After midnight

The afterglow of the setting sun made the sky red. When the man walked past her, her heartbeat was pounding, almost jumping out of her chest. Under the fiery red sunset, An Yan's shadow slowly dragged on the ground. She turned her head and quickly chased after him.

She caught up with An Yan, but then ran past him without stopping. She hid behind a wall, patting her chest and gasping for breath.

Lin Nuan, you are so useless. He is totally unaware of all the disorder you are in because of him.

An Yan reappeared in the public eye and received all kinds of attention from the first day of school. Inquiry, envy, curiosity, disdain and fear. These looks were no different from when he was a child, but the intensity was a little more intense. But most of them just glanced at him quickly and did not dare to stay.

An Yan was very satisfied with this. This is good, no one should come near me. With this thought in mind, An Yan was indifferent and resistant, and his personality was a mess. So, when Lin Nuan stood in front of him, there was only one word in his mind: annoying.

Lin Nuan opened her arms and blocked his way. But in the end, she didn't say a word, because An Yan just adjusted his angle calmly and left. He didn't even look at her. That indifference frightened Lin Nuan.

Lin Nuan was stunned. She knew she was a little bold, but An Yan's eyes didn't waver at all. It was as if the air that had been there suddenly appeared. Lin Nuan became stubborn.

Every day, Lin Nuan went to see An Yan, following him like a silent shadow. Every day, Lin Nuan would suddenly be left behind by An Yan. But the situation continued day by day.

Lin Nuan sometimes wondered, what was the point of doing this? But later, Lin Nuan began to feel that she didn't need any response from An Yan, as long as she could see him every day, it would be wonderful. Lin Nuan had never seen herself like this before.

That day, Lin Nuan was caught by Lu Li when she sneaked out of the house.

"What have you been doing every day recently?"

“Nothing. Lu Li, get out of the way. You look like my brother.” Lin Nuan took a step forward with her left foot.

"I'm not your brother." Lu Li also took a step to the left.

"I know, why are you so serious?" Lin Nuan moved to the right again. She couldn't hear the hidden meaning in Lu Li's words. Lu Li didn't say anything and also moved to the right to stop her.

"Oh, why are you so annoying? I'm old enough, I can't always follow you around." Lin Nuan quickly dodged and ran away in a panic. After she ran a long way, she looked back and saw Lu Li still standing there.

Lin Nuan didn't care about him, she wanted to chase An Yan. In this invisible contest with An Yan, she would soon win, because the distance between her and him was getting farther and farther, and the time she was left behind was getting longer and longer.

On the night when Lin Nuan left Lu Li to chase An Yan, An Yan finally stopped, turned around and looked at Lin Nuan.

"You can only follow here." An Yan said seriously while looking at Lin Nuan's face a few meters away from him.

"Ah?" An Yan spoke to her! He actually spoke! Lin Nuan was immersed in shock and joy, and was still a little confused about the situation.

"You can follow me, but only up to here."

"Okay!" Lin Nuan agreed without thinking about the deeper meaning of this sentence.

After getting Lin Nuan's promise, An Yan turned around and left. Lin Nuan stood there for a long time before she realized that she was standing at Jiudong Bridge. After crossing Jiudong Bridge, she would reach the East District. Lin Nuan shook her head and stopped thinking too much for the time being. She only knew that An Yan promised her that she could follow him.

This promise didn't mean much to An Yan, because whether he allowed it or not, Lin Nuan would follow him. He said this just to clarify Lin Nuan's boundaries, and nothing else was different. But for Lin Nuan, it meant something different. From now on, she could follow An Yan openly and legitimately, without any scruples.

Therefore, boys and girls have inherent differences in their thinking. Different thoughts lead to different actions.

Lin Nuan followed An Yan, no longer following him several meters away as before. She looked happy and jumped to his side. An Yan retracted his feet and slightly moved away. Lin Nuan noticed it but pretended not to notice it. She started chatting and talking to herself.

"An Yan, let me tell you, there was something funny when I was a kid."

Lin Nuan is very smart. She starts with interesting little things to get closer to An Yan while showing her kindness as much as possible.

