TFS | Chapter 28

“What are you doing?”

Xu Linruan found it baffling. She had no idea what kind of crazy fit this guy was throwing now.

She patted the back of the boy’s hand, trying to pry him off, but he gripped her even tighter, as if he was terrified she would suddenly disappear. He simply refused to let go.

“I have something to tell you. Can you not leave yet?” The boy’s face was slightly red from running. He clenched Xu Linruan’s wrist hard, his breathing a little ragged. “Let me say it first, okay? I want to chase you. Can I start over and chase you again?”

He couldn’t bear to be harsh with her, and he also couldn’t control his feelings. Dragging it out like this, he finally gave up even that last bit of pride and said what was on his mind.

Xu Linruan was a little startled. She turned to look at him and thought, What is wrong with this guy now, has someone possessed him? One second he was acting like he couldn’t stand her, and the next he had run over to say he wanted to pursue her again?

Her brain stalled for a moment. She really couldn’t figure out what was going on in his head.

In her view, this young master was a rather distinctive sort. Aside from his privileged family background, his too-exceptional looks also gave him plenty of confidence to be willful.

It could even be said that the young master had lived in his own world from birth. He had always been carefree, always surrounded by people flattering him and chasing after him. Getting him to lower his head was not easy. Even if he liked someone, he would not give up his pride for a woman. The story had already shown that many times.

Xu Linruan looked at the boy in front of her, who was panting from running. “You’re…”

“Don’t rush to reject me yet. I know what you want to say…” His voice was a little anxious, his gaze locked tightly on her, the brightness in his eyes impossible to ignore.

“I just want to tell you what my attitude is. I know I was really bad before, that I did a lot of bastard things, and I admit that if it weren’t for you, I might have kept being a bastard.”

“But it’s different now. Because of you, I want to work hard to be better. I want to change myself, and I want to become the kind of person you like.”

“No matter whether you agree or not, I’m going to pursue you again. This time I’ll be very serious, very earnest, so you… can you give me a chance?”

A chance… to get closer to you?

He really could not come up with any flowery words. It was just a very ordinary confession. Qi Yue knew he was not good with words, knew his level was limited. He also knew that girls liked clean-cut, refined boys in white shirts, boys who had good grades too, and he and that kind of person were worlds apart, but he did not know how to say it.

He had simply made up his mind to show her his feelings, very seriously, whether she accepted them or not.

Qi Yue’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He kept taking deep breaths, and only after struggling to catch his breath did he manage to finish a sentence.

After he said it, he looked at her with some unease. Xu Linruan could feel the strength holding her wrist slowly easing. She tried to pull away, but she could not break free.

The boy was afraid she would refuse, and also afraid she would stay silent, because silence usually meant she could not think of a reason to turn him down.

Disappointed, he lowered his head, as if he already knew the ending, but he was still struggling at the brink of death. “Don’t go quiet on me. Whether I live or die, give me an answer, will you?”

“…I know I’m pretty bad. I’ve got a terrible temper, I like fighting, my grades are a complete mess, and my flaws are too many to count. Everyone at school hates me. But I know you’re not a superficial woman. You’re so smart, so beautiful, you definitely won’t care about those things, and you definitely won’t reject me, right?”

Even if he was just a toad, he still had to have the ambition to eat swan meat.[[1]]

Xu Linruan just glanced at him. Her expression was cool and distant. What did he mean, she was not a superficial woman? Was that even a compliment?

Qi Yue looked at Xu Linruan again, tenderness showing in his clear black-and-white eyes.

“Actually… what I said last time wasn’t serious. I just like you. Even if you reject me, I still like you. I don’t want to find a girlfriend prettier than you. I just want to cling to you alone. I know that’s very excessive…”

“…But I promise I’ll really study hard, not fight, not go to bars, and try my best to become the kind of person you like. Ruanruan, can we… not break up anymore?”

The young master looked very serious. From birth until now, everything had gone smoothly for him. In love and in other aspects too, he had never encountered any major setbacks. Yet this time, facing a woman, he had cast aside his dignity and was even willing to work hard and change himself for her.

Xu Linruan raised a brow. Looking at him lightly, she gave a very soft “mm” under the boy’s expectant gaze.

She was not stupid. It would be a pity to hand over the boy she had finally managed to train successfully.

Qi Yue still had not reacted. He was still making his promises in a rambling voice. “I can guarantee you, I’ll definitely work hard, ah, wait, did you just say mm?”

He realized it then and hurriedly confirmed it. “You did say mm just now, right? I heard it. You can’t go back on it?” The boy’s eyes widened nervously.

Xu Linruan was speechless. Since when had she ever gone back on anything?

Qi Yue kept going, “Why are you quiet again? Did I hear wrong? That can’t be. Fine, I get it, you definitely want to toy with me again?”

“You want to toy with me again, don’t you?”

“Don’t be like that, okay? You can’t be irresponsible, play with my heart and body, and then abandon me…”

He looked a little conflicted. After hesitating for a second, he continued, “Fine, I admit I really like you. If you want to play with me, that’s okay too, but can you only play with me alone?”

That was his final bottom line. If she was going to play, then she could only play with him.

