In the depth of winter, at the entrance of Jincheng Community, under the dim street lights, next to the deserted street.
The boy and girl hugged each other, and the dim yellow light fell on their heads, suddenly tinged with a light golden color.
The shadows hit the two people's feet, tangled together, making it difficult to distinguish.
"So it was my dad who told you something, right?"
Ying Chanxi's head was buried in Li Luo's arms, and she rubbed it secretly a few times, as if wiping her tears.
He asked in a muffled voice.
After regaining his composure for a while, Ying Chanxi thought about Li Luo's changes before and after. Ying Chanxi could easily think of the variables involved.
Listening to Ying Chanxi's voice, Li Luo confirmed that her mood had temporarily stabilized, and felt a little relieved in her heart.
"Uncle is also worried about you." Li Luo hugged Ying Chanxi and said softly, "So, you have known about it for several days?"
Ying Chanxi didn't answer, just nodded in his arms.
Li Luo sighed and said helplessly: "Although saying this is a bit hindsight, I did intend to tell you about this during the Chinese New Year. I didn't mean to keep it from you, but..."
"Don't talk about this, okay?" Ying Chanxi looked up in his arms a little tiredly, probably because he finally wiped away his tears, and then he had the nerve to look at Li Luo, his face still looked a little down, "I shouldn't have followed you just now.
It was my fault that you lost your temper, and I apologize to you."
"Uh... no... it should be me..." Li Luo's face was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Ying Chanxi to say that.
But Ying Chanxi had already grabbed his shoulders at this time, threw herself into his arms, pursed her lips, and whispered: "I'm sorry, I didn't control my emotions just now."
"It's not entirely your fault. After all, I kept it secret from you and didn't tell you." Li Luo said quickly, "It's normal for you to be angry."
"No..." Ying Chanxi couldn't help but frown when he heard what he said. She grabbed his small hand on the shoulder and subconsciously pressed a little harder, "I'm not just hiding the fact that you wrote a novel from me.
That’s why I’m so angry!”
"At first, when my father told me that you were secretly writing novels, I was really a little angry."
"But only a little bit."
"After all, everyone has their own little secrets, and I also have some secrets that I don't want you to know. This is normal."
"only……"
Speaking of this, Ying Chanxi paused for a moment, her throat choked subconsciously, and the aggrieved feeling that was finally suppressed by Li Luo's hug came back, making her stuck.
Ying Chanxi took a deep breath, finally calmed down, and then continued with a little choked up:
"It's just that I heard that Aunt Yuan knew about it, and Zhu Sheng also knew about it, but you didn't tell me."
"If it's just like this, I can still explain it to you. After all, Aunt Yuan is a very famous singer, and you just happened to have written a song in the novel, which is very suitable for the TV series in dad's company."
"So there is nothing wrong with Aunt Yuan and Zhu Sheng knowing about your novel writing."
"But... later, my father said that after Aunt Yuan's song "Rings of the Year" became popular, she participated in many activities, her popularity increased, and she even did a linked interview with the novel you wrote."
"The results are surprisingly good. Your book scores are getting better and better, rising steadily."
"Zhu Sheng knows all this, but I have always been kept in the dark."
"It's obviously such a joyful thing, why does Zhusheng know about it but I can't know about it?"
Having said this, Ying Chanxi's eyes suddenly became shiny again, tears fell down one after another from the corners of his eyes, and he said aggrievedly.
"I just feel so bad."
"Obviously it should be something worth being happy for you, a good thing that I can celebrate with you, but I missed it all!"
"Also, you participated in the symposium and won the first prize in the essay competition. What an honor!"
"If I had known about this a long time ago, I would definitely not have traveled abroad with my father. I also want to see you on stage to receive the award!"
"Dad said that you also have difficulties. I went to read your novel. Although I only read a little bit, I probably got it."
"You just feel embarrassed, so you don't want your acquaintances to know."
"I can understand, but I just feel uncomfortable."
"I feel panicked when I think about this these days, but I don't want to argue with you directly on QQ or on the phone."
"I thought I would come back in a few days and ask you about this in person."
"But, but...it's been very difficult these past few days."
"If I can't explain it clearly to you, I'll always have random thoughts."
