"Xia Tian, let me toast you and thank you for writing such a good song for me."
Qiu Mengyun raised the beer in her hand and said to Xia Tian with a smile.
"It's fine to drink, but let's not toast this time! I don't know how much you can drink. If I get you drunk, people will think I have bad intentions towards you."
Xia Tian did not refuse Qiu Mengyun's toast, but he made it clear in advance that he could drink as much as he wanted this time and did not have to finish it all.
"Haha! What's wrong? I see you seem afraid that I might drink too much. Are you afraid that I might do something to you if I drink too much?"
After taking a casual sip of beer, Qiu Mengyun looked at Xia Tian and asked in a teasing tone.
"No, no. I'm not a narcissistic person. I know very well that our relationship is purely a partnership." Xia Tian shook his head and denied it.
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe after drinking too much, she won't be so pure anymore. There's a saying that goes, 'A man has no chance unless a woman gets drunk.'" The more Xia Tian tried to clarify, the more Qiu Mengyun couldn't help but want to tease him.
"Ahem! Stop it, this kind of joke is not funny at all. I'm about to graduate from college, and my wonderful life has just begun. I don't want to have to start a three-year study period right after I leave school." Xia Tian, who was drinking, was choked by Qiu Mengyun's words.
"I didn't expect you to be such a law-abiding citizen. It seems I have a good vision and didn't choose the wrong person." Qiu Mengyun patted Xia Tian's shoulder and praised him.
"You didn't choose the wrong person, but I always feel that I chose the wrong partner." Faced with Qiu Mengyun's praise, Xia Tian not only did not feel happy at all, but also pouted and muttered softly.
"What did you say?" Qiu Mengyun didn't hear clearly what he said, so she asked again.
"Nothing, I mean the weather is really nice tonight and the moonlight is so beautiful!" Xia Tian was not so stupid as to repeat what he had just said to her and just made up an excuse to get away with it.
Qiu Mengyun looked up at the sky in confusion and asked, "There's no moon today. How did you know the moonlight was good tonight?"
Xia Tian looked up at the sky and realized that there really wasn't a moon in Shanghai tonight. Suddenly, he changed the subject, saying, "Well, even though there's no moon tonight, there are still stars in the sky! Don't you think it would be a very happy and enjoyable thing for us to sit here, eat barbecue, drink beer, chat and look at the stars?"
Qiu Mengyun did not dwell on the matter of the moon, but followed Xia Tian's words and looked up at the starry sky in the night sky.
"Yes! You're right. Even without the moon, the starry sky is just as beautiful."
"Xia Tian, when you were with Lin Wanqing, did you often sit on the grass and look at the stars like this?"
After asking this question, Qiu Mengyun felt a little regretful. She didn't know why she asked this question unconsciously.
Xia Tian didn't think much of it, simply dismissing it as casual chat between friends, or perhaps just some girlish gossip. As for Qiu Mengyun knowing Lin Wanqing's name, he wasn't surprised. After all, she was a popular star in the entertainment industry, so it was easy to research such publicly known information. Besides, if she hadn't done the necessary research on him, she probably wouldn't have dared to approach him pretending to be her boyfriend.
"Haha, you may not believe it, but I never looked at the stars once when I was with her." Xia Tian smiled and shook his head.
"Oh? Why? Do you always choose a moonlit night with sparse stars to admire the moon together in front of the flowers?" Qiu Mengyun asked curiously. She had never been in a relationship before, so she was quite curious about what it was like between ordinary couples.
"We didn't even go to admire the moon. She rarely went out with me alone at night. When we did go out together, it was usually because she had something to ask me to buy or to do some favor. As for boring things like admiring the moon or looking at the stars, she was never interested." Xia Tian recounted his past with Qiu Mengyun slowly, his calm tone devoid of any dissatisfaction or sadness. It was as if what he had just described was not his own love experience, nor the girl who had once made him lose all his love.
Sensing the indifference in Xia Tian's tone, Qiu Mengyun couldn't help but sigh inwardly: That girl named Lin Wanqing is truly capable of doing things. In just four years, she'd managed to make a boy who once loved her so deeply feel so cold towards her. Even in front of other beautiful girls, when he mentioned her name again, or talked about their past together, he remained calm.
"Xia Tian, do you think I'm a boring person?" Qiu Mengyun suddenly turned her head and asked Xia Tian.
Xia Tian was stunned by this question. After a moment, he replied, "It's okay. Although what you do is sometimes boring, I think you are quite interesting."
"Hehe, are what you just said considered compliments to me?" Qiu Mengyun asked expectantly.
Xia Tian: "If you are happy, it's okay to think so."
"Thank you for your compliment, but today I want to tell you something very seriously. From now on, I will be a boring person." Qiu Mengyun said very seriously.
Xia Tian stared at her bewilderedly. He truly couldn't understand why Qiu Mengyun would suddenly say this to him. What did she mean by this? Hadn't she just been happy that he'd praised her for being interesting? Besides, even if she was a boring person, there was no need to specifically inform him, right? Could it be that she was afraid of her own charm, afraid that she might make him sad, and so she deliberately told him this, hoping to increase his resistance to her?
"Uh! I think you don't need to tell me this kind of thing so seriously. After all, this is your own business and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me." Xia Tian said cautiously.
"No, you are wrong. This matter has a lot to do with you." Qiu Mengyun retorted directly.
"Aren't you bored? Is there any necessary connection between this matter and me?" Xia Tian asked in confusion.
Qiu Mengyun looked into Xia Tian's eyes with a smile and said, "Xia Tian, I want to tell you. I'm actually a boring person too, so from now on, you can always call me for things like watching the stars and the moon. It's because we're all so boring."
Meeting Qiu Mengyun's gentle eyes and listening to her considerate words, Xia Tian was in a trance for a moment. At this moment, he found that Qiu Mengyun, who was only a little pretty before, seemed to have become even more beautiful and more attractive at this moment.
If she is really his girlfriend, it seems...
Bah! I'm so fucking sick! What was I thinking just now? How could I have any thoughts about this woman? Based on my experience in the entertainment industry in my previous life, how could a woman who has been in the industry for ten years and has been thriving in it be such a harmless little white flower?
Humph! This woman must have been deliberately teasing me just now, wanting to see me make a fool of myself. She's so insidious.
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