To prove that her solution was useful, Shen Xingcan used the incident from earlier as an example.
Shen Xingcan: "I couldn't take it anymore. If something were to actually happen, it would be even scarier. It's better to just pass out. When I open my eyes, it will all be over."
He was a genius for coming up with this idea.
The Ragdoll King is unparalleled in beauty and far surpasses others in intelligence; he is simply perfect.
Xie Linchuan: "... So from now on, whenever we want something to happen, we'll just knock you out?"
Shen Xingcan rolled her eyes at Xie Linchuan: "Of course not. The difficulty level of the first time and the subsequent times is clearly not on the same level. If it continues like this, I think I should seriously question your skill level."
Xie Linchuan: "... You don't need to do it the first time either. It won't make you feel uncomfortable, okay?"
Shen Xingcan laboriously stretched out from under the covers and gave Xie Linchuan the middle finger. "If I were comfortable right now, I might actually believe your nonsense."
My fingers are like this.
It's unimaginable that this could actually happen...
He should be killed...
hiss.
Xie Linchuan kissed his cheek. "You're feeling uncomfortable now because you haven't gotten used to this feeling yet. We'll try it again tomorrow and you'll find it's not so uncomfortable."
Shen Xingcan remained silent.
Xie Linchuan hugged her closer, saying, "We'll get used to it little by little, so that Little Star won't feel too uncomfortable at the end. I'll be very gentle, and I'll stop whenever Little Star says stop."
Shen Xingcan glanced at Xie Linchuan: "You'll stop just because I say so? I don't believe you. The CP fans all say you're the kind of person who won't stop even if you say so."
Xie Linchuan kissed his lips. "How could that be? I'm not that kind of person."
Shen Xingcan rolled his eyes so hard they almost flew to the sky. His tone was cold. "You're that kind of person. You'll definitely pretend to be deaf when it's all over! Then, after everything's finished, you'll innocently say to me, 'Huh? Little Star talked to me? I didn't hear anything!'"
Just like the last few times!
Xie Linchuan was amused by his tone, then quickly assured his Evil Ragdoll King, "I swear, I absolutely won't do it this time."
Shen Xingcan wasn't buying it. "I swear I know to use my favorite ice cream, and you just swear like that? You have no sincerity at all!"
Xie Linchuan pondered, "Then I'll swear on a mango, if..."
He only got halfway through his sentence before Shen Xingcan covered his mouth.
Shen Xingcan was furious. " Xie Linchuan, shut up! Don't talk nonsense."
After experiencing a near-death experience, Shen Xingcan became very secretive about these things.
Xie Linchuan blinked, then chuckled.
He took Shen Xingcan's hand and kissed it a few times. " Little Star, you're so worried about me?"
Shen Xingcan said irritably, " Xie Linchuan, you're so annoying."
Annoying Xie Linchuan leaned in and kissed Shen Xingcan's lips again.
Shen Xingcan pretended to resist for a moment, then opened her mouth to welcome Xie Linchuan's kiss.
After a long while, Xie Linchuan finally released the person beneath him.
Shen Xingcan was dizzy from the kisses, and he leaned against Xie Linchuan's chest, breathing heavily.
Xie Linchuan lovingly smoothed his slightly messy hair.
After a while, Xie Linchuan suddenly asked, "Aren't you curious why I took this variety show?"
Shen Xingcan looked up at the person.
Xie Linchuan spoke to himself before Shen Xingcan could even speak.
"At first, I wasn't planning to accept the offer, but when I found out that the show would be filmed at Mango Garden, I changed my mind. I thought, Shen Xingcan has always been very wary of all the Mangoes around me since I was a child, so he should come... How childish, right?"
It was childish, but Shen Xingcan did indeed come.
Before this, he hadn't seen Shen Xingcan this close for a very long time.
Although Shen Xingcan returns to China every year to be with Qin Su, Xie Linchuan is only able to meet Shen Xingcan Shen Xingcan her concerts.
I don't dare sit in the front row at concerts because I'm afraid of being recognized.
He sat in the audience like countless fans, watching his favorite person shine on his beloved stage...
Too far away, and the image will inevitably be distorted.
So when he saw Shen Xingcan again, he couldn't help but look Shen Xingcan up and down with his eyes.
You've lost weight. Have you been eating properly?
He's a bit tall. Is he still drinking that awful milk to try and grow taller? Does anyone specially prepare strawberry milk for him?
