[特傳冰漾]交錯(07)33Please respect copyright.PENANAnc1P57qr1q
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「找我有什麼事嗎?」33Please respect copyright.PENANA9jPUHcLwsi
掛好衣服找了個舒適的坐墊墊好坐下,我遞了顆橘子給學長。33Please respect copyright.PENANApD8sr1kfuo
我想學長也不想看到我對他依然很依戀的樣子吧,所以語氣上我用了比較生疏的說法,比較接近看到熟人會打個招呼的感覺。33Please respect copyright.PENANAzxqX3kDhjU
但是學長卻皺眉了。33Please respect copyright.PENANA9DWaJQM1eT
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「褚……你………」33Please respect copyright.PENANA0jXvT41vWu
似乎想說些什麼的學長,但卻被哽住喉嚨般,什麼都沒有說,只是一個勁的猛盯著我瞧,讓我覺得很不自在,把橘子放他面前我就把手伸回來剝我自己的那顆。33Please respect copyright.PENANAimG0tua55Q
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橘子是安地爾買來的,據他說因為自己都沒在吃水果吸收維他命C,難怪看起來就是一副不健康的樣子,而且還一副我買來你不吃我就會想辦法讓你吃的表情,我覺得我還是沒法贏他,難道當過袍級的都這麼強勢嗎?33Please respect copyright.PENANAgEXdFkuTSJ
剝了一瓣塞進嘴裡,嗯,不過這橘子好甜,看來安地爾還挺會挑水果的。33Please respect copyright.PENANAVuGlvbu6YW
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還是其實他去威脅老闆說不好好挑水果就讓他天天作惡夢衰事連連?33Please respect copyright.PENANAQj2dAOr0rf
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「……你的傷還好嗎?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAqOcgqzkTgq
心不在焉的剝著橘子的學長終於吐出要問的話,啊啊……原來是要問我的傷勢呀?因為為了破除學長的結界而導致我受傷讓學長覺得愧疚嗎?所以才想了半天都不知從何問起呀,原來如此!33Please respect copyright.PENANApwFKsfBe7Q
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「還好,安地爾幫我看過了。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAhlZTLiDZEd
絲毫不在意的撇了一眼手腕,改天真的要跟安地爾要罐傷藥來,而且似乎還比醫療班的好用,我記得我受的傷其實算蠻嚴重的吧?33Please respect copyright.PENANAQDEzJIzPLO
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「安地爾!?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAzJW7UOkdZK
一聽到安地爾的名字學長的臉馬上黑了起來,紅眼也瞇成危險的線條,手上還沒入口的橘子看起來快被學長掐爆了,我還來不及細想等下要怎麼擦桌子時,學長便開始冷聲的質問我。33Please respect copyright.PENANAiXu0DECoTx
「為何你會跟那傢伙有牽扯?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAtOLZZzW9UK
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「他要跟著我,我也沒辦法,更何況昨天要是他沒發現我的話,我可能就掛了吧。」33Please respect copyright.PENANA0s5KFBDkkB
嗯,手上的橘子快吃完了,看著學長的臉色越來越黑,我覺得我都快適應了。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUXpIohk7gb
沒想到對學長用這種語氣跟態度我居然很快就上手了,看來我應該可以在學長面前表現出毫不在意的樣子吧?33Please respect copyright.PENANAicbrq7W3VA
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「那傢伙不是除了喝咖啡外還想要抓你加入鬼族嗎!」33Please respect copyright.PENANAntBIGMBF8Z
學長用了肯定句,看來學長對安地爾的印象就是喝咖啡、遊說人家加入鬼族,感覺上把安地爾說得好像推銷員一樣。33Please respect copyright.PENANAY1NqWzSoWf
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「我已經用了言靈,所以不可能的,他要是真的想抓我加入鬼族,早在我離開學校那天就來抓了。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAk7XrTTAsow
起身到廚房去找抹布,我覺得再讓學長掐下去,汁液滴滿桌子肯定會長螞蟻。33Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mbw9QH6Uu
誰說冬天沒有螞蟻?天氣要是稍微好一點牠們還是會爬出來好不好!33Please respect copyright.PENANAKKSdmWB8LC
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「………」33Please respect copyright.PENANA8FtLdwjUfw
