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Summer's Desire Chapter 4

Chapter 4

In school, Luo Xi’s popularity took flight, almost

overtaking the Young Master’s. Before, the girls only

see Luo Xi as good and gentle, but after the thief

incident, he is a star-crossed prince, innocent yet

suffering, his soft smile, a thin fragile light. For not

coming to his aid when he was misunderstood, every

girl blamed herself. So they swore.

In the future, they would love more, care more and

protect their Luo Xi.

Whenever Xia Mo and Xiao Cheng got home from

school, a variety of gifts would be laying in front of their

doorstep. The mailbox was filled with many letters

addressed to Luo Xi. One time, a cute girl even hid in

the corner of the street of their house but ran away,

blushing, when Xia Mo saw her. Yi Pa laughed, saying

that Luo Xi was so popular that he could even become

a star in the future.

___________

Recently, Xiao Cheng seemed to have something on his

mind. He ate very little, would spend hours sitting in

front of an empty canvas foolishly, and did not even

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seem to hear when Xia Mo called him. Later, when Xia

Mo asked, Xiao Cheng revealed that he was worried

about what to get their mother for her birthday. Every

year before, he would always paint her a painting for a

present but he wanted to give her something special

this year.

“Xiao Cheng,” Xia Mo tried to comfort him, “No matter

what you give Mom, she will be very happy. If you wantto buy some gifts, Jie will give you the money, alright?”

Xiao Cheng nodded.

Two days later, Xia Mo was watering the flowers while

Luo Xi was playing the guitar when Xiao Cheng came

in, excited, holding a newspaper.“Jie! Luo Xi Ge!”

On the front page, there was an article about a new TV

show called, “Superstar,” which is a singing

competition where contestants, regardless of age, can

entered with their choice of song. There will be

celebrity judges, each with a small gong, and when the

one of the gongs sound, the contestant have to stop

singing. Each contestant will get prize money,

depending on the number of seconds they were able to

sing. Those who sang the longest will go to the next

round and get a bonus prize.



“Can we go?” Xiao Cheng asked excitedly, “Luo Xi Ge’s

singing is really good so we’ll win for sure. And the first

day of competition is Mom’s birthday! We’ll go on TV

and sing for Mom. She’ll be very happy!”

Xia Mo rubbed her forehead, trying to think of how to

refuse without hurting Xiao Cheng’s feelings.

“I’m not going.” Luo Xi said, his voice final.

Xiao Cheng looked at him, surprised and confused,“Luo Xi Ge…”

“Hey!” Xia Mo yelled. He was too straightforward.

Luo Xi looked at her coldly, the all too familiar evil smile

spreading on his face. Without another word, he got up

and went into the house.Xiao Cheng looked down.

Xia Mo could see the tears forming in his eyes as Xiao

Cheng struggled not to let them fall.

“Xiao Cheng, we can give Mom another gift. How

about… perfume? Or a necklace” Although she does

not like the idea of participating in a TV show, seeing

the how disappointed her brother was made her heart

ache.

Xiao Cheng did not speak but gave a small nod.

Teardrops fell down gently on the garden soil.

Xia Mo quickly hugged him.



“Xiao Cheng, be good. Don’t cry. Do you really want to

go?”

Xiao Cheng nodded.

“Well,” she took a deep breath, “I’ll go with you. But

we’re not very good at singing so if we don’t pass,

don’t be too disappointed, alright?”

“Jie…”

Xiao Cheng sobbed and snuggled into her arms, like alittle child.

Xiao Mo was sure that it would be impossible for the

two of them to even pass the screen test and appear

on TV. But it turned out that not many people knew

about the contest thus very few people actually signedup.

The first test is a screening in front of the staffs.

She and Xiao Cheng sang their school song.

The song itself was very immature.

But the staff seemed to have more interest in Xia Mo

and Xiao Cheng than their singing. They kept looking at

the siblings up and down, whispering words such as,

“handsome,” and “so cute” over and over again.

They kindly told Xia Mo that the two had passed the

screening and can come to record the program on

Saturday. Xia Mo was stunned , unable to move, while



Xiao Cheng excitedly jumped up and down.

Even during dinner at home, Xia Mo was still in a dazed

state. She stared at the bowl of rice, all appetite gone.

