I'm In Love With the Guy I Grew Up With-Chapter 1097: Farewell 2

A sense of powerlessness came over him like a tide.

What does it matter if he wins?

The one Ning Xixi cares about has always been Ji Yebai... not him, Qiao Nancheng.

Qiao Nancheng eased up, and Ji Yebai sensed something was wrong and also let go.

"I admit defeat." Qiao Nancheng lowered his gaze and said calmly and without emotion.

Ji Yebai raised an eyebrow, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Ning Xixi ran over, handed a towel to Ji Yebai, and then offered one to Qiao Nancheng as well.

"Wipe off your sweat."

Qiao Nancheng took it, pleasantly surprised, and gave Ning Xixi a deep look. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Let him take one last look.

Just let him see her one last time.

His hand clenched around the towel, veins bulging on the back of it, gripping with such force.

After a long while, Qiao Nancheng found his voice, "Xixi, I, I’m leaving."

"Leaving? Where are you going?" Ning Xixi asked, puzzled.

Qiao Nancheng smiled, his even white teeth giving him a bit of a foolish look.

"To Xia City, for, for treatment."

Ning Xixi believed him, blinking her eyes, "Good luck, I believe you’ll be cured!"

"Mhm." Qiao Nancheng grinned stupidly, patting Ji Yebai on the shoulder, "Brother, be good to her, okay?"

Ji Yebai huffed arrogantly, "I don’t need you to tell me, young master will do it anyway!"

Aside from Ning Xixi, Cheng Youran was the closest to Qiao Nancheng. When she found out he was leaving, her eyes flickered with a trace of loneliness.

"Qiaoqiao, can you... not leave?" she asked, her voice trembling.

Qiao Nancheng explained, "The ticket is, already bought."

"What about school?"

"I’m transferring, I plan to, study at a sports school in Xia City."

This decision surprised everyone a bit.

Ning Xixi looked at him in disbelief, "Qiaoqiao you..."

Qiao Nancheng just smiled at her, a smile that made Ning Xixi swallow all her words.

Qiaoqiao is not impulsive; he must have thought it through carefully before making this choice.

As a friend, what she should do is not to deny him but to stand by his side.

Ning Xixi returned a bright smile.

"Before you go, how about a hug?" Cheng Youran was the first to step forward and hugged Qiao Nancheng.

Xiao Xichen jumped anxiously, and just after a brief hug, he pulled Cheng Youran away and hugged Qiao Nancheng himself, "Let us hug, let us hug!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Yan Yichen and Jian Yixue also hugged him one by one.

When it was Ji Yebai’s turn, he tilted his chin slightly, with an arrogant and domineering bearing like a king. Just when Qiao Nancheng thought he wouldn’t hug him, Ji Yebai stepped forward and hugged him tightly.

"Hey, Qiao idiot, if anyone bullies you in the future, just mention young master’s name, got it? Tell them, you’re under young master’s protection!"

Qiao Nancheng said solemnly, "Brother, if anyone hits you, just tell me, I’ll come back to protect you."

"Don’t call me brother, you idiot!"

"Okay, I won’t, brother."

"..."

Finally, Qiao Nancheng looked at Ning Xixi.

He approached step by step, his whole heart burning as if it were about to ignite.

Finally, he hugged Ning Xixi.

Just like countless times in his dreams.

Ning Xixi was so small, her head reaching only to his chest, soft and cuddly in his arms, very comfortable.

"Xixi, goodbye," he said.

I never liked you.

I just, without your permission, loved you for a long, long time.

My youth is engraved with three words, eternally and forever—

Ning, Xi, Xi.