Wang Xiaoliang looked into Wei Zijin's eyes, especially clear and bright after her recent tears, and saw the seriousness of "confess and receive leniency; resist and face severity" written all over them.
"Come on, tell me!" When he stayed silent, Wei Zijin urged him again, reaching out to give his arm a light pinch. "Don't think you can get away with it!"
"Ow... that actually reminded me of something." Wang Xiaoliang pretended it hurt.
"You know, we've been together for a while now." Wang Xiaoliang cleared his throat to make his voice clearer. "I've noticed you're always very orderly about things and very conscious of time. You're practically never late."
Wei Zijin nodded, not understanding what he was getting at.
"Then why were you so late for our very first date?"
"I called, but you didn't answer. I sent messages, but you didn't reply either. I stood there all by myself like an idiot outside your Women's Dormitory, feeling like everyone passing by was looking at me as if I were a fool."
"I was really angry then, so angry I almost turned around and left."
"I thought, were you messing with me?"
"And then, after the dorm matron called you downstairs, you said something about your roommates being asleep? That was obviously a lie, wasn't it?"
"But I was hopeless too. The moment I saw you, I wasn't angry anymore."
Wei Zijin's face instantly flushed red, and her eyes began to dart away, not daring to meet his gaze.
"N-no, it wasn't!" she argued quietly, clearly lacking conviction.
"Oh? It wasn't? Don't tell me... you did it on purpose?"
Wei Zijin lowered her head even farther, her cheeks burning.
She hadn't expected Wang Xiaoliang to still remember this, much less so clearly.
"Say something."
"...Yes."
"Why? Do you know