Yes, I was taken away.
He placed me behind his little electric scooter and drove me out of the school.
When we reached a street, Shen Xingye covered my eyes.
Although I couldn't see, I could smell barbecue, spicy hot pot, grilled sausages, pancakes, takoyaki, refreshing cold desserts, sour and spicy noodles, mushroom shrimp paste, sweet and sour pork, red bean rice, giant burritos, grilled squid, rice-wrapped chicken wings, oysters and scallops from ten miles away...
The delicious aroma left me in a daze.
"Shen Xingye, where are you taking me?"
I held onto his hand, confused.
After a while, he released my hand and took out an SVIP card, looking down at me:
"Lin Yu, I'm apologizing to you with an entire street."
"You can eat whatever you want here from now on."
"I don't believe you can go to other places."
I: "..."
This damn possessiveness.
It really makes it hard to resist.
But who uses an entire food street to apologize?
Does he really think I'm a Greedy Girl?
Angry tears streamed down from the corners of my mouth.
"Don't think that I'll easily forgive you just because of this; you still haven't explained the photo."
Shen Xingye pulled me to a quiet corner and looked at me seriously:
"I'm sorry. That day I met Ji Rushan at the café; she found out about my engagement withdrawal with the Ji family and came to find me on her own."
"When she hugged me, I was also startled, but I pushed her away immediately."
"If you think about it, in that photo, wasn't I holding my hand up the whole time?"
I tried to recall.
It seemed to be true.
He had raised his arm as if afraid of touching Ji Rushan even slightly.
"Besides, a hug between two people who have feelings for each other should be like this."
Shen Xingye suddenly pulled me into his arms, gripping my hands tightly on his waist, then raised his arm to wrap around me. The warmth from his palm spread from my waist to my heart, making my cheeks feel incredibly hot.
But there was still one question. I looked up and asked, "Then why did you suddenly disappear?"
Shen Xingye's face turned red, and he lowered his head a bit shyly. "After that day, I was actually planning to confess to you."
"But then the news about the annulment reached my dad's ears, and he got so angry that he locked me up."
"This morning, I managed to escape by climbing over the wall."
As if to prove it, he rolled up his sleeve to show me the bandage wrapped around his arm, looking pitiful. "Look, I even got hurt."
The 188's aggrieved little puppy was acting cute in front of me. Who could resist that?
I blushed and softly asked, "Should I blow on it?"
Shen Xingye pressed me against his shoulder and whispered playfully, "Blowing won't help."
"Then what will help?"
"A kiss, and it won't hurt anymore."
I was at a loss for words. But considering that SVIP card, I quickly leaned down and pecked him lightly on the arm. "Is this okay?"
Shen Xingye didn't say anything. I looked up and saw him staring at me intensely. After a moment, he bent down slightly and whispered in my ear with a teasing smile, "Yuyu, your lips hurt too."
Go away, Shen Xingye. I felt shy and wanted to leave.
Just as I turned around, he pulled me back into his embrace.
Shen Xingye held the back of my head and kissed me deeply.
Even though it wasn't our first kiss, my heart raced uncontrollably.
Shen Xingye opened his eyes and asked, "So, do you accept my confession?"
"Lin Yu, I like you."
I looked at the snack street that stretched for several kilometers and weakly asked, "If I don't agree, can I still come here to eat in the future?"
Shen Xingye stared at me, three dark lines appearing on his forehead: "Go ahead and eat, Greedy Girl."
In the end, I naturally agreed to Shen Xingye.
Not because of SVIP.
But because I really liked Shen Xingye too.
I had started liking him even before I realized it myself.
On the way back, a luxury car stopped in front of us.
A dignified and serious man got out of the car and tilted his body to glance at me: "Is this her?"
Just as I was wondering who it was, Shen Xingye immediately shielded me behind him.
No way, a kidnapping?
I was stunned.
I had already pressed the emergency alert button.
Then Shen Xingye called out, "Dad."
"I've completed that bet."
"From now on, you have no right to interfere with who I'm with."
Shen Xingye's Dad?
I was startled and quickly bowed, saying hello to him.
The middle-aged man smiled at me and said, "Alright, better than a dog son who can talk."
"Hey kid, can we chat for a bit?"
The man was grinning.
Shen Xingye initially wanted to stop this.
But I patted his hand, signaling that it was fine.
Two minutes later, Shen Xingye leaned against a big tree, stretching his neck to look over here.
Uncle Shen didn’t make things difficult for me and even comforted me not to be nervous.
"I made a bet with that kid; as long as he can be self-sufficient for a month, I won’t interfere with his marriage plans."
"I didn’t expect him to not ask for a single penny."
"But strangely enough, after a month, he was still hanging around that fried rice stall."
"At that moment, I knew it was over; I might have a daughter-in-law soon."
"However, I still wanted to see just how much he liked you and whether it was worth me giving up on the arranged marriage, so I kept him away for another week."
