The Best Of You (English Ver.) - Chapter 15
Sun Tiantian hid her hands behind, hesitating for a moment, whether to show them or not.
Shen Nianshen saw her only staring at him and not moving a single jot, his brows furrowed and asked, “Did you cut your hand?”
Sun Tiantian: “…”
“Why are you that stupid?” Shen Nianshen stepped forward and pulled her hand from behind.
There was an open wound on her index finger and was bleeding.
Shen Nianshen looked at the wound and suddenly frowned, “How can be the cut so deep?”
Sun Tiantian: “The knife moved very fast, accidentally….”
Shen Nianhen’s eyes looked at her gravely, the Sun Tiantian was staring at him and felt guilty. She involuntarily clenched his fist and whispered, “Actually… It isn’t too deep anyway…”
Shen Nianshen still looked at her, feeling helpless and blamed, “Wait for me. I will find a band-aid for you.”
After saying it, he let go of her hand, turned around, and went outside.
Sun Tiantian stood in the same place, her eyes staring at her bleeding finger. Her fingertip still could feel the warmth of Shen Nianshen’s fingers, warm and slightly hot, until she could feel it deep in her heart.
She bent her lips, and her mood was perfect.
Shen Nianshen walked out of the kitchen again. Grandma felt strange and asked him, “What happened?”
Shen Nianshen said, “Tiantian’s accidentally cut her finger and bleeding. I try to find a band-aid for her.”
He said it while squatted in front of the TV table and pulled out drawer after drawer.
In the end, he still hadn’t found it.
Grandma recalled and said, “It doesn’t seem like we have band-aid at home. You go outside and buy it.”
Shen Nianshen, who was poking around the drawer, immediately closed it when she heard her grandma’s words. He got to his feet and said, “I’ll be out for a while and will be back soon.”
After saying, he turned around and walked out of the house quickly.
“Ah Nian. Wait, I’ll go with you.”
As soon as Shen Nianshen left, Lin Li immediately followed him.
There was a small pharmacy at the entrance to the alley, Shen Nianshen walked very fast. Lin Li chased after him for a long time, and she only could catch him up after Shen Nianshen entered the pharmacy.
“You walk so fast.” Lin Li was breathing heavily.
Shen Nianshen didn’t answer and talked to the person standing at the medicine counter, “Give me two band-aids.”
“Two band-aids, one dollar.”
Shen Nianshen quickly took out a coin from his pocket, took the band-aid, and turned around.
Lin Li followed him, “Ah Nian, do you like that girl?”
Shen Nianshen just walked to the front of the alley. Hearing Lin Li’s voice that suddenly came from behind, his footsteps slowly stopped.
Lin Li walked over to him in two steps, staring straight at him, “Ah Nian, you don’t really like her, right?”
Shen Nianshen was expressionless, “It’s none of your business.”
As soon as the words fell, he immediately stepped forward.
Lin Li stopped him, looked at him, and said, “Do you know how much the shoes that he wears?”
Shen Nianshen frowned and looked at him.
Lin Li said: “It’s an expensive brand, a pair of shoes cost more than 4,000 dollars, and the bag she uses is the latest of Chanel model, the price is more than 20,000 dollars. The price of goods on her whole body is even far greater than your living expenses for a year with grandma.”
Shen Nianshen listened for a long time and didn’t speak. His chest seemed to be blocked by something suddenly, feeling so tight.
He looked at Lin Li for a long time and finally said, “Why are you saying all of this to me?”
Lin Li was a little emotional and said: “I just want to tell you, she and we are not from the same world, you two are totally incompatible!”
Shen Nianshen suddenly felt annoyed, “This has nothing to do with you.”
He stepped forward with a big step as if that was the way he could leave the cruel reality behind him.
Lin Li caught up with him and said emotionally, “She only likes you because you’re handsome, she just wants to play with you. Once she’s satisfied playing with you, she’ll dump you. Girls from wealthy families are all like that. I’ve met many of them. Today they are dating this man; once she bored with them, she could immediately replace them.”
She added: “We step back a little, just think if she’s not unsatisfied with what she has. Let’s just say she really likes you. Try asking her, can she live in difficulty with you?”
