The pretty girl who plays with people's feelings is going to be severely punished.

The way the girl looked up at people was exactly the same as her face when she was a child, even the curve of her eyelashes was exactly the same.

Yu had always known that there was a girl next door who was the same age as him.

Her mother liked to braid her hair into two little pigtails, and people on the street would always compliment how pretty and adorable the little girl was. The little girl wouldn't even say thank you, just held her mother's hand, tilted her chin up, and walked past, her short pigtails swaying in the air.

Her mother pinched her cheeks and laughed, scolding her for being impolite.

Yu followed them from a distance, not knowing why, he just wanted to. When the women turned around and saw him, they would affectionately give him candy. The little girl would glare at him from the side, angry that he had taken her things.

"Don't you have a mother? Why do you want my mother's candy? Give it back to me."

Yu Lian has had a sharp tongue since she was a child.

"I don't have a mother." Yu Yin held the candy, reluctant to give it back to her, and said something that was hard to tell whether it was pleading or showing weakness.

Yu Lian's eyes widened when she heard him say that. She instinctively looked up at her mother, not believing that anyone could live without a mother: "You're lying. Everyone has a mother. You're lying to me..."

Yu Sihui covered his mouth.

"I don't have a mother," Yu Yin repeated.

Not wanting to see Yu Sihui, whom he implicitly regarded as his mother, and Yu Sihui's real daughter Yu Lian, showing any pity, he took the candy and left.

The next day, Yu Lian came to knock on the door without the adults' knowledge.

  

She took a strawberry-flavored Alpenliebe lollipop and gave it to him. The wrapper was crumpled and thinned, indicating that she had probably struggled with it for a while.

"Don't take my mom away. Here, take this candy."

I refused to accept it because I had my hands behind my back.

Yu Lian panicked: "Can I be your mother? Just call me Mom, don't steal my mother away."

At that time, Yu Lian was a little shorter than Yu Yin. She was wearing a small t-shirt. Yu Sihui had gone to work and didn't have time to take care of her. Her braids were loose and her hair was messy, making her look like a little madwoman.

They've been spoiled; they won't give up until they achieve their goals.

Yu Yin said, "Mom."

The little girl took his compromise as an agreement not to take her mother's place, and left satisfied, taking the candy with her, muttering to herself.

"My mom said that if you eat candy, caterpillars will crawl into your mouth. Now that I'm your mom, you shouldn't eat this either."

I dislike her very much.

I hate that she's rude, I hate that she cries loudly, I hate that she's stingy, I hate that she has a bad temper.

I hate that she has a mother.

Why doesn't anyone realize that Yu Lian is really annoying?

From kindergarten to high school, he went to the same school as her, and she was in every aspect of his life, so he always disliked her.

In the first year of high school, many boys came to the back gate of the school to see Yu Lian. Yu Yin's deskmate was a boy who was good at sports, sunny and cheerful, and got along well with everyone. Even someone as quiet as Yu Yin could chat with him for a while.

He nudged Yu Yin with his elbow: "Yu Lian is really beautiful."

I kept my head down, writing my questions, and didn't respond.

Feeling bored, he said, "What if I pursue Yu Lian?"

I looked up at him.

"Yu Lian isn't pretty." In high school, Yu Yin's bangs almost covered her eyes. She didn't look up, and her pen didn't write a single extra word. "She has moles on her nose, temples, and neck. Her bangs are badly cut, one side is longer than the other. Her eyebrows are messy. She has a chubby face and short fingers."

He spoke in a calm voice.

My deskmate was speechless with astonishment: "No, buddy, you..."

"Did you notice how closely she was looking?"

Yu then fell silent again.



"Are you working here or studying? I don't think I've seen you at school before." Yu Lian took a sip of her milk tea, feeling a little awkward about running into an old acquaintance, and fidgeted a lot, tapping her fingers on the cup.

Yu Yin bent down and took off the black rubber glove on her other hand, revealing her distinct knuckles and a layer of powder on her fingertips. Yu Lian subconsciously glanced at her a few more times.

"I'm working." He sat down opposite her, his eyes slightly dark, looking tired. "I didn't pass the exam last year, so I'm repeating a year."

Yu Lian frowned, recalling his grades: "You got into S University? Did you get in this year?"

"Um."

