[Sheng Tian 24] I like you

After that day, Fang Tiantian felt that Yan Sheng seemed to have returned to the state he was in when he first entered college, and she would receive his report messages on WeChat every morning and evening.

When I woke up the next day, I remembered how I had yelled at Yan Sheng the day before, and my feelings were inexplicably complicated.

But so many days have passed, and Yan Sheng hasn't mentioned it again.

Fang Yue came downstairs with the keys in his hand, sat down at the dining table, and slowly took a sip of porridge.

"Yan Kui gave birth to a daughter, and friends are allowed to visit today. Would you like to go?"

"I want to go!"

Fang Tiantian's mood suddenly brightened up again. She went upstairs to change her clothes and then dragged Fang Yue to the Golden Pavilion to have two solid safety locks made for the newborn princess.

A small lock weighing about 20 grams, which can be worn later.

Another one, weighing 2kg, was packed in a cute box and is intended for collection.

Fang Tiantian happily carried the gifts to Sister Yan Kui's house. As soon as she entered, her eyes fell on the pink and tender little dumpling on the bed.

"Wow, Sister Yan Kui, she's so cute! Her nose is so high, she looks just like Brother Wei Yin! She'll probably be a cute little girl in the future! Waaah, I really want to hug her."

Yan Kui didn't mind at all, and even suggested that she pick him up and take a look.

Wei Yin frowned: "You don't know how to hold a baby, let the nanny come and hold him."

Fang Tiantian pouted unhappily, thinking to herself that Wei Yin was too stingy even though he had a daughter, and wouldn't even let her hold her.

But he only complained silently in his heart, took out his phone, and used various angles and shooting techniques to secretly take dozens of cute photos of the child, and then generously placed the gift on her bedside table.

"These two matching little locks are the perfect match for our little princess!"

Yan Kui laughed: "Is this the little princess praising the little princess?"

"No way! You're a little princess now, but I'm a big princess now!"

Seeing that she was in a good mood, Yan Kui asked Wei Yin to go downstairs to talk to Fang Yue and Lu Jingnan, leaving Fang Tiantian and her in the room.

"Sweetie, haven't you seen Xiaosheng lately?"

Fang Tiantian was taken aback; she hadn't expected Sister Yan Kui to bring this up on her own initiative.

She nodded slightly: "Yeah, I haven't seen him. Besides, I was mean to him a few days ago."

Fang Tiantian is very honest.

Yan Kui chuckled: "It's right to be strict with him; he just sometimes doesn't think things through."

Fang Tiantian chuckled in agreement, and looking at Yan Kui, who was radiating maternal warmth, she suddenly felt a strong urge to confide in her.

"Sister Yan Kui, did he date someone abroad before?"

"No."

"He didn't tell you, did he?" Fang Tiantian said, pretending not to care.

Yan Kui looked at her daughter, who was still in swaddling clothes, reached out and picked her up, her voice gentle: "Sweetie, perhaps you can let him tell you himself."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Sheng led Wei Qi, who had just finished her early childhood education class, into the room.

"Mom! Uncle has come to pick me up!"

When Yan Sheng saw the girl with her hair in a bun by the bed, he instinctively held his breath.

Since their unpleasant parting at the Liang family's house, Fang Tiantian has barely spoken to him.

When Wei Qi saw Fang Tiantian, he stood in front of her and looked at her seriously for two seconds, blinked a few times, and suddenly remembered what the two of them had said before.

He took Fang Tiantian's hand and pulled her to stand in front of Yan Sheng.

"Uncle, my sister said you were a bad person before. Did you make her angry?"

"So today, you have to apologize to your sister, okay?"

Then, with a mature air, he said, "I know it's a little embarrassing for a man to admit defeat, so you can take your sister to the next room and apologize to her properly. I, Mom, and your sister will definitely not eavesdrop!"

Yan Kui almost couldn't hold back her laughter, while Fang Tiantian was so frightened by Xiao Wei Qi's elaborate explanations that she wanted to disappear into a crack in the ground.

What was once a casual joke has been remembered by Xiao Wei to this day... and he even said it in front of Yan Sheng...

Yan Sheng glanced at his sister holding the child, then his gaze fell on Fang Tiantian, whose face looked somewhat flustered. He then replied earnestly to Wei Qi, "Okay."

Before Fang Tiantian could say anything to salvage her image in front of Sister Yan Kui, her wrist was tightened, and she was taken to a room next to the stairwell.

Click—

The room door was closed, and Fang Tiantian quickly backed away, her bottom touching a desk, her hands bracing themselves on the tabletop.

She looked up and saw Yan Sheng, who was maintaining a good distance from her.

Fang Tiantian inadvertently noticed the room's surroundings; several certificates were displayed on the windowsill, with Yan Sheng's name elegantly written on them.

"Sweet."

Yan Sheng suddenly spoke up, and Fang Tiantian's gaze fell on his slightly haggard face.

His cheeks seemed to have thinned out a bit, making his jawline appear even more defined.

The lines of the brow bone are still clear, but the eye sockets below them are sunken a bit deeper, revealing a faint bluish shadow, as if they haven't had much rest lately.

"I've been reflecting on myself lately."

Yan Sheng had more and more things on his mind.

Yan Sheng had not seen her since he left the Liang family last time.

But at this moment, Yan Sheng really couldn't wait any longer.

"I know that what I'm about to say might sound like I'm just making excuses for myself, but I've thought about it for a long time and I still want to tell you everything."

"In the past three years, I have not had excessive contact with any women."

"I didn't reply to your messages or reach out to you back then because my studies were really... it took me a while."

“I spent two years in Massachusetts. During my first winter, I looked out the window at the heavy snow and thought it was beautiful. I kept thinking about whether I could take you to see it with me.”

"But the following year, I couldn't contact you, and I couldn't leave that place."

"In the third year, I returned to China and went to Ping'an County."

“It’s very poor there, and the work on improving people’s livelihoods is always done piecemeal, but it’s still much better than my hometown.”

"For the past three years, I've always wondered when I'll be able to return to Taipei and be qualified to answer the questions you asked me back then."

"What's the problem?" Fang Tiantian couldn't recall what she had said that had taken him so long to answer.

Yan Sheng took a deep breath and walked up to Fang Tiantian.

"Sweetie, I really like that swimming class photo from our senior year of high school."

"I like it very, very much."

"I like you so much that I only dare to tell you now."

Yan Sheng's voice trembled violently, and his once straight back was now bent over.

There was still some distance between them, and a hand gently rested on her shoulder, just touching her fingers.

His eyes were red and slightly moist, just like the muddy paths he had walked alone over the years.

"Sweetie, don't look at other boys... I can stand openly by your side now."

"I really, really like you."

"Please, let all the other men leave."