Shen Nianshen’s steps finally stopped, his throat burning like fire, dry and painful. His hands were hanging next to him, clenched into fists.
Lin Li saw Shen Nianshen finally stop, wanting to reach out to hold his hand. However, he remembered that Shen Nianshen didn’t like being touched by others. So, she didn’t dare touch him. She said again with sincerely, “Ah Nian, don’t think of me as a nosy person. I just feel that a girl like her isn’t suitable for you. You can’t afford it. Wait until she is bored and doesn’t like you anymore, you will only hurt yourself.”
Shen Nianshen’s throat tightened. He stood there without moving and without speaking for a long time.
When Shen Nianshen returned, Sun Tiantian was still serious about continuing to cut the remaining potatoes.
Shen Nianshen frowned and reached for the knife, “Don’t do this again.”
“You’re back?” Sun Tiantian had been waiting for him for a long time, once she saw him, she looked up and smiled at him.
Shen Nianshen nodded and gave the band-aid to Sun Tiantian without expression, “Apply it yourself.”
Sun Tiantian didn’t realize that Shen Nianshen’s mood was not that good, she received the band-aid with a sweet smile while pulling on Shen Nianshen’s sleeve and said, “Help me apply it, I can’t use it by myself.”
Shen Nianshen avoided her very calmly, moved two steps to the side to keep his distance from her, and again cut potatoes, saying, “Use it yourself, sit and wait outside. After dinner, I’ll take you back to school.”
Sun Tiantian was stunned. It was then that she realized that something was wrong with Shen Nianshen. His facial expression wasn’t very good. She approached and asked worriedly, “What happened to you? Do you feel unwell?”
“No.” Looked at it again and said, “just get out, the kitchen is cramped.”
After that, he kept his head down to cut the potatoes. He no longer regarded Sun Tiantian.
When Sun Tiantian saw that he didn’t seem to want to talk, she hesitated for a moment. Even though she was reluctant, she finally obeyed and went out.
Shen Nianshen quickly served dinner. This is the first time Sun Tiantian have dinner at Shen Nianshen’s house, Grandma also liked her very much and kept telling her to eat more.
Because this food was Shen Nianshen’s dish, she could not help but really eat a lot. Throughout dinner, she had finished two bowls full of rice until her stomach was no longer reliable.
The old lady, who was watching from the side, felt pleased. She pulled Sun Tiantian’s hand while saying, “Tiantian, next time you have come here often. Before coming, tell grandma first. Grandma will buy vegetables and let Ah Nian cook for you.”
“Fine, thank you, Grandma” Grandma could rarely like her right away, Sun Tiantian feels very happy.
After Shen Nianshen finished tidying up the utensils, Sun Tiantian still sat on the couch and accompanied Grandma to chat.
Shen Nianshen turned to change clothes and immediately said when he came out, “Let’s go.”
Grandma and Sun Tiantian talked cheerfully. Suddenly hearing Shen Nianshen wanted to take her away, she looked up and said, “This fast? It’s only eight o’clock.”
Shen Nianshen: “To go to school, we still have to take a taxi. It should be at nine o’clock when we arrive at school.”
After saying that, he pulled Sun Tiantian.
Sun Tiantian stood up and reluctantly and grabbed Grandma’s hand, “Grandma used to be alone at home, must take good care of your health and be careful. Later I will come to see you again.”
Old grandma was very like Sun Tiantian, she looked up, and looked at Shen Nianshen: “Ah Nian, often bring Tiantian to home, understand?”
Shen Nianshen vaguely agreed and said, “We are going back first, Grandma. I will go home to see you on weekends…”
“Em, fine.”
Shen Nianshen bid farewell to his grandmother and went out with Sun Tiantian.
Since leaving Shen Nianshen’s house, along the way, Sun Tiantian felt very happy. She hugged her arms and accelerated her steps to reach Shen Nianshen’s side.
“Shen Nianshen, I think your cooking skill was excellent.”
Shen Nianshen ignored her.
Sun Tiantian’s eyes rolled then she stood before Shen Nianshen. Looked up with a sweet smile, “Grandma said, next time I can go to your house again. Can I?”
