Ye Shiyu, with her excellent eyesight, quickly noticed the handsome young man with a backpack slung over his shoulder, standing alone under the bright lights of the distant platform, wearing a Bluetooth earpiece.
He was wrapped in the school uniform jacket he had worn on Friday, with that beige shirt underneath.
He hadn't left yet, simply looking down at his phone, waiting for the bus to arrive.
Ye Shiyu looked at him and quickened her steps a bit, leaving the island of light and stepping completely into the darkness.
At the same time, she called out to Yan Huan,
"Yan Huan."
Yan Huan was watching a celebrity speech on a video website, not at a high volume, so he immediately heard someone calling him.
He looked up slightly startled and then saw Ye Shiyu standing in the shadow outside the platform.
He was a bit surprised, not expecting Ye Shiyu to actually come after him.
But soon, Yan Huan adjusted his expression and revealed a smile,
"Sister Shiyu, what brings you here?"
Quickly, he looked at the thin dress on Ye Shiyu and said,
"It's also very cold outside, Sister Shiyu, you're wearing too little..."
"Why are you leaving?"
Ye Shiyu, however, got straight to the point, interrupting him.
While walking forward, she stepped into the range of the platform.
"Well, because I'm not quite comfortable living here... I'm used to living in South District, suddenly moving to Jinghe District is also a bit troublesome..."
Yan Huan explained with a smile.
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu stopped in her tracks, raised her eyes to look at Yan Huan under the lights, as if she was measuring his expression.
But his smile was consistent as ever, sunny and without any flaws to be seen.
Her gaze slowly retreated back to the darkness, and she said,
"Come back with me, mom is very sad, she cares a lot about you."
Yan Huan blinked but did not immediately respond, instead he pointed to a seat inside the platform,
"... Sit for a while, Sister Shiyu."
Ye Shiyu didn't move, but Yan Huan sat down first, taking the Bluetooth earpiece out of his ear and putting it into a storage case.
Watching his move, Ye Shiyu hesitated for a moment and also sat down on the edge of the seat.
Far from Yan Huan, but still illuminated by the light on his side, lighting up a bit of her stunning face.
Yan Huan looked at the quiet road before him, smiled, and suddenly asked,
"Sister Shiyu, you really dislike me, don't you?"
"..."
Ye Shiyu's pupils contracted slightly, her fingers clenched around her phone unconsciously, but she did not speak.
Yan Huan turned his head towards Ye Shiyu, their eyes met, but he seemed a bit embarrassed, his hands uneasy together,
"Don't worry, I haven't mentioned this to Aunt Ye, and she has never thought this way."
"... You misunderstood."
On the other side of the platform without light, Ye Shiyu started to explain.
"Yeah, it might just be my imagination, Sister Shiyu..."
Yan Huan did not stubbornly argue, but calmly continued,
"However, I've been without a father and mother since I was young, and as the years passed, it's unrealistic to say I never wanted a warm family.
"So when such a kind and gentle Aunt Ye came to find me, I was genuinely happy, delighted. I genuinely longed for someone like Aunt Ye who would care for me, like a mother beside me..."
Even without hypnosis, his open and honest voice made Ye Shiyu take a deep breath.
However, he wasn't talking about how miserable he was, instead, he was speaking for someone else.
"Sister Shiyu, you lost your father when you were young, and depended on Aunt Ye for everything. Maybe because we had similar experiences, I can empathize with you.
"If my mother was still here, and we relied on each other... if she brought home another child, no matter who that child was or what they were like, I would probably feel very jealous, very sad just watching her care so attentively for him..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Shiyu hurriedly looked at the handsome young man before her, whose eyes were dropping little by little, and her lips involuntarily parted.
Yan Huan, despite discussing such a sad matter, maintained a consistent smile.
He just said,
"I understand that having such precious love taken away is a very painful thing. My parents were taken by a natural disaster, by fate when I was little, I couldn't fight it, there was nothing I could do...
"But also because I understand this pain, when I could possibly become the source of your pain, Sister Shiyu... how could I bear it?"
Ye Shiyu's hand trembled slightly, and the phone she held was jostled by the trembling as if it would slip out of her grasp.
"..."
She couldn't say anything, just looking at Yan Huan's smile, as if seeing something hard to comprehend.
This hard-to-understand thing was tearing her heart apart, opening her up, to reveal what was inside...
Inside was a weak throbbing.
"Thump... Thump..."
And just as her eyes widened slightly, her lips slightly parted, bewildered, Yan Huan suddenly remembered something, brought his backpack to the front,
"By the way, Sister Shiyu, this is for you."
He opened the backpack and took out a neatly folded gift bag.
Then, from the gift bag, he took out several items.
Firstly, it was the jellyfish keychain she had spent a long time looking for yesterday, with her name sticker on it, proving it wasn't something Yan Huan bought later.
The other two items, meanwhile, were bought later.
A jellyfish resin square model, like a real jellyfish dancing in the water, preserved inside.
Then, a cute jellyfish plush toy.
"This..."
Ye Shiyu gazed blankly at the keychain placed in her hands, while Yan Huan just showed her the other two items, then put them back into the gift bag.