Most people have this bad habit, they always take things that are too easy to get as normal, and even look down on them.

When it comes to relationships, this can easily develop into a condescending mentality.

Ji Cheng believes that he is not an arrogant and difficult person, but he also admits that when there are always girls around him who express their affection for him, he really can't help but feel a little bored.

He is good-looking, his family conditions are good, he studies well, he has a gentle and polite personality... These so-called points that they appreciate very much, Ji Cheng is fine after listening to them once or twice, but after listening to them too much, he gradually doesn't feel anything at all. They

are all a group of superficial people.

Ji Cheng even has a faint sense of loneliness, as if everyone is drunk and I am the only one sober. Of course, when he became more mature, he realized that this was just a unique "making up new words to express sorrow" for adolescents, and felt that no one could understand him.

But Ji Cheng in that special period did not think that he was complaining without reason. He was even so proud that he believed that he would never meet someone he liked in his life.

Then, unknowingly, he fell into a big fall.

Su Yunbai may not know that he had actually seen her before he went to tutoring at Teacher Su's house.

The junior and senior high schools of C City Experimental Middle School are combined, and the senior high school is famous for its outstanding competition results throughout the area south of J Province. Not long after Ji Cheng transferred here in the second year of high school, he joined the school's chemistry competition team.

The exclusive classroom of the chemistry competition team is on the second floor of the experimental building. Students who participated in the chemistry competition did not have to attend some classes. That day, the class happened to have a chemistry class, and Ji Cheng was impatient to listen, so he ran to the laboratory.

It was winter, and the laboratory was in the shade, quite damp and cold, but the corridor was full of sunshine. Ji Cheng simply moved a chair to the corridor and sat on it, basking in the sun while reading.

Outside the corridor was a wall more than one meter high, and Ji Cheng, who was sitting on the chair, was completely blocked by the wall. Looking up from downstairs, his figure was almost invisible.

Ji Cheng was drowsy from the sunlight, and suddenly heard voices coming from downstairs, which became clearer and clearer.

First, a little girl's voice was heard, with a worried tone: "Yun Bai, what are you going to do? I heard that Wei Rong... he seems to be the boss of the entire junior high school, and he even knows people in the high school... He is very good at fighting."

Ji Cheng came to his senses.

Just from these few sentences, he roughly knew what kind of person this Wei Rong was. A little hooligans who is very good at fighting, probably the bully of the junior high school.

What, is he going to witness the campus bully?

Ji Cheng waited for a moment, and heard another girl's voice, which was cold and a little soft, but the tone was somehow particularly tough: "I'm not afraid, I'll tell the teacher."

"Then... will that work? Wei Rong doesn't seem to be afraid of the teacher. Besides, what are you going to say? Say... say that Wei Rong wants to get to know you and ask you to meet him?

"By then everyone will definitely know that he likes you, and he seems to have a lot of good brothers... Then they will block you in the corridor every day, what will you do? "

Huh? This is not only campus bullying, but can barely be considered... raping girls?"

Ji Cheng was amused by his own imagination.

In the eyes of Ji Cheng, who was in his second year of high school, junior high school students were just a group of children, very far away from him. Are

children nowadays so impatient? They want to learn how to fall in love at such a young age?

It's just like playing house.

Even so, Ji Cheng couldn't help but be curious - what kind of girl does the school bully like? Ji Cheng poked his head out from the edge of the corridor and looked downstairs

.

There is a playground in front of the building inspection, with a circle of hollow fences on the edge. At this moment, two little girls holding badminton rackets are standing with their backs against the fence and chatting. One of them has a chubby figure, and the other is almost half a head shorter than her, thin and small.

Ji Cheng subconsciously glanced at the little girl.

It seems that the school bully in the junior high school likes cute girls.

Ji Cheng just thought so, and the clear and cold voice came from the little girl: "Every time they block me, I will tell the teacher once, and see who can be tougher!"

Hey, it turns out that this little girl is the real culprit.

The chubby girl was very worried: "But I always feel that... Wei Rong might get worse. People like them, it seems that the more you ignore them, the more aggressive they will be. "

The short girl was silent for a moment: "Then what do you say we should do?"

