Somewhere only we know / Exclusive Memory

Epilogue 5: Begging for a change 2

"I didn't cheat!" Speaking of that, Xue Tong got angry.

"I didn't. Indeed, that thing belonged to me, but I had copied it for someone else, I didn't read a word of it, and you still put me on the spot."

"That doesn't change anything, your motives were still impure"

How could my motives be impure?" I argued, "I was clearly prepared to give that test, and at the last moment I didn't even use it. I always knew you hated me from the beginning, that's why you made fun of me in front of the whole class, I..."

I couldn't help but speak faster and faster, like a hysteric unloading all her pent up anger on her for a whole year. But, what she didn't expect was to be interrupted right in the middle.

Mu Chenghe did not argue with me at all. Quite the contrary, he brought his face closer, and when his lips were close enough to mine, he locked my mouth with a kiss.

After a sweet kiss, he pulled away from him as if he remembered something important, and with a frown he asked, "When you asked me for it back, was it to use for the test you had later?"

If I had already reluctantly kissed him, after hearing his question, I didn't hold back and pushed him away, sat on his lap and pressed him against the sofa.

Furious and full of rage I told him: "I didn't do it!"

At this time, his cell phone suddenly rang.

"If you want to play tough, I can ignore the phone," he said with a smile as he raised his eyebrows.

"Pooh!" I got up and let him go.

He got up to answer the phone, it was on the other side of the sofa. The person who called was Chen Ting. He wanted Mu Chenghe to help him find his phone, since he couldn't find it anywhere.

Mu Chenghe was always a very patient person, and after searching for him for a long time, he finally found it in one of the cracks in the sofa.

At night I had insomnia. It was long past midnight, but there were still people outside setting off fireworks, albeit a few, she could see them through the closed bedroom curtains. Its somewhat subdued colors illuminate the room superficially.

I widened my eyes and looked at the lights that flickered from time to time, not daring to move for fear of affecting Mu Chenghe's good sleep.

Due to professional ethics, he rarely mentions his research. So it was only after reading the news a few days ago that I found out that the machine he has been working on recently is really amazing.

He was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat or sleep. Just this once he took special leave to leave the experimental base on the outskirts of the city, and come home to join me for parties.

He arrived quite late the night before and got up very early the next morning, so after taking a shower he fell asleep, he must be exhausted.

Suddenly I wanted to turn around and see his face. However, since he fell asleep just a few moments ago, his hand was still on my waist gently hugging me. When I moved, he seemed to notice. I heard his voice calling my name from behind: "Tongtong?" His voice was clear, without a trace of drowsiness.

I turned to look at him and said in surprise, "Are you awake?"

Mu Chenghe hummed, "I thought you fell asleep."

"Can't you sleep either?" I asked.

He was silent for a moment, then replied, "I was thinking about what you told me."

"What?"

"You told me that for a long time I made you think that you were just an illusion."

His voice was almost a whisper, practically inaudible. But in the gloom there was a certain distress, which made my heart feel guilty.

I couldn't help but stretch out my fingers and caress his face: "As long as we're together, no matter how hard it is, I won't be afraid."

He grabbed my hand, kissed my palm and asked softly, "That time at Starbucks, while you were walking home, did you cry?"

I was stunned for a moment, until after a few seconds I managed to react. I shook my head stubbornly: "No, of course not."

Mu Chenghe stretched out his arm, letting me rest on it, then took a distance between the two: "Do you know that when you said goodbye to me that day, I thought I would never see you again?"

He paused, then said with a downcast expression on his face, "You were so young at the time, you were still a student, I was going to ruin you."

Seeing this, I slid through the quilt into the fold of his arms: "I know, I know."

"I was scared too."

"What would I take advantage of you for?"

"Afraid that being so young you wouldn't take your feelings seriously."

"Xue Tong" He stroked my hair.

"Hum?"

"I followed you when you left the cafeteria," he said.

Because you did? I asked leaning on his chest

"I was afraid you would cry."

"I took the initiative to break up with you that day, why would I cry?" I said in a stern voice.

"You're right."

After a while, I asked him: "What would you have done if you had seen me cry at that moment?"

Mu Chenghe hesitated for a few seconds and then replied seriously: "I would have eloped with you."

After hearing this answer, I laid my head on his chest, laughed and bit him on the mouth, then replied: "You lie, you are very cunning, who did you learn it from?"