Guanshan cleared the path ahead for her, and Shen Yue could also see the scene beneath the crowd.
A heart shape was arranged with red candles, and it was deliberately protected by a transparent glass to prevent the candlelight from being extinguished by the cold wind.
The heart was filled with rose petals, and the handsome and masculine boy sat holding a guitar.
When he saw Shen Yue, he strummed the strings, and the smooth and pleasant English song was extremely gentle, causing the excited classmates to involuntarily lower their voices until only the boy's singing remained.
Shen Yue was pushed forward. She stood three meters away from the boy, her lips pursed tightly with nervousness under so many gazes.
Her gaze unintentionally met another pair of eyes.
The tall and proud man stood out from the crowd. He seemed no different from the ordinary spectators, as if he was just there to join in the excitement.
Seeing Shen Yue look over, he did not flinch but continued to stare at her intently.
Shen Yue's scalp tingled under his burning gaze, but she remembered the unpleasant incident between them earlier, so she pretended to be unfazed and averted her eyes.
No one knew that the man's teeth were almost ground to dust.
Wei Jingzhou was not as calm as he appeared on the surface. Especially the moment the girl looked over, his heart seemed to stop, and he wished he could turn around and run away.
But after the girl nonchalantly looked away, he became very vexed.
The girl had previously said that his approaching Bai Bo was because of her, which meant she might reject Bai Bo's confession.
Although he thought so, his heart was always uneasy.
After Bai Bo finished singing the heartfelt English song, he stood up, placed his guitar on the ground, and picked up a bouquet of roses.
The boy's smile was bright and dazzling. He had clearly dressed up, looking even more handsome than usual.
"Shen Yue, I like you. Will you be my girlfriend?"
He said this with confidence and shyness, a blush appearing on his fair, handsome face.
Seeing that the girl seemed to be stunned and standing still, Bai Bo walked towards her.
Bowing his head, he presented the delicate bouquet of roses to her, his voice growing even gentler and more cautious.
"Will you?"
The crowd also cheered, clapping their hands and shouting, "Together! Together! Together!"
Wei Jingzhou stared intently, his palms sweating with nervousness, then his pupils contracted.
The girl accepted the flowers...
"Oh~"
The students' voices rose and fell.
Bai Bo was also dazed, and then ecstatic. His heart was pounding, and it could not be expressed in shallow words. It seemed as if every hair on his body was leaping with joy.
The boys' cheers, the girls' screams, the handsome boy and the beautiful girl standing together, how well-matched they were.
Shen Yue wanted to explain to Bai Bo, but upon seeing the boy's excited and flushed face, she ultimately said nothing and found an excuse to leave.
Walking along the road with a large bouquet of roses was quite conspicuous, but thankfully, it was getting dark, and there weren't many people on the road.
She ate dinner downstairs, and by the time she finished, it was completely dark.
The cold wind blew, and Shen Yue shivered uncontrollably.
Hugging the roses tightly, she walked slowly.
This area was less populated, and Shen Yue walked for a long time without seeing anyone. She vaguely felt someone watching her from behind. She stopped and looked back, but only saw darkness.
Shen Yue had no choice but to quicken her pace. She walked along the roadside, the light from the streetlamps giving her a little sense of security.
But even so, Shen Yue still faintly felt as if someone was following her.
When she looked back, there was no one there. Shen Yue thought she had misheard.
She walked under the dim streetlights, and in the darkness not far behind her, a pair of footsteps moved step by step, lightly overlapping with her own.
The system alerted: [Someone is following you.]
Shen Yue's steps faltered, then she pretended to be unfazed and continued forward, only quickening her pace.
Without the system's reminder, Shen Yue might not have even noticed someone following her until she had entered her apartment.
Her palms, pressed against her legs, broke out in a cold sweat due to some bad premonition.
The Little Three System saw her pale face and comforted her: [Don't be afraid, don't look back, keep your eyes forward. Don't run, running might provoke or agitate the person behind you.]
Shen Yue nervously pinched her fingertips and, following the system's instructions, walked forward calmly. Only when she had walked out of that block did she let out a sigh of relief.
But it seemed she had relaxed too soon. A large, slender hand from behind grabbed her hood and pulled her back.
Due to the inertia, she stumbled back two steps, her shoulders were grabbed and pressed hard against the wall, and her head hit the wall from the inertia, causing a sharp pain in the back of her head, making her dizzy.
Instinctively releasing her grip, the large bouquet of roses fell onto the snow, and a few petals scattered, but no one paid any attention.
Her pale pink lips let out a soft cry of pain.
There were no streetlights in this corner, so Shen Yue could only vaguely see that the person was very tall with broad shoulders, a man.
She reached out to push the man away, but as soon as she moved, his other hand fiercely grasped her wrist and pinned it above her head, controlling her so she couldn't move an inch.
Her shoulders were pressed down, and the back of her head throbbed with pain. Whether it was from fear or pain, the girl's eyelashes trembled, and tears trickled down her delicate face, lingering on her cheeks for a long time before falling silently. In the slightly cold wind, she appeared so pitiable.
She was so beautiful and so fragile.