Chapter 48: Extravagant Hope

Tan Mo stiffened, but did not speak.

Xiang Xiaohan looked at Tan Mo who didn't say a word and continued, "I saw you on the day of the sports day, you were playing cards with Qiao Lan and Bai Yu and later went to the stands to watch Qiao Lan play. Tan Mo, you said you wouldn't go to the sports day, but why did you go later?"

Tan Mo's ears buzzed, Xiang Xiaohan smiled, and said

"You went there for Qiao Lan because I told you that day that Qiao Lan looked particularly good in that dress, so you came to see Qiao Lan on purpose."

Tan Mo leaned back in his chair, his fingers shaking in a way that even he didn't notice, his gaze fixed on Xiang Xiaohan, "None of your business."

Xiang Xiaohan was really angry at these words, but he held his temper and said, "It has nothing to do with me, but don't you think it's strange that you and Qiao Lan are so close, everyone knows you're close, but no one seems to think there's anything to it, no one but me has found out you like her, Tan Mo, do you know why? Do you know why."

Tan Mo didn't want to hear it, he had a gut feeling that Xiang Xiaohan's words would not be good, but he didn't expect it to be so heartbreaking.

Xiang Xiaohan tells Tan Mo in a light-hearted tone, "Because, in the eyes of everyone, you're not normal at all."

"Although a lot of people are guessing whether Qiao Lan likes Chen Yaoyang and asking who Qiao Lan's best friends are, no one is counting you among them, in fact you are the closest person to Qiao Lan, but no one is thinking of you. Because no one thought Qiao Lan would like Tan Mo, even if you were smart and studied well, even if people called you a genius, but in the eyes of most people, Tan Mo, you were not even a normal person, not even a normal person, so how could anyone think of your name."

There are some words that are more chilling and desperate than a knife.

"Not normal", the words stuck unmistakably in the most vulnerable part of Tan Mo's heart, hurting so much that he could barely think.

Tan Mo opened his mouth, but found himself unable to speak at all.

Because he couldn't find a counter-argument.

Xiang Xiaohan smiles smugly.

She had expected Qiao Lan to be with Hao Ying, and even if they weren't, they were bound to be flirtatious, but to her surprise, Qiao Lan rejected Hao Ying outright.

Xiang Xiaohan was shocked, yet a little uneasy in his mind.

And of course, like everyone else, she definitely doesn't think Qiao Lan likes Tan Mo.

But if Qiao Lan doesn't like Tan Mo, will Tan Mo like Qiao Lan?

Meeting.

Even though Xiang Xiaohan didn't want to admit it, she saw Tan Mo, who had said she wouldn't come to the Games, but did.

Tan Mo likes Qiao Lan, she assures.

"But Tan Mo, how dare you", Xiang Xiaohan stared at him, "I know, it's normal to like Qiao Lan, she's pretty, she's a top student, she has a good personality, I can't even pick anything wrong with her. So it's normal to like her, there are lots of people who like her, it's fine, but how dare you like her."

The more Xiang Xiaohan spoke, the more he felt an indescribable pain in his heart.

"Do you know what Qiao Lan said about you in the dormitory? She said you were very nice and wanted us to talk to you more, that you should make more friends, she said she would be happy for you if you had other friends, Tan Mo, you like her, she doesn't like you at all. But of course, she doesn't like you, she's only nice to you because she felt sorry for you, she can't even look at Hao Ying, so of course she won't look at you..."

"Shut up!"

Tan Mo's voice hides the panic and madness in his voice as the strings of his heart seem to be on the verge of collapse.

Shut up, shut up!

There are some truths that Tan Mo hides in his heart that he doesn't even dare to dig out, inferiority complexes that he doesn't dare to think about and doesn't want to think about, and as long as no one touches them, he seems to be able to deceive himself and cover them up, pretending that nothing has happened.

But now there was a man who, in the most direct way possible, lifted all the scars, with their scars with their blood, straight up without mercy, and the wounds were gut-wrenchingly bloody.

He didn't want to hear it, he wanted to be deaf right now, but the less he wanted to hear it, the more he heard it.

You are not a normal person at all.

How dare you Tan Mo.

Tan Mo felt his heart ache so much that he could not breathe, and his hands clenched so tightly that for a moment he wanted to strangle Xiang Xiaohan around her neck and let her die.

Xiang Xiaohan was taken aback by Tan Mo's violent appearance, but was emboldened by the sight of Tan Mo in his wheelchair.

Tan Mo couldn't even stand up, so what did she have to fear.

"Angry?" Xiang Xiaohan stepped back a little before continuing, "You know it all in your heart, I'm just saying it, why are you so angry? Tan Mo, I didn't want to reveal your scars, I just wanted you to wake up and stop liking her, okay? After Hao Ying confessed, Qiao Lan distanced herself from him. If Qiao Lan knew what you were thinking, what do you think she would think of you and what would she do?"

Tan Mo's clenched teeth opened, and when he opened his mouth it seemed he could taste blood.

"You threaten me?"

"No, no," Xiang Xiaohan waved his hands hastily, "I said I just wanted you to recognise it early and not think about the impossible."