Although she does not care if they win or not, she does

not want to look like an idiot in front of live television.

She sat in a daze for a long time, not aware of the

worried looks Yi Ma and Yi Pa been throwing her.

After dinner,“Hey!”

Xia Mo called Luo Xi. She pretended to be calm and

light, but a faint redness in her cheeks betrayed her.

The dark night.

The golden moon.Beneath the cherry blossoms tree.

“You want me to teach you how to sing?”

Luo Xi looked at her with a faint smile. She could not

stand his mocking eyes and wanted to turn and leave.

But she needed his help.

“This is to repay the favor from last time.” She replied

dismissively

“Why should I need to repay you?” he asked, leaning

against the tree trunk, smiling beautifully, “Did I

begged you to help me? I think not.”

Xia Mo narrowed her eyes.





where the cherry blossoms bloomed

The black cat met the boy

The boy gave it a bowl of warm milk

On a windy night

where cherry blossoms bloomed



From then on, they both understood love”

The full moon hung in the night sky, the cheerful songs

seemed to make the tree branches chuckled together.

Sing and sing until Xia Mo’s throat began to dry and

Xiao Cheng got breathless.

Xia Mo sat on the granite platform to rest and worriedly

asked, “How was our singing?”

Luo Xi put down the guitar, his fingers aching, “Do you

want the truth?”

Xia Mo sighed, suddenly depressed as Luo Xi laughed.

___________

Time flew by.

In a blink of an eye, it was Saturday.



In the TV dressing room, all of the contestants were

anxiously preparing for the recording. Some were fixing

their make-up, some were warming up their throats,

others checked their wardrobes to make sure that allwere perfect. Music started in the hall as the two hosts

presented the guest judges, cheers of excitement could

be heard from the live audience.

In a small corner of the dressing room.

“Jie…you…” Xiao Cheng, huddled next to Xia Mo,watching the other contestants, asked a little fearfully,

“Are you nervous…?”

Xia Mo was listening to the song on her headphones,

her eyes closed.

“Clang!”

The sound resonated from the music hall as the judge

hit the gong, stopping a contestant. Laughter was

heard as the host announced the time was 20 seconds.

Xiao Cheng pressed closer to Xia Mo.

“Jie, do you think we can sing for a few seconds?”

At that time, a staff came in and shouted, “Almost

time! Number 7 get ready! Hurry! Come on!”

Xia Mo stood up and took off her headphones. She

stretched, gently wiped the sweats off her hand, and

pulled Xiao Cheng up. She put her hands on hisshoulders and looked him firmly in the eyes, “Just



remember. When you get on stage, pretend that all of

the audience are dead.”

Xiao Cheng shivered, “I…I…I’m afraid of the dead.”

Xia Mo took a deep breath, “Did you tell Mom to watch

yet?”

“I did. I was afraid that she might forget so I program

the TV to automatically turn on for this program.”

“Number 7 is almost done! Number 8 get ready! Hurry,

hurry, hurry!!!”

“Don’t worry, I’m right here.” Xia Mo smiled calmly,

“When you’re onstage, just think of all the people as

radishes and cabbages, alright?

Xiao Cheng forced a nod.

Xia Mo took his hand and walked out. Suddenly, without

knowing how, her feet hook onto a leg of a chair and

almost made her trip. Xiao Cheng saw a panic flashed

across her face before she coughed and recovered her

calm demeanor.

In front of the live music hall.

The ceiling lights are dazzlingly bright, red roses were

scattered across the stage to give a feeling of

magnificent luxury as white smoke continually swirled

from the dry ice. Audiences filled every seats of the

auditorium, each holding a light stick. The three judgessat in front of the stage. In the middle seat is the



famous singer Hua Mei Feng. The other two judges

were male singers, not as well known.

The two hosts talked excitedly to one another,

“That was just a brilliant dance!”

“Ah, yes. Unfortunate, he was not careful and fell. Oh,

well. Just practice more next time.”

“As of now, the longest time of performance is 58

seconds from contestant number 3.”

“Can no one break this record?”

“Next up to perform are the lovely Yi siblings!”

“Right! These two will sing a song called “Black Cat and

Milk.”

“Yes, what a funny song that is.”

“Will these two beautiful brother and sister put on an

amazing performance?”

“Let us welcome the Yi siblings!”