She looks even better than before; she must have grown up.
Strange, no matter how I try to recall, it's always the same old him.
So it turns out it's because they've been separated for several years.
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Shen Xingcan looked up at Xie Linchuan, her nose tingling, and she felt like crying again.
Before this, Shen Xingcan had actually wondered why Xie Linchuan would accept this particular variety show instead of other ones.
He felt that Xie Linchuan might be acting because of him, but he was also afraid that he was just imagining things.
So it really was because of myself.
Xie Linchuan chuckled, "Why are you crying again?"
Shen Xingcan looked at Xie Linchuan without saying a word, tears just falling down her face.
Xie Linchuan wanted to get a tissue to wipe Shen Xingcan's tears, but Shen Xingcan hugged his waist tightly, preventing him from moving.
Helpless, he could only use his hand to wipe away Shen Xingcan's tears.
Shen Xingcan sobbed, "I'm actually not that good. I didn't come the first time... I didn't know. I watched the show the first time too, but I was scared. I was afraid I was just imagining things. I'm not... I'm not uncaring about you."
Shen Xingcan cried very sadly, and even her speech was halting.
Xie Linchuan was taken aback. The first time he didn't come? He didn't come at the very beginning, did he?
He hugged the sobbing Shen Xingcan and comforted her, "It's okay that you didn't come right away. You came in the end, didn't you? I said such hurtful things to Little Star, it's already good enough that Little Star came at all."
Shen Xingcan shook her head. "No, that's not it. I didn't come in my past life... I didn't come..."
He was so heartbroken that he could barely utter a coherent sentence.
An indescribable feeling spread throughout Xie Linchuan's body in that instant.
He looked at the person in his arms, wanting to ask something, but seeing Shen Xingcan crying so hard she was almost collapsing, he ultimately didn't ask.
"Baby, don't be sad. The regrets of the past are regrettable, but that's all in the past. We're together now, we'll get married, and we'll grow old together."
Shen Xingcan didn't answer. He just kissed Xie Linchuan, as if only in this way could he confirm that the person was right beside him and that everything in front of him was real.
Xie Linchuan responded slowly, his kiss gentle and indulgent, soothing.
Gradually, Shen Xingcan's emotions stabilized, and he looked at Xie Linchuan with his reddened peach blossom eyes.
"Let's do it, I want you."
His clear, black-and-white pupils were filled with seriousness.
Xie Linchuan: "... I really want to, but baby, you have to record a show tomorrow."
Rejected, Shen Xingcan pouted and began to cry silently again.
Xie Linchuan: "..."
He sighed helplessly, then hugged the person and coaxed, "Let's do it tomorrow, okay?"
Shen Xingcan cried even harder, "I'm not doing it anymore, you do it yourself."
I finally took the initiative, and I got rejected. Ugh.
Xie Linchuan: "Honey, you haven't seen the flowers I'm going to give you today. Shall we go see them?"
Shen Xingcan refused. "No."
Xie Linchuan ignored Shen Xingcan's refusal and carried her to the study.
On the desk in the study, a beautiful bouquet of crystals glitters under the incandescent light.
The colors are plentiful, but they don't feel cluttered; instead, they create a vibrant and colorful effect.
Without a doubt, this is a bouquet that perfectly matches Shen Xingcan's aesthetic.
Shen Xingcan wiped away her tears. "Give me your phone, I need to take a picture."
Xie Linchuan handed him his phone.
I'm a little sad today, but I also really want others to see my beautiful crystal flower.
So Shen Xingcan took the photo, logged into Weibo, uploaded it, and posted it all in one go.
There was no accompanying text, nor any cat emojis.
However, if Shen Xingcan were to use the emojis, he would discover that the phone did not actually contain any cute kitten emojis, thus revealing that the Weibo he logged into did not belong to him.
After sending the pretty flower emoji, Shen Xingcan felt her emotions had calmed down considerably.
He then looked at the man holding him and asked, " Xie Linchuan, don't you have anything you want to ask me?"
Xie Linchuan: "No, you'll tell me when you want to."
Compared to Shen Xingcan's feelings, those secrets seemed utterly insignificant.
Shen Xingcan glared at her. "If you don't want to know, then I won't tell you. Not just now, but from now on, I won't tell you anything. You'll never know this secret."
Xie Linchuan helplessly, "Okay, I want to ask... I want to ask you about the first time you mentioned, baby... and what exactly happened with your past life."
