Moonlight falls into my arms

"Well done, your courage is commendable."

Ruan Li overheard people discussing this matter nearby.

"But if it were me, and the girl said we could only be friends, then we should just stay friends. Otherwise, things would turn out like this and we wouldn't even be able to be friends anymore."

"That's true. If it were me, I would also choose to be friends. It's better to be friends with someone you like than strangers."

Another argument countered this point: "A short pain is worse than a long one. Being rejected is just the first step. Staying as friends means you haven't even taken the first step and will always be stuck at zero. It's better to muster up the courage to take that first step."

"After all, only after taking the first step can there be a second step."

Ruan Li's fingernails dug into the soft flesh of her palm, but this did not alleviate the soreness spreading through her chest.

"what happened to you?"

Cheng Yu raised both hands, somewhat at a loss, wanting to touch Ruan Li, but not daring to go forward and touch her.

"Don't bite so hard..." He moved his fingertips, wanting to pry open Ruan Li's lips, but was suppressed by the voice in his heart.

My fingertips rested right in front of her, as if I could feel the warmth of her breath.

"Why are you crying...?"

Cheng Yu didn't care about anything else. He hurriedly wiped away her tears, then rummaged through his pockets for tissues, saying, "You...you you."

For the first time, he experienced what it felt like to have a mouth but be unable to speak.

"It's nothing." Ruan Li raised her hand to wipe away the tears hanging under her eyelids. "I'm just too sleepy."

She slowly yawned, pushed Cheng Yu aside, and went to find Xiao Lan and the others who had been pushed to the front.

Cheng Yu had just borrowed a tissue from the side and was holding it in his palm, which was slightly damp from the thin layer of sweat on his palm.

"I really cried..." He stared at the useless tissue in his palm for a long time.

Seeing that they weren't getting any good stuff, the people around quickly dispersed.

Cheng Yu was bumped a few times, and he folded the tissue in his hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

Ruan Li was probably crying for the person she likes just now, right?

Li Luo was still talking to Xiao Lan when Ruan Li walked up to her and pressed her shoulder: "I've made up my mind, I will reject him."

"Huh? What rejection?" Xiao Lan and Li Luo's minds were still on the boy who had just been rejected.

"What I mean is, even if you're strangers, don't be friends."

Being friends with someone you like is more heartbreaking than being strangers.

Even if she says she doesn't like him anymore, and wants their relationship to go back to the way it was before.

She can see Jiang Yuci every day, eat his cooking every day, and have him by her side when she is sick.

But that's where it ends.

She would rather not have these things; being killed slowly is the most painful.

"You mean you've decided to be honest with the person you like and not be friends with them anymore?"

Ruan Li nodded: "Yes, I've already thought it through."

Perhaps that was her thought from the beginning, otherwise she wouldn't have hesitated when several people tried to persuade her to agree.

It's simply because the answers they gave weren't the ones they wanted.

"Sigh... So when do you plan to tell me?" Li Luo asked a substantive question.

Ruan Li chickened out again, "I haven't decided yet."

She happens to owe Jiang Yuci a meal, so perhaps she can mention it when she invites him to dinner.

Ruan Li was thinking this to herself.

Her phone beeped, and she glanced down at it. The lock screen showed a message from Jiang Yuci.

Did you have fun? I'll come pick you up when it's over.

As Ruan Li stared at the message, that surging feeling in her heart returned, gently and slowly flowing through her heart and down her throat.

I couldn't speak; I felt choked up.

When he gave her gifts and said he would come to pick her up, was it all because he wanted her to agree to be with him sooner?

Ruan Li moved her stiff fingers, unlocked the screen, and sent a message to Jiang Yuci.

Okay, that's exactly what I've thought about.

When Huo Xingzhou was extremely busy, he received a phone call.

"You're useful, she's made up her mind."

Huo Xingzhou: "......"

"Of course I'm useful. Do you need to tell me? Did she agree to you?"

"Not yet. She said she's made up her mind, and I'll pick her up this afternoon."

"Okay, remember to bring a gift."

"I plan to give her a drawing board; she should like it."

"That's great, remember to order flowers."

"it is good."

"You..." Huo Xingzhou wanted to say something, but the other end of the phone had already hung up.

"Wow, they're being used as mere tools."

"Once you've thought it over, you'll be crying when I say I'm rejecting you," Huo Xingzhou said, quick to speak his mind.

After saying that, he went back to work.

After Ruan Li and her friends finished playing at the aquarium, seeing that it was almost time, they bought milk tea and went to the mall to pick out a drawing board.

Cheng Yu walked behind the three girls as usual, looking exactly like a background figure.

Hearing Ruan Li say she was going to choose a drawing board, someone stepped forward and interjected, "Do you even need to choose? Just buy the best one."

He received another glare from Li Luo: "Do you think everyone's a rich man's foolish son? If you're so capable, why don't you buy some for our Lili, buy her the best..."

"it is good."

Before Li Luo could finish speaking, he was stunned upon hearing this.

"Are you OK?"

Could it be that I was possessed by a ghost that day?

At a time like this, shouldn't he say something like, "What's it to me?" given his temperament?

"Come on, I'll buy it for you, the best of everything."

Ruan Li looked at his arrogant demeanor, as if she were back in the game.

The big boss told her to steal kills, and said that if she succeeded, it was because she was capable.

"No..." Ruan Li trembled every time.

“I have the money to buy it, and I’ve already decided which model I want, and I can afford the price.”

"Is it the best?" Cheng Yu asked.

Ruan Li shook her head: "It's not the best, but it's enough for me."

"Why not the best?" Cheng Yu looked at her. "Only a fool wouldn't want it."

Ruan Li knew he was using reverse psychology, and she didn't know if he was provoked by Li Luo, but today he acted as if he would never go home unless he bought it for Ruan Li.

"It's too expensive. How about you treat me to a dessert instead?"

It's fine to treat friends to meals and desserts, but things costing tens of thousands of dollars are less acceptable.

Especially since this was the first time she and the big shot had met in real life.

He probably doesn't know... that he's already cursed him countless times in his heart.

"Are you still bothered by what happened to me at the hospital last time?" Cheng Yu thought Ruan Li would react strongly if she recognized him.

But she didn't even ask herself why she was working as a caregiver at the hospital, and why she happened to be her caregiver.

"I didn't..." Ruan Li shook her head, not daring to imagine what his reaction would be if he knew that he and she had a connection from a long time ago.

"Stop rambling on and on." Li Luo could tell that Ruan Li really didn't want Cheng Yu to buy it for her.

“You’d rather be the landlord’s foolish son, but our Lili wouldn’t want to be.” Li Luo pulled Ruan Li forward. “Come on, let’s ignore him. He’s had some mental issues since he was little.”

Li Luo told Ruan Li about Cheng Yu's childhood: "You know, he was even more eccentric when he was little. If you wanted to play with him, you had to have a competition to see who could pee the farthest. Only the winner could play with him..."

"Damn it, Li Luo!" Cheng Yu didn't care about anything else and flew up to grab Li Luo: "When you were little, you used to use watercolor pens to make yourself look like a rainbow girl. You were still wetting the bed in kindergarten!"

"Get out of here!" Li Luo kicked him. "You were crying by the pillar at the school gate in kindergarten because you didn't get a little red flower!"