Does this mean… I’ve agreed to it?
Tang Yuanyuan looked a little lost, and there were many words that she wanted to say but had not had a chance to before things got to this point.
However, there seemed to be no resistance in her being; her heart even felt sweet when Yuchi Yishu told her that she could not go back on her words.
After all, she had finally achieved what she had been dreaming of. She deserved to be happy.
During dinner, things were normal as if nothing special had happened. Being in this situation made Tang Yuanyuan wonder if the conversations that took place earlier were a dream or a figment of her imagination.
Harboring this thought, Tang Yuanyuan simply wanted to finish dinner. When Yuchi Yishu sent her back to school, he gently rubbed her head. “Go on then.”
Tang Yuanyuan looked up and suddenly walked up to him before pinching his arm.
Yuchi Yishu felt confused in the beginning, but he began to frown after glancing at his arm.
“What’s wrong”?
“Does it hurt?” Tang Yuanyuan asked.
Yuchi Yushi chuckled. “Of course it does. Do you want me to try it on you?”
He pinched Tang Yuanyuan on her cheek with enough strength to make her feel it, but not enough to hurt her.
Right away, Tang Yuanyuan’s eyebrows went up. She then let go of her grip to grab his hand.
“Yishu, don’t do that.”
Yuchi Yishu caught her hand and squinted. His eyes looked extremely sentimental.
“Didn’t I tell you to stop calling me that?”
Tang Yuanyuan shook his hand off, took a step back, and made a funny face. “But I want to!”
“Sure. Then I’ll come and pick you up in two days.”
“What for?”
“To go on a date.”
A date? Tang Yuanyuan blushed.
“A date—like what normal couples do.”
“No one wants to go on a date with you,” Tang Yuanyuan mumbled as Yuchi Yishu finished. Then, she turned around and ran away.
When she was back in her dormitory, she quickly went up to Yuan Yuehan and Zhang Xiaolu.
“Yuehan and Xiaolu, please wake me up.”
Yuan Yuehan and Zhang Xiaolu were utterly confused.
“What happened?”
“Tell us about it.”
One of them pinched Tang Yuanyuan’s arm.
“Why doesn’t it hurt?”
Zhang Xiaolu looked neutral. “Because I wasn’t using any strength.”
Then, she exerted some strength and Tang Yuanyuan was in great pain. “That hurts!”
“Now you feel it. What’s going on? Why did you ask us to pinch you out of the blue?”
“Nothing.” Not only did Tang Yuanyuan not get upset after being pinched, she even let out a smile as she sat down on her bed. Clearly, she was unable to conceal how happy she was tonight.
“Recently, you have been spending time with Yuchi Yishu every day, haven’t you?” Yuan Yuehan squinted. “Did he just confess to you?”
“Are you guys seeing each other now?”
They bombarded Tang Yuanyuan with these questions, one after another. “How did you guys figure that out?”
“It’s written all over your face. How do you think we figured it out?”
“Is that for real?” Yuan Yuehan was startled. “It hasn’t been too long. How could you let him have it so easily?”
“Yuanyuan, why didn’t you tell us beforehand? What happens in the future?”
“Huh?” Tang Yuanyuan did not understand what they were trying to say.
“You came back empty-handed, didn’t you?”
“Uh-huh.” Tang Yuanyuan looked at her hands. “What’s wrong with that?”
“So, he didn’t bring you anything when he confessed to you. Is that right?”
Why does he need to bring me something? Tang Yuanyuan was still slightly confused. She knew that she liked him and that he also felt the same way about her. To her, these two points were enough—were they not?
Looking at how confused she looked, Yuan Yuehan could not help but poke Tang Yuanyuan’s forehead. “You silly girl. Surely he has to bring some flowers, presents, or chocolates. These are necessary. Otherwise, he should at least have some little gifts like lipsticks, bags, or a necklace. He had none of these and you still agreed? How are you going to make him treasure you in the future?”
Tang Yuanyuan pursed her lips. “In my opinion, whether or not he’ll treasure me in the future has nothing to do with these material things.”
“What do you mean?” Zhang Xiaolu stopped Yuan Yuehan before she could continue. “Give her a break. We think differently, and he might come after us if he finds out that we were trying to change her way of thinking. Besides, Yuchi Yishu isn’t poor. In the future, he can buy her anything she wants. These material things don’t mean anything to him at all.”
Yuan Yuehan curled her lips. “That sounds quite right. Alright then. Just do whatever you want as long as you’re happy.”
After all, they were merely classmates and normal friends.
“That’s right. Anyway, we wish you all the best.”
Tang Yuanyuan let out a sweet smile. “Thank you, guys.”
That night, Tang Yuanyuan woke up multiple times. In the end, the fact that the two were now a couple had finally sunk in. She then held her blanket in her arms and happily fell asleep.
Ever since then, the two were like all the other couples—they went on dates, grabbed meals, and from time to time, Yuchi Yishu would buy her some gifts, though, he was definitely not one who knew how to give surprises.
Sometimes when they saw something and Tang Yuanyuan expressed that she liked it, he would purchase it without any hesitation.
Very quickly, Tang Yuanyuan became a senior in high school, and the pressure of exams had been slowly building. A few months before their college entrance exam, she decided to stop meeting up with Yuchi Yishu every day so that she could focus on her exam preparations.
Finally, after putting in much effort, Tang Yuanyuan got accepted into a good college. Conversely, Zhang Xiaolu and Yuan Yuehan did not get accepted into any colleges, and so they parted ways with Tang Yuanyuan.
On Lunar New Year’s Eve, when the Tang Family and the Ye Family gathered for a reunion dinner, Han Muzi bought a gift for Tang Yuanyuan. Seeing how well Tang Yuanyuan and Yuchi Yishu were doing, both families decided to set a wedding date for them, and Tang Yuanyuan could marry Yuchi Yishu after she graduated from college.
Otherwise, if that was not what Tang Yuanyuan wanted, she could decide when she wanted to get married.
While the two families were having a good time, Tang Yuanyuan was feeling conflicted because it seemed like she and Yuchi Yishu had not been making much progress in their relationship.
Even though they were dating each other, Yuchi Yishu had been cautious and restrained. The furthest they got was a hug. In the beginning, Tang Yuanyuan did not think that there was anything wrong with that until Yuan Yuehan and Zhang Xiaolu pointed it out.
As usual, the two were just doing what they did best.
“What? You guys have been dating for so long but have never kissed?”
“Seriously? Does he really like you?”
“How can he control himself if he really likes you?”
“Besides, you guys are getting engaged soon. There are two possibilities to explain his behavior: first, he’s too gentlemanly. Second, he doesn’t like you at all.”
Tang Yuanyuan thought about it and reckoned the reason had to be the former. How could he not like her? If he did not like her, why would he still choose to be with her?
