What does it feel like to be adored by the one you desire?
Even Pei Yicheng, who had read so many books, struggled to describe it, as if there was only Xu Nianhua in front of him, and only those admiring black eyes were left.
Happy, blissful, proud, and feeling a sense of pride.
"Aren’t you afraid that others might not like my design?" Pei Yicheng’s lips couldn’t help but curl upwards.
A smile that could captivate a city, another that could captivate a country.
Xu Nianhua felt that this phrase applied not only to women but also perfectly to Pei Yicheng.
She couldn’t help but be mesmerized; his features were naturally striking. Normally, his rare smiles made him seem stern and unapproachable, but when he did smile, it was like a spring breeze, making everything around him seem merely a backdrop.
Her heart raced wildly. Having never been in love, Xu Nianhua felt that she might... truly be falling for him.
"Nianhua." Pei Yicheng leaned in close enough to feel her breath, gazing at her amazed expression, he realized for the first time that being attractive was indeed advantageous.
Xu Nianhua blurted out, disrupting the mood. She quickly lowered her head, took a deep breath, and changed the subject, "Cheng, I think, I think your design is great. If they don’t like it, they must be jealous of your talent."
"Are you shy?" Pei Yicheng’s voice arose next to her ear. He looked down to see her ears flushed a deep red, utterly adorable.
"You’re overthinking it." Xu Nianhua instinctively denied it, "I, I’m just..."
Xu Nianhua’s black eyes swiftly shifted as she said, "I just feel a bit suffocated, probably because we’re too close, not enough air."
Xu Nianhua lowered her head even more.
Pei Yicheng didn’t tease her further. Today’s events showed him she wasn’t completely indifferent. He was even more pleased and didn’t rush her to admit anything. Instead, he followed her words, "Right, not enough air."
It was time to change her dressing again, and this time, Xu Nianhua felt it particularly vividly, as if a piece of hair was missing at the back of her head.
"It’s okay. Once your wound heals, you can let your hair down, and it won’t show," the doctor reassured, knowing the young girl’s concern for beauty.
Although Xu Nianhua felt gloomy, the doctor’s words comforted her. Previously, she disliked looking in the mirror because she found herself too ugly to face, but now, her face full of collagen and her hair exceptionally smooth, she looked into the mirror every day. Seeing her young and beautiful face, she felt incredibly happy.
No matter the challenge, just by looking at her face, she felt like there was nothing she couldn’t overcome!
"Nianhua, you’re already beautiful enough. If you keep looking at yourself, how do you expect the rest of us to survive?" Pei Yining arrived just in time to catch this scene.
Xu Nianhua paused with the mirror in her hand and asked, "Yining, are you complimenting me or teasing me?"
Pei Yining raised a big smile and said, "Of course I’m complimenting you. You don’t know, but many people at school are asking about you. And your dorm mates, they brought you these notes."
She handed over a notebook with notes, "They wanted to come too, but they saved their bus fare to buy you these fruits instead."
"They really are thoughtful."
Xu Nianhua looked at the notebook and the fruits, silently taking note of all the kindness her dorm mates had shown her.