Shangguan Yao suddenly thought of the key point: "How could they have set fire and made such a big deal out of it?!"

  Even if it was a prank in the past, it didn't go this far, who made things so big?

  "Hmm, arson! If she hadn't smashed the door open with a hammer herself, I reckon she'd be dead for sure. When I arrived, she was unconscious at the storage room door, and if I had been any later, the fire would have spread and she would have been done for!" Gong Chen explained once again, his gaze towards Cheng Xiao You was inscrutable.

  "This has nothing to do with me, you all continue discussing!" Ling Ye Xi however had zero interest in this from the start, coldly sidestepping Cheng Xiao You and preparing to leave.

  "I'm sorry, what I said was really unintentional!" Cheng Xiao You knew he was still angry and didn't know how to appease him.

  "Everyone has the freedom to like or dislike whoever they want, you don't like me, that's your right, no need to apologize to me!" Ling Ye Xi said coldly, as if not saying these sharp words would not dispel the suffocating air in her chest.

  Although he knew he shouldn't say these things, although he knew it would make their relationship awkward, and although he should have backed down, he seemed to suddenly lose his rationality and spoke out of the pain in his heart.

  "I don't dislike you! I really don't dislike you!" Cheng Xiao You grasped his clothes and pulled, the sad tears in her eyes rolled around but stubbornly refused to fall.

  "So you're saying I misheard?!" Ling Ye Xi said with a cold smile, as if compared to those insignificant misunderstandings, this sentence was the root of his anger.

  "You didn't hear wrong, but I didn't finish what I was saying!" Cheng Xiaoyou said with her head down, tears falling to the ground, looking very wronged. She only said that because of Gong Chen's mocking words.

  "Oh? Really?"

  Ling Ye Xi's voice was still icy cold, unable to detect any sincerity in her words.

  "What exactly are you going to say?!" Shangguan Yao, who was standing aside, couldn't bear it anymore. Seeing Xiaoyou's usual spirited appearance, he felt a twinge of sympathy in his heart as he looked at her now crying so pitifully.

  "What I'm saying is, how could I possibly like Ling Ye Xi..." Cheng Xiao You said, lifting her head and looking at Ling Ye Xi's back with a burst of courage: "Because I have self-awareness! The three young masters of Sheng Yu are liked by so many girls, and Ling classmate is such a great person! How could I possibly like him? As long as I have a bit of self-awareness, I wouldn't dare to like someone so perfect!"

  "So, I won't like you, really won't..."

  A painful whisper rose up behind Ling Ye Xi, Cheng Xiao You looked at the person in front of her without any reaction, feeling as if her entire world had sunk into darkness. She could only let herself interpret it, not daring to let go, deeply afraid that once she let go, the person in front of her would disappear from her sight and never turn back.

  "That streak of dawn on the dark night, Ling Tongxue, you must have no idea what you brought to me that evening?!"

  "That night, when I was walking down the mountain by myself, I really wanted to give up. You must think it's laughable that Cheng Xiaoyu, who always talks about having a firm dream, would also want to give up, but that night, I really thought about leaving Sheng Yu and this unfair school."

  "But at that time, I met you!"

  Early autumn evening, summer has not retreated yet, the cool breeze gently surrounds the balcony, and lingers around the four people standing there.

  In the evening wind, only the girl's murmurs can be heard, like a soft spell, entwining in the listener's heart.

  "Do you know that the moment you smiled at me, the streetlights on the mountain lit up, as if bringing endless hope to people. If it weren't for Ling classmate, I would have left Shengyu long ago."

  "When I left Class A, it was you, Ling, who grabbed my hand. Among so many gazes, I didn't look like a pathetic wretch being chased away."

  "It's only because you didn't laugh at my dreams, even on the morning of that match when no one came to practice. If it weren't for your encouragement, I might have really given up!"

  "How could I possibly be worthy of liking someone as perfect as Ling?"

  "Someone like Ling Tong, I used to think about what kind of girl would be worthy of you, but no matter how I thought about it, I didn't feel qualified to like you!"

  "What I said really didn't mean anything else, can you believe me, okay?!"

  The girl's voice was sincere and humble, looking at the back shadow in front of her with a pleading gaze, hoping that he would not be so angry anymore.

  Cheng Xiaoyou knew that her words might have hurt Ling Ye's feelings, after all, the one who had been helping her all along was him, yet she still said something so thoughtless.

  Ling Ye Xi stood there quietly, even her breathing seemed to have stopped. Just now, Cheng Xiao You's voice seemed to have directly reached her heart, triggering a wave of palpitations inside.

  That dull feeling has been swept away, and I don't know what's filled it up so full.

  Being able to say such a thing is probably also her limit, right?!

  He sighed, turned around, and looked at Cheng Xiaoyou behind him with red eyes. His gaze was no longer as cold as before: "What you said earlier, is it all true?!"

  As soon as she said this, Ling Ye Xi herself was shocked! She was speechless, how could she say something so stupid.

  Cheng Xiaoyou carefully looked at his expression, seeing that he didn't seem as distant and cold as before, the hanging heart finally put down, nodding heavily.

  "Is anyone hurt?" Ling Ye Xi spoke again, trying to make up for his earlier foolish question.

  "It's nothing, just a scratch." Cheng Xiao You shook her head, seeing that he seemed to have returned to his previous self, the tears subsiding, and she became happy again.

  "Crying and laughing, what a silly goose!" Ling Ye Xi couldn't help but shake her head, rubbing her hair: "Your hair isn't even dry yet and you're running around wildly, come on, go to my room to blow-dry your hair."

  "Uh-huh!" Cheng Xiaoyou nodded again, the smile at the corner of his mouth could no longer be suppressed. He had forgiven her, right? That meant he wouldn't pursue it anymore, right! This was truly the most exciting thing that had happened all evening.

  "Cheng, you said she clearly didn't like him, so why did it sound almost like a confession?!" Shangguan Yao stroked his chin, still reeling from Cheng Xiaoyu's words earlier: "It even moved me to emotions, when did those two get so close?! Especially since it sounded like Ye was the savior of the world and we were the evil Huang Shiren!"

  "Hmph!" Gong Chen returned to his usual taciturn state, watching the two people leave one after another, a layer of gloominess shrouding his eyes.

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