Senior, wrong!

Chapter 21 The Irreplaceable Person
In this sketchbook, the date of birth of the painting is marked in the lower right corner of each doodle, which seems to be after they got together...

No, there are actually earlier ones.

Turning back to the front, Ye Taotao suddenly discovered that the date of some graffiti was in mid-October...

But at that time, they were not officially together yet.

Could it be that at that time, A Yan had already...

Ye Taotao couldn't tell what mood she was in at the moment.

After flipping through the pages, she finally closed the sketchbook and looked up at Ling Yan with complicated eyes.

"Tao Tao, why are you looking at me like this?" Ling Yan showed a proper smile.The secret was revealed, but he did not show any panic. He still had a gentle smile on his face, and his demeanor was calm and composed.

Ye Taotao looked at him fixedly, but didn't know how to speak.

finally--

"...Ayan, when did you draw these paintings?" This was the opening remark she had struggled with for a long time.

"I remember there was a date written on it." Ling Yan smiled.

Being looked at by him like this, Ye Taotao inexplicably had a feeling of being completely seen through, she looked away, and her tone was a bit uncomfortable: "But you never told me that you painted me..."

"Is there?" Ling Yan looked surprised, "You should have read my sketchbook in the small garden of the school that time, I thought you knew it all along."

Ye Taotao was slightly taken aback.

After a little recollection—she seemed to remember.

It seems so, that time in the small garden, she said she wanted to see what Ling Yan drew in the sketchbook, and he didn't stop her at that time.However, it was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Lin Zhuoran and Chen Jiaren.

"Then you can't either..."

A chuckle interrupted him: "So, Taotao, are you being shy?"

Ling Yan's words hit the nail on the head.

This guy!

Ye Taotao looked away, and snorted coldly: "...If you do this again, I won't care about you."

Facing her "threat", Ling Yan didn't panic at all, he just suppressed the smile on his face, and said in a flat tone: "Tao Tao, don't you just have the heart to leave me alone in the hospital?"

"..."

This time there was no offensive smile.

The gentle smile disappeared, replaced by a feeling of loss and loneliness, and then, Ye Taotao surrendered.

...Sure enough, I still can't bear it.

He was certain that he would not be able to really turn down his heart to reject her.

Ye Taotao sighed in her heart.

She found out sadly that she had been eaten to death by this guy.

"I said, Ayan..."

But thinking about it this way, I'm still a little reconciled.Ye Taotao scowled, and moved closer to him.

"Huh?" Ling Yan smiled slightly.

"that--"

But at this time——

"President, I'll-"

Xu Qiyuan's loud voice came from outside the door of the ward, he pushed the door carelessly, and as a result——

No one expected that someone would come in suddenly, so tragedy happened.

"Ah!" The terrified Ye Taotao lost her balance and fell down, just on top of Ling Yan who was reaching out to catch her.

So when Xu Qiyuan and the nurse who came to make rounds entered the door, what he saw was this scene——

Ye Taotao couldn't wait to press Ling Yan on the bed like a hungry wolf, her face was blushing, but Ling Yan's clothes were a little messy, and his pale face due to illness made him even weaker and pitiful.

The nurse who made the rounds and Xu Qiyuan showed stunned expressions at the same time.

"Hug, sorry..."

Ye Taotao suddenly realized what happened, quickly got up from Ling Yan, and apologized in a little panic.

"Sorry to bother you! This is the fruit I bought... I have something to do, so I'm leaving first! Ha, ha ha!"

Xu Qiyuan was startled when he received Ling Yan's sweeping eyes. Feeling something was wrong, he put down the fruit in his hand and slipped away as fast as he could.

After the shock, the nurse who came to make the rounds unceremoniously taught the two of them a lesson—especially Ye Taotao, who repeatedly warned Ling Yan that she couldn't stand that kind of torture now, and that she couldn't do such strenuous exercise .

After Ye Taotao nodded and admitted her mistake, the nurse finally let them go.

slap.

As the door was closed, Ye Taotao and Ling Yan were left in the ward again.

Ye Taotao glared at him angrily: "This time I was misunderstood again, it's all your fault!"

Ling Yan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to rub her hair, and comforted her softly: "It's okay, just pay more attention next time."

