In, a parallel time and space that is similar to Earth...
John was reborn and went back to the past. At this moment, he found himself standing in front of the milk tea shop, looking at the girl in front of him in a daze.
Her exquisite, slightly upturned red phoenix eyes betrayed a hint of unease, while a delicate and petite nose, along with a small mouth slightly pursed from nervousness, adorned her countenance. Behind her, cascading beautiful long curly hair was elegantly tied high.
This is a countenance that John is familiar with. After all, he encountered it nearly every day during the three years of his previous life bedridden.
John looked at Amelia in front of him and smiled unconsciously. She was also looking at him nervously, pinching her skirt with her small little hand, obviously nervous but pretending to be calm. When she saw him smiling, her face began to blush.
How blind was I in my previous life to not see that this girl had a crush on me?
The moment Amelia, who was in front of him, called him, John remembered the day of their class outing before the start of the second semester of high school.
On this day in his previous life, John couldn't remember whether he met Amelia.
Even if it was there, he definitely wouldn't care.
Because Charlotte was the only girl that existed in his eye during that time and he would not even look at other girls.
Even though he had confessed to Charlotte multiple times at that time while being continuously rejected every time.
She was always saying :
"John, I just want to concentrate on my studies now first. Can we be good friends first?"
"John, you are the only one who truly understands me. They all just think that I am gullible, but only you understand me the best ..."
John felt that Charlotte was a unique girl.
Many people like her. She is gentle, cute and beautiful. Although her family's conditions are not very good, she is very optimistic about life.
Her parents are dead, and she lives with her grandmother, to whom she is very filial.
She evokes a sense of protectiveness towards others, instilling in them a desire to protect her.
John is not an exception. As he has been protecting this strong and beautiful girl.
Secretly using the funds that were obtained from scholarships and allowance received by my parent to recharge her meal card, help her buy exercise books, buy her things that little girls like, find various reasons to give them to her, and have a cup of milk tea every day...
John always told her, "It doesn't matter, you will have what other girls have..."
So even though John was disappointed after being rejected multiple times, he still touched her hair and said, "It doesn't matter, we will talk about it later..."
Instead, he felt that she was a considerate girl who thinks further about the future instead of falling in love.
It wasn't until the day after the SAT examination that he sent her home and confessed again.
Not a surprise, he was still rejected. Charlotte, who had just rejected him, blinked his innocent eyes and changed the subject. She even kissed John on the face as a reward and asked him to go to the opposite side to buy her a cup of milk tea for her, and once again emphasized to me that we were "best, best, best friend."
It was also that cup of milk tea that paralyzed John in bed for three years, but his "best, best, best friend" only visited him once with his classmates and never appeared again... On the contrary, it was this legendary school beauty Amelia, who seemed aloof and proud and had nothing to do with him, who suddenly appeared in his ward one day with red eyes and a bit of embarrassment.
"I just heard that you were hospitalized. So I came and visited..."
Her eyes were red from crying, and her beautiful eyes were full of sadness, but her words still carried a trace of affected toughness, masking an underlying vulnerability.
With this look, she visited for three years...
Until she passed away after jumping into a river to save a little girl, that arrogant and cute girl never appeared in John's ward again.
What was he thinking then?
Oh, it would be great if I could go back and time....
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At this time, seeing her appear in front of him with a face that looked proud but actually with eyes full of anxiety, John finally said with a smile: "Okay."
Amelia was a little stunned. In fact, she just felt impulsive, so she stopped John and asked him if he could talk to her later and she never thought that he would agree.
Because everyone knew that he had a crush on Charlotte and John wouldn't even look at her...
Thinking of this, her originally bright eyes slowly turned a little gloomy.
At this moment, a soft voice came from the door, "John, haven't you bought it yet?"
John and Amelia looked over at the same time.
A man and a woman came to the door, and the girl was Charlotte.
John was holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, which was still hot.
Amelia knew that it was bought for Charlotte.
Charlotte came over and saw the tall and attractive Amelia standing in front of John with a bit of arrogance on her face.
She paused slightly because didn't like Amelia, as she was beautiful and elegant. Standing with her, it was like one was a proud real princess while the other was a fake princess who had always stolen the limelight. This contrast made her feel inferior.
No girl wanted to be a backdrop standing beside her, and she certainly didn't want to either.
But when she met John's gaze, Charlotte suddenly showed a sweet smile, and there was a little more pride in her eyes.
She was very confident standing in front of Amelia at this time, because she knew that no matter how good Amelia was, there was only one thing she couldn't win against herself. And that is John who only like me but not her, and it was useless no matter how beautiful other girl is.
Thinking of this, Charlotte walked up to John with a sweet smile, leaned on his arm and said to Amelia, "Why is Senior Sister here? What a coincidence~"
In fact, John and the others are already in their third year of high school, but they called Senior Amelia. That is because she is indeed one year older than them, as for some unknown reason, she repeated her studies for another year.
After Charlotte finished speaking, he habitually extended his hand to John with some intention.
Of course, John knew what her action meant. Normally at this time, he would have inserted the straw into the milk tea and handed it to her, and would have gently warned her, "Drink slowly and be careful of scalding your tongue ."
Now John feels so ridiculous when he thinks back about it. He felt pity for her at that time. Whether it is money or daily habits, Charlotte, who has a tough family, becomes a princess.
But now it seems that the affection I thought I had is just a "licking dog" in the eyes of others.
He put the milk tea in his hand on the table nearby, took the straw and inserted it.
Charlotte's eyes flashed with satisfaction, while Amelia's eyes flashed with sadness.
Just when Charlotte was about to take the milk tea from his hand and say thank you reservedly.
He saw John handing the milk tea to Amelia. He still remembered that she had complained to him in his previous life that she always fail to make John to treat her to milk tea at least once...
In this life, John hopes that he can treat her to milk tea every day for the rest of his life, as long as she wishes.
He smiled at Amelia and said, "Would you like to drink it? But it might be a bit sweet. You like 30% sugar, and this one is 70%. How about I get you another cup instead?.."
Amelia looked at him in disbelief with confusion in her eyes.
Charlotte, who was at the side, shouted in a low voice with some grievance, "John, this is my cup of milk tea..."
P.S: Licking a dog is a Chinese slang that refers to a type of person who has no bottom line to please and flatter others. (the slang licking dog comes from puppies who show their affection to their owner by licking them)