At that time, she still didn’t know that Davis was already married, and perhaps she still had some fantasies about him, so she rejected Leon.
“I’m sorry.”
Although she didn’t say it directly, her apology was already an answer. He didn’t say anything more and stepped aside to let her pass. She walked by, but this time he didn’t follow her.
After that, she didn’t see Leon again. Years later, they met by chance in the hospital, and then there was that day when Davis and his wife caused a scene outside her shop, and Leon appeared just in time to block that iron barrel for her.
But she found it strange; even though she hadn’t seen him for so many years, that boy often appeared in her dreams, always from their high school days. In her dreams, they had no interactions either. She was jumping rope with classmates during PE, and he was playing basketball on the court, and when she looked over, he had just made a shot, followed by the sounds of girls screaming and boys cheering. Or she would see a tall boy walking past her in the cafeteria, and when she looked up, she would just catch a glimpse of his back.
Such random dreams felt as if that graceful boy had inadvertently wandered into her dreams. However, she rarely dreamed of her first love.
Before she knew it, the car had arrived at the entrance. Samantha parked the car and got out, only to see someone sitting at the entrance of the hotel. When he saw her coming, he quickly stood up, pulling a suitcase behind him.
“Samantha, you’re back?”
Samantha frowned, “Davis, what are you doing here?”
“I got divorced.”
“…”
The brother Leon called to drive him was the square-faced guy nicknamed Mason. Mason parked the car by the side, and Leon saw Davis standing in front of Samantha.
How dare this bastard come back?
Leon got out of the car, leaning on his crutch, ready to go over, just in time to hear Davis say that.
“Samantha, I got divorced.”
Then Samantha said to him, “Let’s talk inside first.”
He saw Davis follow her into the hotel.
Holding the phone he had brought her, he passed by a toy store and bought a plush bear. She seemed to really like these things; when classmates gave her such gifts in school, she was always very happy.
He stood there blankly watching them go in, his body feeling as if it had turned to stone.
Mason called him a few times before he finally came back to his senses. He got back in the car, feeling a bit exhausted, leaning his whole body against the seat.
“Back to the hospital.”
“Aren’t you going to return the phone?”
“Shut the hell up.”
Mason fell silent, not daring to speak again.
As night fell, Leon lay in bed, unable to sleep for a long time. One hand was behind his head, and he stared intently at the dim ceiling.
Someone had once asked him why he liked Samantha so much, how he, who was so unruly, was willing to be a servant for her.
In fact, he couldn’t really say why he liked her. He loved freedom, being unconventional, and wandering around, but she was the kind of girl who followed the rules, the so-called good girl everyone talked about, utterly boring, with nothing to attract him except for her pretty face.
But it was precisely this kind of rule-abiding, rigid personality that fascinated him, and his eyes just couldn’t help but follow her.
By the time he realized that his unusual feelings for her were love, she was already with Davis. His little brothers teased him to forcibly take her back, but he didn’t agree.
He, who was usually unruly, expressed his feelings in a very cowardly way.
Silently protecting her.
Knowing that there were a few local ruffians hanging around near her home, he quietly followed her home. When he found out someone had taken a picture up her skirt, he taught that person a lesson. When he learned that some girls were bullying her behind her back, he bullied them back.
But it seemed she didn’t appreciate his kindness. She seemed to have a prejudice against him from the start; all his actions appeared strange to her, and she even regarded him as a pervert who was stalking her.
That day, she discovered he was following her and said some very harsh words, accusing him of being a young delinquent with a mind full of filth, warning him that if he didn’t change his ways, he would end up in prison.