Sun Tiantian’s position was very close. Her lips were almost touched against Shen Nianshen’s chin. The wind that blew in the alley made Shen Nianshen could smell the faint aroma of shampoo on Sun Tiantian’s hair.
Shen Nianshen’s consciousness decreased; his mood was very chaotic.
He stepped forward and decided to ignore her.
He pulled a packet of cigarettes out of his pocket and slipped one between his lips.
When Sun Tiantian followed him, she saw a cigarette in Shen Nianshen’s mouth, and he was reaching the match on his pocket. He was ready to light it on.
Sun Tiantian was a little surprised, looked at him with his black and round eyes.
Shen Nianshen looked at her and said, “Stay away from me.”
Sun Tiantian pursed her lips and asked, “Shen Nianshen, are you in a bad mood?”
After Shen Nianshen lit his cigarette, he finally stopped a bit and turned his eyes to Sun Tiantian.
Sun Tiantian reached out and took out the cigarette from his mouth and whispered, “Don’t smoke.”
Shen Nianshen’s gaze was intense, staring at her without speaking.
Sun Tiantian didn’t know what happened to Shen Nianshen this sudden, but she could see that he was in a bad mood. Beforehand, she had never seen Shen Nianshen smoke.
She whispered, “If you in a bad mood, you can tell me. Don’t smoke. It’s not good for your health.”
Shen Nianshen’s chest feels tight, and his throat also was tight.
Staring at Sun Tiantian for a while, as if to say something, but did not know what to say. Finally, he decided not to say anything. He put back the match into his pocket again and said in a hoarse voice, “Let’s go.”
Coming out of the alley, Shen Nianshen planned to take Sun Tiantian to take the subway, but Sun Tiantian unknowingly pulled him and said, “Just take a taxi, there will be lots of people if you take the subway.”
Shen Nianshen was slightly stunned and nodded, “Okay.”
Shen Nianshen stopped the taxi, and they both sat inside.
On the way back to school, Shen Nianshen looked out the window and did not speak.
The atmosphere in the car was very awkward. Sun Tiantian wanted to break this rigid atmosphere, so she smiled and said, “Shen Nianshen, there are activities at the roller-skate club this weekend, we will go to Binjiang Road to ride a bicycle together. Are you coming?”
About this joint cycling event, Xu Li had told Shen Nianshen two days ago.
Shen Nianshen did not turn around, still staring out the window, and his voice cold, “I have no time.”
“Ah?” Sun Tiantian was suddenly a little lost, “I want to be taught by you. I can’t ride a bicycle.”
Shen Nianshen said, “You can find someone else to teach you.”
“I don’t want to. I just want to be taught by you.” Sun Tiantian agreed to take part in this event because Xu Li said he would invite Shen Nianshen to participate.
After thinking about it, Sun Tiantian again said, “Is it necessary to have Xu Li change the schedule? We can wait until you have time…”
“Sun Tiantian, let’s just end it here…”
“Wh … What …” Sun Tiantian was stunned and looked at Shen Nianshen.
Shen Nianshen finally turned around and looked at her with a grim expression.
“Previously, I was the one who made a mistake and caused you to fall, but now your hand has recovered, my responsibility to take care of you has also completed, right?”
Sun Tiantian had no idea that Shen Nianshen would suddenly cut ties with her. She thought, after they spent time together, their relationship had improved.
Earlier, when she accidentally cut his hand, didn’t Shen Nianshen still so panicked about her?
Even though, Sun Tiantian thought that Shen Nianshen might be liked her a little bit.
Sun Tiantian suddenly couldn’t accept this, she opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but no sound came from her throat.
Right at this moment, the taxi had stopped in front of the school gate.
Shen Nianshen paid the taxi fare, opened the door, and got out of the car.
Sun Tiantian just reacted this time. She quickly opened the door next to her and getting out of the car.
Shen Nianshen walked towards the school gate; he walked very fast. Sun Tiantian followed him while running and pulled his arm, “Shen Nianshen, what do you mean by that?”
Shen Nianshen stopped his footsteps and looked at her, “I mean we end up here. I’m very busy. I have so many things to do every day, don’t have much time to accompany you to play.”