Xie Linchuan spoke the words "past life" very softly.
He seemed a little hesitant to say those two words, or perhaps he was afraid of startling Shen Xingcan.
Shen Xingcan deliberately spoke in a relaxed tone, "My past life means I was reborn. I've lived twice! The Ragdoll King is amazing, isn't he?!"
Even though he already had a guess in his heart, Xie Linchuan was still greatly shocked when he heard Shen Xingcan's words.
Those things that he found strange seemed to have found their answers at that moment.
Why did Shen Xingcan show no reaction after hearing Qin Su say that she liked him but deliberately tried to make him angry?
Xie Linchuan looked at Shen Xingcan: "... In our past life... we weren't together, were we?"
The answer seems to be yes, because Shen Xingcan's reaction when facing him says it all.
But why didn't they end up together?
An answer seems to be obvious.
But that answer was simply too much for Xie Linchuan to bear.
Shen Xingcan didn't answer Xie Linchuan's question. Instead, he changed the subject. "You haven't even praised the Ragdoll King yet. This is rebirth! Modern science can't do anything about it."
Xie Linchuan didn't speak, he just quietly looked at Shen Xingcan.
His eyes were filled with such sorrow that Shen Xingcan could hardly control the bitterness in his heart. He tried his best to appear nonchalant as he spoke, "Yes, we weren't together."
Was it because I didn't go to see you?
Did I break my promise, or...?
The exclamation at the airport, "Twenty-five years old, I'm only six months away from turning twenty-five," seemed to have found its answer at that moment.
Shen Xingcan turned her head away. "It's not your fault, it's because I didn't live to be twenty-five..."
He then sighed in a joking tone, "Although I'll be able to wait for you in just six months... it's not bad now. I'm still much younger, and I can still use the songs I've written in the future..."
Xie Linchuan didn't say anything more; he just held the person in his arms tightly.
Soon, Shen Xingcan felt the warmth on his shoulder. He blinked away the tears in his eyes and reached out to hug Xie Linchuan back.
He spoke softly, "Just like you said, the regrets of the past are indeed regrettable, but everything is different now. We are not the same as in our past life... We will be happy."
Xie Linchuan suddenly asked, "Does it hurt?"
Shen Xingcan clearly hadn't expected Xie Linchuan to ask this question, "... It's alright, I was in a car accident, and I was gone in an instant... Ah, that sounds strange. Do you want to hear my story after I died? I'll tell you, okay?"
Xie Linchuan: "Why did this accident happen?"
Shen Xingcan: "It was just a sudden accident... there's no way to explain why."
Xie Linchuan listened quietly, then spoke calmly, " Shen Xingcan, you lied to me."
Shen Xingcan: "..."
"I'm not lying, it really was a car accident."
Why did the car accident happen?
Shen Xingcan: "... It was a technical problem; I accidentally drove the car off a cliff."
" Shen Xingcan, you lied to me again."
Shen Xingcan: "..."
Shen Xingcan really wanted to unleash Thunderous Fury, but feeling the dampness on her shoulder, she ultimately refrained from doing so.
He swallowed his anger and explained, "I wasn't in a good mental state during that time, I was distracted, so that's how it happened. But I'm fine now, so you can't stop me from driving."
He's even stopped taking sleeping pills now, and he eats and sleeps well every day; his mental state is exceptionally good.
Why are you feeling down? It's related to me, isn't it? Don't lie to me.
As if to assure Shen Xingcan that he wasn't lying, Xie Linchuan added, "I'm very perceptive."
Shen Xingcan: "..."
Why does a human need to be so perceptive?
Are you preparing to take the police dog certification exam?
Shen Xingcan: "It has nothing to do with you. The main reason is that my mental state wasn't quite right at the time. Actually, I had been avoiding driving myself, but that day I really wanted to go for a drive, and that's how it happened. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone..."
Xie Linchuan: "What did I do during that time that made you so upset?"
Shen Xingcan angrily retorted, "... I already told you it has nothing to do with you!"
Xie Linchuan calmly, "So it still has something to do with me."
Shen Xingcan muttered, "... During that time, I saw many domestic media outlets saying that you were getting along very well with the female supporting actress in the drama. Although you immediately clarified it, I couldn't help but think that even if it was false, it would eventually become true, so I was in a particularly bad mood."
"Sorry."
"It's related! I was incredibly sad during that time!!... Hey, why are you crying again!"