Tan Yin pouted and whispered, "If I hate you so much, why are you pulling me so tight now?"
"I've figured it out now. It's really troublesome to hate you, so I'd rather just like you." Chu Hang said calmly, "Also, the misunderstanding has been resolved now. You didn't deliberately lie to me at the beginning, so I don't hate you at all now."
After things went around in circles for so long, Tan Yin finally realized with a smile and tears that she had missed something because of that misunderstanding.
She felt aggrieved: "Why didn't you confirm it with me directly? You could have confronted me face to face. If you kept it to yourself, wouldn't we have been able to date? We wouldn't have missed the opportunity."
"We can talk now." Chu Hang looked away and said in an unnatural voice, "Now that your trick has succeeded, I like you even more."
Speaking of this, Tan Yin felt a little aggrieved again: "Why don't I feel that, although you said it very nicely and said that you liked me, but just now when we came out of the library after the earthquake, you left me in the square and didn't even look at me again. Every time you rescued someone, I called you, so loudly, and people who were standing farther away from me than you were looking at me, but you pretended not to hear me and ignored me. Is this really love?"
"I heard that."
So why did he pretend not to hear it and ignore it after hearing it? Tan Yin felt a little angry. Could it be that Chu Hang was too angry to bother to pay attention to her because he felt that he was still with Zhou Ming? This was too petty!
Chu Hang finally spoke when Tan Yin was lost in thought. His voice was a little dry, and it seemed like he had spent a lot of effort and courage to say those few simple words: "I dare not look at you."
Chu Hang took a deep breath, and finally seemed to have let go of his shame. He looked at Tan Yin, and lowered his voice slightly. His voice was always cool, but there was a barely detectable unnaturalness in it.
"I dare not look at you, because I am afraid that if I look at you, I will not want to save others."
Tan Yin was confused by this answer: "Why?"
"Because I like you, I like you so much that I cherish my life even more when I think of you." Chu Hang paused, "I feel that if something unexpected happens while I'm saving someone, it would be too worthless."
"I've never been afraid of death before, but after I fell in love with you, I found myself afraid of death. Some people say that liking someone is like having a soft spot. Now I know that this sentence is true." Chu Hang said here, glanced at Tan Yin, and tried to suppress his emotions. "I'm afraid that if I die, you will really live with Zhou Ming forever, or even if it's not with Zhou Ming, but with someone else. In short, when I think of this, I can't accept it. I feel that I can't die."
"I'm afraid if I look at you any longer, I won't even want to save people." This time Chu Hang looked away and looked at the ground. "When Dayu was controlling the flood, he passed by his home three times without entering. Now that I think about it, maybe Dayu was not just filled with great love and justice in his heart, with a heart as hard as steel, and he did this to save every minute. It's because he was probably like me, afraid that once he entered this house, he would not be able to leave. He was afraid that once he went back, he would indulge in his wife, children, and warm home, and would never want to go out again."
Chu Hang's voice was a little dry, but Tan Yin felt it was throbbing and gentle. So that's how it is... So that's how it is...
Chu Hang took a deep breath: "So I dare not look at you, nor respond to you, because I know you are safe, and there are still many people trapped in the library."
Tan Yin's heart was beating wildly and uncontrollably. Jiang Yilu always advised her to date a liberal arts guy, saying that only in this way could she appreciate the beauty of Chinese love words. However, Tan Yin felt that Chu Hang's straightforward and simple words were the most touching, natural and unpretentious, just like Chu Hang himself, without any embellishment or falsehood, and he showed Tan Yin everything he thought in his heart, and that was enough, and that was the best.
Just when Tan Yin didn't know how to respond, Chu Hang raised his head, then grabbed Tan Yin forcefully, forcing her to look directly at him: "So after saying so much, I just want to ask you one question, do you still like me now?"
He looked handsome and serious, so serious that one would think he was working on some world-class architectural design project. His dark pupils reflected only himself. His voice was gentle but full of induction, and his eyes seemed to convey—"Say I like it! Say you like it!"
Chu Hang, this vixen, is really weird. Tan Yin felt that she was completely bewitched for a moment, and by the time she reacted, she had already said "I like you".
Chu Hang finally smiled. He leaned over and wiped away the remaining tears on Tan Yin's face. He looked directly into her eyes and patted her head: "So good."
