Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts Chapter 220: The Other Side of the Sunrise

With encouragent from Liu Xiaoyu earlier, Xia Yuan, while watching the sunrise with i Fang, proactively suggested to him the idea of confessing their “secret training” to Lin Youxi. She also proposed a compensation plan for Lin Youxi:

She should kiss i Fang as well.

It was clear that Xia Yuan had been tornted by guilt for sneaking around.

However, Xia Yuan didn’t know that the previous day, while Lin Youxi was being intimate with i Fang, she had already confessed sothing to him:

On the night she slipped into his sofa bed, Lin Youxi had seen i Fang and Xia Yuan’s chat records.

That’s why she had been so uninhibited with i Fang afterward.

After telling i Fang this, she also suggested he could confess to Xia Yuan.

So, when faced with Xia Yuan’s proposal, i Fang told her the truth.

“…So, you and Youxi had already kissed!” Xia Yuan was shocked. “Who initiated it, you or Youxi? And… when did it happen?”

“Youxi initiated it,” i Fang said and then paused. “I told you our kiss was my first kiss, so naturally, Youxi’s happened after that…”

“I… I didn’t say I doubted our first kiss… And you’re so sneaky!”

Yuan Yuan hit i Fang with a flurry of punches, “You’re only telling this now! You should’ve said it earlier!”

“Earlier? How do you think I should’ve said it?”

i Fang, unable to dodge, endured Xia Yuan’s punches and pulled her into his arms to keep taking the blows.

“You and Youxi are both very important to , equally important. I… I didn’t know how to say it. I just knew I couldn’t let either of you down. But since I accepted doing this with you, I couldn’t ignore Youxi’s request… She only did it because she accidentally saw our chat history, you understand?”

If Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi didn’t know each other, and if they didn’t share such a deep bond with i Fang…

Xia Yuan would have cried and angrily called i Fang a scumbag, feeling he had betrayed them both.

But they had grown up together as close childhood sweethearts.

So, seeing i Fang’s sorrowful expression, Xia Yuan felt compassion instead.

“I’m not saying it’s your fault… If anyone is to bla, it’s . I shouldn’t have been so forward that ti… But what’s the point of saying this now.”

Leaning against i Fang’s chest, Yuan Yuan gently cupped his cheek, looking at his lips from the side.

“Since we both made mistakes, I feel less burdened. Let’s just calm down and watch the sunrise together.”

In the sunlight, Xia Yuan took the initiative to kiss i Fang, who reciprocated, and the two shared an unforgettable sunrise experience.

As the area beca more crowded, Xia Yuan and i Fang decided to head back.

“Hmm… Yuan Yuan, do you plan to talk to Youxi about this?” i Fang asked.

“Talk about this…?” Xia Yuan blushed and shook her head. “Although both of us are at fault, I was the one who made the first move and took your first kiss. How could I face Youxi and tell her about it?”

“So you’re planning to pretend you don’t know?”

“Since she’s pretending not to know, I’ll just play along too… Speaking of which, when she told you about that thing, was she really not angry?”

“No… At that ti…” i Fang scratched his head, “It’s a bit complicated to explain, but she won’t bla you. Just know that. If she blad you, would she still be so nice to you?”

“Hmm… that’s true.”

“And if there’s any fault, it’s mine! Even though we weren’t officially lovers, I accepted doing this with both of you…”

i Fang clutched her forehead and put on a very painful expression. “If it weren’t for how cute you and Youxi are, and liking you both so much, how could I possibly——”

Ah Fang is really a traditional and conservative guy.

He must have struggled a lot, being forced into this by Youxi and .

Seeing this, Xia Yuan patted i Fang’s head. “Alright, alright… don’t dwell on it… since it already happened and none of us blad you, let’s face it calmly.”

“Sigh…”

…

The more Xia Yuan comforted i Fang, the more she felt sothing was off.

Why does it seem like Ah Fang is the one being wronged here? But it doesn’t seem wrong either…

After all, it was Xia Yuan who first crossed the line, going from simple light kisses to wanting to kiss i Fang’s lips, only to be firmly rejected by him.

i Fang was soone who couldn’t resist a soft approach but wouldn’t yield to force. When Xia Yuan actively sought a kiss, he didn’t accept it, but when he saw Xia Yuan about to cry after being rejected, he compromised his principles to care for Xia Yuan’s feelings. Naturally, Xia Yuan couldn’t call i Fang a scumbag.

As for Lin Youxi’s side, i Fang was also passively accepting.

If he accepted Xia Yuan but rejected Lin Youxi, would that an he was abandoning Lin Youxi to be with Xia Yuan?

Xia Yuan didn’t want i Fang to think that way, and i Fang himself didn’t have that intention.

That’s why he gave in to Lin Youxi as well.

It seems reasonable, but sothing still feels off…

When it was ti for the final gathering, i Fang and Xia Yuan returned to the group. Everyone was buzzing about the two of them going off to watch the sunrise alone. However, besides Xiang Bingbing complaining a bit, everyone seed to understand the situation without saying anything.

Especially Lin Youxi.

This was the first ti Xia Yuan and i Fang faced Lin Youxi after their mutual confessions. She greeted Xia Yuan as if nothing had happened.

“Was the sunrise beautiful?”

“Mhm… it was beautiful, really beautiful.”

Xia Yuan initially thought it was an of Lin Youxi to hide her knowledge of the situation for so long. However, seeing her smile, Xia Yuan rembered all the group activities Lin Youxi had prepared for them the day before. Considering Xia Yuan had been the first to step out of line, she felt she had no right to complain.

As they chatted, Xia Yuan linked arms with Lin Youxi, and soon they were as close as ever.

…

Seeing the two of them as affectionate as before, i Fang breathed a sigh of relief. This spring outing had been quite an ordeal for him.

First, he learned from Lin Youxi that she had long known about his and Xia Yuan’s secret. Then, he had to confess to Xia Yuan about his secret with Lin Youxi.

Though his explanations were hastily prepared, they were sincere. After all, in his secret affairs with both, he hadn’t done anything wrong or shown favoritism. The biggest issue was having kissed Xia Yuan first, but Lin Youxi didn’t seem to care much about the first kiss.

Moreover, what Lin Youxi had done went far beyond a simple kiss…

All in all, thanks to everyone’s efforts, i Fang concluded an unforgettable spring outing.

After that, life for the trio returned to normal. On the surface, it seed as if nothing had ever happened. Opportunities for intimate monts were rare, and the super energy replenishnt sessions remained as usual.

If there was anything different, it was that i Fang felt Liu Xiaoyu was distancing herself from him. Her relationship with Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi remained close, but she barely spoke to him and would leave whenever they were alone.

It seed she still saw him as a scumbag…

i Fang didn’t dwell on it. If she couldn’t accept him, he understood. She was, after all, primarily a friend of Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi in this life, and at most, a like-minded companion in their studio. i Fang could only express his regret.

In the days that followed, aside from daily life and studies, i Fang temporarily shelved the developnt of Cloudy Journey to focus on helping Xia Yuan with her upcoming album.