He saw the cut on her delicate finger and his heart ached.
Even if he was loath to admit it, he couldn't deny the pang in his heart. It hurt more than if he'd cut his own hand.
"N-no..." Zhao Nuanyue shook her head, her eyes growing misty. 'It feels so good to be cared for, especially by Hua Yusen. It makes me feel like there's still someone in this world who cares about me.' "It's nothing!"
"You've seemed out of sorts ever since you got that letter. Did something happen at home?" Hua Yusen asked with a frown, a little displeased by Zhao Nuanyue's secretiveness. "I thought we were good friends, that you could tell me the truth."
'Good friends?'
Upon hearing him say those two words, Zhao Nuanyue could no longer hold back her tears. They welled up in her large, shimmering eyes before streaming down her cheeks, clear as crystal.
'Yes, we're just friends. G-good... good friends...'
'That's what we are now... and what we'll be in the future...'
