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Chapter 9 What are you apologizing to me for?

　　After saying that, Su Yue Lime felt that it sounded a bit strange, so she changed her words, "Then you might like to later-"

　　The words cut off, and she stiffly tugged at the corner of her lips, closing her mouth.

　　Qiao Si Yue had a premonition to turn her head to look over, and when she saw the person's appearance, the pre-prepared lines immediately got stuck in her throat, not going up and down.

　　He was tall, sweeping down a shadow, most of which fell on her back, like a burning fire, hot and uncomfortable.

　　Qiao Si Yue head empty for a split second, hands and feet do not know where to put, chopsticks were hooked by the elbow, snapped and fell to the ground.

　　She didn't pick them up and was still staring at him, seeing his open demeanor, her heart felt like it had been stung by something.

　　The sourness didn't last long, though; she'd learned long ago that crushes were her thing alone, and panic had always been hers, too.

　　She lowered her head and didn't dare to meet their gazes, picking up her chopsticks and putting them aside, saying softly, "I'll go get another pair."

　　After the people left, Lin Yuwu sat down on the opposite side of the table and gently tapped the dinner plate with his chopsticks, waiting for Su Yueli's eyes to look over, "The Moon Elder sent you a dream last night asking you to help him pull off a performance?"

　　As he spoke, his eyebrows took on a bit of a curved arc, like he was flirting.

　　Su Yue Lemon laughed stiffly and didn't chime in.

　　Lin Yuwu remembered the girl's hand-wringing appearance and reminded one more time, "In the future, don't just joke about such things."

　　Su Yueli: "Oh."

　　Qiao Si Yue returned to her seat, Lin Yuwu's line of sight just happened to meet her, her heartbeat uncontrollably accelerated, but in two seconds, he moved away.

　　Also because of this lifting of her eyes, Qiao Si Yue accidentally bumped into Shen Yihan's eyes five meters away.

　　To be precise, Shen Yihan was looking at him.

　　That kind of carefulness, but also unable to move away, is no different from his own gaze that he desperately wanted to hide.

　　Qiao Siyue didn't have much of an appetite and barely moved her chopsticks, and on her way to put the plates in the recycling area, she was unexpectedly knocked to the ground by the two boys.

　　She was confused, and in a few seconds, her wandering consciousness was pulled back by Su Yueli's scream, and when she looked down, she saw her blue and white school uniform jacket stained with a large amount of soup.

　　Su Yue Lime jogged over, after helping the person up, she was busy pulling out a few paper towels and wiping them off her body, but the soup had already seeped into her clothes, and the stains were obvious.

　　She didn't even think about it, and directly peeled off the other person's jacket and hung it in the crook of her arm.

　　Qiao Si Yue reacted afterward, raising her eyes to see a group of people looking at her meaningfully, she scrambled to snatch back the jacket and hugged it in front of her body.

　　Su Yue Lemon froze for a few seconds, chased after her in the direction she left, and just ran out of the cafeteria, her footsteps suddenly stopped.

　　Through a wire fence, Su Yueliang saw the thin girl standing in front of the sink, her hands vigorously rubbing her school uniform.

　　-

　　Later that entire afternoon, Qiao Si Yue never left her seat.

After the second class, Su Yue Lime walked over to her seat and asked, "Your face seems to be getting worse, why don't I accompany you to the school nurse's office."

　　"No need, I'll just lie down on the table for a while."

　　"Then if you're still uncomfortable, just talk to me and I'll accompany you to the school nurse's office."

　　Qiao Si Yue nodded her head, remembering what Qiao Chongwen said this morning, she tugged at the hem of Su Yue Lian's clothes, "Can you lend me your cell phone? I want to send a text message to my family."

　　Su Yue Lemon passed her cell phone from under the table, Qiao Si Yue took it and sent a message to Qiao Chongwen, asking him not to come pick it up in the afternoon.

　　After school, Qiao Si Yue stayed for an extra half hour, waiting for the classroom to be empty before picking up her coat and leaving.

　　Just a few days ago, the bus route was changed, and after the change, the bus stop was still a distance away from Qiao's house, and the road was sparsely populated, with the occasional bicycle driving by.