擰了條濕抹布,等我回到桌前,學長似乎還是無法接受似的,還是黑著一張臉。33Please respect copyright.PENANATs9gfdYQNy
我嘆了一口氣,要學長把被他的暴力掐爛的橘子扔了,順便要他去洗個手我也可以擦桌子。33Please respect copyright.PENANANNSW1bj0qn
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正當我思考怎麼打發學長走時,不知何時洗好手的人突然在我背後出了聲。33Please respect copyright.PENANAxA5HztT9u6
「……為什麼我聽不見你內心在想什麼了?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAuIAiEAvzKQ
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身後突然有人出聲讓我嚇了一跳,抬眼望過去只見到對方面無表情的樣子。33Please respect copyright.PENANAPG5uqkL2ou
「……沒必要不是嗎?是學長你自己說我若是不喜歡人家竊聽就要自己進步。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAN1d3Yt5EjA
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雖然對於學長問的問題讓我覺得”傷口”似乎又開始疼了。33Please respect copyright.PENANAbrW0T5UUjN
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真的沒必要讓你聽到,我怕你會再次覺得困擾。33Please respect copyright.PENANA723kBNBM7O
我是個什麼想法都放在內心思考的人,該說的、不該說的都會讓你聽到…那還不如遮蔽起來,讓你什麼都聽不到會更好。33Please respect copyright.PENANAiAdCg0HhbE
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學長的樣子似乎更不悅了,但是還是沒有說什麼,我想他應該是怕我亂想吧?33Please respect copyright.PENANAw3dxA2lhEH
當初學長監聽我的心聲時,不就是因為怕我亂想或心懷不軌嗎?33Please respect copyright.PENANA28dno1O2Ug
哀傷的笑了一下,原來我是如此的不被信任。33Please respect copyright.PENANAVnSOiT57XG
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「放心吧,我不會亂想的。」33Please respect copyright.PENANA64ul5EthE8
頓了頓,我使用了言靈。33Please respect copyright.PENANAfqPzcydQWL
33Please respect copyright.PENANAUSCntmZLl1
『以妖師褚冥漾之名,若吾以妖師之力對守世界及Atlantis有任何不軌舉動或想法,在妖師之力發動的那刻,吾將血染大地,永生不得輪迴,吾以……』33Please respect copyright.PENANA0DnLHpVgBi
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「褚你給我停下來!閉嘴!」33Please respect copyright.PENANA0cWT79Ty23
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言靈尚未完成,我便被學長打斷了,不,該說是被他摀住嘴巴不得說話。33Please respect copyright.PENANAA2Lx9yGesm
我以不解的眼神看著學長,他不是擔心我會被鬼族利用嗎?33Please respect copyright.PENANAYUsXVacXzX
為何我ㄧ使用束縛自己的言靈他卻憤怒了?33Please respect copyright.PENANAK2UkulPb3h
等他放開摀住我嘴巴的大掌時,我無法理解的望著他,我覺得學長突然變得好陌生……33Please respect copyright.PENANA2ucXBo0Oma
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還是其實是……我自己在學長眼中變得陌生了?33Please respect copyright.PENANAKGi4rbF8Rk
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「為什麼不讓我說完?沒說完言靈就無效了。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAHUi5NWCWKw
胸口騰滿不明的思緒,我淡淡的開口,耳際的髮絲因為我稍微低頭而自我肩頭滑落。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUnFqq2Y9ou
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「為什麼你要立下那種言靈?那種嚴苛的條件要是你一個不小心,會害你喪命的!」33Please respect copyright.PENANAF7Az0vrHCl
似乎是壓抑許久的怒氣一口氣爆發出來了,蓄滿怒意的紅眸在夕陽下山的昏黃房間看起來更加亮眼,但是我卻沒興致欣賞,因為學長生氣了,但是我的心情也好不到哪去。33Please respect copyright.PENANAAcLhAfD69h
既然不信任我為何要阻撓我?33Please respect copyright.PENANAtcgTleTVXf
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「你不是怕我心懷不軌嗎?當初監視我不就是為了怕我亂使用言靈?用剛剛的言靈束縛住我的話,你不就不必擔心了?冰與炎的殿下。」33Please respect copyright.PENANA1tFsBdJIPh
