Chapter 66: Fearsome Affection

  On weekends when there were no classes, Qiao Anyu would always invite Leng Ning to the library to read books. Gu Siqi thought the journey was too far and refused to come out of her house. As for Yu Shuang, Qiao Anyu felt that they had already become strangers, and a nod or a smile when they met was enough as a greeting. Although she didn't understand why, they still respected her wishes and didn't bother her again.

  Qiao Anyu was waiting for Leng Bing under her own building, she raised her hand to look at her watch, it had been more than half an hour past the agreed time, and she still hadn't arrived. This didn't match her usual punctual style at all. Maybe something had happened on the way. Let's wait a little longer.

  Just then, Leng Jing came running over and threw herself into Qiao Anyu's arms, sobbing loudly.

  Qiao An was startled by Yu Lian's actions and quickly supported her, asking repeatedly: "What's wrong? What's wrong? What's wrong?"

  She sobbed so hard that she couldn't speak anymore.

  Qiao Anyu led her to her own home, where no one was present. She and Leng Ning sat on the sofa in the living room, not asking any more questions, but gently patting her shoulder.

  It's better to be able to cry and vent than to keep it all bottled up inside.

  After calming down and settling quietly, Qiao Anyu finally knew the beginning and end of things.

  Yesterday after school, Qin Hui, the mischievous boy from elementary school who always gave her a headache, handed her a note and asked to meet at the West Lake Park entrance today, saying he had something to tell her. Since sitting together in fifth grade, Leng Bing and Qin Hui hadn't really interacted with each other much. She couldn't think of what Qin Hui would want to talk to her about, but curiosity got the better of her, so she went to West Lake Park at the agreed time. Unexpectedly, Qin Hui confessed his feelings to her, and Leng Bing immediately rejected him. He was extremely heartbroken, pulled out a small knife from his pocket, and started carving her name onto his left arm, one cut at a time, with blood gushing out and staining his entire arm red. Leng Bing was terrified as she watched him, rushed over to try to grab the knife from his hand, and stop his crazy behavior. However, he suddenly hugged her tightly, making her even more frightened, so she pushed him away, left him alone, and fled in terror.

  Qiao Anyu sighed: "Qin Hui is really pitiful, your name has been written so many times."

  Her tears of grief suddenly turned into laughter, but immediately she put on a serious face again: "I'm still in shock, and you're already in the mood to joke."

  Qiao An Yu Liang hastily poured hot water for Leng Ning to calm her nerves: "That's right, I've heard before that Qin Hui had a falling out with Tang Yu Xin over a girl, and that's why Tang Yu Xin tried to kill herself."

  She held a cup of water with white mist, and smiled bitterly: "This girl is me. He mentioned this to me today, but Tang Yuxin didn't come to bother me, otherwise I wouldn't have known that Qin Hui had secretly liked me all along. In elementary school, he made my head ache; in junior high school, whenever I saw him, his face was as cold as ice, and he didn't even look at me. Today, he suddenly said he likes me, and I'm not prepared at all."

  "His indifference is just an act. I've seen him when he's down. Maybe, at that time, he was thinking of you." Qiao Anyu thought back to the time she went to the rooftop to find Shu Zimo and saw Qin Hui with a dejected expression, and the last sentence she said half-jokingly.

  "I don't understand why he would like me, we were just seatmates in elementary school. In junior high, there was a time when he got into trouble and almost got expelled, I happened to have something to do at the administration office, so I conveniently lied for him to prove that he wasn't present when the incident occurred, and the school withdrew its disciplinary decision against him. Could it be that just because of this, someone can develop feelings for another person?"

  Leng Ning has read many romance novels, but when it comes to emotions, she is a complete blank slate. So far, she hasn't had her heart moved by any boy, and the love letters and gifts sent secretly by her pursuers are all thrown into the trash can without hesitation, not even batting an eyelid. She remembers that once, a boy gave her a gift he had longed for but couldn't get, and she didn't even look at it, walking past him with a completely expressionless face, leaving the boy's hand awkwardly suspended in mid-air.

  She is a person who loves and hates clearly, and her classmates all say that she is too ruthless to those who pursue her. From then on, the boys who like her can only take the secret love route, and they don't dare to show any affection anymore.

  "Many times, you like someone without a reason. Don't look at him putting on a mask when he sees you, but actually his heart is surging with waves. You haven't tried the taste of secretly liking someone, so you can't understand his behavior. Forgive him, young and impulsive, who doesn't have a momentary impulse? Qin Hui may be a headache for teachers, but he's not a bad person...". Qiao Anyu comforted Leng Ning for a while before stabilizing her emotions.