“Yeah, I never knew under what circumstances I should tell you.”
Xie An hesitated a bit at first, not telling the other right away.
She was afraid that she couldn’t accept her scheming.
It seemed like Xu Qingzhou had deceived her, but actually, she had turned the scheme around on her.
And she hadn’t been purely innocent toward Xu Qingzhou for a long time.
She liked her and couldn’t just be friends with her.
Because she wanted to be with her, missed her, wanted her.
She simply couldn’t be ordinary friends.
Xu Qingzhou laughed awkwardly twice, of course laughing at her own foolishness.
She hadn’t even noticed?
So sometimes, it was better not to go after someone too smart.
“So everything was premeditated by you?”
It didn’t sound a tiny bit scary, but fortunately, she was being kept in someone’s thoughts.
After her parents died, she rarely felt this way.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Xie An laid herself completely bare for the other to see.
She now had no secrets from Xu Qingzhou.
Originally, she planned to infiltrate slowly.
But sometimes plans couldn’t keep up with changes.
She wanted to tell the truth, let Xu Qingzhou make a choice—accept her or not.
She could accept either.
But she still didn’t want to hear that unwanted answer.
“Oh.”
Xu Qingzhou looked calm on the surface, but her heart was extremely complicated.
Maybe she hadn’t turned the corner yet.
She hadn’t realized that those two months were when she was the fool?
Xie An released her waist.
“Oh, what does that mean? If you still don’t agree, I can wait slowly, no problem. After all, I’ve liked you for eleven years. It was me who wanted to turn you, and it has nothing to do with you. It’s all because of me.”
She knew Xu Qingzhou had originally been straight.
But she just liked her, even after she later dated a boyfriend.
She still liked her very much.
Liking couldn’t be explained.
No reason at all.
“Oh just means oh, nothing else.”
“Alright, I get it. Let’s sleep, rest well.”
Xu Qingzhou didn’t know what to say and planned to think it over carefully before speaking.
She was the clown, so as the clown, she needed to think hard about her relationship with her.
“Oh.”
Xie An lay on Xu Qingzhou’s bed, which was filled with her scent.
It was very fragrant, very reassuring.
During those two months, she loved holding her to sleep because of her body fragrance.
It was so comfortable; her body was soft and fluffy.
She just wanted to help lighten her burden, so she used her own money to pay off her debt.
But unexpectedly, Xu Qingzhou found out quickly.
Xu Qingzhou was very proud back then, with strong self-esteem.
She took a bank loan to pay her back.
Then she had to pay back the bank herself, and not long after, Xu Qingzhou broke up with her abruptly.
She was very beautiful; the first time she saw her, honestly, it was love at first sight, not overestimating it.
Xu Qingzhou hugged the blanket and went out, spreading it on the sofa.
She lay down on it entirely.
So she could be thought of by someone for so long too?
It was truly a bit unbelievable.
If she had no feelings for Xie An, she’d really be a cold-blooded animal.
But she wasn’t; she did have a little feeling for Xie An.
Just a tiny bit.
These years, she always thought she had deceived the other, but unexpectedly, they were even.
Especially since the other had pretended not to know while fully aware, which was even more infuriating.
“Meow meow.”
Tangyuan walked to the sofa and suddenly jumped up.
It landed beside Xu Qingzhou.
It found a comfortable spot and lay down.
“Tangyuan, is your mom a bit too much? Or am I the one who’s too much?”
“Meow meow.”
Tangyuan was an orange cat and didn’t understand the complexities of human emotions.
It just felt like the other needed it, so it snuggled up beside her.
Xu Qingzhou felt like she was a fool too—why was she starting to ask Tangyuan?
Tangyuan was just a cute little orange cat.
How would it know what she was thinking?
“Let’s sleep.”
In the middle of the night, the rain grew heavier.
Thunder even started crashing, waking Xie An.
She put on her glasses and sat up.
She seemed to remember that Xu Qingzhou was afraid of thunder.
She got up and opened the door.
She saw Xu Qingzhou tightly hugging Tangyuan, her whole body curled up.
Like a little hedgehog.
“Qingzhou? Qingzhou?”
Xie An sat on the spot beside the sofa bed and shook her.
Xu Qingzhou woke up, but her eyes were teary as she looked at her.
She looked aggrieved, wanting to cry but not daring to.
Xie An directly set Tangyuan aside, then carefully hugged her.
Xu Qingzhou couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into tears.
She was actually very afraid of thunder.
She had been scared since childhood.
Moreover, her parents had died in a car accident on a stormy day.
She was even more afraid.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m here.”
Xie An held her and gently coaxed.
She pressed the other’s head into her chest.
She kissed the top of her hair.
She worked hard to soothe her emotions.
“Good girl, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay.”
Who would think that a girl thriving in voice acting would cry over thunder in the rain?
Who would know that Xu Qingzhou, who seemed carefree and unbothered on the surface, was actually very lonely, lonely to death.
Xu Qingzhou hugged Xie An and cried.
She cried louder and louder.
Xie An said nothing, just held her tightly.
She felt the other’s trembling.
After crying for a while, Xu Qingzhou stopped.
Instead, she asked an absurd question.
“Why aren’t you… wearing a bra…”
“Your points are all sticking out.”
She even sniffed after saying it.
Xie An thought she would say something else.
Unexpectedly, it was such a ridiculous question?
“Who sleeps in a bra?”
Xie An smiled faintly.
Xu Qingzhou quietly raised both hands.
She even explained.
“I do.”
“Okay, I won’t wear one, I’m bad, I’m the big bad guy, you’re the good one, okay?”
Xie An spoke to her like she was coaxing a child.
She was so cute like this.
She liked it so much.
The next second, thunder scared Xu Qingzhou again.
She burrowed back into her embrace.
“Alright, good girl, don’t be scared.”
Xie An hugged her tighter again, kissing her cheek to give her a sense of security.
“Can we sleep together tonight?”
“You’re sure you won’t get handsy?”
“When have I ever gotten handsy with you?”
“Your face looks so bad, what if you do get handsy? Even if I scream my throat raw, no one will come save me, and from the start of us knowing each other, it was all your scheming.”
Xu Qingzhou accused her of her deeds.
“This is the only time I’ve lied to your face. It won’t happen again, never.”
Xie An raised three fingers to swear.
Xu Qingzhou quickly grabbed them down, her old face flushing red. This person swore anyway.
Why use the three fingers for stir-frying to swear?
Swear on what?
That she wouldn’t deep-fry her again?
Wasn’t that like “no silver here, three hundred taels”?
Utterly untrustworthy!
