I kept watching him. My personality is such that if you don't say the key sentence, I'll automatically come up with all sorts of reasons, content, causes, and results.
Therefore, I did not make any statement.
"Winter, people change. If I told you now that I've fallen in love with you, would you accept me?" He looked at me earnestly, waiting for my answer.
My brain is completely shut down right now, how could I possibly know if it will happen?
Although I was mentally prepared for him to say things like "I'll do this or that to you," I was still quite shocked when he started with such a grand word as "love."
It's not that I'm conservative, it's just that my experience in relationships is still at a beginner level.
In all my years, I've never used a word higher than "like" to express affection to people I'm not related to by blood. I should at least consider the tolerance of people from all walks of life.
Thinking about it that way, I felt at ease and continued to stand there, righteously stunned.
"Dong, did you promise me?" Shao Yuzhe's voice was very gentle, so gentle that it could almost be called seduction.
I racked my brains for a moment before cautiously speaking.
"When I was in junior high school, there was a time when the boys in my class liked to use caterpillars to scare the girls." I felt really bad about what I said, and I glanced at him guiltily, but he was listening very attentively.
Take a deep breath and continue.
"You know my personality, I'm very boyish, so no one ever scares me. One day, a boy didn't believe me and put a very fat caterpillar in front of me. I watched the caterpillar wriggle in front of my face without reacting at all. Later, he left disappointed. I stood there for a long time, and then suddenly started screaming."
I stole another glance at him, unsure if he could find the connection.
“So…” he said with a half-smile.
"So actually I'm quite normal, I'm just a bit slow to react, that's all."
Finally, I've gotten to the point. Now it's his turn. I hope he can understand.
I looked at him.
He suddenly burst out laughing, and then laughed harder and harder until he finally rested his head on my shoulder and lay all over me laughing.
What was he laughing at? I let him hug me for no reason, not knowing what was wrong with him.
“Winter.” He finally stopped, looking straight at me, a smile still on his lips.
"What."
"Close your eyes."
My eyes were very quick to react; before I could even give my consent, everything went black.
Chapter Eight
"People change in winter. If I told you now that I've fallen in love with you, would you accept it?"
The next morning, I maintained this pose for almost the entire morning, resting my face on my hands, repeatedly replaying Shao Yuzhe's words from the previous day in my mind, and unconsciously making repeated upward, straightening, upward, and straightening movements with the corners of my mouth.
I feel like I'm constantly thinking about when God will throw down a piece of bread, and then one day he actually does, but it knocks me out.
Did he really throw the pancake to me?
I mean, did Shao Yuzhe really say that?
Am I dreaming...?
"You have such a lovesick look and a girlish expression. You actually managed to daydream all morning during work hours. Do you even want to work anymore?"
A dark cloud loomed over Tang Lei.
"Oh..." I lazily raised my eyes.
“Nuan Nuan.” He suddenly grabbed my hand. “There’s no need to say anything. I know everything. That’s great. When An proposed that the four of you get married together, I thought my life was over. I was going to live with An without a proper status. But when Shao Yuzhe appeared in front of me, no, when I saw Shao Yuzhe appear in front of you, I knew that you wouldn’t let me down. Nuan Nuan, when are we getting married? No, when are you getting married? An and I are always ready.”
This man is my boss. He pays me a salary every month... (the amount is confidential)...
Besides, my savings aren't enough for me to squander, and I can't afford to lose my job, so I can't afford to offend my boss...
More importantly, my foot injury hasn't fully healed yet...
So we can't kick him out of the office, at least not by kicking him...
I could almost hear the sound of my veins bulging.
You can glare instead of kicking.
Stare at him until he's dead, star ......
Perhaps finally feeling my piercing gaze, Tang Lei quickly shut his mouth and went back to his office.
I almost had a brain hemorrhage, so I drank some tea to calm myself down.
The phone on the table suddenly rang. I took a deep breath and answered it.
"Nuan Nuan, it's me, Lin."
I reflexively glanced at my watch; Luo Lin had actually called me so early in the morning, at eleven o'clock.
I have my reasons for saying this. Usually, Luo Lin writes and draws at night and sleeps during the day, so it's practically impossible to see her during the day, especially in the morning.
"Lin, what happened?" I asked.
"No, I just have a small favor to ask you. Are you free at noon? Let's have lunch together." Her voice was light and cheerful, and there was nothing wrong with it, so I felt relieved.
"Okay, where is it?"
Shao Yuzhe has something urgent to attend to today and is not in the company.
Hmm, why do I always feel like I have to eat with him?
Why.
"I'll wait for you at the McDonald's downstairs in half an hour," Luo Lin said before hanging up the phone.
I got off work at 11:30 and went straight to McDonald's downstairs. Luo Lin was already sitting there and had ordered my favorite meal for me.
"I'm here. Is there anything you need me to do?" I sat down and got straight to the point.
"Here's the thing, do you remember Kuroba?" Rolin looked at me as he took a bite of his hamburger.
"Of course, although it's been a long time, what's up?"
Black Feather was Luo Lin's cat. Back then, Luo Lin quit his job at my urging to stay home and write and paint. Jiang Chen, on the other hand, was often away from home for work, traveling all over the world. Afraid that Luo Lin would be lonely, she gave him a beautiful kitten. I remember it was because the cat had a whole patch of black fur on its back. At the time, I suggested calling it Black Fur, but it was met with unanimous disdain. Later, I changed it to Black Feather, a name that I personally felt was even more indescribable.
“As you know, my new book has just been published, and my work has come to an end. Just a couple of days ago, Chen took on a job to attend a fashion show in Paris, so she decided to take a break after her work was finished and take me out for some fun.”
"And then." Actually, I already knew what she was going to do, and I waited for her to say it.
"Since I don't know how long it will take, Nuannuan, could you take care of Heiyu for me? It's very easy to raise; it just eats and sleeps all day long, so I don't have to worry about it at all." Luo Lin smiled brightly.
I understood without her saying it: Yu Mo's mother disliked small animals, and Tang Lei had allergies.
Therefore, I am the best and only candidate.
During dinner, Luo Lin, accompanied by Jiang Chen, brought Hei Yu to my house. When I saw Hei Yu, whom I hadn't seen for so long, my feelings were indescribable.
Well, to be honest, she's really... fat...
Just as Rowling said, it must have thoroughly implemented the concept of "eating and sleeping all day long".
So fat... I need to drink water to calm my nerves.
"I'm warning you, don't let it lose weight," Jiang Chen's voice suddenly rang out.
"I didn't say anything," I quickly defended myself.
“Your eyes scream ‘It’s fat.’” Jiang Chen’s voice was devoid of any emotion.
"That's true." It's really difficult; I wonder how Luo Lin usually communicates with her.
"So I'm warning you, don't let it lose weight."
Is this...is this even possible?
"If I come back and see it's thinner..." She slowly sipped her tea, leaving the question open for me to fill in the blank.