Fu Si saw that Tang Li had no reaction, took a quick glance at her, and continued speaking: "Actually, I’ve been wanting to tell you since before the New Year, but you were away filming and not in the Capital. Now that you’re back, I feel I can’t drag this out any longer; it’s time you understood my feelings."
Reaching this point, he licked his thin lips: "I know I haven’t been ambitious before, and I left a bad impression on you. I’ll be finishing my studies this semester and will be interning at my family’s company. I’ll work hard, and if you ever run into any issues in the entertainment industry, I might be of some help."
Tang Li didn’t beat around the bush. After stopping in her tracks, she looked at Fu Si and said, "Thank you for your feelings, but I already have someone I like, and moreover, we’re already together."
Fu Si was a bit taken aback, clearly not expecting this outcome.
But... Tang Li was single before.
"When did this happen?"
Tang Li told the truth: "Not long ago."
"With the male actor you filmed with?"
Tang Li paused for a few seconds before saying: "I won’t be with a male entertainer from the entertainment circle."
"Could it be the director of your crew?"
Fu Si felt that he had guessed correctly. Tang Li spent all her time on the set, and there weren’t many men she interacted with. Apart from male actors, she spent the most time with the director, becoming increasingly disheartened: "Do you really like that old guy?"
All Tang Li could do was explain: "It’s not the director."
"It’s someone I knew before." Tang Li, worried that she wouldn’t make things clear and would leave him with a lingering unease—since Song Baiyan was still Fu Si’s uncle and they would inevitably interact in the future—she organized her words and began: "He was the first person to help me when I came to the Capital. I liked him first and I confessed to him. Because I was young, he rejected me several times until recently, when he agreed to be with me."
Fu Si asked, his voice tinged with melancholy: "Is he much older than you?"
"He’s just a bit older than me."
"You like him, but does he like you?"
Fu Si struggled internally, unable to contain himself: "You’ve also said that you confessed, what if he doesn’t genuinely like you and only compromised to be with you because he couldn’t resist your persistence?"
"That would still be my choice." Tang Li’s hands were in her hoodie pockets, touching her iPhone X, her expression grew softer: "I am certain he feels differently about me, even if being with me is only a compromise for him. When it comes to this matter, the fact that he could compromise shows that he’s not entirely without feelings for me."
With that, she met Fu Si’s eyes: "Unless something unexpected happens, I plan to marry him."
"Whether he wants to marry me or not, at least that’s what I believe in my heart. Aside from him, I won’t be with anyone else."
Fu Si felt as if he could hear the sound of his own heart breaking. For the first time in his life, Tang Li was the girl he wanted to date and even marry. Lately, he had even started to quit gaming, seeing how hard Tang Li worked, he wanted to study properly too, striving to become a man who would be worthy of her.
But Tang Li already belonged to another.
"Is he that good?" Fu Si couldn’t help but ask.
"I don’t know how he is with others, but he’s really good to me. I am certain, he is the most suitable person for me in this world."
Fu Si completely gave up hope.
Tang Li looked at him again and said: "Even though you can be a bit unbearable at times, I do like you a little. It’s unrelated to romantic feelings, kind of like... how a sister feels about a brother. I hope you can understand."