"Saying one thing and meaning another?"
In the bookstore, Su Baizhou's cheeks were slightly flushed. Looking a little tipsy, she leaned against Luo Ye as she listened to him talk about the people around him.
"Yeah. In love, too many people say one thing and mean another. They clearly still like each other, clearly want to be together, yet they insist on breaking up. Then, because they say one thing and mean another, they pretend not to care and refuse to get back together."
As he spoke, Luo Ye thought about Li Haoyang's situation. He wondered whether Li Haoyang had overcome his inner conflict and said those words to Xu Xiaojia.
And whether Xu Xiaojia had overcome hers, set aside her tsundere attitude, and honestly laid her heart bare before Li Haoyang.
"Luoluo, when you confessed to me back then, did you ever think about what you'd do if I rejected you?"
Her question interrupted Luo Ye's thoughts and took him back to that moment when he had confessed.
Though it had already been two years, whenever Luo Ye thought of that scene, his heart still tightened.
What if she rejected him?
Honestly, at the time, he had really thought she had rejected him.
And he knew perfectly well that Fairy Senior Sister's chances of agreeing had been low. Maybe one in ten, one in a hundred... no, something like that couldn't be described with probabilities.
In short, he had gathered the courage to confess while already prepared for rejection.
Even with that mental preparation, when he truly believed he had been rejected, he still felt like the sky was falling.
Later, when Senior Sister agreed and was willing to be with him, he had felt as though he were dreaming.
"Fanfan, what about you? Why did you agree to