我知道學長當初會監視我是怕我還不了解自己的力量,怕我會失控,但是雖然知道,我還是覺得很難過。33Please respect copyright.PENANAfM2gKHcc4w
因為是被自己喜歡的人這麼不信任著。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUeD7CnLMCo
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「你一定要用這麼生疏的叫法嗎?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAxnYOzeIQDN
那紅色眸子露出似乎被什麼刺痛的色彩,大掌也掐著我的手不放。33Please respect copyright.PENANAOhDLBk7EvN
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我盡量讓自己的表情看起來淡定一點,我不想洩露出一絲一毫,覆滿內心的傷痛神情。33Please respect copyright.PENANADnFm4L8ayz
「充其量我只當過你的學弟,都已經不是學校的學生了,我想我該改個稱呼會比較妥當。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAyQs1Pf4KTT
自嘲的笑了下,我冷冷的回望著學長。33Please respect copyright.PENANAAJusrMmo7w
「畢竟惡貫滿盈、名聲難聽的妖師當你的學弟你也很困擾吧?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAh6RQVLNyX9
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「……我從不覺得你是我的困擾。」33Please respect copyright.PENANADiIZCslFcU
學長的怒氣被我那番話給澆熄了,取而代之的是複雜又愧疚的眼神。33Please respect copyright.PENANAALMtO1tt2n
他可能想起他當初就是因為覺得困擾所以推開我那件事吧!33Please respect copyright.PENANACa2P9Na2Lw
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學長,不是你的錯,是我自己不好,喜歡上你。33Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ7qEsVDUO
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而我現在仍在學習怎麼放手。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUzC1ajpcJA
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所以請不要讓我誤會我還有機會可以等著你來牽起我的手。33Please respect copyright.PENANAI9LsDxyHcG
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[特傳冰漾]交錯(07)完33Please respect copyright.PENANAQuJ2Bv6bVV
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「找我有什麼事嗎?」33Please respect copyright.PENANA9jPUHcLwsi
掛好衣服找了個舒適的坐墊墊好坐下,我遞了顆橘子給學長。33Please respect copyright.PENANApD8sr1kfuo
我想學長也不想看到我對他依然很依戀的樣子吧,所以語氣上我用了比較生疏的說法,比較接近看到熟人會打個招呼的感覺。33Please respect copyright.PENANAzxqX3kDhjU
但是學長卻皺眉了。33Please respect copyright.PENANA9DWaJQM1eT
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「褚……你………」33Please respect copyright.PENANA0jXvT41vWu
似乎想說些什麼的學長,但卻被哽住喉嚨般,什麼都沒有說,只是一個勁的猛盯著我瞧,讓我覺得很不自在,把橘子放他面前我就把手伸回來剝我自己的那顆。33Please respect copyright.PENANAimG0tua55Q
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橘子是安地爾買來的,據他說因為自己都沒在吃水果吸收維他命C,難怪看起來就是一副不健康的樣子,而且還一副我買來你不吃我就會想辦法讓你吃的表情,我覺得我還是沒法贏他,難道當過袍級的都這麼強勢嗎?33Please respect copyright.PENANAgEXdFkuTSJ
剝了一瓣塞進嘴裡,嗯,不過這橘子好甜,看來安地爾還挺會挑水果的。33Please respect copyright.PENANAVuGlvbu6YW
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還是其實他去威脅老闆說不好好挑水果就讓他天天作惡夢衰事連連?33Please respect copyright.PENANAQj2dAOr0rf
33Please respect copyright.PENANAhpiITqkpHI
「……你的傷還好嗎?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAqOcgqzkTgq
心不在焉的剝著橘子的學長終於吐出要問的話,啊啊……原來是要問我的傷勢呀?因為為了破除學長的結界而導致我受傷讓學長覺得愧疚嗎?所以才想了半天都不知從何問起呀,原來如此!33Please respect copyright.PENANApwFKsfBe7Q
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「還好,安地爾幫我看過了。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAhlZTLiDZEd
絲毫不在意的撇了一眼手腕,改天真的要跟安地爾要罐傷藥來,而且似乎還比醫療班的好用,我記得我受的傷其實算蠻嚴重的吧?33Please respect copyright.PENANAQDEzJIzPLO
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「安地爾!?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAzJW7UOkdZK
一聽到安地爾的名字學長的臉馬上黑了起來,紅眼也瞇成危險的線條,手上還沒入口的橘子看起來快被學長掐爆了,我還來不及細想等下要怎麼擦桌子時,學長便開始冷聲的質問我。33Please respect copyright.PENANAiXu0DECoTx
「為何你會跟那傢伙有牽扯?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAtOLZZzW9UK
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「他要跟著我,我也沒辦法,更何況昨天要是他沒發現我的話,我可能就掛了吧。」33Please respect copyright.PENANA0s5KFBDkkB
嗯,手上的橘子快吃完了,看著學長的臉色越來越黑,我覺得我都快適應了。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUXpIohk7gb
沒想到對學長用這種語氣跟態度我居然很快就上手了,看來我應該可以在學長面前表現出毫不在意的樣子吧?33Please respect copyright.PENANAicbrq7W3VA
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「那傢伙不是除了喝咖啡外還想要抓你加入鬼族嗎!」33Please respect copyright.PENANAntBIGMBF8Z
學長用了肯定句,看來學長對安地爾的印象就是喝咖啡、遊說人家加入鬼族,感覺上把安地爾說得好像推銷員一樣。33Please respect copyright.PENANAY1NqWzSoWf
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「我已經用了言靈,所以不可能的,他要是真的想抓我加入鬼族,早在我離開學校那天就來抓了。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAk7XrTTAsow
起身到廚房去找抹布,我覺得再讓學長掐下去,汁液滴滿桌子肯定會長螞蟻。33Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mbw9QH6Uu
誰說冬天沒有螞蟻?天氣要是稍微好一點牠們還是會爬出來好不好!33Please respect copyright.PENANAKKSdmWB8LC
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「………」33Please respect copyright.PENANA8FtLdwjUfw
擰了條濕抹布,等我回到桌前,學長似乎還是無法接受似的,還是黑著一張臉。33Please respect copyright.PENANATs9gfdYQNy
我嘆了一口氣,要學長把被他的暴力掐爛的橘子扔了,順便要他去洗個手我也可以擦桌子。33Please respect copyright.PENANANNSW1bj0qn
33Please respect copyright.PENANAAScKSiocWe
正當我思考怎麼打發學長走時,不知何時洗好手的人突然在我背後出了聲。33Please respect copyright.PENANAxA5HztT9u6
「……為什麼我聽不見你內心在想什麼了?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAuIAiEAvzKQ
33Please respect copyright.PENANAJBFcGlac6r
身後突然有人出聲讓我嚇了一跳,抬眼望過去只見到對方面無表情的樣子。33Please respect copyright.PENANAPG5uqkL2ou
「……沒必要不是嗎?是學長你自己說我若是不喜歡人家竊聽就要自己進步。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAN1d3Yt5EjA
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雖然對於學長問的問題讓我覺得”傷口”似乎又開始疼了。33Please respect copyright.PENANAbrW0T5UUjN
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真的沒必要讓你聽到,我怕你會再次覺得困擾。33Please respect copyright.PENANA723kBNBM7O
我是個什麼想法都放在內心思考的人,該說的、不該說的都會讓你聽到…那還不如遮蔽起來,讓你什麼都聽不到會更好。33Please respect copyright.PENANAiAdCg0HhbE
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學長的樣子似乎更不悅了,但是還是沒有說什麼,我想他應該是怕我亂想吧?33Please respect copyright.PENANAw3dxA2lhEH
當初學長監聽我的心聲時,不就是因為怕我亂想或心懷不軌嗎?33Please respect copyright.PENANA28dno1O2Ug
哀傷的笑了一下,原來我是如此的不被信任。33Please respect copyright.PENANAVnSOiT57XG
33Please respect copyright.PENANApPM5mO0L2b
「放心吧,我不會亂想的。」33Please respect copyright.PENANA64ul5EthE8
頓了頓,我使用了言靈。33Please respect copyright.PENANAfqPzcydQWL
33Please respect copyright.PENANAUSCntmZLl1
