The aloof school beauty has been reborn and is now pursuing me relentlessly.

Lin Ran was genuinely startled.

Only he knew where the key to the observatory's iron gate was; in the eyes of the other students, this place was forbidden territory, and they would never have thought of entering.

I've never seen anyone else come here in my previous life.

Who knew that when he suddenly decided to come upstairs tonight to reminisce, his school beauty and deskmate were there too?

"Iron-faced Spring just went back to the classroom and saw you weren't there, so he sent me to find you."

Even though she was caught secretly following him, the campus belle of Su University remained calm and made up a lie without batting an eye.

"Iron-Faced Spring is back?"

Lin Ran felt her heart clench and her scalp tingle.

Holy crap, I never expected that Iron-Faced Spring would come back with a vengeance!

This is a big problem!

Noticing Lin Ran's nervous expression, Su Qingyan calmly waved her hand:

"fine."

"I've dealt with it for you."

Lin Ran breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, thank you so much..."

The campus belle of Suzhou University nodded without batting an eye: "You're welcome, it's what a deskmate should do."

Lin Ran had no idea that the school beauty and her deskmate were lying.

After all, it's impossible that they specifically came to us for our sake.

……

problem solved.

Su Qingyan looked at Lin Ran, raised an eyebrow slightly, and asked in return:

"But what are you doing here?"

Lin Ran scratched his head and glanced around:

“I used to come here often, and I have quite a fondness for this place.”

"I'm graduating soon, and I probably won't have the chance to come here again, so I thought I'd come back one last time to reminisce."

Su Qingyan raised an eyebrow again, remaining expressionless:

"You used to come here often?"

Lin Ran smiled nonchalantly. Since he'd been caught, he didn't intend to hide it from his school beauty deskmate.

"Ah."

"Old Zhou from the logistics department left a key, which I found, and I've been using this place as a secret base ever since."

"Failing the exam, getting scolded by the teacher, and failing to confess my feelings to Shen Lingshan—"

Someone accidentally blurted out something, then suddenly realized they might have said a bit too much, and immediately coughed awkwardly, quickly trying to smooth things over:

"Cough cough!"

"In short, it's when I'm in a bad mood."

"I just come here to sit, look at the stars, and daydream or something."

"It feels pretty good."

【fraud.】

Su Qingyan murmured to herself.

She knew it.

This doesn't feel good.

In my previous life, I saw records about this observatory in someone's diary.

The words are filled with loneliness and solitude.

A person looks pitiful, like a puppy that's been soaked in the rain and no one wants them.

"December 31: There are 12 stars in the sky tonight, and I actually counted them all! Hahaha, I'm so awesome!"

I remember there was a entry like this in my diary.

He was boasting with the smugness of a young man.

But what kind of loneliness would make someone leave alone on New Year's Eve or at a lively New Year's Eve party held at school, and sit alone in front of an observatory, counting all the stars in the sky?

Beneath the seemingly optimistic facade lies a facade.

In her previous life, Su Qingyan only saw a boy trying hard to appear optimistic through the words in his diary.

And this moment.

Standing right in front of the diary's owner, she quietly watched the boy speak casually and relaxedly.

But it only makes people...

I felt even more heartbroken.

Su Qingyan suddenly wanted to hug the big boy in front of her.

then.

She did just that.

Lin Ran hadn't even had time to react or come to her senses.

Suddenly.

A delicate fragrance wafts across the face.

Without warning, his school beauty classmate stepped forward and passed her outstretched arms under his armpits.

Then, tighten.

Hold.

At this moment, the endless radiance of distant stars hundreds of thousands of light-years away shines through the observatory's dome onto the young boy and girl.

It seemed to be coated with a faint, soft, and sacred light.

Quiet yet magnificent.

Romantic and magnificent.

……

This is a moment so romantic that it would make readers who love romance novels want to bite their blankets, roll around in bed, and scream with excitement.

A certain clueless, two-times-single guy, whose features are as thick as steel bars and who is utterly clueless about romance, is completely at a loss:

"Eh?"

"No, wait—"

"Um!?"

"What are you doing?"

Such moments.

A chilling thought flashed through the mind of one of the handsome young men:

If Iron-Faced Spring, who had come looking for the students, were to see this scene...

Is my buddy done for?

This moment, I hold her tenderly in my arms.

The girl buried her head on her shoulder.

Her long, black hair emitted a faint, pleasant fragrance.

Lin Ran was stiff and dared not move an inch, fearing that if he offended anyone in the slightest, he would be hung on the flagpole in the playground by the furious Iron-Faced Spring as a public spectacle the next day.

Feeling that his life was hanging by a thread, he could only carefully choose his words before speaking:

"that……"

Why are you hugging me?

This is a stupid question that could easily enrage countless romance novel readers and make them flip the table.

What he received in return was a cold and indifferent reply from the girl in his arms:

"nothing."

"Thanks to you, I can see the stars."

"Thank you."

Someone stared blankly, looking up at the night sky outside the glass dome. "It's just looking at the stars, does it need to be thanked so formally?"

If I take her to see something else, wouldn't I have to offer myself to her?

That school beauty's deskmate is quite easy to fool.

This is the conclusion someone came to.

A brief embrace.

They parted ways quickly.

Su Qingyan took a step back and calmly stepped out of Lin Ran's embrace:

"Let's go, it's time to go back."

As she spoke, she turned and walked towards the iron gate exit, but stopped after a few steps, turning slightly to look back at Lin Ran:

"I want to see the stars again next time."

"Don't be alone."

"Call me."

Lin Ran was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"What?"

By the time I asked, my classmate, the school beauty, had already strolled away again, leaving me with a nonchalant remark:

"No reason."

"It makes perfect sense for deskmates to look at the stars together."

Is it reasonable?

Lin Ran was puzzled, but after scratching his head, he followed.

He didn't press the matter further.

She naturally wouldn't reveal the truth—

【why? 】

Because in her previous life, when she read this part of her diary, she felt heartbroken.

Having seen a diary entry of a boy sitting alone at the observatory, lost in thought, she thought that if she could live her life again, she would never let that silly boy sitting next to her be lonely again.

Since we've truly been given a second chance at life, we should make up for our regrets.

A lone man enjoys the night.

How can we be a pair?