You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 624 Three Years Ago

Three years ago

It was in the month of May in Lexingport City and even the nights were hot. The warm wind blew across the area as it was the peak of summer.

Michelle was being dragged to school by her roommate. She was sweating profusely as the hot wind blew against her face.

"I can't run anymore." The moment Michelle opened her mouth, a scorching hot breeze blew into her mouth.

They had only run a few meters when Michelle started feeling tired and could not run any further.

"Lydia..." Michelle said in a low voice, gasping for breath.

"Come on, you can almost see our school gate from here." Saying that, Lydia Wang pulled her forward while checking the time on her watch.

It was almost 11:19 p.m.

"We still have twelve minutes left before our school's curfew starts. If we're late, they will deduct our credit points. I still want to get that national scholarship, Michelle!"

If she had the scholarship, then she would not have to apply for another student loan.

Lydia suddenly bolted, as though she was running for the school marathon.

Michelle felt as though she was flying.

She felt like a kite that Lydia was flying high up in the air.

However, it was Michelle's fault that they were late. She had spent too much time trying out all the delicious food at the food street that she had caused them both to be late.

Upon realizing that she had caused her roommate a lot of trouble, Michelle felt guilty, and said, "Lydia, there's no need for us to run to sleep in the school dorm."

"Why would you waste money staying at a hotel room when I am sure we can make it in time if we just run a bit faster?"

"There's no need for us to pay for a hotel room, because Nini has given me the key to her apartment outside the campus." Michelle patted the bag that she was wearing. "I have the key in my bag. Besides, today is Tuesday. The prefects won't check on us."

Lydia was running so fast that when she finally stopped, she had already reached the school's gate.

Her heart was racing and drops of sweat trickled down her forehead. She was so exhausted that she felt like she was about to collapse.

Panting, Lydia asked, "Do you really have the key to Nina's apartment?"

"I have the spare key. We can stay there for the night," Michelle replied as she fumbled through her bag until she found the key.

A cute plush rabbit keychain hung form the key.

The two of them were bending down and gasping for breath; they did not notice someone looking at them from the school gate.

It was Leon. His body was partially hidden behind the stone pillar, so they could not see him. However, he could clearly see Michelle's flushed face from afar.

In fact, he noticed them a while ago and thought that they were girls who had forgotten about the curfew. He never expected to see Michelle there.

Upon seeing her sweating, Leon tried to find a tissue from his pockets, but they seemed to be empty.

He never had the habit of bringing tissues. In fact, it was always someone else bringing those things for him to use.

Though he found no tissue, he still walked up to her.

"Michelle, is that you?"

Leon asked in a clear voice as he smiled at her.

To Michelle who was exhausted from the heat, his voice felt like a cool breeze, refreshing and energizing.

She tilted her head up and looked at him. Since she had not seen him in almost a year, she felt really happy and greeted him with a bright smile.

"Leon!"

Seeing that, Leon could tell that she was happy to see him.

He too felt happy from the bottom of his heart. "You're right, it is me!"

Michelle blinked in disbelief. Why was Leon at their school gate?

Stunned to see him, Lydia asked, "So, the wallpaper has come to life?"

He was the man on Michelle's phone wallpaper.

Unable to believe what was before her eyes, Lydia rubbed her eyes. But there was sweat on her hand, and it made her eyes sting.

She squeezed out some tears to clear her vision.

"What wallpaper?" Leon asked curiously.

Lydia shook her head and replied, "It's nothing."

Leon was sure that he didn't hear her wrong. Since Lydia did not seem like she was comfortable talking about it, he gave her a smile and turned to Michelle.

In a concerned tone, he asked, "Where did you go? It's so late. Weren't you girls afraid that you might get into trouble?"

Michelle pursed her lips and hung her head in shame. "I am so sorry, Leon. It was all my fault."

With a smile, Leon touched her head and said, "It's okay. Just be careful next time, and don't stay out till late in the night again."

"Yes, I understand, Leon." Michelle looked up at him and grinned, revealing her pearly white teeth.

"That's good. I just heard you two talking about going to Nini's apartment for the night. How about I walk you there?" Leon asked with a smile, pulling his hand back. "Thanks, Leon. You're the best!"

Michelle said sweetly. Although Lydia found that to be strange, she did not say anything about it in front of them. She stayed quiet and followed her friend.

They all walked together, with Michelle, the shortest of them in the middle while Lydia and Leon walked on either side of her.

"It's quite late. What are you doing here, Leon?" Michelle seemed to be overjoyed that Leon was with them.

"Nini asked me to visit you and tell you that she is having a great time at home. You should not be worrying about her." Leon turned around and saw Michelle's infectious smile. She was smiling the whole time that she was with him.

And Leon had never met a girl who was so cheerful.

Upon hearing Nina's message to her, Michelle was even happier. She almost looked like she was about to dance with joy.

"I knew Nini wouldn't have forgotten me."

"There's no doubt about that! Do you know that there were days when she would mention your name at least a hundred times?" Leon said.

"I know. There were times when I missed her just as much, too," Michelle said as she put both her arms up in the air.

"Ah, I remember now." Lydia suddenly turned around to Leon. "You are Nina's brother, aren't you? You both look strikingly similar."

Although they both looked similar, Lydia did not recognize him when she first saw him.

She had often heard Michelle mention Nina, but they had never met in person.

However, she was familiar with Michelle's phone wallpaper. For the past year, she had kept the same picture as her wallpaper. It was the photo of a handsome guy with a strawberry ice cream cone in his hand. Since she was so used to seeing the wallpaper, upon seeing Leon, Lydia's first instinct was to think of him as the guy in Michelle's wallpaper and not as Nina's brother.

At first she was even confused as to why Michelle seemed to be so close to him.

But after overhearing their conversation, she figured that since Michelle was Nina's best friend, she was also close with Leon.

"I'm Leon Lu, Nina's brother. You can call me Leon, like Michelle does." Leon's gentle smile always brought a refreshing feeling to whoever saw him.

However, Lydia was shocked. She still could not bring herself to connect him with the cool and beautiful Nina.

There seemed to be a huge difference in their personalities.

"Hello, Leon. I am Lydia Wang, Michelle's roommate," she said politely.

"Nice to meet you, Lydia." Leon gave her a gentle smile.

"Leon, why have you come to me at this hour? What if I hadn't come back at the same time that you were here?" Michelle asked.

Leon was stunned to hear that.

He had never considered that. He came to find Michelle the moment he set foot on Lexingport City.