Yan Jingxing felt dizzy and his face turned red and hot.
"I, I, you...you..."
He stuttered and couldn't even finish a complete sentence.
Xie Yuzhi originally mustered up all her courage to kiss him and look at him like this, but when she saw the other person's expression of being shocked and speechless, she instead burst into laughter. The tense heartstrings suddenly relaxed.
"You have become so powerful, and you act like this when something happens. Isn't it very shameful?"
This is not an ordinary thing for me...
Yan Jingxing thought to himself.
However, he was different now from before. His restless heart settled in his chest, and all unnecessary worries were like dust, dissipated with a gentle blow.
"Okay, so you understand, right? My feelings are genuine, but on this basis, I think we need some kind of more realistic agreement to confirm and protect this relationship."
The blush on the girl's jade cheeks was like a cloud of clouds. She touched her cherry-colored lips with her fingers, which glowed with a moist luster, and her eyes twinkled slightly.
"Or you..." She paused for a moment before her voice suddenly dropped, "Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot to ask you for your answer in advance."
Xie Yuzhi lowered her eyes, and the shadow cast by her thick eyelashes blocked her sight, making it difficult for people to see her eyes clearly. This slight movement was surprisingly effective, and her temperament changed drastically, as if she was trapped in an instant. Feelings of sentimentality and uneasiness.
"Maybe I'm just being sentimental...? Jing Xing, you actually don't like-"
The girl's tone hesitated, and her tone became low and ethereal.
As he listened, Yan Jingxing's heart suddenly tightened.
"Of course I like you-!"
He didn't hesitate and shouted quickly.
……ah.
He didn't react until the moment the words came out of his mouth.
It seemed like it was said casually.
Is this your first confession?
He originally thought that he should be more serious and solemn, at least he had to go through a mental struggle and organize the language before he could say it, but he was slightly stimulated and shouted it out.
However, Miss Xie had already taken the initiative to confess her love to her first and even kissed her, so——
Yan Jingxing thought to himself, and then he saw the girl in front of him raise her head, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and her smile a little cunning, as if she had known he would say this.
It felt like "the clouds passed away and the rain fell" all of a sudden... It would be better to say that she did not fall into the depression he imagined at all, it was just the illusion given by the series of actions just now.
Too. How could Miss Xie be so fragile and sensitive?
"...Did you do this on purpose?"
Yan Jingxing asked helplessly.
"Haha." Miss Xie laughed happily, "If I hadn't stimulated you like this, I don't know when I would have heard you say 'I like'. I took the initiative to confess to you, and so did you You have to respond, right?"
"Are you so sure that I must like you?"
Even at this point, Yan Jingxing still felt a little unconvinced and couldn't help but ask.
"Of course." The eldest lady raised her chin slightly, with pride in her eyes, "There is no one in this world who doesn't like me."
These words shouldn't be called confidence, but arrogance, but when they came out of Miss Xie's mouth, they seemed natural and calm.
Yan Jingxing was completely convinced. He scratched the back of his head and replied.
"You're right, I like you."
It's better not to think about some things. Once you think about it, you can easily come to the conclusion that this is how he feels about Yuzhi.
He didn't notice it at first until his uncle brought up the topic - once he thought in this direction, the eldest lady's face began to appear in his fantasy, which made him feel very distressed.
If this emotion hadn't driven him, Yan Jingxing wouldn't have been so anxious about meeting Xie Yuzhi today.
"So, you agreed?"
"What? What consent..."
"Of course it's about the engagement."
"It always feels a little rushed." Yan Jingxing said hesitantly, "Should it be better to discuss it with the adults at home first?"
"Whose opinion should I ask?"
The girl tilted her head slightly and looked at him with confusion.
"Isn't it okay as long as we like each other? Since we like each other, we have to think about being together; and once a man and a woman truly want to be together forever, marriage is their end, right?"
Why do you say it as if you are in a grave?
However, when Yan Jingxing came to his senses, he found that he had been gradually convinced.
Although he was a little caught off guard, considering that the most important purpose of his coming was to confirm Miss Xie's thoughts.
Now he had an answer, and it was a better answer than he had expected...and a truer, heavier answer.
"I understand, let's make a marriage contract."
Yan Jingxing finally nodded in agreement.
"Um!"
The corners of Xie Yuzhi's mouth raised happily. This time her smile was not as reassuring and calm as usual, but more pure joy.
*
On the seaside in summer, the dazzling sunshine and the gentle breeze from the water exuding a faint fishy smell are blocked by the mountains and lush forests.
Under the scorching sun, in the cave blocked by emerald-green ivy, the hanging drop of water finally fell from the tip of the stalactite.
Yan Jingxing and Xie Yuzhi made an agreement to become an unmarried couple half an hour ago, when they were fourteen years old and still junior high school students. Moreover, it was the initiative of the two children themselves. This kind of thing said It will definitely be scary when you go out...
However, this subversive change in the relationship does not seem to have much impact on them themselves.
After agreeing on a time and method to announce the matter with their family members and putting the matter on the agenda, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief in unison.
Miss Xie started to pick up the rag and bucket again, cleaning and tidying up the place, while Yan Jingxing helped.
To be honest, until now, he still has a very unreal feeling.
"It feels so sudden."
After working for a while, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Um?"
"I mean, when did you start preparing? It always feels like..."
He had no idea about this before. Among the three of them, Miss Xie was indeed the most mature and the first to understand.
"Is it sudden?"
Xie Yuzhi stopped cleaning. After thinking for a while, she answered softly.
"It may look like this from your perspective, but I am very determined..."
However, her decision was indeed very quick, because it came with great force and was unstoppable.
"Do you still remember that you sneaked into the warehouse alone? Ji Chunzao called the predator king and set off a storm, but you failed to escape. At that time, I really thought you were dead."
As long as she recalled what happened at that time, the pain in the girl's chest would surge up vividly, like a scar imprinted deep in her heart.
Just like the dull joint pain that occurs every rainy weather, this pain will probably be with her for the rest of her life, even to such an unforgettable level——
From that moment on, Xie Yuzhi had realized how much weight the boy named Yan Jingxing held in her heart.
Although she is still young and has a long future ahead, she is sure that she can no longer hold the second person in her heart.
Pain that is so heavy that it is difficult to breathe is often closely related to emotions that go deep into the bone marrow.
In this case, why should she hesitate?
"It turns out that was then..."
Yan Jingxing recalled that at that time, he was fighting for the body and was in a state of activated warrior instinct most of the time. He actually had no time to think about other things.
But in fact, while he was running around, on that too noisy night, Chunzao and Yuzhi were also experiencing everything that could change them...
…
It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly thought of something.
——Where is the spring algae? What should she do?
The three of them have always acted together, and they will probably do the same in the future, because they have a common goal and each inherited different "superpowers" from alien planets.
But if two of them make an engagement and agree to fall in love and get married together in the future...
How will this news affect the remaining person?
For some reason, he always felt unreasonably worried.
After all, should I talk to Chun Zao about this? No, even if she doesn't tell her, she will know sooner or later, and she really shouldn't hide it——
"——There will be no impact."
When Yan Jingxing raised this question, Xie Yuzhi's answer was very decisive.
"Do you think our current situation is different from before?"
"...It seems that there really isn't."
Yan Jingxing thought for a while and could only come to this conclusion.
"I think so too. So don't worry. Just tell her when the time comes."
As a result, this worry just flashed through his mind without causing any splash.
(End of chapter)