Ye Taotao: "..."

Who is going to tell him this!

I was both funny and angry in my heart.

But Ye Taotao was still helpless, she felt that she seemed to be more and more helpless with him.

"By the way, Ayan, when... are you going to have the surgery?" Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, Ye Taotao asked casually.

She still couldn't help asking.

All along, she couldn't find the right time to mention the operation to him.However, this is not something that can be solved by escaping. Procrastination like this is not a solution, it will only make the condition worse.

Ling Yan was stunned.He stared at Ye Taotao fixedly, with an unpredictable look in his eyes.

After a while, he moved his lips: "Taotao, I... I'm sorry."

"I understand. You should think about it carefully. I'm going back first. These few days...I'll try not to disturb you." Even though it was the expected reaction, Ye Taotao was still slightly disappointed.She sighed and turned away silently.

Not long after Ye Taotao left, the attending doctor came for a routine rounds.

"Have you not made a decision yet?" During the rounds, the doctor said, "If you don't make a decision, I'm afraid you will miss the best time for surgery."

Ling Yan didn't speak, he looked at the hyacinth by the window in a daze.The breeze poured in from the window, and the curtains fluttered.In his black abyss, there are some intractable emotions that keep spreading...

Speaking of which, this was the first cold war between the two since they dated, although Ye Taotao felt it unilaterally.

After leaving the hospital, she sent a tentative text message to Ling Yan, and his reply was no different from usual.

However, she vaguely realized that Ling Yan's knot seemed to be more serious than she imagined.

The current situation was already bad enough. Who would have thought that Ye Jiaze, an uneasy younger brother, would knock down a light pole on the side of the road while riding his bicycle home, causing the car to overturn on the spot, and his right foot was unlucky because of this? Bruised.

Helpless, Ye's father and Ye's mother went on a trip a few days ago, so Ye Taotao had no choice but to call a taxi to take Ye Jiaze to the hospital.

After screaming like a pig butcher, Ye Jiaze's right foot was clamped to a fixed wooden board.

"Come and find me when you're done. I'll check on Ayan's situation first."

Seeing that his injury was not a serious problem, Ye Taotao gave him a warning and threw him in the orthopedics department, leaving him protesting dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, hey, Taotao, how can you—"

Regardless of Ye Jiaze's objection, Ye Taotao walked directly into the elevator.

But when the elevator slowly ascended, her mood began to become hesitant.

Hesitatingly coming to the door of Ling Yan's ward, Ye Taotao stopped in her tracks, staring at the door plate in shock.Ye Taotao wanted to knock on the door several times, but couldn't muster up the courage.

Wandering outside the door for a long time.

Finally, she finally made up her mind, walked forward, closed her eyes and raised her hand to knock on the door——

But at this time, the door of the room was suddenly opened.

"Ah, Ayan..."

Ye Taotao's heart beat half a beat suddenly, she opened her eyes to look at the person in front of her, and made a nervous noise.

"Tao Tao, you...why are you here?" A look of bewilderment was hidden in Ling Yan's dull black eyes, he lowered his eyelids, casting a shadow, and said in a calm tone.

Ye Taotao had never seen such a cold Ling Yan, but her focus was not on this.

"Uh, I..." Ye Taotao lowered her head unnaturally, quickly organized her words, looked at her toes, and explained like a child who was caught doing something bad but dared not admit it, "Actually, I am accompanying Jia Ze came to see a doctor, he broke his leg yesterday, I happened to be passing by so..."

This is really a poor excuse, because at this moment, the elevator door on this floor suddenly opened with a "ding".

"Taotao, can I go back? Didn't I say it will be ready soon? I've been waiting for you downstairs for a long time, I'm so hungry—" A listless voice came, and Ye Jiaze slumped on his crutches. appeared in the line of sight of the two.

"..." It was as if all the words that had just reached his mouth were frozen in ice, and all the words that Ye Taotao had organized just now turned into garbage that was thrown into the recycling bin.

Countless beasts galloped past her heart.

Flip the table!Did Ye Jiaze come here specifically to tear her down?
Thinking of this, Ye Taotao couldn't help turning her head and glaring at Ye Jiaze.

