It took a full two minutes before a message came from the other side.
“No mistake. I’ve read his diary. He carried out a secret love throughout his student years, but neither you nor I knew about his feelings.”
A secret love that lasted throughout his student years.
I searched through my memories but really couldn’t remember anyone named Liam Blackwood. I asked, “When exactly did Liam start liking
me?
Surprisingly, my future self replied: “I don’t know either.”
“His love was too silent. I never noticed it ”
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Surprisingly, my future self replied: “I don’t know either.”
“His love… was too silent. I never noticed it.”
“Anyway, you must be wary of Connor Sullivan. He’s a complete scumbag, guilty of both financial fraud and attempted murder. If it weren’t for Liam, Connor would have succeeded. My life was exchanged for Liam’s. That’s why I want to save him. I want him to live.”
I promised my 28–year–old self that I would save Liam, and for this, I even made a comprehensive plan.
First, of course, was to stay away from Connor Sullivan.
My fondness for Connor came from his usual care for me, but I’m not stupid. Once I learned he was a scumbag, I would have bought a train ticket and fled overnight.
Next was to find a way to get close to Liam.
I got hold of their department’s class schedule from the school’s confession wall. On a morning when I didn’t have class, I walked into their
classroom with two breakfast sets, brazenly sat down next to Liam.
Liam seemed very uncomfortable with my arrival. From the moment I sat down, he curled up like a little hedgehog, his voice hard and cold: “What are you doing here?”
He was quite cute like this.
Writing about his secret love for me in his diary, but in reality, for some reason, he seemed to deliberately avoid me. It was a bit like those
people online who say one thing but mean another.
I handed him the bun and soy milk I had brought: “I brought you breakfast.”
He clenched his jaw, stared at me for a while, then pushed it away: “I don’t want it.”
But the way he looked at me just now clearly showed he wanted to accept it. What a contradictory person.
I admit I had my own agenda. My 28–year–old self only said to save Liam’s life, to let him live. But knowing this, my 18–year–old self wanted to
date him.
