After rebirth, I gave up Bai Yueguang

That night, Rao Jian called again, and this time Jiang Yi answered the phone himself. After a long ramble, Rao Jian finally got to Su Jing.

I don't know if Jiang Yi knew his feelings for Su Jing, so he didn't tell Rao Jian. Now that he knows his feelings for Su Jing, he only told Rao Jian the whole story of Su Jing staying here.

When Rao Jian heard that Su Jing was nearly assaulted by a hooligan, he felt both scared and sad. He was scared because his beloved girl was nearly in danger; he was sad because he hadn't noticed how difficult her situation was.

He felt very guilty and regretful. If he had asked her more questions earlier, would he have helped her solve her difficulties? Would his position in her heart be different? Would she be living in his home now?

Oh, by the way, I have a separate small house. How about I tell her in a few days and let her move in? Living alone is always more reassuring than living in the home of someone she likes.

After hanging up the phone, Rao Jian lit a cigarette, took a puff, and kept thinking about something. Until the cigarette butt made his fingers feel burning, he suddenly shook it and threw it away.

The next day, he ran to the hospital Su's mother had mentioned, found the man Su Chengye had pushed down the stairs, and learned about the situation. He then went to the police station that had received the call. His family now had several noodle shops, so they often had to deal with street thugs, and naturally, they were relatively familiar with the police station.

Because Su Chengye was not yet an adult, the things he stole were taken back on the spot. Rao Jian paid the medical expenses and a small fine, so the family could not pursue the matter any further.

When he sent Su Chengye home, Su's mother kept saying thank you, but Su Chengye only said thank you casually at his mother's request. Rao Jian just forced a smile and shook his head and said, "I'm only helping you this time because of your sister. You should be more careful in the future and don't cause her any more trouble."

He didn't mention the money, so Su Chengye certainly wouldn't consider it. But Su's mother didn't ask a single question, and Rao Jian felt a little unhappy.

Su Jing ignored her mother, and wasn't in the mood to chat with Rao Jian. She got in the car and headed straight back to Jiang Yi's house. Neither Jiang Yi nor Wu Wanqiu were there. She sat on the sofa for a few minutes, staring at the ceiling in a daze, before picking up the nearby phone and calling her art teacher's home. She made up an excuse, saying she couldn't go today. The teacher didn't say anything. As a senior in high school, she already had a lot of homework, so it was normal for her to not finish it.

After the call, she wearily entered her room, took out her exam paper, and prepared to start again. But after unfolding it and picking up her pen, she stared blankly at it for a long time, not even starting to write. When she came to her senses and was about to start writing, she suddenly realized she didn't recognize any of the words on the paper, and she couldn't understand the questions, so she fell into a daze again.

After she took another deep breath, collected her thoughts, and looked at the words on the paper clearly, she suddenly became extremely irritated and almost wanted to tear up the paper in front of her. Finally, Su Jing decided not to write anymore and take a break.

Su Jing lay down on the bed, planning to take a nap, thinking that a good night's sleep would help her adjust her mood. After all, she was not 18 years old anymore, and she already knew how to resolve many problems.

Su Jing lay in bed, closing her eyes, hoping to clear her mind and fall asleep. But, though she didn't realize it, her mind began to play a series of images in her head, like a TV drama. Everything from that family, her parents, her brother, and the past decade or so replayed before her eyes.

Every time I got good grades, my parents turned a blind eye. When my younger brother did something bad behind my back, he would be the first to complain. My mother was partial to my younger brother and would beat and scold me. My father was indifferent to the chaos at home...

And... seven-year-old Su Jing, who was tied up in the yard by her mother after having her pants taken off, was exposed to the gazes of those people; the gazes of those men and women of different ages were sharp, dazzling, and cold.

And… that neighbor, with his evil gaze, those incredibly strong hands, that thing poking at her from behind… that feeling of being held so tightly that she couldn't breathe, that sickening sound that made her scalp tingle…

"open…!"

With a strenuous scream, Su Jing struggled violently and opened her eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" A familiar male voice sounded, anxious and concerned.

Su Jing's eyes were empty, and it took a while for her to focus on the face of the person in front of her, that familiar, extremely handsome face; delicate eyebrows and eyes, skin that was whiter and more delicate than most girls; hair ends hanging on the eyelashes, and full and plump lips.

"You...?" Su Jing didn't know when she fell asleep. She didn't know whether the scenes just now were her memories or dreams, but the feeling of being stripped naked and exposed in the crowd was so real, so cold and terrifying.

She looked at Jiang Yi's worried eyes in horror.

"It's me." His voice was soft and gentle.

"Why are you here?" Su Jing suddenly realized that she was on her bed and Jiang Yi was in the room. This shouldn't be the case.