Ye Jiaze was taken aback by her terrifying eyes, and couldn't help asking nervously: "What's wrong? Taotao, what did I say wrong just now?"

This idiot brother!Why don't you understand?

"I didn't say anything wrong, but you heard it wrong." Ye Taotao took a deep breath, tried her best to hold back and reminded, "I said, if you are hungry, go downstairs to buy something to eat."

But Ye Jiaze still didn't understand, he opened his eyes wide, still with a puzzled expression on his face: "Ah? Isn't it? Did you remember correctly? You just came to look for me after you said I was well—"

"It's impossible for me to remember wrongly, but you did."

Ye Taotao interrupted him forcefully, walked forward quickly, and pushed him into the elevator with the door still closed.

"Wait! Taotao, it's not you who asked me to—"

"Hurry up!" Ye Taotao threatened in a low voice, "If you talk too much, I'll break your other leg and let you stay here for one night!"

"Hey, Taotao, how can you make me a patient—"

Ye Jiaze's voice of protest finally disappeared behind the closed elevator doors.

After seeing Ye Jiaze off, Ye Taotao secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

She turned her head, but didn't know what expression she should use to face Ling Yan: "Sorry, A Yan, I..."

"Tao Tao, you are getting more and more fierce." Standing in front of the ward door, Ling Yan who had a panoramic view of her movements finally couldn't help but put his knuckles to his lips and chuckled.

"So, do you dislike me?" Ye Taotao froze for a moment, wrinkled her face, and looked up at him.

"..."

But the next moment, the smile on Ling Yan's lips disappeared, and he looked at her fixedly, his dark eyes were bottomless, and there were unknown emotions flowing.It seemed that everything just now was just an illusion.

Ye Taotao lowered her head subconsciously: "Why are you staring at me like this? I have..."

Suddenly, he reached out and hugged her.

"...Ayan?"

"Tao Tao, do you think I'm useless?" His voice was next to his ear, his usual gentle voice mixed with a bit of hoarseness, vaguely connected into a complete sentence.

Ling Yan closed his eyes, with uncontrollable pain in his voice: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper with you last time. But, I'm afraid of letting you see me like this and hate me... I also hate myself like this, even the psychological barrier Can't get over it either."

Ye Taotao knew that now he needed someone to listen.So she didn't disturb him, but continued to listen quietly.

"...a man of this age is naively trying to escape like a child." He laughed at himself, "Everyone must be very disappointed in me."

Pausing for a moment, he looked at Ye Taotao who had been silent all this time, his voice was a little vague: "Do you think the same, Taotao?"

Ye Taotao was stunned.

Until this moment, she finally understood that Ling Yan's knot was actually her.

"No, just seeing you like this, I can't help but want to break your leg—" She tried to say something to comfort him, but as soon as the words came out, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly covered her mouth He shut his mouth and corrected, "I'm sorry, I said the wrong line. Jia Ze has been so angry these two days, and I keep saying this sentence."

"..."

She thought for a while, and then said: "However, this sentence is quite suitable for you now."

"..."

At this moment, Ling Yan only felt that his mood was indescribably entangled and complicated.

"Hey, let's get back to the topic."

Ye Taotao straightened her expression, raised her eyes to look at Ling Yan with a complex expression: "Actually, what I want to say is, A Yan. Why are you unwilling to try it? What's more, the success rate of the operation is very high. It's because... I gave it to you before. The story you told? You clearly know that it is unrealistic, why do you resist some unrealistic things instead of real things?"

"It's not like the you I know, Ayan."

Ye Taotao looked at Ling Yan and said.

At this moment, his face was hidden under the shadow of the lamp, carrying an indescribable coldness.

Ling Yan didn't speak, he looked down at his hand, slowly opened it, closed it again, and repeated it several times - this simple action was very difficult for him to do at the moment.

After the car accident, his nerves became less flexible than before.He also wanted to recover as soon as possible, but there was always an obstacle in his heart that he couldn't overcome.

but……

Ling Yan looked at Ye Taotao, a trace of bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

What is he afraid of?Are you worried that she will leave because she feels that she is not as good as she imagined?
In the end Ling Yan found that even he himself couldn't figure out the reason.

In the corridor of the hospital, the disinfectant in the air was a bit thick, and Ye Taotao, who had been waiting for Ling Yan's answer, rubbed her nose uncomfortably.