"I... I don't know. It's just..." The chubby girl turned her head and carefully looked at the short guy's expression, "Yun Bai, don't be angry if I ask you something, why don't you like Wei Rong?

" "He actually looks okay, right? Although he is a bit domineering and likes to fight, but... but I haven't heard that he has bullied anyone for nothing, it's always others who provoke him...

"He feels so safe, why don't you like him?"

The short guy is very sensitive. He turned his head halfway to look at his little friend and said thoughtfully: "Do you like Wei Rong? "

In the sunlight, half of the girl's face was still chubby, looking somewhat cute.

The chubby girl was a little flustered and kept waving her hands, "No, don't get me wrong... I'm not speaking for Wei Rong, it's just... you know, Zhang Ting from Class 3 always bullies me, and Wei Rong helped me... so I... I just want to ask..."

The little girl turned her head again and sighed heavily: "But I like smart people."

The chubby girl was stunned: "Ah? "

Don't even mention her, even Ji Cheng raised his eyebrows.

What does this mean?

The little man stood up straight, turned around and faced his little friend.

Ji Cheng finally saw her face clearly. She was wearing a high-necked wool sweater with two fluffy wool balls hanging from the collar, swaying gently with her movements. The little girl still had baby fat on her face, and she was fair, well-behaved and soft, and very beautiful.

The only problem was that the little girl looked too young. Would anyone believe that she was an elementary school student?

This junior high school bully was really a piece of shit. He wanted to take action against such a young girl.

The little girl pursed her lips and said, "Well, you go tell Wei Rong that I like smart people. As long as he can pass the exam better than me, I will naturally recognize him."

She slightly raised her chin, looking very proud, but that look was not annoying at all, and only made people want to laugh for no reason, as if they saw a child secretly imitating the actions of adults, "I don't make friends with male classmates who don't do well in academic performance. I will make friends with him when he can surpass me in exams. Otherwise... I want to get into a good university, but I don't have the time to play childish love games with him..."

Ji Chengzhen almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

The child who said that others were childish may not realize that she herself is the childish and lovely person.

A whistle was blown on the playground, and the physical education teacher called for assembly.

The two little girls walked slowly to the other end of the playground, and the topic was terminated.

Ji Cheng was rarely interested and wanted to pay attention to the follow-up of the school bully in the junior high school and the little girl he liked. Who would have thought that before he could inquire, on Friday afternoon, when he went to see his new cram school teacher, Ms. Su, he saw the little girl again.

The little girl was carrying a bowl of chopped mangoes out of the refrigerator, and greeted the guests obediently.

When she asked Ji Cheng, Ji Cheng thought of what she had said before, and couldn't help but smile.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, looked at him inexplicably, and smiled, hesitantly handed the bowl of mangoes in her hand forward, and asked: "Do you want to eat fruit?"

It was the first time that Ji Cheng visited someone's home. Except for drinking water and tea, he usually would not touch anything in the house.

But this time, he made an exception.

A bowl of chopped mangoes, he got to know the little girl.

Her name is Su Yunbai, the granddaughter of his cram school teacher. This year she is in the second grade of junior high school, four years younger than him, with very good academic performance, always ranked in the top five in the grade...

They got to know each other so naturally. So Su Yunbai never thought that he was not a very approachable person. She always thought that he was gentle, considerate, and a very kind senior...

Of course he could be such a person, or should be said that he has always been such a person in front of her. But perhaps such a face is too deeply rooted in her heart, so that she has never thought that her senior Ji actually has another face. Of

course, Ji Cheng didn't care at the beginning. He didn't care how Su Yunbai saw him, because in his heart he only regarded Su Yunbai as a pleasing little schoolmate.

The junior school girl was smart, well-behaved, cute, and sober.

She was not like those little girls who lost their minds when they saw him... He liked this junior school girl very much, out of the love of an older brother.

But later, things changed.

After entering college, Ji Cheng didn't think of Su Yunbai very often. Of course, they were still in contact, but this kind of contact was much less than before.

This is also normal. Time and distance are the biggest gaps. Su Yunbai is still in high school, but he already has a wonderful college life. Student union, clubs, entertainment, entrepreneurship... His mind is completely occupied by these things. Only very occasionally, they will chat about something online.

