Chen Hang suddenly buried himself in Gu Junxiao's arms: "Look! Waaaaah!"
Helpless, Gu Junxiao hugged him and dragged him into a taxi.
Chen Yuanyuan stood not far away, silently repeating: I don't know him, he's not my boyfriend.
"Old Gu!" Chen Hang grabbed Gu Junxiao's sleeve, drunkenly saying, "Come back often in the future..."
Gu Junxiao pursed his lips slightly: "Yes."
After getting rid of the big troublemaker Chen Hang, Gu Junxiao finally had a chance to catch up with Su Jinning.
"Wow, that's impressive! You've caught up with me in the top 30 in the city!"
Su Jinning held Shen Moyu's hand and glanced to the side: "It's all thanks to my life mentor, the academic genius Shen."
Shen Moyu also joked with a smile: "Yeah, without me, he'd still be eating a lollipop in the Tenth Examination Hall right now."
Su Jinning sighed: "You're right about everything."
A deep affection blossomed between them as their eyes met, something Gu Junxiao noticed and felt a pang of envy.
He patted Su Jinning on the shoulder: "Be good to each other. It's not easy to meet someone like this."
Shen Moyu smiled and nodded, but Su Jinning was stunned.
Meeting someone is not easy, falling in love is even rarer, so why is it so hard to hold onto the other person?
After Gu Junxiao left, the two strolled along the bustling street. Shen Moyu turned around and asked him, "What happened? Why were you so sullen just now?"
Su Jinning squeezed his hand and smiled easily at him: "No, I was just thinking about what to do with the remaining winter break homework."
Shen Moyu's body trembled: "Damn it, I almost forgot too."
"What should we do then? You left all your homework at home, right?"
Shen Moyu thought for a while, then shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter. We'll talk about it when I go home."
Anyway, he doesn't want to leave at all right now.
After thinking for a long time, Su Jinning looked down at her frostbitten hands and said, "Are you just going to keep hiding here from me?"
He regretted asking the question as soon as he did, and hurriedly looked at Shen Moyu's face, afraid that he would read something else into it.
But Shen Moyu simply smiled slightly, his voice barely audible amidst the surrounding noise: "Isn't it fine?"
What he considers "good" is being with the person he likes, feeling romantic every single moment.
Su Jinning took his hand, put it in her pocket, and let out a long sigh: "If you're happy, then I'll stay with you."
That's all he can do.
He watched the people around him, lively and energetic, seemingly happier than ever before. He really wanted them to stay happy like this forever, to hold hands and never let go.
Whether it was the sudden chill of the season that made her feel down or the many unsatisfactory things that were already weighing on her mind, Su Jinning felt very heavy-hearted, so heavy that she didn't have the courage to hold his hand tightly.
Chapter 93 The Trump Card
Shen Donghai kept his promise and didn't bother them for the next few days, allowing the two of them a long period of time alone. Life was simple; every day consisted of waking up early, eating breakfast, and snuggling on the sofa to watch anime for a while. Su Jinning habitually kept a blanket on the sofa, and when Shen Moyu felt cold, he would subconsciously lean against him, and he would turn around, grab the blanket, and wrap them both up tightly inside.
There would be some minor squabbles while he was doing his homework, and Shen Moyu would, as always, grab his ear and scold him to be more serious, or he wouldn't get lunch.
Shen Moyu is a very good cook, and he cooks almost every day. Sometimes Su Jinning will help him out, and sometimes she will just lean against the doorstep and watch him. Thick steam fills the room, and at this time Shen Moyu will put on an apron and say, "Hurry up, it's full of cooking fumes."
Su Jinning stubbornly refused to leave, and when he wasn't helping, he would cause trouble. For example, he would tease the dog, making the dog bark, and then he would bring the dog up to Shen Moyu's face so he could see it.
Shen Moyu turned around, grabbed a rice paddle, and smacked him, calling him childish and crazy.
Su Jinning wasn't annoyed. She put the dog down and hugged him from behind. Shen Moyu's waist was very slender, but it felt tight when pinched. However, he was ticklish, so Su Jinning gently held him, rubbing her nose against his shoulder and sniffing him like a clingy big dog.
Shen Moyu's statement that rolling ball is similar to him is not without basis.
Shen Moyu often catches colds in winter. Since the heating in the south is not enough, Su Jinning bought two electric blankets and wrapped them tightly around him when he slept. However, she herself couldn't stand the heat and said she would supervise Shen Moyu to make sure he kicked off the blankets. As a result, in the middle of the night, Shen Moyu would get up and scold her while covering her with the blankets.
Su Yi would also go home, and at that time the three of them would work together in the kitchen. Aunt Cui was old and had long since returned to the countryside, but occasionally when she went to the city to see her grandson, she would bring some local specialties for Su Jinning and cook them lunch.
As Shen Moyu and Su Jinning spent time together day and night, the people around him gradually became his own, and it seemed that he had truly integrated into this family.
Su Jinning often teased him, saying he was like a timid wife. Shen Moyu would roll his eyes every time, but he was secretly overjoyed.
The two of them rarely left their home, yet they lived a very fulfilling life.
Su Jinning clings to him every day, even turning her head to ask him where she's going when she goes to the bathroom. Shen Moyu says he's too clingy, but Su Jinning just smiles foolishly and doesn't say anything.
He was just afraid that if one day he no longer had the chance to cling to him, it would prove that everything had reached a point of no return.
Shen Moyu always said that their actions resembled an elopement, which he found incredibly romantic.
What Shen Moyu didn't know was that Su Jinjing had countless phone numbers hidden in her voice, including calls from Zhou Xingqi and Xia Wei.
It's like carrying other people's things on your person, living a life of petty theft every day.
But Shen Donghai never intended to catch him; he was watching a show, seeing how long he could run and how long he could hold on.
Treat him as a joke.
It's so tragic that people who love each other can't be together openly.
He even suspected that he had been acting alongside Shen Moyu every single day, but he was too immersed in the role to bear the ending.
It was then that he realized that he was already exhausted when he was desperately trying to keep Shen Moyu.
People only hesitate when they are at their wits' end.
Days seemed to pass one by one, and he experienced happiness amidst anxiety, like a fishing boat adrift at sea, watching the waves and winds rise, repeatedly steering but still unable to stop the sea from engulfing him, watching helplessly as he sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving no trace.
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Finally, one afternoon, Shen Donghai called Shen Moyu's cell phone.
The two looked at each other, and Shen Moyu, still feeling annoyed, pressed the hang-up button and stuffed his phone under the sofa, as if he would hide until he could hide no longer.