Night deepened, and the Dormitory grounds of Shrek Academy lay bathed in tranquil moonlight.
Tang Wulin and Gu Yue walked side by side back to the Dormitory. The evening breeze swept away the lingering intimacy, but it could not dispel the question in Tang Wulin's heart.
Back in the room, Gu Yue was just about to sit down when a warm hand gently caught her wrist.
"Gu Yue..."
Tang Wulin's voice was soft and sweet, carrying a faint, wheedling nasal note. His long Blue-Gold hair hung loosely over his shoulders, a few strands falling across his forehead and partly concealing the unease in his pink-blue eyes.
He tilted his head up slightly to look at Gu Yue, who stood a head taller than him. His eyes were filled with expectation and trust, like a kitten yearning for an answer from its owner.
"Tell me, please. Were you really reborn?"
Tang Wulin gave her wrist a little shake and leaned forward, almost pressing against her. "Because when we first met, you called my name so naturally. It was almost as though we'd been close friends for ages... or even more like..."
More like we'd once been in love.
Tang Wulin did not speak the rest aloud, but his eyes said everything.
As Gu Yue watched Tang Wulin wheedling before her, the sturdy defenses around her heart collapsed in an instant.
She could withstand armies of thousands and disregard the world's judgment, but she simply could not bear Tang Wulin looking at her like this, speaking to her in this tone.
"I really can't win against you."
Gu Yue sighed helplessly, turned her hand to clasp his, and led him over to sit on the edge of the bed.
"All right. I'll tell you."
She took a deep breath. A complicated mix