Tears of joy welling up in her eyes

  Then I took the sketch I brought to Lu Xu from school and went out, which was sent as my basic skills assessment. I sat in the car with a huff and roared at the driver like a mother lion: Hurry up! The driver was so scared that he probably thought I was a female bandit.

  When I rushed over, Gu Xiaobei had already arrived, and Yao Shanshan was also there. The two of them sat there drinking coffee, with Gu Xiaobei looking serious and lowering his head, while Yao Shanshan stared at me provocatively.

  I walked over and swung my arm to give Gu Xiao Bei a slap on the ear, it looked like it was quite forceful, but in fact only he and I knew that it didn't hurt at all. If I really hit him, I wouldn't be able to bear it. Gu Xiao Bei lowered his head and didn't say anything, his eyes just shone brightly.

  I say, Gu Xiaobei you this ungrateful and treacherous white-eyed wolf...

  Yao Xiangxang jumped up and slapped me with a loud "slap" sound, which was heard by everyone in the coffee shop. She continued to shout, saying, "Lin Lan, don't think you're so great, when did it become your turn to hit Gu Xiao Bei?" That slap of hers was really vicious, swift and agile, I couldn't even dodge in time, and my face immediately swelled up, I suspect she's a practitioner of free combat.

  I think I was stunned by that slap, standing still for a long time. Since I was young, no one has ever slapped me, not even Gu Xiao Bei dared to hit me, who do you think you are? By the time I came to my senses and wanted to fight back, Gu Xiao Bei had already pinned me down, looking at me with sadness and pity in his eyes, saying "Lin Lan, that's enough." As soon as I tried to struggle, Yao San San slapped me again, just as quickly as before, and I couldn't dodge it. Then I lost all my strength, letting Gu Xiao Bei hold my hand, and weakly said to him, "Let go of me, please let me go."

  Gu Xiao Bei was startled when I said that and immediately let go of my hand. I looked at him and saw that his eyes were welling up with tears. He said, "Lin Lan, don't be like this." I didn't say anything, just fixed my scattered hair and picked up my sketchbook to leave. As I was packing up my drawing, I suddenly remembered Wen Jing's catchphrase: "No matter what, you have to treat me as a person, not an object." I looked at Gu Xiao Bei and thought to myself, "Do you think of me as a person now?" The more I thought about it, the more choked up I felt, so I quickly stopped thinking about it, afraid that I would cry. It's not that I'm afraid of crying in front of Gu Xiao Bei - I've cried plenty of times in front of him before, and even wiped my nose and tears on his shoulder. The thing is, I didn't want to cry in front of Yao San San, that would be too embarrassing. So I turned around and left, but not before giving Gu Xiao Bei a calm and steady glare and saying, "Gu Xiao Bei, you're really something!"

  As I turned around, Yao suddenly patted my shoulder. I turned back and a cup of coffee splashed in front of me.

  The coffee flowed down my hair, clothes and face, and everyone in the room was staring at me. I didn't feel particularly embarrassed, but my heart ached like it was being cut by a knife. The coffee completely ruined my sketchbook, and no matter how hard I wiped with my sleeve, I couldn't erase it. I squatted on the ground and finally burst into tears. Those sketches were all drawn when I was with Gu Xiao Bei, one for each of us, but now they're all gone, just like the contract - the contract in my hand is gone, and I can no longer ask Gu Xiao Bei to fulfill his promises. Looking at those delicate silver-gray shadows made me more and more heartbroken, and then suddenly a hand pulled me up from the ground.

  I turned around and saw Lu Xu, he looked at me as if I had been bullied (in fact, I was indeed being bullied), so he rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush over. I hugged him, tears streaming down on his more than 10,000 yuan suit, and said "Lu Xu, don't, don't."

  Then I pulled him away. As we walked, I said to Gu Xiao Bei, "I don't owe you anything anymore."

  Gu Xiao Bei's eyes were like diamonds, shining brightly with the same sparkling gaze I had seen before, brimming with tears.