Damn it, Tan Yin thought, I can’t breathe again…
This time, Chu Hang's tone finally became relaxed, and there was persuasion in his voice: "Since I like you and you like me, then Zhou Ming has nothing to do with me. Now, come with me and break up with him in front of me."
"No way!"
Chu Hang's face darkened again: "Tan Yin, what do you mean? You can't let him go, you don't break up with him, he continues to be his official boyfriend, and what about me, you said you like me, you want to keep me as your underground lover? Become a mistress who can't be seen in public?"
Tan Yin said fearlessly: "Excuse me, but your current behavior is just like a mistress, isn't it?"
Chu Hang argued, "You have no feelings for him. I don't see how he treats you like a boyfriend. I suspect he is gay and you are just a couple in a formal way. Although I have no evidence, I am not a mistress anyway."
Zhou Ming really doesn’t like men, okay!
"Besides, I'm not pestering you. I just like you and I want you to know. I want to give an explanation for my feelings. If you don't agree..."
"If I don't agree, you've already tried your best and given up, so you can move on?"
"If you don't agree today, I'll try again tomorrow."
"… "
"If it doesn't work tomorrow, I'll try the day after tomorrow. If it doesn't work the day after tomorrow, I'll try the day after that. If it still doesn't work, I'll just keep waiting. I'll just quietly wait for you to break up, just like a sit-in protest. I won't take the initiative to cause trouble, so I'm not a mistress. But when you break up, you'll be mine."
Chu Hang looked obviously very angry, but he was trying hard to act calm and composed, suppressing his emotions and keeping a cool face. Tan Yin's heart beat faster, but he also had some bad intentions after the initiative between the enemy and us was reversed.
"But I can't break up with Zhou Ming."
Chu Hang's face really became even uglier. He paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "I can wait. I will wait until the day you break up. As long as you break up, you can contact me as soon as possible."
He used to ignore me, but now he is willing to be a poor spare tire with no name or status. This is really...
Tan Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She went over and pulled Chu Hang's hand. She didn't have the heart to lie to him again: "Zhou Ming and I don't need to break up, because we are like you and Anna. We have never been together."
Chu Hang frowned, obviously having a lot of questions to ask.
Tan Yin could only briefly explain to Chu Hang the whole story from beginning to end.
Chu Hang's expression eased after hearing this, but soon, his face turned ugly again: "So, that means, if I didn't help you return the book last time and didn't carry you down the mountain, you and Zhou Ming would have already broken up in name?"
Tan Yin nodded: "That's right... If you hadn't suddenly become possessed by a spirit of drama and forced yourself to act, he and I would have... um..."
"… "
Chu Hang pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, but the expression on his face made him look like a human-shaped pufferfish, a little miserable, but also a little funny and cute.
He must be regretting it deeply right now, because he never expected that the one who made his love life so difficult was not Zhou Ming, but himself.
But soon, Chu Hang started to feel a little jealous: "Zhou Ming got a bargain, and he even became your boyfriend in name only."
"… "
It has been clarified that Zhou Ming is just a friend, so why is Chu Hang still so hostile to him!
"Somehow I became your second boyfriend, and you now have an ex-boyfriend. And nominally speaking, he is your 'first love'."
…
There was hatred and resentment in Chu Hang's tone, and it seemed that he was very unbalanced at the moment.
"How about this, if you really feel unbalanced, why don't you go find an ex-girlfriend?"
"don't want."
Chu Hang finished speaking and glared at Tan Yin fiercely: "Stop talking nonsense. Go find Zhou Ming and explain clearly to him that you don't want to pretend to be a couple anymore. Your cooperation ends here. From now on, you have a boyfriend and you can't have any more scandals with him."
"Of course it's easy to talk to Zhou Ming, but now everyone in school knows that he and I are in a high-profile relationship. I feel that I still need to find a reason to break up that can be explained to the public. Then I have to keep a low profile for a while, and then announce a new relationship. This is more appropriate."
It was a pity that Chu Hang did not understand Tan Yin's painstaking efforts in this counter-plan. He frowned and said unhappily, "Why do we need to wait for a while?"
"This is for the good of our reputation. Just imagine, if I had just announced my breakup with Zhou Ming and then immediately got together with you, everyone would think that I was cheating on him or you were my mistress. How embarrassing it would be if people spread the news!" Tan Yin felt distressed when she thought of this. "What reason should I find to break up with Zhou Ming? We showed off our affection too much before, and now it's hard to find a suitable reason..."
