If The Moon Won’t Hold You - A week later on an afternoon at the school gate. It was currently the end of class, and the school gate was filled with cars. Zhang Ziyi walked out of the school gate and searched for a while, and finally saw a black off-road vehicle parked under a tree. “Tang Zheng!” Zhang Ziyi greeted him with joy as she saw him walking down from his car, and then slapped him on the arm without any courtesy, “You’re pretty early.” “Miss High and Mighty Zhang asked me to pick her up, how could I dare be late?” Tang Zheng shook his head and then poked her head, “You’re so impudent, how many times have I told you to call me brother?” “Call my *ss brother.” “Tsk, your temper really followed you as you grew older.” “Scram.” Zhang Ziyi gave him a sideways glare, and when she turned her eyes, she saw Yan Xingzhi sitting in the back seat of the car. Through the open car window, she saw the man’s cold eyes falling upon the students who were walking past. 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Tang Zheng blinked and looked meaningfully at Yan Xingzhi: “Hey… our little girl is really popular.” Yan Xingzhi glanced at him and then retracted his gaze. Seeing Yan Xingzhi carrying the expression, ‘You’re so childish’ again, Tang Zheng touched his nose and said while inviting further contempt towards him: “Hey, who is that guy?” Zhang Ziyi looked at Yan Xingzhi, maintaining her composure and said deliberately, “Cen Ning’s classmate, they used to be deskmates in middle school.” There was no reaction from Yan Xingzhi. Zhang Ziyi raised her voice: “You don’t know, this Song Ci likes our Ningning a lot, he’s chased after her for a long time already!” Actually, Zhang Ziyi didn’t know if Song Ci liked Cen Ning at all, but she just wanted to use him to see if Yan Xingzhi would have a reaction. However, the results disappointed her, Yan Xingzhi didn’t even raise his eyes. Zhang Ziyi pouted, she was so annoyed! “Is that true!” Tang Zheng covered his mouth exaggeratedly, “Are you little kids already starting to date? Wow, this is youth.” Zhang Ziyi: “…” “Cough, but studying is still the most important, don’t mess around, do you understand?” Tang Zheng patted Zhang Ziyi on the head in pretense. Zhang Ziyi’s mouth twitched slightly, and she kicked his calf: “Go away!” “Aye, you—” “Ziyi?” While they were speaking, Cen Ning and Song Ci had already approached them. Cen Ning looked at Zhang Ziyi and Tang Zheng, and then saw Yan Xingzhi sitting in the car behind them, “You all…why are you here?” Zhang Ziyi stepped forward and took Cen Ning’s hand: “It’s like this, Xin Zechuan organized a gathering for his birthday today. We will all go to his birthday party later.” “Oh.” “Ning Ning, get in the car.” Zhang Ziyi pulled Cen Ning into the car. Cen Ning was stunned for a moment: “Me?” “Yes, we’re all going there anyway, did you want to go take a taxi by yourself?” “Me, should I go too?” “Why, do you have other things to do?” Zhang Ziyi asked. “Yes.” Before Cen Ning could answer, Song Ci replied beside her, “We’re going to the bookstore to buy books.” Yan Xingzhi’s brows moved slightly, and when he lifted his eyes, he set his gaze upon Song Ci. His eyes were indescribably calm as always, but at this moment, there was some probing and dissatisfaction within the calmness. Zhang Ziyi: “Ah, you’re going to buy books, you can buy them next time, what’s the hurry?” After hearing this, Cen Ning glanced at Song Ci, a bit troubled. She had always valued those who truly regarded her as a friend. Zhang Ziyi was one, so was Song Ci. It was really hard for her to back out on a promise to a friend, so she was feeling quite awkward right now. “But we…” “Cen Ning.” Just when Cen Ning was hesitating, Yan Xingzhi, who had been silent this whole time in the car, suddenly spoke up. Everyone looked at him, only to see Yan Xingzhi move his arms to open the door, “Come in. “ “…” “…” Seeing that no one moved, his brows slightly wrinkled: “What are you doing in a daze, get in the car.” “Get in, get in the car?” Tang Zheng hurriedly sat in the driver’s seat, then waved to Song Ci, “Sorry little handsome guy, we are in a bit of a hurry.” Cen Ning looked at Yan Xingzhi, then Song Ci, and finally she could only say apologetically, “I didn’t know that someone had a birthday today, so, let’s go and buy it next time, alright?” Song Ci’s gaze had been resting upon Yan Xingzhi this whole time. He had seen him many times before, but this time, he was wary and unhappy for some reason. So just as Cen Ning was taking a step towards the car door, he reached out and grabbed her wrist. Cen Ning stopped in place, and she looked back at him with confusion. For a few seconds, no one spoke, Tang Zheng’s face expressed his desire for gossip and Zhang Ziyi took a deep breath. On the other hand, Yan Xingzhi looked at the position where her wrist had been grasped coldly. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks 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.” 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?” 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. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only 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.” – [Translator’s Note: Xingzhi Gege acting like a whole-*ss dad here hahaah]

Wine had been clearly poured for all three girls, but Yan Xingzhi only stopped Cen Ning from drinking. In fact, it was not a big deal, but everyone present remembered about the relationship between Yan Xingzhi and Cen Ning that they had almost forgotten.

