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“I didn’t mean it that way! I didn’t want to distance myself!” I was on the verge of tears, desperately trying to explain. “I just feel that the formula was something I ultimately came up with on my own. You only… you only reminded me a little bit. I don’t want you to bear the risk of being accused of cheating over such a small matter…”
“A little reminder?” He stepped closer, his tall figure imposing and overwhelming, his gaze sharp enough to pierce through my soul. “So in your eyes, in that critical moment when I was warned by the proctor and at risk of disqualification, writing down that formula was just a ‘little reminder’? You think my help is so insignificant?!”
Each of his words struck me like a heavy hammer, hitting my heart hard! It dawned on me that my self-righteous “protection” and “concealment” were, to him, nothing but utter distrust! It was a denial and belittlement of his willingness to step up and help! Where did I place him?!
“I’m sorry… I’m so sorry, Jiang Chi…” I lowered my head, unable to face his eyes filled with disappointment and… hurt. My voice trembled uncontrollably as I choked out, “I messed up… I was too stupid… I was just so scared, scared of dragging you down. I really was…”
He looked at me, the disappointment in his eyes spreading like ink, dark and unyielding. “Scared?” he scoffed coldly with a short laugh. “What you’re really scared of is being associated with someone like me, a ‘suspect of cheating,’ and ruining your reputation as a ‘good student,’ right?”
“No! Absolutely not!” I shot my head up, tears streaming down my face in disbelief at such heart-wrenching words coming from him. “Jiang Chi, how can you think of me this way?! Is this how you see me?!”
His words were like the sharpest ice blade, piercing precisely into the softest part of my heart. A mix of grievance, anger, and heartbreak surged within me, nearly tearing me apart. It turned out that the fragile understanding we had built between us, that slight closeness I thought we shared, was so easily shattered in his eyes! The so-called trust was as fragile as paper in the face of crisis!
“You know best in your heart,” he said as he turned away, his tone as cold as a Siberian chill. He dropped that line without looking back at me and walked away.
“Jiang Chi!” I called after his resolute back, my voice thick with tears. “Please let me explain! It’s not what you think!”
He didn’t pause for even a moment; his tall figure carried an unbearable coldness as he quickly disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
I stood alone in the empty hallway, tears blurring my vision and feeling utterly cold. There seemed to be whispers around me, but I could no longer hear anything. All that remained in my heart was a desolate despair.
The fuse lit by Meng Yao ultimately detonated not our reputations but the fragile trust that had just begun to sprout between us.
It felt like we were truly… finished.
The relationship between Jiang Chi and me had completely entered an ice age.
We no longer had any intersection. The spot by the window in the library was left with only my solitary figure.
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