Summer’s Desire

Chapter 3

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Luo Xi hit someone!

In the second class of the first year of the senior high school, a boy rushed in and excitedly announced the news he had just found out. Luo Xi had fought with the classmates who called him a thief. He was quite powerful and injured several classmates. A teacher who passed by arrested him and the fighting students. Then, in the teaching office, Luo Xi even beat up the dean of teaching!

"Why?!"

The students in the class looked horrified.

The boy shook his head regretfully. He was just squeezed by the window of the teaching office and couldn't get in. He didn't know why Luo Xi suddenly punched the teacher's chin. The students next to him whispered that the shape of the dean's mouth when he asked a word sounded a bit like "prostitute".

Yin Xiamo sat in the back rows of the classroom.

She opened her textbook to review her lessons, put on her headphones, and tried to let the music take the noisy sounds in the classroom away from her. She lowered her head to read the book, which was filled with densely packed words. The weather was too hot, and the densely packed words danced in front of her eyes.

She suddenly felt annoyed.

The students in the class said in horror that Luo Xi was too good at disguising himself. They had always thought that he was from a good family and excellent in all aspects, but they didn't expect that he was actually a dirty thief and a hooligan. Several girls tried to defend Luo Xi, saying that maybe he was wronged, or that other students beat him first. But the other students immediately laughed at them loudly, calling them nymphomaniacs, and that it was already proven that Luo Xi was a thief and trash. Those girls lay on the desk and cried.

Yin Xiamo stared at the textbook.

The loud music and the noisy classroom made her look more and more indifferent. Finally, she took off her headphones, closed the book with a snap, and stood up from her seat!

At this moment, the classroom door was pushed open.

All the students looked over and saw a little boy with a red face, as if he had been wronged, but still looked very cute, running in. They all recognized him, this was Yin Xiamo's younger brother Yin Cheng.

"sister!"

Xiao Cheng ran to Yin Xiamo, his face red, tears welling up in his eyes, but he tried hard not to let them fall.

"What's wrong?"

she asked hurriedly.

"Dad... Dad is in the training department..."

Xiao Cheng said with sobs.

Yin Xiamo's body suddenly froze.

Many curious students gathered in the corridor outside the teaching office, they leaned their faces against the glass windows, put their heads close to the cracks in the door, eavesdropped and talked excitedly to each other. The stern voice from the teaching office, the sharp sound of the whip hitting the table, the roar of slapping the table, made the students outside feel both terrified and excited.

Suddenly, a force from behind separated them.

“What are you doing!”

The students who were standing in the front pushed back in dissatisfaction. They had squeezed into the good position with great difficulty, so how could they easily be squeezed in

“Get out of the way!”

It's a girl's voice.

The students in front of them all turned around, and someone whispered that they recognized the girl as the young master's girlfriend, and her name seemed to be Yin Xiamo. They immediately made way for her awkwardly, although it was very embarrassing to be scolded by a girl, but they really couldn't afford to offend the young master.

Yin Xiamo pushed open the door of the teaching office.

She stood at the door.

Xiao Cheng held her hand and stood beside her.

The teaching office was in a mess, as if it had been swept by a strong wind, with pieces of paper flying everywhere, and teaching plan folders, picture frames, flower pots, and certificates scattered all over the floor. Several teachers angrily scolded the fighting students who timidly huddled in the corner. The dean of teaching was behind his desk, looking very embarrassed, with his head raised and his nose covered, blood dripping on his suit.

The sun shines in.

Luo Xi was covered in wounds. His shirt was torn in the fight. The corners of his mouth were bruised and swollen, with a trace of blood already dried. He still looked surprisingly handsome, with his jet-black hair shining in the sun, but his expression was no longer as gentle as before, and there was a nonchalant mockery on the corners of his bleeding lips. The teachers who reprimanded the fighting students glared at him angrily from time to time, but they did not hit him on the head with a cane like they did with other students.

Because someone was protecting Luo Xi.

Yin Xiamo saw her father.

Dad stood in front of Luo Xi like a hen protecting her chicks. He kept bowing to every teacher, and his chubby face was covered with sweat. He kept bowing and apologizing. Other teachers rolled their eyes at Dad, but Dad pretended not to see them, and kept bowing to the teachers with a smile.

"I'm sorry, it's our Xiaoxi who was too impulsive."

