“About that, she called me today. She said since we have been dating for so long now, she and my dad want to meet you.” As Jiang Xiaobai finished, she studied the look in Xiao Su’s eyes and his expression carefully. She frowned immediately when she noticed he didn’t reply. “Why don’t you say something? Don’t tell me you don’t want to meet them?”
Xiao Su snapped out of his daze when he heard that. He pursed his thin lips. “No, that’s not it. What time tomorrow?”
“If you agree, then I’ll call and ask them about the time later.”
“Okay, tell me the time after you’ve asked them.”
Jiang Xiaobai didn’t leave. She stared at his face instead. “Don’t you think it’s kind of a rush for you to meet them now?” After all, both of them just started dating not long ago. Besides, if it wasn’t because of that incident when they both got drunk that night, they wouldn’t have been together.
Xiao Su thought it was another trick question. In fact, he, of course, thought it wasn’t too rushed meeting her parents now. However, he couldn’t simply reply to her, or else, he wasn’t sure what the woman would say to retort him again. So, after pondering for a moment, he said, “Whether it’s rushed or not, I’ll listen to you anyway.”
Jiang Xiaobai was rather surprised by his reply. Has the man become traumatized after I’ve retorted him so many times recently? His reply sounded so professional and flawless that she couldn’t refute him at all. Jiang Xiaobai felt amused when she thought that he must have pondered about it several times in his mind before he replied to her question. She couldn’t help but smile. “You’ll listen to me completely? Then, you’ll do everything as I say?”
“Haven’t I always been doing everything as you say?”
After staring at him for a while, Jiang Xiaobai said suddenly, “Okay then. Before we go and meet my parents tomorrow, we’ll buy some gifts first. Then, I shall accompany you to visit the girl you love.”
Xiao Su froze when he heard the words ‘the girl you love’. His reaction was rather obvious, for he didn’t expect that Jiang Xiaobai would say that suddenly. He also couldn’t respond in time, neither did he realize who she was referring to. So, he asked automatically, “The girl I love? You mean…” Half-way through his sentence, Xiao Su stopped suddenly, because he finally came to his realization and knew who Jiang Xiaobai was referring to.
“What’s the matter? You even forgot about the girl you love? You don’t need me to remind you who she is, do you?”
Xiao Su pursed his lips and looked at the young girl in front of him with his gloomy eyes. She was holding his arm now and she looked so beautiful with her eyes shining brightly. Besides, they were so sweet and intimate last night. Yet, she could say something like ‘the girl you love’ so easily while smiling and joking around with him now. Besides, the way she said it was so carefree and light-hearted that it seemed like she didn’t mind about it at all. For some inexplicable reasons, this made Xiao Su feel awful. He felt as though he was suffocating like something was weighing down on his heart. He pursed his thin lips into a straight line without replying to Jiang Xiaobai.
“I can’t even talk about her?” Jiang Xiaobai released his arm and sighed. “That day, you were so worried about her that you refused to leave even when I told you to.”
“You won’t let this incident go easily, huh?” asked Xiao Su, interrupting Jiang Xiaobai.
Jiang Xiaobai took a glance at him when she heard this. She smiled and said, “I didn’t say I won’t let this go easily. In fact, I’ve put this incident behind me now.”
If you’ve already put this behind yourself now, then why are you still mentioning it over and over again? “The reason I mention it now is not because I want to mess with you. It’s just that I knew what you are thinking, so I just want to help you out. You have been very busy with your work every day recently, right? So, I bet you don’t have any chance to visit her at all, right? Besides, she was married, so it won’t be very appropriate for you to go and visit her alone. So, as your girlfriend, I’ll show my kindness, buy her some gifts and accompany you to visit her together. You just want to take a look at her and know that she’s fine, then you’ll be relieved, right?” As she finished, Jiang Xiaobai held out her arm and poked Xiao Su. “Don’t you think your girlfriend is very thoughtful and generous?”
She poked Xiao Su with her elbow right at his chest. The impact sent him staggering backward a bit. Helpless with Jiang Xiaobai, he smiled to himself bitterly. It’s true. She is rather thoughtful and generous indeed. However, he actually wished she wouldn’t be so thoughtful and generous. He already knew that Yan was fine. So, he really hadn’t thought of going over and visiting her at all. He didn’t expect that Jiang Xiaobai would actually think of that.
After Jiang Xiaobai had made up her mind, she called Du Xiaoyu and told her that they would go over the next afternoon. They would go and visit Yan in the morning, but before they went to visit her, Jiang Xiaobai hoped she could call and talk to her over the phone first. So, she kept pestering Xiao Su for Yan’s cell phone number.
Xiao Su had Yan’s phone number, but suddenly, he didn’t want to give Jiang Xiaobai the phone number despite her persistent request. “She has someone there to look after her. Seriously, she doesn’t need us to purposely go and visit her.”
Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t help but roll her eyes when she heard that. “What are you talking about? I have everything planned out nicely. Don’t worry, okay? Last time, I was upset because I was worried something might happen to you, but I’m the one who suggested we go visit her this time, so I won’t be angry.”
She thought Xiao Su was worried that she would get jealous, but the truth was that Xiao Su didn’t think that way. However, he wasn’t even exactly sure what he was thinking either. He just didn’t want her to accompany him to visit Yan. He pursed his lips and remained silent when he thought of this. He didn’t give her the phone number either.
“Give me the phone number! Hurry up!” Jiang Xiaobai shoved him.
Still, Xiao Su didn’t respond at all.
As such, Jiang Xiaobai became slightly upset. “Why are you being so hesitant now? You weren’t as slow as you are now when you dashed into the fire and saved her back then!”
No matter what Jiang Xiaobai said, Xiao Su just refused to give her the phone number. Jiang Xiaobai became so furious that she screamed at him. “Xiao Su, do you still consider yourself as a man? I told you that I—ah!”
Before she could finish her sentence, Xiao Su, who had remained very silent, raised his head suddenly, much to Jiang Xiaobai’s surprise. He held out his arms, grabbed her shoulders and pushed her backward. Jiang Xiaobai was pressed on the sofa just like that. She goggled at Xiao Su over her in disbelief. “Weren’t you very clear about whether I’m a man or not last night?”
The corners of Jiang Xiaobai’s mouth quivered. “This isn’t what I mean. I mean you…” However, the next second, she was directly carried by Xiao Su in his arms as she felt herself being lifted into the air. He walked in the direction of the bedroom.
“What are you doing? Hey, put me down! I’m talking about an important thing with you. What on earth are you trying to do now?”
Xiao Su’s face looked grim. “To prove that I’m a man. This is the important thing we’re going to do next.”
What the f*ck! Jiang Xiaobai really wanted to curse at him now. Now was simply not the right time at all. Besides, they were still talking about the girl he loved. And then, all of a sudden, he wanted to have sex with her? Oh please, I’m not in the mood, okay?
“I’m warning you, Xiao Su; you better put me down before I blow my top! I swear I’m really going to explode very soon, I’m telling you!”
Bang! The bedroom door was kicked open and then, it was slammed shut again with another kick. Jiang Xiaobai didn’t know Xiao Su could be so violent before this. She glared at him with her bulging eyes and was about to curse at him when she felt dizzy all of a sudden. She was being thrown onto the large bed. Following that, a figure came towering over her.
“F*ck!” Jiang Xiaobai was so furious that she kept pushing and kicking him at the same time, but before she could land a kick on him, he had grabbed her wrist instead. She noticed that men usually possessed a natural instinct of being domineering over this kind of matter; they simply liked it when they were able to conquer women. For instance, even the usually shy and reserved Xiao Su would become so domineering during a time like this.
