The streets were busy in the evening. When the basketball was thrown towards Wen Li, she was looking down to buy a high-speed rail ticket. She only looked up when she heard someone shouting "be careful".

A dark shadow came straight towards her.

Wen Li instinctively raised his hands to cover his face, but he did not feel the pain he had imagined.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Huo Yuanchen holding the basketball in one hand, looking at her unhappily, "Don't you know how to hide?"

Wen Li stared at the ball in his hand in a daze, and after a few seconds he said, "I didn't notice."

On the basketball court not far away, several high school students wearing basketball vests shouted to her with a smile, "Pretty sister, throw the ball over here."

Seeing that Wen Li didn't move, one of them trotted over, with beads of sweat on the ends of her hair. She smiled, revealing two small white canine teeth, "Pretty sister, I didn't scare you, did I?"

Wen Li shook his head, "No."

She reached out and tried to take the basketball from Huo Yuanchen and give it to the other person, but he dodged it.

The man spun the ball with one hand, and the basketball spun on his slender fingertips. He glanced at her calmly, then jumped high, exerted force on his wrist, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and went into the basket.

Three-pointer.

Someone whistled and said, "Cool!"

Wen Li was stunned. The sky was covered with fiery clouds, generously painting large swathes of brilliant colors. What made her eyes even more fixed was the handsome face of the man in front of her.

Overlapping with the figure in her memory, she couldn't tell whether this was reality or a dream she had long ago.

Until the man spread his five fingers in front of her eyes and waved them, and asked in a cold and distant tone, "Are you stupid?"

Wen Li came back to his senses and shook his head, "It's okay."

The man said with a half-smile, "I remember there was a cheerleading team in school called Huo Ai Yisheng? Do you remember it?"

Wen Li's expression froze for a moment, and he shook his head unnaturally, "I don't remember."

Huo Yuanchen raised his eyebrows and said, "Their captain is quite noisy."

Wen Li forced a smile, "Really? That must be annoying to you, right?"

Huo Yuanchen looked at her without any emotion for a long time before he said "hmm" faintly, "It's quite annoying."

The fake smile on Wen Li's face almost disappeared.

The cheerleader who chased after him and cheered him on, which annoyed him, was none other than her who was just beginning to fall in love.

At that time, she had a good family background and was beautiful. She had many admirers in school, and her desk was filled with love letters every day. But she was arrogant and looked down on all the boys of her age. She pointed to her photo on the school honor roll and confidently announced , "When I, Wen Li, look for a boyfriend, I will look for the most dazzling one."

The most dazzling student in the school is Huo Yuanchen, who is three years older than her and has won many awards in various competitions.

Someone with a good heart spread her boasting to Huo Yuanchen. During a physical education class, she wore very short sports shorts and ran 800 meters. She heard her classmates standing outside the playground calling him, "Huo Yuanchen, look, that's your girlfriend."

When she heard this, she blushed a little, but felt that the word "small" was awkward, so she deliberately straightened her chest and raised her head to show off her well-developed curves.

Then she heard Huo Yuanchen complaining disdainfully, saying she was "a little brat."

These words hit Wen Li hard at the teenage stage. She accidentally tripped over a small stone and hit her knee hard on the plastic track, breaking the skin and causing pain for several days.

Wen Li shook her head, driving away the not-so-good memories of the past. She looked at the tall figure of the man in front of her, and thought a little sadly that if she and Huo Yuanchen were real boyfriend and girlfriend now, she could hold his hand and openly tell him about her secret love in her youth. Even if he laughed at her, it would still be their romance.

It was a pity that after all these years, he still hated her as always. Her little thoughts about him became her dark history, and speaking them out would only make him look down on her even more.

She was lost in thought and didn't notice that a tile on the road was loose. She was wearing high heels and her heel stepped on the crack of the tile, almost spraining her ankle.

In panic, Wen Li instinctively reached out to hug the person next to her. Huo Yuanchen was standing just one step away from her, and she reached out and hugged his waist.

He did not resist, and even reached out to help her, then brought her over and hugged her together.

"What's the matter?" he asked her.

She didn’t know if it was Wen Li’s illusion, but she felt that his tone was a little strange at this moment, as if he cared about her a little.

She held his waist to steady herself and shook her head, "It's okay."

Only then did he realize that there was something wrong with their posture. She was hugging him too tightly, as if she was acting like a spoiled child.

Wen Li loosened her hand and tried to distance herself from him, but Huo Yuanchen grabbed her hand and forced her to be pulled away by him.

He said, "When will you be able to correct your habit of not looking at the road when walking?"

Wen Li was startled and felt that something was wrong with Huo Yuanchen today. She wanted to pull her hand back, but he held it too tightly, leaving no room for her to loosen. She couldn't break free, so she had to let him go.

Not to mention, his palms were quite warm.

He took her all the way back to the hotel and stayed in her room instead of going back to his own room.

Wen Li saw his eyes and probably guessed that he wanted to do that. Sometimes she couldn't help but be curious. Isn't it said that men are no longer able to do things after they are over 30? How come Huo Yuanchen is still so energetic and wants to do things every other day?

But she didn't refuse. Firstly, she still needed his help and didn't dare to offend him. Secondly, she also enjoyed it and it wasn't considered hardship, so why not do it?

The two of them took a shower one after the other and started doing it with great effort. They were both sweaty and out of breath.

One thing that Wen Li couldn't accept about Huo Yuanchen was that every time he was done with her, he would act very cold to her, either leaving her with his back or simply driving her away. No matter how close they were when they were doing it, he would always leave her alone afterward.

Wen Li felt a little uncomfortable at first, but after a few times, she came to terms with it. If he ignored her, she would just treat him as air.

But today was different. After Huo Yuanchen did it twice, he didn't push her away. Instead, he still held her in his arms, one hand occasionally playing with her hair, and even put his lips on her forehead and kissed her.

Wen Li was a little nervous. This kind of exercise was very physically demanding, and she didn't want to do it again.

But after hugging for a long time, Huo Yuanchen's breathing calmed down, and he didn't seem to have any intention of doing it again. Wen Li couldn't figure out his thoughts, so she asked tentatively, "Can we sleep now?"

Huo Yuanchen said "hmm", but did not let her go. He hugged her for a while before speaking in a somewhat relaxed tone, "Didn't anyone tell you that you can't drink carbonated drinks after exercise?"

Wen Li uttered an "ah", and walked towards him more and more confused, "No. What's wrong?"

Huo Yuanchen snorted and said lightly, "The drink you gave me is too sweet, Captain Wen."