CHAPTER 271: CHAPTER 225: SHOULD WE CHANGE THE WAY WE ADDRESS EACH OTHER?

Xu Yong and Su Ran stared at Lin Tian with their mouths agape.

Half a second later, they exclaimed in unison:

"Ah???"

"Not really, dude?!"

"Are you even human?!!"

"...."

The call turned into a total chaos immediately.

It was not only filled with Su Ran’s rare breakdown as a romance expert, but also with Xu Yong’s colorful expressions:

"You said you haven’t even dated, and now you’re engaged?!"

"Damn, aren’t you two just high school students?!"

"How can you be engaged and not be boyfriend and girlfriend? Are you playing me for a fool?! Is tormenting your brother fun?! You really deserve to die!!"

Xu Yong covered his face in despair,

"Think about it, I’m 18 this year, I don’t even know what a small perfume bottle looks like...and you’re already getting married..."

Facing their rapid-fire questioning,

Lin Tian quickly waved his hands and patiently explained:

"Here’s the thing."

"I’ve thought it over with Mr. Gan, if we start dating now, holding hands, kissing, doing saucy things... it will just impact our competition.

So, we’ve agreed that, at least until our dream is realized, we won’t do any of that.

Next year, after we win the Ker Cup... we’ll get married!"

"So, when you ask me what our relationship is...I really can’t say..."

Lin Tian spread his hands.

He could understand their reactions.

After all, this kind of relationship, in others’ eyes, must seem quite strange.

Not exactly like a couple in a relationship...

But it indeed seems far beyond the relationship of boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Goodness."

Xu Yong was utterly baffled,

"One year of no kissing, no saucy things...and directly getting married next year?"

Xu Yong, who thought his mind had been corrupted by forums and no longer believed in pure relationships in this world,

At this moment, couldn’t help but feel some respect.

He said:

"Although I don’t get it...I think it’s pretty badass..."

"My God."

On the other side of the camera, Su Ran was so shocked that she hugged her pillow, covering her small mouth, a look of disbelief on her face,

"You’ve both confirmed your love for each other, can you really hold back?"

"Looking at the girl you like, can you really resist kissing her lips?"

"Can you really resist not holding her hand, strolling down the street, declaring to the world she’s your girlfriend?"

"Similarly, can Gan also really hold back?"

"....."

Hearing Su Ran’s words, Lin Tian also fell into contemplation.

He thought for a while and said:

"If I have to say...I can’t guarantee it, but I will try my best.

In order to one day, stand on the Ker Cup stage with Mr. Gan, letting the world hear our music, to be able to realize our dreams..."

Lin Tian looked up, seriously saying,

"This sacrifice is worth it."

"As long as we always have each other in our hearts, that’s enough."

"...."

After saying this.

The next second, Su Ran buried her head deep into the pillow!

"Wuuu! How wonderful, this kind of love...is something I would never dare dream of in my lifetime..."

"I knew it, shipping you two was the best decision I’ve ever made..."

"Xu Yong, look at them..."

"Not sure, what’s this got to do with me??"

Listening to Su Ran’s rant and somehow getting caught in the blame, Xu Yong voiced out his discontent.

But surprisingly, Xu Yong didn’t retaliate against Su Ran this time.

"Truly badass... Tian, a real man!"

Turning towards Lin Tian, he gave a thumbs up,

"In ancient times, before getting married, ladies and gentlemen were not supposed to have any physical contact, which was very normal. To still be able to do that today is freaking awesome!"

He admired him but,

Xu Yong still had a different opinion:

"However, I don’t believe you two can resist. Both of you have been open with each other, how could you possibly not think about that kind of stuff..."

"You’re just dirty-minded, don’t always assume others can’t be decent," Su Ran retorted.

"..."

"Ding Dong—"

Just then, the sound of the doorbell came from outside the living room.

"Oh, it must be Mr. Gan."

Lin Tian got up, "Let’s stop here for now, I’m going to answer the door."

"Okay."

"Go for it, Lin Tian, I want to be a bridesmaid when you get married!"

The two continued to chatter.

"...."

The phone call ended.

Lin Tian put on his shoes and walked to the door.

Opened the door.

It was still that familiar cool figure.

She was wearing a plaid dress, looking obedient and charming, standing where the sunlight shone, the edges of her ink-black long hair scattering golden light under the sun’s glow.

"Good morning~"

Gan Yanyu smiled.

"Good morning."

Lin Tian welcomed Gan Yanyu into the living room.

Right after getting up today, Gan Yanyu mentioned that she had something serious to discuss, so Lin Tian asked her to come over directly.

Sitting on the familiar and soft couch.

Gan Yanyu looked around, feeling like nothing had changed, yet everything had changed.

"So, what’s the serious matter you wanted to discuss?" Lin Tian asked.

"Oh... right."

Gan Yanyu turned her head, straightened her back, and placed both hands on her thighs, a proper demeanor,

"Lin Tian, do you think, should we start calling each other by different names from today on?"

"That’s what you call a ’serious matter’?"

Lin Tian laughed.

"Of... of course."

Gan Yanyu, her face already blushing, still said solemnly,

"Previously, you called me ’Yanyu’ and I called you ’Tian’, which are nicknames between partners. Although we are still partners... I was thinking, should we change our nicknames so we can always remind ourselves not to forget our promise."

"That makes some sense."

Lin Tian said.

"Right!"

Seeing Lin Tian agree with her, Gan Yanyu continued,

"Also... we can readjust the boundaries we set earlier."

"Boundaries?"

"Yes... didn’t we agree before, to maintain a harmonious partnership... we shouldn’t cross certain lines?"

She said softly,

"I think... even though we agreed not to do certain things before achieving our dreams, our relationship can’t be the same as before..."

"Some things can be relaxed a bit... like... hugging!"

"Hugging?"

"Yes."

Gan Yanyu’s eyes drooped, not daring to look at Lin Tian,

"Act... actually... I still really like... being with you."

"Ah.. Ah?"

Before Lin Tian could react.

"So... so yeah!"

Gan Yanyu immediately raised her voice,

"If sometimes, one of us is down due to competition reasons, the other can give a hug as encouragement! Of course, not too frequently, maybe once a month at most!"

"That’s what I think can be relaxed about the ’line’, you can also suggest something!"