Music sounded as white smoke spread around the

stage. A beautiful girl pulled a boy from the dark

backstage onto the bright spotlight.

At the Yi resident, the TV suddenly turned on. Yi Pa was

in the rocking chair, smoking while Yi Ma was wiping

the floor. Both looked up at the TV, startled.



On a splendid stage, under the dazzling while light, a

pair of siblings, holding hands, laughed like angles,

turned to the camera, and said, “We want to dedicate

this song to our mom. Today is her birthday. HappyBirthday, Mom!”

Onstage, Xia Mo mad a sign to the sound director.

The music stopped.

The audience and the judges were all stunned.

Looking at the mischievous smiles on the siblings’

faces, everyone realized that it was a false start. Xiao

Cheng and Xia Mo looked at each other, jumped

sideways, clapped, and briskly dance.

“Hi!”

“Hi!”

“Yo!”

“Yo!”

Music started once again, a fast paced rhythm with an

R&B style, Xiao Cheng and Xia Mo started a playful

dance.

On the large screen, the number of seconds started

ticking away.

“The black cat is a stray cat

It has never drank happy milk



On a stormy night

The black cat can only eat rotten vegetables from the

junk

The little boy is just a boy

Without a past, without a future

On a stormy night

The little boy can only stare helplessly at his fear

On a windy night




On a windy night

where cherry blossoms bloomed




Along with the music, Xia Mo and Xiao Cheng put on

many naughty and cute poses with very expressive

faces so that the audience couldn’t help but waved

their hands and light sticks along with the song.



On the large screen, the numbers of seconds quickly

increased.

“45 seconds!”

“46 seconds!”

“47 seconds!”

___________

All of the attention was focused on the two siblings onstage; no one noticed a young figure hiding in the dark

corner of the auditorium.

She’s even smarter than he imagined, Luo Xi thought,

chuckling. She turned the R&B song into a rap, light,

satirical, lively, and moving. The “Hi’s” and “Yo’s” alone

took up a lot of time.

He looked at Xia Mo.

Among the numerous light sticks, she had the biggest

smile on her face, her eyes shining bright, her feet

moving in quick and youthful dance steps. Compared to

the usual cold Yi Xia Mo, she seemed to be acompletely different person, in a completely different

world.

The first part of the song was finished.

Luo Xi suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Xia Mo appeared to have stiffened and tension was



clear across her face.

Under the hot spotlight.

Cold sweats formed on her tightly gripped hands.

During rehearsal, she had Xiao Cheng memorize the

rap part while she will sing the melody alone. She had

told Xiao Cheng to stay calm.

She is the sister.

The sister who has a brother that relies on her. She

cannot panic. However, her heart began to race, her

head started to spin, the music buzzed in her ears as

Xiao Cheng sang out the last sentence of the rap.

Xia Mo gritted her teeth.

She closed her eyes, tried to make herself forget all of

the distractions, opened her mouth and started to sing.

However, she cannot hear anything.

There was no music.

Abruptly,

The background music had stopped playing.

The auditorium suddenly became quiet. The sound

director rushed to check the machines. The audience

looked at one another; the judges also looked at each

other.

___________



At the study in Ou Chen’s house.

“Young Master.” Butler Shen knocked on the door and

came in.

He went to Ou Chen’s side and whispered a few words.

Ou Chen frowned, pick up the TV remote and on the flat

screen appeared a familiar female figure.

On the gorgeous pink stage, the crystal chandeliers

shined down as she stood alone, her flawless limbs stiff,

and though she had on a mask of calmness, her lips are

getting paler and paler.

She cannot hear the music.

Yi Xia mo stood foolishly under the glaring spotlight.

She cannot hear the music. Her mind was completelyblank; she cannot remember anything, not the lyrics,

not the melodies. The more she told herself she cannot

panic, she could not panic, the more confused she felt.

Like a child who lost her mother, she stood stiffly, not

knowing what to do, her whole body like ice.

On the large screen,

The seconds continued to increase

“52 seconds!”

“53 seconds!”

“54 seconds!”



___________

In the auditorium, the crowd began to whisper in

anxiety and agitation. One of the male judge picked upthe wooden stick, shaking his head, and prepared to hit

the gong.

