Should he talk to her about what happened back then?
It was his fault for leaving without keeping the promise, letting Jiang Yuan down.
But he was a coward. He was afraid that if he told her about those two years of upheaval, Jiang Yuan would like him even less.
She already disliked him. If he told her, wouldn't the situation be even worse?
Chi Xu stared at Jiang Yuan, who was eating with her head down, for a long time. His eyes were as deep and unfathomable as the boundless ocean.
He played along with Jiang Yuan. He knew she wanted him to fall in love with her and then abandon him mercilessly.
Jiang Yuan probably never thought that in the past three years, he had still been in love with her, deeply infatuated.
He was probably doomed to be with her for the rest of his life.
The synchronization of the memo was really an accident.
Outside the window, the night was thick. The velvety, boundless black curtain wove a wild and grand dream.
When the dream woke up, there was nothing left.
The world was clear.
He had been waiting at Jing University for the person destined for him. As the saying goes, if there's a predestined relationship, people will meet no matter how far apart they are.
Chi Xu finally waited for Jiang Yuan, just like Purple Cloud Fairy finally waited for her beloved.
One day, when he passed by the takeaway counter, he caught a glimpse of the name "Jiang Yuan" on the takeaway order. He thought he was seeing things. When he picked up the takeaway to take a closer look,
Before he could see clearly, a familiar voice came.
"Hey! You thief! Are you so poor that you can't even afford to eat? Can't you even eat the fifty - cent rice in school? Why do you have to steal my takeaways? You've stolen them several times! Do you really think I'm a sick cat just because I don't show my claws?"
He looked up and was equally stunned.
Meeting under such circumstances, Chi Xu also saw Lin Suye, Jiang Yuan's friend beside her.
After that, he found Lin Suye and asked her to help him start over with Jiang Yuan.
She agreed.
But she said that Jiang Yuan still held a grudge against his leaving back then and didn't want to have anything to do with him.
Then Lin Suye came up with an idea. She said she read a novel during the summer vacation.
The female protagonist and the male protagonist were childhood enemies. Then they separated and met again when they grew up. The female protagonist resented the male protagonist for always making her look bad when they were kids, so she took the initiative to seduce him.
She hoped to successfully play a trick on the male protagonist.
Unexpectedly, she fell in love with him. The two finally got together and had a happy ending.
Lin Suye said she had never been in a relationship and asked if this idea would work.
It was his fault that he actually agreed to this stupid idea.
Chi Xu let out a bitter smile. The only good thing was that Jiang Yuan was willing to contact him and talk to him more.
It was a breakthrough in this deadlock.
At that time, Jiang Yuan really hated him, resenting his leaving so much that she even wanted to seduce him and then abandon him mercilessly.
What if... he opened his heart layer by layer and told her the hardships that made him leave back then?
Maybe the situation would be different.
Yuan Yuan probably liked him a little now.
Falsehood was blended with sincerity.
If she really fell in love with him, she would only like him as a person and wouldn't mind his embarrassment in those two years, right?
Should he wait until Yuan Yuan liked him more before he told her?
Chi Xu lowered his head slightly, his eyes flickering.
The three delicious dishes on the table left him with no appetite.
"Jiang Yuan..." Rarely had he called her name so seriously. Chi Xu's lips twitched slightly, but there was no sound in his ears.
He realized he hadn't made a sound.
He took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the chopsticks, closed his eyes and then opened them again. There was a look of determination in Chi Xu's eyes.
Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Yuan suddenly looked up at him and started talking.
"Chi Xu, I've thought about it. If we rent together, we'd better avoid suspicion."
Jiang Yuan had wanted to say this for a long time and had been thinking about how to phrase it properly.
Once she started, the following words came more smoothly.
"Think about it. We're just classmates. If people find out we're living together, there will be so many rumors. They won't believe we're just simple roommates."
"After all, you're so popular."
Jiang Yuan said this in a joking tone. Her eyes were clear, open and aboveboard, without any shyness.
Chi Xu was stunned. The impulse in his heart was instantly doused by this bucket of cold water.
"Do you want to draw a clear line from me?" he asked with difficulty.
Why did this sound so strange?
Jiang Yuan didn't think much. She put down her chopsticks and waved her hand. "You misunderstood. I don't want any rumors. It's not good for either of us. And I don't want these things to affect your life."
In the end, she still wanted to draw a clear line between them and didn't want the whole school to know.
Jiang Yuan knew that many people in the college must know she was chasing Chi Xu, but chasing and living together were two different things.
She was not convenient to tell him directly.
She couldn't just say that everyone knew she was chasing him but they weren't officially together yet.
But suddenly living together, what would that be?
So Jiang Yuan put it in a more euphemistic way.
"Then, what do you want to do?" Chi Xu lowered his eyes and played with the rice in his bowl.
It seemed he still had to wait, wait until Jiang Yuan liked him more and wouldn't care about those two years of experience.
Now she didn't want to get too involved with him.
It made sense. She was planning to abandon him when he was most in love with her. How could she want the relationship to be more complicated?
"We, we just shouldn't tell others where we live specifically. And we shouldn't go to and leave school together. It's easy for others to notice something."
Jiang Yuan scratched her head, wracking her brains to assume all kinds of possibilities of being discovered and listing one after another.
Chi Xu continued to play with the innocent rice in his bowl and agreed one by one.
The conversation suddenly became sparse. Jiang Yuan didn't know what to say. After finishing the meal, she rushed into the kitchen before Chi Xu, occupied the sink and lifted her chin at him. "Chi Xu, give me the bowls."
The inexplicable annoyance in Chi Xu's heart disappeared. Seeing her so insistent, he smiled softly and gave her the bowls.
He then went to clean the dining table.
The next morning, Jiang Yuan got up early. She had a class at ten o'clock. After washing up, she opened the door and walked out. When she passed by the glass table in the living room, she glanced at it casually.
There was a red thing.
She wasn't sure. She took a second look.
Jiang Yuan took a step back and turned her head.
It was the enamel - basin strawberry cake that was very popular on the Internet recently.
Where did it come from?
"Do you want to eat it?" A deep and slightly hoarse voice rang in her ear. Then a shadow fell on her left side.
She didn't look at him and asked curiously, "Where did it come from? This cake has been super popular on the Internet recently. I haven't tried it yet."
Chi Xu stared at the girl's slender and fair neck for a few seconds, then withdrew his gaze imperceptibly. "Someone gave it to me. I just don't like such sweet things."
"Someone gave it to you?" Jiang Yuan finally turned to look at him directly. After a pause, she asked, "A girl or a boy?"