Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Dispirited and Distracted
Yue Jiannan’s sudden appearance startled everyone on the steps.
Yu Yaxian’s face turned pale as she watched Yue Jiannan draw closer and closer.
The surrounding people looked at Yue Jiannan in surprise, not knowing why his eyes were red-rimmed.
Yue Jiannan stepped onto the stairs, but Yu Yaxian suddenly stepped back.
“Who is he?” Yue Jiannan looked at Song Qiming, his hands trembling at his sides.
It must be a misunderstanding, it has to be.
How could Yaxian do such a thing?
Hop was evident in Yue Jiannan’s eyes, as long as Yu Yaxian would give him an explanation, he would surely nod and believe her.
But Yu Yaxian bit her lower lip, saying nothing.
Instead, the short-haired girl next to her stared at Yue Jiannan, showing realization.
“So you’re the countryman Yaxian mentioned who keeps pestering her? Hey, stop bothering Yaxian all the time, she’s already taken by someone else.”
Yue Jiannan was shocked, looking at Yu Yaxian.
“The countryman who’s always pestering you? Is that how you describe me to them?”
Yu Yaxian didn’t speak, her eyes flickering away.
The crowd exchanged glances, sensing that something was amiss.
Song Qiming frowned, “Yu Yaxian, I hope you can give me an explanation.”
After speaking, he swept away, and Yu Yaxian hurriedly followed him.
“Senior Song, it’s not what you think… please… please wait for me.”
A few female students whispered among themselves while looking at Yue Jiannan, but Yue Jiannan was oblivious to them.
He walked back aimlessly, his steps quickening until he suddenly started to run.
Various thoughts and images churned in Yue Jiannan’s mind.
The joy of drinking engagement wine, the flutters he felt every time he saw Yu Yaxian, and the frequency of his heartbeat when he called her his wife.
But these images shattered inch by inch, and Yue Jiannan’s chest hurt as if it were on fire.
He was running so fast that he crashed into someone unexpectedly.
The girl fell to the ground at the sound, and Yue Jiannan abruptly stopped in his tracks.
The girl he had knocked down had a pair of phoenix eyes and was very pretty; she frowned slightly, holding her shoulder.
Her friend hurried to help her up, rebuking Yue Jiannan without courtesy, “Why are you running so fast in the campus, are you blind?”
The girl quickly stopped her, “It’s okay, he probably didn’t mean it.”
“Sorry…” Yue Jiannan apologized instinctively, walking towards the school gate like a zombie.
“What kind of person is that, just saying sorry and that’s it?”
The friend grumbled while massaging the girl’s shoulder, comforting her, “Yushan, does it still hurt?”
Lin Yushan shook her head, then suddenly noticed a pair of gloves on the ground.
She quickly picked them up and chased after Yue Jiannan.
“Classmate, you dropped your gloves.”
Yue Jiannan turned around numbly.
He saw the pair of gloves that he had originally intended to give Yu Yaxian, now in the hands of another person.
They must have fallen from his pocket during that collision.
“Classmate, are you all right?” Lin Yushan asked, waving a hand in front of his face with some concern in her eyes.
Yue Jiannan came to his senses and coldly said, “The gloves are yours now.”
After saying that, he turned and left.
“Wait, I can’t take these…”
Lin Yushan’s words trailed off as Yue Jiannan quickly disappeared from sight.
Her friend took the gloves, touched the material, and looked surprised.
“This is high-quality sheepskin, wow, he really splurged. He must have bumped into you on purpose, are people these days gifting in such special ways?”
The friend was envious, and rightly so; Yushan, as the school’s recognized belle, probably had people know she never accepted gifts, and this person must have thought of this strategy.
Lin Yushan shook her head, frowning, “It’s too valuable, I can’t accept it.”
“But he didn’t even leave a name. However, since he’s your admirer, he will surely appear again.”
Lin Yushan looked in the direction Yue Jiannan had vanished, feeling an intense worry.
The man had seemed so distraught; she hoped nothing bad would happen to him…