Raise Love-99-His heart was first in turmoil

At that time, her feelings for Ryder were still in a state of hazy admiration. She just thought he was so handsome and his academic performance was so excellent. She thought this person must be blessed by the gods.

Unexpectedly, years later, she really had a top - student by her side, and it was the very person who was once blessed by the gods.

The top - student was almost hers!

Ryder was really, really, really handsome.

The girl's almond - shaped eyes were bright. Looking at the boy in front of her, there was so much charming light and smile that it seemed about to overflow.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that at this moment, the boy she was looking at was like her whole world.

Ryder was a bit flustered by such clear and undisguised eyes. His Adam's apple couldn't help but roll, and he suddenly felt extremely hot.

His eyes darkened slightly, and he gently pinched her face.

His voice, deliberately lowered to the minimum, had a bit of a seductive hoarseness. "Finished?"

"Yeah." Aria neatly organized all her books. She only had two classes in the afternoon and would come back to the library after class, so she decided not to take her things away. "Let's go eat."

There was still a little less than half a cup of the milk tea she bought when she came. Aria was busy with her homework and only took a few sips, and those were even fed to her by Ryder.

Most of it was drunk by Ryder, who drank it mouthful by mouthful when he got bored waiting. He casually picked up the cup.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to glance at his high - school classmate who was still doing CET - 6 questions without being affected by their departure at all.

His gaze was unhurried.

It wasn't until the two of them walked far away and pushed the door to leave the study room of the library that Kiran scratched his head, stared at the door with a strange expression for a few seconds.

He really felt that something was off.

No wonder the students in their department always complained that the president of the student union was a hard - to - fathom person. Ryder had become even more unfathomable than before.

For the students in the Department of Mathematics, their impression of Ryder was more about the fact that although he majored in computer science, his mathematics was incredibly good, rather than his identity as the president of the student union.

The gold medal of the annual math competition at Harvard University always went to others.

This made the students in this year's Department of Mathematics feel extremely frustrated.

Kiran, who was always the second - place finisher, didn't find it strange. After all, it was just the second place. He was used to it.

For so many years, he simply couldn't surpass that person.

This person's scientific thinking was so meticulous and sharp that no one could surpass him. It was just that his temper and personality were getting weirder.

Kiran, who was only focused on his studies and didn't know that he had been regarded as the number - one rival in love for prying into the corner, only stared for a few seconds, then stopped wasting any more time and seriously did his practice questions.

The small cafeteria at Harvard University had newly launched stone - pot bibimbap. Aria remembered that Sydney had highly praised it throughout the evening self - study last night.

After asking Ryder's opinion, they specifically went to try it.

After lunch, they returned to the dormitory. When they stopped in front of the apartment, Aria said goodbye to him as usual. But when she turned around, she was pulled back.

Ryder suddenly hooked her little finger.

Aria was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Now he almost sent her back to the dormitory every day. And he was no longer like before, leaving right after sending her. Instead, he would wait a little longer.

He would stand there, watching her enter the apartment with his own eyes. After she climbed the stairs between the first and second floors, she would stick her head out, wave to him, and he would smile at her, motioning for her to go upstairs quickly, and then he would leave.

The first day he sent her like this, Aria leaned on the handrail of the stairs. Her nose was so sour that her eyes were red.

Ryder.

Do you know how many times I've quietly watched your leaving back?

For so many years, there were so many times that she couldn't even count them herself.

She couldn't help but giggle.

But as she laughed, big tears rolled down her face.

The girls passing by on the stairs looked at her with strange eyes. Some kind - hearted girls would even ask her why she was crying.

Then they would nervously hand her tissues and persuade her not to cry, saying that if she had encountered something bad, it would pass soon.

Aria thanked them and shook her head with a smile.

She wasn't having a bad time. She just, seemingly, had been extremely lucky all of a sudden.

How fortunate she was that one day her dream came true.

The soft sunlight brushed past her hair and side - face. Just looking at the boy in front of her, Aria felt that life had become so beautiful.

Ryder shook her hooked little finger, then lowered his head and leaned closer to her before speaking, calling her in a low voice.

"Airy."

"Hmm?" Without permission, he wouldn't do anything excessive. Aria was used to him hooking her hand and didn't resist.

Ryder lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment.

It was not until Aria looked at him in confusion that he asked casually, "The boy across from you in the library just now, you know him?"

Aria thought that the matter of him writing about being jealous on the note in the library was over, and she also knew that Kiran was his classmate.

So she didn't think much of it and nodded naturally. "Yes." After a pause, she explained, "He's my primary - school classmate."

Ryder's eyes darkened.

The scene he saw when he went to the library to find Aria just now flashed into his mind. The little girl and Kiran seemed very close when they were discussing the problem.

He couldn't help but think of what Aria had said about the person she liked.

Good at studying, good - looking.

Gentle, gentlemanly, patient, shining under the national flag.

He had thought that so many beautiful words piled together seemed fake. How could there be such a person? What would that person be like?

But in the library just now, in his chaotic thoughts, Ryder unexpectedly matched these words with the boy across from him.

...Kiran fit the description.

Good at studying. In high school, he was always the second - best, only second to him in grades.

Good - looking. Ryder always thought he was outstandingly handsome, but he forgot that people have different looks and temperaments.

Kiran had a good - looking face, gentle and polite, similar to his brother's gentle and refined type. His expressions and actions when explaining the problem were exactly what could be called gentle and patient.

As for being gentlemanly, it was just an adjective the little girl had given. Good - looking boys could pretend to be gentlemanly.

He had spoken on the podium many times because of fighting, while Kiran, on the contrary, gave speeches as a student representative under the national flag. He was the kind of person who was liked.

He just happened to be the so - called "shining".

Ryder didn't want to admit it. He lay on the table, racking his brains to find counter - examples to refute those words.

However, he couldn't find any.

He had to admit it.

Perhaps, in the little girl's eyes, he really wasn't as good as Kiran?

At that moment, the most intense emotion he felt was not anger or jealousy, but a rare sense of panic.

This was an emotion that almost never appeared in Ryder.

A primary - school classmate.

They should have known each other for a long time. They met in high school and reunited in college. In other words, weren't they childhood sweethearts?

Ryder was in a very bad mood, extremely irritable.

He thought of the delicate little girl in front of him. For the person she liked, she had cried so many times in front of him, looking so pitiful.

It made his heart ache.

In his life, no one had ever told Ryder that when you really like someone, it starts with a lack of confidence.

But he was so proud. When had the word "inferiority" ever appeared in Ryder's dictionary?

At this moment, with only those good words in his mind, Ryder completely forgot that Aria had also said that the person she liked had had many girlfriends, and in his mind, that person was probably a playboy.

And Kiran?

He was simply a science - loving male student who was immersed in academics.

It was his heart that was in turmoil first.