The consequence of An Yan's silence on Lin Nuan's behavior is that he indulges Lin Nuan again and again. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before Lin Nuan breaks through An Yan's defenses. An Yan will go from resistance to silence to habit. Because he is also a human being, and as a human being, he cannot escape the complex seven emotions and six desires.

When Lin Nuan was chattering and laughing, An Yan hardly spoke and hardly made any reaction. But if you look closely, you will find that An Yan will inadvertently reveal a faint smile. Whenever this happens, Lin Nuan suddenly falls silent, and then An Yan lowers his head and gently purses his lips.

Lin Nuan had been paying attention to any subtle expression on An Yan's face for a long time, and she was very familiar with this little expression. An Yan was shy, but Lin Nuan did not point it out, and she continued to talk and laugh.

It doesn't take much time for rumors to spread quickly.

"Lin Nuan." Lu Li stopped Lin Nuan at the door of the Lin Mansion again.

"What's wrong?" Lin Nuan was surprised. First, Lu Li rarely pronounced her full name, and second, she hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Stay away from An Yan, otherwise you will hurt him." Lu Li stated the facts.

Lin Nuan wanted to refute, but she was Lin Nuan. She was rarely willful and was very perceptive. She immediately realized the deep meaning in Lu Li's words.

"I understand." Lin Nuan swallowed hard.

After sending Lu Li away, Lin Nuan returned to her room. Although she had promised Lu Li, she was still restless. She paced back and forth in the room, feeling uneasy. At six o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Nuan could no longer bear it. She rushed out, anxious as if her eyebrows were on fire.

The sun was setting, and the afterglow of the sunset was about to burn out. She ran with all her might, regardless of everything. I'm sorry, it's my fault, Anyan, please wait for me, please wait for me. Please!

When she ran to the school gate, panting heavily, An Yan was standing in front of the closed school gate, alone. He looked up at the gradually darkening sky, wondering what he was thinking.

“An Yan!” Her heart was beating so hard that her eardrums were about to burst. Lin Nuan wanted to sing loudly.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, An Yan, I was wrong, I’m late.” Lin Nuan ran over, raised her hands high and begged for mercy, looking flustered and wanting to act coquettishly.

"I got out of school late today." An Yan explained concisely.

"Then let's... go home?" As long as An Yan didn't say it, there was no need to listen. Lin Nuan tilted her head and smiled, playful and cute.

An Yan looked at Lin Nuan, who was proud and proud like a victorious little rooster, and his heart was filled with inexplicable complexity. He was even a little annoyed, wondering why he had to be so uneasy at the school gate, walking out and then walking back.

However, An Yan soon let it go. No one could resist such cautious, yet bold and bright warmth.

It was already dark when they stepped onto Jiudong Bridge. Lin Nuan stopped obediently, ready to see An Yan off. But this time, An Yan was not in a hurry. He stood on the bridge and asked, "What's your name?"

For such a long time, she hadn't even let An Yan know her name? Lin Nuan wanted to cover her face.

"A Nuan." Lin Nuan said quickly.

"You... are Lin Nuan from the Lin family?" An Yan frowned slightly.

"Anuan, you have to call me Anuan."

"Okay, A Nuan." An Yan said. That was A Nuan, just like her name.

After that, the two gradually became familiar with each other, but Lin Nuan wisely never asked about An Yan's affairs. She kept silent about the things she wanted to know before, but now she was still entangled and puzzled. Lin Nuan selfishly occupied An Yan's life, and she was very clear-headed. She wanted to live like this for one more day.

They met almost every day, and the most common thing they did was to sit down by a big tree under Jiudong Bridge, chatting or just daydreaming. It was at this time that they met Lin Xuanfeng.

When An Yan first met Lin Xuanfeng, he was very serious. He had a sullen face and exuded a terrible bad guy aura. Lin Xuanfeng came to provoke him. His eyes swept between the two of them and finally fixed on An Yan's face.

"Are you the 'Son of God' An Yan?"

"Yes." An Yan stood up and stood in front of Lin Nuan.

"I'm Lin Xuanfeng, fight with me."

"Why?" An Yan asked him indifferently.

