I'm In Love With the Guy I Grew Up With-Chapter 917: Loving You, I’m Completely Defeated 3

The white mask concealed his face, his eyes full of deep emotion, with a shadow of sorrow, such a complex feeling manifested in his eyes with flickering light and shadow, as if they had an intangible influence, causing some girls in the audience to tear up involuntarily.

Perhaps they thought of their first love, or of that unrequited crush that never ended, or maybe, they were simply saddened by the boy in front of them.

Why is loving someone so humbling?

Even love has to be kept a secret.

As the song ended, thunderous applause resonated in the hall. The girl at the piano daintily tugged at her hem, her voice crisp, "You’ve sung the song I played, by tradition, you can ask me to do something."

The girl in white bit her lip, mustering tremendous courage, "You can ask me to do anything..."

The crowd immediately burst out in jeering, and someone started a chant:

"Be together! Be together!"

Those three words ignited the atmosphere, everyone chanting "Be together!"

The boy suddenly snapped back to reality, deeply gazed in Ning Xixi’s direction, dropped the microphone, and nearly fled in retreat.

"Eh?" The girl in white stood up, stomping her foot in reluctance.

Thankfully she was wearing a mask, otherwise, how embarrassed she would be!

Ning Xixi blinked her eyes, feeling the room was too noisy, and took another plate of small cakes, happily heading to the lawn outside to eat.

A row of streetlights dazzled, the flowerbeds adorned with small colored lights twinkling, as if the stars overhead.

Ning Xixi sat down by the fountain, but before she could eat, she noticed a shadow by her feet.

"Ah!" She screamed and nearly tumbled into the fountain, when a pair of strong hands suddenly steadied her!

The white mask came into view.

"It’s you." There were not many people wearing white masks tonight, and this person’s height gave him away as the boy who sang earlier.

The boy lowered his brows, helping her sit properly, then stepped back a little.

His silence piqued Ning Xixi’s curiosity.

"Your singing is really good." She searched for a topic, "Was the song for someone you like?"

Upon hearing the question, the boy stiffened entirely, as if petrified, his Adam’s apple bobbing, but he dared not utter a sound.

"It’s okay if you don’t want to say, haha, I’m being nosy." Ning Xixi picked up a fork to continue eating her cake, but the boy hummed a song again.

"When did my world

Start being indistinguishable between day and night, all because of missing you

Oh... I secretly fell in love with you

But don’t dare to tell you

Because I know I can’t give you what you want

Oh... I can only secretly fall in love with you

Only secretly watch you

Always lacking the courage to say I truly fell in love with you...

"

He sang so beautifully, without accompaniment, it added a captivating allure.

No matter how slow Ning Xixi was, she realized something was off.

She pointed the fork at herself, "This song, is it for me?"

They looked at each other, and it seemed like a century passed before the boy nodded slightly.

Nani?!

Is this someone who has a crush on her?

Ning Xixi widened her eyes in disbelief, who could it be? Was it someone she knew?

It couldn’t be Ji Yebai, Dabai was known for singing off-key... she pondered deeply, when suddenly everything went dark, and a warm touch covered her eyelids.

It was him covering her eyes with his hand. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

What is he... what is he going to do?