Xu Linruan could not help rolling her eyes at him. What was with that pitiful tone?

She really had not bullied him this time. She had only said “mm,” hadn’t she?

And this guy could already imagine so many melodramatic plot twists from that. His imagination really was rich enough.

She could not help it anymore. While the boy was still hesitating and lowering his own bottom line, preparing to lower it again and again, she took a step forward.

Those bright, clear eyes looked at him, like they were looking at a lover from days gone by. Her gaze was gentle, and then she leaned in and kissed the corner of his lips.

This time, he truly froze.

Qi Yue stared in disbelief, his eyes widening all the way. He could not believe what was happening in front of him, he had been kissed!

“Mm…”

The kiss was very light, very gentle, like rain threads falling on his lips, brushing softly over him, kissing along the corner of his mouth in tiny, careful touches.

He could see the tenderness in her eyes, that gaze like one lover’s for another. It made his heart feel like it was about to leap out of his throat. He was so nervous he did not dare move.

Then she pulled back.

Qi Yue’s Adam’s apple moved involuntarily. He drew quick breaths from his chest, his face red and his black eyes suddenly bursting with a brightness impossible to ignore.

“Again… once more, okay…”

“I couldn’t even feel it. Kiss me again, okay?”

He was still as adept as ever at climbing the pole as soon as she gave him one.[[2]]

Xu Linruan lowered her head and kissed his Adam’s apple. She did it on purpose, biting down a little with her teeth. It really was not hard, the force was very light. The only sound was the boy’s soft “mm,” then his throat rolled once, and he could not help but pull her into a tighter embrace.

“You’re too much!”

Qi Yue felt like she was about to drive him insane.

How could she be this wicked?

How was he supposed to refuse now?

He could not resist at all.

He felt like a foolish emperor dazzled senseless by beauty. If this had been ancient times, he would have destroyed the country for sure.

But what could he do?

Even so, he liked it so much, willing and happy to do so.

The boy’s arms around her loosened, then tightened again.

A smile curled at the corner of his mouth without him noticing. He desperately wanted her response, and with both hands pressed against the small of her back, he pulled her fully into his embrace.

“So we’re back together, right?”

At a time like this, saying something like that was unnecessary, but Qi Yue naturally assumed that since she had主动 kissed him, it meant she liked him too.

Besides, if this was the kind of play they were doing, he… was actually pretty willing to be played.

And then certain images surfaced in his mind without warning.

It was his soft, fragrant girlfriend crying and begging him not to, and then him smirking wickedly as he pinned her down, doing it like this once, then like that once again…

Xu Linruan did not know what he was thinking, but the smile on his face made it obvious he was imagining some unhealthy little scene again.

So her hand circled behind him and gave his waist a hard pinch. The boy sucked in a sharp breath, his body jerking, but he still stubbornly held on and refused to let go.

Xu Linruan just stared at him without blinking, her gaze cool and distant. Being watched like that, Qi Yue actually got a little embarrassed.

He straightened up and tried hard to clear his name. “Don’t look at me like that. I… wasn’t thinking about anything.”

Xu Linruan glanced at him, and that look was clearly one of disbelief.

Qi Yue felt a little awkward and turned his face away uneasily. “Fine, I admit it. I only thought a tiny little bit…”

He held up a little pinch gesture. “Really, just a tiny little bit.”

“…Can you… stop looking at me like that?” The boy reached out and covered her eyes. Her long lashes trembled lightly against his palm, and he could feel a faint itch there.

Thinking back to the tenderness in those eyes, it was enough to drown a person. She was clearly challenging his endurance, wasn’t she?

He coughed a little unnaturally and quietly let out a breath, then moved his palm down an inch.

And then…

Damn it, she was still looking at him!

Could she not be so unfair? Otherwise he really would not be able to hold back. Did she not know that when boyfriends got excited, they thought with the lower half of their bodies?

…………

Anyway, by the end, Qi Yue apparently had not even heard clearly what she said. Until he sent her home, his head still had not cleared up.

It only felt like he was floating, like the dizzy feeling from being drunk, but different too, because being drunk felt awful. Right now, he was so happy he felt like he was flying.

After Qi Yue got home, he also tossed and turned for a long time. Only in the middle of the night did he manage to work up a little sleepiness.

But the moment he thought of what had happened during the day, he could not sleep again.

A young man in love turned over on the bed again and again, thinking about his troubles. He could not see his girlfriend, so he had no choice but to pull out his phone and look at the photos he had deleted before, then shamefully restored from the recycle bin.

Mm… why was his girlfriend so good-looking?

What was he supposed to do if he never looked enough?

It had only been a short while since they had last seen each other, and he already missed her so much.

He wanted to hear her voice, and even if she was scolding him, he would still feel happy. The young master felt he was far too insecure. His girlfriend did not like to cling to people, and that really was troubling.

And he also did not know when his girlfriend would be able to move in with him.

Just thinking about it made the tips of Qi Yue’s ears burn. He stuffed his head into the blanket, rolled over, and a laugh slipped out from inside.

Mm… he felt like he really was hopeless. He just wanted to date sweetly, and wanted to warm the bed for his soft, fragrant girlfriend.