"I, I didn't mean to come in," Jiang Yi's eyes immediately became flustered after she finished speaking. "I just walked in and saw that your door was open and the light was on. I thought you were still reviewing, so I came over."

Jiang Yi's face turned slightly red, and he anxiously wanted to explain: "But when I just reached the door, I heard you screaming, so I ran to the bed." He looked nervous, afraid that Su Jing would misunderstand that he was thinking about something else.

Su Jing's mind hadn't completely escaped from the dream just now. She looked at herself in panic. She was covered with the quilt, so she was fine. She put her hand under the quilt from her chest and felt around. Her clothes were still there, and the buttons were neatly buttoned. She was fine.

She heaved a sigh of relief in her heart. Fortunately, it was just a dream! Su Jing blinked her tearful eyes and looked blankly at Jiang Yi who was half-kneeling beside the bed. She was speechless.

Su Jing felt a suffocating feeling, unable to cry, like a lump of cement slowly solidifying there, growing harder and heavier, making it impossible to breathe. It was exactly the same feeling she had when her neighbor had held her so tightly, suffocating her to the point of nearly dying.

The handsome face of the boy in front of her, with his captivating eyes, was looking at her with concern. Su Jing's eyes were slowly filled with tears, and with all kinds of gossip in her ears, she really wanted to cry out loud.

Tears dripped from her eyes. She opened her mouth, her lips trembling, but no sound came out.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Jiang Yi raised his hands, wanting to hug her, but his hands only made a clasping motion before lowering them again. She was in bed, and hugging her now wouldn't be a good idea.

He withdrew his hand, hesitated, and then reached out again, only to hold her hand.

Jiang Yi's hands were much larger than Su Jing's, his skin smooth and his palms warm. He grasped both of Su Jing's hands tightly in his own and squeezed them tightly. "Wake up, it's okay, I'm here." His voice was soft and gentle, smooth and mellow, soothing Su Jing's confused mood like melted chocolate.

She looked at Jiang Yi with helpless and unfamiliar eyes. She wanted to cry, scream, and speak, but no sound came out.

How could this person in front of her suddenly be so gentle and considerate to her? She had clearly been waiting for such tenderness for a long time, but now, with him in front of her, she had to keep her distance. Why? She really wanted to hug him and cry, or let him hug her, hug her with all his strength, so that she would feel at ease.

She no longer had a home. No, she had never had a home. The three people in that house only indicated where she came from, not her home.

But the person in front of me... forget it...

"Oh..." Su Jing cried silently for a while, closed her eyes, exhaled a long breath, and pulled her hand out of Jiang Yi's. She smiled at him and said, "Oh, maybe I was too nervous about the upcoming college entrance examination. I dreamed that a test paper turned into a monster and kept chasing me."

"Haha, I thought you weren't afraid of anything, not even ghosts." Jiang Yi laughed, "It turns out there are still things that scare you."

Su Jing did not tell him that her mother came to see her today. Jiang Yi just thought that she had a nightmare because of the pressure from the exam. He comforted her with a few words, then came out to cook her a sweet wine egg, and watched her finish her meal before going upstairs.

Because of his eyes and the bowl of thick sweet wine soup, Su Jing slept very soundly that night.

Helping Su Chengye to get things done, when Rao Jian went to find Su Jing, it was the last day of their final exams. He waited at the door for a long time in the cold wind before he saw the students starting to leave the exam room. At first, there were three or two.

Seeing Jiang Yi walking out, Rao Jian went to meet him and asked, "Has she not finished the exam yet?"

"If he hasn't come out, it means he hasn't finished the exam." Jiang Yi answered casually, reached out to take out a cigarette and handed it to Rao Jian.

"You're smoking in front of the school gate?" Rao Jian took over. They used to smoke in school, but the previous school was just an ordinary, somewhat rubbish school. Now this is a key high school, and the teachers must be stricter.

"It's okay. You will go home for vacation after the exam today. The teacher doesn't have time to take care of these things." Jiang Yi lit the lighter and handed it to him.

"Oh, that's fine," Rao Jian took a puff and said jokingly, "I was worried that you would be afraid of the teacher now that you are a student in a good school."

"You're not afraid of shit!" Jiang Yi raised his eyebrows and blew out a smoke ring.

The two of them leaned against Rao Jian's motorcycle, watching the people coming out of the school, chatting intermittently, waiting for Su Jing to come out and prepare to go to Rao Jian's newly opened hot pot restaurant for dinner together.

Ten minutes after the exam bell rang, Su Jing still hadn't come out. Just as they were considering whether to go in and look for her, they noticed that many of the students who had just reached the door were walking back, talking about school beauties and fights.