Chapter 32: She doesn't like me
Xu Jiangcuo:?
He let go of Song Lehan, his face tense and the tension visible to the naked eye.
Song Lehan chuckled and joked, "Look, I fooled you again."
"LeLe, this isn't funny at all." Xu Jiangcuo held Song Lehan in his arms again, his tone serious, "A deceptive joke is not a joke to me, it's a test to break trust."
"Emotions are very fragile and cannot withstand long-term testing."
Song Lehan's hand gently stroked his back, and she could feel the fear in his heart. She responded softly, "Okay, I won't lie to you again."
On the first day the program crew returned to the base, Song Lehan began to discuss confession with the director.
Finally, it was decided to confess tomorrow night.
"Director, can this confession be between him and me?" Song Lehan made her only request, "I don't want anyone else to know about this."
After some hesitation, the director finally agreed to her request.
After walking out of the observation room, Song Lehan came downstairs to Xu Jiangcuo's dormitory with a heavy heart.
After staying for a while, she left.
After the training in the evening, Song Lehan received a call from Jiang Yue.
As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Yue's furious voice came from the receiver.
"Song Lehan! What! Do! You! Want! To! Do?" He spoke each word harshly.
Song Lehan glanced toward the wall and saw a figure floating on the ground. She lowered her eyes, her expression as indifferent as death. "There are only a few days left anyway, so it won't matter if I withdraw after confessing."
"How can it have no effect?!" Jiang Yue was furious. "No, are you so confident that he will accept your confession? What if he rejects you? If you leave, won't Qingqing have the opportunity to take advantage of you?!"
"How could he not agree!" Song Lehan chuckled, his words harsh, "You said it, I just beckoned and he came over. After I confessed my feelings, it's all up to me."
Her words made Jiang Yue feel strange.
Song Lehan would never say such derogatory words. It seems that she really wants to quit the show.
"What? After you confessed your feelings, you're going to encourage him to quit the show with you?" Jiang Yue changed the subject, "Not impossible. After we quit the show, you can find a chance to get him to retire. Then you'll have an excuse to break up."
When Song Lehan heard this, she followed up on his words and asked, "How long will it take to break up with him this time? I don't want to drag it out that long again. It's really annoying."
"Are you annoyed? I saw you were enjoying it at that time." Jiang Yue's tone was light, and he sounded a little happy.
Song Lehan stared at the shadow by the wall and said calmly, "Everyone can act. If I really stayed with him for the rest of my life, I would probably get really depressed."
Jiang Yue laughed out loud when he heard this, but Song Lehan couldn't laugh at all.
The shadow by the wall disappeared.
She lowered her eyes and changed her tone, "I have nothing to do. If you don't want me to quit, then I won't quit. I'm hanging up."
"Hello--"
Song Lehan hung up the phone.
A sigh suddenly sounded in the silent night, and Zhang Qitong walked over from the wall.
"You asked me to bring Xu Jiangcuo here just to listen to this?" He walked to Song Lehan's side, his hands in his pockets, "I really don't understand you."
"At first you said you wanted to get him back, but now you're doing this again. Are you trying to push him away?"
Song Lehan pulled the corner of his mouth bitterly, "I don't know what I want to do."
"Does what we said still count?" Zhang Qitong reminded, "Take me to see Su Mobai."
Song Lehan nodded, "Of course it counts, but——"
"What is your relationship with her?" she asked curiously.
Zhang Qitong turned around slowly, raised the corner of his lips, and said, "I won't tell you this."
After saying that, he took a big step and left.
When I returned to the dormitory, it was pitch black.
Zhang Qitong turned on the light and was startled when he saw Xu Jiangcuo sitting on the chair.
"Why don't you turn on the light?" He took off his coat, and seeing that Xu Jiangcuo was not in a good state, he walked over and asked tentatively: "Are you still thinking about what Song Lehan said?"
Xu Jiangcuo stared straight ahead with a dull look in his eyes.
Zhang Qitong didn't know their past, so it was difficult for him to persuade her. He could only pat his shoulder and comfort him, "Don't take it too seriously. Didn't you two break up a long time ago? That means you're not suitable."
"If it's not appropriate to try again, then don't try it."
"The world is so big, you will always meet someone you like and who likes you back. There is no need to hang yourself on one person."
Everyone can say words of advice to others, but when it really happens to themselves, they just can't figure it out.
Xu Jiangcuo listened to these words, but they went in one ear and out the other. After a long while, he finally responded.
"She doesn't like me."
He turned and looked at Zhang Qitong with sadness in his eyes, "You know what? I've been with her for two years, and I haven't been able to make her like me."
Zhang Qitong was stunned and didn't know what to say.
Xu Jiangcuo didn't care whether Song Lehan was cheating on him. What he cared about was that he couldn't make Song Lehan like him.
"I thought I couldn't stand her lying to me the most." Xu Jiangcuo sneered, as if mocking himself, "But, hearing her say she doesn't like me...it's very hard."
Xu Jiangcuo lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "There is no future for her and me."
——
After running exercises the next day, Song Lehan went to have breakfast with Xu Jiangcuo as usual as if nothing had happened.
"Acuo! I finally got another chicken drumstick today!" Song Lehan smiled and put a chicken drumstick from his bowl into Xu Jiangcuo's. Looking up, he saw the dark circles under his eyes and frowned. "Didn't you sleep well last night? Why do you have dark circles under your eyes?"
Xu Jiangcuo stared blankly at the chicken drumstick in the bowl, and after a long while he responded, "Yeah, I'm a little insomniac."
"Why are you suffering from insomnia? Is it because of me?" Song Lehan asked tentatively.
Xu Jiangcuo shook his head, avoided her sight, and replied in a hoarse voice: "No, it's just that the show is about to end, and we also..."
He paused, lowered his head, and said in a very light voice, "We won't meet again."
Song Lehan's eyes darkened.
The next second, she pretended not to hear, frowned and asked in confusion: "Huh? What did you just say?"
"Nothing." Xu Jiangcuo kept his head down and forced a smile, "Let's eat quickly."
Song Lehan didn't say anything else.
This morning, Zhang Qitong told her that Xu Jiangcuo had not slept all night.
How to say it.
Song Lehan felt that it would be worth it if he could wake Xu Jiangcuo up in one night.
She didn't want to see him getting deeper and deeper into trouble.
Life is long, and she is not worth Xu Jiangcuo wasting his bright future.
It seemed that Xu Jiangcuo was indeed much more sober. He rarely spoke to Song Lehan the whole day today. She could even sense that he was deliberately avoiding her.
It was not until the evening when Xu Jiangcuo was brought to the place where he confessed his love that he was forced to look Song Lehan in the eye.
"Acuo! This is for you!"
As soon as they met, Song Lehan stuffed a large bouquet of roses in his hand into Xu Jiangcuo's arms.
She looked at Xu Jiangcuo with curved eyebrows, her eyes sparkling with stars, and seemed full of love.
Xu Jiangcuo raised his pale lips, but when he saw the camera hiding in the dark, the smile on his lips froze instantly.
The flowers fell to the ground, and the bright red petals scattered everywhere.
"Didn't we agree to act? Why are you so serious?"
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