Chapter 42: A Flavorless Struggle 1

Sis, maybe it's just a coincidence; that night, from his eyes and his tone, I could tell he clearly cared about you—after all, I'm a man too, I understand that feeling." Liu Xi perhaps saw I was tearing up, and hurried to comfort me.

Heh, don't give me hope; I still don't know what kind of person he is. Luckily I'm not in too deep—don't worry, older sister, I'll be fine." I forced a smile onto my face and said to Liu Xi.

I know my expression must look awful, with two streams of tears on my face, and I'm forcing out such a strained smile.

Liu Xi and I returned home carrying the fruit originally meant for Shangguan Yun, and Mom, seeing us back, said: "You two went out for so long and came back with just this bag of fruit?" I put the fruit on the living-room sofa and said nothing.

Mom lifted her head, looked at me, and said: "Xuanxuan, why are your eyes all red? Did you cry?"

"No, Mom, I just got sand in my eyes by accident—don't believe me, ask Liu Xi." After saying that, I went into my room.

Not long after I returned to my room, Liu Xi followed me in, seemingly to comfort me.

I leaned against the headboard, he came and sat beside me, twitched the corner of his mouth, and I stopped him, saying: "Don't bother with comforting words. If you want to play games, go play by yourself. Move gently—I'm going to take a shower first, then I'll sleep." Having said that, I got up, grabbed my pajamas, and headed to the bathroom.

I filled the tub with hot water, sat in it, feeling much more relaxed all over, recalling that night when Shangguan Yun kissed me, and also the night he held me—his gaze was so gentle and attentive; I was almost drawn in, almost believed his words, fortunately I kept my eyes sharp……

"Older sister, your phone……" Just as I was lost in thought, I heard Liu Xi's call.

"Tell them I'm not here." I shouted angrily.

Nobody knows, even though they clearly know I'm in the shower, they keep yelling and yelling for me to answer the phone.

When I had finished showering, put on my pajamas, and was drying my hair with a towel as I entered the room, that brat Liu Xi was still in my room; seeing me come in, he said to me: "Shangguan Yun called, he wants you to call him back."