wait for him with a dead heart.

  Thinking like this, they ran and didn't care about the slippery road on snowy days, nor did they care if they were heading in the right direction. They kept running until they heavily collided with an unknown object, slipped under their feet, and both fell to the ground at the same time.

  "Ah..." Chen Yan took a deep breath of cold air, his entire back slamming into the snowy ground, throbbing with pain. The force of Xi Xi's body crashing onto his had been fully absorbed by him, yet she seemed completely unscathed.

  He stood up with one hand supporting himself on the ground, patted the snow off his body and said, "Xia XiXi, are you being chased by ghosts from behind?"

  Xixi, who was usually sharp-tongued and quick-witted, had no reaction at all. She lay dazed in the snow, neither responding to Chen Yan's words nor getting up.

  "Hey, are you out of your mind?" This brave and skilled little hedgehog had never been so disheveled in front of him before. Chen Yan couldn't bear it anymore, bent down, stretched out his hand to help her up.

  Xixi slapped away his outstretched hand, curled up her body, buried her face in her knees, and burst into loud sobs amidst the swirling snow.

  Chen Yan raised an eyebrow, one hand grasping her arm and the other wrapping around her waist, forcibly pulling her up.

  "Don't touch me!" Xi Xi shouted at him, struggling with all her might. She just wanted to lie down in the snow and cry for a while, but did that bother him too? Lu Dongqi didn't like her, Chen Yan couldn't stand her either, how could she be so unsuccessful, thinking this way made Xi Xi cry even more sorrowfully.

  Chen Yan feared Xi Xi would get frostbite in the snow, so he grasped her hand and drew close to her, using his body to support her weight, preventing her from falling again. Xi Xi stopped struggling and leaned against Chen Yan's chest, softly sobbing.

  "Don't cry anymore, or I'll kiss you" The light tone, on this snowy day, however, carries a hint of warmth.

  Xi Xi naturally took his words to heart, hastily leaving his embrace, using her frozen red hand to wipe away tears, sobbing and saying: "I'm just hurt"

  Chen Yan burst out laughing, reached out to help her wipe away the tears on her face. His hand was warm, her face was cool, and the temperature spread from his fingertips as soon as they touched her cheek. Xi Xi immediately took two steps back, watching him warily.

  After staring at each other for a few seconds, Xi Xi suddenly remembered something and took out the night-glowing apple from her down jacket pocket and handed it to Chen Yan, "Here you go".

  "Xia Xi Xi, do you know what apples represent?" Chen Yan suddenly smiled

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