　　Qiao Si Yue took a long breath and put her school uniform into her book bag, when she suddenly heard a slightly hoarse male voice.

　　"Little girl."

　　The sudden voice made her jump, she stopped and looked up, a strange man riding an electric battery was blocking in front of her, his appearance looked to be in his forties or fifties, wearing a dark gray polo shirt.

　　This will be the sky is already dark, street lamps lit one after another, the man smiled, face wrinkles deepen a few points, half bright half dark, like crisscrossing gullies.

　　Qiao Si Yue thought he was here to ask for directions, turned her head and heard him say, "Well developed, all ready to marry and have children."

　　The surroundings were too quiet, making it seem like his voice was extraordinarily clear.

　　In that instant, Qiao Si Yue felt her entire body's strength drained, stumbling a few steps and falling to the ground.

　　Almost at the same moment, a residual shadow appeared in the afterglow.

　　With a bang, the basketball landed on the ground.

　　The man's face was smashed with a red mark, and he was about to get angry when the teenager picked up the basketball and made a gesture to hit him a second time.

　　He cursed a few times, got on his battery and turned around to walk away.

　　Only then did Qiao Si Yue stiffen and turn her head, then she was stunned.

　　On the other side of the line of sight, a long and graceful figure was drenched in light, and was reflected in her eyes without being hidden.

　　She wasn't sure when he appeared, but judging from his demeanor just now, he had heard every word of those obscenities.

　　"Why are you still sitting there?"

　　Lin Yuwu stopped at her side and bowed slightly, his wide palm reaching over, the veins on the back of his hand spreading all the way up his arm.

　　Seeing that she didn't react, he directly gripped her small arm and brought the person upwards.

　　Only after being yanked up by him did Qiao Si Yue react and shake off his hand.

　　Time was stretched infinitely long and infinitely slow, and it seemed as if she could hear the sound of it rustling by.

　　I don't know how long it was before she dared to look up at him, his face was hidden in the dappled light of the leaves, and his eyes were deep and dark.

　　Qiao Si Yue didn't want him to misunderstand, took a deep breath and explained, "I didn't mean to shrug you off just now," as if it was difficult to speak, she paused for a long time before saying, "I'm just not too used to people touching me."

　　Lin Yuwu looked at her, habitually curling his finger towards her head and knocking, suddenly reacting, he paused in mid-air for two seconds and then withdrew it, not really caring to laugh, "What are you apologizing to me for?"

　　He took two steps back, freeing up a comfortable distance before asking, "Where is your home?"

　　Qiao Si Yue froze, then heard him add, "Send you back?"

　　The end of his voice rose, sounding like a question asking for advice, but in her ears, it was too soft to be true.

　　Qiao Si Yue unconsciously moved back a small step, but it was seen as a rejection by the other party, Lin Yuwu didn't force the issue, taking out a small bottle from his bag, "Take it."

　　Qiao Si Yue froze and took it, "What is this?"

　　"Chili water."

　　"..."

　　Lin Yuwu read the confusion of "how did you have this kind of thing" from the opposite side's eyes, and casually said, "Someone left it with me, now I'm giving it to you, no need to return it."

　　He didn't linger, hooking the bag strap with one hand and walking back.

　　Qiao Si Yue looked at his back as he left without moving.

　　His hair seems to be longer, the pace is not as loose as usual, the white moonlight spread on his shoulders, like the poplar in the snowy night in the extreme northwest, tough and upright.

　　This day is so quiet that there is only the sound of the leaves of the trees.

　　Gradually, Qiao Siyue looked mesmerized, unconsciously clutching the bottle, waiting for the aspen to disappear before lifting his feet, stepping on the yellow line on the left side, walking slowly towards the front.

　　-

　　When Qiao Shi Yue arrived home, Qiao Chongwen was already on the table peeling peanut rice.

　　Hearing the commotion, he lazily raises his eyes, "It's so late, is the teacher dragging the class again?"

　　Qiao Si Yue whispered, "No, I did some homework in the classroom."

　　Qiao Chongwen oh sound, remembered what, pretending to seemingly unintentionally mentioned the mouth, "today send me a message to ask who borrowed the cell phone?"

　　"A classmate."

　　"Male or female."