CHAPTER 563: 500 EVERYONE WANTS TO BE LOVED

"Song Jing has indeed been very good to me and has taken great care of me, but Lili, he is a very gentle and tender man by nature, and he’s not only like this with me, he’s like this with many of his colleagues at the hospital."

"Perhaps—I mean, perhaps—he has some special feelings for me. But if just because of this, Zhongli—"

"You neglected him first. To Zhongli, Song Jing is a threat, a love rival. His extreme behavior is partly because your neglect drove him crazy."

"Is it really that exaggerated? Driven crazy by my neglect... Judging by how smug Zhongli Wuzhi was acting today, does he look like someone who could be driven mad by neglect..."

"Smirking while asking."

Song Lili saw right through Xiaoer’s thoughts.

"Of course, there’s another point, which is about the somewhat awkward topic we just discussed. Little Ear, I’m not encouraging you to throw yourself at someone! But I hope you won’t be averse to romantic relationships."

"There’s no aversion..."

Xiaoer mumbled.

Song Lili looked at her with a smile,

"Zhongli is serious about you, Wen Nian and I have both seen it, but any relationship needs to be nurtured with care."

"..."

"You think studying medicine is difficult, you think that work requires a huge amount of effort and time before you can achieve something."

"In fact, relationships are the same, they also require your time and effort to maintain and nurture."

"..."

Xiaoer blinked as she looked at Song Lili.

"Really, in this world, there’s nobody who should be loved unconditionally, nobody who should give without expecting anything in return. Everyone likes to be loved, and to some extent, I think Zhongli is at least sincere."

"Lili..."

"Hmm?"

Seeing her watery eyes gazing straight at her, Song Lili couldn’t help feeling a bit unnerved.

"What on earth did Wen Nian do to you?"

"Ah?"

"When did you become so clear-headed? When did you start talking so philosophically? That’s not like you at all!"

"Do you believe I could throw you out the window?"

Song Lili smiled as she looked at her, "That’s more like me, right?"

Xiaoer quickly hugged Song Lili’s arm, and the next second she broke into laughter,

"Hehehe... I just thought what you said made a lot of sense, so I wanted to compliment you!"

Song Lili gently shook her head,

"So you know... what you should do now?"

Xiaoer took a deep breath, "Well, I need to think about it carefully. Anyway, I got the message from your words."

"Really?"

"Mm-hmm," Xiaoer lifted her chin, looking at Song Lili.

If these few words could really make Xiaoer re-evaluate her relationship with Zhongli Wuzhi, then it wouldn’t have been a waste.

She wanted Little Ear to be really well.

She wanted Little Ear to be the happiest person in the world... at least, at the very least, not to be troubled by love, not to be hurt by the person she loves the most; that would be the cruelest punishment in the world.

Song Lili stroked Xiaoer’s head.

Xiaoer, tired from crying, yawned and flopped back onto the big bed.

She looked at the ceiling for a long time,

"I really haven’t lain down this comfortably for a very, very long time."

"If you want to lie down, stay a while longer, I’ll call you when it’s dinner time."

"This is you and Wen Nian’s bed, I don’t want to lie down!"

"Pfft..."

"But leaning back for a bit should be okay."

Xiaoer said contentedly,

"Isn’t this ceiling just too beautiful?"

"..."

Song Lili also lay down, side by side with Lu Xiaoer, staring at the red chrysanthemum painting on the ceiling with wide eyes.

"Why did they put a skylight here?"

Lu Xiaoer blinked, asking in confusion.

Song Lili began to secretly delight, while Lu Xiaoer hesitated over whether to keep probing...

"During summer nights, when you turn off the lights, you can see the stars outside through this skylight."

"Ah!! You and Wen Nian really are too much!"

Lu Xiaoer leapt up from the bed, shaking her head and waving her hands in disdain.

Lying on the bed, Song Lili felt utterly content.

"You’re beyond help."

"Even if I weren’t, don’t bother saving me."

"..."

Lu Xiaoer gave Song Lili a thumbs-up, utterly impressed with her.

The two of them giggled and spent the afternoon together, and Lu Xiaoer stayed for dinner at President Mansion. After eating, Song Lili had the driver take Lu Xiaoer home.

"They... all play that late?"

To say she didn’t care would be a lie.

Before she left, Lu Xiaoer asked Song Lili.

Clearly, the "they" in her statement referred to Princess Chinian and Zhongli Wuzhi.

"Xiaoer, I wouldn’t harm you. If Zhongli Wuzhi were really with Princess Chinian, I’d be the first to tell you. At most, right now Zhongli is just acting up because you’ve irritated him."

Lu Xiaoer looked at Song Lili and smiled slightly,

"Okay, I understand. Stop worrying about me."

"Get in the car, go home and get a good night’s sleep. No matter how busy you are at work, you have to rest well and eat well, understand?"

"Thank you, Lili."

"You’re thanking me?"

Song Lili rolled her eyes at her.

Lu Xiaoer got in the car, and the driver drove her away.

As the car approached the gate, Lu Xiaoer immediately asked the driver to stop,

"Sorry, driver, could you... just stop here for a moment?"

"Of course. Is there something Miss Lu needs to do?"

"Just... stop for a moment." Lu Xiaoer didn’t elaborate further.

Sitting in the back of the car, she could clearly see the blue sports car at the gate and the two people who had just gotten out of the car.

They stood face to face, one tall and handsome, the other delicate and modest.

They seemed to be talking, with Princess Chinian unconsciously coyly swaying her body, both appearing to be laughing.

Lu Xiaoer took a deep breath...

Song Lili said that Zhongli Wuzhi being with Princess Chinian was just to annoy her.

But in such a deserted place, where she was nowhere near, their intimacy, who were they performing for?

Lu Xiaoer felt suffocated.

Everything Lili had said that afternoon, she understood it all.

She was aware of her many issues.

Her biases against men and marriage, and her inability to find the right approach to relationships.

Taking Zhongli Wuzhi’s contributions for granted, yet being extremely stingy with her own.

Taking deep breaths over and over, just trying to diminish the significance of the sight of the two standing opposite each other.

Just think of it as Lili said.

Lu Xiaoer, first be true to yourself, give your all to express how much you like him.

That way...

Even if there isn’t a happy ending, it’s fair to both of you.

Thinking this way, Lu Xiaoer felt a bit more at peace, despite the flames of jealousy in her eyes not settling in the slightest.