Yuchi Yishu grabbed her by her wrist and looked her in the eye. “Are you full?”
“Yes, I am. I’ll go now.” Tang Yuanyuan withdrew her hand. Seeing how he was not going to give way to her, she told Yi Huasheng, who was next to them, “Excuse me, I’m trying to get through.”
Even though Yi Huasheng and Yuchi Yishu were roommates, the former dared not treat Tang Yuanyuan the way Yuchi Yishu did. So, he quickly got up.
Very quickly, Tang Yuanyuan disappeared while Yi Huasheng scratched the back of his head, feeling remorseful, “I’m sorry, Yishu. Yuanyuan—”
Before he could finish his sentence, Yuchi Yishu began running to catch Tang Yuanyuan, making the atmosphere extremely awkward.
Jiang Yu coughed and sneered. “Come on, I guess Yishu is sending Yuanyuan back to school. Let’s dig in. We don’t have to wait for them.”
In the meantime, Zong Yongran looked calm and continued eating hotpot with the two without mentioning either Tang Yuanyuan or Yuchi Yishu.
Looking pale, Tang Yuanyuan quicked her pace until she started jogging. She felt that something was welling up in her eyes and causing her to feel bitter. As such, she was not aware of the car that was coming when she ran into the middle of the road right away, until someone grabbed her by her arms and pulled her back in.
Tang Yuanyuan fell into a warm and secure embrace, which was quickly followed by a rebuking in a deep and raspy voice, “Do you want to die? Why did you run into the middle of the road?”
All the bitterness and frustrations that Tang Yuanyuan had been bottling up were all released right at this moment. She pushed Yuchi Yishu’s hands away. “It’s not your business! Let me go! Let go of me!”
No matter how hard Tang Yuanyuan tried to push and shove him, he would not loosen his strong grip. At some point, he even tightened his grip, causing so much pain to Tang Yuanyuan that she teared up. “Go away! Let me go!”
Yuchi Yishu felt helpless and pulled her back into his arms with his arms fully around her. “Who else is going to care about you? Don’t you know how dangerous it is to just storm into the middle of the road? What if you get hit by a car?”
“That’s none of your business!” Tang Yuanyuan still tried to push him away. She was feeling extremely frustrated and began speaking sarcastically, “If that happens and I die, you should be happy since no one else will pester you in the future anymore!”
A frown creased his forehead as he heard these words. “Why did you have to say that?”
“Isn’t it true?” Tang Yuanyuan looked up and stared at Yuchi Yishu. “What are you doing here today? I was just eating hotpot with my senior. What did you think you were doing here?”
Yuchi Yishu squinted. “Young lady, are you blaming me?” His eyes turned callous. “Is it because you were happily eating hotpot with him and my appearance ruined your mood?”
“Yes!” Tang Yuanyuan nodded and yelled, “Everything was perfect even when your roommates were around. But why did they have to invite you? I don’t want to see you at all!”
Did he think that she did not know what he was trying to do? Tang Yuanyuan was mad at him for not giving her an answer and not believing in her feelings for him. Since that was the case, he should not have shown up. Yet, he did and whilst there, he even tried being lovey-dovey with her in front of Zong Yongran by finishing her leftovers and wiping her mouth for her. These acts were truly absurd! The thought of this made her blood boil as she felt that her feelings were disrespected by him.
Yuchi Yishu almost burst out laughing at her reasoning but had to maintain his cool. “What do you mean by you don’t want to see me? You were the one who told me you liked me and wouldn’t even allow me to get a girlfriend. And now you’re saying that you don’t want to see me?”
“So what?” Tang Yuanyuan did not want to look weak. “That was before, and things are different now. Right now, I don’t want to see you.”
“I guess that means you like Zong Yongran?”
“Yes!”
“And you want to be with him?”
“That’s right!”
Yuchi Yishu nodded and slowly loosened his arms. “That means you no longer like me and have fallen for Zong Yongran?”
Noticing him loosening his grip, Tang Yuanyuan began to feel flustered. But since she had already said what she said, it would be embarrassing to change her mind. She paused before responding, “Y-Yes!”
She thought this response would cause Yuchi Yishu to let her go, but she did not expect him to sneer before tightening his grip again. “Oh? But why do you not sound convincing at all?”
Tang Yuanyuan was stunned. “Who says so?”
Yuchi Yishu exhaled and responded, “We haven’t seen each other in only a few months and that’s how you treat me. Are you trying to hurt my feelings by doing all this?”
Hurt his feelings? Tang Yuanyuan thought she had misheard it. Why would his feelings be hurt?
Tang Yuanyuan knew what he meant last time around. He thought the same as others—he did not believe that she liked him at all.
“Why would your feelings be hurt?” Tang Yuanyuan’s countenance dropped. “Like everyone else, you think that I’m immature and I don’t understand my feelings, let alone know what love is. Therefore, you never believed that I have feelings for you. Since that’s the case, how can your feelings be hurt?”
“Why not?”
Tang Yuanyuan was slightly agitated. “Then tell me, how are your feelings hurt when you don’t even believe what I said? You’re ridiculous!”
At this point, Yuchi Yishu was certain that Tang Yuanyuan was upset and had lost her rationale. It seemed like he had to make things clear with her today. Even though she was able to say these things that were contrary to her feelings now, his true fear was that she would actually want to be with Zong Yongran. So, Yuchi Yishu pursed his lips and responded in a deep voice, “I don’t want you to regret it.”
“What?”
“Yuanyuan, do you know what love is to me?”
“Huh?” Tang Yuanyuan blinked. “What do you mean?” At this point, she noticed that he had got into her head. So, she responded quickly and grumpily, “I don’t want to know!”
Without being concerned about whether or not she wanted to know, he continued, “In my view, loving a person means loving that person now and forever. Apart from death, there is nothing that can separate the two of you.”
Tang Yuanyuan was stunned. Now and forever?
“So, if you choose to be with me and one day you find yourself regretting this decision, I’ll never let you go. So, before you really know your feelings—”
“Who says I don’t?” Tang Yuanyuan responded angrily. “I like you and I want to be with you forever!”
Her words stunned Yuchi Yishu. He stared at her fair complexion. She was the same girl who liked to cry and be coddled, yet she looked different now—she was much more beautiful. What remained the same was her pair of clear eyes that she used to look him in the eyes when she told him that she wanted to be with him forever.
Yuchi Yishu responded, “So are you clear about this?”
