Chapter 110, Doomed to Tragedy
It was already late at night when the party ended. After saying goodbye to Su Qin, Qi Yuan dragged the drunk Chu Yuan home.
As soon as he arrived in the room, the man threw himself onto the bed, groaning, and didn't move for a long time.
Qi Yuan thought he was very drunk, so he quietly got a basin of hot water and wiped his cheeks and arms.
Chu Yuan narrowed his eyes and cooperated with her movements, letting her move the phone back and forth.
After wiping her face, the girl gathered the clothes thrown on the sofa and picked them up to put them in a storage box for washing tomorrow.
"Click."
Two small, boxy boxes slipped from the man's coat pocket and fell to the ground.
"Hmm?" What was it? A cigarette? Or a piece of chewing gum? Qi Yuan leaned over to pick it up. After seeing the packaging, she felt as if she had been burned. She quickly threw the box on the table.
"Puchi." Chu Yuan, who was secretly observing the girl's every move, couldn't help laughing out loud.
Qi Yuan glared at him fiercely and was about to speak when Chu Yuan sat up, picked up the small box she had disliked, and looked at her with a half-smile: "Qi Yuan, I bought it all. Do you want to try it?"
Even though he knew he was just teasing, Qi Yuan's face still turned red. He rushed into the bathroom quickly with his clothes in his arms, not forgetting to turn back and lock the bathroom door.
The small box turned back and forth between the young man's fingers and was casually placed on the bedside table by him.
Chu Yuan put his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling in a daze, waiting for the girl to come out of the shower.
…
The cinema was showing a nostalgic old movie. The girl bought the tickets, but when they got there they found out that the seats were for couples. So the young couple, who rarely went out to watch a movie together on the eve of their engagement, squeezed awkwardly into a small private room.
The couple's seat is very private, with the window facing the big screen, but you won't be disturbed by others.
After sitting down, the girl relaxed completely. Leaning back on the soft chair, she exclaimed, "I watched this movie when I was in elementary school. It was the Chinese version on the movie channel. The heroine was really beautiful."
Chu Yuan read the name of the movie again, speaking in a low voice to avoid disturbing others: "I rarely watch this kind of literary romance movies."
"Then you've missed the treasure." The girl pinched a piece of popcorn and put it in her mouth, squinting her eyes in satisfaction, "My sister..."
The girl almost let it slip, but she abruptly changed her words, "My sister used to dislike romance movies. She said they were all fake, no matter if they were comedies or tragedies. Life doesn't have so many coincidences and ups and downs... Later, I recommended "The Heartbeat" to her, and she watched it over and over again twelve times."
"My heart is pounding?" Chu Yuan bit the straw of his Coke and mumbled, "I know this movie."
"Have you seen it?"
"No."
"When I have time, I can watch it with you." The girl stuck out her tongue playfully, "Just treat me to a meal."
Chu Yuan chuckled: "Okay."
The engagement ceremony is going to be held tomorrow, and the two of them always feel a little uncomfortable sitting together.
The young man's eyes were fixed on the screen, trying to divert his attention with the beautiful pictures of the movie.
I persisted for ten minutes and failed.
The girl's faint fruity scent drifted into his nose, and he licked his lips.
There were many things that were not suitable to be said at the engagement party that he wanted to tell her on the eve of the engagement, but her eyes were always on the screen and he didn't want to disturb her interest.
The young man sighed in frustration, causing the girl to turn and look at him.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Chu Yuan shook his head: "No." Afraid that she would think too much, he added, "It's quite interesting." In fact, he didn't pay attention to what was in the movie the whole time.
"Oh." Qi Yuan suddenly asked, "Do you like comedy or tragedy?"
The girl's voice was very low. Chu Yuan subconsciously moved closer to her and asked, "What?"
Qi Yuan leaned close to his ear and repeated, "Chu Yuan, do you prefer comedy or tragedy?"
"As for movies, comedies."
"Why?"
"Life is so hard, some happy movies can help relieve stress." Someone who has never thought about this problem made up a reason.
"I like comedies, too." Qi Yuan said, "It's not to relieve stress, but I just feel happy when I read happy stories."
She glanced at the screen and said, "What a pity, this movie is a tragedy."
"Have the hero and heroine separated?"
"A noble princess and a powerless reporter," Qi Yuan sighed. "Even if the princess can temporarily put aside her status and wander the streets like an ordinary girl, after her willful behavior, she still has to return to her original identity and shoulder her own responsibilities. It's only natural for two people like this to separate."
The girl suddenly became sentimental, and Chu Yuan held her hand silently.
Her slender fingers curled slightly, but ultimately did not retract. Qi Yuan looked at him with a smile in her eyes and said softly, "However, I think even if it's just for a short day, in the days after we're apart, she'll smile knowingly when she thinks of her one-day vacation - there's no better ending than this."
"Qi Yao." He leaned closer, their breath almost touching. "It's just a movie, a story written by the screenwriter. Don't be sad."
He still called her Qi Yao. The smile in the girl's eyes disappeared, and she lowered her eyelids to hide the dim light in her eyes.
"Chu Yuan, there is a road. If you knew that it would end in tragedy, would you still continue to move forward?"
"Won't."
"What if it's to protect someone important, right?"
"No," Chu Yuan said, "Knowing it's a tragedy, but not correcting the deviation and instead continuing to move forward, that's not persistence, that's stupidity."
Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed again.
I pinched his ear like he usually did, and felt the skin on my fingertips suddenly warm up. Qi Yuan whispered, "Chu Yuan, let's kiss."
“…”
She made the request as a matter of course, and Chu Yuan's cheeks turned slightly red - fortunately, the light in the cinema was dim, so it was not easy to be exposed - under the girl's expectant gaze, he leaned over and kissed her.
This was the first time they kissed after confirming their relationship. From the initial tentative steps, they gradually began to go deeper and deeper...
When they separated, the girl's eyes shone with a hint of anger and timidity: "Chu Yuan, you're such a good kisser, have you had many girlfriends before?"
"No." His breathing was a little unsteady. "You are the first and will be the only one, Qi Yao."
…
Thinking about it now, the girl was always inexplicably sad at that time, most likely because the two sisters had swapped identities.
He was her lover, but when he looked at her he always called out her sister's name.
Chu Yuan sighed and raised his arms to cover his eyes.
If Qi Yao had not told him the truth when they met for the last time, he would never have known in his life that the girl he was engaged to was actually her younger sister who was impersonating her elder sister.
After taking a shower, he found that the person on the bed seemed to be asleep. Qi Yuan climbed onto the bed carefully, but before he lay down, the man hugged his waist and pulled him into his arms.
Knowing that resistance was useless, Qi Yuan closed his eyes and yawned tiredly: "Chu Yuan, do you really want me to regain my memory?"
From the day they met, this guy had been pestering Professor Si relentlessly, trying his best to find a way to cure her.
Why is he so persistent in helping her regain her memory?
Chu Yuan rested his chin on the girl's head, was silent for a moment, and then spoke frankly: "Qi Yuan, when the Chu family's direct lineage fell into decline and I was forced into a desperate situation, you asked me to meet you."
Huh? Qi Yuan suddenly felt less sleepy: "And then?"
"I kept my promise." Chu Yuan said, "But you didn't come."
"I... broke my promise?"
"Yeah." Chu Yuan's voice was even lower. "The person who came to the appointment was not you, but your sister Qi Yao."
Because he was too shocked, Qi Yuan's mind went blank for a moment.
"Qi Yuan, I really want to know why you broke the appointment that day." Or rather, asking him out was a trap from the beginning.
(End of this chapter)
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