Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Xinghe was holding Jiahe’s hand while they came out of the Halves Hotel. While they were walking, Jiahe seemed to have something to say, but no sound came from her mouth. She sneaked a look on his huge hand which was enveloping hers from time to time.

Were they… boyfriend and girlfriend now?

However, it seemed that he had nothing to say about that.

When she was with Chi Jun back then, they never talked things out before getting into a romantic relationship. When Chi Jun dumped her, he even had the nerve to say that she was never his girlfriend in the first place.

Although she would not think that Xinghe was cut out of the same cloth, Jiahe could not shake away that feeling of unease and worry.

“Hey…”

Just as Jiahe wanted to broach the topic, a notification sound from Xinghe’s Instagram sounded.

He took his phone and checked the message. Jiahe saw it too. It was from Shirley.

Jiahe bit her lips and frowned, “You really went and added Shirley?”

She sounded a little bitter.

Xinghe raised his brows, “Isn’t it you who recommended her to me? If Shirley is your recommendation, I would need to add her out of politeness, no?”

“...”

He was trying to make it sound like it was her fault! He was really argumentative!

Xinghe would never know how reluctant Jiahe was back then when he gave him Shirley’s Instagram.

It was just that Shirley was her classmate in university and they shared the same dorm right now. They were paying for the rental together and Shirley was even paying more. If they could not get along, Shirley would leave, which left Jiahe scrambling to find another roommate. If she could not find another roommate, paying rental would become a problem.

Jiahe pouted and muttered, “You wouldn’t reject her in the first place, huh? Guys can’t resist pretty girls, can they?”

She sounded jealous and bitter.

she sounded,

“Are you jealous?”

away his hand and

she walked faster and overtook him.

up. He did not even read Shirley’s message as he deleted their chatbox. Then, he locked his phone

took her into his embrace. He noticed that her nose was all red because of the cold. He slightly reprimanded her, “Don’t run away on your own in such

herself to sink into his embrace. On her face, there

are not getting close to me because you want to know

“...”

nothing. Instead, he flicked

“So painful!”

stared at her coldly, “What are

argument nonchalantly, “It’s not like this doesn’t happen all the time. When I

Xinghe heard this, his face

for Shirley, and I was in the same dorm as her, so the guys would suck up to me or even asked me to give

her face, “I initially thought that they were going for me, but in the end,

which was

cashmere scarf and

is so warm,” Jiahe

fully covered, and only her tiny face was revealed amongst the thick clothing. She was blinking her

say that I feel lucky that those guys back in your school did not know how to discern

she could not

her passionately and he pulled her in by her waist. Then, he said in a low voice, “From

immediately turned

Xinghe that normally, she would

courage to ask him straight, “Then am I…

such a question that was lacking in

black and white. There should not be a gray area in matters such as

face intensely and emphasized his reply,

to be dating now?”