"Then don't blame me." Lin Xuanfeng gritted his teeth. He was going to fight this battle no matter what.

The sharp wind rushed towards An Yan. An Yan stood there without moving, and a bloody mark was left on his left arm.

"An Yan!" Lin Nuan exclaimed. Before Lin Xuanfeng opened his mouth to speak, she stood aside.

"Stand there and don't move." Lin Nuan nodded. She understood that this was An Yan's business and she couldn't interfere.

Lin Xuanfeng looked directly at An Yan. He did not see An Yan's move, but he clearly heard the sound of flowing water. Where? Lin Xuanfeng suddenly turned around and saw the water in the river bank rushing up quickly. He was careless. He quickly moved in the direction of An Yan.

The wind cannot be seen with the naked eye. But if it is used as a weapon, the murderous aura can definitely be felt. An Yan closed his eyes and sniffed carefully. The smell of the wind in the air could not be clearer.

An Yan stopped, and the water pressed down like an overwhelming force. The water swept the wind down, causing the airflow to run wild. Lin Xuanfeng wanted to control the wind again, but it was too late.

Lin Xuanfeng stopped. Just from this point, he knew that he was too arrogant. He looked at An Yan, who was only a few meters away from him, with his eyes closed. The wind blew his hair up and down.

The water rushed down and hit Lin Xuanfeng's feet, and the lush grass on the shore was stained with water droplets.

Lin Xuanfeng clenched his fists. He would never give up. He controlled the wind again and attacked An Yan.

Time passed by minute by minute, the sky darkened, and it became completely dark. In this duel without any suspense, Lin Xuanfeng was exhausted. Finally, he struggled to stand up with shaking legs, and without saying a word, he melted into the endless darkness bit by bit.

An Yan looked at his back deeply. Lin Xuanfeng was... too heavy.

"A Nuan, it's too late. Let me take you back."

"No, no, it's you, go back quickly." Lin Nuan shook her head quickly, as if she was afraid that An Yan would insist. In a blink of an eye, she ran away along the path without looking back.

Lin Nuan's heart was surging, and her face flushed as she ran. She admitted that she was shocked by the fight between the two. In fact, she had always longed for An Yan's strength, but she fell into his gentleness inadvertently. She couldn't help but feel hope for the future from the bottom of her heart.

After a long time, when Lin Nuan inadvertently mentioned Lin Xuanfeng and told An Yan that Lin Xuanfeng was actually a revolutionary, An Yan replied, "Are you talking about my senior brother? I know that."

"Senior brother?"

When did Lin Xuanfeng become An Yan's senior brother? After the accident, Lin Nuan suddenly felt a sense of grievance, dissatisfaction and overwhelming powerlessness. As expected, they were all boys, and Lin Xuanfeng was able to make An Yan accept him so quickly.

But why didn't Anyan tell me? That's right, why should he tell me? All of this made Lin Nuan feel powerless. After their relationship broke through strangers and became friends, it suddenly became lukewarm.

Lin Nuan was puzzled, but she kept silent about it.

Until one day, An Yan asked Lin Nuan to meet him under the Jiudong Bridge. He held her arm and crossed the line, and the two entered the East District for the first time.

Lin Nuan cast her eyes on the wrist held by An Yan, and was incredibly surprised. She didn't dare to move, and let An Yan pull her wrist into the East District. She carefully felt the warmth coming from An Yan's hand through her sleeve.

In the dim night of the East District, An Yan tapped the index finger of his left hand on the center of his lips, and the two carefully arrived at An Yan's residence. An Yan's fingers were slender and beautiful when he took the key to unlock the door, and the smile in his eyes was quite naughty.

That night, she briefly entered An Yan's world, and was sent home by An Yan. An Yan had been gone for a long time, but she was still standing there. She was holding tightly in her hand the key to An Yan's house.

Lin Nuan thought this would be a breakthrough in their relationship, but no one knew what would happen tomorrow. The next evening, An Yan finally left school. After two years, he once again experienced a transfer and was sent to a strange world.

Lin Nuan didn't have time to say anything before everything came to an abrupt end.