CHAPTER 428: CHAPTER 427: SAYING ONE THING AND MEANING ANOTHER

Three people emerged one after the other from the kitchen, with Han Jiaoyang and Zhen Yan going their separate ways to their studies.

Only Han Mingyue was left alone standing in the living room, her head bowed and her lips pursed, indecisive.

At this moment, she was faced with two choices: either pretend nothing was wrong and just go back to her room, or hurry to find Zhen Yu and apologize.

Going back to her room was clearly not an option!

But she couldn’t muster the courage to go apologize to Zhen Yu.

Even though Han Mingyue hadn’t done anything wrong today, she really didn’t expect Zhen Yu to be so worried as to run out looking for her! Yet, she still couldn’t help but feel guilty.

So, she truly didn’t know how to face Zhen Yu now...

"Han Mingyue!"

Han Mingyue quickly looked up upon hearing the call!

She saw Zhen Yu’s room door was open, but Zhen Yu didn’t come out, instead, she just stood inside at the doorway, calling her.

Their eyes met, the girl’s gaze was gentle.

"Come here."

Han Mingyue suddenly relaxed, then smiled lightly and walked quickly towards her.

When he approached, Zhen Yu stepped back, making room for him to enter through a door gap about the width of his shoulders.

Han Mingyue could only walk in sideways.

This scene seemed strangely familiar to him, but before he could think further, Zhen Yu slammed the door shut with a ’snap!’

Han Mingyue paused imperceptibly and then continued walking into the room.

Unexpectedly! Before he could lift his foot, Zhen Yu suddenly embraced him from behind! Simultaneously, her voice also followed!

"Han Mingyue."

Han Mingyue instantly froze on the spot!

Something was off about this scene!

This was not at all what he had expected!

In the kitchen, he thought Zhen Yu might just give him the silent treatment without a word! Walking into the living room, he felt she might open the door and give him a cold look! When she just called him, he suddenly felt that things might not be as bad as he imagined, it seemed she still wanted him to come over and explain.

But now...

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Although the atmosphere was quite nice now! It made Han Mingyue somewhat reluctant to break it. But he felt it was necessary to explain, he couldn’t let Zhen Yu keep harboring doubts in her heart.

So he took a deep breath and raised his hands, holding Zhen Yu’s wrists not too tightly or too loosely, then softly said, "Xiao Yu! I today,"

"I’m glad you’re back!" Zhen Yu suddenly interrupted Han Mingyue.

When she said this, Han Mingyue clearly felt her arms around his waist tighten a bit, but then she relaxed again. "Next time you remember,"

"There won’t be a next time." Han Mingyue’s voice followed immediately after Zhen Yu’s words, he slightly guiltily promised: "From now on, wherever I go, I will come back and let you know first!"

As soon as his words fell, the girl standing behind him silently began to smile! Then she gently pressed her forehead against Han Mingyue’s back, nodding lightly, "Mmh."

Han Mingyue stopped talking, and so did Zhen Yu. The room was quiet for a while, and the two of them seemed to intuitively maintain the silence.

Zhen Yu slowly closed her eyes to the ticking of the clock, her restless heart finally settling down.

God knows, when Zhen Yu saw Han Mingyue at the door earlier, she almost broke into tears!

So she had to leave in a hurry!

Having been strong for so many years, how could she become fragile just because she had been reborn?

Though, she had cried before over her parents’ issues, but this time it was because of Han Mingyue...

Even if she was truly weak once more! She definitely didn’t want Zhen Yan to see!

And absolutely should not let Han Mingyue find out!

She has her pride!

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The tranquil atmosphere seemed to heighten everyone’s senses!

The warm breath penetrated Han Mingyue’s thin white shirt and sprayed onto his back, triggering an intense tingling sensation that then dispersed along his spine towards both ends! Han Mingyue tried hard to ignore this strange feeling, but after several attempts, he realized that it was all in vain.

So he had no choice but to speak up, hoping to divert his attention by explaining the previous incident.

"I came back late because I was sending Lu Huai home. His umbrella was blown apart by the strong wind as soon as he stepped outside, and he doesn’t know anyone else in the guitar class! He is your classmate after all, so I just..."

Zhen Yu raised her head and opened her eyes, "No wonder you came back from the opposite direction."

Zhen Yu’s words were gentle, but inside she was grinding her teeth and mentally adding another black mark against Lu Huai!

Getting to know him was truly a disaster for her!

He had let her down time and time again! He was practically a human-shaped pit!

She should never have been soft-hearted enough to consider this pitiful guy a friend at first! And she definitely shouldn’t have ’gotten back together’ with him!

He better pray that they are not in the same class during freshman year! Otherwise...

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"Xiao Yu, I am sorry!"

Zhen Yu’s good attitude made it easy for Han Mingyue to apologize.

"You don’t need to apologize to me, I was just overthinking things," Zhen Yu said insincerely.

Although he couldn’t tell she was being sarcastic, Han Mingyue still sincerely replied, "No! It’s my fault! I should have known you would be worried about me!"

"Who’s worried about you! I was just afraid something might happen and the elders would blame me," Zhen Yu retorted softly, feeling guilty because her own words betrayed her feelings.

Han Mingyue’s face immediately darkened! He was very unhappy! Extremely unhappy!!

So, he put some force into his hands! With a punitive intent, he suddenly tightened Zhen Yu’s arms which were crossed in front of him!

Caught off guard, Zhen Yu was completely flattened against his back!

"Ugh!" With her mouth and nose covered, Zhen Yu immediately leaned her head back to breathe.

Han Mingyue: "..."

Stiffening, he kept still.

Zhen Yu: "..."

Hold my breath! Hold my breath! Hold my breath!

...I can’t hold it anymore!

Out of breath, Zhen Yu said, "Let go of me!"

Almost simultaneously as she spoke, Han Mingyue actively let go of her hands and turned to open the room door with his back to her.

Without looking back, he threw out a "I’m leaving first!" and then fled in a panic.

That night, Han Mingyue had a dream.

In the dream, there were blue skies and white clouds, clear skies, and then suddenly a storm...

The next morning, he couldn’t get out of bed.

Because he had caught a cold.

Apart from sweating throughout the night, as soon as he opened his eyes in the morning, he felt dizzy, his body cold, weak, and his limbs powerless. Jiaoyang got a thermometer from Zhen Yu and measured him, 38 degrees exactly!

This was actually quite normal.

In such a heavy rain, how could he and Lu Huai avoid getting wet under one raincoat? However, his symptoms were not obvious yet before he went to sleep last night, hence nobody noticed.

Now after a night’s progression, his condition had clearly worsened.