Wait... the smell of disinfectant?

Sniffing, Ye Taotao's brain flashed, and she seemed to be able to guess the general reason.

"Is it because I have been in the hospital for a long time, and the fear of being hospitalized has become more and more serious, so that I feel almost desperate in my heart?" She looked at Ling Yan's side face, and guessed.

"..."

"Still..." Ye Taotao raised her head to look at the snow-white wall in front of her, and smiled, "Are you afraid that I will tell you a ghost story after you are discharged from the hospital?"

Ling Yan froze for a moment, raised his head and explained: "No, I..."

Ye Taotao finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and after a while, she stopped laughing, looked at Ling Yan again, and her expression became serious again.

She slowly said: "Actually, I think it's not that you dare not try, but that you are unwilling. But if you give up, then your family, Senior Zhen and the others... those who have been waiting for your return ,what can we do about it?"

"Peach..."

"If it's because of other reasons...then, I will stay with you until you choose to let go." Ye Taotao looked into his eyes and said seriously, "I have always liked the real Ling Yan, not the real Ling Yan. Your aura."

Ling Yan was stunned.Complicated emotions turned into an inexplicable expression and accumulated in his black eyes.

Ding!
At this time, the elevator door opened again.

"Taotao..." Ye Jiaze's slightly resentful voice reached the ears of the two, "Have you finished talking? When can you go back?"

As if on purpose, after saying this, he dug out a piece of dry bread and sat on the seat not far from the two of them and gnawed it, looking at her with resentful eyes from time to time.

Ye Taotao was stunned for a moment, subconsciously pulled out her phone, and found that——almost half an hour had passed before she knew it.

"If you are busy, you can go back with your brother first." Ling Yan suddenly stood up from the seat, and said softly, with a faint smile on his face.

"But……"

Ye Taotao also stood up with him, looking at him with a little worry.

"You're right, why are you afraid of something you haven't tried yet?" Ling Yan raised his head slightly, looking at the endless blue sky outside the corridor window, his eyes lit up with confidence, "I will definitely go back."

He said so.

This sentence seems to be an encouragement to himself, and it seems to clearly tell others——his indestructible belief.

"I see, then I'll go back first."

Ye Taotao was slightly taken aback, and then a warm smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Seeing him brimming with confidence in front of her—Ye Taotao knew that the Ling Yan she knew had returned.

Ye Taotao left the hospital with Ye Jiaze.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, the phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly, indicating that he had received a new message.

Ye Taotao was startled for a moment, but she still took out her phone and opened the unread text message.

[Peach, I am very happy.I've decided to have surgery in a few days. ]
The sender of this text message is Ling Yan.

"This guy……"

Looking at the content of the information on the phone, Ye Taotao raised the corner of her mouth slightly unconsciously.

All the uneasy emotions seemed to be swept away in an instant.

Putting away the phone, Ling Yan looked out the window with a smile on his lips.

The clouds in the sky outside seemed to have dissipated a little, and a few rays of sunlight lazily poured into the ward, casting a layer of pale golden light on the small pot of hyacinths in front of the window.

The pale pink flowers swayed gently in the wind.

Ling Yan finally overcomes the psychological barrier and agrees to undergo the operation.This good news made everyone who cared about him breathe a sigh of relief.

With his cooperation, the operation went very smoothly.After a period of recuperation, he recovered quickly and was discharged from the hospital.

Soon after being discharged from the hospital, the new semester started, and Ling Yan successfully passed the subjects for which the examination was postponed last semester with a score close to full.Because the deferred exam and make-up exam of University A have always had the same set of questions, after the results were announced, many students who took the make-up exam climbed onto the forum crying and screaming: These days, the gods of learning also come to take the make-up exam, and there is no way for students to survive. .

It coincided with the club's new election, and after the election of a new club cadre, Ling Yan resigned from the position of the president of the tennis club and devoted himself to social practice.

In addition, Ye Taotao's class schedule for the next semester is full, so the two meet less and less, and usually meet on Saturday or Sunday.

It was a rare day on Friday when both parties were free. Of course, the two of them didn't want to waste time, so they made an appointment to meet after school.

