Chapter 39 (1/2)

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at 17th of September 2019 12:16:42 AM

Chapter 39

Chapter 39

I actually did remember the first time I met Yin Li . After our trip to Mexico, I had already regained that memory . It’s just that I didn’t want to say .

It was a day in autumn . The climate had been changing rapidly . After a bout of rain, it suddenly became a lot colder . My mother had been invited to Germany by a friend, so I was left alone in Paris .

At that time in ballet school, we were confined to our practice rooms . I didn’t have any way to buy thicker winter clothes . The other girls all had relatives to send over warm coats . Only Yin Xuan and I didn’t . Yin Xuan had come alone to Paris to pursue ballet, and she didn’t have any relatives here either .

Every time I saw her thin clothes, I don’t know why, but I felt comforted . I wasn’t alone .

However, this illusion was quickly broken . One afternoon, she came in wearing a thick, expensive overcoat .   That was the first time I knew she had money and a brother who loved her .

“Oh, Yin Xuan? She’s from the Yin family . Yin Li is her brother . I saw him yesterday . He was so handsome and kind . When he saw Yin Xuan, he wrapped a scarf around her . Just now I saw him at the practice studio . It seems like he’s waiting for her to finish practicing before taking her out to eat . ”

Then, I saw Yin Li . He really was a handsome young man . His expression was a bit cold . Yin Xuan walked over with a skip in her step and his face couldn’t help but blossom into a smile that could melt ice and snow . I saw him stretch his hand out to rub Yin Xuan’s nose . Yin Xuan laughed and hooked her arm around his elbow . Under his doting, indulgent gaze, she laughed and talked the whole way out .

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That was the first time I knew what jealousy felt like .

Before, no matter how glamorous the events Yin Xuan attended, I remained indifferent and steeled myself into numbness . I gave up a social life, and thus had stronger ballet skills . But once I saw her family and how loved she was, my heart was poisoned by jealousy .

After that, Yin Li appeared constantly . Sometimes he would look at Yin Xuan dance with the most doting expression . Other times he would quietly listen to her grumble and complain . Every time he appeared, the female ballet students would flush red to the tips of their ears and itched to chat him up .

Even according to Western standards of beauty, he was a tall, handsome man, with the exotic bearing that Westerners love .

It was only till one day, during dusk, that I encountered Yin Li . I was still wearing my practice outfit and shoes . I walked through the hallway and saw Yin Li standing in the lounge . He was probably a bit tired of waiting and came out to get some air . I then saw him light a cigarette . The last rays of the sun were cast upon his body, and he looked out the window pensively .

He had a beautiful pair of eyes .

I don’t know what came over me in that moment, but I found myself walking towards the lounge . Yin Li heard a sound and turned his head . He heedlessly threw me a glance . I gritted my teeth, mustered my courage, and leaped lightly in front of him .

With a harsh demeanor, I s.n.a.t.c.hed the cigarette from his mouth . He stared at me in shock .

“Monsieur, this entire area is a no-smoking zone,” I said in French, directing a provoking look at him . I threw his cigarette on the ground, and then crushed it under my foot .

If my mother had seen me then, she would have gone mad . She had spent so many years painstakingly instilling in me the grace and elegance of a refined lady . She would have never thought that I would use such an unbridled, impolite method to chide a smoker .