One weekend in his sophomore year, Ji Cheng received a message from Su Yunbai. She asked him how the junior class at K University was going.

There are only a few schools in the country that can offer junior classes, and K University is one of the most prominent. The name of the junior class is well-known throughout the country, which is naturally very good. In fact, students who can enter the junior class have to be called young geniuses in publicity.

But whether the future of these young geniuses who go to college too early is really bright, and whether they will hurt Zhongyong, this is a problem that the whole society is paying attention to.

Judging from the students in the junior class that Ji Cheng himself met, most of them are not very suitable for ordinary people. The difference of one or two years in age is actually very big, and they may not be able to play together.

It is also because of this that when Ji Cheng knew that Su Yunbai really joined the junior class of K University, he, like Teacher Su, felt a little worried.

It may be the first impression that played a role. In Ji Cheng's memory, the difference between Su Yunbai and her classmates is very obvious. She looked one size younger than her classmates. Not only was she short, but she was also skinny, like a real child.

A child like this was going to college? Would she be able to adapt?

When Ji Cheng saw Su Yunbai again at the gate of K University, he was a little surprised. He would go back to City C every winter vacation and visit Teacher Su's home to wish a happy new year. Logically, he shouldn't feel that Su Yunbai was a stranger. But when he saw Su Yunbai again, he had a strong feeling that she had grown up all of a sudden. Su

Yunbai's figure had become slimmer. Although she was still thin, she already had curves. The baby fat on her face had not yet disappeared, and she looked immature, but standing among the freshmen, she had perfectly blended in in terms of temperament.

Although her appearance has changed, she is still the same as before. She is very meticulous and even a little methodical. She even wrote a list of things to note for admission in advance, and checked one off as she completed it. It was very neat and cute.

Ji Cheng found it funny and felt relieved.

Teacher Su asked him to take care of Su Yunbai, and he agreed. But in fact, he didn't really take care of her, because Su Yunbai took good care of herself.

She was busy with military training, adapting to university life, and attending classes... As the president of the Student Union of the School of Economics and Management, he was responsible for all the big and small student activities in the school. In addition, the School of Physics and the School of Economics and Management were located in the south and north of K University, so they didn't see each other for a long time.

K University is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The focus of the student union work of each college is on the anniversary. In order to save some time and energy, the School of Business and Management and the School of Physics decided to jointly host the freshman welcome party that year.

As one of the persons in charge of the welcome party, Ji Cheng got the program list in advance. He looked at the column of Su Yunbai on the program list and frowned slightly.

The welcome party has its own traditions. Freshmen must arrange some programs, and there must even be a certain ratio of male and female freshmen participating, which is the case every year.

Many times, this will become a problem of some size, especially in the School of Science. Many people in the School of Science advocate doing things in a low-key manner and are very reluctant to perform on stage.

In Ji Cheng's impression, Su Yunbai should be one of the groups that refuse to perform on stage. She is a quiet and low-key person, sometimes she has a lot of baggage, and she doesn't seem like someone who can let go and perform.

How come her name is on the list?

Ji Cheng couldn't help but conspiratorially say - was she bullied?

Ji Cheng tried to get Su Yunbai to help him, but to no avail. So he had to find the president of the Physics School Student Union and half reminded and half warned him: "This is my teacher's child. You guys are not bullying the child because he is small and pushing him onto the stage, are you?" Upon

hearing this, President Liu looked Ji Cheng up and down with a strange look on his face for a while, and suddenly became very enthusiastic towards him.

Ji Cheng spent a lot of effort to figure out that Su Yunbai had already become famous in the School of Physics. She even had a nickname, "Little Junior Sister".

It is said that during the breaks of military training, the team played games and the unlucky ones had to stand up and perform. Su Yunbai sang a song and amazed everyone, so she was directly selected as the program for the freshman party.

Ji Cheng felt very complicated when he heard President Liu asking openly and secretly whether the little junior sister had a boyfriend.

So the matter was settled.

On the day of the welcome party, the backstage of the auditorium was in a mess. Ji Cheng looked around for a while and finally saw Su Yunbai in the corner.

She seemed to have changed her clothes. The lower body was a skirt and the upper body was still wearing a coat, covering herself tightly. When he arrived, she was being pressed on a chair by two girls while doing her makeup. Seeing him coming, she smiled at him with pursed lips, looking very well-behaved.

