No. 21 Spring's Green Labyrinth

  The sun is shining brightly and everyone feels lazy and doesn't want to move.

  Niang Jiao glanced at her watch and began to urge everyone to pack up and continue on. There were still many places they hadn't been to yet.

  Then everyone got up one after another and started cleaning up.

  The doll didn't move. "I'm a bit uncomfortable, I'll just rest here," she said slowly.

  Everyone looked at each other. Finally, Niu Qiao spoke up: "It's rare to come out and play, just sitting around is a waste."

  "It's all the same anyway. I'm really uncomfortable. You guys go have fun." Tong Hua said languidly.

  For a moment, no one knew what to say. Although it was clear that she wasn't very happy, nobody knew why. It's rare for everyone to have so much fun together, and nobody wanted to ask her recklessly and ruin the atmosphere. Leaving her alone would definitely make her angry, but if she really was carsick and uncomfortable, it wouldn't be good to force her either.

  "You guys go ahead, I want to rest too." Xiaoyi sat down and smiled faintly.

  Everyone looked at each other again. Tong Hua was a little surprised by Xiaoyi's calm smile, feeling a bit guilty and blushing.

  "Let's go." Han Qi put his arm around Xiao Mi's shoulder, surprisingly taking the lead for once.

  "Little painting, rest well!" Xiaomi had just waved her hand when she was taken away by Han Qi.

  Aiken handed her PSP to Tong Hua, "Play with it when you're bored."

  Ni Qiaomei Xue said goodbye and left with Ai Jin together.

  Watching the girls' receding backs, Tonghua felt a hint of relief, but more was desolation.

  A gentle breeze blew across the distance between her and Xiaoyi. The carefree boy saw off his departing friend, seemingly unaware of the slightly awkward atmosphere that now existed.

  "Han Qi is really lucky to have met Xiao Mi." The smiling boy spoke first, looking at Han Qi's back as he hugged Xiao Mi.

  Tong Hua's heart tightened. What did he mean by saying that? Did he really have a liking for Tong Xiao Mi in his heart?

  "Uh-huh." The girl responded vaguely and faintly.

  "Do you have someone you like, Tong Hua?" The boy asked with a smile.

  "Not...not yet..." Her face flushed with lies, the girl's heart almost leapt out of her mouth.

  "Don't you even like yourself? Hehe!" The boy mischievously burst out laughing.

  The girl lowered her head and fell silent. After a long while, she slowly opened her mouth and said: "No, I don't like myself."

  The boy looked at her quietly and smiled gently.

  We are of the same kind.

  A person who doesn't like themselves can't possibly like others.

  Forever only distant gaze.

  "Do you know how to play PSP? I'll teach you." The boy shifted over and sat down beside the girl.

  "Uh-huh, okay." The girl smiled back with a hint of shyness.

  A gentle breeze, softly and quietly conveying the breath of spring.

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  Han Qi is tired.

  Carrying a bag for Xiao Mi was nothing, but accompanying her chicken feathered friends to take photos for an entire afternoon made him almost go crazy. Xia Yi wasn't there, and the task of taking photos somehow naturally fell on his hands, this seemingly idle person. But he really couldn't see what the big difference was between red azaleas and red camellias, white water lilies and purple-red water lilies, why these women were almost taking a step at a time?

  How much longer will they continue to mess around on this artificial hill in this sweltering greenhouse?

  "Hey, hey, take a picture of us like this." The monkey shouted.

  "Wait, wait, I want to take another photo." Even Lian Niqiao that idiot ordered him around.

  "Oh! There's a beautiful leaf over there!" What did the loudspeaker see again?

  "Hmm... it's so hot, I want a drink of water..." His cat didn't even get taken care of.

  "Can't you guys hurry up? This is so annoying." He finally couldn't bear it and spoke out.

  "Ah, the machine is going berserk!" Akin grasped his hands together in a binocular shape and placed them in front of his eyes, aiming at Han Qi.

  "Cut, didn't I ask you to take a photo for us? What's with the tantrum. If not, we'll do it ourselves." Ni Qiao said as she climbed down from the fake mountain, "Not even half as good as Xia Yi, right Xiao Mi?", pulling Xiao Mi who was standing at the foot of the fake mountain, while staring at Han Qi.

  "But Xiaoyi isn't here, is she?" Xiaomi added casually.

  It is said that rice can be eaten casually, but words cannot be spoken casually. (This is a sentence that Mengmeng has seen in many books, and I think that rice also cannot be eaten casually...)

  Tong Xiaomi's casual remark made Han Qi feel chilled to the bone.

  It means I'm not even half as good as Xia Yi?

  "Hey, little girl, you're really something, you completely don't take me, Han Qi, seriously. I'm done playing around, I quit!"

