Masked Prince of Tennis

Chapter 23 Is it the last farewell (1)
(1)

White bed, white sheets, white pillows.

I seem to be used to waking up in the hospital.But this time, it wasn't me lying on the white bed, but Xia Yehan.Because of the heavy rain last night, he developed a high fever.

Never knew that his body temperature could be so high.Looking at him with red cheeks on the hospital bed, I suddenly felt that I was seeing another person.

"Miss, are you a family member of the patient? Go get some medicine!" Suddenly, a young nurse walked in and said.

I got up and walked out.

Although I often go to and from the hospital recently, it seems to be the first time I go to get medicine like this.Moreover, when I went in and out of the hospital a few days ago, I could still see Han Chengnan, but now...

I couldn't help but feel very depressed. After the depression passed, my mind went blank.

……

It was clearly a fever, but a lot of messy medicines were prescribed.When I walked into Xia Yehan's ward with medicine while complaining to the doctor...

Huh?What about people?Looking at the empty ward, my head exploded.

Obviously, when I went to pick up the medicine just now, that guy was still sleeping on the hospital bed, why did he disappear after a while?Did that guy go to the bathroom?I thought suspiciously.

"Ah! Someone on the rooftop is about to commit suicide!" Just as I was still thinking, suddenly, a girl's voice sounded in my ear.

suicide?Could it be...

I knew that there must be something unsettling behind the calm.

I rushed to the rooftop almost at the speed of light.

There are no high guardrails on the roof of the hospital, only a platform that is less than knee height.

When I rushed to the rooftop, I saw Xia Yehan standing on the platform that was not even knee high.He stretched out his arms, as if trying to maintain balance.

He seemed to have heard my footsteps and looked back at me.

He had a smile on his face, because of the fever and the strong wind on the roof, his smile looked so pale.

"Hmm..." I wanted to tell him to come down quickly, but I couldn't speak now, so I could only wave my hands to express my anxiety.

"Xiaoyou, do you know? I have been different from others since I was a child." He turned his head back, and I couldn't see his expression.

What did his words... mean?

"I, can read a 300-page book in two hours, and then recite the content backwards." His voice was full of sadness, and it didn't make me feel how worthwhile he told me. something to show off.

Reading a 300-page book for two hours?This is already a very difficult thing for me, right?What's more, I have to recite the 300-page book backwards within these two hours!

"Since I was young, I almost lived under the label of a 'child prodigy'. I was a genius, a memory genius, a learning genius...I almost got bored hearing words like this. But, it's not these things that really bore me... ..."

Genius... not good?For me, having a brain like his is almost something that is beyond reach.He seems to be in the blessing and does not know the blessing!However, someone like me who has never had such a smart head, it seems that he shouldn't say that about him!After all, I haven't really owned it, so how can I know the bitterness in it?
"Because I'm a genius, because I can easily be the best at everything, so, as I get older, I start to be more and more alienated from everyone. It's just because of my goddamn smart head." His voice become more and more indifferent.Listening to the gradually indifferent voice, I suddenly understood, is it because of his indifferent personality because of such a smart head?

Obviously it is something that everyone yearns for, but why does it become such a sinful thing when it comes to him?It's so cold at the top, is it just a person like him?

"Why am I different from others? Obviously I just want to simply be friends with others, but why in the eyes of others, my approach is irony? Just stand together so simply, as if I will bring them Because of the inferiority complex, so they isolate me, so I am always alone. You never know, when other children are holding hands and playing games, I can only watch in the corner and some other children can't see at all. I understand the book." His voice became colder and colder.

The wind on the roof was very strong, blowing his clothes, and the white and blue striped hospital gown danced on his thin body.His back, the back of him standing like that, seems to let me see how lonely he was when he was a child.

I finally understand why he is always so lonely!Because loneliness has become his habit.Because the injury was a scar left on his heart as a child, that's why it hurts so much, right?Even if you try to ignore it, try to pretend you don't remember it, because the scar exists, so it still hurts, right?
"The older I get, the more isolated I seem to be! But, one day, you appeared! To me, you seem to be a savior."

redemption?When did I become someone who can save others?I... obviously didn't do anything!

"I've never seen anyone who can smile at me so brightly, and there's never been anyone who doesn't have the slightest jealousy or something like you. You can trust me easily, you can trust me for no reason! Even if you are actually doubting, it seems that as long as I tell you, you can trust me."

I never knew that the simple act of trusting one thing could make one person another's savior.In the communication between people, the most basic thing is trust, isn't it?

"Because of you, I seem to know what warmth is for the first time! It seems that I can give up everything for you." There was still no warmth in his voice.

Why is such a sentence like a confession still so cold?

But confess?My mood started to mess up again.

"But... are you different?" Just when my mood was messed up by his words, he suddenly said in despair.

I……

"For you, Han Chengnan is the most important thing, right? Even if he disappears, I'm the one who stands by your side every day, and I can't take his place in your heart, right?"

His words, his tone, the feeling he gave me, why is it that he seems to be ready to leave my sight in the next second?However, his words... are really what I really think, right?
Han Chengnan... occupies an irreplaceable place in my heart.However, despite this, he Xia Yehan is also a very important friend to me!
"Why can't it be me? Is it just because he met you earlier than me?" He suddenly turned his head and looked at me sadly.

He who had been turning his back to me suddenly turned around, and he who had been unable to see his expression finally let me see his expression.

He... so sad.That kind of sadness is beyond words.

I don't know how to describe his sad look, I only know that it is a deep sadness, which can almost make people feel heartbroken just by looking at it.

