Seeing the short-haired girl’s tearful appearance, Zhang Xiaoshan felt a tightness in his heart.
There was a ti when he had felt the sa way—ostracized at school because of his poor family background, lacking even the courage to communicate normally with others.
"It’s okay, do you have paper and pen?"
Zhang Xiaoshan asked the short-haired girl gently.
"Yes."
After hearing Zhang Xiaoshan’s question, the short-haired girl nodded hastily and hurriedly took out a pen and paper from her backpack and handed them over.
Zhang Xiaoshan wrote down his contact information and handed it back to her.
"This is my mobile number."
Clinging tightly to the piece of paper, the short-haired girl’s sorrowful face finally revealed a hint of a smile.
"Don’t worry, once I’m capable, I will definitely repay you," she said.
The girl carefully placed the slip of paper with Zhang Xiaoshan’s phone number inside her chest.
"Alright, I’ll be waiting."
Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t really expect to receive any rewards from the short-haired girl; he rely saw a part of his forr self in her and couldn’t help feeling a bit of sympathy.
"Well, it’s getting late; I’ll take you ho," he said.
Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at his phone; it was already half-past eleven at night, deep into the night.
"Take ho?"
The girl paused montarily in surprise, her expression struggling as if she were hesitating about sothing. After several breaths, she made up her mind and nodded at Zhang Xiaoshan.
"Okay, then."
The two of them walked together along the street.
Walking beside Zhang Xiaoshan, the short-haired girl felt a rare sense of safety.
Wanshan County was just a small county town; within ten minutes or so, the two arrived at an old and dilapidated urban village.
"Just, just here is fine. My dad’s probably asleep already, so I won’t invite you in as a guest. And, my ho is quite small, just a tiny single room, very ssy and I..."
Toward the end of her explanation, the girl’s tears once again involuntarily began to swirl in her eyes.
Clearly, the short-haired girl’s life was a difficult one. Her hesitation when Zhang Xiaoshan offered to take her ho was due to her family’s poor circumstances; she didn’t want him to see her in such a sorry state.
"Okay then, next ti," he said.
"You should head back early."
"Alright."
Seeing that Zhang Xiaoshan made no fuss, the short-haired girl smiled understandingly.
"Thank you."
She bowed deeply to Zhang Xiaoshan and then prepared to leave.
"Wait."
Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoshan called out to the girl.
The short-haired girl, who had just turned around, looked back.
"What’s the matter?" she asked.
"You haven’t told your na yet," said Zhang Xiaoshan, his interest in the short-haired girl growing.
"Oh, right, I forgot. My na is Xu Xiaong, you can call Little ng," she said.
She excitedly introduced herself to Zhang Xiaoshan, her excitent clear for a simple reason: This kind-hearted big brother had taken the initiative to ask for her na, which ant he wanted to get to know her, and there would surely be more chances for them to et in the future.
At that mont, Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly raised his hand, reaching toward her lovely face.
"Gulp, gulp..."
The short-haired girl, inexperienced and with a heart just beginning to awaken to romance, suddenly felt her heartbeat race uncontrollably, like a startled deer, tensing to the utmost.
She realized what Zhang Xiaoshan intended to do.
"Big brother, I..."
She started to say sothing but abruptly stopped.
Because she didn’t know whether she should reject Zhang Xiaoshan.
If she thought about it, wouldn’t sothing happening with this kind and good big brother in front of her be quite nice?
She had always longed for soone to rely on, and now that the opportunity had co, should she really let it pass?
She gathered her courage, standing still on the spot, her pretty face flushed red as she watched Zhang Xiaoshan coming closer and closer.
The next instant, Zhang Xiaoshan’s large hand landed on her delicate and fair skin.
The already slightly dry air beca even hotter.
Even the moon in the sky shyly hid behind the clouds.
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