"Achoo!"
Ye Tianfan sneezed as he walked down the street after jumping out the window.
"Who the hell is cursing me again?"
Ye Tianfan muttered to himself, recalling the chaotic scene at the bar. From the angle of attack, although the hidden weapon was aimed at Qin Ruomeng and Huang Xiaorou, Ye Tianfan knew in his heart that this assault was definitely targeting him!
However, in Ye Tianfan's eyes, the Yama Hall was nothing to fear. A thousand years ago, the Ye Family managed to nearly wipe the Yama Hall into extinction, making them disappear from China. Now that the Yama Hall is making a comeback, Ye Tianfan certainly wouldn't be afraid of them!
"Ah, it's still nice to be free and alone!"
Ye Tianfan smiled with relief, striding forward briskly, until he finally arrived at a small noodle shop just before midnight.
He saw a girl with long hair like a waterfall, trying to pull down the shop's shutter door on her tiptoes. Ye Tianfan quickly rushed over, "Hey, don't close, don't close! Give me a bowl of noodles!"
Upon hearing Ye Tianfan's voice, the girl paused her action, looked back, and a faint smile appeared on her face as she spoke, "Tianfan brother? I thought you wouldn't come today."
"How could I not come? Yueyi's handmade noodles, I could never get enough of them for a lifetime!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Tianfan walked into the noodle shop laughing. For almost three years at university, Ye Tianfan had come here every night for a bowl of noodles. Compared to the bustling downtown with its neon lights, this small alley noodle shop always provided a sense of serene comfort.
"You and your glib tongue, wait for me to cook your noodles." Su Yueyi wiped her hands on the apron in front of her chest and quickly walked into the kitchen.
Ye Tianfan sat at the spot closest to the kitchen, watching Su Yueyi's busy figure through the glass window, a faint smile gradually forming at the corner of his mouth.
This was the girl Ye Tianfan wanted! Ordinary and simple, beautiful without being ostentatious, always with a kind smile on her face, and those dimples were particularly charming.
Compared to Qin Ruomeng's strong dominance, Su Yueyi's displayed gentleness seemed to melt everything. She wasn't as beautiful as Qin Ruomeng, and her family was quite poor. The mother and daughter barely made a living by running this small tavern. She couldn't afford expensive cosmetics or pretty clothes, but her makeup-free face radiated the pure and natural beauty of a young girl.
Soon, Su Yueyi brought a steaming bowl of noodles to Ye Tianfan, smiling as she said, "Here you go, your favorite beef noodles, be careful, it's hot."
Su Yueyi placed the beef noodles in front of Ye Tianfan, gently tucked her hair behind her ear, and her casual movements and that smile were as warm as a spring breeze, warming the heart.
Looking at Su Yueyi's pure appearance, Ye Tianfan found himself unwilling to look away. It was as if Su Yueyi's every move contained endless warmth, always managing to touch the softest part of Ye Tianfan's heart unexpectedly.
"Stop staring and eat before it gets cold."
Only then did Ye Tianfan drag his gaze down to the steaming beef noodles in front of him and said with a smile, "I almost don't want to eat it."
Su Yueyi laughed, "You've been eating it for three years."
Ye Tianfan picked up his chopsticks, grabbed some noodles, and said, "Yes, three years. With graduation approaching, I wonder if I'll still be able to have these noodles in the future."
Graduation has always been a sad topic. How many couples dressed in school uniforms eventually never wore wedding dresses. When Ye Tianfan brought up the topic of graduation, a hint of sadness also flashed in Su Yueyi's eyes.
The feeling of secret admiration is always wondrous. Facing Ye Tianfan, Su Yueyi long ago secretly had affection for him, but unfortunately, there were endless beauties around Ye Tianfan, each from a well-off family. How could she, this ugly duckling, possibly match Ye Tianfan? Low self-esteem had long filled Su Yueyi's heart, and even when facing Ye Tianfan from such a close distance, she didn't dare to express her feelings.
Nonetheless, Su Yueyi's happiest moment every day was waiting for Ye Tianfan to come and have a bowl of beef noodles, quietly watching him finish the beef noodles she made by hand, which was the most blissful thing.
But Su Yueyi didn't know that Ye Tianfan's happiest moment every day was also to come and eat a bowl of beef noodles made by Su Yueyi herself.
Just like Tagore said, the furthest distance in the world is not the distance between life and death but that I'm standing in front of you, yet you don't know that I love you.
While the two were lost in their thoughts, loud heavy metal music suddenly shattered the tranquility of the noodle shop, and outside the shop, lights flashed, and shadows flickered. The two, clueless about the situation, simultaneously lifted their heads and looked outside.
They saw a man in a suit, holding a bouquet of roses, with a proud smile on his face, stepping briskly to Su Yueyi and saying, "Su Yueyi, I love you! Will you marry me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man immediately knelt on one knee and pulled out a diamond ring from his pocket. At that moment, cheers erupted outside the door, and a dozen people suddenly rushed into the noodle shop, scattering rose petals everywhere, shaking colorful handheld lights, arranging solid alcohol on the ground into a heart shape. When they lit it with a lighter, the romantic atmosphere was pushed to the extreme.
Seeing this scene, Su Yueyi was almost stunned. She never dreamed that someone would propose to her at this moment and right in front of Ye Tianfan!
"Yueyi, marry me!"
Su Yueyi turned to look at Ye Tianfan beside her, then slightly furrowed her brow, her smile vanishing, and, looking at the suited man in front of her, said, "I'm sorry, Li Zexi, I can't marry you."
"What? Yueyi, what did you say?" The suited Li Zexi could hardly believe his ears. How could Su Yueyi refuse him? How dare she refuse him?
Ye Tianfan, who had long lost his patience, directly snatched the roses from Li Zexi's hand and threw them onto a nearby bench, saying, "Do you have donkey hair in your ears? She said she doesn't want to marry you!"
Li Zexi frowned, suddenly stood up from the ground, looked at Ye Tianfan in shock, and angrily said, "Who the hell are you? Get lost!"
With a roar, Li Zexi angrily looked at Su Yueyi and said, "When I gave you things, you accepted them all. Now you're saying you don't want to marry me? What do you mean?"
Over these two years, Li Zexi had spent a fortune pursuing Su Yueyi, and every time he gave her anything, she almost always accepted it, which made Li Zexi believe that Su Yueyi liked him.
If she didn't like him, why would she accept the gifts?
He had always been pleased with himself, thinking Su Yueyi liked him and thus accepted everything he gave her. Li Zexi had always told his friends that as soon as he proposed, Su Yueyi would definitely marry him.
Now, with graduation approaching, he had gone to such great lengths to propose to Su Yueyi, but who would have thought she would outright reject him, and so bluntly at that!
Hearing Li Zexi's words, tears sparkled in Su Yueyi's eyes. She and her mother painstakingly ran this small noodle shop, unable to afford Kyoto University's high tuition fees, so she had accepted Li Zexi's pursuit and the gifts he brought, though she didn't love him.
"I'll... I'll pay you back with interest when I graduate, give me some time."
Upon hearing this, Li Zexi's face immediately turned gloomy.
He never dreamed that Su Yueyi would say she would pay everything back with interest after graduation, which instantly filled Li Zexi's heart with rage!
What did Su Yueyi mean?
Was she playing with him all along? Treating him like a clown?
With this thought, Li Zexi's inner fury rose even more!
"Fine, then give me everything back!"
"I'm sorry, I... I can't give it to you right now!"
Saying this, Su Yueyi slowly lowered her head, her expression turning dark and complicated.
After hearing this, Li Zexi immediately said, "If you can't, then repay me with your body!"