“Oh, brother Yan is protecting his wife.” Probably because they had drunk too much, everyone was bold and dared to say anything.

Zhang Ziyi fanned the flames while watching the commotion. Hearing this, she hurriedly replied, “That’s right, he is so biased! I’m also underage, but he didn’t stop me!”

“Hahaha, if you didn’t mention it I would’ve forgotten ir already, Brother Yan has a little wifey at home!”

“Hey, hey, let’s not embarrass Cen Ning. How about we give all of Cen Ning’s wine to Brother Yan to drink, do you all agree?”

Cen Ning’s ears turned red when she heard the conversation.

In fact, she should have been overjoyed, but her heart was as clear as a mirror. She knew that the person next to her was not interested in her at all, and the promise of the older generation was just a joke to them all.

“Stop, don’t talk nonsense.” Yan Xingzhi put down the wine glass in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at the person who had just been handing out the wine, “When did you get so bold, daring to give them wine, wait and see how much trouble you’ll get into when you go back.”

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After walking inside the building, there was a large living room. Several girls were sitting there chatting. Just when Cen Ning arrived at the door, she heard Xue Xiaoxiao’s voice echoing from inside.

“How senseless are those people, what century is it, why are they still talking about the matter between Cen Ning and Brother Xingzhi? Who doesn’t know that Cen Ning was accepted into Yan’s house because Grandpa Yan took pity on her, as if they will really get married?”

“That’s right,” said a girl, “but everyone was just joking, they weren’t being serious.”

Xue Xiaoxiao: “Hmph, we didn’t take it seriously, but that Cen Ning took it seriously. Seeing brother Xingzhi treating her well, I bet you she is over the moon.”

“If she really does take it seriously then she’s just foolish, she doesn’t know her place.”

“Brother Yan is a little cold, but he’s very nice, so it’s not surprising that he would take care of a little sister living at his home.”

“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about her anymore, Xiaoxiao, she’s actually quite well-behaved, why are you targeting her like that?”

Xue Xiaoxiao: “I’m not targeting her, she originally never fit in with us anyway. Besides, brother Xingzhi and sister Pei Yan are a match made in heaven. Why did she come in—”

“Xiaoxiao.” Cen Ning heard a slightly cold female voice, it belonged to Meng Peiyan, “Don’t talk nonsense.”

Xue Xiaoxiao’s voice became weak: “I didn’t.”

Meng Peiyan did not speak, keeping a straight face. The girl beside her smiled and said, “Peiyan, this time I support Xiaoxiao, she really didn’t talk nonsense.”

……

The sounds of happy chatter echoed from inside, Cen Ning stood there for a while, and then backed out again.

She switched to find another exit, thinking that she could go upstairs to find Yan Xingzhi and then ask him when they would go home. If he wasn’t going home, then she would go home first by herself.

Yan Xingzhi indeed had drank too much. He laid casually on the sofa in the room, with the back of one hand on his forehead, and fell asleep. When Cen Ning went in, she saw such a peaceful scene. She called him softly, but there was no response.

Cen Ning lightened her pace and walked slowly to the sofa: ” Xingzhi Gege…Ge?”

He was breathing evenly and smelled a bit of alcohol. Cen Ning squatted down in front of him and stared at his face for a while.

When he closed his eyes, those cold and sharp eyes no longer existed, and he looked much gentler.

“Yan Xingzhi.” Cen Ning suddenly muttered lightly.

Without stuttering or stumbling, this was the first time she had called out his name completely. Unfortunately, he was sleeping.

However, if it weren’t for him sleeping, she wouldn’t have been able to call it out.

Cen Ning smiled gently, feeling an inexplicable throbbing in her chest.

These three words had circled her tongue thousands of times in her heart, but when she really spit it out from her mouth, it turned out to be such a heart-pounding feeling.

The room was quiet, only leaving the sound of the two of them breathing. Cen Ning looked at him greedily, the love and sadness intertwined within her eyes, and it seemed like they were about to overflow.

She was such a person, who was not good with her words, was timid and sensitive, and could hide all her love and hatred in her heart. Xue Xiaoxiao was right, even though she had lived in this magnificent world for all these years, she knew in the bottom of her heart that she did not fit in.

What others had was what they originally already had, and what she had had been given out of pity by others, and they did not really belong to her.

Maybe one day, she would leave such a world.

She was willing to leave such a world, but she was not willing to leave a world that had him in it.

“I don’t like Song Ci.” Cen Ning remembered what he said when he was at the gate of the residence earlier, and lowered her head sadly, “How could I like someone else.”

No one could answer her words, Cen Ning looked at Yan Xingzhi, feeling a little discouraged. Why couldn’t she say anything in front of him every time, what if she had just told him that she actually liked him earlier?

Cen Ning shook her head and let go of this terrifying thought.

He clearly didn’t have feelings for her in that way. If she did that, it would only push him away further.

She felt so conflicted. Cen Ning reached out to push him, but stopped a few centimeters away from him. Her hand went up slowly, hesitated, and lightly pressed against his face.