"I'm thinking, since Zhusheng knows, does Huanhuan, who is usually very close to her, also know?"
"Then does Zhao Rongjun know?"
"Do your classmates know?"
"I think maybe I don't even know, but it makes me sad to think that there might be another possibility."
"Then I thought about Aunt Lin and Uncle Li. Do they know about your novel writing?"
"After all, Dad said that you made a lot of money from this book. Logically speaking, he should tell Aunt Lin and the others."
"But when I think about this...when I think about this..." Ying Chanxi's lips pressed together, and his whole body started to twitch with tears.
"Obviously the four of us often eat together at the same dining table. Aunt Lin is always so kind to me. I feel like I am at home, which makes people feel at ease."
"But when I think about the three of you hiding it from me, I...I just..."
At this point, Ying Chanxi couldn't hold back her emotions at all, tears streaming down her face, she choked on everything she said, and buried her face in Li Luo's arms again.
Li Luo swallowed silently. Ying Chanxi's words kept flooding in his mind. He quickly held up her face and wanted to help her wipe away her tears: "Stop talking, stop talking, it's all my fault."
Okay, let’s not talk about it, okay?”
"Don't look at me..." Ying Chanxi's little face wrinkled up in tears, she raised her hand and pushed Li Luo's face aside, and whispered, "I'm so ugly, don't look at me."
"Okay, okay, I won't watch."
"I haven't dared to talk to you these past few days, I'm afraid I can't help it." Ying Chanxi cried for a while, and then she felt a little better, and then continued, "I think it's best to explain this kind of thing clearly in person.
Just open it and it’ll be fine.”
"I really thought so. When I came home and saw you waiting downstairs, you were already smiling very hard."
"I just want to control my emotions. I don't want to lose my temper at you."
"I should have told you as soon as I saw you, but I felt so uncomfortable. I was afraid that I would cry as soon as I told you."
"So I didn't say it right away. I thought it might be better to wait a day, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, before telling you about it."
"But why did you sneak into my bedroom!"
"I'm not mentally prepared at all. I told you we'd talk tomorrow, but you didn't listen. I really... I really..."
"I might have adjusted myself after some sleep...I really didn't mean to lose my temper with you..."
"It's okay, it's not your fault." Li Luo patted her back gently and comforted her softly, "After all, the incident happened suddenly, and it's all my fault."
"It's all my dad's fault." Ying Chanxi muttered quietly after wiping her tears on his chest, "It would be better if he didn't say anything. Then if you took the initiative to tell me during the Chinese New Year, I would feel better.
"
"Um...ahem..." When Li Luo heard this, he almost couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Uncle didn't think that much, I'm sure he can't be blamed for this."
"As for my novel writing, it was actually just an idea I had during the summer vacation."
"At that time, didn't I come to your house every day to play on the computer? In fact, I was secretly writing novels."
"At that time, I didn't dare to tell anyone. I was just enjoying myself secretly, but the website said I could sign a contract."
"But I am a minor, and signing a contract with the website requires a guardian to vouch for it. I had no choice, so I told my mother about it in private."
"I did very well in the high school entrance examination at that time. My mother's attitude towards me changed and she agreed to my writing novels. After all, it was better than me playing on the computer every day."
"What I thought at that time was that it was shameful for me to write this, so it would be better not to reveal it to my acquaintances."
"It's just that you also found out later. Because of the song "Rings of the Year", Yan Zhusheng accidentally found out about it."
"It's just that it was a blessing in disguise later on. After Aunt Yuan made the song popular, the results of my book also improved."
"As for the reason why I have been hiding it from you...in addition to not wanting my acquaintances to know, it is also because..."
"Because?" Ying Chanxi asked curiously.
"Because I drew inspiration from you and wrote a character in the book who looks very much like you." Li Luo said a little embarrassed, "It would be too embarrassing if you saw it."
"What else is there?!" Ying Chanxi perked up, "I've only read a few chapters in the past few days. I felt so uncomfortable that I stopped reading. So when will this character appear?"
"Um... about ten chapters or so?" Li Luo scratched his head and said with a sneer on his face, "But why don't you stop reading? It's so embarrassing."
"Why can't you watch it?" Ying Chanxi snorted, "Didn't Zhusheng watch it?"
To be continued...