"How's your mood today?" Qin Chengyao suddenly asked.
Ji Siyue nodded casually. "It's okay, I guess. If you have some bad news to tell me now, I won't be angry. Go ahead."
"I bought a little something the other day. I always feel I should give it to you as soon as possible to set my mind at ease. I don't know if you'll accept it."
"What's this little something? A necklace or something? You've bought me quite a few already. I don't like wearing accessories."
"This is it." Taking advantage of a red - light, Qin Chengyao took out something and held it in front of Ji Siyue's face.
It was a particularly dainty diamond ring for women. The thin band held a medium - sized diamond that seemed to emit a strange glow. Most importantly, it seemed to be a couple's ring. The other one was on the middle finger of the hand Qin Chengyao had stretched out. He'd put it on without Ji Siyue noticing.
Ji Siyue asked, "Is this the little something?"
"Yeah..."
Even someone like Qin Chengyao couldn't help but feel a bit shy. But there was more unease in his heart.
He didn't know if Ji Siyue would accept it. All he could do was feel anxious.
Seeing the green light was about to come on, Ji Siyue didn't hesitate. She gently pushed his hand away and continued driving.
Was this a rejection?
Qin Chengyao felt as if it wasn't real, but it also seemed reasonable. He silently withdrew his hand, tightly clutching the diamond ring in his palm, not moving anymore.
It was understandable that Ji Siyue didn't accept. He'd anticipated this outcome, so he wasn't angry.
He just wondered if he'd ever get to give away this diamond ring a second time in his life.
On the way back to the base, both of them were silent.
Even after getting out of the car, Qin Chengyao was like a child who'd done something wrong, being very cautious.
Although he'd been rejected, he was more afraid that Ji Siyue would feel awkward seeing him in the future.
He originally wanted to go back silently first, to let both of them calm down and think about whether he'd been too hasty this time. But he didn't expect that just two steps out, Ji Siyue stood in front of him, blocking his way.
"You've been silent all the way. Are you angry?"
Qin Chengyao forced a bitter smile looking at Ji Siyue. "I was afraid you'd be angry, so I didn't dare talk to you."
"I was in a hurry to drive just now. Since you were in the car, I had to pay attention to road safety. Can you take out that diamond ring again for me to have a closer look? I didn't see it clearly just now."
Hearing this, Qin Chengyao suddenly raised his head, staring into Ji Siyue's eyes. His own eyes seemed to quickly light up.
He took out the diamond ring again in a bit of a hurry and handed it to her. Ji Siyue took it and saw two letters on the inner circle of the ring. They were the initials of their surnames.
It seemed this ring was custom - made. It wasn't just a casually bought little something.
"This is nice, but I don't want to put it on myself." Ji Siyue handed the diamond ring back to him and said word by word, "You put it on for me."
Qin Chengyao's hand that took the diamond ring even trembled a little, but his hand supporting Ji Siyue's was extremely steady.
The ring was slowly slipped onto Ji Siyue's slender middle finger, making her hand look even fairer and more beautiful.
"Your hands are really beautiful."
Ji Siyue smiled. "Don't try to change the subject. Did you give me this ring just as a simple accessory, or do you really want me to wear it for the rest of my life?"
"I want you by my side for the rest of my life all the time, but I don't want to push you too hard."
"So you forcibly suppressed your feelings and made your illness relapse, right?" When Ji Siyue mentioned the illness, her tone became a bit stern. "People have emotions. If you hold all these feelings in, that person is really sick. I know what's causing your illness. I'm willing to be your medicine. Please be honest with me from now on. I don't want to quarrel with you about this in the future."
There were actually many more things to say, but all of Ji Siyue's nagging was covered by an affectionate kiss from Qin Chengyao.
Sometimes, the difficult things you keep thinking about in your heart don't need to be dwelled on. If the other person wants to respond, they'll respond early. There's no need to wait so long.
When the two of them walked hand in hand back to the base, not avoiding the diamond rings on their fingers at all, the others knew that they were finally together.
The others were all congratulating them. Only Zhu Zhiyao, hiding at the back alone, just watched them with a smile on his face and said nothing.
After a long time, he took out his phone and deleted the photos of Ji Siyue in his album one by one.
After a while, he thought he'd left too many things before. Deleting them one by one was a bit cumbersome. To prevent himself from changing his mind, he simply formatted his phone and cleared out everything.
If people were machines, it would be great. If they could be formatted with one click, everything in the world would be much simpler.
It's a pity that people aren't plants. Who can be heartless?
Anyway, life is still so long. Some pains can be resolved slowly.
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was time for the in - team final.
The popularity of matches related to GH was always high. The official had prepared two different live - streaming channels early on to broadcast the two teams respectively. Viewers could watch whichever they wanted. Now the popularity of the two sides was about 7:3. One could probably guess the proportion of the on - site audience from this live - streaming data.
At the stadium for the match, they all got out of the car together. Seeing the newly - joined Breeze following at the back of the team, everyone took out their phones to take pictures to commemorate this special moment.
In the lounge, they started warming up to get in the right state.
"We've prepared for today's match for so long. Don't be nervous, everyone. I only have one thing to tell you."
Ji Siyue's eyes scanned everyone's faces and finally she smiled faintly, saying word by word, "Enjoy the game!"
At the same time, in the IK lounge on the other side, they were also giving pre - match instructions.
And the instructions on their side were completely different words: "Go all out."