Hou Ming mechanically unlocked his phone and subconsciously opened the chat window.
The others gathered around out of curiosity.
Thank you for your appreciation.
"However, I want to focus on my career now."
Two simple sentences are tantamount to a death sentence.
This means my confession was rejected!
Hou Ming was so grief-stricken that he could barely hold onto his phone.
He looked as if his soul had been ripped out, his eyes glazed over.
"Oh no!"
Lin Fan and Su Wan'er exchanged glances, sensing that something was amiss.
It seems this joke has gone a bit too far.
"Look at you, making me confess my feelings!"
Hou Ming gave Lin Fan a resentful look, then began editing the message.
"They were just messing around with my phone..."
"I'm sorry to bother you, but that's not what I meant."
"..."
I typed several messages back and forth, but deleted them all and never sent them.
Clearly, he didn't know how to reply to the message in a way that wouldn't seem too abrupt, and at the same time, he could salvage his relationship.
"bite."
However, just as he was repeatedly deleting and editing the information.
Wang Shasha replied with another message.
"I was once married, but we got divorced for some reason."
Would you mind my past?
Chen Lingfeng lowered his head and unconsciously uttered those words.
Each word was like the striking of a bronze bell, making Hou Ming's face turn pale again and again.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
I never knew Wang Shasha had this past.
"I……"
Hou Ming's finger hovered over the screen, his fingertips trembling.
Wang Shasha's message made him feel suffocated, and his breathing gradually became rapid.
He is a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding emotions, to the point of being almost abnormal.
Are you able to accept that your partner is divorced?
"monkey."
Lin Fan straightened his shoulders and looked him in the eye. "What you need to figure out right now isn't whether she rejected you, but... whether you mind."
"If you like it, everything else is insignificant."
"Unless, you don't like it at all."
Su Wan'er crossed her arms.
A look of disdain appeared on her pretty face.
To be considering so much at this point, this guy's feelings are clearly not pure.
"Say less."
Lin Fan interrupted her, then sat down opposite Hou Ming, "It depends on your own thoughts; don't let others influence you."
If you have a strong aversion to dating and care about her past, then you should think carefully.
If you don't mind, this is a rare opportunity.
After saying that, he tapped his screen with his finger.
Hou Ming lowered his head, revealing a painful struggle.
All he could think of were Wang Shasha's charming smiles and gestures.
An optimistic attitude, and focus while working.
"You like her as a person, so why do you care about her past?"
Chen Lingfeng muttered something to himself.
Even he, a staunch advocate of remaining single, was getting anxious because of Hou Ming.
"Yes, I like her as a person!"
Hou Ming muttered to himself, as if asking himself, "If I back down because of this... then what about what I said before?"
"That's right, you should follow your heart."
"The feeling of being instantly attracted to someone doesn't lie."
Su Wan'er said from the side.
This girl, who has never been in a relationship, has actually taken on the role of a military liaison.
"You're right, I'll never forget that feeling."
Hou Ming nodded vigorously, a light gradually appearing in his eyes. "I had no chance to be a part of her past."
But I must try to find a way to protect her future.
"Well said!"
Lin Fan led the applause.
"I wasn't wrong about you."
"Well done."
"..."
Everyone gave him a thumbs up.
"I know what to do."
Hou Ming no longer hesitated, took a deep breath, and typed a sentence on the screen.
I don't mind your past; it's a part that belongs only to you.
"What I like even more is you, blooming alone after weathering the storm."
Once he finished editing, he didn't hesitate to send the message.
Everyone was worried for him.
Time passed by, and for everyone, each second felt like an eternity.
Hou Ming's palms started sweating again, and his heart was pounding.
"bite!"
The phone notification sounded again.
This made everyone tense.
"Look, what was said."
"It's bound to succeed."
"..."
Everyone craned their necks, clearly looking forward to it.
Hou Ming nervously unlocked his phone and opened the chat window between the two of them.
"After I finish editing the video, we can try to get to know each other."
A simple, ordinary sentence gave Hou Ming a glimmer of hope.
He suddenly laughed, grinning broadly and showing one tooth.
Congratulations!
"See, courage does pay off, doesn't it?"
Hou Ming only looked up when he could faintly hear their blessings.
Overwhelmed with joy, he gripped his phone tightly and waved his hands vigorously in front of his chest.
"It's a success!"
The next moment, he jumped up like a child.
She jumped up and down twice, then raised her hands high and cheered, "She said yes!"
His ecstatic expression amused everyone.
"Look at your pathetic self, don't embarrass yourself!"
Chen Lingfeng pressed his hand down on him, angry at his lack of self-confidence, "Anyone who didn't know better would think you won the lottery."
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