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Ruan Yin looked up with a smile, and noticing Xi Xuanyao's awkwardness, she immediately clarified: "He is very good, but I just regard him as an idol, a spiritual role model. I know that I like you."

"I can also be a spiritual role model." When Xi Xuanyao heard Ruan Yin say that she loved him, the corners of his mouth curled up and he said disapprovingly.

"It's different, he just happened to appear at that time, and I saw him the moment I looked up." A hint of tenderness flashed in Ruan Yin's eyes.

She put her arms around Xi Xuanyao's waist and said slowly, "When I was in high school, I had a big fight with my stepfather and ran away from home. Was that rebellious?"

"Before I left home, I thought the world was big and there would always be a place for me. After I left home, I realized that in such a big city like Yuncheng, there was no place for me. I went to work, but because I was a minor, the kind boss sent me directly to the police station. Fortunately, I pretended to have a stomachache and escaped halfway."

"My allowance is all gone and I have no place to live, but I don't want to give in, either to my stepfather or to life."

"Just when I couldn't hold on any longer, I looked up and saw a promotional video of Xu Donghao. His smiling face struck me instantly. I wanted to understand why he could smile so warmly and sincerely. I couldn't help but smile when I saw myself."

Ruan Yin’s thoughts were stuck in that cold winter. She rushed out of the door and wandered around the street full of grievances and resentment. When she was tired, she squatted on the street corner, holding her chin and watching the passers-by. Most of the people had tired faces. She suddenly realized that everyone was living so tiringly, so what was the meaning of living?

Until she looked up and saw Xu Donghao, it was like a ray of sunshine shining into her heart. She didn't remember if she had ever had such a warm smile. She looked at him for a long time on the street, until a piercing numbness ran from the soles of her feet through her lower body. She stood up reluctantly. At that moment, she wanted to get to know this person.

"Guess what I saw. I thought that someone with such a warm smile must be living a happy life, but that's not the case. He is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. When he was 16, he participated in a talent show for a yuan prize. He practiced dancing until late at night, was eliminated, and was voted back in by the audience. In the end, he still didn't get the prize."

"Luckily he was signed by an agency. I thought his career would be smooth sailing, but it wasn't. He was the least valued member of the group because his basic skills were so poor. He was always on the sidelines on stage, but he always danced very seriously. Fans of the group scolded him for being a drag, and fans of other teammates also scolded him for his occasional appearances and words, but he just smiled."

"With no hope of getting a stage performance, he turned to being an actor. He played several supporting roles in the mountains, and he wasn't sure whether they would be broadcast. But finally one of his supporting roles became popular, and many people began to know and like him."

Ruan Yin looked up at Xi Xuanyao and asked, "Do you know what sentence of his left the deepest impression on me?"

"What?" Xi Xuanyao followed up her question.

Ruan Yin pursed her lips and smiled, "He said that life will always encounter ups and downs. When you encounter them, stop and think about the root causes and solutions. If you are stuck in the past, say goodbye to the past and accumulate the courage to start again. If you are confused about the future, take every step in the present, and the road will become clear as you walk. He also said that it is not shameful to bow to life occasionally, but it is shameful to bow to life all the time and numb yourself."

He didn't laugh so happily and freely because of his warm and beautiful life. On the contrary, he had been accustomed to the ups and downs of the world since he was a child, but he still maintained his original intention. That purity was what she pursued and what she didn't have.

After careful consideration, there was some truth in this statement. Xi Xuanyao gently placed his palm on her head and rubbed it slowly. "So you bowed to life and went back?"

Ruan Yin shook her head. "I was young and energetic at that time. How could I bow my head so easily? I used my last money to buy a ticket to Yecheng. My father was buried there. Every year my mother would take me back to sweep the grave, saying over and over again that he was the person who loved me most in the world." But she couldn't feel it. After all, she had never seen her father since she was born. The word was so unfamiliar that it couldn't even appear in her composition. When mentioning parents and relatives, she only wrote about her mother, because she didn't know how to describe her father, and had never witnessed his love for her. That love only stayed in her mother's mouth.

The moment she escaped from home, she wondered what the use of love was. The word "burden" was engraved in her blood during her childhood. The shadow of fear of being abandoned accompanied her throughout her youth. She was too tired. Sometimes she thought that if she had not survived the day she was born, it might not be a bad thing. She would not have to live in fear.

The first time Xi Xuanyao heard Ruan Yin talk about her biological father, his expression was very calm, without a trace of emotion. He opened his mouth but said nothing, but just held her tightly with more strength.

Ruan Yin smiled shyly, covering up all the scars, and said softly, "I have trapped myself in the past for too long, so after watching his interview on my phone, I decided to say goodbye to the past and see if I can really accumulate the courage to start again."

Her past began at her father's grave and should have ended there. She should have discarded the cowardly and sensitive self, embraced a brand new self, and marched forward without looking back.

"You did it!" Xi Xuanyao affirmed.

Ruan Yin didn't nod or shake her head. She didn't know if she had done it, but she did gather up the courage to face the future. She leaned close to Xi Xuanyao's chest and said, "My mother found me, but she didn't scold me, nor did she tell me about the hardships and exhaustion she had gone through to find me. She just sat silently in front of my father's tombstone and shed tears. At that moment, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes and the white hair on her temples woke me up, and I finally bowed to life and compromised."

She followed her mother back and asked to live in the school. Song Lan did not stop her this time and silently sent her to school. From that day on, she gained the courage to start over and remembered Xu Donghao from then on.

Xi Xuanyao gently held Ruan Yin in his arms and patted her back soothingly. At this moment, no amount of comfort would seem futile.

Ruan Yin looked up and said seriously: "If you don't like me anymore in the future, you must tell me. I won't try to keep you. I will never and cannot continue to love someone who abandons me." Even if it is painful to let go of the past, it cannot outweigh the determination to love herself, because there is only one Ruan Yin in this world.

"There won't be such a day," Xi Xuanyao said word by word. He knew Ruan Yin didn't believe it, time would prove it!

Ruan Yin just smiled and said nothing. Life is long and it is easy to like someone, just like they like each other now. But to keep liking each other requires the joint efforts of both people. Perhaps time is the cruelest thing, but she did not lose out.

In the middle of the night, Ruan Yin felt her calf twitching and struggled to wake up. Xi Xuanyao heard her rapid breathing and pain in her arm and hurriedly turned on the light. It was late autumn, and he saw beads of sweat on her forehead and asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

She pointed to her calf, frowned and said, "I have a cramp." She couldn't move at all, her stomach felt uncomfortable, and her calf was twitching in pain.

Xi Xuanyao held her feet and lifted them gently, then moved them towards the head of the bed with a little force. He stayed there for a while, and when he saw that Ruan Yin's breathing had become much calmer, he slowly put them down and massaged her for a few minutes.

The pain eased, Ruan Yin's brows relaxed, she rolled around on the bed, unable to sleep, and suddenly her stomach growled. She covered her stomach awkwardly and said coquettishly, "I'm hungry."