Hm… warm, a little soft.

Cen Ning maintained this action, and her gaze finally stopped at his lips. The lines of his lips were sharp, and when he pursed them lightly, he carried a sense of oppression as if he were in a high-level authoritative position.

Cen Ning stared blankly, not knowing whether her thoughts were too chaotic tonight, or whether the smell of alcohol was too provocative. By the time she had made a move, her body had already followed her heart and she had leaned forward. She pressed her lips upon his lips.

Very light, very stiff, and fleeting.

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Cen Ning was slightly startled, and instantly jumped back to her original position.

The recoil was too strong, and she directly bumped into the tea table behind due to inertia. She felt the pain instantly in the back of her head, but she didn’t make a single sound, staring at Yan Xingzhi’s lips as if she had seen a ghost.

What had…she just done?

Cen Ning was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately got up from the ground and rushed out of the door.

As soon as the door closed, before she could catch her breath, she saw a person walking down the stairs.

“Cen Ning.”

Cen Ning looked at Meng Peiyan who was a little puzzled, and tried to calm down her heavy breathing.

Meng Peiyan: “Why are you here?”

Cen Ning: “I…”

“Is he in there?”

Cen Ning shook her head, then nodded immediately.

Meng Peiyan frowned, stepped forward, and reached out to push the door of the room.

But at this moment, Cen Ning suddenly held down on the doorknob.

“…”

“He, is sleeping inside.”

Meng Peiyan was expressionless: “Really, I’ll go in and find him then.”

“He’s sleeping.” Cen Ning didn’t let go and repeated it again.

Meng Peiyan was obviously a little surprised by Cen Ning’s obstruction. Most of the people here would humbly yield to her, how could she let Cen Ning stop her?

And Cen Ning herself didn’t expect that she would dare to block Meng Peiyan’s way. Her heart was beating like a drum, but she didn’t intend to let go. She had heard everyone else’s words. Her and Meng Peiyan barely had any interactions, but at the moment of intersection, she automatically included her in her “enemy” blacklist.

Both of them had unfriendly feelings for each other, so the two were stuck in such a stalemate, and even the atmosphere was a little awkward.

“What are you guys doing here?” At this moment, Xin Zechuan’s voice broke the “silence” over here.

Meng Peiyan looked back at him, but said nothing.

Xin Zechuan: “Peiyan, Xiaoxiao was looking for you downstairs just now.”

Meng Peiyan sneered, turned her head and went downstairs.

Xin Zechuan was dumbfounded, not knowing why she had suddenly lost her temper: “Hey, what’s the matter?”

Cen Ning shook her head: “I’ll leave first.”

Xin Zechuan: “What about Xingzhi?”

“He’s sleeping inside.”

“Then you might as well stay. Old Zhang has tidied up a few rooms today already, you can sleep with Ziyi.”

Cen Ning: “Is it okay not to go back?”

“It’s okay.” Xin Zechuan smiled, “I let your family know already, there’s nothing to worry about staying at my place. Go, let Old Zhang take you to rest.”

“Well…Thank you.” After saying that, Cen Ning went downstairs in low spirits.

When Xin Zechuan saw that Cen Ning was gone, he raised his eyebrows and pushed the door into the room.

“Hey…you scared me.” Xin Zechuan looked at Yan Xingzhi sitting upright on the sofa, and closed the door, “Weren’t you sleeping?”

“I woke up.”

“Oh, then sleep in this room today, it’s too late to go back now.”

Yan Xingzhi pressed the space between his eyebrows, but did not speak.

“Why, you’re drunk?” Xin Zechuan sat next to him, “That makes me more determined to not let you go home now. If your Old Master1 were to see this, he would definitely say that I’m poisoning the soldiers of our motherland.”

Yan Xingzhi: “…Where’s Cen Ning?”

“That girl, don’t worry, I have arranged it all properly for you, I even asked Old Zhang to take her to the bedroom.”

Yan Xingzhi: “Mhm.”

Xin Zechuan leaned back and said casually: “Speaking of which, this girl has changed quite a lot. I remember that she used to be thin and small, looking quite pitiful. But now she looks a lot better, eh, you haven’t come back for so long, it must have been more shocking for you to see her for the first time in a while compared to me, as I have seen her around here and there.”

Yan Xingzhi remembered what she looked like after getting out of the car when he had returned on the first day, nodded and said, “Indeed.”

“I heard Tang Zheng say that a lot of people are chasing after her at school, right?” Xin Zechuan joked, “It seems that you can rest assured, this little girl really doesn’t have to be your responsibility anymore.”

Yan Xingzhi gritted his back teeth, frowned and glanced at Xin Zechuan.

Xin Zechuan didn’t notice, just saying to himself: “Thinking about it, a little girl like her definitely has a better impression upon the boys around her age. Your type of cold ‘elder-like’ man is scary to even look at, how could she like that haha.”

After a pause, Yan Xingzhi stretched out his hand and pulled out a cigarette from the tea table, half puzzled and half dissatisfied.

“Are you a young girl, how do you know she doesn’t like that?”

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