Chu Jiang also helplessly spread his hands, "If a cow wants to drink water, you can't force it back. It will only make people more disgusted. It's better to turn around gracefully."
Xi Ran nodded as if she understood, "Don't you think it's a pity to invest three years of feelings and not try to salvage the relationship at the last minute?"
Chu Jiang's expression froze. He had given his feelings for more than three years; it had taken up six whole years of his youth.
In his pursuit of Sun Qing, he made bringing her breakfast a daily ritual, taking care of all the little things like queuing up for meals and getting her hot water, but he still couldn't earn her any gratitude.
He spent most of his living expenses on Sun Qing, who accepted it as a matter of course. He thought that Sun Qing enjoying all his services was a signal that she wanted to be his girlfriend, but in the end, he was overthinking it.
While enjoying his meticulous care, she secretly went on dates with Chen Yang and even accepted such an expensive bracelet from him; the meaning behind it was self-evident.
He and Xiao Zhebin had bought that bracelet from a department store counter, so he knew its price.
That was money he had saved up for a year by scrimping and saving, and he even borrowed a lot of money from his younger sister to buy that bracelet, which he planned to give to her when he confessed his feelings to her next time!
But before the bracelet could be given away, Sun Qing was already wearing an identical one on her wrist.
Actually, no matter who is nice to Sun Qing, she accepts it all gladly, which he finds unbearable.
If you're not interested in him, you can just say so and never pester him. But Sun Qing accepts his advances while simultaneously looking down on him, which is disheartening.
In Sun Qing's eyes and heart, he was nothing more than a dispensable backup plan, a simp.
"No, I don't like her anymore. I'm more interested in you now."
Xi Ran blushed deeply at the sudden confession, her face turning crimson. She kept fanning herself, but the more she fanned, the hotter she felt.
"What nonsense are you talking about? We're just ordinary friends, with a completely innocent relationship."
Chu Jiangyi's eyes and brows were full of smiles as he lowered his head and whispered in Xi Ran's ear, "Our relationship isn't exactly innocent. Do you ever see an innocent man and woman sleeping in the same bed?"
Upon hearing this, Xi Ran's face turned bright red, "You...you...I...we..."
Xi Ran pointed at Chu Jiangyi, then at herself, utterly speechless!
What could she say?
Their relationship was indeed not platonic; they had slept together, and everything that was supposed to happen had happened.
Chu Jiang also smiled lightly, his smile trembling, his shoulders swaying; he was in a very good mood at the moment.
"Speak slowly, you've been going on and on, I can't understand you, you're not a stutterer... haha..."
Xi Ran turned her face away in shame and anger, stomping her foot on the floor to express her dissatisfaction. "I don't want to talk about it anymore. You're clearly bullying me."
Seeing the little girl's face full of shame and indignation, he realized that he had gone too far with his joke and apologized.
"I apologize to you and will treat you to something delicious. Please forgive me."
Xi Ran arrogantly turned her face to the side, "Hmph!"
Chu Jiang also tried to appease him, saying, "I surrender, I surrender, it's all my fault. I'm starving. Could the beautiful and generous Xi Ran have a meal with me?"
Xi Ran glanced at Chu Jiangyi and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
It was the first time a boy had ever comforted her, and she felt a warm glow inside!
After the family incident, the most common things I heard were sarcastic remarks and cynical comments.
The students in her class no longer wanted to play with her, and she usually kept to herself.
Parents use her family as a negative example, fearing that she will corrupt their daughters.
Xi Zhihui was the one in debt, but her classmates and even the entire school looked at her with prejudice. She felt very uncomfortable and even cried and made a scene, but she couldn't change other people's opinions.
From then on, she lost interest in everything around her, and remained indifferent to everything. Apart from listening attentively in class, nothing could stir her emotions.
It wasn't until she became the top scorer in the province that her teachers and classmates changed their opinion of her, but by then she no longer needed them.
In order to take care of her mother and younger brother, she chose to attend a school nearby.
Xi Ran smiled bitterly to herself. What good would it do to go to Beijing?
She couldn't even afford the travel expenses.
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