I waited a little longer for Ye Qingxian. When I saw her still standing there, lost in thought, I shook my head and was just about to leave for my bedroom when she called after me again.
"Xiaoyao, I'll take you mountain climbing. We can watch the sunrise. How does that sound?"
"Not that you want to watch the sunrise. I want to see it myself. I just thought I'd bring you along." Ye Qingxian even added a disclaimer.
The book had also said that if you wanted to comfort a girl, you should always say it was something you wanted to do. You couldn't say it was what she wanted, or she might turn you down outright.
I stared at Ye Qingxian in confusion. Instead of answering her, I asked, "Are you saying this because you really want to comfort me, or did you read it somewhere and decide to follow that formula and your whole ★★ theory?" I wasn't cursing. Those two stars were just what Ye Qingxian had filled in herself.
My head hurt so much right now.
Especially whenever I thought of Ye Qingxian's theory about being uncontradictory.
My head started buzzing.
What kind of world had given birth to people who could come up with such an absurd, yet logically self-consistent theory?
Ye Qingxian fell silent again.
Weary, I closed my eyes. "I told you, I'm fine. Just let me be alone for a while. This isn't your fault. Everything will get better."
But Ye Qingxian stopped me and looked me straight in the eyes. "I want to comfort you because I want to."
"But the formula is real, too."
"It's because I want to comfort you and don't want to see you unhappy that I looked up what other people said." Ye Qingxian's honesty