Su Yunbai understood what was said.

Although it was not appropriate, she really wanted to laugh.

She tried to hold it back, but finally couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

Huo Qinian froze.

The person in his arms seemed to know that he had to stop laughing. The laughter soon subsided, but the feeling of holding back laughter was very obvious. Huo Qinian could even feel her shoulders trembling slightly, as if she couldn't help laughing.

Huo Qinian gritted his teeth: "What's so funny? Who am I doing this for?!"

As he said that, he lowered his head and bit the tip of Su Yunbai's ear hatefully.

Su Yunbai screamed and leaned back instinctively.

She covered her ears and stared at Huo Qinian, "Are you born in the year of the dog?"

The person who just tried to hold back a laugh had a blush on her face, and her eyes were still wet because of what happened just now. This glance seemed to be filled with affection in the shyness, which made people's blood boil and their mouths dry.

Huo Qinian's eyes changed all of a sudden, with a deep light in them, as aggressive as a wolf.

Su Yunbai knew that she was a little too provocative, and moved uneasily.

As soon as she moved, Huo Qinian's hand greeted her buttocks without any hesitation. The force was not strong, but it revealed a kind of frightening ambiguity: "Be honest."

Su Yunbai froze and looked at him in disbelief.

What's going on with her...

has she been beaten?

A blush came up from Su Yunbai's neck a beat later, and almost immediately covered her face.

Huo Qinian almost closed his eyes in pain, and also reached out to cover Su Yunbai's eyes.

He said, "If you keep looking at me like this... Yunbai, my self-control is not as good as you think."

He held her in his arms, took a deep breath, calmed his breath, and spoke in a low voice, as if he was persuading Su Yunbai, and also as if he was persuading himself: "Be good. Wait a little longer, wait a little longer... It's not the time yet... I can't be a bastard who takes advantage of you..." She

said it as if she couldn't wait.

Obviously it was him...

Su Yunbai had a lot of things to complain about in her heart, but she had already cooperated and calmed down.

Her ear was against Huo Qinian's chest. All she could hear was the sound of his steady and powerful heartbeat, which told her clearly, over and over again, what kind of vigorous vitality the man beside her had.

Such a wild life, such a domineering character, such a restrained action...

Su Yunbai suddenly felt at ease.

She felt a long-lost sense of security in Huo Qinian.

He treated her carefully, and he was waiting for her to take the initiative to say yes.

This man... is actually still worthy of trust, isn't he?

In early April, the small town where R University is located finally melted the ice and snow, ushering in spring.

April, with grass growing and warblers flying, is the best time of the year. The green grass in the community spread out, the branches that had been bare for a whole winter turned green again, and the air began to be filled with a faint fragrance of flowers...

It happened to be the weekend, and after lunch, Huo Qinian enthusiastically pulled Su Yunbai and said that he wanted to go out for a walk to digest the food.

There is a golf course not far behind the front door of their house, and a famous local tavern is about ten minutes’ walk behind the golf course. Before the epidemic, this area was bustling with people coming and going. Now the epidemic has not yet passed, and although various activities have resumed, it is still incomparable to the liveliness before the epidemic.

The sun is shining outside, and there are more people than Su Yunbai and Huo Qinian who take advantage of the weekend to take a walk and enjoy the scenery. The residents in the community are very friendly, with people of all skin colors and speaking all kinds of languages. No one wears a mask outside, and when they meet, they just say hello from a distance, smile at each other, and don’t come close. They all maintain a kind of politeness with a sense of distance.

After greeting the family of three again, Su Yunbai tried to shake her hands, but failed.

Huo Qinian even held her hands tighter.

Su Yunbai couldn't help but sigh.

Most of the people who were out and about were families, and there were also groups of mothers with several children. There were also many single men and women like Su Yunbai and Huo Qinian. The bolder and more enthusiastic ones were already cuddling each other on the lawn.

In fact, as long as you don't do anything too out of line, not many people will pay attention to what you are doing.

But Su Yunbai still felt a little embarrassed. It's okay in private, but holding hands while walking on the street... They are not young people in their teens or twenties, it's a bit too frivolous.

Huo Qinian didn't care. It was spring time, so what was wrong with him walking hand in hand with his girlfriend? He was very confident.

Every time Su Yunbai met someone, she would feel embarrassed. Later, when she met more people, she became a little desperate.

Anyway, it has come to this, just let him be happy.

The two walked along the path in the community all the way to the golf course.

There was a tree at the outermost edge of the golf course, and the tree was full of fluffy white flowers. At a glance, the tender green branches and white flowers complemented each other, in full swing, and it was extremely beautiful.

There was a wooden table and chairs under the tree. Sitting here, you can see most of the empty golf course.

Huo Qinian took Su Yunbai's hand and sat down.

The two of them sat quietly for a while, and he suddenly asked Su Yunbai: "Do you want to play golf? I'll teach you."

Su Yunbai was not interested.

In fact, apart from swimming and yoga, she was not very keen on the rest of the sports.

