51 Aunt Flo Will Be Here in Just a Few Days (2/2)
Grabbing her by the arm, Long Tianze said, ”We're somehow related now, don't you want to see me?”
Related?
”Who's related to you? Cut the nonsense,” retorted Mei Yangyang, recalling the passionate kiss from that night.
”You, of course. Why are you so quick to deny your actions?”
She should have been the one saying that!
”I finally understand what it means for one to be shameless. You were the one who forced a kiss on me, why are you turning the arrow against me instead?” said Mei Yangyang with her chin raised.
”Little lass, why don't we become boyfriend and girlfriend?” asked Long Tianze as he leaned closer towards her.
”What do I stand to gain from that?”
”Hahaha… There's plenty to gain. So would you like to?” he asked after letting out a bizarre laughter.
”No. Why are you here?” Mei Yangyang asked as she took a seat.
”To look for you, of course.” Leaning against the counter with his eyes fixed on her, he continued, ”Why else do you think I'm here?”
”To look for me… for what?”
”To take responsibility for me.”
”Seems you've gotten it wrong. I should be the one saying that,” said Mei Yangyang with a grimace, in disbelief of what she had just heard.
”No, you stole my first kiss and so you have to be responsible for your actions.”
At that instant, Mei Yangyang felt that she was wrong about him previousl. She would have never expected him to be someone like that in reality. ”You were clearly the one who kissed me first! Besides, that was my first kiss too! Don't be shameless, alright? I know that wasn't your first kiss!” she exclaimed.
”Oh, turns out it was your first kiss too? Just right, we happened to give our first kiss to each other. Seems like we have to take responsibility for each other then.”
Mei Yangyang was speechless. She felt like she could not communicate with him at all.
”Why aren't you talking?”
”I don't want a boyfriend who is in love with another woman. Besides, it's just a kiss. As a female, I don't even let it bother me, so a man like you shouldn't either. Quit complaining.”
She seemed to be calling him petty. The smile on Long Tianze's face widened — he found her to be different from other girls, who would have definitely agreed.
She was not like them at all.
”Alright, we won't be a couple then. How about just friends?”
”Okay. I've agreed, so you can leave now.”
”Give me your number.”
”1234567891011.”
With a slight squint, he said while remaining calm and composed, ”Do you take me for a fool? I'm being serious.”
He proceeded to leave only after Mei Yangyang had blurted her actual phone number upon noticing that a customer had entered.
Long Tianze had begun to think that he had found that kiss to be rather special and different only because he had been feeling lonely and empty. He had wanted the kiss to happen again, but he was not expecting to be rejected.
——
Having seen that Chi Rui'er had been sick for a few consecutive days with no signs of recovery, Jin Qingyan questioned the doctor about his treatment. Feeling wronged, the doctor answered, ”Her fever had clearly gone down, but strangely, it came back again the day after. I'm not sure why that happened either.”
”If you can't even treat a simple cold, why would I need you here?” Jin Qingyan chastised.
”I'll try my best.” The doctor was startled by Jin Qingyan's animosity and hurriedly proceeded to prepare some medicine.
Jin Qingyan moved closer towards Chi Rui'er and said, ”You look so wan and sallow after a few days of being sick. Get well soon.”
”Qingyan, I'm feeling so cold,” said Chi Rui'er while she boldly went ahead to hold his hand.
”But the heater in the room is on, and you're wrapped beneath the blanket. Are you still cold?”
With a nod, she answered, ”Yes.”
”You're running such a high fever, no doubt you'd be cold.”A euphemism for a woman's period.