Ji Cheng was worried after all, so he stopped for a moment and talked to her, "Are you nervous?"

Su Yunbai whispered, "A little, but it's okay."

Ji Cheng then taught her some experience on stage. When he spoke, she looked at him with her eyes squinting. If she wasn't doing her makeup, she would have nodded every time he said something. She was so well-behaved.

Ji Cheng couldn't help but soften his tone, "Don't be afraid, just pretend they don't exist."

While he was speaking, someone called Ji Cheng at the door to deal with something, so he couldn't stay any longer and left in a hurry.

Not long after he walked out, he heard the girl who was doing makeup asking Su Yunbai, "Junior, are you familiar with Senior Ji?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Don't you know? Senior Ji is one of the recognized male gods in our K University. Those who pursue him can line up from the door of the girls' dormitory to the first cafeteria. If those people knew that Senior Ji is already taken...tsk tsk tsk."

Su Yunbai laughed softly, "What are you thinking? Senior Ji and I are just acquaintances. There is no such thing as being taken or not. Senior Ji still belongs to everyone, I dare not 'defile' him..."

Ji Cheng paused for a moment when he was leaving, and soon became calm again.

When it was Su Yunbai's turn, Ji Cheng was discussing the details of the lottery with several vice presidents at the entrance of the auditorium. After hearing the announcement, he hurriedly interrupted the conversation, raised his head, and looked at the stage across the huge auditorium.

The lights were bright, and Su Yunbai, wearing a long off-shoulder dress, walked slowly onto the stage during the announcement. She looked so white that it was almost unreal in the lights. After putting on makeup, her youthfulness was completely concealed, and the whole person seemed to mature all of a sudden. She looked bright and gentle, and incredibly beautiful.

Ji Cheng didn't even recognize her at first sight.

And... Su Yunbai's figure seemed to be much better than he had imagined. The long off-shoulder dress did not make her look bloated, but just right.

The boys sitting in the back row of the auditorium stretched their necks to look, and many of them even whispered to each other: "Who is this girl? Which college is she from?"

"The goddess of mist grass!"

The prelude of the music sounded, and the stage slowly quieted down.

Su Yunbai sang Faye Wong's song, "Red Bean". [

I haven't felt it well yet...]

As soon as she opened her mouth, her voice was a little tense, but the timbre was still amazing.

Applause immediately rang out from the audience.

Amid the applause, Su Yunbai seemed to be less nervous, and her voice became smoother.

She sang differently from others. Her expression was calm and her body movements were restrained. Even her voice was cold and indifferent, as if she was detached from the music.

In fact, Ji Cheng was also wondering if she could really resonate with this song. But her pitch was well controlled, and even with this "detached" singing style, there was a sense of "even if it's heartless, it's still moving."

At the end of the song, Su Yunbai covered her chest and bowed to the audience.

The thunderous applause had not yet died down, and she hurried to the backstage as if she was rushing to leave, without looking back.

The male host on the stage shouted in her direction twice, but she was completely out of state and floated into the backstage, leaving the host there.

The audience was stunned for a moment and burst into laughter.

Ji Cheng couldn't help laughing. He suspected that Su Yunbai had been so nervous that he had completely blocked out the sounds from the outside world.

Ji Cheng thought about it, left the crowd and walked to the backstage, and sure enough, he saw Su Yunbai, who was still in shock, at the backstage.

She seemed to have just learned about what happened on the stage, her face was slightly stiff, "Then... is he okay? Didn't I screw him up?"

Seeing Ji Cheng coming, she almost immediately looked over, her expression slightly broken.

Su Yunbai was always calm and composed, it was really rare to see her like this. If it wasn't the wrong timing, Ji Cheng would have wanted to take a closer look. The

air conditioner was still on backstage, and Su Yunbai's arms were covered with layers of goose bumps, and even her face was a little pale.

Ji Cheng didn't dare to delay any longer and comforted her, "It's okay, Zhao Bo has experience and has already arranged the stage. It's not your fault. This kind of interaction was added temporarily. He didn't remind you in advance. It's not your fault..."

