Time passed quietly after that night, but Zi Han gradually began noticing something she could no longer ignore.
Ming Ye had become far clingier than before.
Not openly enough for others to immediately find it strange, but enough that she felt it constantly.
He stayed around her almost twenty-four hours a day now, following her everywhere under the excuse of "studying together for the college entrance exams." If she went downstairs to get water, he followed. If she studied in the library, he sat beside her. If she stayed up late reviewing papers, he stayed awake too, resting lazily against the couch while pretending to read before eventually watching her instead.
Sometimes she would look up from her notes only to find his gaze already on her.
He was quiet, but she could feel the possessiveness radiating from him, yet she could also feel his dependence on her and his contentment just from being near her.