"I'm sorry, Dean. I will teach Xiaoxi a lesson when I get back. He will never fight again."

"I'm sorry, I will compensate the injured students for their medical expenses."

"I'm sorry, but our Xiaoxi would never steal anything. It must be a misunderstanding."

Yin Xiamo looked at her father who was bowing. She bit her lips, her palms gradually became cold, and her heart felt like it was being pricked by countless needles.

"Did I say Luo Xi was a thief?!"

The dean flew into a rage and slammed his hand on the table.

Dad was frightened.

"The old newspapers are posted on the bulletin board, and everything that happened in the past is clear! Luo Xi not only doesn't know how to repent, but he also fights with his hands. What kind of attitude is this?! Take him to the teaching office and ask him what happened. He actually beat up the teacher again!"

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

"What's the point of saying sorry?! Do you know him? It seems like you just adopted him! Why didn't you write down that he had stolen when filling out the information? You are deceiving the school!"

Dad stared at the dean in a daze.

Luo Xi stood coldly in the middle of the teaching room. The sunlight was a little chilly, and the mockery at the corners of his lips gradually turned into a hint of coldness.

Sweat trickled down Dad's fat face. His face turned pale and he stammered:

"But, our Xiaoxi is really not a thief... He is not a thief... Please... Please check... Please ask the school to tell the students not to talk nonsense... Xiaoxi is not a thief..."

"The investigation is the police's job!" The dean slammed the table, "We are only responsible for disciplining students!"

"But… "

Dad wiped the sweat from his head helplessly, and his stuttering became more and more intense.

"I... our Xiaoxi... is not... not... not a thief..."

"dad!"

Yin Xiamo took a deep breath and walked over. Dad turned around and saw that it was her, and a happy expression appeared on his chubby face.

"Xiaomo, they said Xiaoxi..."

She walked up to her father, stood on tiptoe and wiped the sweat off his face with a tissue, then smiled and said, "Yeah, I know. Dad, you go back first, and let me take care of this, okay?"

Dad looked at her anxiously.

"Xiaomo..."

Yin Xiamo smiled, her eyes full of determination and confidence, "Dad, I know the situation in school better than you do. You go back first. Don't worry, I will take care of it."

After saying that, she turned to Xiao Cheng at the door and said:

"You go home with Dad."

Xiao Cheng nodded without thinking. In his mind, what his sister said must be the most correct.

Xiao Cheng and his father left the teaching office.

There was complete silence inside and outside the teaching department.

The teachers looked at Yin Xiamo in a daze, the students who were fighting looked at Yin Xiamo in a daze, the dean looked at Yin Xiamo in a daze, and the students in the corridor also looked at Yin Xiamo in a daze. Only Luo Xi turned his head to the side and looked at Yin Xiamo standing next to him coldly.

There is a smile on her face.

But he didn't speak.

Her eyes were clear and black, and her expression was very calm. She stared at the dean quietly. The strange aura in her eyes made the dean suddenly forget what he wanted to say. Everyone was very curious and wondered how she would "solve this matter properly".

A while later.

Yoon Ha-soo was sure that his father and Xiao Cheng had gone far away.

She stood up straight, her eyes became cold, and suddenly, the smile disappeared from her face. She coldly reached out and took Luo Xi's right hand. Without saying a word, she took Luo Xi and strode towards the door!

"Hey! Stop!"

The dean seemed to feel that he had been fooled.

Yin Xiamo turned around.

She smiled lightly, her eyes were extremely cold, "Before the facts are clear, you indulge students to insult others as thieves. Is this your consistent standard for disciplining students? If you are incapable of investigating the facts, then let me investigate them. However, if you are wrong, I hope that you can apologize to Luo Xi in the spirit of education."

She bowed to the dean.

Then, she took Luo Xi's hand and walked out of the teaching office.

Quiet.

Eerily quiet.

Quiet.

No one dared to breathe.

Yin Xiamo held Luo Xi's hand.

She just pulled Luo Xi out.

The two held hands tightly together, and Luo Xi was pulled behind her, looking at her with strange eyes. But she didn't even look at him, just held his hand tightly, and strode out to the shock of everyone.

There were many different versions of the story circulating a few years later.

Some people said that golden sunlight bloomed from her and his palms at that time.

