Xiao Yao obviously did not expect Xue Xue to ask such a question.
He was stunned for dozens of seconds before he recovered.
"Yes." Xiao Yao didn't want to hide from her. "But I rarely smoke, so when I'm stressed, I'll take one or two to relieve myself."
Saying that, he frowned.
"How did you know I could smoke?"
Xiao Yao had never smoked in front of Xue Xue, and he couldn't even find a lighter at home.
Facing his doubts, Xue Xue smiled mysteriously.
"You guess."
"Hmm..." After thinking seriously for a while, Xiao Yao shook his head. "No clue, just tell me the answer directly."
"All right."
After biting down the last bite of the broken cake, Xue Xue suddenly jumped off the small earth wall.
"Hey, be careful."
"No, this height is very safe for me." With a playful smile, Xue Xue went on to answer: "Mr. Guo told me."
"Mr. Guo? Guo Wenxiang?" Xiao Yao laughed when he got a positive answer. "But how did he know that I would smoke? That time with you at Guo Wenhao's hometown should be the first time I met him."
Xiao Yao recalled that his memory should be correct.
"Well, it's the first time you see him, but he's not."
Xiao Yao suddenly realized the story Guo Wenxiang told him.
"I just remembered when you said that. Guo Wenhao did ask me a few times if he was interested in being a model."
"But you rejected him?"
"Well, I like research work very much. It's probably a little psychological. I always feel like I'm following in the footsteps of my parents and doing a very sacred thing." Xiao Yao paused. "Very safe."
Hearing this, Xue Xue looked at him.
After a while, she smiled too.
His eyebrows were curved like a crescent moon hanging in the night sky.
Soft, dazzling, and shining.
"I also like Brother Xiao Yao, who is doing research work. Although I am a little curious, what would happen if you and I entered the same industry."
"It won't be so."
"Yes, we will still be together anyway, and it has nothing to do with what job we do in the future."
"Well, that's it."
When the words fell, Xiao Yao took her hand, and the two continued on their way home.
"You said, you only smoke to relieve yourself when you are under a lot of pressure?" After being quiet for a while, Xue Xue suddenly spoke, continuing the topic just now. "Mr. Guo's memory of that scene is probably too deep, and the time is still clearly remembered."
Xiao Yao stopped.
"It was when I was in high school." Xue Xue raised her eyes and looked at him. "It's also when you know I like Feng Yang, right?"
Xiao Yao did not speak.
Xue Xue was not in a hurry, just counted his eyelashes with great interest.
Xiao Yao has a pair of amorous peach blossom eyes, however, his temperament is cold, which may be related to his habit of drooping his eyelids all the time, making it difficult to see what he is thinking, and invisibly pulls out the sense of distance.
"Indeed, it's about you." Xiao Yao finally said. "I've liked you ever since."
"But at that time, I couldn't tell which one I liked. I just felt that I should take care of you, protect you, and accompany you, just like... when I first arrived at Jiang's house, you did that."
In fact, Xue Yayan didn't take care of Xiao Yao, let alone protect him.
She has always been the one protected by Xiao Yao.
However, Xue Xue could understand Xiao Yao's mood.
At that time, for Xiao Yao, whose family became fragmented overnight and suddenly lost both parents and became an orphan, Xue Yayan broke into his world in a reckless and willful way, but was more scruples than adults who were cautious and courteous. It is easy to move Xiao Yao.
Sometimes the right time to meet is more important than anything else.
Thinking, Xue Xue clenched Xiao Yao's hand tightly.
This action is silent encouragement.
Although Xiao Yao still maintained the same posture, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, his face was expressionless, but Xue Xue could perceive from the details of his limbs that he was more relaxed and calm than before.
Some clues can be heard from the tone of voice.
"I originally thought that I would confess when you graduate from high school and become an adult."
"I didn't expect..." Xiao Yao's lips drew a bitter arc. "You have someone you like."
"Brother Xiao Yao..."
"But it's not entirely because of this." Finally, Xiao Yao met her gaze. "I was faced with the topic of choosing a research direction at that time, and I couldn't make a decision, so I was depressed for a while."
"Well... Then how did you get out?"
In the past, Xue Xue always looked at Xiao Yao from Xue Yayan's perspective and guessed his inner thoughts.
Now she also wants to hear what Xiao Yao thinks.
After all, they are already that close.