Chapter 112: Because I’ve Been Thinking of You (1/2)

Cheng Xi didn’t expect that Cheng Yang’s reaction would be so extreme, and was unable to stop him from snatching the phone away.

“No, what’s the matter?” After quite a while, she recovered and looked at him as if she were looking at a headache. “Are you a two-timing bastard who’s cheating on someone?”

Cheng Yang was already feverishly inspecting his phone, and only felt a sense of relief wash over him when he confirmed that he’d kept the identity of that person secret, listing the name only as 001 on his phone.

Then, when he heard his sister’s words, he couldn’t help but want to vomit blood. “Am I that kind of person in your heart?”

Cheng Xi harrumphed. “Who knows?! That sentence was very problematic. What did she mean by ‘He sees you in broad daylight, but I can only hide in a corner?’ It sounds just like a line out of heart-rending drama! It’s as if you’ve swindled an innocent naive little girl, who, even though she knows that you already have a girlfriend, couldn’t bear to leave you. And in her grief, she silently became your mistress. And whenever she sees you going out with your actual girlfriend, she’s reminded that she can only hide in a corner and sneak glances at you, jealous and hurt.”

As she continued describing the setting in her head, she started to believe her words more and more. “You said that you went out to play cards with a friend, but who knows what you were actually doing? And why was your phone even here? You must’ve arranged dates with both of them at the same time, and since you couldn’t go to both at once, you had no other choice but to throw your phone aside!”

She accused him with such absolute conviction, it was enough to make Cheng Yang angry enough to laugh. “You can really make things up!”

He was a proficient liar, unlike Cheng Xi. Cheng Xi would only lie if she had to, and she even preferred to awkwardly remain silent. Cheng Yang, however, could lie to anyone and everyone without a single hint of guilt or remorse when he did so.

“Please, stop trying to make me out as some kind of two-timer. The guy who texted me is crazy, and he’s always pestering me endlessly for some reason or another because he thinks that everyone around him is a love rival. Who knows where he saw me, and what kind of craziness he has going on in his mind?”

As he spoke, Cheng Xi fixed her gaze on him. His expression was very calm. Back when Cheng Xi had been studying psychoanalysis, she had frequently practiced it on him. So, although he couldn’t analyze someone else as shrewdly as she did, he could at least cover up his tells quite well.

Unfortunately, he was up against Cheng Xi.

After he finished his spiel, Cheng Xi said, “Hmm, it doesn’t seem like you’re lying. I’ll believe you.”

Cheng Yang relaxed at her placid words. Cheng Xi then casually asked, “Did you drive over by yourself yesterday?”

Cheng Yang was flummoxed by the seemingly random question, and he reflexively nodded and answered, saying, “Yup.”

He thought that he had dodged a bullet, but then he suddenly heard Cheng Xi say, “You’re lying.”

Cheng Yang automatically rebutted, “What do you mean I’m lying? I clearly drove here alone……” As he continued to look at Cheng Xi, he fell silent before becoming flustered and exasperated. “Cheng Xi, stop doing this to me!”

Cheng Xi smiled. “You didn’t deny it, did you? Lying so naturally like that……” As Cheng Xi’s words trailed off, she stopped smiling. Then, her tone turned severe as she castigated him. “Brother, to me, you’ve always been a good man. I think that you’re a very capable person, so don’t do something that’ll make me look down upon you, okay? Earlier, I even had to tell someone else that there were two guiding principles that one should always follow to maintain their humanity: not take money you shouldn’t take, and not reciprocate feelings you shouldn’t reciprocate. Loving someone and receiving that person’s love in turn, generously and under broad daylight, is a form of respect to that person, and also a form of respect to yourself.”

“Alright, alright.” Once she started morally lecturing him, Cheng Yang couldn’t stand her anymore. In defeat, he mumbled, “I know what I’m doing.”

But he still didn’t confess to anything.

Cheng Xi sighed, wanting to say more. But before she could do so, Cheng Yang started the car and preemptively said, “I’m driving. I can’t be distracted right now, so I can’t talk to you.”

It was a total refusal to communicate. Helpless, Cheng Xi could only ignore him for the moment, taking solace in the thought that she would have a proper chat with him later.

Later, she would be busy, so busy that she forgot all about this conversation. And when she finally remembered… At that time, Cheng Xi would wish that Cheng Yang had merely been a two-timing bastard.

When they returned home, it was already way past midnight, and Cheng Xi’s parents had fallen asleep as soon as the new year arrived. Cheng Xi herself was similarly exhausted, and fell asleep right after she finished washing up.

However, despite how tired she was, she started thinking of Lu Chenzhou even as she tried to sleep, the image of his white and flawless skin creeping into her mind. She became so gloomy over it that she rolled about a few times in bed, hatefully pounded on her bed, and resolved to herself that, next time, she would tell him again that casually undressing himself and revealing his naked body was too unacceptable!

And so, during the first night of the fresh new year, Dr. Cheng, who led a sunny life and rarely had any sexual desires, had a very embarrassing dream. It was almost pornographically obscene, and when she was woken up by her mother in the morning, she almost yelled out, “You hoodlum!”