Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Xinghe said playfully, “Why not? Since you haven’t fallen for me yet, I can still be good to you while pursuing someone else. What’s the problem with that?”

Xinghe said playfully, “Why not? Since you haven’t fallen for me yet, I can still be good to you while pursuing someone else. What’s the problem with that?”

Jiahe shook her head stubbornly, “No can do. You’re my boyfriend! How can you like another girl?”

When Xinghe saw how jealous and vehement she was, he felt his love for her grow even more.

Jiahe could not read him, “If you really like Shirley, then we need to break up now!”

Xinghe’s face hardened, “Don’t ever bring up that word again.”

“...But you said that you like Shirley.”

“I never said that I like her. It’s just a hypothetical question.”

He smiled even wider when she said, “Then, don’t come up with dumb hypothetical questions again.”

Even if Jiahe was not fawning all over him now, she wanted him all for herself. This was enough motivation for him.

They still had a long way to go. He was in no rush. No matter what, Jiahe belonged to him. He vowed to make sure that his identity was clear and evident to everyone around them. Even if other guys were interested in Jiahe, they could only imagine the possibilities.

his girlfriend and he drooped low to kiss her forehead. He said in

seriously, “Yes. I will be

was making this promise, it sounded like she was promising her teacher that

ecstatic. As more firecrackers went off all around him, it felt like some fireworks had lit up his heart

…

was eight in the

watching the crowd milling around on the streets

day of the Lunar New Year, and it was

with Lingye and

it was a scene that could only exist in the far vestiges of

clock. She estimated that it must be around three or four in the

Lingye was doing right now. Was he having dinner with

stare off into

an

could figure out that it

“Hey, it’s me.”

“Dad.”