"Unexpectedly, he would rather crawl through a dog hole just to come see you."
"I came today to meet my future daughter-in-law and invite you both over for dinner."
I was so shocked my jaw dropped. "Crawl through a dog hole?"
Uncle Shen was taken aback by my surprise but then realized and smiled knowingly. "How did he tell you?"
I answered honestly, "Climbing over the wall..."
Uncle Shen and I exchanged glances and burst into laughter.
Hearing the laughter, Shen Xingye could no longer hold back.
He strode over to me, grabbing my wrist with a flushed face.
"Stop messing around."
"I don’t want to say much about what happened between you and my mom."
Shen Xingye and I walked along the edge of the small lake.
Suddenly he stopped in his tracks.
"Lin Yu, stop laughing."
I manually muted my microphone. But just thinking about Shen Xingye going through the dog hole makes it hard for me to suppress a smile, even more than an AK. Come on, he is the Campus Heartthrob.
Shen Xingye was frustrated with me and threatened in a low voice, "If you laugh again, I will..." He leaned down, getting very close to me. So close that when I tilted my head back, I could touch his warm lips. I kissed him directly. It was a brief touch before we pulled away.
"What will you do?" Shen Xingye looked at me and turned his face away, saying, "I concede to you."
Just then, a large group of students passed by from the lakeside during the break.
"Oh my gosh, is that Shen Xingye? Who's that girl next to him?"
"I haven't seen her before, but isn't he engaged to Ji Rushan?"
"Could she be his girlfriend?"
"That can't be; that girl looks so ordinary, she doesn't match him."
Indeed, while I'm not ugly, being with Shen Xingye makes my looks feel somewhat lacking. The hand resting on Shen Xingye's neck slowly slipped away. My heart, which had just been fluttering with joy, instantly sank.
Suddenly, a force at my waist pulled me heavily into Shen Xingye's embrace. He frowned and glared at those girls with an unfriendly expression:
"Are you bored?"
"Do you want to come closer? I'll kiss my girlfriend for you to see."
The girls exchanged glances in shock and quickly muttered, "She really is his girlfriend," before hastily fleeing.
Shen Xingye adjusted my head: "Don't listen to them, you're not ordinary at all."
My face flushed: "But what do you like about me?"
I didn't even know the reason he liked me.
Shen Xingye smiled, his eyes bright: "You really don't know?"
I shook my head.
He pulled me to sit on a small bench by the lake.
"Then let me ask you first, why do you keep eating my terrible Egg Fried Rice?"
I looked into his sparkling eyes:
"Because they said you went bankrupt, and I was afraid if I didn't come, you wouldn't have any business."
Shen Xingye ruffled my hair: "That's the reason."
"Lin Yu little angel, you're not ordinary at all."
"You deserve to be liked by anyone."
I lowered my head, feeling a pot of honey bubbling up inside me because of his words.
"Then since your bet with Uncle has long been settled, why do you still keep the fried rice stall open?"
Shen Xingye laughed, pinching my chubby cheeks:
"Because Greedy Girl only orders the cheapest Egg Fried Rice, and I'm afraid if I close it, you won't have anywhere to eat."
We exchanged glances and burst into laughter.
Shen Xingye gently wrapped his arms around me.
"So Yuyu, we make a great pair."
"We're both kind-hearted; we deserve to be together."
"Sweet until we're old."
Yes, kind people deserve to be happy until old age.
Tears unexpectedly streamed from the corners of my eyes.
I hugged him back, as if embracing the entire world that brought me joy and sorrow.
"I second that!"
Two years later, I graduated and started my internship.
Because it was close to the company, I officially moved into Shen Xingye's small apartment.
One day, Jiang Rong and I had plans for dinner when she suddenly squinted at me and asked, "Can your Shen Xingye cook fried rice?"
I almost choked on my soda.
Not only can Shen Xingye cook, he is exceptionally good at it.
Jiang Rong narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips, saying, "Is there anything my esteemed eldest daughter cannot hear?"
I was worn down by her persistence, shifted my aching waist, and replied in a muffled voice, "It's... just average."
Jiang Rong waved her hand dismissively, her expression awkward: "It's fine; my partner is the same way."
To prove we weren't deceiving each other, we vividly recounted how they were lacking in that department.
However, in our passionate exchange, we completely failed to notice the two men behind us with complex expressions.
So half an hour later, one of us was taken to a hotel while the other was dragged back to the apartment.
In the middle of the night, Shen Xingye was still pressing down on my waist, trying to prove his fried rice skills to me.
His movements were extremely domineering, yet his voice sounded pitiful:
"I didn't satisfy Yuyu; it's my fault."
"I'll definitely work twice as hard tonight."
"Yuyu, please don't cry and beg like last night."
I was shocked and wanted to run away but was caught by my ankle and pulled back.
Thus, that night was sleepless under the stars and moon.
Only the waves surged higher and higher.
In short, two phrases:
Regret!
Back pain!
(The End)
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