In order to prevent Huo Qinian from getting excited again, she had to divert his attention: "When did you learn golf?"

Huo Qinian thought for a while and said: "Junior high school. You know, those private schools with expensive tuition fees always have to have more courses like this to show off their status... In fact, most of them are learned from foreign schools.

"I learned golf, equestrianism, fencing, shooting... When the teacher taught me, he said that these are skills to cultivate the body and mind, and they may be useful in social occasions in the future... balabala, you know, it's nothing more than that.

"It's to cultivate my body and mind... Anyway, I am like this. I don't know if it is the result of cultivating my body and mind. Maybe, without these things, I would be more confused."

Su Yunbai laughed when he heard it: "You are quite self-aware."

Huo Qinian played with Su Yunbai's hands. It was strange that he seemed to be particularly enthusiastic about her hands today, to the point where he couldn't let go of them.

Huo Qinian continued: "As for the possibility of using them in future social occasions... Based on my current experience, there are actually not many occasions where they are used.

"Of course I'm not saying that these skills are bad. Many times they do help to open up social situations. But gradually I discovered that social occasions also follow another rule.

"When you are the protagonist and the most important person, your preferences are the focus of social topics. You don't have to bother to learn any skills, only others are eager to talk to you.

"I had this idea a long time ago, but the first time I realized it clearly was after Xin Ke came up. During that time - oh, I hadn't met you at that time. Anyway, I like playing billiard when I have free time. It's a hobby that suddenly came to me, I can't say I'm obsessed with it.

"But I gradually discovered that no matter where I go, the leisure time after the dinner always turns into playing billiards for some reason. I also always meet some very special opponents who are on par with me, so it is very satisfying to win..."

Su Yunbai looked at him, "How do you feel? Do you think they are fooling you?"

"No, why would I?" Huo Qinian laughed, "I went through the same thing. I went abroad after graduating from high school and tried to start a business abroad... The world is not that beautiful. In City A, I am the young director of the Huo Group, and everyone gives me some face, but abroad, who knows who I am?

"The path those people have taken, or should I say their mental journey, I have more or less walked through. Although I can't "empathize", I can understand it.

"I don't care whether they are trying to please me on purpose. In fact, through their attitude, I clearly realized one thing: I'm new, so that's their attitude towards me.

"I've gone from a nobody to someone who can dominate others. I've achieved a little bit...

" "Anyway, being flattered is never a bad thing, is it?

" "Of course, I still feel fresh once or twice, but after more times, I feel a little annoyed.

"It's strange, when I was still in a lower position, I thought I would enjoy the feeling of dominating others and being flattered by others. But in fact, I got bored faster than I thought.

"So I soon stopped liking playing billiards. No, it’s not that I don’t like it, but I have to show to the outside world that I don’t like it - if you don’t want your partners to treat you in this way, you have to find a way to take the initiative to block this window. Because you will find that sometimes refusing their reception will make the other party feel overwhelmed and worried that they have not done something well enough...

"Gradually, there are more things I don’t like. I don’t like this, I don’t like that...

"But as a businessman, sometimes you are too arrogant and have no preferences, which actually makes people feel difficult to approach, especially making your partners unsure of your attitude.

"This is not hard to understand. When you and I are not on equal footing, it is inevitable that we will be a little nervous when communicating. And when I can get closer to you through some means, no matter what, I will be more confident about future cooperation. This is human nature.

"In this sense, it is not a good thing to have no preferences for the outside world. Because others don't know how to get so close to you and how to build a relationship with you.

"In order to get a feel for you, they will try all kinds of things... You will find that their tricks are really beyond your imagination.

"I don't want to face this kind of weird surprise entertainment, so I changed my angle. Instead of letting others guess about me all the time, I might as well take the initiative to enter, which saves trouble for both of us.

"So I started to 'like' a lot of things again. Clubs, food, racing... In short, those things about socializing."

Su Yunbai's eyes moved slightly.

Huo Qinian looked at her. "I'm not trying to defend myself, but... let me put it this way. If you want to collaborate with that professor from X University, and you two are completely unfamiliar with each other, you won't even have the foundation for collaboration, right?

" "So, there has to be an occasion. At least you have to let him know you first, and know that there is such a person as you, so that the collaboration can have a foundation.

" "I just provided such a foundation.

" "Then, after going around in circles, I found that my life had become a vicious circle. When I was still a nobody, I had to rely on some social skills to get things done; and when I already had something, I still had to rely on these social skills to get others to get me done...

"Of course there is a difference. At least this time, the choice is mine."

Huo Qinian rubbed the soft flesh of Su Yunbai's palm and continued, "But... people's temperament is a very strange thing. There is a saying that goes, 'He who stays close to vermilion becomes red, and he who stays close to ink becomes black.' I don't know about other people, but for me, after being in those social occasions for a long time, I gradually discovered that I had lost my awe of some things...

