The carriage was so quiet that it made me feel very uncomfortable.
To hide my helplessness, I turned my head to look out the car window, pretending to admire the scenery.
But out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that Su Shenglin was staring in my direction, whether at my face or looking past me, he was also looking at the same scenery as me.
After what seemed like an eternity, my hand was enveloped by a dry, warm touch. The sudden movement made me flinch and instinctively flinch away.
"What are you daydreaming about? Didn't you seem quite happy while we were eating?" Su Shenglin ignored my evasiveness and gently and slowly tightened his grip on my hand.
I remembered him saying that holding hands meant tacitly agreeing to a relationship, but suddenly I felt like running away again. So I turned the hand that was wrapped around his and broke free without making a sound.
"I'm not unhappy, I just ate too much and feel sleepy..."
To cover up my evasion, I pulled my hand away while responding to his words, and then used the freed hand to smooth my hair.
Su Shenglin looked at me, seemed to smile slightly, and said in a low, teasing voice, "The little turtle is retreating into its shell again."
I became even more embarrassed by the teasing, and both cheeks felt hot and flushed.
Fortunately, Su Shenglin didn't continue to make things difficult for me. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "What are your plans for New Year's Day? Muxi and her friends have organized a get-together to countdown to the new year. Do you want to join in the fun?"
New Year?
I turned to look at him and then realized that New Year's Day was just two days away.
Time flies.
"I haven't decided yet. I've been quite busy lately, and my leg injury has caused me to miss a lot of work." Now that my leg injury has improved, I plan to go back to work tomorrow, even though I was thinking I would have to work overtime for a while.
“It’s just New Year’s Eve. We can go over after you get off work. Don’t you always tell me that no matter how busy I am, I should take a break and balance work and rest?”
He tried his best to persuade me, seemingly leaving me no room to refuse.
But I still resisted stubbornly and made up another excuse: "My leg hasn't fully recovered yet, so I can't go to crowded places."
"Don't worry, I'm here, you won't be able to squeeze in."
"..."
"Or... are you unwilling to go public with our relationship, afraid that others will find out about it?"
"No, we're completely innocent, what am I afraid of!" I retorted immediately, sounding righteous but feeling uneasy inside.
“Yeah, since you’re completely innocent, what are you afraid of? It’s just New Year’s Eve together, it’s not like I’m going to keep you from going back.” He laughed again, his eyes sparkling like stars, as if he were casting a spell.
I glanced at him, swallowed, and hesitated.
For some reason, I have a feeling that on New Year's Eve... my relationship with him will definitely take a turn for the better.
But I wasn't ready.
"Look, I've already met your elders and your friends, so it's only right to reciprocate—" He trailed off, not finishing his sentence, but the meaning was clear.
I glanced at him and said, "I've met your family and your friends, like Young Master Ye."
He nodded: "That's true, so there's nothing to hide about our relationship anymore. What are you still afraid of?"
"..." I was stumped by the question.
Upon closer reflection, that is indeed the case.
Our families and social circles are almost all aware of my ambiguous relationship with him, so avoiding it now seems pointless.
"We'll see when the time comes. I'll go if I'm not busy." After a long tug-of-war, I finally gave in.
After dropping me off downstairs, Su Shenglin was about to get out of the car and accompany me upstairs, but I stopped him.
"My legs can walk slowly now, I can climb up by myself, you go ahead and get busy."
The driver was also present in the car.
But if we go upstairs, it'll just be the two of us in the room.
I'm really afraid to be alone with him now. I'm afraid that if he's even slightly forceful, I'll completely give in and fall for him.
Therefore, I must resist and persist.
Su Shenglin seemed to see the inner turmoil and my nervousness and fear, so he smiled and kindly let me go, "Okay, then you go up by yourself, and let me know when you get home."
I nodded, turned around, and slowly left.
After I went upstairs and into the house, I obediently sent him a WeChat message saying that I had arrived home.
He replied with a simple "okay".
For some reason, I felt reluctant to leave, and suddenly ran to the balcony as fast as I could and looked down.
Just then, I saw the car that brought me back slowly drive away.
I stared blankly at the rear of the luxury car as it drove away, feeling both sweet and bitter, as if I had swallowed a half-ripe starfruit.
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The news of my divorce has spread throughout our circle.
Friends came to congratulate me. Song Ci, Liang Shan and others even came to the company, under the guise of a shareholder inspection, to ask me to treat them to dinner.
But when they learned that I had injured my knee and was having difficulty moving around, they said with concern that we should meet again another day.
Yang Qianmu also came to visit me. Seeing that I had been resting for almost a week and was still having trouble walking, he said apologetically, "I knew I shouldn't have asked you to come along. I wanted to let you relax, but who knew I would cause you to suffer such a serious injury."
Remembering what Xiaoyingtao had told me before, I intentionally kept my distance from him. "President Yang, please don't feel guilty. It was my own carelessness, it has nothing to do with you."
I thought to myself that this was also fate—I had indirectly caused him to have his head broken by Tang Xiu'e and need stitches, and now he had indirectly caused me to fall and be limping for half a month, so it was even.
But ultimately, it's my own fault.
I was trying to avoid Su Shenglin, so when Yang Qianmu called out, I went without much hesitation.
In the end, I couldn't avoid it. On the contrary, because of my injury, Su Shenglin's meticulous care for me made our relationship even closer.
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