Su Yunbai stroked her arm, still feeling a little nervous, "I'm just... I'm a little nervous."

It was her first time on stage. Standing on the stage, all she could see were people. She could only hear her own amplified heartbeat, one after another.

She was so nervous that her back was sweaty.

Ji Cheng smiled and said, "It's already very good. You sang very well." He paused, and finally said what he had always wanted to say in a joking tone, "You look very beautiful tonight, too."

Facts have proved that Ji Cheng is not the only one who has the ability to appreciate. After the welcome party, there were always posts on the school's BBS asking for Su Yunbai's information. Her so-called "Junior Sister" was almost known to everyone.

Ji Cheng was a little worried. He thought he understood that group of boys and knew what dirty thoughts they had behind their backs. He was worried that Su Yunbai would be fooled by their sweet words, so he always had to remind her from time to time.

When the swarm of admirers was the most intense, Ji Cheng even ran downstairs to Su Yunbai to find her several times.

He vaguely knew the consequences of doing so. A boy running to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory to wait for someone, or sending a girl downstairs to the dormitory, is already a very intimate act in itself.

Ji Cheng's roommates were all teasing him, saying that he finally had worldly feelings. Later, he went to see Su Yunbai more frequently, and even Su Yunbai's good friends began to look at him with inquiry and scrutiny...

But Ji Cheng always thought that he was just fulfilling his promise to Teacher Su to take good care of Su Yunbai.

He considered himself to be open and honest, so he ignored the increasing number of teasing looks around him.

He thought that if Su Yunbai also misunderstood, he would explain it to her, just like he always told her - she is still young and should concentrate on her studies.

In fact, Ji Cheng has privately thought about how to explain his motives to Su Yunbai more than once. In any case, he didn't want her to misunderstand. Ji

Cheng waited and waited, but never waited for Su Yunbai to misunderstand and clarify.

Occasionally, Ji Cheng also wondered if Su Yunbai was too shy to ask. But every time he had this thought, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious when he thought of Su Yunbai's open and honest words and deeds in front of him.

Ji Cheng was tormented by this dilemma. Until one day, a junior girl from the same department came up to him and confessed her love to him.

Ji Cheng was stunned.

The girls in K University are very honest to some extent. After all these years, it is rare to hear about the kind of true love that is invincible and people or things that must be strong against those who have girlfriends.

Since Ji Cheng and Su Yunbai had an affair, many people tacitly assumed that he was already taken, so he was rarely stopped by girls to confess their love.

This was the first time in the past one or two months.

Facing the junior girl who was looking at him attentively, Ji Cheng subconsciously hinted to her that he was no longer single.

But the schoolgirl was very persistent: "Senior, are you talking about Su Yunbai from the Physics Department? But I asked her for confirmation, and she said she is not your girlfriend..."

Ji Cheng's heart paused, "When did you ask her?" He felt unhappy almost instinctively, and very unhappy, "This is a matter between me and her, you crossed the line!"

Ji Cheng knew that his expression might be too serious, so that the schoolgirl finally left with tears in her eyes.

After sending the schoolgirl away, Ji Cheng found a deserted place to sit down, and his heart was a little confused for some reason.

He didn't know how to explain his mood. He obviously didn't want Su Yunbai to misunderstand, but why didn't he feel happy when she didn't misunderstand?

What was he thinking?

Ji Cheng couldn't figure it out, but his steps seemed to have self-awareness, and he went straight down to Su Yunbai's dormitory.

He was lucky, as he happened to meet Su Yunbai who was walking back with her roommates downstairs.

This time, her roommates didn't need to walk away on their own, Su Yunbai walked towards Ji Cheng on her own.

She said, "Senior, Senior Wei came to see me."

Ji Cheng's heart moved, "Did she embarrass you?"

"No, no." Su Yunbai said, "I just realized that everyone seems to have misunderstood the relationship between you and me. There's nothing wrong with me, after all, I'm still young and don't plan to find a boyfriend. But on your side...

" "Senior, why don't you clarify it? Otherwise, everyone will think you have a girlfriend and won't dare to come to you. It would be such a pity if I missed many senior sisters with good conditions... "

Ji Cheng's head buzzed, as if he stepped on empty air, and his heart couldn't help but drop.