"After playing along for a long time, I began to disbelieve and even look down on many things. Of course, it’s possible that I was so arrogant at the beginning, but later experiences magnified this emotion... "

Huo Qinian stopped here and looked at Su Yunbai.

The emotion in his eyes was a little deep, and after a long while he said: "Those days, those days when we were separated, I kept wondering why we had come to this point... Especially when I was sorting out your photos, I found that we actually had a lot of pleasant and unforgettable experiences...

"And what makes me feel a little panic is that I have to be reminded like this before I can remember the mood I once had in the past..."

Su Yunbai pursed his lips and curled up his fingers almost nervously.

Huo Qinian gently rubbed her closed knuckles and continued, "I provoked you first. I was the one who started this relationship. But in the end, I withdrew so quickly. In comparison, it seems that all this was your wish...

"You must have been very disappointed back then, thinking that I had changed my mind...

"I also thought that I had changed my mind. If I hadn't changed my mind, why would I be so indifferent to you, treating you almost indifferently, and completely forgetting how I felt when we first got together...

"I even always remind myself not to become like the old man, not to be seduced by the so-called love and lose my cool head...

"The funny thing is, when I was at my worst, I even prided myself on being different from those people who were having fun, thinking that I was the only one sober while everyone else was drunk...

"Actually, it was all fake.

"I was corrupted by habit. Many things came too easily and too smoothly, so I took them for granted.

"Especially in this relationship. You gave me much more than I gave you. I was so arrogant that I thought you wanted something from me, so my whole mentality began to become unbalanced. I couldn't distinguish between a casual relationship and my true heart. I thought this relationship was just another time I put on a show of 'love' for others to see, and it was a way for others to get close to me...

"I have forgotten too many things. It was not until then that I realized how numb and confused I was, and even how my own life was a mess..."

Su Yunbai understood these words.

She said almost dejectedly: "But Qinian, you will go back sooner or later. "

Sooner or later, he will have to return to that world of fame and fortune, and return to social events again and again. Although he is deeply in love today, maybe he will gradually forget about it in a short time?

Don't say it's impossible, people change very easily. Not to mention Huo Qinian, just herself. She can't remember many things in the past. Those people and things that she once thought she would never forget, now it seems as if there is a layer of fog between them, leaving only a faint outline, completely unable to excite much emotion.

If she is like this, how easy will it be for Huo Qinian to face more temptations?

Huo Qinian said firmly: "No. I'm not too confident in myself, but... Yunbai, I have already walked out of that dilemma.

"I fell into a misunderstanding that I wasn't even aware of: I worked hard to climb up, and finally I didn't have to hang out in those occasions that I didn't like. I finally got more say, but I still had to cater to others. Isn't this ridiculous?"

"The weak obey the rules, the strong make the rules. Why should I consider those people? Since they need help from others, shouldn't they find a solution themselves?

"Stepping back, I'm already President Huo. I have so many people under me, why do I have to do everything myself? I won't get to this point where I have to go out and play with others in person, right?" "

The past is the past, and now I have to follow new rules. "

Huo Qinian held Su Yunbai's hand and interlocked their fingers, "Do you know what the epidemic has made me understand?"

Su Yunbai looked up at him.

Huo Qinian said: "People should grasp the most important things. Apart from that, the rest can be compromised. I don't want to have power and wealth, and call the shots in the business world, but when I go home I have to face an empty house... That's too pitiful.

"No matter how rich the material life is, if there is no one to share it, it is as meaningless as having rich clothes at night.

"I already know what I really care about." He looked at Su Yunbai, "In fact, I have always been a good learner and rarely repeat the same thing..."

Su Yunbai chuckled.

She said: "I have promised to believe you. "

Just after she finished speaking, she suddenly found that her finger suddenly tightened, as if it was clamped by something.

Su Yunbai looked over subconsciously. The spring sun was shining brightly, and something shining with bright white light was on the ring finger of her right hand, sparkling in the sun.

This is... a ring.

This ring is a very low-key style, imitating the clasp of rattan. The overall shape is very delicate. Although there is no inlay, the ring face is finely engraved with patterns, lifelike, and there is no trace when you touch it.

It is easy to imagine that something that Huo Qinian likes must be worth a lot of money. After

Huo Qinian put on the ring, he raised his head and looked at her, with an overly bright light flashing in his eyes: "Words are not enough, this is the proof. The ring finger on the right hand means being in love... I'm just making a small declaration of my sovereignty, isn't that too much?"

Su Yunbai was startled.

No wonder Huo Qinian was suddenly so passionate about her hand today, it turned out to be here.

Huo Qinian pulled Su Yunbai's hand up, compared it to the sunlight, and said: "I have a good eye, this ring suits you very well."

He looked very impressed: "I bought it the year you had appendicitis. After three or four years, I can finally give it away today... one of them."

One of them?

Su Yunbai admitted that she was a little ignorant: "What do you mean by one of them?"

Huo Qinian did not answer directly, but only said: "I will tell you when you are willing to marry me again."

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