Lima syndrome

The soup restaurant that Bai Zhiyan mentioned is indeed very close to the school. Jin Nanxian and Xu Shiyuan are very curious about how he knew there was such a small shop near Yinxing.

“Because I’ve eaten here before.”

Bai Zhiyan smiled with the corners of his mouth curved, revealing a few white teeth. In fact, he had patronized this store in his previous life.

At that time, he was bullied at school and did not dare to return to the Bai family too early for fear of being discovered. He would delay outside every day until night fell before he dared to go back. It was because of this that he accidentally discovered this small shop, but he did not expect that he would have the opportunity to come here again in this life.

When everyone was getting ready to take their seats, Xu Shiyuan couldn't possibly let Jin Nanxian sit next to Bai Zhiyan, so he took the lead in pulling out the chair next to Bai Zhiyan and sat down steadily.

Kim Nam-hyun didn't think too much about it, but while waiting for the meal, he could always feel Xu Shiyuan staring at Bai Zhiyan intently. The meaning of that look was hard to figure out, and it gave Kim Nam-hyun an inexplicable, weird and eerie feeling, as if he was haunted by an evil ghost.

He was frightened by his own thoughts and quickly looked away, fearing that he would fall into some unknown quagmire again.

But during the meal, Xu Shiyuan was also taking care of Bai Zhiyan, "Zhiyan, this is too spicy. If you can't eat it, give it to me."

As he spoke, he naturally took the piece of spicy fried pork from Bai Zhiyan's bowl, "You eat the fried fish cake over there."

"it is good."

Jin Nanxian was stunned watching on the side. Apart from Xu Shiyuan's somewhat inappropriate behavior during the study tour, he didn't see any interactions between the two. If they were not very familiar with each other, Bai Zhiyan would definitely feel awkward with such intimate behavior. However, he didn't seem to be averse to Xu Shiyuan's behavior. It seemed that their relationship was not ordinary.

"Zero zero zero——"

A rapid cell phone ring interrupted Kim Nam-hyun's brainstorming. He looked at his phone and saw that it was his brother.

He quickly suppressed the random thoughts in his mind and coughed lightly, "Hello? What's wrong, brother?"

"Where are you? Didn't you say I would pick you up today? Why aren't you at the school gate?"

"Oh I forgot!"

Kim Nam-hyun's brother said early in the morning that he would come to pick him up after school, but so many things happened that day that he actually forgot about it.

"You little brat, where are you now? I'll come and pick you up."

"Okay, I'm eating at xx Tang Restaurant, just across the street from Silver Star, turn right, I'll wait for you here."

After Jin Nanxian hung up the phone, he looked at the two people opposite him with a little apology, "I'm sorry, I forgot that my brother was coming to pick me up today, so I may have to go back first. You guys eat slowly, I'll pay the bill."

"It's okay Namhyun, Shiwon and I have finished eating, we will go out with you and wait for your brother."

Xu Shiyuan didn't say anything, but just nodded in agreement with Bai Zhiyan's words.

"Well, that's good. Thank you."

A few people walked out of the store, and within three minutes, a man riding a black and red motorcycle stopped in front of them with a roar.

"Brother, you're here."

Jin Nanxian walked up to him with a smile. The other party patted his head gently, then untied the helmet on his head and smoothed his messy hair.

"Stop running around in the future."

Although the boy spoke harshly, his tone was slightly doting.

"I understand, brother." Kim Nam-hyun smiled brightly.

Bai Zhiyan watched their interaction and thought that this was the normal way brothers in an ordinary family would get along with each other. However, he found it difficult to attribute these behaviors to Bai Jitai. If Bai Jitai spoke to him and laughed like this, he would probably have nightmares for the rest of his life.

Bai Zhiyan found it a little funny thinking about it. When he lowered his head to suppress his emotions, he found that Xu Shiyuan beside him was clenching his fists and his body was shaking.

He felt something strange and turned to look at him, only to see that his face was as pale as paper, his lips were trembling slightly, and his eyes seemed to be fixed, staring at Jin Nanxian's brother. Bai Zhiyan could even sense deep fear on his face.

What happened to Xu Shiyuan? Bai Zhiyan thought to himself. He knew very well what kind of state a person would be in when facing something or someone he feared, and at this moment Xu Shiyuan was obviously showing this fear without any concealment.