“I didn’t ask you to accompany me.” Sun Tiantian didn’t know where the problem was, before tonight, she felt that her relationship with Shen Nianshen went very smoothly. Why it suddenly turn out this way…
Her eyes stared intently at Shen Nianshen, hoping some clue would appear from those eyes.
But the eyes were so dark and deep. Sun Tiantian could not find anything from there.
Shen Nianshen pushed aside Sun Tiantian’s hand, which was holding his arm, suddenly a bit weak, “Sun Tiantian, so many guys that are much better than me, it doesn’t have to be me.”
After that, he let go of Sun Tiantian’s hand and didn’t look back at her anymore. He turned around and walked forward.
Sun Tiantian froze in her position, staring blankly at Shen Nianshen’s back for quite a long time.
When she regained consciousness, she ran a few steps forward and shouted at him, “Do you really didn’t like me in the least?”
Shen Nianshen’s steps stopped, a few seconds, then he stepped forward again. He didn’t answer it.
When Sun Tiantian returned to the female dormitory, it was already 11 p.m.
One of her roommates was washing clothes, and the other was reading books and playing games.
“Where did you go on a date with Shen Nianshen today? You didn’t go home all day.” Cheng Duo played her game with a smile as she asked Sun Tiantian.
Sun Tiantian felt very broken hear. Her voice was weak, “It’s over.”
Cheng Duo was stunned and asked again, “What is over?”
“Yes, what’s over?” Xie Yan also approached her.
“Me and Shen Nianshen, he told me not to bother him anymore.” Sun Tiantian forced a smile and smiled mockingly at herself, “I think he did like me a bit, but I’m just overthinking.”
Even though she laughed, but her expression looked very sad.
Cheng Duo was anxious, immediately stood up from her chair and held Sun Tiantian hand, “Hey, are you alright?”
“I’m okay. Of course, there couldn’t be anything wrong with me.” She said as she walked to her desk, put down her bag, and pulled out a chair to sit down. She pulled out a sketchbook from the drawer, turned it until the blank page, and began drawing on it.
Sun Tiantian has always been like this since her childhood age. When she felt sad, she won’t show it. She chose to draw and calm her own emotions.
Her roommates stared at each other; this time, they really didn’t know what to say.
Xie Yan could not help but ask, “Tiantian, what are your next plans? Still want to chase after him?”
Sun Tiantian shook her head, “No.”
Tonight Shen Nianshen has said it very clearly. Even though Sun Tiantian was a kind of shameless girl, but she already felt too ashamed to pursue him again.
After that night, Sun Tiantian indeed never went to look for Shen Nianshen. Every day she would go to class, eat and sleep as usual. It seemed that nothing was different from her previous life.
On the contrary, Shen Nianshen thought that if Sun Tiantian no longer came looking for him, he would be able to stop the chaos and return to his peaceful life as before.
However, it seemed not so.
Every day when he goes to class, he will unconsciously stare at the back door to see whether Sun Tiantian appeared outside his class or not.
When he went to the cafeteria, unconsciously, his eyes would sweep on the seat that usually occupied by Sun Tiantian to see if she was sitting there and smiled sweetly while waiting for him or not.
Even when he went to the library for individual studies, sometimes he could not stop himself from looking up and seeing whether Sun Tiantian sat opposite him or not.
It turned out when she was not there; everything was back to normal. A little fox demon was laughing so cunningly, the girl who always pulled his arm and asked to be looked after by him, as if she never existed.
During these half of the month, he had never met Sun Tiantian in school at all.
When he was in a class, and for the third time, he stared at the back door, Xu Li finally couldn’t stand it anymore, “Ah Nian, what’s this does not make sense. If you two like each other, just get together. Why should you make yourself tortured?”
Xu Li also got involved in here. Almost every day, he was scolded by Cheng Duo. But, Ah Nian did not allow him to say anything.
Shen Nianshen kept his eyes back, ignored him, and looked up to listen to the class.
Xu Li had known Shen Nianshen since the first day of college. Until now, he still did not understand what Shen Nianshen was thinking. Seeing him not talking, he just sighed and said, “The first-year student from the Civil Engineering Department, Xie Xun, you know? At that time, we met him at the school gate, who drove the Ferrari.”