"Just say that I'm the male mistress who harassed you unilaterally. Although you ignored me, Zhou Ming misunderstood and quarreled with you. Eventually, we quarreled too many times and lost our feelings, so we broke up. I took advantage of your heartbreak and succeeded you." Chu Hang said this without blinking, and said calmly, "I've already thought of a reason for you, this is it. You should announce your breakup today and let me, the mistress, take your place."
Tan Yin asked tentatively: "This won't affect me, but do you want to give up your reputation?"
"Well, no."
…
"Then I'll go find Zhou Ming." At this point, Tan Yin couldn't help but complain, "I saw Zhou Ming in the square just now, and he came to the library to look for me, but you dragged me to the empty tree-lined avenue here and said something like that. Who knows how Zhou Ming would look for me at the library entrance."
Tan Yin took out her cell phone and saw that, as expected, it was full of missed calls from Zhou Ming.
"Don't look for him anymore. Just call him and explain it clearly. You don't have to eat today. Since you've 'broken up', it's easy for others to misunderstand if they see you eating together. What do you want to eat today? I'll take you out."
…
As a last resort, under Chu Hang's insistence, Tan Yin could only pick up the phone and call Zhou Ming. As soon as she called out "Zhou Ming", Chu Hang snatched the phone away: "Hello, I'm Chu Hang, Tan Yin's boyfriend. Tan Yin is with me now, and she's safe. We're going to have dinner together later, so it's not convenient for you to go with us. We'll make an appointment as a group of three later. Thank you for taking care of Tan Yin in the past. I'll take good care of her in the future."
The speech was so logical and flawless that Tan Yin was completely stunned.
Chu Hang threw the phone back to Tan Yin: "Why are you standing there? Go eat."
After the mistress succeeded in getting promoted, Chu Hang's face was filled with smugness, as if he had succeeded in his scheme, like a proud peacock that had just spread its feathers. He held Tan Yin's hand, not caring about the eyes of the people around him, and walked towards the school gate calmly and calmly in full view of everyone.
Chu Hang is a popular figure in the school, and so is Tan Yin. However, the story of Tan Yin jumping off a building because she failed to pursue Chu Hang became more and more popular...
Now, because of the earthquake, almost half of the school's population has gathered in the flat square in front of the library. Among so many pairs of eyes, some have already recognized Tan Yin and Chu Hang, and their interlocked hands have become the focus of everyone.
Tan Yin had only taken a few steps when she felt the gazes like a thorn in her back. If those gazes were to become real, I'm afraid these girls would want to stab her...
Sure enough, not long after, she received a WeChat message from Jiang Yilu.
"My informant said that he saw you and Chu Hang holding hands at the entrance of the library. Damn, what kind of rumor is this? Although I usually turn a blind eye to the tips provided, as long as it is not 100% false, I tolerate it. But this kind of empty rumor is a bit too much!" Jiang Yilu was obviously very angry, and sent several angry emojis in a row. "I was so angry that I blocked the person and kicked him out of the group to set an example!"
"… "
Tan Yin didn't know what to say for a moment. She didn't know where to start explaining, so she simply put down her phone and didn't reply to Jiang Yilu for the time being.
However, she still wanted to confirm the development of this matter again. Tan Yin glanced at Chu Hang beside her: "Well, Chu Hang, let me confirm again, you are not sick now, right? No fever, right? Are you conscious? Could it be that I was pestering you too much before, invisible and staring at you, causing you to...actually have a weak judgment now? Or even have hallucinations? Anyway, I apologize to you for everything I did wrong before."
"Tan Yin, I'm very sober." Chu Hang looked at Tan Yin, almost gritting his teeth and helpless, "Can you trust me a little? You are wrong. You gave up halfway. If you want to pursue, you should act like you are pursuing. Fight to the end, and it's fine if you can still pursue." Chu Hang said disdainfully, "Even so, you still have the nerve to claim that you are a persistent and dedicated person?"
"..." Tan Yin choked, but then she quickly remembered something, "I haven't asked you yet, how many other things have you lied to me about?"
"What? When have I ever lied to you?" Chu Hang denied shamelessly, "I never lie to my girlfriend."