“A little boy is just a boy

Without a past, without a future

On a stormy night

The little boy can only stare helplessly at his fear

On a windy night



The boy gave it a bowl of warm milk”

The voice was very pure, vulnerable, and childlike.

The song rang throughout the auditorium.

With no microphone and no background music, the

voice stood out even further, entered the ears of the

audience and exploded in their hearts like fireworks.

Hua Mei Feng moved the gong so that the male

judege’s wooden stick hit the empty air.

A young figure from the audience stood up.



Suddenly the spotlight moved to him, casting out a

white light, making his eyes as bright as stars, his skin

as beautiful as cherry blossoms.

Luo Xi came up on the stage, singing.

He smiled and rubbed Xiao Cheng’s head, and put his

left hand around Xia Mo’s shoulder as she looked at

him blankly. Luo Xi stood in the middle of the stage, his

left hand moved down to take Xia Mo’s while his right

hand clasped Xiao Cheng’s, his beautiful voice singing.

“On a windy night




On a windy night




From then on, they both understood love


At that time, the machines have been fixed and music

re-enter the auditorium with its cheerful rhythm. Xia Mo

took a deep breath, trying to retrieve her calmness,







Xiao Cheng were bowing to the audience and judges,

then all three turned to the camera and said loudly,

“Mom, Happy Birthday!”

___________

In Ou Chen’s study room

Ou Chen sat in his black leather chair as he stared at

Xia Mo on the screen.

His gaze moved down to her hand, which tightly

clasped Luo Xi’s.

Ou Chen’s eyes narrowed and, in a flash, he turned off

the TV.

___________

At night.

Yi Pa and Yi Ma had gone to their room after attending

a small celebratory party under the cherry blossoms

tree. Xiao Chen had still not calm down and continued

to sing and dance around the garden, causing all the

birds to fly away from the branches.

Until, finally exhausted, he laid down on Xia Mo’s leg,

asleep.

The night continued on.

A faint fog swirled around the garden.



The faint moonlight shined through.

In Luo Xi’s hands, there were two cans of beer. He

opened one and took a big swig. He held the other infront of Xia Mo,

“Do you drink?” he challengingly asked

She took it and drank until there was nothing else

inside the can but some bubbles.

“Any more?” she asked defiantly

Like magic, Luo Xi kept producing can after can of beer,

as if he had a vending machine behind him. She did not

ask him where the beer came from, he did not ask her

where she learned to drink, she did not ask him why he

appeared suddenly in the TV station, and he did not ask

her why she suddenly froze.

Beneath the cherry blossoms, under the moonlight.

They drank countless beers.

Until the two of them were slightly drunk.

Her eyes got brighter as her cheeks grew crimson.

Dizziness came over her as well as a spontaneous need

to laugh. They laughed embarrassingly at first, but it

seemed funnier and funnier as the two laughed in

heaps. It wasn’t until Xiao Cheng moved uncomfortably

in her arms did she drunkenly moved her finger to her

lips, gesturing silence.



Her finger was as white as the moon, bright and clear.

Her delicate lips.

Luo Xi suddenly felt a shiver as the night wind blew the

leaves around them. The stars blinked as if they were

eyes, and a white mist twirled around as if in an

enchanting dance.

Xia Mo held up a can of beer, a little drunk, her eyes

struggled to stay open, “Luo Xi, I welcome you to this

house.”

She gently touched the beer can in his hand. The two

cans, upon contact, made a crisp sound that rang

through the stillness of the night.

“Because of what happened today, you’ve decided not

to hate me anymore?” Luo Xi asked

She continued drinking the beer, “You know what…the

truth is…I never really hated you…it’s just… you always

reminded me of those…of the things…I …I tried to

forget… You…you hate me don’t you…?”

She must be really drunk.

The moonlight reflected on the stone platform like

water. Luo Xi’s heart suddenly missed a few beats.

Light fragrance of the cherry blossoms seemed to

enclose them, making the distance between the two of

them decreased. Her face was so close to his that if he

was to bend down, their lips would touch.



His mind blank,

Luo Xi bent over her head.

He can feel the hot breath coming from her lips. So

warm. With the taste of beer. Her lips looked so soft,

the same colors as the cherry blossoms beneath the

moon. He leaned closer and closer, their lips were a

hair width apart. So close they can feel the irregular

heartbeats of the other. He leaned down as she closed

her eyes, then, without a warning, her body swayedand she passed out asleep on the platform.

