Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

Xie Xiao and Luo Yanran walked by the street.

His mood was more relaxed than it had ever been before.

He didn't have a particularly good relationship with Xie Liu, in fact, one could say there was no relationship at all.

But seeing him now, he was very happy for him.

Luo Yanran, holding flowers in her arms, suddenly laughed and said, "I used to think you and Xie Liu didn't look alike at all, but just now, when I saw him standing at the door calling out to you and smiling, I suddenly thought you two do look quite similar when you smile."

Xie Xiao glanced at her sideways, "Oh? Do we really?"

"Quite a bit," Luo Yanran nodded affirmatively, and thinking about Sun Mi's appearance just now, added another sentence, "Especially the way you appear in front of girls."

That made Xie Xiao really curious, "What way?" Stay connected via My Virtual Library Empire

Luo Yanran stared intently into his eyes, with a brilliant smile on her face; sunshine poured down from above their heads. The flowers in her arms seemed to fade in comparison to her smile.

Gazing at Xie Xiao's face, Luo Yanran spoke softly, "Redemption."

No matter how many years passed, that first glance was redemption.

It dazzled her whole youth.

Even during the two years when she wasn't understood, the memory of that silhouette against the light still uncontrollably stirred her heart.

No matter how much advice she heard, even though they might be right, it still made her want to approach him without looking back.

Even if he wasn't perfect, even if everyone disagreed.

But it's okay, I know I love you.

That initial heartbeat eventually became a mutual longing.

"Xie Xiao, I love you."

Xie Xiao was stunned for a moment, then without thinking, said, "I love you too."

See, he's always like that.

Luo Yanran quickly kissed him on the face, "Just now, in Sun Mi's eyes, I saw a light, a very familiar one, the kind I felt when I first liked you."

Her eyes smiled, curving beautifully, "I hope her dreams come true too."

When Xie Xiao realized what she was talking about, he grasped her hand tightly, "Then we both hope her dreams come true. Let's go, it's time to have dinner with our parents. Hmm, if they are still together when we get married, shall I ask Sun Mi's shop to cater our wedding? But she might be too busy..."

The young couple's silhouettes leaned close together.

They've walked from youth to their prime.

Still in love.

Today, they got married.

As expected at lunch, they had to change the way they addressed each other and take red envelopes.

Even though it was noon, both Luo Ming and Xie Qingxiao had a few drinks, seemingly a bit tipsy.

The two mothers surprisingly didn't say anything.

Instead, they watched them drink with laughter.

Xie Xiao also joined in for a few drinks.

The meal was full of celebration.

By the end of the meal, Luo Ming was either really drunk or just buzzed.

In any case, Luo Yanran did not return to Xie Xiao's home, but rather Xie Xiao was brought back by Luo Yanran.

Xie Qingxiao and Yang Lan didn't say much, even smiling and saying goodbye to them.

When they got home, Luo's mother told Luo Yanran to take Xie Xiao upstairs to rest and took Luo Ming back with her.

The house was very clean, as someone had been called to tidy it up before they came back.

Luo Yanran, pulling Xie Xiao upstairs, kept saying, "Dad must have drunk too much."

Xie Xiao just smiled, "Probably so, it's fine, I'll drink with him a bit more tonight."

Xie Xiao could understand Lynch's feelings to some extent.

Having such a beautiful daughter who was taken away like that.

Ah, a forced smile on the face, but bitterness in the heart.

Luo Yanran smiled amusedly and took Xie Xiao to her room's door, "It seems like you've never properly seen my room~"

As she said this, she pushed the door open, "Welcome~"

Xie Xiao really wanted to say that he actually had seen it; he knew what her room looked like.

But that was in a dream.

Now, as he stepped into Luo Yanran's room, that familiar sensation hit him.

It was almost no different from before; even the placement of the furniture and other items was exactly the same.

This gave Xie Xiao a moment of disorientation, and he was reminded of that dream again.

However, compared to the dream, the room now looked much cleaner and tidier.

Luo Yanran went to the side and pulled back the curtains, letting sunlight flood in, dispelling the dimness of the room, "Make yourself at home. But you've seen it in video calls before, right?"

Xie Xiao snapped back to reality and nodded, "Right, you were even dancing last time."

At the mention of dancing, Luo Yanran blushed and said embarrassedly, "Stop it. I'm going to use the bathroom. Feel free to look around. I've got nothing to hide~"

She finished with a little lift of her chin.

Xie Xiao kissed her cheek with a smile, "Then I'll really take a look, okay?"

Luo Yanran nodded and turned to enter the nearby bathroom, "Go ahead."

Xie Xiao watched the bathroom door close and walked to the desk by the window, which she faced during countless video calls.

Now, the desk only had a few books on it, lacking the heaps of books and exercise sheets from their high school days.

He remembered how she looked, bent over her homework.

Xie Xiao noticed a photo frame on the desk, with a picture of himself and Luo Yanran together.

It was taken during their graduation, both wearing their school uniforms.

That day was for the graduation photo shoot.

After his class had finished shooting, he dragged Lin Yu to find Luo Yanran, and just then, she and Liu Ou also arrived.

In the photo, the two in their school uniforms were not very close, yet their gazes inadvertently meeting each other in the photo seemed to still convey their entanglement.

Liu Ou was really good at photography.

Xie Xiao reached out and touched the smiling face of Luo Yanran in the photo, so beautiful. He had a copy of this photo as well.

Putting the photo down, he saw a book that seemed to be halfway read, with a bookmark poking halfway out.

Flipping it open, Xie Xiao discovered the bookmark was the same as his.

His eyes twinkling with amusement, he saw a sketchpad on the desk and casually flipped through it, finding a sketch of his own profile.

It was clearly a quick sketch, but it was drawn well enough to be recognizable at a glance.

Xie Xiao had heard Luo Yanran mention before that she learned a lot of things as a child, but most were a variety, and she didn't like them enough to stick with them.

Dancing was the one she did for a relatively long time, but unfortunately, she had no intention of developing it as a specialty.

She must have learned to draw; it's unclear if she was good or not, Xie Xiao certainly couldn't tell.

But the profile looked quite accurate.

Xie Xiao flipped through a few more pages, which were mainly of him, his profile in a school uniform, a view from behind.

The look of a boy playing basketball.

Some had dates written on them.

Others had pages covered with Xie Xiao's name.

Neat and chaotic.

Plenty of them.

Luo Yanran approached to look at the sketchbook in his hands, then laughed at herself, "You found out."

As she spoke, she grabbed the sketchbook from his hands, "Most of these were drawn when I was in high school. I'm not very good."

Xie Xiao looked at her, "At school?"

"No, after stealing glances at you at school, I came back and drew these." The girl smiled, her eyes shining, but her expression calm, "I wouldn't have dared before. I used to be such a coward~"