Sheng Ning’an struggled to level his breathing, and when he stood up, he still felt his legs were somewhat weak and shaky.
Fortunately, Xu Weiran was there in time to support him, preventing him from falling.
Seeing this, Xu Weiran couldn’t help but let out a low chuckle, and Sheng Ning’an’s face instantly flushed red. He glared at him fiercely, pushed him away, and walked out, saying, "No need to see me out, I can walk back by myself."
Xu Weiran hurriedly grabbed her, pulling her back into his arms, and said, "I was wrong, I shouldn’t have laughed at you. Don’t be angry now, you’re not pretty when you’re angry!"
Sheng Ning’an: "If you want me to not be angry, there’s a way, you must say, ’Princess, please forgive me!’"
Xu Weiran curled the corners of his lips and obediently said, "Princess, please forgive me!" His voice intentionally rising at the end with a hint of flirtation.
Sheng Ning’an: "Cough, alright, I’m not that petty, I forgive you."
Just as the two were leaving, the door opposite them happened to open at the same time. Li Jingjing, caught between stepping out or retreating, didn’t know what to do.
But in the end, she still pushed the door open and came out.
She gave a stiff smile and nodded at them.
Sheng Ning’an also smiled back.
Subsequently, the three of them entered the elevator together.
Li Jingjing felt that this must be the most awkward moment in life.
Sheng Ning’an took the opportunity to take a good look at her and realized the young lady was quite pretty.
She was holding a Jing University bag, clearly a student from Jing University.
Upon exiting the elevator, Sheng Ning’an looked at Xu Weiran and asked, "Do you ever regret getting together with me?"
"There are so many beauties at Jing University, they’re all smarter than me, better than me. I’m just younger than them." The two differed in age, education, and experience; maybe she wasn’t his best choice.
Though young and pretty, her intelligence was just average, nowhere near comparable to the brilliant beauties of Jing University.
"Who says that? In my eyes, you are the best," Xu Weiran said. "Besides, I’m looking for a girlfriend, not a laboratory partner. Whether they’re smart or outstanding, that’s not what I’m concerned with."
"Then what are you concerned with?" Sheng Ning’an pressed on.
Xu Weiran looked at her, "It’s the compatibility of souls, the resonance of emotions, the feeling of my heart skipping a beat when I see her, and that to me, she is irreplaceable." In these years, many girls have been around him—possibly not a hundred, but certainly eighty—yet only this girl sparked his interest outside of the laboratory.
He had the urge to see her, to get to know her, to get close to her!
He didn’t know before, but at the moment she suggested they date, he realized that was what liking someone felt like.
It turned out there was something more attractive to him than experiments in this world.
Xu Weiran: "Moreover, you’re much better than you think. You’re young, beautiful, from a good family... In contrast, I’m so much older than you. And I’m always busy in the lab, not even having time to be with you. The person who should worry is me!"
"So I’m this good in your eyes?" Sheng Ning’an couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing this.
Xu Weiran held her hand tightly, fingers intertwining as he said, "It’s not that you’re good in my heart, but that you are genuinely good. Otherwise, why would your Young Uncle disagree with us being together? Isn’t it because he thinks I’m not good enough for you?"
"If you put it that way, it seems about right!" After all, except for being less intelligent than him, she didn’t feel inferior to anyone else in any way.