20 Lovers Spat 3 (1/2)

Shen Mochen looked at her with a strange expression on his face.

”Did you write this?” He glanced at the pink envelope, wondering if the letter was written in Chinese phonetics as she should still be learning phonetics in first grade.

Peach answered honestly, ”Umm… No. A girl from my class asked me to pass it to you.”

”Humph.” Shen Mochen rolled his eyes and walked past her.

”Hey, why aren't you taking it? I promised someone to deliver the letter to you.” Peach quickly caught up to Shen Mochen and tried to place the letter into his hands.

”Return it to her yourself and tell her that I don't want it.” Shen Mochen glanced at her irritatedly and stormed off towards his house with his backpack.

”Oh… If you don't want it, so be it… Why do you have to be so fierce?” Peach mumbled, touching her nose awkwardly, wondering why he was angry again.

The minute he reached his front yard, Shen Mochen went into his house. ”Slam!” Shen Mochen slammed the door without even saying goodbye to Peach.

Shell-shocked, Peach stood in the front yard, staring at the couplet stuck to the door of Shen Mochen's house. She stood there thinking for a long time, but still could not figure out how she had provoked him. Pouting and feeling sulky, she headed home.

By then, Peach's mother had already come home from work. When she saw Peach walking home with an unhappy expression on her face, she dried her hands and approached Peach with a smile. She asked, ”Welcome home, Peach. Why do you look upset again? Is Shen Mochen still angry with you?”

”Yeah.” Peach nodded, picking up the washed apple on the table and violently bit into it before answering her mother's questions depressedly, ”The situation has improved over the past two days, but I don't understand why he has become angry again today.”