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When we reached the downstairs of the dormitory,when Ethan was about to leave,I grabbed him by the hand.
From the day I knew that Ethan might like a boy until now,I had been纠结almost every day.
I was wondering what kind of person could make Ethan never forget,what kind of person could make Ethan care so much.
I was envious,even jealous of that person.
I looked at Ethan,thinking that today might be my only chance.So I took a deep breath to give myself courage:"Who is the...boy you like?"
When Ethan heard these words,he froze on the spot,his eyes wide open,as if he had heard something incredible.After a while,a blush slowly spread across his face.
He looked at me,and I couldn't tell whether there was shame or anger in his eyes:"Haley!"
"Damn it,you...you..."
Ethan was so angry that he couldn't speak.He pointed at me for a long time,almost trembling all over,and his whole face turned red.
The pedestrians passing by saw Ethan's appearance and cast glances at us one after another.
Because of the pedestrians around,Ethan didn't say anything more.He gave me a fierce look and turned around and left.
I looked at Ethan's leaving back and once again fell into confusion.
What sore spot of his did I step on this time?
I returned to the dormitory with a heart full of confusion and happened to meet Lily with a blushing face talking on the phone.
After Lily hung up the phone,I poked her on the shoulder:"Who were you talking to on the phone just now?"
Lily put away her phone shyly:"Alex."
She lowered her head and looked at the floor,stood on tiptoe,and said shyly,"I'm together with him now."
Thinking of their increasingly frequent dates before,I understood and smiled:"Congratulations on getting out of singlehood."
Lily smiled and lightly punched me,then her expression became serious.She looked around and,after confirming that the other two roommates were not in the dormitory,she said,"Do you know what Alex told me when we were chatting this afternoon?"
I shook my head:"How could I know what you two talked about?"
Lily said:"Alex said that after coming back from the hiking trip,Ethan has been pulling a long face.He and the other two roommates tried to get something out of him for several days but couldn't find out the reason.But this afternoon,Ethan asked Alex something..."
Lily stared at me with her eyes and said word by word:"How to coax a girl when she's angry."
A girl is angry?
During this period of time,it seemed that Ethan had only looked for me,right?
Lily carefully leaned in front of me and asked me:"Did you meet Ethan this afternoon?"
I nodded:"He came to apologize."
Lily clenched her right hand into a fist and hit the palm of her left hand:"Our previous train of thought was wrong!"
"Ah?"
Lily eagerly took my hand:"Haley,that is to say,is there a possibility that the person Ethan has always kept in his heart is actually you!"
When I heard these words,I stood there stunned,and then shook my head vigorously:"Impossible!There is no such possibility!"
Lily shook my shoulders:"Why is it impossible?Ethan came to find you today,which means that he was in a bad mood a few days ago because of you!Alex also told me before that Ethan originally wanted to apply to University X,but now he is in our school.Also,when we browsed Ethan's QQ space before,the two statuses we found were all after you two met..."
Seeing that Lily was getting more and more excited,I pulled down her hand and interrupted her loudly:"Lily!"
After Lily stopped and looked at me quietly,I gave her a bitter smile and explained:"I have confessed to Ethan."
Looking at Lily's suddenly widened eyes,I added:"He rejected me."
The only time I ever confessed my love to someone in my life,I only got a rejection.
I remembered the torn love letter I saw in the trash can that day,and a wave of sadness welled up in my heart.
I tried my best to open my eyes wide and forced a smile,saying,"That's why I said it's impossible that the person Ethan likes is me."
Ethan apologized because,no matter what,we were once high school classmates.Ethan came to University S maybe because he didn't get into his first-choice university.As for those two status updates,perhaps it's just that the person Ethan met,the one he likes,happened to be during high school...
How could I ever wishful think that the boy I had liked for two years just so happened to like me too?
Since I was a child,I have always been the"别人家的孩子"(other people's excellent child)in the mouths of my parents'friends.I have always behaved properly,been cautious in my words and deeds.Because of strict family education and my parents being busy with their business and not being around me much,I have never dared to show what I desire.
Because no one would fulfill my wishes.
I could only try my best to do my best time and time again,to make everyone feel at ease,so that I could get a word of praise.
When I was rejected after confessing my love back then,the first thing that came to my mind was whether Ethan would hate me.
Thinking of my trepidation at that time,I shook my head with a bitter smile and threw everything related to Ethan out of my mind.
