"I haven't saved any..."
Lu Yanci wanted to say that he had never saved any photos of other girls.
He stopped talking abruptly after seeing whose photo was displayed on the phone screen.
He looked at her in surprise.
He met her teasing gaze.
Qin Yue knelt on the edge of the bed and raised her hand to pinch the man's cheek lightly.
She brandished her phone, deliberately putting on a stern face, and asked, "Mr. Lu, isn't the person you like her?"
He looked like he was about to turn on him if he said no.
"You knew all along?"
His Adam's apple bobbed as he stared intently at her, a barely perceptible tension hidden in his eyes.
"Yes." Qin Yue raised her eyebrows slightly. "I didn't ask your friend for the specifics. I just want to know what happened from you. Tell me, and you'll be treated leniently if you confess, and severely if you resist."
Lu Yanci grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him.
Seeing that she wasn't upset, he put his arms around her, rested his head on top of her head, sighed, and said, "I thought you would be angry, so I didn't dare to tell you."
Why do you say that?
"Is it because I have impure intentions? I seem nonchalant and indifferent in front of you, but in fact, I'm always scheming to get close to you." He said, pulling the person closer. "I'm afraid you'll realize that I'm no different from Qin Xu and the others, so I've never dared to tell you."
Qin Yue immediately retorted, "You are different from them. You are the clean and pure Lu Yanci. You don't say you can't forget your old love while you have a girlfriend. You don't use your self-righteous affection to kidnap or bind anyone. You don't pretend to be affectionate on the surface but end up having no trust at all. There is never anything wrong with liking someone or having a crush on someone."
I asked you to confess so I could receive leniency, not to reflect on yourself, Mr. Lu. I want to know from you exactly when you started liking me. They're just unrelated people; why compare them to irrelevant outsiders?
Her words completely soothed his unease.
My heart returned to its original place.
"It's been many years, and you might not believe it, but the so-called love at first sight is just falling in love with someone through a screen."
He no longer had anything to hide.
He revealed in detail why he liked her and the time when he started liking her.
Before Qin Yue could finish processing what he had said, he released her.
He took a book from the bedside table, turned to the page with the photo, stared at the smiling person in the photo for a few seconds, and then handed the photo to her.
Qin Yue was stunned when she saw the photo.
The person in the photo is graceful and elegant, with a touch of baby fat on her face. She exudes a sense of serene purity. She stands in front of the cake, her eyelashes lowered, making a wish directly in front of the cake. The number on the cake is eighteen.
This was her coming-of-age ceremony when she turned eighteen, so Qin Yue naturally had a deep impression of it.
Qin Xu kept her birthday a secret and invited many friends to organize it for her at an open-air restaurant, where every corner was decorated by Qin Xu himself.
She had heard Fang Sheng mention that every rose on display was carefully selected by Qin Xu from a florist.
Qin Xu did not delegate the task of filming videos and taking photos to anyone else.
Qin Yue stroked the photo with her fingertips, her expression unreadable.
That's really dramatic.
Qin Yue looked up at him, a self-deprecating smile tugging at the corner of her lips: "This photo was taken on my eighteenth birthday. The entire birthday party was filmed with videos and photos, including this one, which should also be his work."
If she hadn't completely fallen out with Qin Xu, she really wanted to bring Lu Yanci to him, toast him, and thank him for unintentionally bringing about a marriage.
She thought Qin Xu must look very good.
However, that's just a thought; she's too lazy to do something like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of her own.
Qin Xu is in his current state, he doesn't need her to provoke him, he will destroy himself.
Lu Yanci's expression changed repeatedly upon hearing this.
He never expected that the photo was taken by Qin Xu.
Qin Yue returned the photo to him.
Lu Yanci tightened his grip on the photo, unsure of what to do with it.
Qin Yue saw through his predicament and took the initiative to say, "Keep it, there's nothing wrong with the photo."
Everything was wonderful back then.
A photograph that captures a moment in time is not a crime.
But people changed later.
Including her.
There's no need to negate your past because of the present.
The photo showed the person who had captured his heart at first sight. This photo, which had been with him for many years, was one that Lu Yanci couldn't bear to tear up.
He kept the photo tucked inside a book.
I plan to put it in a safe afterward.
Qin Yue watched him carefully put the book back on the bedside table, and asked in a light tone, "If it weren't for that inexplicable blind date, if it weren't for that contact, were you planning to bury this so-called unrequited love completely in your heart?"
In her previous life, he also loved her.
That greeting card, for example, showed that he had been secretly keeping an eye on her.
However, the two never crossed paths again until he became a black and white photograph.
Lu Yanci frankly admitted, "I don't know."
Liking someone is always done cautiously.
Taking that first step is the hardest thing to do.
Even he was afraid of being rejected.
He thought that if he was certain that she still had someone she liked, he would withdraw and stay away from her life.
Just like when I was a student.
Their brief time together fueled their growing greed.
Seeing her attitude towards her ex gave him the confidence to get closer to her.
Looking back now, I'm actually quite fortunate.
"Whether it's clear or not doesn't matter anymore." Qin Yue threw herself into his arms.
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