It was impossible. Tan Mo's heart felt like it was empty, and it had hurt so much that he had lost consciousness.

"So what's the only thing that's possible?"

"What's possible...", Xiang Xiaohan suddenly blushed a little and looked at Tan Mo carefully, " Tan Mo, I really do it for your own good, in fact I've liked you since I first saw you ..."

Tan Mo looked at her impassively, and after a long time a sudden, inexhaustible absurdity came over her.

"Like me," Tan Mo looks at Xiang Xiaohan , "you just said that I'm not normal."

Xiang Xiaohan looked at him with bright eyes, "I don't care, as long as you're willing to treat me like Qiao Lan, I won't mind you."

Wouldn't mind him?

Tan Mo finally understands the meaning of a word.

Ridiculous.

He feels inferior because he cares, because he cares about Qiao Lan, and that is why he feels useless in front of Qiao Lan.

He has an inferiority complex for people he likes to the bone, but why should he have an inferiority complex for Xiang Xiaohan, and why should he care what she thinks?

"Qiao Lan is a dream I don't dare to think about", Tan Mo said slowly, looking at Xiang Xiaohan, "but what are you."

Xiang Xiaohan's blush disappeared in a flash and she looked at Tan Mo incredulously.

Tan Mo is actually mocking her?

Who was he to be able to taunt her?

Xiang Xiaohan stood up with a huff, "Do you believe I can tell Qiao Lan what you're thinking right now and let her know the disgusting and perverted thoughts in your head..."

"You can try it," Tan Mo said.

He is willing to be a simple and kind Tan Mo in front of Qiao Lan, but that does not mean that he does not have evil thoughts in his heart.

When he was bullied as a child, Tan Mo thought about telling all his bullies to go to hell.

Having suffered so much from childhood, Tan Mo is not a saint who doesn't blame anyone, evil thoughts and darkness have been suppressed, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

"You can try," Tan Mo said, his expressionless face devoid of emotion, his eyes so cold they made Xiang Xiaohan tremble, "I can make you leave this school without a word, I can make your parents and your family completely fall apart, you can try. "

Xiang Xiaohan's eyes widened and he suddenly burst out laughing, "You're joking."

But the little voice is a little unsteady.

She recalls chatting with others about the car that picks up Tan Mo every day, and hearing that the price was in the eight figures, a price she didn't even dare to think about.

The courage that Xiang Xiaohan had just gathered was being wiped away little by little.

And in the afternoon, Tan Mo suddenly handed her a document.

Xiang Xiaohan took it with a frown, and all the people around him, including Qiao Lan, were surprised that Tan Mo would give Xiang Xiaohan something of his own accord, but after seeing Xiang Xiaohan open the document, his eyes suddenly widened, and then he covered the document.

It was family information on her family, her parents and even her sister, all complete with information and even many things she didn't even know.

Xiang Xiaohan looked over at Tan Mo with horror in his eyes.

The pale skin and light brown eyes of the seemingly scrawny and bullying teenager suddenly reminded her of joking with her friend that Tan Mo was like a vampire in an old castle that had never seen the light of day, abruptly filled with a chill of fear.

"Try all you can."

Tan Mo said this.

But Xiang Xiaohan doesn't dare.

Her fingers were trembling as she held the document in her hands.

Qiao Lan looked at Xiang Xiaohan and then at Tan Mo, and couldn't resist asking Tan Mo in a whisper, "What did you give Xiang Xiaohan?"

"Tan Mo kept his head down and didn't look at Qiao Lan, not knowing when he had gradually discovered how to lie without Qiao Lan noticing.

Qiao Lan was still not convinced, because Xiang Xiaohan's expression just now was obviously that of something very scary.

But what does Tan Mo have to fear from Xiang Xiaohan?

Qiao Lan couldn't have imagined it.

She only found out that Xiang Xiaohan was not a very good person after she got to know him well, so she did not want Tan Mo to get too close to Xiang Xiaohan, after all, Tan Mo is so innocent and has come into contact with many people.

But Qiao Lan was not in the habit of bad-mouthing people behind their backs, so she could only ask Tan Mo in a whisper, "Tan Mo, what do you think of Xiang Xiaohan?"

Tan Mo turned his face sideways, not looking directly at Qiao Lan's face.

"I don't know," Tan Mo's tone was light, "don't know her well."

Qiao Lan smiled, relieved, but remembered that Xiang Xiaohan had been asking her about Tan Mo from time to time in the dormitory, and had been saying that Tan Mo's family was well off, so she decided to keep Tan Mo away from Xiang Xiaohan.

"The class teacher said if you want to change seats you can ask him, let's change seats, don't sit in front of Xiang Xiaohan," he said and whispered in case Tan Mo thought more, "I don't have a good relationship with her."

Tan Mo turned his face and looked at the girl's delicate face, so pretty that he could not resist the urge to get closer.

But the moment one tries to get closer, the sharp truth that one can no longer ignore and avoid shatters everything.

You're not a normal person, how dare you like her.

Tan Mo suddenly closed his eyes and reopened them a long time later with a smile that he had practiced a thousand times and whispered.

"Good."