After class on Friday, Ye Taotao took the textbooks back to the dormitory, and then went to the school gate to meet Ling Yan.

Unexpectedly, when she walked out of the school gate, what she saw was such a scene——

Ling Yan had already been waiting at the main entrance of the school, but beside him, there was a girl with a very sweet appearance.

Ye Taotao recognized the other party at a glance, she had seen a picture of a girl on the forum - Zeng Xiaoqing, the flower of the Department of Fine Arts.

She walked forward with a blushing face, looked at Ling Yan expectantly, and said nervously: "Ling Yan, I really like you. Can't you give me a chance? Even if you can't become a girlfriend, you You can also treat me as a younger sister..."

"I'm sorry, I can't accept your request. If my girlfriend hears this, she will be upset." Then Ye Taotao heard Ling Yan say this, her tone was gentle and polite.

"Why Ye Xuemei treats you like this, you still..." Zeng Xiaoqing was stunned by such a decisive refusal, and she immediately showed a look of incomprehension, "Yes, I'm sorry! It's okay, even if you can't accept me now, I can wait And, time will tell, who is the most suitable person for you!"

Zeng Xiaoqing's tone was very firm, but it made the gentle smile on Ling Yan's face fade away, and her tone was a little cold: "Please don't say such things, Taotao is irreplaceable in my mind."

Zeng Xiaoqing moved her lips, wanting to say something, but couldn't.

Ling Yan is not the kind of person who easily expresses his inner thoughts. Although Ye Taotao can feel his heart in the usual relationship, but hearing him say it personally at this moment is a different feeling.

Ye Taotao's heart warmed up, and the corners of her mouth raised upwards uncontrollably.

"A Yan, you can go." She directly passed the girl and walked forward quickly.

Ling Yan took a few steps forward and shook her hand, his movements were very natural and smooth: "Okay, let's go."

"Yes, I'm sorry!" As if she didn't expect Ye Taotao to appear suddenly, Zeng Xiaoqing immediately took a big step back like a frightened deer, watching the intimate movements of the two, she bit her lower lip, as if she had understood something , Then turned and ran away in a panic.

"Peach, didn't you say you can go?"

"Hmm..." Ling Yan's urging voice came from beside her ear, Ye Taotao withdrew her gaze from Zeng Xiaoqing's leaving figure, responded, and followed his footsteps.

Along the way, no one mentioned what happened just now.

After walking for a long time, Ling Yan finally couldn't bear it any longer. He looked sideways at Ye Taotao, who had been silent all the time, and spoke first, "Taotao, do you have anything to say to me?"

"No."

Such a decisive answer made Ling Yan raise his eyebrows.

"I was wondering how many girls have confessed their love to you." Ye Taotao said, wringing her fingers, as if she was really counting the number seriously, "It seems that your reasons for rejecting others are different every time."

"So Taotao, are you jealous?" Ling Yan asked with a smile.

Ye Taotao's expression froze.

"Who, who likes to be jealous!"

Unable to pretend anymore, she turned her head with a slightly red face and said in a low voice.

Seeing her cute appearance, Ling Yan pressed the knuckles of his index finger to his lips, and chuckled softly: "Speaking of which, Taotao is one of those who confessed to me, right?"

Ye Taotao: "..."

What kind of confession is that?I haven't even had a first love, so I just skipped to "recombination".

It was a complete failure in her life!
Gathering her mind, Ye Taotao turned her head to look at Ling Yan, and asked suspiciously: "Did you do this on purpose at that time?"

"What are you referring to?" Ling Yan still had a smile that was so gentle that it almost leaked out.

Ye Taotao: "..."

For some reason, she suddenly wanted to bite off the smile at the corner of his mouth!
Although she really wanted to do this in her heart, Ye Taotao did not put this idea into action in the end.

Before I knew it, I had already arrived at the door of the house.

"I'm home, then, I'll go in."

Stopping a few meters away from the stairs, Ye Taotao said goodbye to Ling Yan.

When he was about to turn around and enter the door, he was grabbed by him.

"Taotao, did you forget something?" Ling Yan smiled and reminded Shangye Taotao's puzzled eyes.

"What?" Ye Taotao thought about it carefully, but she still didn't remember what she left behind and didn't finish, so she continued to cast him a questioning look.

