Chapter 704: Chapter 701: Swimming (1)
“I’m sorry.” Suddenly, Bo Yan said in a muffled voice.
Xia Siyu turned her head to look at him, and his eyes were full of remorse.
He didn’t know she had been through all this. Now, looking back, he realized their relationship had begun to sour when Xia Sicai came to the school to look for him.
Xia Siyu wouldn’t cause a scene, and he never felt he had mistreated his girlfriend. Although Sicai was close, he had always regarded her only as a friend and had never been ambiguous with her. The problem wasn’t just closeness with someone else, even Wu Di, but specifically with Sicai.
“At that time, I didn’t know about your relationship with Sicai, so I didn’t avoid her either. But I assure you, I’ve never wronged you,” he said. If it were the other way around, if Siyu had continued to associate with Bo Yi while dating him, he would have been unable to bear it too.
“Mm,” Siyu simply nodded. Those days were in the past, and she wasn’t someone who liked to dredge up old grievances. Now, she and Bo Yan were natural allies. If it weren’t for being destined to stand opposite Bo Yi and Sicai, she wouldn’t have dared to fall for him.
Bo Yan shifted his body closer to her. He propped up his head with one arm while lying on his side and gently smoothed her disheveled hair with the other hand. His fingers grazed her cheek, making her eyes gleam brightly.
“I don’t want to recite sweet nothings, and I don’t think vows are that important. But from now on, I will try hard to work towards the same direction as you, whether it’s in our careers or family life. As for everything else, we’ll leave it to fate.”
Love isn’t a reliable foundation for a relationship—common interests are. She and Bo Yan shared the same interests and enemies, which was the basis for their marriage. As long as they shared the same interests, it would be hard for a couple to fall apart. Just like her parents, who lacked common interests; even if they stayed together, they were nothing but a resentful couple.
Of course, if love were part of the equation, that would be even better.
“I believe you,” Siyu said. For the present Siyu, trust was more important than love.
With those simple four words, Bo Yan’s lips curled into a smile. He inched closer again, this time not propping up his forehead with his arm, but wrapping it around her head, allowing her to rest against his arm as his fingers gently weaved through her hair at the back of her head.
Siyu obediently snuggled closer and rubbed her head against his arm to find a comfortable position, “Let’s sleep.”
And then she fell asleep within a second.
The time was just past eleven, early for night owls, but late for those who had to get up early for filming.
But Bo Yan wasn’t concerned; he had eaten his fill today, indulging in foods like lamb kidneys and oysters with chives, which left him feeling rather frisky.
But Siyu was already asleep, and she slept so sweetly that, more than blatant communication, tonight’s quiet talk had pleased him even more.
Perhaps their start hadn’t been all that glorious, beginning with the physical aspect. But now, they were gradually adding trust, aspirations, and love to their relationship.
In the near future, they should be just like any other loving couple in the world.
That day shouldn’t be too far away.
The next day, having had a good night’s sleep and having spoken her mind, Siyu was visibly more relaxed and in a better state than the day before. Even the gray shadows under her eyes from overindulging the night before had disappeared.
Apart from being less light-footed due to eating more, she was practically a schoolgirl.
Today’s main filming was still at the high school, taking advantage of the weekend when the students were off to get the outdoor scenes shot quickly.
On Monday, they moved to a new location, a swimming pool, to shoot a scene where the male and female characters take swimming lessons.