Some people said that she held his hand and walked out of the school gate.

Some people say that the perverted school rule of Shenghui College that prohibits students from holding hands on campus was promulgated on that day.

************

European residence.

The indoor pool is sparkling.

Housekeeper Shen stood respectfully by the pool holding a towel in his hand. The maids stood quietly in the distance. A delicate meal was placed on the white round table with carved patterns. The clear blue water rippled layer by layer. The boy swam silently, and the transparent water splashed around his slightly brown, tight and beautiful skin. His black hair was already soaked and scattered messily on the boy's arrogant forehead and neck.

The intercom on the pool wall rang.

After answering the call, Shen hung up the phone, walked to the swimming pool, bent down and said to the boy swimming:

"Master, Miss Yin is here."

After saying this, Butler Shen was fully expecting to see the young master's joyful expression. Every time Miss Yin took the initiative to look for the young master, although the young master always looked cool, the green light that flashed in his eyes was always very happy and childish.

But.

Butler Shen was surprised to find that the young master narrowed his eyes slightly today, his face looked very stinky, and his chin line was tight. The water splashed everywhere, and the young master dived deeply into the water again, and did not surface for a long time.

When Yin Xiamo stepped into the indoor swimming pool, Ou Chen had just come out of the water. He was wearing black swimming trunks, his naked skin was dripping with water, and his black hair was dripping with water. He sat by the pool, without wiping the water off his body, turned his head to look at her, said nothing, and turned his head back to look at the water.

He waved his hand.

The housekeeper quickly asked the maids to leave, respectfully placed the bath towel next to the young master, and quietly left.

The water waves are reflected on the ceiling and walls.

Sparkling light.

Yin Xiamo walked behind him, bent down to pick up the towel next to him, opened it, squatted down, and wrapped him in the big towel. He was silent, as if he was angry. She wiped the water droplets off his body with the towel, then covered his head with the towel and wiped his hair in a mess.

"Hello!"

Ou Chen's voice came out muffled through the bath towel.

"What are you doing?" She rubbed him as hard as if he were a puppy. "Why are you angry with me? Your face is so stinky. If you don't like seeing me, I will never come to see you again!"

He grabbed the towel forcefully.

He threw the towel aside heavily, his pupils constricted, with a deep green light in his eyes. He stared at her, his jaw stiff and tight.

Yin Xiamo rubbed her forehead, "You know everything, right?"

Ou Chen's pupils were cold.

Ever since he saw Luo Xi in person at Xia Mo's house, he had a sense of danger, a dangerous aura emanating from Luo Xi's body. Although she repeatedly told him that she had no feelings for Luo Xi, he still felt a strong sense of uneasiness. For that Luo Xi, she broke free from his hand in the campus cafeteria; for that Luo Xi, she, who had always been indifferent, actually stood up in the teaching office.

She took a deep breath, picked up the towel again, and helped him dry his hair. This time, her movements were much gentler. As she dried, she whispered, "So, will you help me?"

He asked coldly: "What is the relationship between Luo Xi and you?"

"He is Dad's adopted child and the older brother that Xiao Cheng likes."

"Just like that?"

She glanced at him, "What else can I do?!"

She put the towel down and touched his hair with her fingers. It was almost dry. She used her fingers to gently comb his hair and suddenly smiled and said:

"Are you jealous again?"

As she gently wiped his hair, Ou Chen's anger seemed to gradually dissipate. His expression was a little unnatural, and he coughed, still with a straight face, saying:

"You held Luo Xi's hand."

She laughed, grabbed the towel and wiped her hands vigorously.

"Is this okay?"

She glanced at him sideways with a smile.

Ou Chen turned his head away, his body not as tense as before.

Yin Xiamo rolled her eyes at him, grabbed his arm, turned him around, and said, "Can you please be more reasonable when you lose your temper next time? Otherwise, if I get really angry one day, I will really ignore you!"

"Can you?"

"Yes." She hugged his arm, shook it, and said coquettishly, "Okay, tell me whether you can help or not."

"I have asked someone to notify the police, and we are also contacting the Song family. You can meet Mrs. Song tonight or tomorrow." Ou Chen had a blank expression.

"Hello!"

Yin Xiamo's eyes lit up.

Ou Chen said calmly: "You are not sure at all and you are just bragging in front of so many people. If I decide not to help you, how are you going to end it?"

