Qi Hang said in disbelief, "Brother Xie really has no shame when it comes to love."
At this moment, Xie Wang suddenly stood up: "If Shuangjiang misunderstood because of the WeChat Moments post, it is indeed my fault. I need to go and explain to him now."
Xiang Ming called out to him, "This is just our guess, don't worry."
"Don't think about it anymore." Xie Wang took a deep breath: "I've already made him sad all night. I can't let him continue to be sad. If I do, I don't deserve to like him."
Chen Siqi frowned: "He really is a suck-up."
Xiang Ming analyzed rationally: "Have you thought about how to confess? Have you thought about what to say?"
Xie Wang picked up his coat: "No need to think beforehand, these things just come out of my mouth, they're all from the bottom of my heart."
Xiang Ming rolled his eyes, not wanting to talk to him anymore.
While the designated driver was driving, Xie Wang sat in the back with mixed feelings.
He wasn't sure if Ling Shuangjiang was home, but he decided to wait outside her house.
Whenever Ling Shuangjiang returns, she always manages to run into him.
He passed by a flower shop and wanted to go in to buy a bouquet of roses, only to find that the shop was already closed. The only remaining roses were dull in color and had lost their moisture, just like him.
The essence of Little Frost is its moisture; without water, it is nothing.
——
"Jiayi, can you come out? I want to talk to you." In the late autumn streets, Ling Shuangjiang stood alone under the streetlights, looking at the empty street, her voice faint.
Lin Jiayi asked with some concern, "Baby, what's wrong? Who bullied you? Send me your location, and I'll come find you right away."
Ling Shuangjiang: "I'm downstairs at your place."
Lin Jiayi hung up the phone and rushed downstairs in her dinosaur pajamas, saying, "Baby, why don't you come to my house? It's so cold here."
“I’m worried it might be inconvenient if your boyfriend is at your house too.” Ling Shuangjiang rubbed her palms together. “Anyway, I also want to clear my head.”
Lin Jiayi slowly looked him over and led him to sit on a bench by the roadside: "Did you have a fight with Xie Wang?"
After telling Lin Jiayi the whole story of what happened tonight, Ling Shuangjiang sighed softly: "I must have misunderstood him. Although I could vaguely guess yesterday that he definitely wouldn't go to the blind date, I don't know why, but when I saw that post on his WeChat Moments, I was still a little unhappy."
"Pat your head, that's what it's like to be in love." Lin Jiayi took his hand, noticing his palm was cold, and put it in her pocket. "What about Xie Wang? Has he contacted you yet?"
Ling Shuangjiang shook her head slightly: "Not at the moment. I think he might be very sad if I said that today."
"Are you feeling sorry for him?" Lin Jiayi grinned at him with a shameless smile.
Ling Shuangjiang answered honestly: "Yes."
Lin Jiayi clicked her tongue twice: "So easily softened? Have you forgotten that he wanted you to go through some hardship to get him?"
Ling Shuangjiang chuckled, tilting her head slightly against the cold wind to tidy the stray hairs around her ears, "I haven't forgotten."
Lin Jiayi sighed, "What kind of luck does Xie Wang have that you like him so much?"
Ling Shuangjiang chuckled softly, "Love at first sight."
Lin Jiayi patted his head: "So cheesy."
Autumn in Bintan City is short, and the cold wind already has the feel of early winter. The pine trees on the street are bent over by the weight of the snow, and a tall, slender figure stands in the stairwell across the street.
Xie Wang had been calling for Ling Shuangjiang for half an hour. If it weren't for the fact that each apartment in the building has its own unit, he would have been taken away by the neighbors long ago after they called the police.
Xie Wang was in a dilemma because he didn't know whether Ling Shuangjiang didn't want to open the door or wasn't home.
If it's because of the former, that's fine, but if it's because of the latter, Xie Wang punched the wall.
Could it be that Ling Shuangjiang and Ye Chong are together?
No, it won't.
If they had only known each other for a day, Ling Shuangjiang would not have agreed to go out to eat with a stranger.
This Xie Wang can be confirmed.
He picked up his phone, pulled up Ling Shuangjiang's number in his contacts, looked at it for a long time, and finally slowly put it down.
The other person probably really isn't home.
While he still had some time, he could practice how to confess his feelings to Ling Shuangjiang.
"Frostfall, I want to explain to you that I didn't go to a social event today. I just met with them to discuss how to confess my feelings to you tomorrow."
"I don't know exactly when I started to like you, but ever since I met you, all my emotions have been constantly affected by you."
"In my 28 years of life, I've rarely encountered anything I truly like. Aside from a puppy I found as a child that I absolutely adored, I've never really liked anything else—"
"No, Shuangjiang is no good, you can't compare it to a dog. He'll get angry."
