"You still believe in this?"

"If you believe, it exists." She poured herself a glass, raised it, and clinked it against his. "Cheers!"

After saying that, he gulped it down.

Then he started coughing uncontrollably.

"Cough cough cough!" Tears welled up in her eyes. "Why is it so strong?"

Chi Wangye smiled and patted her back.

"You think this is water? Who drinks alcohol like this?"

"Hurry up and drink it," Shen Zhiyi said, her face flushed from coughing, still reminding him.

Chi Wangye saw the resolute glint in her eyes and his heart stirred slightly.

He tilted his head back and drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

Strong liquor down the throat.

Looking at Shen Zhiyi, whose face was flushed, he seemed to feel less uncomfortable.

"Shen Xiaoyi," he suddenly asked her, "don't you also think I'm a failure?"

"He's a reckless, spoiled brat."

Shen Zhiyi frowned at him, "Where did you hear these words? Why do you think that way?"

Chi Wangye put down his wine glass.

Looking towards the riverbank not far away.

"For example... I always have a sharp tongue and use very vulgar words."

"He seems to have no manners."

He lowered his eyes.

Shen Zhiyi scoffed, "I thought it was something else entirely."

"Swearing? Anyone can do that."

She parted the boat curtain and suddenly shouted at the wide river, "Holy shit!!!!"

The boatmen were startled.

Many people on the river turned to look at them.

Shen Zhiyi shouted even more enthusiastically.

She gathered up the dirtiest, most unspeakable swear words and shouted them out in front of him without any restraint.

Then she lowered the curtain and looked at the shocked Chi Wangye.

"And now?"

How do you define me?

Do you also think I'm a terrible person?

A storm raged in Chi Wangye's chest.

His Adam's apple bobbed heavily, his eyes fixed on her, and even his veins throbbed.

He thought.

How could she be bad?

She is simply the most adorable person in the world.

He leaned over, lifted the curtain, and as the small boat entered the bridge arch, he uttered a string of profanities in the quiet, deserted cave.

It's like a catharsis.

The echo reverberated in their ears, and Shen Zhiyi smiled and shouted along with him.

They kept shouting.

The two men looked at each other and burst into laughter.

They laughed so hard they were rolling around in each other's arms.

On a summer night, the breeze stirs ripples on the river, like the fluttering of a heart, spreading outwards in concentric circles.

Chi Wangye lowered his eyes, touched the face of the person in his arms, and saw the lovely light shining in her eyes.

I fondly depict it again and again.

Even the messy strands of hair on her head had a fatal attraction for him.

His eyes were full of affection as he asked her in a low voice.

"Shen Xiaoyi, thank you."

"I like you."

"I really like it."

"Will you be my girlfriend?"