『以妖師褚冥漾之名,若吾以妖師之力對守世界及Atlantis有任何不軌舉動或想法,在妖師之力發動的那刻,吾將血染大地,永生不得輪迴,吾以……』33Please respect copyright.PENANA0DnLHpVgBi
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「褚你給我停下來!閉嘴!」33Please respect copyright.PENANA0cWT79Ty23
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言靈尚未完成,我便被學長打斷了,不,該說是被他摀住嘴巴不得說話。33Please respect copyright.PENANAA2Lx9yGesm
我以不解的眼神看著學長,他不是擔心我會被鬼族利用嗎?33Please respect copyright.PENANAYUsXVacXzX
為何我ㄧ使用束縛自己的言靈他卻憤怒了?33Please respect copyright.PENANAK2UkulPb3h
等他放開摀住我嘴巴的大掌時,我無法理解的望著他,我覺得學長突然變得好陌生……33Please respect copyright.PENANA2ucXBo0Oma
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還是其實是……我自己在學長眼中變得陌生了?33Please respect copyright.PENANAKGi4rbF8Rk
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「為什麼不讓我說完?沒說完言靈就無效了。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAHUi5NWCWKw
胸口騰滿不明的思緒,我淡淡的開口,耳際的髮絲因為我稍微低頭而自我肩頭滑落。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUnFqq2Y9ou
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「為什麼你要立下那種言靈?那種嚴苛的條件要是你一個不小心,會害你喪命的!」33Please respect copyright.PENANAF7Az0vrHCl
似乎是壓抑許久的怒氣一口氣爆發出來了,蓄滿怒意的紅眸在夕陽下山的昏黃房間看起來更加亮眼,但是我卻沒興致欣賞,因為學長生氣了,但是我的心情也好不到哪去。33Please respect copyright.PENANAAcLhAfD69h
既然不信任我為何要阻撓我?33Please respect copyright.PENANAtcgTleTVXf
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「你不是怕我心懷不軌嗎?當初監視我不就是為了怕我亂使用言靈?用剛剛的言靈束縛住我的話,你不就不必擔心了?冰與炎的殿下。」33Please respect copyright.PENANA1tFsBdJIPh
我知道學長當初會監視我是怕我還不了解自己的力量,怕我會失控,但是雖然知道,我還是覺得很難過。33Please respect copyright.PENANAfM2gKHcc4w
因為是被自己喜歡的人這麼不信任著。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUeD7CnLMCo
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「你一定要用這麼生疏的叫法嗎?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAxnYOzeIQDN
那紅色眸子露出似乎被什麼刺痛的色彩,大掌也掐著我的手不放。33Please respect copyright.PENANAOhDLBk7EvN
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我盡量讓自己的表情看起來淡定一點,我不想洩露出一絲一毫,覆滿內心的傷痛神情。33Please respect copyright.PENANADnFm4L8ayz
「充其量我只當過你的學弟,都已經不是學校的學生了,我想我該改個稱呼會比較妥當。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAyQs1Pf4KTT
自嘲的笑了下,我冷冷的回望著學長。33Please respect copyright.PENANAAJusrMmo7w
「畢竟惡貫滿盈、名聲難聽的妖師當你的學弟你也很困擾吧?」33Please respect copyright.PENANAh6RQVLNyX9
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「……我從不覺得你是我的困擾。」33Please respect copyright.PENANADiIZCslFcU
學長的怒氣被我那番話給澆熄了,取而代之的是複雜又愧疚的眼神。33Please respect copyright.PENANAALMtO1tt2n
他可能想起他當初就是因為覺得困擾所以推開我那件事吧!33Please respect copyright.PENANACa2P9Na2Lw
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學長,不是你的錯,是我自己不好,喜歡上你。33Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ7qEsVDUO
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而我現在仍在學習怎麼放手。33Please respect copyright.PENANAUzC1ajpcJA
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所以請不要讓我誤會我還有機會可以等著你來牽起我的手。33Please respect copyright.PENANAI9LsDxyHcG
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