"Xiao Tiantian, why are you so against me liking Shen Yannian? By the outside world's standards, Shen Yannian is a promising young talent, while I'm an ignorant, good-for-nothing young master. No matter how you look at it, I'm the one who isn't good enough for him. So why do you make it sound like he isn't good enough for me?"
Liang Tian's attitude was so extreme that Su Cimu sensed something was off. It was as though his Xiao Tiantian had been deceived by a man like that before.
"I'm not saying he isn't good enough for you. I'm saying he isn't right for you. If you two married to unite your families and just lived together peacefully, that would be fine. But if one of you actually fell for the other, you'd have a huge problem!"
Liang Tian still stood by his opinion.
But Su Cimu disagreed. He didn't think Shen Yannian was nearly as bad as Liang Tian made him out to be.
"All right, Xiao Tiantian, you don't need to worry about my love life. I'm an adult now. I know what I'm doing. Trust me, I definitely won't give my heart away lightly!"
"Really? Swear it!"
"I swear!"
Only after making Su Cimu swear a dire oath did Liang Tian finally relax.
After the two of them went back and forth for a while, most of their lunch break had already passed. They hurriedly lay down on the bed, closed their eyes, and went straight to sleep.
After spending an entire day studying in the library, both Liang Tian and Su Cimu felt utterly drained.
"Nine tomorrow morning, at the library. I'm heading home."
Liang Tian waved goodbye to Su Cimu and headed toward the parking lot.
Su Cimu stood at the entrance, waiting for the driver to pick him up.
Honk, honk-
Su Cimu turned around and saw a familiar license plate. He waved at the person inside the car and strode over.
"Didn't you say you'd have the driver pick me up? Why did you come yourself?"
"Don't want to see me?"
"That's not true. Don't slander me."
Shen Yannian chuckled, took Su Cimu's hand, and signaled for the driver to head back to Huaishan Manor.
As the car traveled at a steady speed, Su Cimu leaned right against Shen Yannian's shoulder and complained to him about how the day's studying had gone.
"I'm so tired. Xiao Tiantian and I spent all our time in the library except for meals and our lunch break, but we're only ten percent done with our project. It'll probably take us over another week of work to finish."
"Is finishing a project difficult even for a top student like you?"
"What's that supposed to mean? Does being a top student mean I have to know how to do everything? Don't underestimate the project our advisor assigned us, okay? It's really hard."
Su Cimu couldn't help complaining. He felt that Shen Yannian had no idea how hard things were for college students these days.
"You've worked hard, sweetheart. But I believe you'll finish it soon. Have some confidence in yourself."
"Of course I have confidence in myself. I'm just worried I won't have enough time. It's all your fault I haven't had time to finish my project!"
Shen Yannian felt he was being blamed out of nowhere. How had this become his fault?
"Sweetheart, be reasonable. Does your unfinished project really have much to do with me?"
"Of course it does! I spent this summer busy getting engaged and flirting with you, and I completely forgot about the project. Who else should I blame?"
Su Cimu sounded perfectly justified and didn't think he was twisting the logic at all.
Shen Yannian was so exasperated that he laughed, then reminded him:
"Sweetheart, have you forgotten who you were planning your engagement banquet with at the very beginning? And you're blaming me?"
"Uh... who I was planning it with at the beginning doesn't matter. What matters is that you were my fiancé at the engagement banquet. Are you trying to deny that?"
"All right, it's my fault. I'm the one who held up your project, sweetheart. What would you like as compensation?"
What else could Shen Yannian do but dote on Su Cimu?