Ni Sitian frowned, pouting incredulously, "It's as if you'd say yes to any woman who confesses to you. You must at least like her."
"I like it, of course I like it." Xu Tingchuan admitted it very readily.
Ni Sitian bit her lip, then turned back around and remained silent.
“She, Mu Zhi, Pei Yang, and I all grew up together.” Xu Tingchuan hugged her tighter and continued, “We were childhood sweethearts.”
Hearing this, Ni Sitian felt even more heartbroken and shrank her head further under the covers.
She grew up with them and must be a rich, beautiful young lady, right?
That was a socialite heiress who was worlds apart from her.
"You said before that your infatuation with Qin Mubei was a youthful and ignorant crush, then my relationship with her should be considered a childhood sweetheart entanglement." Xu Tingchuan sighed softly and said quietly, "Probably because we grew up together, there are a lot of feelings involved. Moreover, she is not quite the same as ordinary girls. She is very cheerful and carefree, sometimes even more bold than boys. She has always been a tomboy, but when she pretends to be a lady from a wealthy family, she is particularly dignified and elegant. People who don't know her well will be fooled."
Hearing this, Ni Sitian became even more interested in the girl. She had never imagined that Xu Tingchuan's ex-girlfriend would be this type.
"You asked me if I like her or not, and I won't lie to you. I really do like her." Xu Tingchuan felt Ni Sitian stiffen in his arms for a moment, so he pulled her closer and continued, "I feel very comfortable with her because we've known each other since we were little. We don't need to say much most of the time, and maintaining the relationship is simple and easy. It doesn't require any brainpower or effort."
When Ni Sitian heard him say that, she felt something was wrong. How could liking a girl be something that didn't require any effort from him? This wasn't like hiring an employee.
"Back then, I thought that's what love was like. After that summer, I went back to the United States to continue my studies," Xu Tingchuan said casually.
Ni Sitian was filled with questions and couldn't help but turn around: "You two just started dating, and then you went to America. What about her? Didn't she go with you?"
Xu Tingchuan gently shook his head: "At that time, she was still studying at university in China."
Uh, it's a long-distance relationship.
"And then what?" Ni Sitian asked curiously.
"A year later, she was recommended by the school to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York for graduate studies."
"Isn't that great? You won't have to be in a long-distance relationship." Ni Sitian said, not even realizing that her tone was a little sour.
"Although we were both in the United States, the United States is very big, and we weren't on the same continent. Also, I was very busy with my studies at that time, so we didn't have many opportunities to meet," Xu Tingchuan said honestly.
"Are you so busy that you don't even have time to see your girlfriend?" Ni Sitian was a little suspicious. He was clearly very busy with work, but these days he spent almost every spare moment with her.
If you're willing to make the time, meeting up occasionally shouldn't be a problem, right?
“I was indeed very busy. I was pursuing my doctorate at the time, so there was a lot of pressure.” Xu Tingchuan paused, then added, “But I have to admit that I didn’t have a particularly urgent desire to see her.”
Ni Sitian felt like she understood something. She pursed her lips, frowned, and asked, "You don't like her?"
“No, it’s liking.” Xu Tingchuan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. “But it might not be that kind of liking. My liking for her is probably similar to my liking for Jia Yue, Mu Zhi, Pei Yang, and Gu Chen.”
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