Chapter 56: Brother Chen, You Look a Little Melancholy Right Now
Over on the other side.
Li Qing Xue just returned to her classroom after class 7.
Coincidentally, Ye Liang Chen just stepped inside from outside.
Today, Ye Liang Chen looked totally different. He appeared a bit weak.
But when he saw Li Qing Xue, his pale lips still managed a forced smile, nodding slightly at her before returning to his seat.
It seemed like nothing was said, but the exhaustion on his body, the weakness, and that barely-there smile on his lips? Yeah, that basically said everything!
Seeing Ye Liang Chen in this state, Li Qing Xue’s gaze couldn’t help but follow his back and silhouette.
Ye Liang Chen, with his back turned to Li Qing Xue, slightly curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Last Saturday, apart from sending herself some study materials, Li Qing Xue didn’t bother with him at all.
Ye Liang Chen fell silent. So, he embraced himself in the rain, returning home, shutting himself in his room to reflect.
Finally, he concluded:
In his dreams, he was rejected 99 times while confessing to his beloved, and his heart turned to ashes.
How to describe that feeling?
He took 99 steps toward his loved one, but his white moonlight refused to take the last step toward him!
That feeling? Probably just disappointment, failure, defeat.
His dream-self was utterly disappointed and defeated—pretty rotten, to put it bluntly, kind of despondent, like he had lost all vitality.
But his real self in this life, because he knew everything in advance through the dream, was free of that kind of disappointment or failure after being rejected.
Women are all emotional animals. They admire the strong, but they also have the heart of a saint for the weak.
Especially someone like Li Qing Xue—more confident and showy than most girls.
She herself is strong enough to rival some guys, so when faced with equally talented people, she might not find her inner saint easy to spark.
But when facing a weaker person—someone familiar and close, yet utterly defeated—it activates her protective instincts even more!
As expected, Li Qing Xue’s gaze lingered longer on Ye Liang Chen than usual this time.
Ye Liang Chen took a deep breath, calmly turned to sit at his desk, met Li Qing Xue’s gaze, and offered a faint smile before withdrawing his eyes.
Previously, he deliberately avoided any contact with Li Qing Xue. Sure, that would have made her temporarily sad, but given her pride, that was all it would be.
Her pride would make her feel: 【Since you ignore me, I should ignore you too.】
That’s not what he wanted!
Now, he faced Li Qing Xue directly and showed her a calm, indifferent attitude.
This change in mentality? The hardest part to accept.
Because he had smiled at her, given her gentle eyes, and subconsciously made her think he was giving her a break, a chance to reconcile.
But actually, that’s a mistake. The top game of playing hard to get is to give her hope, then keep ignoring her.
This way, her initial joy of hoping to rekindle things would instantly turn into sadness, unease, and anxiety.
If she then saw him walk happily with the Treasure Girl, chatting and laughing—secrets buried in Li Qing Xue’s heart—those feelings of neglect and loss would gradually transform into jealousy and possessiveness!
Just thinking of this, Ye Liang Chen clenched his fists tightly.
My treasure girl!
Ye Liang Chen didn’t even dare to close his eyes now. Closed eyes? All he’d see was that b*stard Dragon Brother dressed in Treasure Girl pajamas!
How disgusting!
He dared do that to his treasure girl? Unforgivable!
He took a deep breath, forcibly calming his turbulent heart. If he hadn’t taken the initiative to get close to Treasure Girl, to show her concern, he wouldn’t have made Long Ao Tian feel threatened.
And wouldn’t have triggered that perverted possessiveness in that beast, forcing the treasure girl who should belong to him away!
A real man doesn’t ignore his own mistakes. It’s okay—he’d spend the rest of his life protecting his treasure girl properly.
With his vast, universe-touching love, he’d slowly heal her inner wounds.
Maybe, just maybe, the treasure girl, feeling his love, would develop some guilt towards him. And then more secrets could be unlocked, huh?
Thinking of that, Ye Liang Chen was even a little excited.
“Brother Chen, what are you thinking? Why are you smiling so happily?” Gao Quan sat at his desk and whispered.
“Nothing,” Ye Liang Chen turned to look out the window. After yesterday’s rain, today’s weather was exceptionally sunny.
“Brother Chen, you look a little gloomy now.”
Hearing Gao Quan, Ye Liang Chen suddenly turned back. “Really?”
“Mm-hm,” Gao Quan nodded seriously, “That moment you looked out the window just now, kinda gloomy, you know?”
Ye Liang Chen’s eyes drooped silently, a gentle curve forming at the corner of his mouth.
“Then what about this?”
He lowered his gaze to a 45-degree angle and closed his eyes slightly.
“Even gloomier. Brother Chen, are you okay? Is the pressure too much? Don’t get depressed, okay?”
“Don’t worry, I’ve never enjoyed myself this much before. Don’t talk, let me enjoy for a bit.”
Ye Liang Chen maintained this posture, searching for inspiration.
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In the end, Ye Liang Chen grinned.
He glanced at Li Qing Xue’s back, then secretly pinched Gao Quan’s arm!
“Oh!” Gao Quan suddenly yelped in pain.
Everyone turned at the commotion, looking toward Gao Quan.
Seeing this, Ye Liang Chen quickly cast a subtle 45-degree look, showing his sharp jawline and softly closing his eyes.
Li Qing Xue shot a glance at Gao Quan, who was grimacing and rubbing his arm, then at Ye Liang Chen, quietly full of sorrow, with eyes lowered.
Her beautiful eyes flickered slightly but she chose to withdraw her gaze.
If she kept obsessing over Ye Liang Chen like this, it would be an extremely irresponsible attitude toward herself.
Even if she didn’t want to disappoint her parents’ expectations, she had to take responsibility for her own life.
She knew now was the time to focus on studying.
She just didn’t want to be in love during the crucial gaokao period—nothing wrong with that.
With this in mind, Li Qing Xue neatly organized her study materials and placed them on her deskmate Wang Rui’s table. “Please give this to Ye Liang Chen.”
Wang Rui glanced and immediately knew it was Li Qing Xue’s study materials. She chuckled. “Are you this concerned about Ye Liang Chen?”
“If someone made me cry, I wouldn’t bother with them,” Li Qing Xue replied.
Wang Rui said that, but still got up and handed Li Qing Xue’s neatly prepared study materials over to Ye Liang Chen.
Seeing him receive her stuff, Li Qing Xue exhaled a little relieved.
All she could do now was help her good friend of nine years a bit with his studies.
Hope he can make a last effort, then ease up that huge pressure.
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【Huh? Not donating for reading? Man, I really wanna punch you… (facepalms and laughs)】
【Also, big thanks to the little brothers and sisters for the gifts! Seriously, thank you all so much—heartfelt!】