She smiled like a blooming flower, "No way, I knew you would help me!"

He glanced at her.

"Thank you!" she said happily, shaking his arm.

Ou Chen looked at the sparkling water and was silent for a long time. He said in a deep voice: "In the future, don't get close to Luo Xi. Otherwise..."

"… "

"Xia Mo, you are mine."

His cold lips kissed her forehead.

*********

night.

Xiao Cheng looked at his father and sister worriedly while eating. His father asked his sister anxiously how the school was going to solve the problem and whether Luo Xi would have any problems going to class. His sister smiled as if nothing had happened and comforted his father, saying that it was okay and that everything would be solved in two more days. After hearing what his sister said, Xiao Cheng felt more relieved. He obediently put the chicken wings into Luo Xi's bowl, as if Luo Xi also liked to eat chicken wings. He hoped that Luo Xi would not be too sad about what happened during the day after eating the delicious food.

Luo Xi silently picked up the guitar on the sofa in the living room and walked back to his room. Dad, Mom, and Xiao Cheng looked at each other at a loss. Only Yin Xiamo concentrated on eating.

After dinner.

Xiao Cheng helped his mother clean up the dishes.

Dad asked Yin Xiamo to accompany him for a walk in the courtyard.

There is no moon in the night sky, only countless stars twinkling.

Dense cherry trees.

Yin Xiamo hugged her knees and sat on the stone platform under the tree, quietly looking at the beautiful night sky and listening to her father. Since Luo Xi came home, she hadn't talked to her father like this for a long time.

"Xiaoxi is not a thief."

Dad said to her with a complicated expression on his chubby face.

"oh."

She looked quietly at the stars in the night sky. The stars twinkled as if she had no worries at all.

"Xiao Mo, Dad knows you don't seem to like Xiao Xi very much, but you have to believe that Xiao Xi is definitely not a thief."

"Why?"

"Dad and Xiaoxi's mother were high school classmates," Dad recalled in a slow voice, "She was the most outstanding girl in the class. She was good at studies, had a good temperament, was beautiful, and was very friendly to her classmates. All the classmates liked her very much."

"Dad had a crush on Luo Xi's mom?" Well, that should be the case. Mom and dad were classmates in high school, so mom knew about dad's first love, so mom was a little concerned about Luo Xi's appearance at first.

"Almost all the boys in the class had a crush on her," Dad said embarrassedly, "I was very fat then, even fatter than now. Other girls didn't like to talk to me, but she would nod and smile at me every time she saw me. Once, I did very poorly on the test and dragged down the whole class. The teacher was very angry and ordered me to stand in the corridor as punishment. I kept crying in the corridor and all the classmates laughed at me. She came over, gave me a handkerchief to wipe my tears, and also gave me her notes."

Yin Xiamo was surprised to find that her father's eyes were slightly red.

"But I didn't say anything to her at the time. I didn't dare to talk to her. I didn't deserve to talk to a girl like her... Later, she suddenly disappeared and never showed up at school again... Xiaomo, Daddy is useless. He never dared to talk to her. She probably doesn't even remember that I'm a classmate..."

"dad… "

Yin Xiamo leaned gently on her father's shoulder.

"I met Xiaoxi in the orphanage and found out that he was her child and looked exactly like her." Dad's voice was a little trembling. "Her child can't be a thief. That's absolutely impossible."

"Yeah, I believe Dad." She nodded vigorously.

After a long time, Dad finally calmed down. He wiped his chubby face with his hands, feeling a little uneasy. "I'm sorry, Xiaomo, Dad shouldn't have said this to you."

"Why shouldn't I?" She leaned on her father's shoulder. "Dad told Xiaomo about the past because he treated Xiaomo as a good friend. Dad trusts Xiaomo, and Xiaomo is very happy." She paused, raised her head and stared at her father with clear eyes. "Dad, don't worry. As long as I am here, no one can bully Luo Xi. I will protect him."

Dad smiled with relief.

The fat palm patted her shoulder.

Beautiful night sky.

The stars sparkle like gems.

Under the cherry blossom tree.

Yin Xiamo snuggled into her father's chest intimately and said very softly, her voice floating in the night wind, "Dad, do you know why I don't like Luo Xi?"

Dad looked at her suspiciously.