Shen Nianshen brow narrowed slightly as he nodded.
Xu Li: “I heard from Cheng Duo. It looks like he is chasing Tiantian.”
Shen Nianshen’s eyebrows suddenly pursed, his hand holding the pen suddenly tightened.
Xu Li saw that Shen Nianshen was finally slightly changed, immediately adding oil into the fire, “I heard that… every night he will send Tiantian back to the dormitory, he also sent a bunch of flowers and chocolates.”
Shen Nianshen’s face was increasingly unsightly, Xu Li increasingly patted the drum loudly, “Ah Nian, I didn’t mean to lecture you. If you like Tiantian, tell her. Don’t delay the time. Until she chased by someone else, you are the one who will regret it. So, this does not make sense.”
Shen Nianshen still didn’t make a sound, but his jaw already looked tight, who knows what he was thinking.
Xu Li had said so much, seeing Shen Nianshen still not reacting, could only scratch his head. In the end, he said, “You just think about it carefully. Everything can be missed. If you missed the person you like, you only would regret it for a lifetime.”
Throughout the class, Shen Nianshen did not listen to what the lecture explained. His head was filled with Xu Li’s words, his head filled about the person who was chasing Tiantian.
He who kept daydreaming since then, just regain his consciousness as soon as the class was finished.
Xu Li, who saw the look on Shen Nianshen’s complexion was not good, did not dare to say anything more. He patted his shoulder, “Let’s go play basketball, exercise for a while could make the mood improves.”
Shen Nianshen had not met Sun Tiantian for almost half a month, never expected to encounter her on the basketball court.
As soon as Shen Nianshen entered the basketball court, he saw Sun Tiantian sitting on the spectators’ bench. Next to her, there were her roommates.
He held the boy’s clothes in her hand, talking while laughing with her roommate.
Shen Nianshen’s steps stopped, and his gaze fell on the boy’s clothes in Sun Tiantian’s hands, feeling very disturbing with the view.
Sun Tiantian was dragged here by Xie Xun to watch him play basketball.
Currently, she was sitting in the spectators’ bench and discussing what to eat tonight with her roommate.
While discussing eating hotpot or eating BBQ, Xie Yan, who was beside her, suddenly nudged her and whispered, “Tiantian, Shen Nianshen.”
Sun Tiantian’s body stiffened, she unconsciously looked up. Through the crowd, her eyes and Shen Nianshen’s eyes met.
Shen Nianshen was also staring at her. His gaze was intense.
Sun Tiantian remembered what happened half a month ago where Shen Nianshen had driven her out of his life; she was still a bit angry. She glanced fiercely at him, then turned around and looked away. She was no longer looking at him.
Exactly Xie Xun and the others were entering a break time, Xie Xun stood on the basketball court, looked up and shouted in the opposite direction, “Tiantian, bring my water here!”
“Eh, coming!” Sun Tiantian put down Xie Xun’s clothes, then took a towel and water. She walked down the bench and ran towards the basketball court.
She walked up to Xie Xun and handed the water bottle and towel to him, “Yours.”
Xie Xun accepted the towel and carelessly wiped the sweat. He opened the water and lifted his neck to finish the water bottle.
After playing basketball all afternoon, he was a bit tired. He finished the water, and with his free hand, he put his arm around Sun Tiantian’s shoulder. Sun Tiantian was stunned, and unconsciously avoided him, “What are you doing?”
“Uh, let me lean back for a while. I’m so tired.”
The position of the two persons was very close, and it seemed very intimate.
Shen Nianshen, who was standing nearby, saw Sun Tiantian standing so intimately with another guy, his heart seemed to be held back by something. There were unspeakable sorrow and discomfort.
For some time, Sun Tiantian let Xie Xun lean on him. Then she pushed him away quickly, “Enough, stand by yourself. I need to go.”
She ran out of the basketball court after saying that. When she passed Shen Nianshen’s side, she did not turn her head at all—like strangers, didn’t even glancing at him.
However, before she could run another two steps, her wrist had been held by a large palm.
Sun Tiantian was stunned, looked back, and saw Shen Nianshen standing behind her and holding her wrist. He looked at her while saying, “Sun Tiantian, let’s talk.”