___________

It was a sensation on campus.

The school’s most popular student, Luo Xi, and the

Young Master’s girlfriend, Xia Mo, actually appeared on

TV and got first place on the preliminary round of

“Superstar.” The scene where Luo Xi, Xia Mo, and Xiao

Cheng sang and danced kept playing on TV and even

became front page news on many magazines and

newspapers.

Students excited flocked to the side of Luo Xi and XiaMo, cheering for them, sprouting ideas as to what song

they should sing next, and what they thought of the

other contestants.

The school was also very pleased as this enhanced

their reputation and even sent special music and dance

teachers to rehearse with them.



Since then, those three siblings spent all their free time

in choir room.

Luo Xi’s voice, accompanied by the piano, would fly outof the room and was heard by all the students. Luo Xi

sang perfectly and captured both the attention and

heart of the music teacher, who ignored Xia Mo and

Xiao Cheng, sending them to the dance teacher. Those

two would dance until they’re tired out thus increasing

both their appetites, making the them gained a few

pounds and grew a few centimeters.

Time passed quickly.

Amazing!

In the second round of “Superstar,” the three siblings

won again.

All of the media were shocked! More and more stories

about these three appeared on television and

newspaper. Many fans began to send cards and gifts to

them through the TV station.

The entire school was in a highly excited state and

though the final exams were approaching, all thestudents seemed to have forgotten. The only topic that

everyone cared about was “Superstar.” The girls

flocked about Luo Xi, taking pictures with him and

getting his signatures. Many boys wished to do the

same with Xia Mo but none dared to do so due to her

relationship with the Young Master.



___________

“What are you thinking about?” Xia Mo whispered

She and Ou Chen were in the school cafeteria.

Ou Chen’s response to the “Superstar” events was

completely beyond her expectation. She had explained

to him that Luo Xi was there by chance, that it wasn’t

pre-arranged. If Ou Chen minded, then she will not

participate in the future rounds of the competition.

However, whenever she bought up the subject, Ou

Chen would coldly interrupt her. He, giving off a sense

of arrogance, would pushed her away, like there was a

thick wall of coldness surrounding him, leaving her

stunned.

She does not want to infuriate Ou Chen.

Ou Chen is dangerous.

He would be displeased even when Xiao Cheng came to

hug her in his presence. Once, in a French restaurant,

the waiter accidently touched her hand when taking the

menu away from her. After dinner, Ou Chen summoned

the restaurant manager and the waiter was fired.Because Ou Chen was so overbearing and possessive,

Xia Mo tried to give him a sense of security, to get him

to change. However, he would not budge.

“Nothing.”

Ou Chen lightly touched his mouth with a napkin,



completely expressionless.

“If you’re not happy, then tell me.” Xia Mo said,

frowning, “Participation for the “Superstar” program isnot mandatory. Xiao Cheng will be disappointed, but he

will-”

“I will go to France in a few days.”

He looked out the window with an air of indifference.

“Ou Chen, that Luo Xi has nothing to do with me. He’s

just a child my dad adopted.” Xia Mo once again tried

to explain to him. But he became silent and cold, as if

she was saying some terrible things.

“I do not want to hear that guy’s name.” Ou Chen

interrupted her again. He turned to gaze at her slowly,

his eyes dark green, “I will solve this myself.”

“Solve? How are you going to solve?” she asked, “What

are you going to solve?”

“I will be in France for about a month.” Ou Chen said

smiling, his handsome face stiff, “Xia Mo, I will you back

a gift.”

What is this?

Xia Mo suddenly felt helpless.

___________

Luo Xi, Xia Mo, and Xiao Cheng began walking home



from school together. Xiao Cheng would run happily in

front while Luo Xi and Xia Mo walked leisurely side by

side. The cedar road stretched straight into the blue

sky, looking like a bridge extending into the ocean, thewhite clouds bordering on the sides, Xiao Cheng

skipping ahead, his laughter floating gently from a

distance.

Luo Xi sometimes carried her bag for her.

Surprising her with his appearance and actions.

He walked casually, flinging her bag over his shoulder,

gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, his face

relaxed and beautiful.

After dinner at home.