Xia Yehan...

I really wanted to comfort him, but I couldn't open my mouth.Even if I could speak, I don't seem to know what to say.

"Why can't it be me? I have nothing but you..." His voice seemed to make my tears flow instantly.

"Without you, I really don't know the meaning of life!" He suddenly turned around again.

He... is going to jump off?

No...

I rushed forward and hugged his waist.

"If you give up on me, then I will also give up on myself." His voice floated into my ears very softly.

I shook my head desperately, I wanted to tell him that I would never give up on him.However, because I couldn't make a sound, I could only shake my head desperately. I wanted him to know that no matter what, I would never give up on him.

Perhaps because he sensed what I meant, Xia Yehan opened my arms holding him, turned around, and hugged me tightly.

On such a rooftop, I secretly made a decision.

Let Han Chengnan become the deepest person in my heart!I, if I leave Han Chengnan, maybe I can still survive, but... I can't live without Xia Yehan!
I, must carefully protect Xia Yehan who is as fragile as glass!
Starting today, in my life...

Only Xia Yehan...

I will take Xia Yehan very seriously.

(2)

Fever is actually not a big deal, but if fever is combined with blowing wind, it will be serious, and it may cause inflammation of the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys.However, in order to prevent the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney from becoming inflamed, Xia Yehan had to stay in the hospital for observation.

He is going to stay in the hospital for observation, but I have to go back to school by myself.Although that wayward guy insisted on letting me stay in the hospital, but... After all, I still understand the difference between men and women.

So... For three days in a row, in such a dark night, I have to go home alone.

I don't know why, but after three days in a row, I always felt like someone was following me behind me.In order to verify whether someone is following me, I decided to do a reconnaissance operation today.

As usual, I came out of the hospital after 9 o'clock.

The hospital is not very far from the school, that is, a 10-minute walk away, so there is no need to take a car.

I walked as usual, but unlike usual, I pricked up my ears as I walked.

Not far behind me, there was obviously a footstep.Now, although it is not late at night, because I took a shortcut, there are very few people on this small road...

I deliberately slowed down, but the person behind me saw that I slowed down, and actually slowed down too!This made me more certain that this person was following me.

I turned around suddenly, only to see the figure who was following me awkwardly hiding in a small alley.

This dead guy, dare to follow me, I think your life is too long!

I picked up the baseball bat I had already prepared from behind... and clenched it with both hands.

A baseball bat is a must-have for hitting people!Today, I will let you taste the taste of this invincible baseball bat.

However, just as I was about to approach that alley, I suddenly heard footsteps, running fast.This dead guy actually wants to run away?I'm not an idler!

I opened my posture and started to run wildly. In fact, I didn't make any special effort to run.Why?There is only one reason, that is, I know that the alley I am in is a dead end.

The person who was following me seemed to have noticed this too, so when he ran for dozens of steps, he stopped.

Hmph... there is nowhere to escape!
I raised the baseball bat in my hand and slowly approached the figure following me.Little thief, today is your death day.

However, as I got closer and closer to swinging my baseball bat...

"Bang..." My baseball bat fell to the ground suddenly. In the quiet alley, the sound of my baseball bat falling was particularly loud.

Why is my baseball bat falling?Not because I was attacked by the man who followed me, but because I saw the man who followed me clearly.

It was a very familiar person, so familiar that my nose was sore for a moment, and then tears gushed out.

That should be a person I have forgotten, should have disappeared in my memory, should have been buried in the deepest part of my heart, and just appeared?
"You..." He didn't seem to think that I would cry, did he?For a moment, he became so overwhelmed.

Why is he here?Could it be...he was the one who followed me a few days ago?If it is him, then that means, he has never left me?If he never left me, why didn't he just come and meet me?

He stretched out his hand, intending to wipe away my tears, but his hand just stayed in mid-air.He seemed to think of something, and then put down his hand.

It clearly appeared, but it seemed so unfamiliar.If so, why is it necessary?I have already decided to give up on him, I have already decided to forget, why does he come back and disturb my life?
But now, when I saw him, I should turn around and leave, but I found that I couldn't do it.My feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and I couldn't even do a simple movement like lifting my feet.

"I'm not following you, I'm just..." Seemingly sensing the weirdness and tension in the atmosphere, he opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere.He doesn't seem to be the Han Chengnan I knew before.

Although he opened his mouth to explain, he only spoke half of what he said.

I'm actually still waiting for him to say something to me, right?Say anything!An explanation, or something else that would give me something to look forward to.Although I have such expectations, there will still be another voice in my heart constantly reminding myself, this can't be done, now I already have Xia Yehan, so I can't do this.

All right!Ming Xiaoyou!So be it!The story between you and Han Chengnan is over, give up quickly!
I turned around, I should be leaving!Even if there is a lot of reluctance in my heart, I can't say it!What's more, even if I want to say it now, I can't say it.

However, the moment I turned around, Han Chengnan suddenly grabbed my hand.

I turned around and met his eyes.

All along, I don't understand him, right?I can't read his expressions, his language, his movements...

"Don't go." The moment I met his eyes, he suddenly said these three words.

The moment those three words came to my ears, I suddenly felt ridiculous.Because, how much I wanted to hear these three words, but, even in the past, he was always stingy and refused to say it.However, now, when I decided to give up on him, he said it so unexpectedly.

It's just a different time, but the meaning of these three words is already quite different.

If he said this to me when we first misunderstood...

If he said this to me during the second misunderstanding...

If he had said this to me while I was keeping him...

If he had said this to me on that rainy night...

in case……

(End of this chapter)