Zhou Xian stopped the steps he was about to leave with, lifted his head, and watched her figure move away until he saw her squatting next to a trash can.
Then she took off her own coat to cover something.
It wasn't until she ran back to the convenience store with something in her arms and pulled off the coat that Zhou Xian saw clearly.
In her arms was actually a newborn feral kitten.
He had seen her being pampered by her whole family, seen her aloof and proud, but it was the first and only time he had seen her at her most disheveled yet also at her softest.
After that, as he walked around the school, he would always seek her out unintentionally, always paying attention to her involuntarily.
However, until high school graduation, he never found the opportunity to confess.
Brave men forge ahead without fear, the timorous hesitate and falter.
In the end, it was his own hesitation that lost him the chance to get closer to her.
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