"Bang!"
With a crisp sound of the door closing.
He's gone.
Bai Xiaoruo's heart sank completely.
Her legs buckled and she almost lost her balance, but luckily Ji Ziqian beside her caught her.
"Xiao Ruo, are you alright?"
She shook her head without saying a word.
"Xiao Ruo, he...you guys...really didn't need to do this, I know what you were saying just now..."
Before Ji Ziqian could finish speaking, Bai Xiaoruo interrupted him, "Brother Ziqian, I'm not using you, I really want to be with you."
"What? Xiaoruo, you..."
Ji Ziqian was somewhat bewildered.
Did he hear that right?
He had confessed his feelings to Xiaoruo so many times before, and she had always politely rejected him. Why was she doing this now...?
Was she really not using him to spite Xian Mingyu?
Bai Xiaoruo's words, "Let's be together," were completely unexpected by Ji Ziqian.
He even wondered if he was hallucinating.
"I'm serious. Brother Ziqian, are you still willing to... accept an incomplete me?" She looked up at him, her eyes red-rimmed.
It doesn't matter whether he accepts or refuses, as long as he says the word.
They can remain friends, or they can become lovers.
"I...I..." Ji Ziqian was so excited he didn't know what to say. This was the first time the girl he'd liked for so many years had reciprocated his feelings. He was so happy he was almost incoherent. "Xiao Ruo, am I dreaming? You...you really want to..."
"Yes, I do."
That's enough, really enough.
Ji Ziqian hugged the person in front of him with joy, holding her tightly, so afraid that she would change her mind the next second, so afraid that he was just having a beautiful dream, and that she would return to Xian Mingyu's side when he woke up.
"Okay, okay... As long as you're willing, I, I will definitely treat you well in the future, Xiao Ruo. Believe me, I will definitely make you happy. I don't care about your past at all, I only care about your present and future, I only want you."
"Um......"
Held in his arms, Bai Xiaoruo felt a pang of pain in her heart.
She closed her eyes, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes for a long time finally slid down her cheeks.
This kind of ending is good for everyone.
She was willing, truly willing.
Anyway, Ziqian likes me too.
They were not strangers; they had known each other for over a decade.
Grandpa also admires Ziqian and won't object.
Let's be together then.
Let's be together simply and earnestly.
Only by making Xian Mingyu give up on her in this way can their relationship truly come to an end.
Let's pretend we never appeared in each other's lives, that we're both doing well and that we each find the happiness we desire.
This is good, really good...
***
After embracing tightly for a while, Ji Ziqian reluctantly let go of Bai Xiaoruo.
"Xiao Ruo, it's getting late. You should get some rest. See you tomorrow." Although they were now boyfriend and girlfriend, Ji Ziqian still respected her wishes. It wasn't good to stay in a girl's room for too long late at night.
He won't be in a hurry; he's willing to wait.
He would wait for her to give him her whole self whenever she was willing.
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
He lowered his head and gently placed a kiss on her smooth forehead. "Sweet dreams."
"The same to you."
After Ji Ziqian left, Bai Xiaoruo sat silently on the bed.
A person stared blankly for a very long time.
Her mind was a jumbled mess. Just thinking about what she had said to Xian Mingyu made her want to slap herself hard.
I never imagined that one day I would become the very thing I hate most.
Why do we always say things against our conscience and do things against our conscience?
In the end, it's all over, but I still feel like I owe him something...
Even though I've chosen the life I want most and the person who's right for me, why do I still feel sad? Why can't I be happy at all?
I feel soft-hearted when I should hate him, but when I want to fall in love with someone else, I can't help but think of him again.
Why have things become so complicated? Why am I feeling so bad?
***
"ah!"
The next morning.
Everyone in the house was still sound asleep when they were awakened by a series of piercing screams from a woman.
"What's going on? Who's calling?"
"It looks like Shushu."
Mu Qingyan, supporting her waist and rubbing her eyes, slowly lifted the covers and got out of bed with Chi Hao.
They were closest to Ji Shushu's room, and even though each room was well soundproofed, they couldn't stand the wailing screams.
I spent almost all night at the bar last night and haven't had a proper night's sleep yet.
"Where did that sound come from? What happened?"
Annie and Pei Huai were also woken up, and then Bai Xiaoruo and Ji Ziqian, who lived on the third floor, came down in their pajamas.
They were all woken up by those screams.
I simply can't sleep anymore.
Everyone gathered together and discovered that the sound was coming from Gu Yao's room.
Chi Hao stepped forward and opened Gu Yao's door, and the others followed, surrounding the entrance, thinking that some major fire had occurred.
When the door opened, everyone's eyes widened in disbelief at what they saw inside.
Gu Yao was busy putting on his pants, his upper body still bare, while Ji Shushu on the bed was only wearing a thin tank top, crying and shouting, a large blanket covering her disheveled state.
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