"Ji Wei’s?" Wen Nuan gently asked, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Yes." Leng Yan nodded: "It was then that I found out she was in the same grade as me. She said her bike was broken and a friend had brought her today, and asked if I could give her a ride. So, she held an umbrella over me as she sat on my bike seat, and we went back to school together."
Wen Nuan slowly closed her eyes, imagining that scene in the rain.
A handsome young man, a beautiful girl, a bicycle, a small floral umbrella, accompanied by the patter of rain, their laughter...
It was a very warm and picturesque scene, one she liked, pure and clear.
"Did you fall in love along the way?" Wen Nuan leaned against his chest, asking softly, her tone laced with a hint of mild jealousy, "Did you start dating from that day on?"
How beautiful it was, that day they met for the first time. When Wen Nuan lay on his back, she dreamily thought to herself that when he put her down, he would ask her name with a smile, and then they would fall in love. But he didn’t even ask her; he just walked away after letting her down.
Thinking about it now, it really seems foolish. At seventeen, if she had really started an early romance, her dad would have scolded her to death.
"No." Leng Yan shook his head: "That day, she kept most of the umbrella over me. The next day, she didn’t go to work; the manager said she had called in sick, with a cold and fever..."
Leng Yan’s brows furrowed; it seemed he had always felt guilty toward Ji Wei. It was destined from the start.
"She might have had a crush on you long ago, you just didn’t notice." Her delicate fingers touched his brow, and she spoke softly, with admiration in her voice, "She must have been secretly in love with you for a while, so she seized the chance to be with you, willing to catch a cold herself rather than let you get wet in the rain."
Are girls in love always this silly, willing to endure a little suffering themselves just to hope the other person is fine?
"Yes." Leng Yan pulled a smile and continued: "I felt bad about it, so I bought some fruit to visit her. Over time, we got closer and closer. She was kind-hearted, her family wasn’t well-off, with her mother passing away early, she depended on her father from a young age. The two of us grew closer and soon started truly dating. It was then that she told me she actually knew me from our first day at school, and she took a job at that restaurant because I worked there."
Wen Nuan didn’t speak, thinking to herself that this really fit Ji Wei’s character. She was a girl who was good at pursuing and knew how to spend the effort to get what she wanted.
But if it were her, she would have done the same, right? If she got into university and met Leng Yan, she would let go and pursue too.
"Why did she leave later?" Sighing softly, Wen Nuan looked at his furrowed brow: "You said before that after you recovered from your injury, she left with a director. Is that it? But why do you hate her for being heartless, yet change your attitude towards her so quickly?"
The change was so fast, she couldn’t believe it.
"I misunderstood her." Leng Yan lowered his head to kiss her forehead, looking into Wen Nuan’s eyes with pain.
What happened to Ji Wei made his heart ache. But if he didn’t say it, he didn’t have enough reason to persuade Wen Nuan not to mind his past with Ji Wei.
Moreover, in the future, he and Ji Wei would still have contact; how should he explain their relationship to Wen Nuan?
"What do you mean by misunderstanding?" Wen Nuan’s body trembled, a feeling of indescribable sensation enveloping her.