Hidden Love (novel translation)

Chapter 76

It feels like a return to the past.

In the winter of Yi He City, at the spacious and crowded airport. Near the T3 exit, the young lady controls her tears.

In the same seat, she says the words she didn't dare to say then. She reveals what she tried to hide. She reveals what she was ashamed of.

She presents everything. She wishes him to accept her poor form, then transforms into an energy and his "armour".

Duan Jia Xu lifts his eyes and looks at Sang Zhi again. His voice is hoarse "What are you afraid of?"

Sang Zhi sobs "I am afraid that you would think that I'm odd, odd...."

She's afraid he'll think she shouldn't feel this way about him when she's young. She had pretended to drift away from him, using one lie to cover up another. 

It should be strange, but it's also indescribable.

"It's not strange." Duan Jia Xu holds out his hand and wipes away her tear. He pampers her "How did you fold those stars again? I couldn't fold them."

Sang Zhi's eyes are red. She takes it and folds it back. Duan Jia Xu follows to fold the other star. Very quickly, these two papers turn into the stars.

Duan Jia Xu takes the two stars and looks at them for a while. Then he puts them on his pocket and says "Then I should keep this in a good place.

Sang Zhi lowers her head and looks at her toes. She doesn't say anything.

"To be precise, I've made you cry so many times." Duan Jia Xu says, holding her hand.

Sang Zhi takes a breath and her tears fall.

"How could you not say that you are not a crybaby?" Duan Jia Xu stands up and says, "Stand up, I want to hold you. It's not comfortable to hold you when you're sitting down."

Sang Zhi once again wipes her tears and stands up. The next moment Duan Jia Xu bends and hugs her. He comforts her "Why are you telling me this now?"

Sang Zhi says depressingly "I just wanted to say it."

"You came back earlier just to say this to me?"

Sang Zhi is silent for a second and says "I have come to find you because I have something to say to you too".

"Then why are you crying? This time I don't have a 'so-called' girlfriend." Duan Jia Xu loosens his hold and laughs lightly "Now I have a real girlfriend."

Sang Zhi lifts her head and watches his face.

Duan Jia Xu helps her put on his coat and buttons it up. He says "Why do you look like a little pathetic person, why don't you wear thicker cloth?"

Sang Zhi stands up and doesn't move. She just watches him. Sang Zhi looks like a small child who has stolen an adult's coat.

He smiles and wipes her tears again. "Let's go, go home."

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They get into the car and Sang Zhi takes a wet handkerchief from her bag. She wipes away her tears, then calms down. Seeing him somehow calms her down.

Duan Jia Xu helps her fasten her seatbelt and asks again, "Why did you decide to come back earlier?

Sang Zhi replies honestly, "Because you ignored me."

"I didn't ignore you, I've had so much work lately. I finished late and didn't want to disturb your sleep."

"I thought you avoided me."

 Duan Jia Xu is startled. "I avoided you?"

"You said you'd think about it for a while, I don't know what you want to think about. Then you didn't really care about me, I thought you were avoiding me. I thought you were better on the phone." Mentioning this makes Sang Zhi unhappy again. "But if I came over and talked to you. You wouldn't have the face to mention it.