She blushed, "Since Luo Xi came, Dad has given all his care to him. Xiao Cheng and I seem to have been forgotten by him... Dad, Xiao Cheng and I love you very much. We like you to smile at us and ask us what happened at school..."

Dad opened his mouth anxiously: "Xiaomo..."

She looked up and smiled at her father.

Her smile is beautiful, her eyes are as calm as the sea, her long hair is as lazy as seaweed, and her green lace flutters in the quiet night breeze.

"dad… "

“I’m sorry, Xiaomo,” Daddy wiped his chubby face anxiously, “Because Luoxi had suffered a lot in the past, I want to take good care of him… Daddy is not uncaring about you and Xiaocheng. In Daddy’s heart, you and Xiaocheng are both well-behaved and sensible… Daddy was wrong… In the future…”

"Yeah! Thank you, Dad..."

She closed her eyes in happiness and snuggled deeper into her father's arms.

The night breeze blows through the courtyard.

The cherry trees rustled gently in the wind.

Yin Xiamo suddenly sat up straight from her father's arms.

She turned her head.

Under the faint starlight of the night sky, there was a handsome silhouette of a young man. He didn't know how long he had been standing in the courtyard. His jet-black hair was blown a little messily in front of his forehead by the night wind, and his eyes were as cold as the fog at dawn.

Dad left.

She and Luo Xi were the only ones left in the courtyard.

Yin Xiamo crossed her hands behind her head and slowly lay down on the green stone platform. Leaves rustled in the air, and the stars shone brightly between the branches. She sighed with satisfaction, closed her eyes again, and lay down lazily.

Luo Xi stared at her for a long while. Then, he curled his lips and lay down on the stone platform beside her. He rested his head on his arms and looked coldly at the starry sky between the branches of the cherry blossoms.

The two people lay quietly under the beautiful starlight.

Luo Xi asked her coldly:

"Why do you want to help me in the training office?"

She didn't speak and her breathing was very calm.

"Don't you hate me?" he continued.

She seemed to be falling asleep.

"I would rather you hate me than pity me." He pursed his lips, and the starlight reflected the frightening loneliness and stubbornness in his eyes.

She smiled disdainfully, but still didn't open her eyes. "Why should I pity you? Because you were called a thief, or because you were born in an orphanage?"

Luo Xi's throat tightened.

Yin Xiamo said calmly, as if she were in a dream, "I also came from an orphanage."

Luo Xi was shocked.

He stared at her closely.

Her smile was faint, her long eyelashes trembled on her cheeks, and her small and delicate face seemed to reveal bright starlight.

"You've been called a thief, right? Not only have I been called a thief, I've also been called a prostitute." She opened her eyes and looked at the night sky, with a hint of mockery in her eyes, "Is your biological mother a prostitute?"

Luo Xi clenched his fists, "You..."

His face suddenly turned red with anger.

She sighed, "I heard from my father that your biological mother was a fairy-like woman. But... my mother was a real prostitute..."

Luo Xi's expression froze.

She sat up, hugged her knees, and curled up into a small ball. She stared at the night sky for a long time. Finally, she turned her head and looked at him coldly, "So, why do you want others to pity you?"

Luo Xi was stunned.

After a long time, he suddenly laughed out loud, and he couldn't breathe. It was as if he had suddenly heard the biggest joke in the world. His eyes were dotted with sparkling tears from laughing so hard.

Yin Xiamo ignored him, her voice as cold as a knife, "I've seen many children like you in the orphanage. They pretend to be perfect, excellent and polite, and act like an angel in front of every family who wants to adopt a child, just to be able to leave the orphanage forever."

She looked at him calmly, "But your heart is just like those children's. It has long been cold and you don't believe in any warmth. No matter how good others are to you, you smile and show gratitude on the surface, but deep down you throw all that love and care into the trash with disdain."

Luo Xi's smile was like a crimson cherry blossom, "What about you?"

He smiled and approached her, his smile was very beautiful, his eyes were very charming, "What's the difference between you and me? Oh, you acted more like a real person, right? You were gentle and lovely in front of that young master, but you were so charming in front of him.

You act innocently and coquettishly in Dad's arms, but who are you really like? I'm afraid you're even colder than me!"

"That's right."

She raised her chin and looked back at him haughtily.

