The vertical air conditioner is very powerful. After just a few minutes of being turned on, the living room was filled with cold air, which blew away all the summer heat and left the room with coolness.
Logically speaking, staying in such an environment, people should feel comfortable both inside and out, but Xu Man didn't think so. She was wearing a chiffon skirt, the fabric was light and thin, it felt good to wear at ordinary times, but it was a bit torturous at this time: the temperature under her legs became more and more scorching as time went by, and the chest of Qin Shen, whom she was leaning on, was also full of heat, even rising and falling slightly because of his breathing, which made her feel it more obviously - Qin Shen didn't wear more than her, just a coat, and it was unzipped.
From childhood to adulthood, she has never had such close contact with the opposite sex. Even her father was only intimate with her when she was a child, but he never treated her like this after she entered junior high school. Qin Shen was right in saying that she couldn't take the initiative to sit on his lap. But that didn't mean she could sit there with a clear conscience if he carried her up.
It's really... so embarrassing.
In order to divert her attention and not show her shyness in front of the person she likes, Xu Man chose to bring up a topic: "What did you mean when you said before that you thought I would thank you for spending so much money tonight? Is the second meal charge very expensive?"
Qin Shen smiled and said, "It's not expensive. I was just joking. Seeing how nervous you are, I'll try to ease the atmosphere. It actually doesn't cost much."
"I'm nervous?" She blinked, not realizing for a moment what he was trying to ease the atmosphere with, and was a little confused.
"Yes, not only are you nervous, but you are also very timid and like to back down at the last minute." Qin Shen smiled and kissed her cheek, "I'm worried about you, so I'll say it first."
Xu Man understood and felt awkward and ashamed. It turned out that he had seen through her thoughts a long time ago. Did he see and understand all her hesitation and indecision, as well as the beginning of her asking the question when she finally mustered up the courage?
“You know everything.”
"There's nothing you can hide with this face of yours." Qin Shen said with a smile. Seeing the embarrassment on the face of the person in his arms, he raised one hand and gently pinched her face. It felt really good. "I'm not a scoundrel. If you don't have that kind of feelings towards me, how can I have the nerve to stay close to you for a month straight? Isn't that harassment?"
Xu Man responded hesitantly, raised her eyes to look at him, and quickly lowered them again: "So you... have known for a long time... that I like you?"
"It's not that I know, I can only say that I have this feeling in my heart." He replied, "Otherwise I wouldn't have waited until today to confess to you, for fear that I might accidentally backfire and scare you away."
Xu Man lowered her head and muttered softly: "I'm not a rabbit."
Qin Shen: "But you are as brave as a rabbit. You run back to your nest as soon as there is any movement. It takes a long time for you to stick your head out. You are still very alert and ready to retreat at any time. To be honest, I have been chasing you for a month and it has been so hard. I racked my brains every day to think of excuses to get close to you and talk to you a few more words, but I couldn't let you realize that I am too enthusiastic about you. It's really not something a human would do. I have never been so cautious even when I was squatting."
"Really?" Xu Man frowned slightly, a little confused, "You... your actions are quite obvious."
Qin Shen: "It's obvious that you've been dawdling for a month?"
Xu Man: "...Isn't this uncertainty? It's just obvious, not certain. I'm not sure..."
Qin Shen: "Isn't that the same situation I'm facing?"
Xu Man nodded softly.
Qin Shen smiled and said, "It seems fortunate that I said it today, otherwise we may have to drag on for who knows how long. Maybe you will finish your internship and return to school without any result."
Xu Man subconsciously wanted to refute and explain that she would not take so long, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that what he said might really come true, so she didn't dare to say anything.
Qin Shen knew that she was shy again when he saw her like this. He didn't know how she grew up, but any random thing could make her feel shy and embarrassed. But there was nothing he could do about it, because he just liked her. Whether she was shy or well-behaved, he liked her.
Of course, we still need to comfort and comfort her where we can. Aren’t girlfriends meant to be loved?
"You don't have to mind it. This is just a hypothesis. I just said it casually. Anyway, we are together now. No matter how tenable this hypothesis is, it will never come true." He smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I have to thank that kid Qi Fei for what happened tonight. If he hadn't stuffed the bottle into your hand, I wouldn't have drunk the whole bottle of wine. To be honest, when I kissed you on the road just now, I felt a little timid. I was afraid that you didn't have that kind of feelings for me, and that it would be all over if I kissed you. I made up my mind to do it under the influence of alcohol. If it were any other time, I might not be able to do it."
Hearing this, Xu Man raised her head and looked at him in surprise: "Are you pretending to be crazy because of the alcohol?"