"You could see that I was invisible a long time ago but you didn't tell me, you lied to me; you had improper thoughts about me before entering college but you didn't tell me, you also lied to me, besides this, what else are you hiding from me?"
"… "
"Now it's your turn to confess. If you lie to me and I find out, I'll probably go to Zhou Ming and cry to him."
"You are not allowed to look for Zhou Ming." As expected, as long as Zhou Ming was mentioned, even though it was clarified that they were just real friends, Chu Hang still couldn't stand it. He said unnaturally, "Don't look for him. I'll be honest."
Things are changing, Tan Yin thought. Just now he was the one being tortured under the table, but now the situation has changed and it is his turn to be the banker.
"Then tell me, and explain everything in detail!"
"I drove you there after you fell while delivering food. I didn't do this to practice driving. I just wanted to give you a ride."
"I went to one community after another. I didn't want to see the community design. There weren't many good designs in those lousy communities. I just didn't want to be harassed or fined for being late for delivering food."
"I threw the paper balls at you in the classroom on purpose because I didn't want you to sit next to others."
"I ordered you some milk tea on purpose. I wanted to give it to you."
"I asked Xu Yu to take off the clothes that smelled of lily pollen on purpose. I didn't want you to have an allergic reaction."
"I turned on the air conditioner in the cafe because I didn't want you to catch a cold."
"One time when I was taking a shower, you were in the bathroom too, and you didn't let Xu Yu take off his pants because you didn't want you to look at him."
"The piano is also played for you."
…
Damn it, Tan Yin thought, I can't believe Chu Hang actually lied to me so much, but since he was so insincere when he was delivering the food, can I infer from this that Chu Hang couldn't help but feel for me at that time? After all, he had misunderstood me as pretending to be blind, and this old hatred was compounded by the new hatred of drawing comics, so he should have avoided me and resented me...
At this moment, Tan Yin couldn't help but feel a little dizzy. There was only one line of lyrics in her mind: "If this is not love..."
With this inference, the things that were not special in her eyes in the past are now like donuts coated with a thick layer of icing sugar, fragrant, soft, and freshly baked. The memories are filled with that sweet and irresistible scent. Tan Yin stared at Chu Hang with wide eyes. The more she listened, the more unbelievable she felt. However, Chu Hang seemed to have no intention of stopping at all. He had too much to explain.
"I've never liked Anna. The location and time of the museum at 8 o'clock is just for you to hear out loud."
"I didn't buy you the shoes to help you out of poverty. You look good in high heels, but they rub your feet. I noticed that your walking posture is a little unnatural. I bought you a pair of shoes because I hope you can feel more comfortable."
"I didn't finish visiting the art gallery with Anna early because you didn't come. I didn't really visit with her, so I came back to look for you halfway because I was afraid you'd run into trouble during the thunderstorm and no one would see you or help you."
"Doraemon underwear is cute, but it's wrong for me to pay attention to it. I didn't do it. I'm sorry."
…
"Actually, I was worried about whether you would catch a cold, not the cat."
"We took the cat away and sent you back to the dormitory not because we were afraid that you would infect us with a cold, but because we were afraid that you would get sick if you didn't change your clothes and take a shower in time."
…
"The electric donkey you borrowed from Zhou Ming is actually completely broken and can't be repaired. The one you took was the new one I bought for you." Chu Hang's tone of voice was as if he was recalling some scene. He was actually a little unwilling and gnashing his teeth. "If I knew you were going to use it to ride with Zhou Ming, I would never buy it for you even if I died."
"… "
My friend, please be careful! This is your explanation! I am not giving you a chance to bring up the past!
"Xu Yu didn't tell me that there was an old classroom in the old campus where I could draw. I came here with you on my own because I was afraid you would be scared alone."
"When we went hiking, I told you that I was the person in charge of the team's safety. That was a lie. I wasn't that person at all."
"There's a shortcut down the mountain, but I wanted to take it and ended up taking a detour. I lied to you because I wanted you to sleep a little longer."
"You can act as pretentious as you like, no matter how pretty you are. This is not what Xu Yu said, but what I said."
It was obviously Chu Hang's side that should have made the explanation. The more frank and honest he was, the more embarrassed Tan Yin became and the more she blushed.