Luo Xi sat under the cherry blossoms tree, teaching

Xiao Cheng how to sing. Xia Mo watered the plants,

sometimes joining in the singing and conversations as

laughter filled the courtyard. Luo Xi performed a magic

show for Xiao Cheng who, with moist eyes, flew into his

arms.

Xia Mo smiled.

Luo Xi, feeling her gaze, turned and winked at her.

A few days later.

Xia Mo and Xiao Cheng gave Luo Xi a mysterious gift

inside a big box. Luo Xi took the box, opened it andleaned back in surprise. Inside the box was a beautiful





become a star in the future.” She escaped Luo Xi’s

intense gaze and joked with Xiao Cheng to hide the

sudden inexplicable burst of tension in her heart.

Xiao Cheng opened his mouth, stunned, “Paint or

become a star…” he appeared to think hard, “but I like

to paint more… Ah! I know! Luo Xi Ge will become a

star and Xiao Cheng can paint him!”

He excitedly applauded himself for thinking of such a

clever and fun solution.

“I…” Yi Pa suddenly whispered

His voice was so low that Xia Mo could not hear clearly.

She turned to look at her father, only to see sweats

rolling down his forehead, his bowl of rice completely

untouched. Xia Mo was only listening to Xiao Cheng

that she did not notice how silent her father and

mother were during the entire meal.

“I have some things to say…to…” Yi Pa stuttered in a

strange voice.

The atmosphere in the dining room suddenly tensed. Yi

Ma stared at Yi Pa, Xiao Cheng does not know what wasgoing on but his father’s demeanor scared him, Luo Xi

put down his chopsticks, and Xia Mo’s heart tightened

as thoughts flashed through her head, with worries that

her father was sick.

“I’m sorry…”



Yi Pa sheepishly wiped his forehead, not knowing how

to continue.

“Dad,” Xia Mo whispered, “Please, tell us.”

Yi Pa looked at her in confusion then turned to gaze at

the others. His eyes lingered on Luo Xi, his throat

constricted, and he looked as guilty as a criminal, “I’m

sorry..Xiao Xi can no longer stay here…I’m sorry…”

This one sentence.

The night seeped quietly through the window.

The room froze, the air condensed, there is no sound,

no movement, as if they were in an absurd dream.

The black cat lay sleeping on the windowsill.

Too quiet, without any sound.

“What have I done wrong?” Luo Xi asked quietly,

looking casually at Yi Pa with a hint of a smile on his

face.

“No! It’s not your problem…it’s…it…” Yi Pa stuttered

out incoherently like as sweats rolled down his

forehead like beans.

Xiao Cheng was completely shocked.

The bowl in his hand slipped and the rice fell out,

covering the table and vegetables.

Choking with tears, Xiao Cheng cried, “Why? Dad, why



do you want to let Luo Xi Ge go? Luo Xi Ge is a good

person! Luo Xi Ge is not a thief! Dad, you know! Luo Xi

Ge is a good person! I love Luo Xi Ge!”

Xia Mo bit her lip.

Her heart tightened, as if a bucket of water was poured

on her, the coldness filled her from the top of her head

to the bottom of her feet.

She looked at Luo Xi.

This beautiful boy, with porcelain skin and lips like

petals, sat silently as if he was in a different world.

Luo Xi’s eyes were light.

He looked indifferently compared to everyone else, as if

he had already been in this nightmare scenariocountless times before.

Silence.

Luo Xi asked quietly, “Do you want me to go back to

the orphanage tonight or tomorrow?”

___________

“It’s Ou Chen, right?” Xia Mo was standing in front of

her father in the courtyard, “Ou Chen ordered you to let

Luo Xi go, right?”

She could not forgive herself.

How could she actually commit such a mistake?



Recently, her father would come home from work

extremely late but she did not care and merely thought

that he was working overtime. Sometimes, when she

was helping her mother clean the house, she would findcigarettes butts piling up like a hill, but she did not

care. One time, she woke up in the middle of the night

to see her father in the garden through the window,

smoking and sighing. She meant to ask him about it but

with the music rehearsals and going to the TV station,

she had forgotten.

Xia Mo felt cold, so cold.

It was her fault! She should have notice what was

happening and fixed it before it got this far! She was a

fool, a stupid, stupid fool.

Under the moonless night.

