"Silly girl, are you in love?" Yueyue hit the nail on the head.
"..."
Fan Yue laughed on the other line, "Speechless, aren’t you? You’re not one to shy away from challenges, you’re just afraid of relationships. Whenever it cos to deepening a relationship, you retreat. It’s fate that I could beco your friend!"
Tu Hengsha admitted Fan Yue was right. She seed outgoing and lively, but it was just a facade. Inside, she was lonely. She kept most people at a superficial distance, except for Fan Yue. It was her way of self-preservation as those closest could hurt you the most. So she kept everyone at a distance where no one could hurt her.
"Little Sha, who’s that person?" Fan Yue began gossiping.
"..." A na lingered on her tongue, but she couldn’t say it. After hesitating for a long ti, she was still indecisive, "I don’t know if he is or not..."
"You’re such a silly girl!" Fan Yue was exasperated, "Little Sha, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to say who he is. Let ask you, is he important to you?"
"Important!" she answered without thinking, "Very important, very important."
"What about his character?"
"He should be pretty good, honest..." She recalled his serious deanor. If he wasn’t a good person, he wouldn’t have saved a girl he didn’t know.
"Then it’s fine!" Fan Yue said, "Little Sha, I know you’re used to facing everything in life alone. I know what you’re afraid of, but sotis, it’s not about seeing the result before deciding what to do. If results could be predicted, what’s the point of life? Besides, we don’t have the ability to foresee what will happen tomorrow, so just live today well! As long as today is happy, follow your heart."
"But..."
"Silly Little Sha! We can’t stop eating because we’re afraid of choking, or stop walking because we’re afraid of falling. Life is a step-by-step journey, if you fall, just get back up."
"Then... do you have confidence in Cui Pei? Do you think he’ll always treat you as well as he does now?"
Fan Yue laughed, "I don’t know. Like I said, no one knows what will happen tomorrow. I only know he’s good to today. I haven’t thought about tomorrow. If there cos a day when he’s not good to , it’s okay. I am still , and he was genuinely kind to ."
Tu Hengsha let out a breath.
"Little Sha, is it a colleague from your new job?" Fan Yue’s curiosity was piqued again.
"Ah?" The image of Su Ronggui flashed before her eyes, and she stamred.
"So that’s it! Haha, I get it! Little Sha, as long as you’re happy!"
The two sisters chitchatted late into the night, reluctant to end the call even past midnight, until Tu Hengsha felt too embarrassed to keep hogging Fan Yue’s ti, "Enough, enough, let’s stop. Otherwise, Cui Pei will hate !"
"He doesn’t dare! Haha!"
Despite those words, they eventually ended the call.
Over there, Fan Yue was pulled into Cui Pei’s arms, and he complained a bit, "Finally done chatting? Leaving your husband hanging for half the night and even joking I’ll treat you badly in the future?"
Fan Yue giggled, "Just a ’what if’! Ti to sleep, I’m so tired." She yawned, and fell asleep almost imdiately in Cui Pei’s arms.
But it wasn’t as easy for Tu Hengsha to sleep. She tossed and turned, images of a certain soone flashing before her eyes. Not childhood images, but recent ones since they reunited. His coldness, fierceness, tenderness, dominance; though their reunion was short, the mories were plentiful, vivid and fresh. She’d decided to keep her distance from Mr. Su, an indifferent stranger, and it all began with gratitude towards Xiao Xu. But at so point, he planted a seed in her heart, and on this night, it blossod into chaotic yet brilliant flowers. Was it when he fed her and washed her feet while she was hospitalized in Jin County? Was it when he, sowhat fiercely, stood between her and Wang in Nan County? Was it when he said her bangs looked good pushed back? Or when in the subway, he protected her against his chest?
When you dislike soone, everything they do seems wrong; when you have feelings for soone, everything they do is right. Their flaws fade away, and you only rember the good.
The next morning, Tu Hengsha woke with dark circles under her eyes, her eyes red.
She sighed at the mirror, yawning repeatedly.
Sleepless night? It was her first ti in twenty-sothing years!
Shu Hui noticed her state and couldn’t help asking, "Did you work late last night or read a book too long?"
"..." She thought about it, "I guess you could say... work."
"What do you an ’guess’? How can work be ’guess’?" Shu Hui handed a peeled egg to her mouth.
She took a bite, shaking her head, "No yolk, please."
Shu Hui gave her a reproachful look, "Still a kid? Still acting spoiled? Hurry up and eat it."
Tu Hengsha reluctantly swallowed it down with a gulp of water, washing the yolk that was stuck in her throat. She wanted to tell Mom about her life-saving benefactor, but after last night’s ss, she decided to keep it to herself for now.
Yawning all the way to the hospital, she was greeted with disdain by Mr. Su when she entered the ward, "Looking like that, were you out stealing chickens last night?"
Tu Hengsha blinked, "No, you’re wrong. I stole a person back ho last night."
"..." Her wild imagination never ceased to amaze.
"Aren’t you curious about who?" Talking to him was always an effort, she always had to continue the conversation herself.
"Who?" He clearly took her nonsense lightly. Sister Qian had brought breakfast, and he was busying himself with serving Grandma, managing quite well with one hand.
Tu Hengsha’s eyes sparkled as she leaned in to whisper in his ear, but he said, "Why are you being so sneaky? Just say it out loud!"
"You..." So she did say it aloud.
Mr. Su: "..."
Grandma: "..."
Sister Qian: "..."
Xiao Guo: "..."
Grandma was the first to react with excitent, "Gugu, did you sleep over at the girl’s place last night?"
Gugu simply smiled as he watched her, seemingly waiting for her explanation.
Little Sha, with a guilty conscience, blushed, then leaned against Grandma, acting spoiled, "Grandma, Gugu was so an! He made work all night! Writing drafts, editing, and retouching photos..."
Grandma was confused and troubled as she looked at Su Ronggui, "Really?" How could her grandson at his age be so clueless?
Sister Qian also eyed Mr. Su, pondering: Mr. Su didn’t seem dense...
Xiao Guo secretly remarked: Mr. Su, you’re setting yourself up for a lifeti of loneliness!
Su Ronggui, unable to laugh or cry, said, "Grandma, she’s just talking nonsense!"
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