Chen Jing looked a little innocent and a little surprised.
"Leilei."
Chen Jing shook her head. "You're exaggerating."
"No."
The turmoil in Leilei's heart slowly faded.
She looked at Chen Jing.
"Do you know what the scariest thing is?"
"It's that you did something so outrageous..."
"and you don't even realize it."
Chen Jing tilted her head.
"I don't understand."
She blinked softly.
"It must be lonely to be the only one who can see it..."
"And unsettling..."
"The little boy I met before was ostracized and rejected by the other children because of it..."
"Wasn't my presence like a ray of sunshine to him?"
"I believed him."
"I wouldn't laugh at him."
"I wouldn't think he was talking nonsense."
"I wouldn't think there was something wrong with his head."
"He was perfectly normal."
"He was special."
"He saw things ordinary people couldn't."
"I wanted to have that special gift, too."
"But he thought there was something wrong with your head."
Leilei's words were unusually sharp.
Chen Jing froze for a moment.
Then she nodded. "Mm."
"Why?"
"I just wanted to become like him."
"I wanted to see the things he saw..."
"Do you still not understand what's wrong with you?"
Leilei's lips curled.
"Chen Jing."
"Older people really do have the sharpest eyes."
"They saw right away what was wrong with you."
"They told me to stay away from you."
"What's wrong with me?"
Chen Jing tilted her head slightly.
"Have I not been good to you?"
"...You have."
Leilei clenched her fingers. "If I hadn't told you I saw the big leopard, we might have stayed pretty good friends."
"No."
Leilei smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"If it weren't for the big leopard, you might not have wanted to keep