Ling Yan didn't speak, he replaced words with actions, lowered his head, and gently placed a kiss on the corner of her lips.

The slightly cool soft touch spreads around the lips.

This familiar feeling made Ye Taotao lose his mind for a moment.

She raised her head slightly, and bumped into Ling Yan's eyes. She could clearly see that she was the only one in his clear and deep black eyes at this moment.

"Do you remember?" He opened the distance a little and asked in a low voice.

He was referring to the farewell kiss...

"ok, I get it."

Seeing him like a child begging for sweets from her, Ye Taotao felt a little helpless, but she still stood on tiptoe and kissed Ling Yan's mouth.

It's just that the pink atmosphere lingering between the two didn't last long, and soon this atmosphere was broken by a cool voice.

"I said, can you two stop showing your affection all the time?"

Following the prestige, Ye Jiaze who didn't know when he appeared was standing a few meters away from the two of them.

Only a few months later, Ye Jiaze seems to have grown taller again, but there is still a certain gap compared with Ling Yan.

Although the relationship between the two is no longer a secret, Ye Taotao still feels embarrassed when her younger brother breaks her when she is making an intimate move.

"Jiaze, today...why did you come back so late?" Ye Taotao said, quickly let go of Ling Yan's arm, and lowered her head guiltily to tidy up her clothes that were not messy.

"Taotao, you turned your collar upside down." Ling Yan didn't care about Ye Jiaze's appearance. He couldn't help but smile when he saw the girl's slightly panicked movements, so he stretched out his hand and gently helped her put the collar back on. Turn it over.

"Ah! Ayan, I can come by myself..."

"I'm on duty today, have you forgotten?" Ye Jiaze put his hands on his head, pretending to be indifferent, and said nonsense, but his eyes flicked back and forth between the two of them.

"Isn't your school on duty usually at noon?" After spending a few seconds to gather her mood, Ye Taotao immediately noticed the absurdity of his words.

Ye Jiaze ignored her, but turned his gaze to Ling Yan, and confidently said something that she couldn't understand: "Just wait, I will definitely do it."

"Then come on." Ling Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled encouragingly, "I'm looking forward to that day."

"What are you talking about?" Ye Taotao found that she couldn't understand their conversation at all.

"Don't tell Taotao." Ye Jiaze turned his head and looked away, "This is a secret between us men!"

secret?

Ye Taotao subconsciously turned her gaze to Ling Yan, but he just smiled.

"By the way, you have to work hard." Ye Jiaze said again.

The smile in Ling Yan's eyes deepened, and he responded gently: "Okay."

These two people... since when did they get so familiar?

Ye Taotao's surprised eyes moved back and forth between the two.

"Then I'll go back, Taotao, see you tomorrow."

Ling Yan's voice interrupted her thoughts, and Ye Taotao came back to her senses, and responded reflexively: "Ah... see you tomorrow."

Ye Taotao watched Ling Yan's back, watched him stop at the corner of the road ahead, and turned to look at her.

Ye Taotao hesitantly raised her hand and waved at him, then turned and went up the stairs.

Ye Jiaze also followed her to the door of the house.

"Jia Ze..."

After closing the door, Ye Taotao's eyes fell on Ye Jiaze, trying to get some information from him.

But before she could speak, she was interrupted by the resolute Ye Jiaze: "You don't need to ask, I won't tell."

As he spoke, he quickly changed his shoes, ran up the stairs, and his figure disappeared quickly.

It was the first time Ye Taotao saw such a determined Ye Jiaze, she always felt that something was different about her younger brother.But where exactly, she couldn't tell.

However, since he doesn't want to say it, forget it.

Everyone has their own secrets, right?

However, Ye Jiaze's gradual transformation was obvious.

Ye Jiaze, who has always kept housework at arm's length, unexpectedly asked for help with setting the tableware before dinner today, which surprised Ye Taotao's family.

And recently, he, who has always been lively and active, doesn't seem to have thrown his things around, and even the things in his room have been tidied up.

Regarding his change, Mother Ye and Father Ye are still very pleased.

"Speaking of which, Jiaze is about to take the high school entrance examination in two years. Have you figured out your next goal?"

