Chapter 17:
'What's the meaning of hanging yourself upside down like this?' Pei Chen tilted his head, standing in front of me.
I was indeed hanging upside down on the bar in the deserted gymnasium.
Of course, it was to prevent myself from crying.
However, I forgot that Pei Chen also often slept in this abandoned gymnasium.
After spending so many days together, I had become familiar with Pei Chen.
I knew that he appeared cold on the surface, but he was actually quite whimsical.
I knew that he was also lonely, which was why he always sought me out.
No one played with him because everyone said he was a disaster.
'Pei Chen, I read a novel recently.' 'It's about a fake heiress causing trouble at home, and then the real heiress returns.' 'I feel like I'm that fake heiress.' 'I'm the villain stealing someone else's place, the malicious cannon fodder, the female second lead who ends up abandoned and slapped in the face.' He looked at me with lowered eyes and then smiled.
'Really? I've never seen such a cute female second lead like you.' He laughed and helped me down from the bar.
'Come down, if you continue like this, your head will get congested.
Are you a little bat?' The heavy rain outside continued endlessly.
Suddenly, I asked him, 'Do you also think I'm a bully?' He blinked, lowered his head, and pulled out the worn-out hexagram pendant that he always wore around his neck.
It was a bronze hexagram pendant of somewhat inferior quality.
In theory, someone like him, a gentleman, wouldn't wear such a low-grade pendant."
"This is a six-pointed star necklace that a little girl gave me when I was in the orphanage.
The necklace emits a dim light under the glow of the sunset.
That little girl is like the hope that kept me going.
She told me that it was because life has cracks that light can shine through.
Lin Xia, you can also be a kind and good person, a protagonist who never gives up, and the leading lady who achieves a fulfilling life.
The path you choose is up to you, isn't it?...
Yes.
So what if fate plays tricks on me? So what if the whole world is not on my side? Even if I die, I will die beautifully."