Yu Lian ordered less ice, and water droplets condensed on the plastic film of the paper cup in a short while. He took a piece of paper from the table for her to wipe it, but his movements were a little hesitant and clumsy, and the paper was only slightly damp.

"I came here to work after finishing my college entrance exams. This is only this month. I haven't seen you since."

Yu Lian gave an awkward laugh. Let alone this past month, she could count the number of times she'd been to this milk tea shop on one hand throughout the entire semester. Her frequency of appearance at school was even lower than that of Shiny Pipi from the game "Sailor Moon."

Not knowing what to say, I looked down and pretended to be busy, then turned on my phone.

"You low-class, pretentious jerk who never includes me: You've finished your last exam, where are you?"

"You low-class, pretentious jerk who never includes me: Someone asked me for a VIP account, should I give it to them or not?"

"You low-class, pretentious slut who never includes me: Someone wants to kiss me."

"You low-class, pretentious jerk who never includes me: Someone wants to marry me."

"Has rabies: Reply."

"Has rabies: Is she cheating on her boyfriend?"

"Has rabies: [Image]"

"You have rabies: Here are the blueprints for your underground pipe network. Wait, I'll steal you out no matter what, even if it means digging a tunnel."

"He has rabies: If he accidentally digs into your brother's room, he'll just shovel him to death. It's an easy thing to do."

"You low-class, pretentious jerk who never includes me: You stay silent."

"You low-class, pretentious jerk who never talks to me: I'm going to ban your verified account and give you a new one with only me as a friend."

"You're always showing off and ignoring my low-class, pretentious self: isn't that a bit of emotional neglect?"

After reading just a few lines, Yu Lian felt that the world had become demonic.

Seeing that her expression was off, Yu tapped the table with his finger to pull her back to her senses: "Do you live at school? I went back to my neighborhood and only ran into your uncle."

"No... My parents are divorced, you probably don't know. So I don't live there anymore. I moved out after the college entrance exam." Yu Lian rubbed her temples, speaking absentmindedly, not even bothering to ask him what major he had chosen.

"Then I'll be going now, you go to work."

Holding a milk tea cup in one hand and hooking a small cloth bag with the other, she tried to stand up.

"Yu Lian".

I called out to her.

"Will Aunt Yu come to pick you up, or will you go by yourself? I'll take you home."

Yu Yin has always spoken like this since he was a child; his sentences always seem compressed, as if he's missing words. But strangely, Yu Lian occasionally overheard him telling his classmates that it wasn't like that, and that he only spoke like that to her.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

I think I only heard about it recently.

But how could I let him deliver it? Jiang Shaoheng was still waiting downstairs at the dormitory. If I took it there, he would probably tear me apart like a hyena.

Yu Lian stood there and glanced at him again. Her eyelashes trailed at the corners of her eyes, which were round and pretty. Even looking down at people, she didn't appear arrogant. She had just drunk milk tea, and her lips were a glistening pink, opening and closing slightly.

"How will you take me home? You don't have a car, do you?"

"You'll get fined for being absent without leave, so don't worry about me."

Turned around and left.

From behind, she showed no remorse for her hurtful words. She walked quickly, her skirt swaying with each step, disappearing from sight in a flash. Just like those many nights he'd seen her in high school, she never turned her head.

Because of his tall stature, I sat on a small round stool in the milk tea shop, lowered my eyes, and looked down at my palm. A thin scar, which had faded with the years, lay quietly on the lines of my palm.

The location of the love line.

That was left over from a fight in high school.

When Yu Lian said those words, he clearly had no emotions in his heart, but the scar on his palm went against his will and became hot and painful.

Yu Lian.

I have a car.



She knew him, but he knew her even less than a fraction of her. His dietary preferences, the location of his mole, the curve of his eyelashes, the way he walked.

And when I feel guilty, I always quicken my pace.

Who could understand her as well as he did?

Yu Yin got up, put his gloves and mask in his pocket, and took off his apron and hat, letting his long, disheveled black hair fall down. He didn't seem to care much, and informed another colleague at the front desk who was pretending not to care but had actually been listening intently to what was going on.

I'll be back in a bit.

With long legs, he stepped out the door and onto the road he had never walked before but had seen countless times.



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There should be a second update today... if it's not posted by midnight, then never mind.

[Second Editor: I'm stuck on writer's block because I'm waiting for the tonic.]