Chapter 604 Protect Her, Save Her

    The boy wore the school uniform. He was cold and clean–cut, with inky bangs that just barely covered his brow, beneath which hid a pair of deep, dark eyes.

    He was handsome in a quiet, refined sort of way.

    The next second, Jean saw him rise from his seat and walk toward her–one step at a time.

    “She’s finished…”

    Among the crowd of onlookers, someone sighed.

    “She must be new. I’ve never seen her before…”

    “A freshman? No wonder she doesn’t know the rules.”

    “Carson hates it when people get near that spot. Thest person who tried…”

    “Just started school and already pissed off the crown prince. That’s rough…”

    “Is it, though? She was warned. She brought it on herself.”

    Some were gleeful, some were waiting for drama, some cursed Jean for her ignorance, and some—seeing Carson’s cold eyes and furrowed brow–felt their own hearts race and their palms grow mmy.

    But at the center of it all, Jean was perfectly calm.

    The guy walking toward her did have an intimidating air–but…

    Worst–case scenario, she’d get hit.

    She’d been beaten more times than she could count. What was one more?

    Jean wasn’t afraid.

    “Come eat with me.”

    Just as Jean had braced herself, just as everyone expected Carson to blow up, the boy said that–coolly. almost casually.

    Jean paused in surprise.

    Carson motioned toward his old seat–the best one in the cafeteria, the most spacious andfortable. And now, he was inviting her to join him.

    The crowd was stunned.

    “Wait… did I hear that right?”

    “Carson asked her to sit with him?”

    “No way–don’t tell me he’s into her?”

    “I mean, she is pretty…”

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    “But I heard her background’s a mess. Carson, don’t do it!”

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    Jean nced at Carson’s eyes. Without fuss, she walked straight to the seat he’d offered.

    She just wanted to sit down and eat. Since someone had extended a hand, she saw no reason to turn it

    down.

    She didn’t say a word to Carson. Just quietly ate with her head down.

    The noise behind her faded.

    Halfway through her meal, Jean looked back curiously. The students who’d been crowding around for a show were all gone.

    Had they been shooed away?

    Jean couldn’t help but nce at the boy sitting across from her.

    His face was calm as ever, but his gaze was fixed on her–still and unwavering, as if he were studying some kind of object.

    It gave her the chills.

    Carson was indeed watching her.

    From the moment he saw her, the dream that had haunted him for years suddenly made sense.

    For as long as he could remember, he’d been having the same dream.

    A girl, her face faint and blurry, crying in front of him.

    And then a voice–distant and unreal, like a narrator–would whisper over and over in his ear. Go find heri. /iRemember, your purpose is to iprotect /iiher/i. iTo /iisave /iiher/ii… /i

    As a child, Carson hadn’t understood the dream. It just left him agitated.

    bHis /bfamily had even brought in a so–called spiritual master to drive out the bad energy.

    It didn’t work.

    The dream never stopped.

    The master said it might be a remnant from a past life, brought into this one by a strong obsession.

    With no solution in sight, Carson began to ept it.

    Eventually, he got used to the girl in the dream.

    She didn’t always cry. She showed other emotions too–joy, anger, sadness, and fear.

    Slowly, Carson began to think of her as a friend. A longing to meet her, to find her, began to grow—and it only got stronger with time,

    But could someone from a dream really exist in the real world?

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    Now, Carson had his answer.

    The moment he saw Jean, he was almost certain–she was iher/i. The girl from his dreams.

    And the voice had said: Protect her. iSave /iher….

    Jean, meanwhile, kept eating, unaware of any of this.

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    She had no idea that from this moment on, Carson would be a constant presence in her life.

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    He wouldn’t care what others thought. He wouldn’t care what Jean wanted. He would charge into her world and stay.

    At first, Jean didn’t understand him–and didn’t want to. His presence even annoyed her.

    But over time, she realized he meant her no harm.

    He brought her snacks, stood up for her, solved her problems.

    Carson said he wanted to be her friend.

    Jean wasn’t the kind of person to repay kindness with coldness. She always remembered those who helped

    her.

    She didn’t know what Carson’s real intentions were…

    But since he was kind to her and wanted to be friends, she slowly epted him–and got used to having him around.

    She’d never had a friend before. To say she wasn’t lonely would’ve been a lie.

    From that point on, she had a friend named Carson.

    Maybe it was a gift from the universe, pitying her.

    Carson stuck with Jean all throughout high school. Their closeness became so well–known that others even joked they were like an old married couple.

    But Jean knew the truth–she and Carson were just friends.

    Maybe… more than ordinary friends? A strange kind of reliance that was hard to put into words?

    As for love–that was too extravagant. Too hard to grasp.

    Maybe when she was older, she’d finally understand if she liked him or not.

    Jean tried to rify things to others, insisted she and Carson weren’t a couple.

    But no one believed her.

    Carson didn’t care about the gossip. He let people specte as they pleased.

    The only rumors that ever affected him were the ones that insulted Jean.

    Before the SATs, they made a promise–to apply to the same university.

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    On the day the results were released, Jean checked her scores and immediately called Carson–only to find he was calling her too. Both had ranked near the top of the city. They could go to the best university together.

    Jean let out a long breath and smiled from the heart. Years of hard work had paid off. She no longer worried about money–but getting into that school was proof of her own worth. It meant she could finally leave behind the muddy, damp past and step into a new life full of sunshine.

    But fate loved ying tricks on Jean.

    Just as she was about to share the good news with Spring, she got a call from the hospital.

    Spring had copsed while working at her street stall and been rushed in for emergency care.

    The truth was, over the past few years, Jean had made plenty of money through all her side jobs–enough to support both of them.

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