"After I saved her, she started cursing about some scumbag who got her bestie pregnant or something, and then it was like this… It wasn't my fault, okay?"

Chen Yuan was afraid the woman would try to take advantage of him, so he quickly explained to the police officer.

"It's okay, I can see you're not involved," the officer said, pulling out a notebook to record the details while the paramedics from the ambulance moved the woman onto the stretcher. He didn't doubt Chen Yuan's words at all.

"How could you tell?" Chen Yuan asked, puzzled.

With a faint smile, the officer glanced to the side. "The main character is over there, isn't she?"

Following the officer's gaze, Chen Yuan turned his head and saw Xia Xinyu pursing her lips speechlessly, her eyes full of disdain for the woman clinging to him like a koala bear.

After being called out like that, she turned her head to the side, mostly embarrassed, but with a hint of displeasure.

Ah, this…

Just how much did she dislike this sao ji?

"Don't separate me… This little brother is so handsome, and he saved me. Don't separate me from little brother, wuwuwu—"

The woman was still struggling, and the two nurses couldn't pull her away. Chen Yuan could only adopt a blocking posture, pushing her to the side.

Finally, the woman was secured on the stretcher and taken into the ambulance.

Looking at the red marks on his chest, he really hadn't expected her to be so aggressive after waking up.

If the police hadn't arrived, she probably would have started spitting at him…

How scary, you tell me?

"Alright, alright, let's go to the hospital first. Don't ruin other people's relationships," the officer said, in a tone that wasn't exactly comforting, as he ushered the woman into the vehicle.

Then he turned to Chen Yuan and asked, "Young man, do you have your ID card with you?"

"Can I give you the ID number?"

"That's fine, go ahead."

"******************, Chen Yuan. Chen from Er Dong Chen, Yuan from Yuan Shen's Yuan with the water radical." Chen Yuan said.

"Yuan from Shui Yuan's Yuan, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay." After writing it down, the officer nodded, then sized up the tall, sturdy young man with just the right amount of muscle, a prime candidate for the police force. He asked, "Not bad, still in high school, right?"

"Yes."

"Which school?"

"Eleventh High School, Class 18 of the second year… Ah, no, no, Officer, why are you asking this? There's no need for the school to know about this." Chen Yuan quickly waved his hands.

You say you don't want… but you recited your information without hesitation.

"Don't stay out too late with female classmates. Go home early."

"Okay, I will. I'll leave right away."

Closing his notebook, the officer gave one last word of advice before leaving.

Chen Yuan slowly stood up, wrung out as much water as he could from his pants, and pushed the wet bangs that were covering his eyes back up.

Because he was already good-looking and well-built, he looked even more energetic and lively now that his upper body was bare, like a professional swimmer, giving people a healthy and positive feeling.

But Xia Xinyu didn't stare deliberately. Instead, she said with considerable displeasure, "You promised me you wouldn't go into the river without permission, and yet you still went to save someone."

"I really wanted to promise you, but she was slowly sinking, not even making bubbles anymore. I felt like she wouldn't last much longer…" Chen Yuan had listened to Xia Xinyu's words, after all, he had also thought of his parents.

He was an only child, and a mama's boy (mama's precious little boy), and if anything happened to him, his mother would definitely go crazy.

It could only be said that it was also because she wasn't making any bubbles; that way, he wouldn't be pulled under when he saved her, that he had gone into the water.

"Even if you saved her, can you guarantee she won't try to kill herself again?" Xia Xinyu empathized and felt it wasn't worth it for Chen Yuan.

"Yes, I can guarantee it."

【19354】

Not only will she not commit suicide, she'll live to be over eighty.

"Why?"

"She knows how uncomfortable suicide is, so she won't try it again." Chen Yuan said with certainty.

It was a little uncomfortable, but perhaps it was because the method she chose was different.

She felt that dying once more wouldn't be so painful.

But since Chen Yuan thought so, she wouldn't refute him.

"She won't try to kill herself again, will she?"

"Didn't you say she wouldn't…" Halfway through her sentence, Xia Xinyu slowly raised her head and, realizing Chen Yuan was staring intently at her, knew he was asking her.

He never took the initiative to mention this matter before…

"No, she won't." Xia Xinyu shook her head.

"Are you lying to me?"

"Weren't you lying to me just now…" Biting her lip lightly, Xia Xinyu, unable to answer directly, turned her face to the side, not daring to look at Chen Yuan anymore.

"I've always wanted to ask you what was wrong, but I didn't dare to, afraid of touching your sore spot." Chen Yuan also looked to the other side and said frankly, "After being with you these past two days, I realized you can still be cheered up. Ah, no, it's not cheering you up, it's just that if you encounter something happy, you'll still be happy. So, you just can't remember, right?"

Yes.

As long as I don't remember they're gone.

As long as I forget about this matter.

As long as my attention is diverted elsewhere.

But, how can such a thing ever be forgotten?

Every night, when I sleep alone, I'll definitely cry.

Wiping away the tears from her eyes, but unexpectedly, the more she wiped, the more tears flowed. Her face was already too tear-streaked to be seen, so she turned her back and walked barefoot toward the road.

Quickly putting on his clothes, Chen Yuan took her phone, picked up her shoes, and quickly followed her.

Just like when your favorite puppy dies and you want to cry, but your parents are playing cards and don't have time to care, Xia Xinyu walked and cried like this, feeling wronged, finally bursting into a wailing sob.

Her feet stepped on the asphalt road with small pebbles, and the soles of her feet were rubbed red, but she didn't care about anything, not knowing where she was going, and continued to walk forward.

"Don't follow me…"

Xia Xinyu felt someone following behind her, so she wailed and cried out.

And Chen Yuan stopped in his tracks.

Unknowingly, the number above her head had changed.

Not 0.1, not 1, not 2…

It was a very long number.

So, letting it out is all it takes.

Then, was what I've been doing these past few days necessary?

Yes, it was.

Without these past few days of getting to know her, I'd be like that guy who called her, unable to get to the depths of her heart. I wouldn't even make it to the door before being chased away like someone putting up small ads.

"No, you really didn't follow me, did you…"

Crying and crying, Xia Xinyu turned her head and, finding that Chen Yuan had really listened to her, cried even more pitifully, her sobs hoarse.

She really wasn't tsundere at all…

Not being awkward and saying what you mean is indeed a good habit.

"Wait a moment."

After scanning the QR code, Chen Yuan pushed the shared bicycle next to Xia Xinyu and used his foot to lower the kickstand.

"Am I helping you put them on, or will you be self-reliant?" Chen Yuan asked, holding up the sneakers stuffed with pure white socks.

"I… I'm not wearing them…" Shaking her head while wiping away her tears, Xia Xinyu shook her head and stammered, choking with sobs, "What shoes am I wearing… I don't want shoes, I want to fly, fly to the sky… and become a star…"

People have no brains when they're trying to act cool.

And when people are crying, their language system will temporarily collapse.

Clearly, she was now like a child standing barefoot on a cement road in the summer, wailing and crying.

"Wearing shoes won't affect you becoming a ape, right?"

Chen Yuan crouched down slightly on one knee, ready to take out the socks, when Xia Xinyu quickly took the socks out of the shoes, her eyes glistening with tears as she choked out, "A star. Socks… I'll put them on myself… After I put on my socks, I'll fly into the sky… and become a star, sandwiched between those two stars…"