Isn't it just an explanation? How can it be explained as if it were a confession
The more Chu Hang spoke, the more Tan Yin couldn't help but lower her head. Her face turned red as if it was burning. Only then did she begin to truly feel that Chu Hang really liked her, because in those moments when she was not even aware of it, he had been silently paying attention to her and protecting her in his own way.
For a moment, Tan Yin felt both sour and sweet in her heart. The person you love also happens to love you. What a wonderful coincidence.
Although she gained the ability to become invisible after being struck by lightning, she could not control this ability and often caused trouble for Tan Yin. Once she became invisible, she felt like she was isolated from society. Although Tan Yin was always laughing, she was actually afraid and worried. She was so abnormal. Would anyone really accept her like this in the future? Although she said that she was the chosen one, Tan Yin also felt that she was a bit unlucky.
However, until this moment, when he could still feel Chu Hang's warm body temperature on his hand and he was actually holding this hand, Tan Yin felt sincerely that he was indeed the chosen one. Not to mention that he had improved his academic performance, he even managed to get the heart of the most beautiful girl on the mountain, Chu Hang!
My luck is still okay.
However, facing this new boyfriend who was a mistress, Tan Yin was still a little shy and at a loss. The two of them chose Western food, and throughout the meal, Tan Yin either accidentally knocked over the dessert spoon, or saw Chu Hang distracted and almost cut his hand while cutting the steak. In the end, Chu Hang couldn't stand it anymore, and regardless of other people's eyes, he took Tan Yin's plate in front of him, and elegantly and calmly helped Tan Yin cut each piece of beef, and then returned the plate to its original owner and placed it in front of Tan Yin.
Tan Yin ate the beef with a fork in small bites. Even though the steak was obviously medium-rare, she had lost her appetite because Chu Hang in front of her seemed more attractive. She took a few bites and looked at Chu Hang.
Seeing the end, even Chu Hang felt a little uncomfortable: "Why are you looking at me?"
Tan Yin bit her fork and said seriously, "I always feel like you might be an illusion. If I don't keep a close eye on you and look up again, you'll disappear and run away."
"idiot."
Although Chu Hang said this, he was smiling when he lowered his head.
After a while, he seemed to remember something while dining elegantly. He put down his knife and fork and looked at Tan Yin: "Your steak is served with matsutake mushroom sauce, right?"
Tan Yin nodded without any doubt.
"Oh, mine is black pepper sauce, I want to try your flavor."
Without saying anything, Tan Yin picked up her plate and was about to hand it to Chu Hang, but Chu Hang didn't take it. He lowered his head, his face flushed, and his voice was a little unnatural: "Don't bother with that, I'll just eat a bite, just feed me."
Hey! Can you please not say such things in such a serious tone? Tan Yin's face, which had finally returned to normal, turned red again as if it had been burned by a prairie fire.
This western restaurant has a high-end environment. Although no other tables seem to be paying attention to her and Chu Hang, Tan Yin still feels embarrassed subconsciously. She covers her face and says, "Stop it. Feeding them all the time seems a bit too much. I get shy too."
Chu Hang glanced at Tan Yin, then continued to cut his steak with his knife and fork. His voice was calm and composed, but something was not right about what he said: "Really? But I saw you and Zhou Ming feeding each other openly for half an hour under the gazes of so many eyes in the cafeteria. You look pretty good mentally, and you don't seem like a shy person."
"… "
Chu Hang put down his knife and fork, then looked at Tan Yin and said, "Hey."
Tan Yin only knew that girls love to be jealous, but she didn't expect Chu Hang, a man, to be so jealous! But according to his sour and pungent jealousy at the moment, if she didn't feed him, she was afraid that she would not be able to get over it...
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Small Theater
Zhou Ming: I didn’t expect it, I really didn’t expect it, I don’t even deserve a name for “break up”, I don’t even deserve to be treated as “break up” in person, some people even attacked me behind my back for being in a formal relationship, the accusation is almost the same as gay marriage fraud! I cried, I want to ask the heavens, why! I don’t accept it! I’m sad!
Chu Hang: Think positively. Who wants you to be the hero and yet still want to add more scenes to yourself
Zhou Ming: I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense, you are obviously the only one who likes to add drama to yourself here! Chu Hang, I have a piece of advice for you, jealousy is boundless, turn back!
Chu Hang: …
I will also explain Chu Hang's mental journey in the following chapters. Don't worry~~ It's all sweet love from now on~ I am really a real sweet writer.