Wang Xuan was so excited.
And so surprised.
"I mistook someone for you just now..."
"I thought someone else was you."
Wang Xuan was a little incoherent.
"I thought he was you..."
"So I followed him all the way here..."
"But when I saw his face, I froze."
"He wasn't you."
"Do you know what the strangest coincidence was?"
Wang Xuan didn't give Student Xiao a chance to answer. She went right on.
"He had the same surname as you."
"So when I called out 'Student Xiao,' he stopped."
Wang Xuan spoke at lightning speed, rattling off a whole lot.
Pouring it all out helped calm her down considerably.
Only then did she realize...
Had she just made a fool of herself in front of Student Xiao?
Her face immediately flushed red.
"St-Student Xiao..."
"Did you need something from me?"
Xiao Xiao's lips curled slightly as he asked, his expression gentle and composed.
It was as if Wang Xuan's excitement just now had been her own imagination.
As if she'd simply been making ordinary conversation.
Student Xiao seemed so completely at ease.
Even Wang Xuan began to wonder if her memory had been playing tricks on her.
But she knew it hadn't.
So she was very grateful for Student Xiao's thoughtfulness.
She could only keep that gratitude to herself, though.
After all, Student Xiao had given her a way out. Why would she ruin it by drawing attention to herself?
Wang Xuan pressed her lips together.
"Um..."
Her mind suddenly went blank.
She was familiar with this feeling by now.
She reached up and tapped her head.
Why had she come to see Student Xiao...?
Seeing the umbrella in Wang Xuan's hand slowly tilting to the side again...
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
He reached