Shen Zhihe's hand holding the chopsticks exerted a little force, "Eat."

"I don't. You know exactly what I want to say. You just let me eat."

"Qingyu, your stomach is upset, eat on time."

"My stomach doesn't hurt anymore. Can you let me finish what I'm saying? No matter if it's possible or not, you have to let me say it."

Xia Qingyu looked at Shen Zhihe with red eyes.

The corners of Shen Zhihe's lips moved, and he wanted to refuse, but finally swallowed it.

Their eyes met.

Xia Qingyu said, "I don't believe you can't see it. I like you. Do you want to date me?"

Xia Qingyu blushed and almost lowered her head when she spoke the latter part.

But she encouraged herself in her heart. She knew that he would be unhappy with someone else, but that was because she wanted to be with him!

Since you want to be with him, can't you even look into his eyes?

You have to watch him and not let him escape.

After a long while, Shen Zhihe finally squeezed out a sentence, "I am your uncle."

"We are not related by blood."

"I'm more than ten years older than you."

"Brother-in-law is older than sister, the point is, do you like me?"

The three words "I don't like" came to the tip of Chen Zhihe's lips, but looking at Xia Qingyu's clear eyes, he couldn't say the words of refusal.

Xia Qingyu just stared at Shen Zhihe.

Shen Zhihe stood up quickly and said, "I have something else to do. You eat first."

After saying that, Shen Zhihe walked towards the study in embarrassment.

"Chen Zhihe, you are a coward!" Xia Qingyu shouted, and after that, she felt so aggrieved that tears kept falling.

Shen Zhihe paused, his back stiffening.

Xia Qingyu's aggrieved cry was like a rope, tightly entangling his heart.

Shen Zhihe clenched his hands into fists, turned around abruptly, and strode up to Xia Qingyu.

Xia Qingyu was startled by Shen Zhihe's sudden action. She looked up at him, tears in her eyes sliding down her cheeks.

Shen Zhihe felt a sharp pain in his heart.

He suddenly bent down and looked at Xia Qingyu, who was sitting there, at eye level. "Qingyu, think about it. I'm more than ten years older than you. If we were together, we would face a lot of pressure. Your parents would definitely be angry, and you might end up falling out with your family."

"Is it worth it to fall out with your parents who love you so much just for me?"

Xia Qingyu's eyelashes trembled, and after a while she said firmly, "I like you. My parents may not understand, but we won't fall out. My parents will respect my choice."

"You are not opponents, you are all very important people to me."

Chen Zhihe didn't know how to persuade Xia Qingyu to give up on him. Her determination and seriousness made it impossible for him to refuse.

But his mind told him that it was not possible. He was so old, how could he cheat on the girl?

Shen Zhihe was about to stand up when Xia Qingyu grabbed his collar. He swayed and bent down again.

There is only a breath's distance between the two people.

"Shen Zhihe, do you like me?"

Shen Zhihe's breathing became hot, and after a while he said in a deep voice, "I like it."

Xia Qingyu smiled, put her arms around Shen Zhihe's neck, and kissed him on the cheek.

Shen Zhihe's heartbeat was completely disrupted.

He always wears plain clothes, which doesn't mean he doesn't want to, but... He looks at the little girl with curved eyebrows and eyes. She is still young.

No matter how beastly he is, he has to wait until she graduates from college.

Xia Qingyu shyly let go, lowered her head and looked at a loss.

Chen Zhihe raised his hand and ruffled her hair, "Let's eat."

"Um."

After lunch, Shen Zhihe helped Xia Qingyu back to her room to rest.

After closing the door, Xia Qingyu covered her face with her hands and found that her cheeks were burning hot.

She actually revealed this relationship to Chen Zhihe, and from now on they would be a couple.

Xia Qingyu lay on the bed, laughing and covering her face from time to time. The little girl's emotions were very complicated throughout the afternoon.

From that day on, there would be some subtle physical contact between the two of them, occasionally holding hands, occasionally hugging, but that was all.

Shen Zhihe has been trying hard to restrain himself, after all, Xia Qingyu is still young.

Winter vacation came in a blink of an eye, and Xia Qingyu was going back to Beijing for the New Year.

"Where are you spending the New Year?" Xia Qingyu asked.

"I have to go back to Hudong County to celebrate the New Year with my elder brother and his wife." Shen Zhihe said.

While he was speaking, he was still helping Xia Qingyu pack her suitcase.

During this period, Xia Qingyu was taken very good care of by Chen Zhihe, and she was not allowed to do anything except studying.

Xia Qingyu felt a little disappointed when she heard Chen Zhihe say that he was going back to Hudong County to celebrate the New Year.

If he didn't go to the capital, how would he tell her parents what happened between them?

Although she knew her parents, they had been very respectful to her and her sisters over the years, and respected their right to choose what they liked and who they liked.

But Xia Qingyu was still a little embarrassed to tell her parents. In their eyes, Shen Zhihe was her elder, different from her brother-in-law and elder sister.

"I'll first send you back to the capital to meet your parents. I'll tell them about our relationship. Then I'll go back to Hudong County to find my eldest brother and sister-in-law. After the New Year, I'll take them to visit your home in the capital."

Xia Qingyu's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"Of course." Shen Zhihe smiled dotingly.

"Your parents must know that we're together. I can't let you face this alone."

Xia Qingyu felt very happy.

The Xia family in Beijing.

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