back then." 。Shu Tinglan glanced at her faintly: "That's you" 。Shu Tinglan was nowhere near as outgoing as Xiaoxin when she first graduated. At first, she had to gather all her courage just to speak t...Chen Ning didn't know how she could have slept so soundly, waking only to the commotion outside. Hearing Song Jingye's voice laced with urgency, she hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door.

Song Jingye was afraid something might happen to her. Just as he was about to ram the door, she suddenly opened it from the inside. He hadn't stood steady and fell straight in, bumping into her who was standing right in the middle. He reacted quickly and grabbed her waist, and the two rolled to the ground. But Song Jingye was skilled, protecting her as they rolled. He ended up on the ground, and she lay on top of him unharmed.

This pose suddenly becomes more suggestive.

Song Jingye's mind suddenly flashed with a similar scene from last night, his heart skipped a beat. While Chen Ning at this moment didn't have much else on her mind, she was disheveled with her hair down and in pajamas, feeling awkward. She remembered his push away this morning and the complaints he made, fearing that she would annoy him further, so she pushed herself up with both hands and quickly went to grab a jacket to put on.

Song Jingye also collected his thoughts, stood up, and silently observed her for a moment. She seemed unharmed, which eased his mind considerably.

"How did you get here" Chen Ning asked him after turning around with her coat on.

"You didn't reply to my message and you didn't answer my call," He stopped there, seeing her calm expression.

"Worried that I'll overthink it" Chen Ning replied on his behalf.

Song Jingye didn't deny it, knowing she had cried and left his house, he had been worried sick about her all along.

Song Jingye was stunned. He hadn't expected the timid little girl he had always seen in his eyes to speak like this. Looking at her again, he felt that she was different, everything about her was different.

was.

After another moment of silence, he said, "Go change your clothes. Let's go out for dinner."

He wouldn't pretend nothing happened after sleeping, that wasn't his character. He never shirked responsibility when it was his due. Indeed, in this aspect, he belonged to the conservative camp.

Chen Ning didn't want to be alone with him again, so she stood still and said, "Uncle, if you have something to say, just say it here."

"Aren't you hungry"

She shook her head.

"I'm hungry, let's go out to eat." He hadn't eaten all day, not even a sip of water.

He insisted on taking her out to dinner, and she had no choice but to agree: “Go ahead and wait outside. I’ll change my clothes.”

"Hmm."

He quickly walked out of her room and stood in the hallway.

Chen Ling quickly changed into simple casual clothes, tying her hair into a loose, puffy bun. She looked fresh and clean, but because she was in a hurry to leave, she hadn't checked her reflection in the mirror, so a dark red mark on her neck was clearly visible.

Song Jingye hadn't noticed at first because he wasn't paying much attention. It wasn't until they reached the restaurant, and she sat across from him that he did. The lights of the restaurant shone down, and when she looked up and handed him the menu, he saw it immediately.

He cleared his throat and flipped through the menu. "What do you want to eat" His voice was tight.

"That's fine."

Then I ordered.

Song Jingye ordered a few home-cooked dishes, then took a sip of water from his glass, but he didn't dare to look at anything below her face.

After Chen Ning returned to the restaurant, she became very quiet. Whenever she saw him, she still felt a flutter in her heart, but she also knew that she should stop. If she didn't want to be sad anymore, she had to stop. So, there was some resistance in her heart towards being alone with him.

From morning to night, a feeling of change in the air.

The dishes arrived quickly, but none of us had the appetite to eat. I only took a few symbolic bites. Song Jingye was the first to speak, starting the conversation with an unrelated question: "How are you"

He saw her resistance.

Chen Ling raised her head and said, "Uncle, just say what you have to say."

As soon as she looked up, Song Jingye saw the red mark again. He shifted his gaze: "I apologize for my behavior last night."

When Chen Ling heard his apology, a sharp pain pierced her heart. He would probably never know the real reason for her sadness and grief, not from last night, but this morning. When he saw her while awake, that subconscious action and the words that followed.

That is his true heart, and everything he does now is due to his upbringing.

She shook her head, "If what happened last night was wrong, then I was wrong too. I let things develop, so uncle, we're even now. Can we just not bring it up again"

Last night was a dream come true for her, she treated it as a beautiful dream, unwilling to have it shattered by him again and again.

Song Jingye shook his head. "That's different."

"What's different Is it just because I'm a girl"

Song Jingye wanted to say that, in this matter, he felt that girls were the weaker party, and last night, he didn't seem to have considered her feelings, more like a primal release of frustration.

Chen Ning lowered her head and said, "Okay, I accept your apology."

She suddenly understood. He insisted on taking her out to dinner because he wanted to clear things up from last night, apologize, and make a clean break of it all, avoiding any future entanglement. So, he wasn't wrong after all.

She accepted his apology so lightly, which made him feel like it lacked sincerity, so he...

"Following up, "Lemon, is there anything I can do for you"

He asked sincerely, with a mindset of compensation.

For her, the most she wanted was for him not to say sorry, not to feel guilty. She preferred him to treat it as simple attraction between a man and a woman, a straightforward romance.

He asked so seriously and sincerely, if she said no, he would certainly not give up. So she smiled: "I'll tell you when I've thought it over."

"Okay."

Song Jing felt a wave of relief. If he could do something for her, it would ease his troubled mind.

After that, the two of them ate their meal peacefully but couldn't find any topic to talk about. Song Jingye was usually quiet, and before Chen Ling would usually start the conversation, but today she didn't take the initiative to find a topic, so Song Jingye had nothing to say either.

After dinner, the sky hadn't turned completely dark yet. When we came out of the restaurant, we realized that the mall next door was the same one where he had bought her bubble tea last time.

He asked again, "Would you like to have milk tea"

She smiled and refused: "I've just eaten, so I won't drink." Still polite and obedient, but with an added layer of formality.

Song Jingye had to send her home.

I apologized and made it clear that I was willing to do anything to make it up to her, but even after seeing her off and getting home, I still felt a heaviness in my heart.

The room had been thoroughly cleaned by the nanny, with fresh linens and not even a trace of the garbage left behind. Last night was like it had never happened.

His mother came in: "Went to find Xiao Ning"

"Um."

What are you going to do

"What to do"

You slept with me and now you're just going to walk away without taking responsibility

She didn't bring it up, and it was fine. But once she did, Song Jingye's face grew even colder: "Mom, you know better than anyone why that happened last night!"

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