Luo Yufang, Shen Chi, and Lin Xiaoguai couldn’t help but widen their eyes.
Shen Chi squinted his eyes and said, "Who is it?"
Shen Xiu pursed her lips and replied, "He’s an orthopedic doctor from our hospital, six years older than me, named Cheng Jiahui."
"Is it unrequited love?" Lin Xiaoguai frowned and probed.
Shen Xiu shook her head, "He had said he liked me, but..." She looked somewhat aggrieved as she said, "At that time, I was too embarrassed to respond to him. I wanted to wait until the next day to agree to date him, but then he started ignoring me."
Lin Xiaoguai raised an eyebrow, "At that time, Luo Ming hadn’t come looking for you?" It wasn’t hard to see that Luo Ming was a calculating man; she didn’t think he would just watch Xiuer get close to another man.
"He did come to pick me up after work." After a pause, Shen Xiu added, "At that time he also gave me a scarf, and I couldn’t refuse it."
"Did Cheng Jiahui see that?" It was Shen Chi who spoke at this moment.
Shen Xiu nodded, then continued, "But I explained to Cheng Jiahui that Luo Ming was just a former teacher of mine."
Lin Xiaoguai sighed, "And then? Weren’t you planning to agree to date him?"
"But he ignored me, I..." Shen Xiu’s face flushed.
Lin Xiaoguai could see that her pride had been hurt.
"Silly girl," Luo Yufang shook her head and said, "It’s not that he was ignoring you, but rather he thought you and Luo Ming were a couple and was being considerate."
Seeing Shen Xiu about to object, she continued, "You never directly told him that you weren’t dating Luo Ming. He saw you accept Luo Ming’s scarf, could you blame him for misunderstanding?"
"Xiuer, remember grandma’s words, it’s not a bad thing to be thin-skinned, but you must never take things you shouldn’t. About Luo Ming giving you gifts, even if you can’t verbally refuse him, it would be better to throw the gift back at him and run away than to accept it unwillingly. How would others see it? And what would Luo Ming think?"
Lin Xiaoguai couldn’t help nodding in agreement, having experienced something similar herself. After her divorce from Shen Chi, she had had no shortage of admirers, and being thin-skinned, she couldn’t refuse their kindness. If they were also reticent, it was fine, but facing a smooth-talker, she would carelessly accept their gifts, resulting in a lot of trouble. Until one day, a man claimed to be her boyfriend in front of her colleagues without her consent, which truly infuriated her. From then on, she learned to refuse people’s kindness promptly.
"What should I do?" Shen Xiu asked somewhat frantically. "Does he no longer like me? Will he think I’m an indecent girl?"
Seeing her look so helpless, Lin Xiaoguai couldn’t help but laugh, "Your misunderstanding stems from a lack of communication. Any mistake that doesn’t involve principles, as long as it’s addressed with an honest and heartfelt apology, can be forgiven."
"And..." Lin Xiaoguai winked, "If you can express your feelings for him truthfully, I believe that no matter how serious your mistakes, he will forgive you."
"Of course, you need to act quickly, after all, this world is not short of nice girls. Who knows if another girl might catch his attention?"
Hearing this, a previously hesitant Shen Xiu suddenly firmed her resolve and nodded, "I’ll go find him this afternoon."
At crucial moments, this girl still possessed her mother’s decisiveness.
Shen Chi and Lin Xiaoguai walked one after the other towards the yard; suddenly, Shen Chi, who was walking behind Lin Xiaoguai, whispered in her ear, "When will you be able to express your feelings for me truthfully?"
His voice was very soft, with a faint teasing tone, causing Lin Xiaoguai’s body to stiffen, her face filled with blush.
"What are you talking about..." she glared at him breathlessly, her steps becoming erratic as she hurried into the yard.
Shen Chi didn’t take it to heart, nor did he press her.
But for Lin Xiaoguai, the whole day was not easy. She constantly felt as if Shen Chi’s gaze was following her everywhere, putting immense pressure on her.
That evening, Lin Xiaoguai let out an involuntary sigh of relief, only for reality to quickly remind her that she had relaxed too soon.
In their nightly encounter, the naked man and woman intertwined closely, their flushed skin and fine sweat testifying to their current state—one eager for action, the other longing for rain. Shen Chi’s kisses landed delicately and densely on her, sparking flames, yet he always stopped short of consummating, his rough fingertips leisurely gliding over the cherished skin beneath him.
"Wanwan, can you tell me?" he murmured, licking Lin Xiaoguai’s ear, his low and seductive voice causing the person beneath him to shiver.
"What?" Lin Xiaoguai’s eyes were hazy, her body and mind under the control of the man above her.