Su Rou was suddenly hugged by Su Yuze. Just as she was about to break free, she heard a soft "I'm sorry". Instantly, her sense of grievance swelled. Did this apology mean... he couldn't accept such an unusual affection after all?
Su Rou wiped her eyes and stubbornly pursed her lips. This wasn't what she wanted to hear. He had said sorry to Jiang Ling not long ago, and now it was her turn!
"Why are you saying sorry to me!" She hated this phrase. "Just agree to let me go abroad." Anyway, they wouldn't see each other again after that, thus avoiding any awkwardness.
Su Yuze turned Su Rou around. As expected, he saw her red - rimmed eyes. He let out a soft sigh. If she hadn't been pushed to the limit, she probably wouldn't have confessed. Was she just going to keep it bottled up until she went abroad?
"Xiaorou'er, my apology doesn't mean I'm rejecting you." Su Yuze stretched out his large, well - defined hand to wipe away the tears on her cheeks. This little thing who loved to be petty. But... it was worth it to receive such an unexpected confession.
Su Rou looked at him curiously. "What do you mean..." Not rejecting her? But it was impossible for him to accept either, right? "I don't want your comfort." It would only make her feel worse. Su Rou waved his hand away and murmured discontentedly in a low voice, "Let me go abroad..."
"No." Su Yuze still refused.
"Why?" Su Rou pushed him away. "I've already... yet you still won't let me go?"
Su Yuze let out a soft chuckle. "My Xiaorou'er finally mustered the courage to confess to me. How could I let you go?"
"Do you mean..." Su Rou looked at him blankly. "What do you mean?"
"What if my answer is 'yes'?" Su Yuze said softly.
Yes? Yes to what? Su Rou stared at him for a while and then gradually understood. She took a few uncertain steps back. "Are you joking?" There was disbelief in Su Rou's eyes. "You're my elder brother."
"I was planning to tell you when you were a bit older, but..." But this little thing just couldn't hold her horses. "You're actually not from the Su family. I... picked you up at the hospital entrance."
Su Rou had once wished not to be Su Yuze's younger sister, but she never thought it would be true. But... wasn't this just a way to comfort her? "Are you saying this just because I confessed?" To ease her guilt?
"If you don't believe me, I can take you for a paternity test." Su Yuze pulled her closer and said seriously, "Xiaorou'er, we're not blood - related. I won't lie to you."
Su Rou looked at him for a long time, still uncertain. "..." Was she really not from the Su family? Although she also thought she didn't look like Su Nuannuan at all, but... could there really be such a coincidence?
Su Yuze saw her doubts. "Let me put it this way. I like you too, Xiaorou'er. Not as a brother, but as a man... Now, do you believe me?"
"Are you serious? You're not just trying to cheer me up?" Su Rou still felt it was a bit unreal. After all, she had always thought her one - sided love would end up in vain. Especially after Su Yuze found out, she had given up all hope. She had already completed the procedures for going abroad and was just waiting to leave. But now, Su Yuze...
Seeing Su Rou getting a bit excited, Su Yuze smiled and stroked her head. "Yes, and I've liked you for a long time." He had just held back his feelings because Su Rou was still young and so dependent on him. He was afraid she wouldn't be able to accept it.
Su Rou bit her tongue. "But but, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"About you not being from the Su family? What do you think would happen if Grandpa found out?"
Grandpa? With Su Rongqi's old - fashioned mindset, if he found out that she wasn't actually a member of the Su family, he would definitely kick her out. Su Rongqi was such a person. He couldn't tolerate even a single speck of sand. No matter the reason, deception was deception!
"The fewer people who know about this, the better. But if it made you sad, I'm sorry." Su Yuze smiled. "You have to keep this a secret too."
Su Rou nodded. She understood. Even if he didn't say so, she would.
"So, would you like to be with me?" Su Yuze's deep, masculine voice sounded.
Su Rou blushed slightly and then nodded. "Um..."
Seeing her suddenly shy look, Su Yuze's heart skipped a beat. He leaned down and kissed her on her moist lips. Looking at her no - longer - stubborn face, he said, "I'm exercising my right as your man."
"My first kiss..." Her first kiss was gone just like that. It wasn't romantic at all.
First kiss? No, her first kiss was long gone!
"Now, do you still want to go abroad?"
Su Rou shook her head. "I don't want to go anymore."
"Will you still be with Jiang Ling?"
"No... I wasn't even with him in the first place!" Su Rou felt wronged. "I just went with him to apply for a passport."
Su Yuze pulled her into his arms. He had wanted to do this for a long time. Today, he could finally act intimately with her openly! Su Rou was stiff at first, but Su Yuze's embrace was so warm, just like when he held her when she was a child. Su Rou couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh. She also reached out her arms to hug him back. "Brother Ze, I never wanted to go abroad in the first place. I don't want to be far away from you."
So, it had always been this little thing making him angry!
"Okay."
"But I've already applied to a school." Su Rou said in a low voice. "The school called me the other day."
Su Yuze tightened his arms around Su Rou. "Was it the time when you lied to me that it was a foreign teacher calling?"
Su Rou was being hugged so tightly that she could hardly breathe. She forced a smile. "Yes..."
Su Yuze narrowed his eyes slightly and then lowered his head to kiss her hard. He bit her lips angrily. This little thing was really a handful! "I'll handle withdrawing your application from the school."
"Okay." Su Rou pinched his sleeve. Her pink lips were a bit swollen. "But Grandpa has already signed the form..."
Su Yuze let out a long sigh. "Leave it to me."
Su Rou smiled gently. "Okay." Just like always, Su Yuze had always taken care of things for her.
"I've done so much for you. You have to do something for me too." Su Yuze said softly.
"Okay, what is it?"
"Don't meet Jiang Ling."
Su Rou was stunned for a moment and then said, "Okay. Anyway, he's about to go abroad. I won't see him."
Really? He hoped that Jiang Ling wouldn't stick around stubbornly in City T after hearing that Xiaorou'er wasn't going abroad.