I don’t know if it’s because of the boxing just now or because of being shy.
The woman’s cheeks glowed with a crystalline pink.
Her clear, dark eyes flickered with a hint of evasiveness from panic.
Lue Xizhou smiled, "I told you, I understand you. So, do you believe it now?"
"I don’t believe it."
Qin Chu stubbornly asked, "Then tell , when did you start falling for ?"
Lue Xizhou smirked, maintaining his calm deanor, "When I gave you my true heart along with the moonlight."
Qin Chu was completely stunned.
Lue Xizhou smiled, looking very pleased with himself, "How about it? Am I not the one who understands you the best?"
Afraid that her feelings had been guessed, Qin Chu was angry and embarrassed.
Lue Xizhou reached out and ruffled Qin Chu’s hair, "Don’t worry, in other people’s eyes, you’re still that aloof and cool female racer no one can figure out."
"You’re the cocky one! Nothing good cos out of your mouth!"
She turned her head to avoid his hand.
And reached out to push it away again.
Qin Chu’s heartbeat slowly cald down.
"Lue Xizhou, why don’t I believe you?"
Rembering that Valentine’s night, he was in such despair, like a heartbroken man abandoned.
Qin Chu looked back at Lue Xizhou, "Could it be because your first love left you, that you’re using as a pasti or... a substitute?"
Lue Xizhou’s expression faltered slightly.
Qin Chu’s heart shot up.
Her face was pinched, and Qin Chu covered her face.
Lue Xizhou said irritably, "And you said you weren’t moved? Why were you digging around about then?"
Pressing all his weight onto the soft railing behind him, Lue Xizhou reached out and pulled Qin Chu over, embracing her.
"Be good, let hold you for a mont, and I’ll tell you!"
Seeing her struggle a bit but not breaking free, she obediently leaned against his chest.
Lue Xizhou smirked slightly.
He then spoke, his voice clear, "You’re talking about Song Yiduo, right? Let tell you clearly, she was never my first love. I can’t even rember what she looks like now."
???
But that’s not what Lizi’s gossip said.
Lizi said, she and Mrs. Gu agreed that it was only after Lue Xizhou was dumped that he realized his deep feelings, which is why he beca so despondent and turned to drinking.
Subsequently, by chance, he walked into her Flying, which led to that night of racing on the mountaintop.
And everything since then.
But Lue Xizhou said he doesn’t even rember what Song Yiduo looks like?
Between Lue Xizhou and Ye Li, Qin Chu didn’t hesitate, she absolutely believed Ye Li!
"You’re so full of it!"
Qin Chu sat up, "On Valentine’s, you were a ss, did you forget? Want to remind you?"
He looked like soone settling old scores and rembered them clearly.
Lue Xizhou couldn’t help but want to laugh.
"A bunch of fools!"
He could probably guess what Ye Li told Qin Chu.
Lue Xizhou laughed, "Qin Chu, I’m telling you clearly, if it weren’t for Song Yiduo, I’d still be in Si City, not knowing which girl I’d be having fun with."
Qin Chu’s expression changed slightly.
Lue Xizhou quickly pinned her down, pulling his legs in to trap her.
Then looking into her eyes, he said, "Now do you understand why it has to be you?"
Qin Chu shook her head, "I don’t know."
"..."
Lue Xizhou sighed and looked down, playing with her fingers, "I always thought my whole life would just be like this. Isn’t it all just an act? Let’s all act together. After all, life is just a few decades. Keep pretending, and it’ll pass. But Song Yiduo..."
He furrowed his brow, seeming to find the na childish, then looked up at Qin Chu, "I agreed to the engagent. I thought, getting married or not, to whoever, doesn’t really matter, so... why not just get married?"
"Then after that..."
His frivolous deanor disappeared instantly, and Lue Xizhou lowered his head, a flash of bitterness in his eyes, "She’s the one who pursued , and she’s the one who told , even if it’s a marriage of convenience, it doesn’t have to end sadly. Try your best, give it a shot. The last ti I saw her, she told , Lue Xizhou, you’re like a stone in a latrine, stinky and hard."
"Then she got married."
"During that ti, I was quite depressed because I suddenly realized, no matter how much I pretended, soone could still see through . And I missed the one who saw through and might have tolerated ."
Afraid that saying this about Song Yiduo in front of Qin Chu might make her angry and leave.
Lue Xizhou shifted closer, "Qin Chu, are you wondering if Song Yiduo hadn’t gotten married, would I have married her?"
???
Qin Chu was taken aback.
Lue Xizhou nodded, "Yes. We would have gotten married as planned, and in the future, we would have been like those seemingly loving couples in wealthy families, respectfully close but emotionally distant. Privately, I’d do whatever I want, and as for Song Yiduo..."
"Maybe she’d either endure it or leave?... But she’s braver than !"
Thinking of the annoyance during the ti Song Yiduo pursued him.
And the depression that ca when he heard about her marriage.
And the subsequent enlightennt.
Lue Xizhou looked up at Qin Chu again, his eyes serious, "If I have to pretend for the rest of my life, I hope there’s soone who allows not to, who makes it not so tiring. And you, you appeared just at the right ti."
"Qin Chu, I’m certain you’re the one I want."
"How about you? Want to co into my embrace?"
Lue Xizhou’s gaze was sincere.
Qin Chu’s face almost exploded in redness.
The two stood face to face.
He had her tightly pressed into the corner of the boxing ring.
She was almost already in his arms.
If soone looked over, they’d probably think they were up to sothing.
"I, I..."
Both shy and flustered.
Qin Chu’s mind went blank.
Thump.
Thump thump!
The clear sound of a heartbeat, unsure if it was hers or his.
When she looked up again, Lue Xizhou’s expression was serious, without a trace of his usual teasing or mockery.
For a mont, he seed like a different person.
A voice said: Qin Chu, give it a try, what if?
Another voice said: Think it over carefully!
Qin Chu’s mind was in turmoil.
For a long while, suddenly thinking of sothing, Qin Chu looked up at Lue Xizhou, "Have you thought about our future? How far do you think we can go?"
"If I say I have, would you believe ?"
There was a smile in Lue Xizhou’s eyes, "When we were eating crayfish on the mountaintop, I already imagined decades of marriage and children. I just thought, by the ti I’m old and gray, she’d still be the one willing to watch the stars with . When I close my eyes, she’d hold my hand and say, ’Old man, in our next life, I’d marry you again!’"
"Thinking about it, I found it... rather beautiful! And then... I fell asleep!"
???
Not sure if it was his shalessness that startled her.
Or if that old man comnt made her laugh.
Qin Chu reached out to hit Lue Xizhou, "Lue Xizhou, how can you be so shaless!"
Inviting you to eat crayfish in good faith.
And you take such advantage of ?
Her hand landed on his shoulder with a smack.
Before Qin Chu could pull it back.
Lue Xizhou caught it squarely.
"Qin Chu..."
With a gentle tug, she fell into his embrace. Lue Xizhou lowered his head and nudged her neck, "Before that day cos, don’t set so many obstacles for yourself."
"Trust yourself for once, and trust for once, okay?"
The man’s heartbeat was like a drum.
It thumped against her chest, making it tingle slightly.
Qin Chu’s eyes felt warm, "Okay..."
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