"Song Jing has indeed been very good to and has taken great care of , but Lili, he is a very gentle and tender man by nature, and he’s not only like this with , he’s like this with many of his colleagues at the hospital."
"Perhaps—I an, perhaps—he has so special feelings for . But if just because of this, Zhongli—"
"You neglected him first. To Zhongli, Song Jing is a threat, a love rival. His extre behavior is partly because your neglect drove him crazy."
"Is it really that exaggerated? Driven crazy by my neglect... Judging by how smug Zhongli Wuzhi was acting today, does he look like soone who could be driven mad by neglect..."
"Smirking while asking."
Song Lili saw right through Xiaoer’s thoughts.
"Of course, there’s another point, which is about the sowhat awkward topic we just discussed. Little Ear, I’m not encouraging you to throw yourself at soone! But I hope you won’t be averse to romantic relationships."
"There’s no aversion..."
Xiaoer mumbled.
Song Lili looked at her with a smile,
"Zhongli is serious about you, Wen Nian and I have both seen it, but any relationship needs to be nurtured with care."
"..."
"You think studying dicine is difficult, you think that work requires a huge amount of effort and ti before you can achieve sothing."
"In fact, relationships are the sa, they also require your ti and effort to maintain and nurture."
"..."
Xiaoer blinked as she looked at Song Lili.
"Really, in this world, there’s nobody who should be loved unconditionally, nobody who should give without expecting anything in return. Everyone likes to be loved, and to so extent, I think Zhongli is at least sincere."
"Lili..."
"Hmm?"
Seeing her watery eyes gazing straight at her, Song Lili couldn’t help feeling a bit unnerved.
"What on earth did Wen Nian do to you?"
"Ah?"
"When did you beco so clear-headed? When did you start talking so philosophically? That’s not like you at all!"
"Do you believe I could throw you out the window?"
Song Lili smiled as she looked at her, "That’s more like , right?"
Xiaoer quickly hugged Song Lili’s arm, and the next second she broke into laughter,
"Hehehe... I just thought what you said made a lot of sense, so I wanted to complint you!"
Song Lili gently shook her head,
"So you know... what you should do now?"
Xiaoer took a deep breath, "Well, I need to think about it carefully. Anyway, I got the ssage from your words."
"Really?"
"Mm-hmm," Xiaoer lifted her chin, looking at Song Lili.
If these few words could really make Xiaoer re-evaluate her relationship with Zhongli Wuzhi, then it wouldn’t have been a waste.
She wanted Little Ear to be really well.
She wanted Little Ear to be the happiest person in the world... at least, at the very least, not to be troubled by love, not to be hurt by the person she loves the most; that would be the cruelest punishnt in the world.
Song Lili stroked Xiaoer’s head.
Xiaoer, tired from crying, yawned and flopped back onto the big bed.
She looked at the ceiling for a long ti,
"I really haven’t lain down this comfortably for a very, very long ti."
"If you want to lie down, stay a while longer, I’ll call you when it’s dinner ti."
"This is you and Wen Nian’s bed, I don’t want to lie down!"
"Pfft..."
"But leaning back for a bit should be okay."
Xiaoer said contentedly,
"Isn’t this ceiling just too beautiful?"
"..."
Song Lili also lay down, side by side with Lu Xiaoer, staring at the red chrysanthemum painting on the ceiling with wide eyes.
"Why did they put a skylight here?"
Lu Xiaoer blinked, asking in confusion.
Song Lili began to secretly delight, while Lu Xiaoer hesitated over whether to keep probing...
"During sumr nights, when you turn off the lights, you can see the stars outside through this skylight."
"Ah!! You and Wen Nian really are too much!"
Lu Xiaoer leapt up from the bed, shaking her head and waving her hands in disdain.
Lying on the bed, Song Lili felt utterly content.
"You’re beyond help."
"Even if I weren’t, don’t bother saving ."
"..."
Lu Xiaoer gave Song Lili a thumbs-up, utterly impressed with her.
The two of them giggled and spent the afternoon together, and Lu Xiaoer stayed for dinner at President Mansion. After eating, Song Lili had the driver take Lu Xiaoer ho.
"They... all play that late?"
To say she didn’t care would be a lie.
Before she left, Lu Xiaoer asked Song Lili.
Clearly, the "they" in her statent referred to Princess Chinian and Zhongli Wuzhi.
"Xiaoer, I wouldn’t harm you. If Zhongli Wuzhi were really with Princess Chinian, I’d be the first to tell you. At most, right now Zhongli is just acting up because you’ve irritated him."
Lu Xiaoer looked at Song Lili and smiled slightly,
"Okay, I understand. Stop worrying about ."
"Get in the car, go ho and get a good night’s sleep. No matter how busy you are at work, you have to rest well and eat well, understand?"
"Thank you, Lili."
"You’re thanking ?"
Song Lili rolled her eyes at her.
Lu Xiaoer got in the car, and the driver drove her away.
As the car approached the gate, Lu Xiaoer imdiately asked the driver to stop,
"Sorry, driver, could you... just stop here for a mont?"
"Of course. Is there sothing Miss Lu needs to do?"
"Just... stop for a mont." Lu Xiaoer didn’t elaborate further.
Sitting in the back of the car, she could clearly see the blue sports car at the gate and the two people who had just gotten out of the car.
They stood face to face, one tall and handso, the other delicate and modest.
They seed to be talking, with Princess Chinian unconsciously coyly swaying her body, both appearing to be laughing.
Lu Xiaoer took a deep breath...
Song Lili said that Zhongli Wuzhi being with Princess Chinian was just to annoy her.
But in such a deserted place, where she was nowhere near, their intimacy, who were they performing for?
Lu Xiaoer felt suffocated.
Everything Lili had said that afternoon, she understood it all.
She was aware of her many issues.
Her biases against n and marriage, and her inability to find the right approach to relationships.
Taking Zhongli Wuzhi’s contributions for granted, yet being extrely stingy with her own.
Taking deep breaths over and over, just trying to diminish the significance of the sight of the two standing opposite each other.
Just think of it as Lili said.
Lu Xiaoer, first be true to yourself, give your all to express how much you like him.
That way...
Even if there isn’t a happy ending, it’s fair to both of you.
Thinking this way, Lu Xiaoer felt a bit more at peace, despite the flas of jealousy in her eyes not settling in the slightest.
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