Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Just Take It Easy

Fang Mengzhu wasn’t very accustomed to being in such close proximity to a man, so she quietly moved away a bit.

Su Xin moved a little closer too, but maintained a slightly more distant space than before, so their bodies were just barely touching, not as tightly pressed as earlier.

Seeing that Su Xin knew when to keep his distance, she sighed in relief and didn’t continue to move farther away.

After taking a few sips of hot water, Fang Mengzhu felt a rush of warmth spreading from her stomach, driving away much of the chill inside her. She placed the cup on the coffee table in front of her, but just as she withdrew her hand, Su Xin grasped it firmly.

She struggled for a moment.

But Su Xin held on too tightly, she couldn’t break free. With a resigned attitude of ’well, he’s already touched and held,’ she simply let him hold her hand.

Yet she didn’t want the atmosphere to become ambiguous, so she quickly started thinking of a topic to distract Su Xin:

“Oh right, your parents… uh, no, how long have you been living alone?”

“More than two years now.”

Su Xin wrapped an arm around Fang Mengzhu’s shoulders and leaned back on the sofa. Before Fang Mengzhu could say anything, he quickly continued,

“I had just turned fourteen back then. When I first started living alone, I was really scared at night and often couldn’t sleep at all. During the day, I had to go to school, and I kept falling asleep in class, which got me scolded by teachers all the time…”

Listening to Su Xin calmly recount these sad stories, Fang Mengzhu felt a surge of maternal affection. She no longer minded him holding her shoulder, and instead looked at this boy, who had a young face but such mature thoughts, with a heart full of pity.

But soon, she sensed something was off.

“You… where are you rubbing against?”

“No, you can’t kiss me… no! This is still my first kiss… mmph!”

Several minutes passed by.

Whether from embarrassment or shyness, Fang Mengzhu’s face turned bright red. She pushed Su Xin away, stood up, and started straightening her disheveled clothes as she headed for the door, speaking anxiously,

“We can’t do this. I can’t be with a boy so much younger than me.”

“We’re not suited for each other!”

But right then, Su Xin grabbed her wrist, pulling her back into his arms as they both fell onto the sofa.

Looking seriously at Fang Mengzhu’s pretty face up close, Su Xin said,

“Stay with me, okay?”

“I really like you, I’m serious.”

Fang Mengzhu’s eyes avoided his, and her heart was racing. Her mind was almost blank, not knowing what to do, she simply muttered,

“But… Surong is still waiting for me…”

“It’s okay, just say something came up at home and you have to go back. They won’t blame you.”

“But…”

Before she could finish, Su Xin kissed her again, completely sweeping Fang Mengzhu off her feet. By the time she came to her senses, her clothes were even more disheveled.

She quickly blurted out,

“No! Su Xin! This is too fast for us! I’m not ready yet.”

“Can we take it slow?”

“Give me some time, let’s slowly get to know each other and see if we’re really suited to be together. You’re being too impulsive right now.”

Su Xin lifted his head earnestly and said,

“Some people know if they’re suited for each other as soon as they meet, some spend their whole lives and still don’t understand their partners. Relationships aren’t built by spending time together, they’re nurtured once you’re together.”

“The nature of relationships is often set at the beginning. If you’re friends, you’ll always just be friends. If you’re lovers, it’s different from the start.”

“If you didn’t have feelings for me, we wouldn’t have come this far.”

“So, just accept what’s inside your heart.”

After saying that, Su Xin kissed her once more.

Fang Mengzhu felt her mind going blank.

Under Su Xin’s relentless advances, she suddenly realized how things had developed to this point. She was no longer sure about her own feelings.

“That’s right, if I didn’t care for him, I wouldn’t have let him be so forward multiple times.”

“Maybe I didn’t even realize I’ve fallen for him already?”

“But when did it start?”

“How could I have fallen for a high school boy a few years younger than me?”

“Ah, what a little devil!”

After thinking for a long time, Fang Mengzhu just felt more confused. She sighed inwardly, resigning herself to Su Xin’s whims.

…

In the KTV private room.

Shan Shidong kept checking his watch repeatedly, his face full of anxiety.

Jiang Suroo glanced at him, amused, as she ate barbecue beside him, and said,

“Shidong, if you’re this anxious, why not call and hurry her along? Watching you makes me worried too.”

Shan Shidong hesitated for a moment but eventually couldn’t let go of his concern. He picked up his phone to dial out.

The call took a while to connect.

“Mengzhu, when are you coming over?”

“Sorry, just now… my mom called me, urging me to go home. Something came up, I was about to call you guys. Why don’t we meet another time?”

“But…”

“That’s it, I’m going home.”

“Beep beep beep…”

Hearing the busy tone on the other end, Shan Shidong stood there stunned.

Seeing this, Jiang Suroo curiously asked,

“What’s up?”

“Mengzhu said she’s not coming.”

“Huh? Why?”

“She said something suddenly came up at home, she needs to go back, and we’ll arrange it another time.”

“Ah, she’s stood me up again!”

Jiang Suroo sighed helplessly.

But seeing Shan Shidong still looking absent-minded, she reassured him,

“It’s okay, we can just plan for next time. Even though I don’t see much hope, I still think you and Mengzhu make a good match. I’ll keep helping set you two up…”

Shan Shidong shook his head, interrupting her,

“I feel something’s off.”

“What?”

“I think Mengzhu might be lying to me.”

Jiang Suroo looked at him, confused: “What do you mean?”

“I have this feeling that Mengzhu is definitely at that guy’s house, and right now they’re…”

Jiang Suroo looked skeptical:

“No way!”

She waved her hand, laughing,

“You really don’t know Mengzhu well. She might be outgoing and slightly willful at times but has always been conservative in relationships. Plus, she has high standards; there’s no way she’d go home with a boy she’s just met this late. Especially when he’s a high school student.”

“She told me she’s looking for a mature, stable man who can tolerate her willfulness and take care of her.”

“Su Xin doesn’t fit her ideal type at all, it’s impossible between them.”

Shan Shidong, puzzled, responded:

“But didn’t you just say Mengzhu’s behavior towards him is a prelude to love?”

“A prelude is a prelude, but actually being together is still far off. At most, she has some good impression of him, but with Mengzhu’s personality, even with that, she’ll choose to take it slow. Once they’ve interacted for a long time, Mengzhu will realize he’s not suitable for her.”

“So just relax.”

Jiang Suroo said with a casual air.

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