So, Bai Zhiyan followed Xu Shiyuan's gaze and finally landed on the slightly ostentatious face of Jin Nanxian's brother. Could it be that Xu Shiyuan knew him?

Before he could think about it, Jin Nanxian had already pulled his brother over with a smile on his face.

Bai Zhiyan could now feel Xu Shiyuan's shivering movements more clearly. He didn't understand why, so he raised his hand and patted his arm. Only then did Xu Shiyuan retract his impolite gaze as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Brother, let me introduce you to my classmates."

When Jin Nanxian pulled his brother over, Bai Zhiyan also saw a hint of amusement flash across his brother's face when he saw Xu Shiyuan.

"This is Bai Zhiyan, he has helped me a lot in class. He was the one who helped me solve the problem today when someone was causing trouble for me."

"What? You said you were in trouble?" His brother nervously grabbed his shoulders and carefully checked if he had any wounds. "Are you injured?"

"Brother, I'm fine and I'm not injured."

"Who is that damn bastard? Tell me, and I'll bring some people to help you solve it tomorrow."

"Oh brother, thanks to Zhiyan, I'm fine now." He smiled and shook his arm and continued to praise Bai Zhiyan, "Zhiyan is a really nice person, and he is the young master of the Rijiang Group. This is the first time I've seen such a..."

Seeing that Jin Nanxian was getting more and more out of control, Bai Zhiyan quickly interrupted him and stretched out his hand to greet his brother.

"Hello, my name is Bai Zhiyan, and I'm Nanxian's classmate."

The other person's gaze stayed on Bai Zhiyan's face. His eyes were extremely aggressive, as if he wanted to see something else from his face, or rather, he wanted to see through him as a person.

"Hello, classmate Bai, my name is Jin Zaihuan, and I am Jin Nanxian's biological brother. Thank you very much for helping our Nanxian. If you need anything, feel free to call me for help."

“It is normal for classmates to help each other.”

The two men shook hands and exchanged some polite words before immediately letting go. Bai Zhiyan always felt that this man was strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Perhaps Xu Shiyuan would understand this feeling better.

"There's another one, Nanxian."

His voice drew Bai Zhiyan's attention back. He looked at Xu Shiyuan with a very strange look, but Jin Nanxian didn't notice it and continued to introduce him happily.

"This is the monitor of our class. We were on the same team during the study tour. He usually takes good care of me."

Xu Shiyuan had an unpleasant expression on his face. He turned his head away and did not speak. For a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

But Kim Jae-hwan quickly broke the silence. He smiled and turned Xu Shiyuan's face and greeted him very intimately.

"Shi Yuan, we haven't seen each other for a long time, right? Why didn't you take the initiative to call me?"

When he said this, Bai Zhiyan and Jin Nanxian who were present were shocked. These two people really knew each other.

"Oh my god, brother, you know our class monitor?"

Kim Jae-hwan looked at his silly brother and smiled, a smile that was a little wicked, and then naturally put his arm on Xu Shiyuan's shoulder.

"Yes, we were classmates in junior high school. It was a pity that Shi Yuan transferred to another school and we were unable to take graduation photos together."

He patted Xu Shiyuan's shoulder again and said, "Are you also regretful?"

Xu Shiyuan bit his lower lip tightly and refused to speak. Bai Zhiyan felt that the atmosphere between the two of them was not right. Jin Nanxian also felt a little strange and was about to ask something when Xu Shiyuan spoke.

"I, I was because of something."

"Oh? What's the matter? Why didn't you tell me about it when I went to your house later?"

Home? He even went to his home? This was a lot of information. Seeing that Seo Shi-won was reluctant to say more, Jin Nan-hyun probably thought that he had asked about his privacy, so he had to pull his brother away.

"Brother, you guys can talk about the past slowly later. We have a lot of homework today, and I have to go home and study."

"Okay, I'll go back now."

Kim Jae-hwan let him pull him away, rubbed Kim Nam-hyun's head with a smile, and put the helmet in his hand on him.

"Bye, Class Leader Zhiyan. See you in class tomorrow."

Bai Zhiyan also waved goodbye to Jin Nanxian enthusiastically, but Xu Shiyuan was still standing there like a corpse, motionless.

Before getting on the car, Jin Zaihuan turned around and looked at Xu Shiyuan deeply, "Shiyuan, see you another day."

Bai Zhiyan didn't understand the meaning of his eyes and words, but he felt that Xu Shiyuan had finally been released from his corpse state and his body began to tremble again.

