It’s become quite ugly.
"Let’s get back together, shall we?"
Shanshan walked up to him, squatted down, and reached out, intending to touch his hand.
But Bai Shunyuan either deliberately or unintentionally withdrew his hand.
Shanshan looked at her hand that fell short without much surprise, her slightly chubby baby face showing only a mildly bitter smile...
"Actually... you don’t really like girls like me, do you?"
Bai Shunyuan moved the cigarette from the right side of his mouth to the middle, lighting it with a lighter, the pure blue flame igniting the tobacco.
A wisp of smoke rose slowly, drifting between his eyebrows and eyes...
"You just think I’m obedient and easy to control... right?"
"Shun Yuan, I’ve always wanted to know, what kind of girl truly occupies a place in your heart. If she’s not exceptional, I would be unwilling..."
"Back then, I mustered up the courage to confess to you, something I never dared to dream of... getting a response from you."
"Every day with you, I felt happy. I once thought you would feel the same happiness as I did."
As Shanshan spoke, Bai Shunyuan gave no response, his gaze resting on the sycamore tree not far away.
There are hundreds of sycamore trees here, each one different.
Just like there are countless people and countless women in the world, every one of them is different...
But to him, there is only one tree, one woman in his sight.
"Later I realized, you agreed to date me just to dispel loneliness. If it wasn’t me, but someone else, it probably wouldn’t make any difference to you..."
Bai Shunyuan took the cigarette from his lips and just quietly watched it burn to the butt, then he extinguished it.
He stood up, and Shanshan quickly stood up as well, "Shun Yuan!"
Bai Shunyuan inserted his hands into his pockets. Within the time of a single cigarette, he had already returned to being that spirited young man who dismissed everything!
He blinked, his cold gaze falling on Shanshan, "You’ve rambled on so much, still not done? Do you really take me for a garbage bin?"
Shanshan’s heart sank. She poured her heart out to him, but to him, it all sounded like trash.
How truly ironic.
Bai Shunyuan originally had no intention of saying more to Shanshan, but... seeing her expression, laden with great bitterness and disappointment towards him.
He felt that if he didn’t say something, it seemed a bit inappropriate.
"Shanshan, you say... you like me, what do you like about me?"
Bai Shunyuan pulled the corner of his mouth, "Do you like this face of mine? Or my figure? Is it the mind? Or the family background of being a third-generation official?"
"Shanshan, everyone takes what they need. You knew from the beginning what our relationship was like, yet you still indulged in it, didn’t you? In that case, you have to be responsible for your own choices."
Bai Shunyuan glanced at her, "We’re not kids, don’t be so naive, always talking about love... ha, do you even know what love is?"
Shanshan took a deep breath, closing her eyes...
Shanshan, you didn’t learn about his temper only today, don’t let him lead you.
Her gaze fell on the wooden box...
"With all those paper cranes folded over so many days... at the start, I actually thought they were for me."
Shanshan’s expression turned cold, "It’s for Su Xiaomeng, isn’t it?"
Bai Shunyuan’s steps halted, his eyes narrowing.
Shanshan, glaring at Bai Shunyuan’s back, said bitterly, "I’ve known for a long time, you like Su Xiaomeng, I know you like Su Xiaomeng!"
"Folding a whole box of paper cranes... just how much do you have to like her to lower yourself to do such a childish thing, so against your nature?"
"Shanshan, shut up."
Bai Shunyuan clenched his fist, yet Shanshan had no intention of stopping.
"I just can’t understand what’s so good about Su Xiaomeng!"
Bai Shunyuan faced Shanshan, "Whether I like her or not, and what’s good about her, has nothing to do with you. If you want to continue to stay at this school, you’d better avoid me from now on!"
"I won’t!"
"..." Bai Shunyuan’s expression turned serious, his gaze at Shanshan particularly fierce.
Shanshan’s hands clenched into fists, feeling both tense and anxious, yet she gritted her teeth and held her ground...
The screen of her phone in her coat pocket stayed lit...
"I’ve met Su Xiaomeng’s husband, a man like that, how could he possibly marry a girl this ordinary? Ha, who knows what means Su Xiaomeng used to climb into such a man’s bed."