CHAPTER 71: CHAPTER 70: LIKE YOU

More than two-thirds of the movie had played. Watching Xiang Qichen’s handsome and cheerful face on the screen, Kang Xuan couldn’t help but sigh, "Ah... our Qi Chen really is born good-looking..."

Xiang Qichen was distracted, and with the noise in the theater being so loud, he didn’t actually hear what Kang Xuan was saying, but still responded with a light "Hmm."

Kang Xuan: "Such a handsome guy, I really want to sleep next to him."

Xiang Qichen: "..."

That sentence he heard perfectly clear.

Kang Xuan feigned shyness and turned her gaze to look at him, only to be startled by the ambiguous look in his eyes: "What’s up with that look?"

"..."

"That sentence is something you said before!" Kang Xuan rolled her eyes, "And you even said you wanted to let him crush you to death..."

Xiang Qichen: "..."

＊

After the movie ended, Kang Xuan saw his composed demeanor, not taking any photos or speaking throughout, and was quite surprised.

Could it be because she mentioned Cheng Yi?

Biting her lip, Kang Xuan thought she really was too talkative. She looked at the melancholy figure in front of her, went up and grabbed his neck, lightly trying to comfort him, "What’s up? Didn’t I say it was only Xiang Qichen from now on... what’s so great about Cheng Yi..."

Xiang Qichen shot her a chilly glance: "Heh."

Kang Xuan: "..."

Murphy’s Law really is annoying sometimes. Just as Kang Xuan was thinking "don’t bump into Cheng Yi, don’t bump into Cheng Yi, don’t bump into Cheng Yi," and then...

A turn of the head, there he was.

Seeing him alone would have been fine, but his current girlfriend was there too...

At this moment, Kang Xuan’s inner monologue: What the hell!

When Cheng Yi came out from behind, his hand had originally been on his girlfriend’s shoulder, but upon noticing Zhou Huaiyi, he instinctively withdrew his hand, ignoring whether his girlfriend was there or not, and stared intently at Zhou Huaiyi.

Xiang Qichen followed Kang Xuan’s gaze and saw him too, his sense of irritation instantly turning into a blazing jealousy.

Though his heart was a tempest, his expression remained calm.

Xiang Qichen frowned slightly, disdainfully glanced up and down at the couple opposite, let out a cold snort, and turned around, "Shorty."

Cheng Yi: "..."

Cheng Yi’s girlfriend: "Who the hell are you calling short?"

,

The dark and windy streets of Wuxun, aside from the occasional rushing car carrying a gust of wind, were filled only with uncontrollable laughter.

"Hahahahahahaha oh my god hahaha Zhou Huaiyi ah..."

"Hahahahaha shorty hahahaha oh my god ah..."

"My goodness ah hahahahaha shorty ah hahahaha..."

"..." At the front riding the electric scooter, Xiang Qichen’s ears were hurting.

"Hahahahahaha Zhou Huaiyi, you really can, huh hahahaha shorty hahaha... even though Cheng Yi is indeed only 175 cm, how can you, at 160 cm, dare call someone a shorty hahaha?"

Because in the eyes of 183 cm tall Xiang Qichen, Cheng Yi is indeed a shorty :)

He rubbed his ear, "Shut up."

Kang Xuan instinctively pressed her lips tight, stifling laughter, "I’ve noticed you’ve become more capable lately, Zhou Huaiyi, such a big change in personality!"

Xiang Qichen ignored her, continuing to ride his electric scooter.

"Oh my, oh, I..." Kang Xuan suddenly sighed with mixed emotions, leaning forward on Xiang Qichen’s shoulder, "The second half of my life, I’m just waiting for you to marry Xiang Qichen and maybe sponsor me!"

"..."

,

Just past midnight, it was so quiet you could hear the occasional meow of a cat passing over the roof.

Xiang Qichen blow-dried his hair, snuggled into bed, and glanced at Zhou Huaiyi’s chat interface on the phone screen, his mind filled with thoughts of Cheng Yi. His fingers paused over the keyboard for a long time but ultimately backed out without sending anything.

Just as he was about to lock the screen, a red notification suddenly appeared on Zhou Huaiyi’s avatar in the chat box.

Xiang Qichen paused slightly, then clicked to reply.

[Zhou Luobu: Are you home?]

[Xiang: Yeah, been home for a while, why aren’t you asleep yet?]

[Zhou Luobu: I fell asleep right after hanging up with you, only to be woken up just now by fireworks outside.]

[Xiang: Not going back to sleep?]

[Zhou Luobu: Can’t sleep now, are you going to sleep?]

[Xiang: No]

Tonight, his mind was elsewhere, restless and unhappy. Every time he closed his eyes, he heard Kang Xuan’s voice saying, "the ex-boyfriend you once liked so much," how could he sleep?

[Zhou Luobu: Oh... did you have fun with Kang Xuan tonight?]

[Xiang: It was okay]

After thinking for a moment, he meaningfully added: [Also ran into your ex-boyfriend]

[Zhou Luobu: ???]

Xiang Qichen was typing on the keyboard, but before he could finish, a video call from Zhou Huaiyi eagerly popped up.

He clicked to answer.

Zhou Huaiyi: "Quick, quick, what happened!"

Xiang Qichen slowly put on his headphones, and after a long pause, faced the screen with a blank expression, "We just ran into your ex-boyfriend."

He deliberately paused before the word "ex-boyfriend," emphasizing it.

Zhou Huaiyi: "..."

Zhou Huaiyi: "Of course I know you ran into him! I want to know how you met, and if Kang Xuan said anything!"

Knowing Kang Xuan, she probably couldn’t resist gossiping and told him everything.

Hearing that, Xiang Qichen mildly frowned in displeasure. After a moment’s pause, he asked, "Do you like him a lot?"

The abruptness of his tone concealed traces of dissatisfaction and nervousness.

Zhou Huaiyi was taken aback, and her first thought was: How could I...

"Did Kang Xuan say that?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"Don’t listen to her nonsense. Even if I liked him before, it wasn’t that much."

Never have...

The person I like the most.

Is you.

...

The next day, thanks to Zhou Huaiyi’s words the night before, Xiang Qichen had a rare good night’s sleep.

However, he was woken up by Kang Xuan’s relentless calls.

Frustrated, Xiang Qichen muttered a low curse, grabbed his phone to answer, and before he could speak, heard Kang Xuan hysterically shouting through the receiver, "Zhou Huaiyi, you’ve been dating Xiang Qichen for so long and didn’t tell me?!"