Qin Shen coughed dryly: "You can't say that, I'm not going to kiss and run away - I just got a little more courageous."
"What if I don't like you? Are you going to pretend to be drunk and get away with it?" Xu Man felt something was wrong and asked with a frown.
Qin Shen: "Of course not!"
Xu Man: "So what are you going to do?"
Qin Shen: “…”
He actually hadn't figured out what to do.
But he couldn't help but answer this, otherwise his girlfriend would think that he was pretending to be crazy because of the alcohol, and if he was not careful, he would be labeled as a sexual harasser. Although his behavior did cross the line a little, he kissed her before confessing... Well, anyway, the result was good, the process could be ignored.
"I see what you mean." He said, "If I really messed up, of course I would just accept my fate. You can slap me or report me for sexual harassment. I am in the wrong and I will definitely not say a word. But now everyone is happy, you like me and I like you, how great."
Xu Man pursed her lips and didn't fall into his language trap again: "That's because I just happen to like you... No, even if I like you, you are still in the wrong. When you kissed me, I hadn't agreed to date you yet. No, you haven't even confessed to me yet."
Sure enough, it came. Qin Shen's heart tightened, but he remained calm and smiled, saying calmly, "Yes, I was in the wrong. So why don't you kiss me back now?"
As expected, he received a dissatisfied look from his girlfriend: "You..."
He smiled and hugged her again: "I know that what I did to you was a bit of a hooligan, but I just couldn't help it at the time - seeing that you were about to take that step, but you pulled back halfway, how could I not be anxious? This hasty, the alcohol took effect, and you made a blind decision."
He said, smiling brightly: "Forgive me?"
Xu Man was depressed. This was not the attitude of asking for forgiveness at all. If he had the guts, he should let her get off his lap first.
But she didn't really want to argue with him about this, so she just smiled and let the matter go.
"You haven't answered my question yet," she brought the conversation back to the original topic. "You paid for Senior Brother Li in the restaurant and treated everyone to a meal. Was it because you wanted to make up for the awkward atmosphere... or was it because of me?"
"That's nonsense, of course it's for you." Qin Shen said incredulously, "Those guys played too hard, and they have the nerve to blame me? I didn't settle accounts with them, and it's good enough that I paid for them? You're just dreaming."
Xu Man was surprised: "Is it really because of me?"
"Um."
"Just... for a refill?"
"Don't worry about why." Qin Shen said. He knew that if he admitted that he paid for everyone's meal just for her refill, the girl would definitely blame herself in her heart, thinking that she had made him spend unnecessary money, so she simply skipped the question and didn't answer. "Just don't attribute my kindness to you to other things."
"Then..." Xu Man bit her lower lip and looked at him hesitantly.
Qin Shen hated to see her hesitant to speak like this. Every time he saw her like this, he felt like a cat's claws were scratching his heart, and he wanted to know everything she wanted to say but didn't. "What do you want to say?"
“…”
"Don't be afraid, just ask if you want to, I won't eat you."
Xu Man took a deep breath and finally mustered up some courage: "I just suddenly thought of something."
"What's the matter?" Qin Shen looked at her with a smile, giving her encouragement.
"Just...you told me in the restaurant that you like Chinese food and don't really like Western food."
"Um."
"And you took me to a lot of restaurants in the past month, all traditional Chinese restaurants, with light flavors, no oily or spicy dishes... Before, I thought you took my allergies into consideration, but when I heard you say in the restaurant that it was your own taste, I... felt disappointed, and thought I was being too sentimental, so embarrassing..."
Qin Shen was stunned: "Why do you think so?"
Xu Man's ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. She didn't dare to look at Qin Shen. She avoided his sight and lowered her eyes and said, "That's what I think..."
He laughed, "You... I just don't know what to say. You look so quiet, but why are you thinking so much? I definitely take you to eat because of my own taste, but the biggest consideration is of course you! Every time before I take you out to eat, don't I always ask you if you want to eat and if you like it? I definitely put you first, otherwise there's no point in me pursuing you!"
"Then..." Xu Man's heart was shaken, and she looked up blankly, "I didn't think too much? Did you really take my sensitive constitution into consideration?"
"Nonsense." Qin Shen replied, and at the same time he suddenly realized, "I finally understand why you are so hard to pursue. If I get a little closer, you will retreat. I thought you were too alert and it was difficult for strangers to approach you. It turns out that you always have so many things in your mind? If you think about this and that, even gods will find it difficult to pursue you."
"No way." Xu Man whispered back, sounding a little aggrieved, "I was just thinking about the time I rejected you..."
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