I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 1: One can't hang oneself on one tree, especially not someone like me who's been h

"Tong Yining, I..."

"Ugh, okay, okay, I know. Are you going to confess again? It's like this every day, isn't it annoying?"

"..."

Zhou Heng watched the girl turn and leave, remaining silent and expressionless, though a hint of indifference flickered in his eyes.

The girl's name is Tong Yining. She was his classmate in junior high school, and they are still classmates now in high school.

Zhou Heng has been pursuing her since high school, and now that he's a senior, he confesses his feelings almost every day, only to be rejected every single day.

He had become the laughingstock of the rest of the class, and although he didn't care, he didn't want it to continue like this.

So this was also the last time he decided to confess his feelings.

Before he could even utter a word, he was rejected once again, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope he had left.

"Um--"

Zhou Heng let out a breath, turned around and walked into the classroom, returning to his seat.

Everyone else had become accustomed to this situation and had lost interest in discussing it.

"Rejected again?"

Hearing the voice beside him, Zhou Heng turned to look at his deskmate.

She was a short-haired girl with an oval face, beautiful eyes and neat eyebrows. She was chewing gum and wearing her school uniform draped over her shoulders.

"Ah."

Zhou Heng answered her softly, then turned his head away.

The girl put her arm around Zhou Heng's shoulder and said, "Want to go to the internet cafe after school? I have a qualifying match, can you take me there?"

Zhou Heng frowned immediately, looked at the girl, and said calmly:

"Tang Zhi, I just confessed my feelings and got rejected. You want me to go to an internet cafe now? No way. Whoever wants to go can go."

"I'll treat you and buy you another medium-sized Coke."

"If you're playing a tank support, your Coke needs to be sugar-free."

"OK."

After school, it was already 9:30 PM, so Zhou Heng and Tang Zhi went to an internet cafe together.

"promise..."

Tang Zhi placed the cola on Zhou Heng's table, then sat down next to him and asked:

"How much longer are you going to confess your feelings? It's the last year; if you don't succeed now, you'll miss your chance."

Zhou Heng opened the cola, took a sip, then shook his head and replied:

"Today is the last time. You can't hang yourself on one tree, especially not one like me who's been hanging on for two years."

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhi looked at him with some surprise and asked, "Really?"

"Ah, really."

"Then you'll have plenty of time to play games with me?"

"You're overthinking it. My mom wants me to study, or she'll cut off my allowance."

The two stayed at the internet cafe until midnight before preparing to go home. But as they walked out of the cafe, they froze at the door.

"When did it start raining outside?"

Zhou Heng and Tang Zhi stood under the eaves at the entrance of the internet cafe, watching the light drizzle falling outside.

There are already shallow puddles on the ground, indicating that it has been raining for quite some time.

"Did you bring an umbrella?" Tang Zhi asked Zhou Heng, who was standing to the side.

"I brought it. What about you?"

"I brought some too."

The two opened their umbrellas, said goodbye at the door, and walked in opposite directions.

Zhou Heng walked on the dark road. Although the streetlights illuminated the way, his vision was still somewhat blurred due to the rain.

He kept replaying the scene of being rejected by Tong Yining earlier that day in his mind. Even this morning, when he made up his mind, he still held a sliver of hope.

They had a good relationship in junior high school. Although she wasn't very outgoing and didn't talk much, she didn't mind and often played with her.

At the tender age of first love, he fell for Tong Yining. Then, when he started high school, he discovered they were classmates—what a coincidence!

So he began his pursuit, thinking the success rate would be very high.

But reality dealt him a heavy blow; he'll probably remember that impatient expression and tone for the rest of his life.

"Forget it, anyone would find it annoying. Let's not bother her anymore."

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Zhou Heng stopped and looked down at the streetlight.

There was a step there, but now a person was sitting on the step.

It was a girl, standing in the rain without an umbrella or raincoat, her school uniform completely soaked.

Her long hair was loose and wet, but she didn't seem to care at all. She sat there quietly, looking at the ground, looking quite dejected.

Zhou Heng initially didn't intend to pay any attention to it. After all, encountering such a situation on the road in the dead of night, it was already a sign of his courage not to turn and run.

But after standing there for a while, he felt that this girl looked somewhat familiar...

The girl seemed to sense someone in front of her, so she looked up, brushed her wet hair aside, and revealed her face.

She had beautiful peach blossom eyes, slightly curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a pert nose, and pink cherry lips; she looked like a girl straight out of a manga.

However, her complexion was not good at the moment; she was slightly pale and looked somewhat haggard.

His eyes clearly showed sadness, and the water on his face was indistinguishable between tears and rain.

"what..."

When Zhou Heng saw the girl's face, he was stunned for a moment, his mouth agape, and he blinked blankly.

The girl's eyes widened in surprise.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds before Zhou Heng came to his senses and asked:

"Yin Mengran? What are you doing here?"

The girl called Yin Mengran lowered her head and replied in a slightly hoarse voice:

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Oh..."

Zhou Heng nodded, then strode out.

Since she said it has nothing to do with me, wouldn't it be meddling in her affairs if I stayed?

Zhou Heng had taken a dozen steps when he suddenly heard a soft sobbing sound behind him.

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, standing there stunned for more than ten seconds, listening to the crying behind him, lost in thought.

Yin Mengran lowered her head, sobbing softly, completely ignoring the cold raindrops hitting her, even though she was shivering with cold.

The rain grew heavier and heavier, the raindrops became rapid and turned into lines, cascading down like a white ribbon.

Suddenly, Yin Mengran felt as if the raindrops on her head had been blocked. She looked up and saw...

She found Zhou Heng standing there, holding an umbrella that shielded her from the rain.

Zhou Heng stared at Yin Mengran expressionlessly. He could clearly see the sadness on her face.

On her fair face, her eyes were red and swollen, brimming with tears, like morning dew on flower petals, as if they would fall at the slightest touch.

Yin Mengran reached out and wiped the rain and tears from her face, stammering in a tearful voice, "What...are you doing..."

"Mind your own business."