She was still so open and honest.

She had never misunderstood.

Was he... being too sentimental?

Ji Cheng took a lot of effort to not lose his composure.

He almost forced himself to smile and said, "Don't pay attention to them. Don't worry, I don't want to find a girlfriend for the time being..."

A relationship should start with understanding one's own heart.

Ji Cheng never thought that this would be so difficult for him. He was not so arrogant that he refused to admit that he had fallen in love with Su Yunbai - if that was true.

But the question was, did he really fall in love with Su Yunbai?

During that time, the question that Ji Cheng asked most often was: What What does it mean to like someone? How can you be sure that you like someone?

It took Ji Cheng almost a year to figure out this question.

He used various methods to verify it. For example, when looking into Su Yunbai's eyes, did he ever feel his heart beating fast and feel that his heartbeat was out of his control?

For example, if Su Yunbai already had a boyfriend, would he be so disappointed that he couldn't eat and tossed and turned?

For example...

Ji Cheng compared them one by one and felt that he was not at that level at all. He felt that everything was controllable and reasonable. He

even suspected that he was just addicted to taking care of others.

If he was in this mood, how should he tell Su Yunbai his feelings?

Hot and cold behavior is the most hurtful. Before he understands his own heart, Ji Cheng is unwilling to take any action. On

the first day of the new semester, Ji Cheng saw a couple hugging each other at the school gate. The young couple in love reunited after a long separation during the summer vacation. The girlfriend happily jumped on her boyfriend, and the boyfriend hugged her and spun around.

Ji Cheng couldn't help but bring himself and Su Yunbai into the picture.

If this was him and Su Yunbai... Before Ji Cheng himself realized it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Ji Cheng began to look at the problem from a new perspective. This time, not from a verification perspective, but from an existential perspective -

if he stayed with Su Yunbai for a whole day, would he feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable?

Is he willing to share every bit of his life with her, and do things with her that couples would do? For example, holding hands, kissing, and hugging. ...

Ji Cheng finally heard his unbalanced heartbeat and the anticipation that surged in his heart.

He finally understood his own heart.

He wanted to plan a sincere confession.

He wanted to ask Su Yunbai if she was willing to be his girlfriend and if she was willing to get to know him in depth...

No, he should wait a little longer, at least until she came of age.

She was still young.

Ji Cheng thought about a lot of things, but before he could speak, he saw the book in Su Yunbai's hands: a reference book for TOEFL and GRE.

Seeing that he was curious, Su Yunbai told him about her plan. She wanted to strive for a full scholarship to study abroad, she was preparing for an English test, and she had a clear plan for the future...

and he was not in this plan after all. Ji Cheng seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water on his head, and he

suddenly sobered up.

Ji Cheng is a very stable person. It should be said that he is even too stable. He doesn't like to gamble and has a strong defensive mentality. Before doing something, he won't even take action if he is not sure that there will be an expected return. This is especially true in relationships.

Ji Cheng knew very well that Su Yunbai would not change her plan for his current situation, so he decided to wait.

Later, Ji Cheng regretted his decision countless times in his dreams at midnight.

What is the most painful secret love in the world? It's not that you can't get a response from the other party, but that the other party doesn't understand your feelings from beginning to end.

You have moved God and countless people in your own world, but what's the use? It's just self-movement.

He obviously likes her, why doesn't he even have the courage to say it? No matter whether she was going abroad or not, no matter whether she had her own plans or not...

Even if he really wanted to wait for her, why couldn't he let her know clearly that he was waiting for her?

Was he afraid that she would refuse? But why should he be afraid? If he didn't even dare to try, how could he expect a response?

Ji Cheng understood all these principles later.

But he understood them too late.

He had always been placed too high. He had never lacked the favor of the opposite sex, so much so that he had proclaimed himself king in the world of emotions and didn't even have the courage to step down from the throne.

In terms of emotions, he was obviously incomparable and even very rich, but he was as stingy as Grandet, who only knew how to stay where he was and completely lost the courage to attack.

Why was he hesitating so much? Even if he lost everything, even if he was completely defeated, how could he really lose anything?

