The white mask concealed his face, his eyes full of deep emotion, with a shadow of sorrow, such a complex feeling manifested in his eyes with flickering light and shadow, as if they had an intangible influence, causing so girls in the audience to tear up involuntarily.
Perhaps they thought of their first love, or of that unrequited crush that never ended, or maybe, they were simply saddened by the boy in front of them.
Why is loving soone so humbling?
Even love has to be kept a secret.
As the song ended, thunderous applause resonated in the hall. The girl at the piano daintily tugged at her hem, her voice crisp, "You’ve sung the song I played, by tradition, you can ask to do sothing."
The girl in white bit her lip, mustering trendous courage, "You can ask to do anything..."
The crowd imdiately burst out in jeering, and soone started a chant:
"Be together! Be together!"
Those three words ignited the atmosphere, everyone chanting "Be together!"
The boy suddenly snapped back to reality, deeply gazed in Ning Xixi’s direction, dropped the microphone, and nearly fled in retreat.
"Eh?" The girl in white stood up, stomping her foot in reluctance.
Thankfully she was wearing a mask, otherwise, how embarrassed she would be!
Ning Xixi blinked her eyes, feeling the room was too noisy, and took another plate of small cakes, happily heading to the lawn outside to eat.
A row of streetlights dazzled, the flowerbeds adorned with small colored lights twinkling, as if the stars overhead.
Ning Xixi sat down by the fountain, but before she could eat, she noticed a shadow by her feet.
"Ah!" She scread and nearly tumbled into the fountain, when a pair of strong hands suddenly steadied her!
The white mask ca into view.
"It’s you." There were not many people wearing white masks tonight, and this person’s height gave him away as the boy who sang earlier.
The boy lowered his brows, helping her sit properly, then stepped back a little.
His silence piqued Ning Xixi’s curiosity.
"Your singing is really good." She searched for a topic, "Was the song for soone you like?"
Upon hearing the question, the boy stiffened entirely, as if petrified, his Adam’s apple bobbing, but he dared not utter a sound.
"It’s okay if you don’t want to say, haha, I’m being nosy." Ning Xixi picked up a fork to continue eating her cake, but the boy humd a song again.
"When did my world
Start being indistinguishable between day and night, all because of missing you
Oh... I secretly fell in love with you
But don’t dare to tell you
Because I know I can’t give you what you want
Oh... I can only secretly fall in love with you
Only secretly watch you
Always lacking the courage to say I truly fell in love with you...
"
He sang so beautifully, without accompanint, it added a captivating allure.
No matter how slow Ning Xixi was, she realized sothing was off.
She pointed the fork at herself, "This song, is it for ?"
They looked at each other, and it seed like a century passed before the boy nodded slightly.
Nani?!
Is this soone who has a crush on her?
Ning Xixi widened her eyes in disbelief, who could it be? Was it soone she knew?
It couldn’t be Ji Yebai, Dabai was known for singing off-key... she pondered deeply, when suddenly everything went dark, and a warm touch covered her eyelids.
It was him covering her eyes with his hand.
What is he... what is he going to do?
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