After a whole week of coaxing, Lu Ziyang finally succeeded in persuading Xu Xiaoyi to leave the house. She had been emotionally fragile recently and didn't want to see any classmates from her school, so Lu Ziyang took her to a mall ten kilometers away from the school.
He accompanied Xu Xiaoyi through the women's clothing section, but she showed little interest and didn't like any of the clothes. As they passed by a few more stores, Lu Ziyang suddenly stopped and took a few steps back.
In the women's shoe store they were passing, there were two familiar figures. The boy had his leg in a cast and was sitting on a two - seater sofa. He leaned slightly forward, holding a shoe in one hand and the girl's foot in the other, helping her try it on.
Lu Ziyang blinked several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
If it wasn't Chen Ling and Yaxi, then who could it be?
At that moment, Lu Ziyang's world collapsed.
Not only had Chen Ling, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly appeared and was with Yaxi, which was already unbelievable enough, but also their intimacy was unreasonable. Chen Ling's back was bent, while Yaxi held her head high arrogantly.
Yaxi happened to glance towards the door and met his eyes.
Lu Ziyang was startled and quickly looked away.
Yaxi had a smile on her face, but her eyes were cold and fierce, like a snake's.
Why was she with Chen Ling, appearing near Xu Xiaoyi? What was her purpose?
Xu Xiaoyi, who had been walking ahead, only then realized that Lu Ziyang wasn't following.
"Lu Ziyang, why are you walking so slowly!" she shouted.
Lu Ziyang stumbled and took another look at the shoe store, then immediately regretted it.
The two who had been sitting side by side were now tightly pressed together. From his angle, it looked as if Chen Ling was leaning on Yaxi, with Yaxi's hands coiling around his back like vines. They seemed to be kissing.
A wave of inexplicable irritation suddenly surged in Lu Ziyang's chest. He couldn't pinpoint the reason, he just couldn't stand the sight of Chen Ling being unfaithful. Even though he and Xu Xiaoyi had broken up, he shouldn't be acting like this with another girl!
Fuming, he hurried to catch up with Xu Xiaoyi.
Chen Ling would never be able to analyze Yaxi's feelings and thoughts.
They came to the mall, and when she asked him to help her put on her shoes, he imitated the posture of the shop assistants to do it for her.
Just as he was about to put on the shoe, she stopped him and suddenly pulled him into the recessed sofa. This spot faced the entrance, visible to everyone coming and going. But Yaxi didn't care, rubbing his back and making him feel itchy.
Their faces were close, and Chen Ling stared at her lips, which were light pink and plump. He wasn't staring intentionally; they were just too close.
While he was thinking about whether she was going to kiss him, Yaxi let him go and sat up straight again.
All her actions were like a storm, without any warning, intense and direct, and no one knew when they would suddenly stop.
Fortunately, this time, she seemed to sympathize with his difficulty in guessing and slowly and deliberately told the truth: "Chen Ling, do you know who was standing at the door just now?"
Chen Ling paused, silently looking at her.
"It was Xu Xiaoyi. She and Lu Ziyang were holding hands, and when they saw us like this, they ran away."
Chen Ling suddenly stood up, his body swaying as he tried to walk out with the help of his crutches.
Yaxi hadn't put on her shoes yet and just called out to him: "Chen Ling, why are you in such a hurry? Is it because she left you for Lu Ziyang, or because she saw us together?
Haha, well, I know. Either way, you're worried about her.
But what can you do? She already has Lu Ziyang to keep her company and doesn't care about you anymore."
Yaxi knew she was like a vicious female supporting character. But the vicious female supporting character had much more screen time than the female N. Moreover, she was no longer Chen Ling's subordinate. Now she was someone who could use and control him. Why shouldn't she exercise her rights a little more?