"Shi Yuan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine..."

But he doesn't look like he's okay.

Xu Shiyuan was in a very bad condition now, and the strands of hair on his forehead were wet with cold sweat. Bai Zhiyan was really curious about his connection with Jin Zaihuan, so he pulled Xu Shiyuan to sit on a bench nearby and helped him tidy up the hair on his forehead that blocked his vision.

Bai Zhiyan spoke carefully, "Did anything unpleasant happen between you and Nanxian's brother?"

Xu Shiyuan lowered his eyes and nodded, slowly recounting how he was deceived by Jin Zaihuan in junior high school and later bullied by him.

He knew that Bai Zhiyan was intelligent and sharp-sighted, and his abnormal appearance just now would definitely arouse his curiosity. He didn't want to reveal his scar to others, but when Bai Zhiyan patted his arm to comfort him just now, he suddenly changed his mind.

He wanted to tell him about the past and describe himself as extremely miserable.

Xu Shiyuan knew that he did not allow others to know his embarrassing past because of his useless self-esteem, but Bai Zhiyan was different. He was kind and soft-hearted, and would not easily classify or judge a person based on his identity or status.

If he knew what had happened to him, he would definitely sympathize with him. He couldn't get Bai Zhiyan, nor could he have the feelings he wanted, so he might as well change it for something else, a feeling that was unique to him and that no one could take away from him.

Even if it was sympathy and pity! As long as it was unique to him, that was enough!

Anyway, Xu Shiyuan never thought about having a ridiculous and illusory love. His desire for love died the day his father abandoned him and his mother ran away from home. He doesn't need a passionate love, a healthy relationship, or a lover who is gentle and kind to everyone.

The word "lover" is too far away for him. He doesn't think he will fall in love with anyone, nor does he think anyone will fall in love with him. People who truly love each other will not mind each other's past experiences and the darkness deep in their hearts. He doesn't believe that anyone can accept the real him.

Once the other party finds out that he is not what he imagined he was, he will definitely be scared. After his dark and morbid heart is revealed, he will surely be despised and abandoned by everyone again.

He knew that if he kept hiding himself like this the truth would be revealed one day, but it didn't matter. As long as Bai Zhiyan didn't leave him, he would accept any kind of relationship she had!

So rather than Bai Zhiyan being liked by more people, he would rather he be abandoned by his friends and family and become a loner like him. By then, he would have no one to rely on or support, and he would be his last resort.

Having lost all her support and being able to live only by relying on him, she says “I can’t leave you” tens of thousands of times every day. This is the true love in Xu Shiyuan’s heart.

Love must be completely unrecognizable to be beautiful.

Bai Zhiyan frowned the whole time when listening to Xu Shiyuan telling about his past experiences. He only knew that Xu Shiyuan had also been bullied, but he didn't expect that the truth was more cruel than he imagined. When he heard about his past experiences, it was difficult for him not to recall things from his previous life.

He still remembered when he had just approached Xu Shiyuan. They were having dinner on the rooftop and Xu Shiyuan said that they were partners with similar experiences and shared the same suffering.

At that time, Bai Zhiyan just thought that he was just saying that he wanted to have a good relationship with him, but he didn't expect that it was his true feelings.

"In fact, I haven't seen him for a long time. He blocked me near my house once this semester, but he brought some people to beat me up and never came again."

Bai Zhiyan listened to his words and remembered that once when they were having dinner on the rooftop, he went there with an injury. It was not long since they had made an appointment to have dinner together, and it has been almost three months now.

"He hadn't come to see me for such a long time that I naturally thought he had lost interest in me, but I never expected to meet him here."

Xu Shiyuan's tone became more and more excited. He grabbed Bai Zhiyan's hand, and a rare hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.

"What he just said was a warning to me. He will definitely continue to come to my house to find me."

Bai Zhiyan wanted to pull his hand back, but he couldn't resist his strength, and he felt that he couldn't do anything that might be misunderstood in this situation.

"Don't worry Shi Yuan, maybe he's just trying to scare you."

"I don't know Yan, you don't know him. If he was someone who would give up easily, he wouldn't have been bothering me all these years. He definitely wasn't trying to scare me."

Bai Zhiyan had no intention of giving him any useful advice, he just comforted him symbolically, "Shi Yuan, I don't know how I can help you, but if you need anything or are in danger, remember to contact me."

Although he may not check his phone or answer the call.