Raise Love-34-"I didn't sleep enough"

Aria bit her lip hesitantly.

No one could be sure. What if she got scolded too...

"Sis, I'll give you a hand." Sydney didn't give her a chance to hesitate any longer. While she was hesitating, Sydney put her hand on Aria's lower back and pushed her forward with force.

Go for it —

They were standing on the top step.

Aria stumbled forward a few steps. After stabilizing herself, she immediately turned around in disbelief and glared at Sydney.

Sydney blinked innocently: "Go quickly!"

Ryder had put his baseball cap back on at some point. He was still in that slovenly position, with his legs crossed, sleeping like an old man with his arms pillowed.

Aria shuffled over to his side quietly.

Her hands hanging by her sides tightened on the stiff camouflage pants. She didn't quite know how to start.

She didn't dare to disturb him.

However, what she didn't know was that as she approached, her shadow also fell on Ryder.

And it was swaying back and forth.

This allowed Ryder to notice her presence immediately.

Ryder had been waiting.

This one seemed much more timid than the last one. He was waiting so patiently that he was almost falling asleep again, and still she hadn't said anything.

If it weren't for the swaying shadow, he would have thought she had left.

His patience was completely exhausted. He pulled down his baseball cap, lifted his eyelids expressionlessly, and said in a cold tone, "What do you..."

Then he saw who it was.

He stopped abruptly.

Aria was so frightened by his deep and cold eyes that she took a step back.

"You..."

Aria looked at him cautiously.

The girl's beautiful, watery almond eyes were as panicked as a frightened fawn in that instant. She wanted to run but stopped in her tracks.

Ryder naturally knew how fierce he had been just now.

He let out a soft breath, raised his arm to cover his eyes, and after a while, slowly moved it away.

"Did I scare you?" He pressed his temples, and his eyes returned to their usual lazy look. He put down the leg that was propped on the table, threw the baseball cap on the table, and asked her casually.

Aria bit her lip and lied, "... No."

Ryder sneered.

Who was she kidding? She was almost scared to death just now.

The little girl was so delicate.

But he didn't point it out. He raised his eyebrows and asked lazily, "Haven't you gone back?"

Aria: "... Ah."

She couldn't say that she had followed because she saw a girl coming to him.

She was stumped by this question for a moment.

Ryder looked at the little girl's hesitant look and somehow found it funny. He lazily put his arm on the back of the chair and asked again, "Or do you need something from me?"

There was no one left on the entire playground. Besides Sydney, who had come with her, only Ryder, the chairman, was leaning here taking a nap.

If she wasn't looking for him on purpose, then the only reason would be to get caught in the rain.

Who in their right mind would want to get caught in the rain on purpose?

Aria sighed. Yeah, who would want to get caught in the rain? She thought for a while, then looked at him without changing her expression and shook her head.

She said, "Nothing."

Ryder didn't say anything, just raised his eyebrows.

Aria: "I think the view here is good. It's suitable for enjoying the rain."

Even she thought this statement was fake as soon as she said it.

She secretly lowered her eyes and glanced at Ryder, and as expected, met his smiling and teasing eyes.

However, since she had made up the excuse, there was no way to back down.

She forced herself to say, "I... I didn't expect you to be here either. And I happened to run into that girl confessing to you."

"Really?" Ryder crossed his arms on the back of the chair, put his chin on it, still in that teasing manner.

"No... Otherwise?"

Ryder chuckled.

He let out a soft sigh. Silly girl.

She stuttered every time she lied, yet she didn't realize it. She acted so confidently. She'd probably get angry if he exposed her.

Ryder stopped teasing her. He nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you."

Aria visibly relaxed.

The smile in Ryder's eyes became even more obvious.

The little girl was so easy to deceive.

He stretched out his leg and hooked an empty chair beside him, half - pushed and half - kicked it in front of her, and lifted his chin, "Sit."

"Okay." Aria's eyes passed over his long leg, then she pulled the chair and sat down obediently at a proper distance from him.

Remembering something, she started to look at him again.

The boy was leaning lazily. He didn't seem very energetic, but his eyes were calm, and there was no sign of a bad mood.

He was looking at his phone.

Aria guessed that his waking - up anger should have dissipated.

She was really scared just now because she had seen Ryder fight before. The fierce look in his eyes was almost the same as the look he gave her just now.

Like an enraged wolf.

As if he would pounce on her and bite her neck off the next second.

The rain was pattering. Neither of them spoke again. It was so quiet in this space that their breathing could be heard.

Aria felt a bit uncomfortable. She also took out her phone from the pocket of her military training uniform, unlocked the screen, and saw the Instagram message Sydney sent her. She was stunned for two seconds.

「Sydney」: Baby, I won't disturb you two getting along. I'm leaving~~~

Aria: "... "

She subconsciously turned her head to look at the side of the podium.

That was the place where they had been hiding, and now there was no one there.

At this time, the phone in her hand vibrated again. Aria looked down.

「Sydney」: At the door, look up.

Aria turned her head.

Her eyesight wasn't particularly good, but her degree wasn't high either. However, she would habitually squint when looking at the distance.

Far away, at the entrance of the playground.

There was a small figure. As if waiting for her to turn around on purpose, the next second, it enthusiastically raised its arm and waved.

The phone vibrated.

「Sydney」: Baby, seize the opportunity well. It would be best if you could have a meal with him again. Just go for it!

「Sydney」: Thumb up/Thumb up/Thumb up

Aria was really couldn't help laughing and crying.

A figure leaned over, and his gaze swept across the phone screen. He asked casually, "What are you looking at that's so funny?"

In a flash, Aria's heart skipped a beat. Then, she quickly covered the screen with her hand.

"Nothing!"

"Oh, not allowed to look." Ryder leaned back, raised his eyebrows with a half - smile, "So it's something shameful."

Aria retorted, "What shameful thing? It's a chat record between girls. Of course, I can't show it to you."

"Okay." Ryder yawned lazily.

He looked very tired today.

There were faint blue circles under his eyes, and his face looked tired. He seemed to be very short of sleep and listless.

Aria was suspicious, "Didn't you sleep last night?"

"I did."

"Then why do you have such heavy dark circles?" Aria pouted. She also had the habit of staying up late, but only occasionally, because of reading novels.

She liked reading stories.

Sometimes when she came across a good novel, she would stay up very late. The next day when she woke up, it was really tough. Her eyes were so sore that she could hardly open them, but she felt uncomfortable if she didn't finish reading.

Ryder said slowly, "I didn't sleep enough."

Not just not enough. You look like you've been drained by a goblin, Aria thought to herself.

She paused, a little worried that he might die suddenly. "Then you're not going to sleep? I won't disturb you. You can go on sleeping."