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While walking inside, Sia asked, "Where is An Ran?"

"Rooftop. She wants to have her privacy and wants to stay alone for some moments. I thought it was good to leave her alone to let her think through"

"Hmm...what about Su Yan?" Sia asked when she did not find Su Yan

"Oh, her....she went home. Her parents called her and asked her to return back home to discuss some important matters. Since tomorrow is weekend, the school gave her permission to go home early"

"Hmm...I have something to talk with An Ran....I'll be back right now"

"I don't think An Ran will have dinner in the cafeteria so I have ordered food for the three of us. Ask her to come back before the curfew and also...I have spare notes so you can use it to cover the missed class"

With a wide smile, Sia said cheerfully "Thank you Great Li"

"Hmm..." Just as Sia was about to leave, she heard Xiao Li call her.

"Sia...About Lu Jin, is he alright?"

"Huh? hmm yeah...kind of"

"I hope everything will get better soon"

With a faint smile, Sia hummed and walked out of the room. Whether An Ran will accept Lu Jin's dark side or not, Sia had no idea about it but she was certain about one thing, An Ran was still in love with Lu Jin.

On the rooftop...

Folding her hands in front of her chest, An Ran stood at the end of the rooftop and gazed at the twinkling stars and dazzling moon.

Feeling someone approach her, She turned around only to find Sia walk towards her.

"It is you"

An Ran asked with a faint smile while she continued to gaze the dazzling moon

"Mmm," Sia replied and walked towards An Ran and stood next to her.

Gazing at the twinkling sky, Sia smiled and said "The sky looks so beautiful"

"Hmm...it is" An Ran murmured.

Still gazing at the beautiful sky, Sia spoke "Don't worry, I'm not here to speak about my opinion nor do I want to force you to accept him. Whether you accept him or not is left to you because it is you who will have to bear the consequences of whatever decision you make"

Turning her head, Sia looked at An Ran with a smile and said "An Ran, whatever decision you will take, I will give you my full support so don't worry okay"

Looking at Sia gratefully, An Ran smiled and said "Thank you...Sia"

"It's what I should do as a friend. Ah...I forgot" taking her cell phone out, she passed it to An Ran and said "Listen to this recording when you make up your mind"

Though curious, An Ran did not play the audio hurriedly. Receiving the cell phone from Sia, she smiled and said "Okay... I will"

Patting her shoulder, Sia said "Fine...I will leave you alone now but don't stay outside for long it's cold outside and...great Li has ordered some food for you knowing that you will not have it in the cafeteria, so don't let the food get e back before the curfew, okay?"

"Hmm...i will"

with that said, Sia turned around and was about to walk away but then she stopped when she thought of something. Without turning back, Sia reminded "An Ran, it's best if you don't hear the recording if you decide not to accept Lu Jin"

Without waiting for An Ran's reply, Sia walked away leaving An Ran all alone on the rooftop.

Gazing at the phone in her hand, An Ran clutched it tightly in her hands.

After a brief moment, she finally decided to hear out the recording that Sia was talking about. Plugging her earphones, she sat at one corner and played the audio.

As she continued to listen to the audio, tears gradually started to roll down from her eyes until she could no longer control.

By the end of the audio, An Ran was crying so hard that it was even difficult for her breath. Hearing his painful words and his desperate cries, An Ran felt as if her heart was stabbed by a sharp knife and ripped apart.

wiping off her tears, An Ran inhaled deep breaths to calm her heart as she made a firm decision.

In truth An Ran had never hated Lu Jin nor was she afraid of him. The reason why she had reacted in such a way the previous day was because she was scared....scared that something might happen to the only men with whom she had been in love with...she was sad that he had to endure the pain alone all these years and she could not help but cry for him. Because she was afraid that her tears might scare Lu Jin she had ran away from there so that she could cry all her heart out in a dark corner but she did not expect that her action would hurt Lu Jin further.

In fact, An Ran had long back decided to stay with Lu Jin no matter what happens but then after hearing about his dark secret, her decision has turned firm and she wanted to be with Lu Jin more than anything.

Even if she could stay with him just for a year, An Ran was more than willing to do that. To her staying with her loved one for a year was much better than staying away from him forever.

With this thought in mind, An Ran clenched her feast and promised herself to stay and support Lu Jin as much as she could.

Remembering that her friends were still waiting for her in the room, she wiped her cheeks and straightened her cloth before she made her way back to the room.

When Sia and Xiao Li saw An Ran come back earlier than they had expected, they were quite surprised and when they saw her expression, the two of them could almost guess what decision she had made.

Looking at each other, Xiao Li and Sia snickered and raised a thumb to each other.

Afraid that they might embarrass An Ran and scare her the two of them pretended to know nothing but they couldn't stop themselves from dancing in joy inwardly.