Chen Xijie has been confronting them in the dormitory, and finally overcame his cowardice, he decided to go to Shen Xia to ask if he was really in love with someone else, if so, he also wanted to tell her that it was high school now, and he couldn't affect his studies because of love, if not, then he would also tell her that it was best not to fall in love in high school. He wasn't sure if Shen Xia would ignore him, but he still fantasized about many scenes of talking to her face to face. He thought that if this was true, he, he would not be upset! He also wants to try to be her friend and silently guard her, but won't he really be sad? Although I sometimes feel that I am very cowardly, I can't even protect myself, how can I protect her? On the contrary, sometimes she protects him unintentionally, how ridiculous his thoughts are, but he really wants to get close to her inner world and listen to everything about her. In fact, his psychology has always been very contradictory, on the one hand, he is afraid that Shen Xia will be deceived by others, and on the other hand, he hopes that the man does not really like her, and she does not really like that man. After hesitating for a long time, he didn't pay attention to the people in the dormitory, and chose to go to Shen Xia alone.

On the way, he met Zhao Xiaoluo, she was sitting alone on the table tennis table eating ice cream and humming an unknown song, habitually entertaining herself, she was still so rude in her movements, wearing a skirt and completely ignoring the image of the sitting posture, but she was so heartless, and she had nothing to say to him, and she stuck a knife in her ribs. Her happiness is easy to infect the people around her, as long as she doesn't mess with her, she can always make friends with others, and she is the only friend Chen Xijie has so far. Compared with Shen Xia, the two of them are simply two different worlds, Zhao Xiaoluo's world is so simple and warm, while Shen Xia's world is full of fog.

Zhao Xiaoluo also saw Chen Xijie coming from the opposite side, as if he was preoccupied, so he jumped off the ping-pong table with an ice cream stick, walked in front of him and blocked his way, looked him in the eyes, and asked him what he was going to do. Chen Xijie looked at Zhao Xiaoluo and became a little flustered, subconsciously helped his glasses, and moved his gaze to not look at her directly. He never lied to her, and he never had secrets from her, because they were very good friends since childhood, and they would share everything with each other, including all secrets. But this time, he wanted to hide it from her, he thought that he probably really liked Shen Xia, he cared so much about her every move, and observed it so carefully, maybe this was really the feeling of liking, he couldn't say that feeling, just a little bitterness and sweetness. But he didn't dare to admit it, and he didn't dare to tell anyone, including Zhao Xiaoluo.

It's a pity that he still doesn't know how to lie, because the other party is Zhao Xiaoluo, so he has a little weak-heartedness, and he hasn't dared to look at her, and he stuttered for a long time before making up a lie to lie to her, saying that he was going to buy something outside. Zhao Xiaoluo is the person who grew up with him since childhood, how could she not know about him lying so lamely? It's just that she didn't demolish him to her face, she thought he was such a big boy, probably because she wanted to do something she didn't want her to know! As long as she wasn't bullied, she felt nothing, and she never thought that he would like someone else, she thought that the two of them were destined to be together in this life, because the relationship between the two of them has been around since childhood, not to mention that he doesn't have a friend except her, let alone liking other people. So she chose to believe him, dispelled the idea of going out with him, did not interrogate any further, and told him to be careful, because there were many people outside the school who did not have long eyes, and she was afraid that he would be bullied again. Chen Xijie nodded and agreed to her and then fled for his life, facing Zhao Xiaoluo, he even felt a deep sin for lying.

After leaving the school, he searched around the small restaurants around the school but did not find Shen Xia, and finally saw her in an inconspicuous restaurant a short distance from the school, the business of that restaurant was not very good, only a few tables, so the environment was quiet. She really sat with a strange man, that strange man looked several years older than them, and he was not even as good as him, how could Shen Xia be with him? But they sat next to each other, and they chose a window position, so he hid under a big tree behind the restaurant and didn't dare to get too close, and he was in this position just enough to see their every move, and they might not be able to see him.

The moment Chen Xijie saw Shen Xia, the whole person was stunned, he saw Shen Xia talking and laughing with that man, he thought he was dazzled, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes vigorously, it was still right, she was laughing, and she was very happy to laugh from the bottom of her heart, it turned out that she could also laugh, and she smiled so beautifully, there were shallow dimples on both sides of her cheeks, and her eyes became not so terrible when she laughed. But why had he known her for so long and had never seen any expression on her face? Why is she so beautiful with a dark smile but unwilling to smile at others? Thinking of this, Chen Xijie was a little sad again, he never thought that he would see Shen Xia with such a bright smile on such a day, but her smile was not revealed because of him, her smile did not belong to him, and the reason why he saw it was all stolen. He was a little jealous of that man, he could eat next to her like this, he could look at her and laugh so closely....That man was probably really important to her, right? Otherwise, how could she be so happy smiling in front of him? Otherwise, how could she put down that cold face in front of him? And the man also doted on her with vegetables and helped her wipe the rice sticky at the corner of her mouth, and she didn't resist or get angry, and enjoyed it all happily. He remembered very well that when someone touched her or her things, she would stare at them with sharp eyes, until they apologized or even moved a few feet away from her. But now what he sees is a completely different Shen Xia, what kind of secret is hidden in her body? Let her, who originally belonged to the flower season and rainy season, put away such a beautiful smile and disguised herself with a look that no one is close to? He seemed to be more than interested in her, attracting her so easily, but another word that he would not easily dissect.

Many, many years later, every time Chen Xijie raised his head to look up at the sky, he would always think, wasn't the cloud in the sky the smile that he had seen Shen Xia for the first time that had not been covered by any dark clouds? If he hadn't seen Shen Xia's smile that day, wouldn't he be sure that he was really in love with her? Wouldn't you think that you must be responsible for letting Shen Xia show that bright smile in the future? Don't you feel that she is the person you love the most in your life, and you can't leave your eyes anymore if you put everything on her? Wouldn't it be because he wanted to protect her that he tried to change his cowardly personality and make himself stronger, so that she could have a sense of security? Wouldn't it have appeared after the countless failed confessions, and she still waited for her for ten years?