Ji Cheng had to admit that he had never been brave enough. When they were close, he didn't dare to confess; later, when Su Yunbai was struggling in her marriage, he didn't dare to be the savior; later, she divorced and went abroad, and he didn't dare to follow her because he had just been rejected...

Was it because he didn't love her enough? If he loved her enough, he should be able to risk his life.

But his waiting and dedication over the years were not fake. If this is not enough love, then what is the point of his dedication and waiting for the past ten years?

Ji Cheng couldn't understand why he was so timid. He obviously had everything he needed, so why didn't he dare to go all out?

If he was inferior to Huo Qinian in any way, he would only admit this. Huo Qinian has always been a gambler. He can be carefree and doesn't care about gains and losses or face, but he is always worried.

But things should be the other way around. Huo Qinian is obviously the one who lacks love, but why can the one who lacks love love without any scruples, and he who has everything is losing his temper?

Could it be that in the world of love, people are born in worries and die in comfort?

After Su Yunbai went abroad for the second time, Ji Cheng advised himself to let go more than once. Every time he thought he had let it go, but when any news about Su Yunbai came, he would still pay attention subconsciously. Even if these news are often related to Huo Qinian.

He couldn't help but think about her reaction.

How would she feel if Huo Qinian followed her abroad? Was she touched, impatient, or... gradually accepting him?

She wouldn't accept Huo Qinian, right? He knew her temper. She was very cautious when making decisions, but once she made a decision, she had a strong execution ability.

She had been deeply hurt by Huo Qinian, and she didn't seem like someone who could be moved by some small favors.

Ji Cheng didn't know what he should expect, but he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that Su Yunbai didn't get together with Huo Qinian again.

The business district of City A seemed to be the same without Huo Qinian. Ji Cheng gradually stopped going to various groups organized by his "friends" and slowly distanced himself from those people.

He devoted himself to work, and his life became pure and simple all of a sudden, so that his family began to worry about his life event, arranging blind dates and introducing him to people in various ways...

Most of the time, Ji Cheng didn't pay much attention. Occasionally, he couldn't bear the request of his family, and he would comply once or twice, but each time it was just a formality and he didn't

care at all. He and Su Yunbai actually didn't have much contact anymore. Days passed, and he was consumed by his busy schedule, and he didn't have any extra time to think about anything else.

He really seldom thought about Su Yunbai, and he felt that he had moved on.

Then, new news came - Leading Technology has cooperated with foreign companies, TargetR has obtained FDA certification, Leading Technology has begun to develop secondary verification software...

Ji Cheng knows very well that all this information related to Leading Technology and TargetR is inseparable from Su Yunbai's support.

What does Huo Qinian know? Technically, if Su Yunbai didn't calm the situation, no matter how eloquent he is, he couldn't negotiate this kind of cooperation alone.

Faced with this new news, Ji Cheng felt like he fell into an ice cellar.

It turns out that he still cares, and he still hasn't come out of it.

Has she forgiven Huo Qinian?

Are they... together again?

Ji Cheng thought about asking Su Yunbai more than once, but facing the familiar chat window, he didn't know where to start.

He wanted to leave in a dignified manner, and he didn't want to bring her any trouble... So after hesitating for a while, he still didn't ask.

The next year, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Ji Cheng saw a post from Xu Jinzhi in his circle of friends, sharing the rice dumplings that everyone in their small group ate.

Three of the four pictures were of rice dumplings with a hand making various gestures, and only the one belonging to Su Yunbai did not have anything related to her. The only thing was two rice dumplings and a jade-white plate.

Ji Cheng stared at the picture for a long time, and a strange thought in his heart became stronger and stronger.

He opened the chat window with Su Yunbai, carefully copied a Dragon Boat Festival blessing template sent in the company group chat, and sent it.

He stared at the phone for a long while, and couldn't help but imagine Su Yunbai's reaction.

Would she reply to him? How would she reply? Would she feel sorry, embarrassed, or keep a polite distance from him?

Ji Cheng waited for more than half an hour, and finally got Su Yunbai's response.

She still replied to him, very restrained and polite: "Thank you, have fun together."

Ji Cheng looked at these four words, and suddenly felt that he was both a villain and pitiful.

He even looked down on himself. Why was he so hesitant? He couldn't give up cleanly, but he wasn't brave enough to ask for another chance.