My whole family is the protagonist, and I am the only cannon fodder!

"What do you say?"

Jiang Shenwei narrowed his eyes. He was originally looking at the menu to order food for Lu Qingwan. When he heard this, he raised his head and looked at her sadly, then let out a long sigh.

"Why do you have to make your elder brother unhappy?"

"I'm not trying to make him unhappy, and I don't want my elder brother to be sad." Lu Qingwan suddenly became a little serious and answered, "I just really want to figure out certain things."

"There are still things you don't understand." Jiang Shen said half-teasingly and half-sincerity.

Without answering, Lu Qingwan's eyes drifted towards the window. The dim light above her head shone on her, illuminating her eyebrows and eyes.

The river view outside the window is covered with a layer of neon light and shadow when viewed from this angle. The dark blue water ripples on the vast river surface seem to be covered with a layer of glittering gauze. It exists peacefully under the reflection of the sky. There is no wind or rain tonight, and everything is like a still painting.

No one knows how many undercurrents are hidden underneath.

Because of the Dragon Boat Festival and the college entrance examination, the school has to have a long holiday for several days.

Li Jianan and He Feng were as excited as mice in a rice jar. They remained in an excited state for the whole day before the holiday. They even gave up sleeping, which was an exercise they had been doing for a long time. They were either playing with their mobile phones or chatting idly.

With great enthusiasm for the long vacation, I got through the whole day without feeling too difficult.

Lu Zaozao was playing a song on her cell phone as she hummed as she walked up the slope. She got out of school early this afternoon, so she went out to play with Li Jianan for a while and did not ask the driver to pick her up. When she reached the door, she found a group of people gathered there, working silently and skillfully.

It was Shen Xiyan. It might be the Dragon Boat Festival holiday or it might be the summer vacation. After all, their school always seemed to have holidays very early.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. The volume of the music was not too loud and could be transmitted smoothly into everyone's ears through the mobile phone.

Shen Xiyan was about to pick up the bag hanging on the driver's arm, but at this moment his hand paused slightly and his eyes suddenly looked at Lu Zaozao.

Not exactly. To be more precise, he was staring at the phone clenched in her hand.

Lu Zao Zao also noticed this very keenly and reacted quickly by turning off the music on his phone.

In fact, it was a very soothing and peaceful piece of instrumental music, like a summer dewdrop sliding gently over a bright red lotus leaf. However, it seemed very harsh to Shen Xiyan, because tiny wrinkles appeared between her brows, and she looked a little confused and a little painful - it looked like some kind of stress disorder.

Lu Zaozao didn't want to look at the other person any more and prepared to walk towards his own residence as usual.

Shen Xiyan's suitcase had also been packed and was being pushed forward by the servant behind him. However, Shen Xiyan seemed to be still in a state of distraction. He was not paying attention when he walked, and his steps were unsteady, and he almost fell to the ground.

She seemed very flustered and nervous, and Lu Zaozao subconsciously took a few quick steps to support her.

As a result, Shen Xiyan immediately took a few steps back quickly, like a natural knee-jerk reaction, afraid to avoid it.

She didn't even look at Lu Zao Zao, and her breathing seemed to become heavier. "Don't get so close to me!"

All right. Lu Zao Zao wisely retreated dozens of steps. Shen Xiyan's tone was too urgent. Those who didn't know would think that Lu Zao Zao had poisonous gas on her body and would hurt people if they got close to her.

Having lived in the world of observing people's words and expressions since childhood, Lu Zao Zao was particularly sensitive in some aspects. She could clearly feel how Shen Xiyan felt about her -

It's not a simple dislike like other people's, but disgust, fear, horror, an eagerness to get away and another layer of indescribable vague emotions.

And perhaps it was because these overly complicated emotions had been accumulating in Shen Xiyan for a long time, and sometimes she couldn't even hide them well, and she exposed them to Lu Zao Zao in a panic and bluntly.

Although he could see through Shen Xiyan's thoughts, Lu Zaozao still didn't understand what about himself could cause her to have such complicated emotions. It was really puzzling, but the accumulation of these emotions was not a short-term accumulation of three or five days, but was repeated month after month and year after year.

So Lu Zaozao didn't care too much about it. It was just that today this contradiction happened to be fully revealed. She stared at Shen Xiyan's face very calmly for two or three seconds, then turned away.

During this process, Shen Xiyan's head was always lowered, revealing a white, slender, and almost fragile neck.

When I raised my head and looked forward again, I saw Shen Huaijin's figure.

Shen Huaijin went home two days ago and officially started his summer vacation. He didn't stay for an hour and just had a simple lunch before leaving. He came back this afternoon probably just because he heard the news that Shen Xiyan was going home. At this moment, he put his hands in his pockets, walked towards here step by step in a casual and lazy manner, with high brows and an imposing aura.

Completely ignoring Lu Zao Zao, he took the bag from Shen Xiyan's hand and pulled her forward when Shen Huaijin seemed to realize something was a little bit wrong. Shen Xiyan's palms were covered with a thin layer of sweat, which was a reaction caused by excessive nervousness. She tilted her head vertically, and looking closely, her hands seemed to be shaking uncontrollably.

The young man's handsome face froze in an instant, and he held Shen Xiyan's hand tightly. There was a hint of darkness in his eyes, and his sharp eyes stared at Lu Zaozao, like a sharp knife resting on Lu Zaozao.

At this moment, Lu Zaozao really began to doubt whether she had done something to let them both down, which caused Shen Huaijin to look at her with such an angry look.

But unfortunately, although some of Lu Zaozao's memories were confused and inconsistent with before, she couldn't forget what happened a few minutes ago. Her heart was clear to all. She really did nothing and was very innocent. At most, she subconsciously wanted to reach out and help Shen Xiyan.

He frowned and scratched his head, looking back at Shen Huaijin in silence, and glanced at Shen Xiyan behind him.

Then he shook his head and walked away with a clear conscience.

He held Shen Xiyan's hand until they entered her room. After a long while, Shen Huaijin felt that she was slowly coming back to her senses. She finally raised her head and looked at him with some loss.

He placed his hands on Shen Xiyan's shoulders and patted him a few times, then lowered his voice and asked patiently, "What's wrong?"

"I've been having that nightmare recently." Shen Xiyan's shoulders shrank, looking a little anxious. "And I heard that song again, just now. It was like a dream, but when I opened my eyes it was reality again."

"The song in my dream kept playing, haunting me like a ghost, and I couldn't get rid of it no matter what."