Yi Pa’s face was full of painful frustration,

“Unemployment…have to leave the company…I tried…

looking for other jobs…but there was nothing…”

“If Luo Xi does not leave, you will lose your job?”

Yi Pa hugged his head, his body slowly crumbled ontothe cold stone platform. In the darkness of the night,

his figure is like that of a tired aging bear.

She stared at him.

This vision of grief was not something someone her age

should have to see.





ever appear in front of me again.”

“But I cannot contact the Young Master!” the butler

exclaimed in panic. Butler Shen was the one thatserves the Young Master while he only looked after the

house.

She smiled, eyes calm and collected, “You must have

ways.”

During dinner, Luo Xi had already packed everything,

ready to leave for the orphanage. Xiao Cheng ate

silently, his big eyes swollen from crying. He ate and

cried, his tears fell drop by drop onto the table.

“Do not worry,” Yi Pa said sheepishly, “I’ve already

went through the adoption procedure so after Xiao Xi

took the back to the orphanage, the transfer should be

easy.”

Xia Mo’s fingers tightened on the chopsticks.

Orphanage…

Orphanage, where dozens of children slept in the same

room on bunk beds, where children struggle to fight forcandy and snacks. In there, there was no end to the

cycle of who get adopted and who get send back. If the

child was selected, he would walk out proudly. If the

child was sent back, the other children would point and

laughed. She vowed that she and Xiao Cheng would

never go back to orphanage. No matter what kind of

methods, no matter what kind of means, she will never



go back to that place again.

Luo Xi sat still, his smile faint, his eyes pale, as if he

already knew the outcome.

Xia Mo put some chicken wings on his bowl.

“Thank you.”

Luo Xi’s voice was polite but distance. Until the end of

dinner, the chicken wings lay untouched in his bowl.

Ten o’clock that night, Xia Mo’s phone rang. She looked

at the caller ID, “Ou Chen,” slowly inhaled to let her

feelings calmed down, the picked up the phone.

“Hello, this is Yi Xia Mo.”

The voice on the other side sounded so far away. At theFrench Rose Manor, Ou Chen stood, looking out the

floor window, with the moon shining down on him and

the garden, the trees a subtle dark green, same color

as the man’s eyes.

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The dazzling bright sunlight shone through the glass

windows onto the airport arrival hall, the marble floor

reflected the passengers coming and going, the voice

on the radio broadcast the flights delays. Luo Xi walked

along, pulling his suitcase along while Xia Mo followed

from behind, carrying a guitar. The entire trip, the two

has not exchanged a single word.







so easily.”

Seeing the intensity of his gaze, Xia Mo involuntarily

took a step back. Luo Xi reached out to pull her backand kissed her. He kissed her lightly at first but pulled

her in closer and closer as the kiss intensified.

A boy as radiant as the sun.

A girl as beautiful as a flower.

The sunlight sprinkled from the huge window,

highlighting the two figures who stood so close

together, it was like they were one. Passengers stared

at the sight. With the golden sunlight as the

background, it was like a painting or a scene from a

movie.

The kiss was long and deep.

Luo Xi slowly released her, and stared at her swollen

lips. He watched her silently, only to see her expression

gradually changed from anger to her usual calmness.

“Why not hit me?” he asked lightly.

“I don’t want to hurt my hand.” Xia Mo took out a

handkerchief to wipe her lips, her tone calm as if

nothing happened, “There are too many mosquitoes

this summer.”

Luo Xi’s face froze.

Taking a deep breath, his eyes dark with a dignified





He looked at it startled, his fingers gently stroked the

silver guitar strings, casting a deep echo of sound

throughout the airport.

Xia Mo stood there.

She quietly watched his back, looked at him going

further and further away, looked at him standing at the

entrance, looked at him handing the ticket to the lady,

looked at him coldly not looking back. Quietly, her

heart broke a little, as if something was forever leavingher grasp.

Luo Xi entered the passing point.

At the last moment, he put the guitar down at the

entrance, and continued on. When the airport lady

called after him in surprise, he merely waved his hand,

and walked away.

The discarded guitar lay quietly on the cold marble

floor.

Xia Mo stood silently in the hall of the airport.

The sun shone the brightest that summer, making it themost brilliant day. Through the airport lobby glass, the

guitar strings shined in the sun as if it were stars in the

sky.

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