Chapter 28 - Indescribable Love!

Besides gifts from Li Sinian, this was the first time that Li Muyang had received a gift from a female.

Li Muyang had no male friends.

The sachet gave off a faint fragrance. He didn’t know if it was because the sachet was filled with some spices or it was Cui Xiaoxin’s body fragrance.

Li Muyang greedily sniffed it in front of his nose as if he had obtained some priceless treasure.

“Li Muyang, do you know that you look like an addict now?” Li Sinian curled her lips and said with disdain.

“It’s not a shame to be an addict.” Li Muyang grinned and said, “People were calling me an idiot before. An addict is much better than an idiot.”

“Brother, my dear brother, do you have any self-esteem?” Li Sinian rolled on the bed angrily and said, “Isn’t it just a sachet? Why are you so excited? Check my room and see how many gifts I’ve got in my closet. If I were like you, I would have fainted with joy.”

Li Sinian was beautiful and smart, and she was very loyal to friends. She was the leader in her grade. No matter boys or girls, they could get along well with her. Wherever she went, she would be surrounded by people. Every time she had a birthday party, it was like a grand festival. The gifts she received had to be pulled back in a carriage.

Therefore at that time, Li Muyang was a dedicated porter who carried those gifts little by little into Li Sinian’s room like a hard-working ant.

Li Sinian’s room was much larger than Li Muyang’s. Their parents said that a girl needed room to pack her clothes. In fact, Li Muyang knew it was because there were too many gifts for Li Sinian, so she needed room to store them.

“It’s because I don’t have many chances to receive gifts, that’s why I’m so happy.” Li Muyang laughed happily. Li Sinian’s words could not affect his good mood. “Sinian, you have a lot of experience. Can you tell me in what kind of situation you would send a boy a gift?”

Li Sinian got up, holding Li Muyang’s collar and pulling him to the bed. She looked at Li Muyang with a sweet smile and said, “Li Muyang, what did you say just now? I didn’t hear you clearly.”

“I said you have rich experience, and under what situation…” Li Muyang couldn’t go on. He found that he had made a serious mistake.

“Say it. Why don’t you go on?”

“Hahaha, you know that’s not what I mean.”

“Ha ha ha, but I heard you very clearly. That’s what you mean!!!”

“Dear Sister, I’m sincerely asking you… ”

The smile on Li Sinian’s face disappeared. She stared at Li Muyang with a fierce look and said, “I am your sister. Shouldn’t you have more experience in this kind of thing? Why do you want to ask me?”

“I…” Li Muyang was about to cry. He hurriedly explained, “I just think you’re smarter. There’s nothing you can’t solve.”

“Your feeling is right,” Li Sinian nodded and said.

“What?”

“What do you want to know? Go ahead.” Li Sinian loosened Li Muyang’s crumpled collar and smoothed it with her little hands. Li Muyang had become excellent at changing the subject.

“I am saying that under what kind of situation, you would send a boy a gift?”

“On holidays or on his birthday; the day when he had some achievement; when he is sad or bullied; when I miss him during travel; when I think he is ugly but lovely and cute; when I think a gift is ugly but lovely and cute and I want to buy it for him.” Li Sinian looked at Li Muyang with a smile and said, “I will give him a gift.”

“If you like him?” Li Muyang asked anxiously.

Li Sinian did mention what he wanted to hear. Today was not a festival, nor his birthday. He was not sad or bullied. So, there were only two possibilities for Cui Xiaoxin giving him a present: first, to celebrate his rapid improvement; second, she thought he was ugly, lovely and cute.

These two answers made him feel empty in his heart.

“I would.” Li Sinian gave an incomparably firm answer.

“Really?” Li Muyang was in high spirits again and said, “You would give him a present if you liked him, right?”

“Yes.” Li Sinian nodded repeatedly. The bangs on her forehead swayed left and right in a cute way.

“I knew it.” Li Muyang happily held Li Sinian’s hand and said, “I knew it. Xiaoxin actually has a good impression of me. Otherwise, why did she give me a silk sachet? I heard that this kind of thing can’t be just be given for any old reason.”

“Yes, yes,” Li Sinian answered. “If she didn’t like you, she would not have given you a gift.”

Suddenly, Li Muyang thought of something. He stared at Li Sinian with burning eyes and said, “Sinian, who is the boy you like? Don’t tell me you have a boyfriend?”

“A boyfriend?” Li Sinian smiled sweetly and said, “Maybe.”

“What’s his name? Do I know him?”