"I'm not as stupid as you. You clearly want to be loved by many people, but you pretend that you don't want it at all. You don't want to go back to the orphanage, right? Then you should try your best to stay. What's the point of just pleasing your parents and Xiao Cheng? You should try your best to please me! Only in this way can you have a chance to stay. You clearly know that I am the one who hates you the most, so why do you provoke me even more? Are you stupid?"

She rolled her eyes slightly and smiled charmingly, "Oh, I see, you also offended Song Yamin, right? Song Yamin doesn't like you being too outstanding and stealing her limelight, so you should know how to restrain yourself. So, you suffered a lot, and were caught as a thief."

Cherry blossom trees under the starlight.

The girl asked with a provocative look in her eyes, lazily looking at the boy. The boy stared at the girl closely, with a strange light flashing in his beautiful eyes. The shadows of the two were cast obliquely on the green stone platform.

She was very close to him.

It was as if the breath was between each other's lips.

Suddenly, Yin Xiamo stood up, jumped off the stone platform, dusted herself off, and turned back to the house. Luo Xi looked at her from behind under the tree in a strange way.

She walked to the door.

Stopped.

"I will help you solve this problem." After a pause, she opened the door and walked in, saying lightly, "But you must remember to return it to me in the future."

***********

On Saturday night, Yin Xiamo came back from outside very late. She knocked on Luo Xi's door and threw a small tape on his desk.

She told him.

He can solve this matter any way he likes.

On Sunday, Luo Xi sat at his desk, playing with the small tape in his hand. He sat there for the whole morning. Xiao Cheng was worried and looked in many times, afraid that Brother Luo Xi would be upset about school and get sick.

Yin Xiamo drove Xiao Cheng to the studio.

She closed Luo Xi's door, leaving him alone to think quietly.

In the afternoon.

Luo Xi went out.

*******

In a blink of an eye, it was Monday’s flag-raising ceremony for the whole school.

In the square, almost all the students of Shenghui were talking to each other. Luo Xi would never appear again. Luo Xi should have been expelled from the school. Some sneered, some mocked, some felt sorry, and some were sad. Suddenly, someone pointed at the stage in front of the square, and was speechless!

early morning.

In the light morning mist.

A young boy walked onto the stage.

The golden sunlight shone from behind the clouds, shining brightly. There were lavender bruises on the corners of the boy's cherry-like lips, as if he was a lonely, forgotten and hurt angel in the world.

Luo Xi...

Tears of emotion unconsciously flowed down the cheeks of the Shenghui girls.

At this moment, no matter what mistakes Luo Xi had made, they were willing to forgive him. Luo Xi's loneliness and beauty were like sharp knives that pierced their hearts.

Luo Xi walked to the center of the stage.

Crystal clear fingers gently grasped the silver floor-standing microphone.

Then.

He turned his head and looked towards the lower right side of the square.

Everyone followed Luo Xi's gaze and looked over.

Song Yamin stood in the audience in embarrassment, with shocking marks of the fight on his face. He seemed to hesitate for a long time before he finally walked towards the stage with a blushing face. Yamin stood next to Luo Xi, his delicate face flushed red, and he lowered his head to the microphone and told all the teachers and students of Shenghui that what happened that year was just a misunderstanding.

The whole audience was in uproar.

Yamin explained with shame that because the news of Luo Xi's theft had been spreading like wildfire in the past few days, he felt uneasy and went to the police station to inquire about what happened. It turned out that Luo Xi did not steal anything, but a servant at the time was not clean, and Luo Xi had never been to jail. It was all his misunderstanding, and he was willing to apologize to Luo Xi and accept any punishment from the school.

All the teachers and students were stunned.

Luo Xi smiled, stretched out his right arm and hugged Yamin's shoulders as if he were a brother.

Yamin lowered his head and cried.

In the crowded square, Yin Xiamo was just a small black dot in the team of Class 2, Grade 1 of the High School Department. She looked at Luo Xi on the stage in the distance.

The matter was resolved much easier than she expected.

I thought Mrs. Song would be difficult to deal with. In her opinion, every politician is filthy. But when Mrs. Song learned her purpose, she sat in the restaurant with guilt and cried. She told Yin Xiamo that Luo Xi had never stolen anything. She and her husband adopted Luo Xi because they really liked him. They had never seen a child more lovely and smart than him. She really wanted to raise him as her own child.

