I Want to Give You a Different Life from Before

At the end of January, white snow became the dominant color in most of nature.

The first semester of sophomore year quietly slipped away. The temporary suspension of academic studies was a cause for great joy for students, because winter was coming, which meant the New Year was just around the corner.

For most working professionals who have already entered the workforce...

Whether you're feeling down or full of energy, the fatigue of the whole year seems to be relieved in just a few days of rest during the Spring Festival. This makes you wonder if you'll be facing another busy and uninspiring period after the short New Year.

Even so, life must go on as usual.

Looking out the window at the scenery disappearing into the distance like a film rewinding, the girl's eyes were filled with confusion and complexity. The melodious music in her headphones did not calm her mind; a nameless tension and worry still lingered in her heart.

Hua Xin still remembers the moment she bought a ticket with her own ID card and entered the high-speed rail platform. For someone who had never left the same city in all her years of life, being able to sit on this bullet train heading to a distant place was something she had never imagined before.

[He might spend his entire life in this room, rotting and stinking until someone can smell his own corpse, and he is finally discovered and placed in a cheap coffin provided by a kind person.]

For a very, very long time, Hua Xin held this belief.

In the dark, sunless Little Black, she could only talk to herself, only tell herself those absurd fantasies, unrealistic, beautiful scenes that seemed to only be able to be imagined in dreams.

It wasn't just her room, it wasn't just her breakfast and dinner, it wasn't just her nights.

But every time night falls again and dawn rises, the beautiful visions that existed in the dream disappear once more, and it is still just one person's day, another cycle.

All she had to face was that Little Black where she was all alone.

But when she stepped into the sunlight, Hua Xin might suddenly realize how long she had been in the darkness, so long that the darkness was impossible to get rid of, like a piece of hardened chewing gum stuck in the gap of her shoe. She could sense that something was wrong, but she didn't have the right tools to remove the piece of chewing gum.

So...

What is the "tool" for removing chewing gum?

What do you think of these?

"If we buy it later, we can get home just in time to return."

Xia Yan placed the phone in front of Hua Xin, bringing the girl back to her senses as she gazed out the window at the scenery.

"Let me see..."

Hua Xin instinctively and hurriedly took Xia Yan's phone. Although she didn't know what Xia Yan wanted her to see, as long as it was Xia Yan, there was definitely nothing she needed to worry about.

My gaze shifted to my phone.

In the shopping cart of the online shopping app, a long list of items lay quietly.

Facial cleanser, shower gel, skincare products, and...

Looking at each item one by one would obviously be a waste of energy and time, so Hua Xin didn't look at the details of these things too closely. After all, as long as daily necessities could be used, she was already satisfied. Hua Xin didn't care much about the materials or other aspects.

She only cares about the price...

Hua Xin's eyelids twitched violently. The total settlement amount at the bottom corner unusually unsettled her. She silently counted: ones... tens... hundreds... thousands... tens of thousands...

Five digits.

What skincare and daily necessities can cost five figures?

Finally, after suppressing the urge to give this man who didn't value money, she quickly scrolled to the last item in her shopping cart.

Cell phone?

A hint of doubt finally appeared in Hua Xin's eyes. She then turned to look in Xia Yan's direction. Although there were no words exchanged, the other party could understand what she wanted to say simply by communicating with her eyes.

Their eyes met, and they exchanged glances.

"You should get a new phone, Lao Hua."

Hua Xin thus understood the meaning of those words in Xia Yan's eyes.

"?"

"I feel it's unnecessary to waste this money."

After confirming that everything else was in order, Hua Xin quietly unchecked the box for the latest generation of Apple phones, and the amount due instantly dropped to double digits.

"I just want you to help me choose some skincare and bath products that are suitable for girls! Otherwise, I'll have to look up guides and read bloggers before I can buy them."

"Don't you also use skincare products? That's why I wanted you to help me choose some."

During her previous "exploration" of Xia Yan's room, specifically during the intimate contact and drugging misunderstanding that occurred when she visited Xia Yan's home as "Gu Xin Hua" for the New Year, Hua Xin saw some simple skincare products in Xia Yan's room.

Actually, it's quite common for guys to use moisturizing products and face masks these days. In Hua Xin's memory, she often sees male makeup bloggers while watching videos.

After all, it's not just girls who can love me; as a boy, I also need to protect my handsome face.

Having figured out that she might become ugly in the future, Hua Xin decided to buy some things that girls use as part of her life.

If you acknowledge that you are a girl, then you should also strive to become a "new version of yourself" to a certain extent.

These are things that Hua Xin, as a girl who is far behind others, should learn, which is why she asked Xia Yan, who has already learned this knowledge and can select goods, to help her choose some.

"I know."

Xia Yan nodded, then checked the box on the phone again, smiling as he looked at the somewhat agitated girl in front of him.

"?"

What are you doing?

Since they were on a high-speed train, the surroundings were very quiet and no one was making loud noises or playing anything. Hua Xin whispered to Xia Yan, sounding quite dissatisfied.

She felt there was nothing wrong with her phone, and that it could even last another three years!

She could only afford to buy some daily necessities.

You can never have too much savings.

Having experienced so much, Hua Xin didn't want to go through days without money again.

I want to buy you lots and lots of things.

"I want to give you a good life, a life different from before."

Xia Yan said softly, his eyes unusually firm.

Hua Xin wanted to object, but her gaze fell on the cracked phone in her hand.

She understood what Xia Yan meant.

Should I try to rely on him?

"Buy a cheap one."

The girl turned her head away and said with some heartache, but the overflowing joy in her eyes and the tears she was holding back betrayed her immense happiness at that moment.