He winced in pain while Yu Yan widened her eyes seeing the blood-stained knife on the student's hand, he quickly dropped the knife then they ran away from the alleyway, leaving her with the stranger.

She pulled away from him then cupped his face as he slipped to the ground.

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"Are you alright? do you need me to take you to the hospital?" she questioned frantically with her hand next to the cut and her eyes fixed on it, he smiled inwardly and turned to glance at her just as she turned to glance at him.

They stared at each other for some seconds with their lashes fluttering in silence before he broke the silence.

"It is just a slight cut," he wiped the blood on the cut, exposing the thin cut on his neck, she heaved a sigh of relief seeing that it is not too serious then she turned to his face again with their faces just an inch away from each other.

"Why did you save me?" she questioned softly with her eyes fixed on his wound.

"I guess I just wanted to be the hero who saves the damsel," he cooly answered, she smiled at his answer then licked her lips, both started chuckling at his answer.

Then she unzipped her bag and brought out her bandana, she used it to wipe his wound, she leaned forward to blow on the cut.

He held his breath immediately her hot breath came in contact with his skin, his eyes remained fixed on her face but he couldn't handle the close proximity so he looked away from her.

She tied the bandana around his neck then stood up while he followed suit.

"Since you saved me today then let's become friends," she said with her extended for a handshake, he glanced at her fair hands then smiled.

"I don't want to be friends with you,"

"Huh..." she blurted with her face almost red in embarrassment.

"I want you to be my girlfriend," he added, once again cooly.

"Huh..." she froze for a second hearing his absurd request, she knows many boys want to date her but she has never heard such a direct yet interesting confession before, she strangely felt a tingle in her heart---the more she stared into his face the more she felt his request less absurd.

"We are just meeting for the first time, aren't you...?"

"You are the one meeting me for the first time, I am actually your stalker," he interrupted with a charming smile on that luscious lips of his.

"So you have been following me for some time, I guess that makes you a stalker but---I will accept your request," she responded, with a smile almost reaching her eyes. His heart skipped a beat hearing her response, he didn't think she will accept him just like that even though she is just meeting him for the first time.

"But you are just seeing me for the first time?"

"Who said so, I am also your stalker, I know you have been following me every day so I always leave school early," he was surprised, he didn't think that she also knows he exists, both started giggling then they linked hands and walked home together.

"So basically, we were dating in high school and Jia Yu didn't even know that?"

"Jia Yu never liked taking the bus so her driver always picks her from school but I was going to introduce you to her," he answered.

"Then how did I forget everything about you? I used to think I lost part of my memory cos there were blanks but it makes no sense that I only forgot you, did you perhaps do anything to hurt me?" she queried with an accusing look In her eyes.

She couldn't figure out how she feels hearing that they were a thing in the past but it explains why she can't help feeling comfortable around him.

"Of course not, I know you don't remember this but we really loved each other back then---to the point that you would even sacrifice yourself for me but thankfully I didn't let you take the hit," his face turned downcast just remembering the incident that made them separate, till this day, that incident still haunts him.

"What incident?"

"After my father died, he handed the company to m--I mean he passed all his inheritance to my aunt to give to me until I am eighteen but some people wanted to get rid of me in order to take it so they sent some assassins to kidnap me from school but it also happened that you were with me, they took the both of us and locked us in an abandoned building, they initially intended to kill me and let you go since your blindfold was not removed but just when they pointed a gun at me, you had already cut the ropes binding you then you removed the blindfold----" he hesitated, closing his eyes to picture the entire thing in his mind.

"You ran towards me and tried to take the bullet for me but thankfully, I pushed you away before you could, you must have injured your head because of the impact on your head when I pushed you," he opened his eyes and swallowed his saliva.

She scoffed at how stupid she was, no---how stupid they both were. She felt her heart ache while he was telling the story, it assured her that he is telling the truth.

"This sounds like it is coming from a movie but I believe you, if we loved each other that much then why didn't you try to find me after you woke up?" somewhere in her voice, he could sense resentment.

"I did, I was in a coma for three years after the injury because of the position of the bullet, by the time I woke up I had to undergo rehabilitation which took almost a year when I recovered, I tried to find you but by the time I found out you are Jia Yu's best friend, it was already too late cos I had to leave the country for something important.

He didn't want to tell her he had to leave for the military otherwise he would have lost his chance of achieving his dreams.

"Something important..." she didn't like that he would rather leave than find her.

"I am really sorry..." he could see the disappointment on her face but unknown to both of them, he has successfully made her fall for him for the second time that even she doesn't know why she feels so disappointed in him.

"The girl in your room wall wearing a hoodie with the inscription 'HanYu' is me right...?"

"Yes, we got that couple hoodie in high school,"

She suddenly remembered the question Li Na asked her about her first kiss, she has always thought Chen Kai was the first person she ever kissed but now she is not sure her answer still remains the same and maybe they even went further.

"W-We didn't go too far with it, right?" she felt embarrassed to ask but she felt the need to know, after all, if they loved each other as he says then they might have done something they are not supposed to.

He grinned, understanding what she means by her question, then he straightened his look.

"We did kiss...a lot but..." he couldn't help grinning again, she could tell that whatever he wants to say is something she will find embarrassing.

"But you wanted to go further," he disclosed, still grinning.

"Further....you mean---" she repeated, she buried her face in her palm in embarrassment, she found herself believing everything he says though he is really saying the truth.

But then she felt relieved knowing that Chen Kai is not the one who had her first kiss but another question still bothered her.

"Then---do you still have feelings for me?" he turned to her with a blank expression, they stared into each other's eyes for a while.

Chen Kai who had just arrived at the park to wait for someone turned only to find them looking into each other's eyes, his eyes narrowed with his lips firmly pursed together as he balled his fist.

He wondered if it will be right to tell her the truth.

"I-I do," he answered, making her heart skip a beat, she didn't think he would say that even though it is quite obvious that he still cares about her even if he doesn't love her.

She stood up abruptly from the bench and cleared her throat then she grabbed the handle of the wheelchair and pulled him forward.

"Don't expect anything from me, the story you just told is of the past and it has nothing to do with the present me, I have no intention to date or fall in love with anyone," she clarified bluntly, although, her heart ramming against her chest kept telling her she is lying.

He smiled with his lips downturned, he knew she was going to say that but he wanted to take the chance to tell her how he feels, the Yu Yan he knows is definitely not someone who would get back with him just because of an old flame, if he wants to get her back then he has to rekindle that flame and make it burn so she won't be able to deny it's existence.