Chapter 246 (1/2)

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Yukira_

The two didn’t speak with each other until the server brought the dishes.

Delicacies filled the table, the scenery outside was still scenic and picturesque, but Jiang Chen thought the food tasted bland.

The red lips were chewing reservedly, so it was a tad unfortunate that not a single word came out. Although Xia s.h.i.+yu’s blush had receded, her gaze remained glue on the food on the table. The somewhat stiff expression appearing as though she was avoiding his sight.

Just as Jiang Chen was about to say something to break the silence, Xia s.h.i.+yu suddenly spoke.

“Am I really boring? With her head bowed, she asked in a barely distinguishable voice.

“How could that be?”

Jiang Chen was used to Xia s.h.i.+yu’s aloofness, so he did not mind her being cold. If she suddenly became talkative one day, Jiang Chen would feel surprised.

“Really?” she said in what seemed to be in disbelief.

“Why do you ask?” Jiang Chen could not help but ask.

“If there’s a gathering, everytime I speak, it would result in a silenced crowd,” Xia s.h.i.+yu uttered in total bewilderment.

While he didn’t know why she would bring this up such situation, Jiang Chen trod carefully when he phrased his words, “Perhaps…it was because of your temperament?”

“Temperament?” Xia s.h.i.+yu lifted her head looking confused, staring at Jiang Chen’s eyes.

“Just like a pristine flower in the snowy mountain, gorgeous but can only be appreciated from afar.” Because it was extremely hard to approach, so some chose to stay away.

“Are you saying that in the…perspective of the opposite gender?” Xia s.h.i.+yu murmured.

“That’s right.”

“What about the same gender?”

“It’s probably due to jealousy.”

Jiang Chen’s response made Xia s.h.i.+yu’s calm heart sped up again.

“Then what about you?” overwhelmed by indescribable emotions, she haphazardly asked this blunt question.

“… That’s hard to answer. Say, aren’t we supposed to be on a blind date? Why do you have to talk about such a serious topic?” Jiang Chen quipped.

“Then…do you want to marry me?”

Jiang Chen was utterly astonished.

[Does this count as a confession?]

Towards this unexpected confession, he was not mentally prepared at all.

He originally thought with Xia s.h.i.+yu reserved att.i.tude, this issue would drag on for a long time before it actually came out in the open.

Moreover, he didn’t think her confession would be so straightforward.

“Don’t one discuss marriage after dating?” Jiang Chen gave a wry smile.

Xia s.h.i.+yu’s face turned red and with her head buried, she admitted, “No one has taught me this.”

The coyness in her expression was a rare sight to see.

“Didn’t you date before?’ Jiang Chen sighed, feeling helpless.

“That doesn’t count,” Xia s.h.i.+yu promptly rejected the idea.

“Then what does it count for?”

“Perhaps… just a failed attempt.” Because she was curious about how dating felt like, knowing that she could not stay single for the rest of her life, and due to myriad other reasons, she accepted someone she didn’t like but who pursued her for the longest time.

And even she was aware that that strained relations.h.i.+p was not a sign of love.

The only thing she didn’t expect was that he eventually betrayed her merely because she didn’t want to be intimate with him. Did he only pursue her is just so he could do that kind of thing with her?

Just like Jiang Chen had thought, her emotional maturity was not directly proportional to her success in her career. Rather than calling it pure, it was more naïve.