"Yes, I said I was that little boy."
Li Shuxian just smirked; he raised his right eyebrow again at Shi Yan, who didn't believe his words. He repeated the word he just said to her.
Shi Yan got up from the roof floor while strangling her waist with her hands. She looked at Li Shuxian sternly and pointed her index fingers at him. Her face looks so emotional with an upset expression.
"Li Shuxian, don't you dare lie to me. Do you mean what you said? Are you really that little boy? Is there any proof? I don't like to be lied to or played with!"
"Hahaha!" Li Shuxian laughed. He couldn't help but feel funny while thinking about what he said, and Shi Yan didn't believe him. Then, he continued his conversation.
"I told you the truth. Why are you so angry with me?" He asked as he stared at Shi Yan's face standing in front of him.
"…."
Shi Yan, who was standing there, was speechless. She then sat down again in silence.
'Okay, I think he meant it.' She said in her heart slowly.
Realizing Li Shuxian's gaze on him from earlier, Shi Yan slowly corrected her voice.
"A-Ahem."
Li Shuxian only raised one eyebrow while asking. "Yes?"
Shi Yan looked at him with an embarrassed feeling. "Alright, I'm sorry for being angry and saying bad words earlier."
Li Shuxian stared at her. He opens his mouth slowly while his eyes keep watching Shi Yan.
"Well, it's okay for me."
Li Shuxian accepted her apology with a nod.
"Okay, so I take your word for it. Are you really the little boy nicknamed Cookie that I knew as a kid?" Shi Yan asked him softly as her eyes looked at Li Shuxian, who sat beside her. She wants to get certainty and honesty from him.
Li Shuxian nodded while grinning, showing his white teeth. He said in a deep tone as he stared at her.
"Yes, I told you already, Shi Yan."
Shi Yan bit her lip. She felt ashamed and embarrassed. 'Oh no...What have I done all this time around you.'
She covered her head with both hands. Shi Yan felt like disappearing and hiding from there. She felt timid right now to be around Li Shuxian because her behaviour towards him after all this time was wrong.
Li Shuxian, who didn't notice Shi Yan was embarrassed and was covering her head, then said softly to her.
"Shi Yan, where have you been? I miss you, you know? I never saw you again when you moved out of that Shounan Middle School.."
"Li Shuxian...you..."
Shi Yan hid her face behind her pointed fingers. She was embarrassed when he heard Li Shuxian's words. 'Is this what is called a declaration of puppy love? I understand this feeling now!'
That's right. Shi Yan immediately transferred from Shounan Middle School after she finished elementary school without saying anything to him because something terrible happened...And she didn't remember it at all. Shi Yan entered Yumnan High School with no memory of her childhood and her past at the school, including memories with the little boy due to the brain concussion she suffered. She forgot everything, and now, she remembers everything that happened.
'Cookie…Li Shuxian…Same person...'
Shi Yan felt a little dizzy due to too many memories and information she had just remembered simultaneously flooding her brain.
She held her head, which felt heavy.
"Urgh..."
Shi Yan felt her pulse quicken and her chest tighten. Her eyes slowly become blurred...
Li Shuxian, who was staring at Shi Yan from earlier, realized something wrong was happening. He approached Shi Yan, who was sitting silently beside him.
Suddenly-
* Bam! *
The sound of a girl's body falling on the floor was heard. Shi Yan fainted.
Li Shuxian panicked when he saw the girl next to him suddenly pass out on the rooftop floor. He had just met a little girl he knew and expressed his longing. How could Shi Yan faint like this?
He placed his right index finger on Shi Yan's nose to ensure she was still breathing. He worried that she was not alive.
After confirming that she still breathed, he sat beside her.
Li Shuxian gently and repeatedly patted Shi Yan's cheek with his fingers, trying to wake her up.
"Hey? Shi Yan? Are you okay?"
"....."
Seeing no response from Shi Yan, Li Shuxian lifted the girl's body.
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"I'm sorry for touching and holding you, but I must help you..."
Li Shuxian speaks slowly in a low voice beside her ears.
He needs to take her to the student treatment room. Li Shuxian's face is full of restlessness and wariness while looking at the girl in his arms.
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