After Luo Xi came to her house, he did perform very well, and her friends liked him very much. However, her son Yamin became less and less happy, with a gloomy face every day. She tried to make Yamin and Luo Xi friendly like brothers, but the situation was getting worse and worse. A lot of things started to go missing from the house, and Yamin insisted that Luo Xi stole them. Mrs. Song smiled bitterly, but she accidentally discovered that it was not Luo Xi who stole the things. Mrs. Song apologized and said that she liked Luo Xi, but Yamin was her biological son after all, and she was worried that if Yamin's psychology was distorted to a certain extent, there would be no way to turn back. So, she had to pretend that she knew nothing and sent Luo Xi back to the orphanage.

Yin Xiamo asked her why she called the police to arrest Luo Xi.

Mrs. Song said that she was not the one who called the police, but when the police and reporters arrived, she could only say that. Later, she went to the police station to cancel the charges against Luo Xi. Mrs. Song burst into tears and said that she was sorry for Luo Xi. She didn't expect that this incident would continue to hurt Luo Xi.

Mrs. Song didn't know.

Yin Xiamo recorded all the conversations.

Shenghui Academy in the early morning.

The students in the square were still immersed in the shock of what had just happened and unable to recover.

At this time.

Another commotion came from the east side of the square.

Luo Xi and Ya Min on the stage looked over, and both of them suddenly became stiff. The person who came was actually Mrs. Song. Mrs. Song walked through the crowd and came to the stage. She hugged Luo Xi. Because Mrs. Song left everyone with her back, the students in the audience could only see her shoulders trembling slightly. Slowly, Luo Xi, who was held in her arms, closed his eyes. Ya Min turned his head away.

After a while.

Mrs. Song hugged Luo Xi and Ya Min at the same time.

Yin Xiamo smiled.

The sunlight shone into her clear eyes.

***********

When Xiao Cheng returned home from school in the afternoon, he pushed open the courtyard gate and rushed in like a happy little bird, while Yin Xiamo walked slowly carrying his schoolbag.

"Brother Luo Xi! Brother Luo Xi!"

Xiao Cheng threw herself into Luo Xi's arms, crying and laughing, and she was so strong that she slammed Luo Xi's head against the trunk of the cherry tree. Yin Xiamo couldn't help laughing. Luo Xi covered his head and cried out in pain, as if he realized that she was laughing at him, and glared at her in frustration.

"They all believe you! Brother Luo Xi! Xiao Cheng likes Brother Luo Xi! Xiao Cheng knows that Brother Luo Xi will never do bad things!" Tears flowed down his face, and Xiao Cheng's face was dirty from crying.

"Little thing, you soiled my clothes." Luo Xi deliberately pushed Xiao Cheng away with a stern face, and seeing his helpless and shy look, he smiled and stretched out his hand to rub his hair, "Go wash your face quickly before coming out to play."

"Um!"

Xiao Cheng smiled widely and flew into the house happily.

Under the cherry tree, Luo Xi leaned against the black trunk. He looked at Yin Xiamo with a strange smile on his lips. She walked into the house and finally stopped, looking at him calmly and said:

"Hey, if you have something to say, just say it."

His eyes sparkled, but his smile was malicious, "Yin Xiamo, it's shameless of you to secretly record other people's conversations."

She said impatiently:

"Luo Xi, you are so shameless for being so stubborn. If you want to thank me, just thank me openly and honestly, okay? Why are you talking nonsense? I recorded the conversation for your use, not for me. If you use it shamelessly, it's your fault. At worst, I will be dragged into the water with you."

She rolled her eyes and smiled again, "But you're not really that stupid after all. If you make the tape public, Song Yamin will hate you forever. Now that it's like this, he won't dare to mess with you again."

Luo Xi stared at her, "Are you really not worried that I would release the tape?"

She didn't speak.

Just smiled at him.

The branches of the cherry tree rustled, and her smiling face suddenly made Luo Xi's heart seem to be hit hard. He turned his head away. When he turned back to look at her again, she was about to walk into the house.

"Wait a moment!"

Luo Xi called her.

Yin Xiamo stopped.

"Thanks."

Luo Xi said this in the most nonchalant voice, but the slight tremor in his voice made Yin Xiamo's cold heart defense suddenly collapse, and she bit her lips lightly.