Chapter 332 If Line: Unrequited Feelings
Lawn, benches.

After chatting with Xiaoying, Xia Yu finally confirmed his inner feelings again.

Sure enough, he couldn't accept it.

Even though this world is not the world he once lived in, the things he experienced and the people around him all showed him the gentleness of this world.

But he could not ignore his own heart. He did not put shackles on himself. He just faced his true thoughts.

Four years, after all, cannot compare to those twenty years.

He is still himself, the man in his twenties. He cannot accept Tomoyo's feelings for him, nor can he bring himself to accept Tomoyo.

Even though he knew that Zhishi was not an ordinary girl, even though he knew that Zhishi had mature cognition, he just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

he……

"Hmm? Xia, what's wrong with you?"

Sakura, who was standing by, looked puzzled. From her perspective, after Xia Yu said thank you to her, his expression suddenly tensed up, as if he was struggling, but in the end he looked as if he had figured something out.

"Nothing, I just figured out something."

"what's up?"

"If you like someone, there should be some limits."

"limit?"

Sakura was puzzled, but Xia Yu did not answer. He just shook his head, picked up the gift bag and prepared to leave. But before leaving, he looked at Sakura and said, "Thank you. I hope we can meet again in the future."

"Eh?"

Looking at Xia Yu's back as he left, Xiaoying was puzzled. What did "see you again if we are destined to meet again" mean? Was Xia Yu leaving?
But why do you want to leave suddenly?
the other side.

Xia Yu left with his gift bag tightly clenched in his hand. Due to excessive force, veins on his arms bulged and the gift bag was a little damaged.

After wandering for a while, he walked dejectedly to the lawn and sat down weakly against a big tree.

After sitting quietly for a few minutes, he reached out and took out his teddy bear doll. Looking at the teddy bear doll that he had sewed himself, he smiled at himself.

"Heh~ It seems that I am indeed a scumbag."

Xia Yu wanted to throw the doll away, but after hesitating for a moment, he couldn't throw it away. He could only throw it into the system space and didn't look at it anymore.

He sat there until the lunch break was about to end, then he stood up with the help of a tree. However, he did not return to the classroom. Instead, he turned around and walked out of the school.

It's time to leave.

The school was very quiet today, and nothing unusual happened until the end of the day.

But Zhishi was a little restless in the classroom. She found that Xia Yu ran out of the classroom at noon and never returned. Until school was over, Xia Yu did not appear again.

After school time, classroom.

"Xiaoying, do you know where Xia-san went?"

After Tomoyo packed up her things, she asked Sakura anxiously. Sakura was not in the classroom at noon, so she might have met classmate Xia.

"I don't know, but I met him at noon."

"noon?"

"Yes, Xia helped me modify the teddy bear doll and asked me what love really meant. I told him that love means love, and then he seemed to have figured something out."

"and then?"

"Then classmate Xia said that love should have limits and hoped that we would meet again in the future. What did he mean by this? Is he leaving?"

As soon as Xiaoying said this, Tomoyo's face changed and he hurriedly ran out of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back. Xiaoying was startled and quickly stretched out her hand and said, "Tomoyo!?"

But all Chise left her with was a back, an anxious back.

Outside the classroom. Tomoyo had a bad feeling in her heart. Through what Sakura just said, she seemed to have guessed what Xia Yu wanted to do.

But she didn't dare to believe it, nor did she dare to continue thinking about it.

She could only suppress all distracting thoughts in her mind and run towards the agreed location. There was obviously no reason, but she had a premonition that Xia Yu was waiting for her there.

afternoon.

Park, bench.

The afternoon sun was not as hot as at noon, but Chise was still a little out of breath after running all the way. When she saw the young man sitting on the bench, she felt relieved.

Xia Yu was indeed waiting for her here.

As Chise walked closer step by step, her heart became more and more worried.

Xia Yu, sitting on the bench, had a serious expression on his face, with nothing in his hands, as if he had already made up his mind.

"Classmate Xia..."

Tomoyo pursed her lips and clasped her hands together against her chest. Even though she had already guessed what would happen next, she still had a glimmer of hope.

Maybe she just guessed wrong?
Looking at Zhishi who was walking towards him step by step, Xia Yu lowered his head and did not look at Zhishi's gaze. He spoke in a muffled voice.

"Feel sorry."

That last hope was shattered.

As Xia Yu spoke, Zhishi pressed his chest. He had clearly expected this, but why did his heart still hurt so much?

"I came here because of the Clow Cards, but during this time, something happened that I could not have imagined."

Xia Yu supported his knees with his hands, crossed his fingers and pressed them against his forehead, his voice a little dull.

Zhishi listened silently, lowered his head, walked to Xia Yu's side, and sat down.

"I know you like Sakura, so I never thought you would like me, but the reality is that it happened. I can't accept your feelings, and I can't let myself like you."

"Is it because you will go back to your own era, Xia? I know you are not from this era. When we first met, I felt a vague sense of alienation from you."

"You are still so sharp."

Xia Yu smiled faintly, but Zhishi was not at all happy about being praised. She would rather not be so sensitive.

“But that’s not the reason.”

“Why is that!?”

Tomoyo suddenly raised her head. She was usually calm, but at this moment she was a little excited.

Seeing Zhishi like this made Xia Yu's heart tremble, but he still hardened his heart and turned his head away and said: "Do you remember what I said before? Love cannot transcend everything, just like the love between children and adults, which is absolutely wrong."

"Children and adults... Could it be that you..."

"That's right, I'm not as young as I look. I'm actually over 20 years old."

When Zhishi heard this, her heart ached. Is this the reason why classmate Xia never accepted her?

"Can……"

"No buts. If we meet in ten years, I will definitely not reject your love, because by then you will be in your prime, and I will be over 30, but we can still love each other."

"But you are only in your teens at this moment. Thirty and twenty are fine, but twenty and ten are absolutely not allowed!"

After hearing Xia Yu's decisive answer, Zhishi's face gradually turned pale. She said in a trembling voice: "Why? You obviously like to ignore everything, why do you..."

"Because a mistake is a mistake. No matter how beautiful the picture is, it is still a mistake."

(End of this chapter)