When Lu Jingci saw her smile at him up close for the first time, he wondered if he was daydreaming.

She also wanted to tell him a secret.

What secret?

Was she going to tell him seriously, or was she playing a prank?

Her tone was too intimate, as if they were some kind of good friends, but yesterday, the way she looked at him was still full of dislike.

In an instant, Lu Jingci's mind was filled with shock, doubt, and immense joy.

For the past few days, he had been secretly hiding in the shadows of a corner, watching her smile at Su Wanyue and Xie Yu. The three of them had a very good relationship. He envied Su Wanyue, envied Xie Yu, and envied everyone who was close to her.

He thought that in her world, he was nothing more than a dispensable shadow, and she didn't like his presence.

After all, he was a monster who was abandoned by his parents. When he was a child, he was dressed in dirty and tattered clothes. She must have hated his filthy appearance and only saved him because she felt sorry for him.

Available today.

She patted him on the shoulder, wanting to whisper something to him.

She said, "Lu Jingci, come closer."

In that instant, it was as if someone who had longed for sunlight for years had been wandering in the thick, impenetrable darkness for so long that they had almost forgotten what light looked like, but suddenly one day, a warm light shone upon them.

Right now, in the classroom.

Lu Jingci thought about many things, but no matter what he thought, his body was uncontrollably drawn to her words.

He had already moved his legs two steps forward, and he bent down to put his ear close.

Then he nervously held his breath.

Xu Wuning's warm breath brushed against his earlobe, and he trembled all over, as if he had been burned by something.

He suddenly tried to straighten up, wanting to escape this unbearably close distance.

But Xu Wuning's hands were faster than his.

Her hand pressed down hard on his shoulder, forcing him to lean back and his back against the cold tabletop.

He was pinned to the desk.

Lu Jingci looked up in surprise and met her gaze looking down at him. Her eyes were full of amusement.

"What are you hiding from?" Xu Wuning leaned even closer. "I haven't told you yet."

Lu Jingci struggled to get up, but she pressed him back down with a sudden force.

Behind them, Su Wanyue and Xie Yu could be heard in stunned silence.

"What are the class monitor and Ningning doing?"

"I don't know, it seems Ningning is scolding the class monitor. Did the class monitor offend her again?"

"Never mind that, never mind that, hurry up and copy the homework, we're going to be late..."

Several classmates nearby saw it too, their eyes widened, and they whispered among themselves, "Wow, Xu Wuning even beat up the class monitor, I'll never dare to mess with her again."

"Did she practice Taekwondo? The class monitor is pinned to the table, and it seems like she can't move."

"I don't know, she looks really strong."

"Stop looking, stop looking! If Miss Xu gets angry, we'll all be in big trouble. I remember when I was in elementary school, she hired several bodyguards and beat up our school bully."

"Quickly copy the homework! Xu Wuning is helping us buy time, so hurry up and write!"

On the school desk.

Hearing the surrounding whispers, Lu Jingci's flushed ears spread to her neck. "Could you...could you please let go of me first? Thank you..."

Xu Wuning not only didn't let up, but also chuckled playfully and slowly said, "Let me tell you, I not only remember what happened when we were little, but also how we escaped from the kidnappers' den together."

"Lu Jingci, I also know what secrets you keep in the box in your desk drawer."

Suddenly, Lu Jingci's face changed, his lips lost their color, and he struggled violently, but she held him even tighter.

His eyes were filled with a hidden fear.

She'll probably think he has psychological problems, right?

Those photos, those photos he had people follow and secretly take of her, those photos he had collected for many years, those terrible thoughts he thought were perfectly hidden.

She'll definitely find him terrifying, then distance herself from him and never speak to him again.

Xu Wuning released her grip at this moment, and she quickly turned around and ran to his seat.

Lu Jingci's pupils contracted sharply, and he almost reflexively sprang up to chase after him, his long legs knocking over a chair next to him.

But it was too late.

Xu Wuning's fingers had already reached into his desk drawer, pulled out the tin box that was hidden very deep, and ran out of the classroom.

"Xu Wuning!"

Lu Jingci's voice was so panicked that he was almost incoherent, and sweat poured from his forehead as he chased after the student out of the classroom in terror.

Xu Wuning stood a few steps away in a secluded corner.

She held the box in one hand, and with the other hand she had already opened the lid.

"No, don't open it..." His trembling words caught in his throat, unable to finish.

The box was opened.

It was filled with her photos from over the years.

The light in Lu Jingci's eyes vanished instantly, and his face turned pale.

Xu Wuning sighed twice and waved the box in her hand at him.

"explain!"

"What are you up to by hiding this?"

Lu Jingci's legs were almost unsteady on his feet. His pale lips trembled slightly as he shook his head: "I'm sorry, I won't do it again, I'll never do it again..."

He couldn't look her in the eye, his throat tightened, "Don't be afraid of me, please don't be afraid of me, I'm sorry..."

He repeated it again, his eyes reddening, his voice growing softer and softer until it seemed to shatter in the wind.

"I'm so sorry, I'll never do it again..."

When the photos were discovered, what he feared most was not being ridiculed, but the fear in her eyes, the fear that she would take a step back, the fear that she would look at him as an alien.

He was afraid she would find him disgusting and filthy.

He feared she would never speak a word to him again.

Thinking of all this, Lu Jingci's legs went even weaker, his knees trembled, and he awkwardly squatted down on the ground, leaning on the railing, curling up into a ball.

It’s over.

It's completely over.

These words echoed repeatedly in his mind, making his eyes sting and want to cry.

How will she insult him in a moment? A perverted photographer? A psychopath with mental problems?

He buried his face in his arms, his breath trembling...

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