At the dinner table, Mother Ye looked at Ye Jiaze and asked with a gentle smile.

Ye Jiaze nodded vigorously, and said without hesitation: "Of course! My goal is University A!"

"University A...is Taotao's school?" Mama Ye was taken aback, slightly surprised, "Does Jiaze want to go to University A too?"

"That's right." Ye Jiaze's black eyes flashed with longing and longing, "Because there is something I yearn for!"

Yearning for something?
Do you mean... Ling Yan?

Thinking of the strange conversation at the door of the house, Ye Taotao thought thoughtfully.

Ye Jiaze seems to have changed a lot recently, becoming more mature, could it be because of Ling Yan?
But why?

What Ye Taotao didn't know was that Ye Jiaze had a private meeting with Ling Yan.

After a week of recuperation, Ye Jiaze's bruised foot was finally able to walk on the ground.

But just recovered, he still needs to go back to the hospital for follow-up checkups regularly.

That time when he went to the hospital alone, Ye Jiaze met Ling Yan there.

Ling Yan, who had just undergone the operation, did not look very well. He worked very hard to carry out rehabilitation exercises according to the doctor's instructions, sweating profusely.

Although Ye Jiaze didn't experience it himself, he could see what kind of pain Ling Yan was going through right now.

"Why...you have to work so hard?" Ye Jiaze looked at the scene in front of him in shock and murmured.

Only at this moment did Ye Jiaze realize that Ling Yan was not as simple as he imagined.

He shocked himself too much.

From disdain at the beginning, to admiration, to being deeply moved now.

"Because I promised my important person to recover as soon as possible." Sitting on a chair in the hospital corridor, Ling Yan smiled gently at him.

"But there's no need to be so anxious..." Ye Jiaze said incomprehensibly, "Is this really okay?"

"Because this is an agreement between me and everyone." Ling Yan's gentle expression contained a bit of unresolved melancholy, he looked down at his open hand, "So, I must get better as soon as possible."

Ye Jiaze inexplicably felt sad: "But you don't have to force yourself like this... That would be very hard, right?"

"No, this is my responsibility." When he said this, Ling Yan's tone was extremely firm, "My companions are waiting for me, I can't let them down, and I can't disappoint everyone's hard work."

Ye Jiaze had heard about his deeds before. He was the number one student in their high school entrance examination, and he had countless honors on him.But until this moment, he realized that his understanding of Ling Yan was only mediocre.

Peeling off the shiny shell on the surface, he is just an ordinary person.But what he shouldered was a responsibility far beyond his age.

What about yourself?

Thinking of this, Ye Jiaze couldn't help but fell silent, and asked himself, all along, he made his family worry, and he did some behaviors that he thought were very mature, but were actually very childish.

"Actually, when I didn't know you, I used to hate you very much."

Ye Jiaze lowered his head, and suddenly whispered.

Ling Yan was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at the little guy in surprise.

After a pause, Ye Jiaze scratched his hair, and said with some frustration: "Your status in Taotao's heart surpasses mine. I have never seen her treat anyone so well..."

"No, Taotao actually loves you very much." Ling Yan said.

"I know, but in her eyes, I'm just a child who will never grow up." Ye Jiaze shook his head in disappointment.

This is where he is not reconciled, and he also wants to be a man who can shoulder responsibilities in the eyes of his family, not a child who will never grow up.

But now he realizes that he may not be even close to one percent of Ling Yan's.

"If that's the case, then grow up quickly." Ling Yan looked away from him and said in a calm tone.

"Grow up..." Ye Jiaze was taken aback.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly understood.

"That's right." He clenched his fists and looked at Ling Yan firmly, "I have decided, from now on, I will aim at you and become an existence beyond you!"

"Do you want to surpass me?" Ling Yan still smiled gently, staring at him with deep eyes, "This is not an easy goal, have you decided?"

"Of course." Ye Jiaze's tone was very firm, "But, don't tell Taotao about this."

Ling Yan was startled, and unconsciously smiled: "Okay."

"Then it's agreed!"

Yes, you have to mature yourself!
Like Ling Yan, become a responsible person!

This is indeed a desirable goal.

The memory ended here, and without Ye Jiaze noticing it, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

(End of this chapter)