"Of all the people I've lived for in my 28 years, you're my favorite."
"You are my heart, my liver, my little baby."
"No, that's too cheesy."
Xie Wang practiced each word repeatedly, completely unaware that the surveillance camera in the corner was slowly rotating, precisely aimed at his face.
Xie Wang practiced until 2 a.m., his mouth dry and parched, waiting at the door for Ling Shuangjiang to return.
But when he woke up the next morning, Ling Shuangjiang was still nowhere to be seen.
His phone alarm went off, reminding him that he needed to attend the morning meeting. He stood up, straightened his wrinkled suit, glanced one last time at the closed door, and drove back to the company for the meeting.
Five minutes later, the elevator doors opened.
Ling Shuangjiang carried the freshly purchased ingredients home.
He talked a lot with Lin Jiayi last night, and ended up spending the night at a nearby hotel.
Lin Jiayi invited him to stay at her home, but the legendary "Big Fierce One" was also there, so he felt too embarrassed to bother him.
The family buys groceries weekly. When Ling Shuangjiang was cleaning the refrigerator, his phone notified him that there were new surveillance clips that needed to be checked.
His home security system is the most intelligent surveillance system available today, capable of capturing living beings from every angle. If someone lingers in front of him for more than two minutes, the system will automatically lock onto the camera and activate ultra-high-definition human image mode for 24-hour monitoring, recording the sound as well.
Ling Shuangjiang prepared the ingredients while turning on the video.
Looking at the 80GB video, he frowned slightly and instantly became alert.
He clicked "Start," and the moving figures inside startled him.
Xie Wang actually came last night?
He wiped the water droplets off his hands and sat on the sofa, watching intently.
In the video, Xie Wang kept knocking on the door for a long time.
The other person had a furrowed brow, looking preoccupied, and even secretly peeked through the peephole to see what was inside.
Ling Shuangjiang smiled.
Since you have the key, why don't you sneak in and take a look?
"I like Frost's Descent—"
The fast-forwarded scene included this sentence.
Ling Shuangjiang paused, then went back to slow down the speed.
Ling Shuangjiang heard the entire three-minute confession.
Xie Wang probably never imagined that the confession he practiced repeatedly last night would be heard by Ling Shuangjiang the next day, word for word.
Ling Shuangjiang rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a long, long time, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curving upwards slightly.
Stupid dog.
He got up and went to the small kitchen, intending to cook something for Xie Wang and find a reason to send it to the Xie family so he could meet with Xie Wang.
Sitting there all night must be very uncomfortable.
Regardless, the two of them need to talk.
Ling Shuangjiang made ordinary animal cookies with ease, and he made 50 of them in one go using dog-shaped molds.
As he packed the bag, he pondered what excuse he should use to send it to Xie Wang. After sealing it in a beige paper bag, he decided to stop thinking about it and just go find Xie Wang directly.
Back at the company, Xie Wang had just finished a meeting when he received greetings from his friends in the group chat.
[Xiang Ming: Did you confess, my puppy-like boyfriend?]
[Chen Siqi: @Come out, did it work or not?]
[Xie Wang: I didn't confess. I didn't come back yesterday, the day of Frost's Descent.]
[Lü Xin: Huh? Staying out all night?]
[Xiang Ming: I guess he went out with friends. He probably confessed his feelings today too.]
[Xie Wang: Yeah, I'll go see him again tonight.]
[Xiang Ming: Do we need to teach you how to say it?]
[Xie Wang: No need, I will.]
While the group was chatting, Xie Wang suddenly received a call from an unknown number.
Judging from the voice, it's an old friend; it's Director Lin from the "Love Signal" program.
Director Lin's voice was full of energy: "President Xie, long time no see, how have you been lately?"
Xie Wang: "It's alright."
Director Lin's question was loaded with meaning: "Are you in a relationship?"
"Why are you asking this?" Xie Wang immediately replied, "I'm not participating in the second season of the romance reality show."
Director Lin chuckled twice: "I called you not because of that. It's like this, the dismantling work of the program team is nearing completion. When our workers were loading the guests' mailboxes onto the truck, they found a letter left inside."
"A letter?" Xie Wang put down his pen, his expression serious. "This letter has something to do with me?"
Director: "You're a smart person, that's right. This letter is from one of our guests."
Xie Wang wrote his heartfelt message many times during the recording of the show, but he didn't seem to care much about it.
Because Ling Shuangjiang never writes letters to anyone, he's too lazy to do business.
"Who gave it to me? I don't think you need to call me about this; you can handle it directly."