“Of course you know him.” Li Sinian took Li Muyang’s hand and said, “It’s you, my stupid brother.”

“…”

Cui Xiaoxin came to tutor Li Muyang every day, regardless if it was windy or rainy. Li Muyang also looked forward to it with joy each time. He liked to be with Cui Xiaoxin.

The relationship between Cui Xiaoxin and Li Sinian was getting better and better. When Li Muyang was answering questions, they would chat in Li Sinian’s room for a while. Of course, most of the time, Li Sinian talked and Cui Xiaoxin listened because she didn’t talk much.

Luo Qi, Li Muyang’s mother, liked Cui Xiaoxin more and more. She came home from work early every day with cakes that Cui Xiaoxin liked to eat. She asked her to stay at home to have dinner with them again and again. She even wanted to keep her to stay overnight at home. Although Cui Xiaoxin refused her again and again, it hadn’t taken away her enthusiasm.

With Cui Xiaoxin’s help, Li Muyang systematically reviewed the textbooks from the last few years. Although he did it a little rough, there was nothing he could do about it, because time was limit. By the time he finished the last test paper set by Cui Xiaoxin, it was the day before the liberal arts exam.

Cui Xiaoxin fulfilled her promise and helped Li Muyang study until the eve before the liberal arts exam.

Tomorrow, Li Muyang would take the pen as the bow and the knowledge as the arrow with tens of thousands of candidates, and try his best to shoot at the prestigious school in his mind.

Those who hit the targets would be on the golden list, ready to meet flowers and applause.

For the ones who missed the aim, they would lose the qualification for the competition or even their lives.

Who would be the hero among thousands of troops and horses?

Cui Xiaoxin refused Luo Qi’s invitation for dinner once again and left. Li Muyang sent her off before his mother reminded him.

“Li Muyang.” Cui Xiaoxin stood under the Yanluo tree in front of the door and looked at Li Muyang. “I have tried my best, and so did you. I don’t know what you can do, but I have a hunch that you will surprise everyone—those who have bullied you, mocked you and doubted or belittled you, will regret their selfishness and narrow-mindedness in the past,” she said.

“I didn’t work so hard for them.” Li Muyang looked at Cui Xiaoxin and said with a smile, “I did it for you.”

“Li Muyang.” Cui Xiaoxin’s thin lips moved slightly, but she didn’t know how to explain it to him. What should she say? Could she say that we were not from the same world, or we were very likely to be separated from each other and would never be able to see each other again, or that there was no possibility that they would be together?

“Because we have a date to watch the sunset together at the Nameless Lake of Xifeng University, right?”

Cui Xiaoxin’s eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. She said, “Yes. So, Li Muyang, please do your best.”

Cui Xiaoxin waved to Li Muyang and walked forward at a brisk pace.

“In this way, you can live more easily, right?” Li Muyang murmured as he looked at her back when she walked away. His upright figure looked thin in the moonlight.

By the time Li Muyang returned home, Luo Qi had already prepared dinner.

“Muyang, Xiaoxin is gone?” Luo Qi came out of the kitchen with soup and asked with a smile.

“Yes, she is gone,” Li Muyang answered.

“Pack up the books. Wash your hands. Dinner is ready,” Luo Qi said with a smile. “Go to get the lazy girl downstairs. I told her to wash the vegetables, but she clamored about writing homework upstairs.”

“Okay,” Li Muyang answered with a smile. Li Sinian was excellent in all aspects, but she didn’t like to do housework like other young girls the same age. As soon as she was told to wash vegetables or dishes, she would find all kinds of excuses to refuse.

When Li Muyang went upstairs, Luo Qi suddenly shouted, “Muyang…”

“Mom, anything else?” Li Muyang turned around and asked Luo Qi while looking at her.

“You want to go to Xifeng University, don’t you?” Luo Qi asked. There was a smile on her face, but something in her eyes that made Li Muyang feel very uneasy.

“Yes.” Li Muyang nodded. “Mom, you think I have no hope for that, don’t you?”

“Of course not,” Luo Qi said in a firm voice, “My son has tried his best and I knew what you have gone through. How could you have no hope? If you want to go to Xifeng University, just do it. Mom will support you.”

Li Muyang grinned and said, “Mom, thank you.”

“Silly boy, what are you thanking me for?”

“Then I am going to get Li Sinian to have dinner,” Li Muyang said with a smile.

When Li Muyang turned around and left, Luo Qi’s smile froze. Her face was pale, but her eyes were unusually firm.