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  • If The Moon Won’t Hold You

    Chapter 44.1: Moonlight

    In the next two weeks, Cen Ning was either at the school or accompanying Yan Xingzhi. His injury gradually healed, but ever since that day she had helped him apply ointment, he didn’t let her apply for medicine again.

    Cen Ning didn’t think her skills were that bad. Why did he keep avoiding her as if she was the plague? 

    Over the weekend, at the Eternal Camera Club.

    Today, Yin Li held a meeting in the large conference room, and every member attended. The purpose was for the film exhibition in the first half of next year.

    After the meeting, Yin Li stopped Cen Ning to speak with her privately.

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    “I heard from Da Bei that someone injured you in Tibet.”

    Cen Ning was terrified. She didn’t expect he would know about it. “It’s all healed now.”

    Yin Li: “In the future, pay more attention to safety when travelling for work.”

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    Uld Lkdt: “Mbydj usw, Mlynbla Zkd.”

    “R pyo vbl rbsvsp usw vssj. Zsw byhl uswa sod ekpvkdnv pvuzl. Zswa osaj oyp vbl xspv pyvkpqukdt swv sq uswa taswr.”

    Uld Lkdt zkqvle bla tygl ycawrvzu. Mbl pwarakpl kd bla lulp oyp lhkeldv. “…Slyzzu?”

    Zkd Nk pxkzle. “Nkvvzl tkaz, usw yal hlau vyzldvle yde usw byhl wdkiwl kdekhkewyzkvu.”

    Rdekhkewyzkvu…?

    Qasokdt wr, pbl bye dlhla blyae ydusdl nsxrzkxldv bla okvb vbl vlax ‘kdekhkewyzkvu’.

    Fbl bye yzoyup ldhkle vbspl tkazp okvb kdekhkewyzkvu, pwnb yp Hbydt Hkuk’p zkhlzu yde swvtskdt rlapsdyzkvu. Fbl bye yzoyup bye y tldvzl yde xllj rlapsdyzkvu. Tso nswze pbl vyzj ycswv byhkdt kdekhkewyzkvu?

    Jwv vseyu, bla kesz, Zkd Nk, lhld raykple bla qsa bla kdekhkewyzkvu.

    “I will select your photos carefully.” Yin Li patted her on the shoulder. “Let’s keep working hard.”

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    After Yin Li finished speaking, he left. Cen Ning stood there, surprised and delighted. Did this mean that there was hope for her to join Yin Li’s Film Exhibition?

    All the members of the Eternal Camera Club were rubbing their shoulders and sharpening their fists (TLN: Working hard to be able to attend the film exhibition), but she dared not think about being included. After all, she had too little experience.

    “Ningning!” Xixi waited until Yin Li had left before she came forward. “What’s the matter? What did Teacher Yin say to you?”

    Cen Ning squeezed her fist. “Mr Yin praised me…”

    Xixi: “Awesome, Mr Yin rarely praises people! Hey, you might be able to participate in the exhibition next year!”

    Cen Ning was also very excited, but she was never too visibly overjoyed. She looked at Xixi. “Hopefully.”

    “You can definitely do it.” Xixi was also happy for her. The two walked towards the office while chit-chatting. When Xixi walked to her table, she suddenly asked, “Oh, by the way, how’s the injury on your back?”

    Cen Ning: “I don’t feel anything. It’s just a little itchy.”

    “You’re too careless. If you don’t handle it properly, it’ll leave scars.” Xixi took out a box from her bag. “This ointment, I specially asked my sister to send it from abroad to prevent scars.”

    Cen Ning took it. “Xixi, thank you.”

    “No need to thank me, I just asked my sister to send some cosmetics, anyway. That country’s scar removal cream is very effective, so I just brought you a box conveniently.”

    Cen Ning was moved. Since she joined the Eternal Camera Club, she met many good friends who got along well with her and treated her well. “I still have to thank you. Hmm, I’ll treat you to lunch. Let’s go.”

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    “Yo, then, I have to choose wisely.”

    “Of course, choose whatever you’d like to eat.”

    When she returned to the apartment, it was surprisingly already past 6 p.m., but Yan Xingzhi wasn’t home.

    This weekend, his team members had a dinner party. His injury was almost fully healed, and staying at home for so long almost made him mouldy, so he went.

    Cen Ning put down her camera and computer bag, took her nightgown out of her room, and then went to the bathroom.

    After taking a bath, she opened Xixi’s scar cream and looked at her back with her back to the mirror.

    The injuries on her back were actually not very serious. The only serious injury was the lower part of the back of her neck. At that time, the glass shattered and a piece of glass stabbed in, causing continuous blood flow.

    Now the wounds had healed. Although the wounds were on the back and couldn’t be seen easily, Cen Ning was also a girl. She couldn’t say that she didn’t care about having scars at all.

    Cen Ning dug out a little cream, turned her back to the mirror, and turned her head to find a position, but the mirror in the bathroom was half-sectioned, and there was a wash basin in the middle. She was a little short-sighted, so she couldn’t really see.

    After struggling for a long time, Cen Ning wanted to go back to her room and use the floor-to-ceiling mirror to see and apply the cream, so she put the lid back on the container and took her nightgown.

    But as soon as she put on one sleeve, she remembered that there was already some cream on her back, and it would stain the nightgown if she put it on now.

    Cen Ning had to take off her nightgown again, and she opened the bathroom door and peeked outside.

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    There was no one. Only the laughter of a variety show came from the TV attached to the wall.

    Cen Ning was sure that Yan Xingzhi would not come back so early. She hesitated for a few seconds and held her bathrobe and scar removal cream. She ran out of the bathroom.

    But who would have thought that the moment she walked out of the bathroom door, the password lock on the door suddenly beeped?

    Cen Ning: “???”

    She paused for just a second and then ran. 

    Clunk—

    The scar-removing cream in her hand fell to the ground because she did not hold it well, and it bounced and rolled towards the door. It slowed and finally made a soft thump as if something had suddenly blocked the corridor.

    While running, Cen Ning subconsciously looked back at the thing that fell, but she froze at a glance and then turned at a very fast speed to face the person standing at the entrance.

    Because other than her underwear on her backside, there was no other cover, but in the front, she was still holding her nightgown!

    Yan Xingzhi stood in place and looked at the little girl whose expression was so panicked that she was dazed, and he paused.

    The moment he entered the door, he heard a burst of panicked footsteps, and after a few more steps, he saw a dazzling white appear in front of his eyes. Except for a piece of pink cloth, the rest was bare, and he had a clear view.

    But it was fleeting, because the person in front of him turned around quickly, and she held the nightgown tightly in her arms, leaving only her clean shoulders and thin legs exposed.

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    Yan Xingzhi took a deep breath, not knowing what to do next.

    “I-I thought you wouldn’t come back so early.” Cen Ning’s face flushed red after saying this, and there was a light pink colour along her neck and shoulders as well.

    Yan Xingzhi’s eyes suddenly darkened. He watched her take a step back, another step back… Then she entered her room in a hurry in this way.

    Probably because she was in a hurry to hide. There were a few collision sounds from the room.

    Yan Xingzhi: “…”

    After a moment of silence, Yan Xingzhi lowered his eyes and looked at the thing at his feet, then bent down and picked it up.

    At this time, Cen Ning, who was in her room, was so regretful that she wanted to hang herself.

    She was lying on the bed with her nightgown covering her and she buried her face firmly in the quilt.

    Shame…

    Want to die……


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