If The Moon Won’t Hold You

at the position where her wrist had been grasped coldly.

A few seconds later, Song Ci let out a smile like he always did.
He let go of her hand with a relaxed expression, as if the momentary tension just then had all been an illusion.

“Ah, I wanted to say that the test paper is very popular, so I will definitely go today.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t go, I’ll buy it for you.”

“How troublesome…”

“Not at all, I’m going anyway, so I’ll stop by.” Song Ci stood there casually and waved at Cen Ning, “Then go, I’ll leave first.”

“Ok.” Cen Ning felt a little sorry about this situation, and said while his back was turned, “Thank you.”

“No need to be polite towards me.”

After he left, Cen Ning naturally got into the car.

Tang Zheng drove to Xin Zechuan’s private residence.
Along the way, Tang Zheng and Zhang Ziyi were chatting at the front, whereas Cen Ning and Yan Xingzhi were very quiet at the back, both looking out the window.

Finally, when it was time to get off the car, Cen Ning finally realised something, and nervously pulled Yan Xingzhi’s sleeve, “I didn’t buy a gift.”

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Yan Xingzhi: “It doesn’t matter, as long as you’re here.”

Cen Ning: “But…”

“The person just now was your previous deskmate?”

Yan Xingzhi suddenly changed the subject, Cen Ning was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, “Yes.”

“Do you like him?”

Cen Ning was taken aback: “What?!”

Zhang Ziyi had said that the kid was chasing after her, and Cen Ning also didn’t seem to reject him and even asked to go to the bookstore with him.
After this series of events, Yan Xingzhi naturally felt that Cen Ning liked that kid.

At this moment, in his eyes, Cen Ning’s blushing appearance was as if she had been caught by a parent or teacher, so he reached out and tapped her forehead, saying seriously, “Do you know what you have to do and what you should do at your age?”

The blood suddenly throbbed in her temples: “No… I don’t!”

“It’s not that I’m old-fashioned, it’s just that you are still young, and the subtle emotions of this age can easily affect your studies.”

Cen Ning’s eyes trembled slightly and she stared at him silently.

Even her mother had never cared so much about her thoughts.
He was *so* kind to her, and surely cared about her.
However, this sort of kindness, this sort of tone, she rathered him to have never said these words.

Cen Ning: “…I’m still young, my subtle emotions? But I’ve clearly already grown up.”

Yan Xingzhi hadn’t expected her to refute him, instantly, his brows furrowed.

Cen Ning gritted her teeth and continued: “It is not a subtle emotion, it is a true liking.
When I like someone, I like all of them, not a little bit, not subtly.”

Cen Ning rarely acted like this, Yan Xingzhi was surprised within, and even carried a bit of anger.
He hadn’t expected that at such a young age, she actually had a set of statements about love.

Did she really like the kid that much?

“Xingzhi, why are you two standing at the door? Come in.” Xin Zechuan had already come over to greet them, “Hurry up, hurry up, you two are the last ones.”

The appearance of Xin Zechuan stopped the conversation.
Yan Xingzhi gave a look to Cen Ning, and walked forward with a sullen face.

Cen Ning lowered her eyes, her eyes were a little dry and heavy.

Xin Zechuan: “Little girl, let’s go?”

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Cen Ning went ‘mhm’ and said in a low voice, “…Happy birthday.”

“Haha, thank you.”

The guests at Xin Zechuan’s birthday were all people who had grown up together in the compound.
Cen Ning also met many people she hadn’t seen for a long time, such as Xue Xiaoxiao who had robbed her of her camera in the past, and Meng Peiyan, the beauty everyone talked about…

Because they were friends who knew each other well since childhood, they all had fun together without constraints.
Tang Zheng and Yan Xingzhi had not prepared to drink but ended up being forced to drink quite a bit.

“Peiyan, I saw your TV series the other day, you’re so beautiful.” A boy said, “I think you’re going to become popular, remember to give me some autographs beforehand.”

“Of course she will be popular, our Peiyan has the looks and the acting skills, it’s just a matter of time.”

……

Meng Peiyan had gotten into an art academy studying acting.
Although she was only a freshman, she had already acted in two TV dramas.
The Qing dynasty palace drama that had been broadcasted some time ago was well received.

As everyone said, it was only a matter of time before Meng Peiyan, someone who had the looks, the skills and the family background, would become popular.

“Okay, don’t talk about me.” Meng Peiyan just smiled, “Today is Brother Zechuan’s birthday, I think we should focus on the protagonist.”

Xin Zechuan curled his lips and smiled: “I don’t really care.”

“Hey, don’t say that, come on, let’s all give a toast to the birthday boy, don’t cheat, let’s one-shot it.”

Tang Zheng smiled and said, “What do you mean one-shot it, there’s underaged people here.”

“Tsk, underaged people? Do you know that last year, Xue Xiaoxiao gulped down a glass of red wine in front of her dad? Guess what, her dad even praised her saying that she’s indeed fit to be a daughter of the Xue family; I was laughing to death.”

Xue Xiaoxiao glanced at the person who was speaking: “It’s just a glass of wine, what’s the matter.”

“Haha, you’re right, I was already a wine god at the age of sixteen or seventeen.” This man had probably drank too much, he smiled and handed Xue Xiaoxiao and Zhang Ziyi a glass of wine each.

In fact, the three girls who were underage were Xue Xiaoxiao, Zhang Ziyi, and Cen Ning.
Everyone was amused and watching them.
But just as the person who had handed out the wine held a glass of red wine in front of Cen Ning, a slender hand suddenly separated her from the glass, and pushed the glass away immediately.

“Huh?” The man who handed the wine froze, and then he saw the cold and solemn eyes of Yan Xingzhi.
Before he could react, he heard a hint of warning in Yan Xingzhi’s words.

“She doesn’t drink.”

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[Translator’s Note: Xingzhi Gege acting like a whole-*ss dad here hahaah]