"I don't have many friends. I think there are two. You've met Hu Yifan, and the other is Ah Zhao."
"You're the one who barged into my life. You can't just leave like that."
"Your feelings are very important to me. You can't just withdraw like that. Do you want to be irresponsible, Nannan?"
The young man raised his broken brows faintly, staring into her eyes with every word, leaving her no place to escape. Those things she didn't care about at all were childish, like playing house.
"You might think that's childish, and you're shocked that I would do such a thing. Nannan, I'm shocked too. I'm shocked at why I would do this."
"I just heard someone say it would make girlfriend happy, so I did it."
These, those things, things he usually paid no attention to, even scoffed at. But whenever he heard someone on the street talking about their girlfriend, he would immediately become like a studious student, eager to write it down.
The memo even contained many things he couldn't bring himself to talk about.
Of course, this was just the tip of the iceberg. Jiang Sui suppressed it completely, worried she would think he was mentally ill.
He even occasionally found himself in disbelief late at night. How could a young man with his experience believe so much in love, so unwavering, so steadfast even?
For a time, wandering through the night, he thought he might just be seeking what everyone called novelty.
But every time he thought about it, he felt guilty, even despicable. For a time, he didn't dare pursue her, and even mocked her, scaring her for quite a while.
Finally, he realized that the clown was himself.
He looked at her.
It was very quiet, his eyes filled with thick emotion, almost drowning Su Qing.
Su Qing pursed her lips, remained silent, letting the heartbeat wildly in her chest.
She found it hard to imagine, and even for a moment, she wanted to fall in love with such a strong emotion.
His palms were burning hot.
The boy's breath was warm from his illness, his cheeks a faint crimson, his expression beautiful, his broken eyebrows a cold and heroic expression, his messy hair, and that tiny black mole.
It was enough to make her heart flutter.
She wanted to shake her head, mentally admonishing herself again and again.
Calm down, Su Qing.
Su Qing blurted out the words, having spent a long while trying to figure out how to talk to the boy.
"How do I take responsibility?"
The girl's lips were tightly clenched between her teeth. She was so frightened at the words she spoke that she wanted to turn her head away, but she still managed to endure it all.
"You liked me, I didn't ask you to like me. Why should I take responsibility..."
She tried her best, racked her brains, and came up with words that were soft and lacked any deterrent power.
She felt somewhat justified, and wanted to be, but it sounded truly aggrieved.
Her fingers were weakly toyed with the boy.
Jiang Sui was visibly stunned. He just looked at the blush on her face and listened to her words, feeling a bit choked up.
"Why?"
With a hint of a smirk on his lips, the boy's lips brushed against Su Qing's earlobe as he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Because you're my future girlfriend and wife."
"Nannan, I recorded everything you said to me the other day. Do you want to listen?"
The boy's voice was soft, yet deep and slightly raspy.
Su Qing was stunned, momentarily confused. He had simply felt a gentle breeze, her neck firmly locked. The gentle breeze pierced her heart, and goosebumps instantly covered her body.
It was agonizing.
All the strength seemed to have vanished with the unholy wind.
It was just a recording. What recording?
Su Qing's mind faltered, but as the boy's fingertips rested on the phone, he gradually saw that there was indeed a recording.
The note on it wrote:
[Promise from my future girlfriend, Nannan] -- October 16
It even had the date.
Su Qing remembered it instantly.
That was the date of their English competition.
He, he, he…
Furious for a moment, Su Qing watched Jiang Sui about to press the start button and immediately grabbed his hand.
"Don't…"
Embarrassment washed over her, and her face flushed red with mixed emotions. Of course, she knew what she had said—something about the future and so on.
Those words, listening again, sounded like empty, tea-eyed, tea-talking nonsense.
She hadn't expected Jiang Sui to record it.
He, he, how could he record it?
"I accidentally opened it that day, but I really liked it."
The young man must have sensed her confusion, but his explanation couldn't quite reach Su Qing's heart.
She had always believed that recordings were only for evidence, especially when it came to intimate matters like this...
For a moment, she was overwhelmed with shame, anger, and embarrassment. After Jiang Sui glanced at her, she slumped forward on the table, not even raising her head.
The extremely depressed girl looked like a spoiled brat.
"Jiang Sui, you've gone too far!"
She didn't realize it, but Jiang Sui watched the scene with a faint smile on his lips, his eyes softening considerably.
Furious, she didn't dare look up.
She simply felt her face burning, surely reddening immediately. She felt she needed to calm down.
"I went too far, how could I? I didn't mean to. I just pressed it accidentally."
"If you want to say go too far, Nannan's that one. She painted a big picture for her future boyfriend, and then she just doesn't recognize him anymore."
He said this slowly, playing with Su Qing's soft fingertips.
Su Qing wanted to pull her finger back, but the boy held her.
"I didn't..."
Su Qing wanted to retort. What big picture...?
"Of course I didn't. You sentenced me to prison for a fabricated photo, and you think I was wasting your time."
The boy's voice was a bit sarcastic, but his eyes held a deep glint.
The photo—something he clearly didn't do—who was framing him?
The boy felt a sinking feeling in his heart, but he didn't show it, hiding it well.
"Are you planning to abandon your husband and children?"
??? ??? ???
Su Qing listened to what was going on.
"Jiang Sui, what nonsense are you talking about...!!!"
She looked up anxiously, then stared at Jiang Sui in shock. Furious, she yanked her hand back, but the boy was caught off guard and let her take advantage.
He wasn't angry either.
"I'm telling the truth. If you abandon me, I'll be childless. This isn't abandoning your husband and children. You're trying to make me childless!"
His voice was teasing, clearly a joke.
"Jiang Sui, stop talking nonsense!!!"