  Before she could react, Han Qi threw the camera at her and she hastily caught it in mid-air, barely preventing it from hitting the ground.

  "Then you can play by yourselves." Without any tone, under the cover of her eyelashes, her black eyes gazed faintly at the row of girls in front of her, coldly, and handed Xiao Mi's school bag to her face.

  Xiaomi blinked her eyes, somewhat puzzled by his meaning.

  "Not cool." Nian Qiao took down Xiao Mi's backpack and pulled her towards the other side of the fake mountain, heading to another greenhouse connected to that exit.

  Mei Xue was slightly startled and followed quietly behind. Ai Jin, who was still on the fake mountain, shouted "Wait!" and quickly chased after them down the mountain.

  Then, there was only his own sigh echoing in this glass conservatory crawling with tropical plants.

  He lifted his foot to chase after her, but was stopped by a voice behind him.

  "Han Qi..." Shi Mengru's eyes were filled with sorrow as she called out to the lonely figure in front of her.

  Han Qi gently turned his head, and a soft body pounced on him. A delicate female voice with a hint of sobbing: "Can't you stop playing around? Can't you stop finding those heartless girls to torment yourself? Why, why can't you like me?"

  Han Qi turned around and hooked up his own beautiful figure with a perfect chin.

  A pair of beautiful apricot eyes were filled with monopolistic greed and desire, those who had desires should control them. Unlike Tong Xiaomi, whose clear eyes showed no signs of desire.

  "Han Qi, I know you actually love me the most, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have kept me by your side all this time. Please, don't torment yourself like this anymore. As long as you can return to your former self, I'm willing to do anything for you!" Shi Mengru's tear-stained face was heartbreaking. She didn't know why Han Qi was staring at her so fixedly, perhaps this was her turning point?

  Han Qi remained silent, gazing at the woman in front of him who was crying for his sake. He should find a woman like this, shouldn't he? A woman who would do anything to achieve her own goals. Without worrying about her position in his heart, she just enjoyed the free warmth and tenderness that came her way, even if he changed his mind one day, she wouldn't feel heartbroken.

  Han Qi looked at Yin Hong's sexy and charming mouth, which was talking incessantly, and kissed her.

  A forceful invasion, a kiss without any tenderness. Yet it left Shi Mengxi gasping for breath repeatedly.

  When Han Qi left the tempting lips, he saw a beauty's infatuated and drunken face, rather than that bright and simple smile.

  This is right, this is the reaction a woman should have. With just one kiss from him, she would be infatuated and dazed, staring at him with adoration, waiting for him to continue.

  "Kiss... " The sexy mouth that wasn't satisfied drew closer to Han Qi again, and her arms also hooked around his neck.

  "Xiaomi, you're back again..." Nian Qiao's voice interrupted the kiss that was about to continue.

  Han Qi turned around and was surprised to see Tong Xiaomi standing ten meters away, holding a Coke in one hand and his favorite Fanta in the other.

  Han Qi felt his heart skip a beat.

  He hurriedly pushed away Shi Meng Cui. However, the latter was not willing to give up and stuck again, coldly smiling at Xiao Mi and saying in a coquettish tone: "Qi...! Don't look at strangers, I still want some!"

  Tong Xiaomi didn't say anything.

  She turned around and walked away with big strides, disappearing behind the fake hill.

  Ni Qiao hastily chased after him.

  In a moment, Xiao Mi came out from behind the fake hill again.

  He bent down and placed the two drinks ten meters away from where she was standing, bowed slightly to him and Shi Mengruo, and said calmly:

  "I'm sorry to have disturbed you, please go on."

  Vanish completely.

  This woman is really infuriating!!

  Han Qi cursed silently in his heart and was about to rush over to catch up with Xiao Mi, but he was unexpectedly pulled back by Shi Meng Rui.

  "Don't go! I won't let you go! I've waited for you for so many years, and finally, this day has arrived. You're going to chase after a woman who's not even worthy of consideration? What about me?!" The beautiful woman shouted hysterically.

  Han Qi let out a sigh and said indifferently to her, "Shi Mu Rui, I kept you by my side because you could ward off unnecessary troubles for me. Now, I don't need that anymore. That kiss just now was my thank-you gift for all these years." After saying that, he didn't even care about the sharp fingernails leaving red scratch marks on his arm and roughly flung away Shi Mu Rui's hand.

  The abandoned Shi Mengyue sat on the ground crying weakly.

  Han Qi, who had been chased out, became lost in a green maze surrounded by glass.

  Endless glass, connecting countless doors, leading to similar yet completely different spaces.

  No matter how he searched, he couldn't find any trace of Tong Xiaomi again.

  Was he abandoned like those two bottles of drink?

  She doesn't want him anymore, does she?

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