"Yeah, ng ng and I are going to eat so sweets, so we’re busy."
"What? Could it be... Brother Shunyuan wants to join us?"
Yin ng squinted her eyes, blinking as she asked.
Su Xiaong listened to Yin ng’s tone, and it seed as if Bai Shunyuan nodded, she’d surely drag him along without hesitation, causing her heart to tremble.
She didn’t know why, but she was scared of Bai Shunyuan to this extent.
Bai Shunyuan glanced at Yin ng, feeling uncomfortable with her calling him "Brother Shunyuan."
"Why would a big guy like him eat sweets? Just hearing it sounds girly."
Su Xiaong said deliberately.
But before Bai Shunyuan could refute, Yin ng blinked and said, "Xiao ng, I didn’t know eating sweets makes a guy girly. You just don’t want to take Brother Shunyuan with you, right?"
Su Xiaong widened her eyes, looking at Yin ng, thinking this girl must’ve taken sothing wrong today. Hasn’t she had enough fun?
Yin ng held back her laughter, having a belly full of mischief.
"I don’t eat."
Bai Shunyuan said coldly.
Su Xiaong was slightly relieved hearing this, but before she could fully relax, Bai Shunyuan’s next sentence startled her.
"You shouldn’t go eat either."
Su Xiaong was stunned, unable to refute before Bai Shunyuan grabbed her.
"I have sothing to discuss with Xiao ng; if you want to eat sweets, go yourself."
Bai Shunyuan said to Yin ng and then dragged Su Xiaong away.
Yin ng blinked, chuckling, "No wonder Su Xiaong dislikes Bai Shunyuan; he’s just a bit too domineering."
Such a personality is suited for idol dramas, admired and obsessed by screenwriters and ignorant young girls under sixteen.
If placed in reality, it’s definitely a sign of low emotional intelligence and excessive self-centeredness, a flaw, which can be considered a character defect if severe.
Yin ng wasn’t bothered by their cousin-to-cousin bonding, so she opened WeChat and sent a ssage to her uncle:
My cousin stole my little aunt... so pitiful...
Yin ng sent a voice ssage, sounding pathetic.
Yin Shixiu listened, silent for a mont before replying with a few words:
You can try to steal her back.
—Haha, Uncle, wouldn’t that be bad?
—Does Bai Shunyuan know Xiao ng is his cousin?
Yin Shixiu typed this with so hesitation. He’s a sensitive person, and Yin ng is particularly perceptive.
—He definitely knows, otherwise why suddenly get so close to Xiao ng? As far as I know, Bai Shunyuan doesn’t even get this close with his girlfriend.
Yin ng said matter-of-factly, not realizing the subtle ambiguity in her uncle’s words.
But she didn’t know, far away in London, Yin Shixiu’s eyes darkened upon seeing Yin ng’s ssage...
After returning ho, the first thing he needed to verify was Bai Shunyuan.
—Alright, Uncle, I won’t chat with you much more. You must rember to bring Xiao ng Christmas gifts; she’s eagerly waiting.
—Alright.
Yin ng ended the chat with Yin Shixiu, then walked alone to the dessert shop at school.
After Bai Shunyuan dragged Su Xiaong out of the activities center, she felt quite unsettled.
"Bai Shunyuan! You’d better have sothing huge to discuss with , or else..."
"Can you not shout? The way you avoid , if I hadn’t forcibly dragged you, would you walk with ?"
Bai Shunyuan glared at her before releasing her wrist.
He continued forward, Su Xiaong rubbed her wrist, hesitating whether to follow—
"See, once I let go, you start scheming."
Bai Shunyuan didn’t even turn around, just spoke lightly, facing against her.
Su Xiaong scratched her head, provoked by his words and followed, "Who says that? Besides, soone as simple-minded as wouldn’t have sches to use, if anyone would sche, it might be you!"
Bai Shunyuan stuffed his hands in his coat pockets, glanced at Su Xiaong sideways, "Sches... even if I had them, they wouldn’t be directed at a married woman like you."
Listening to him hum, Su Xiaong suddenly laughed, "Bai Shunyuan, sotis you’re really childish."
"Your tone, actions, all quite juvenile, oh, and your thick eyebrows, from afar you kinda look like Shin-chan!"
"Stop laughing so much."
Bai Shunyuan’s tone suddenly turned cold, his words stiff.
"You’re controlling whether I laugh or cry?"
Su Xiaong frowned, "Seriously, within three sentences with you, I can’t seem to get to the point. What exactly did you pull out for?"
Bai Shunyuan glanced at her, speaking softly, "Did you forget? I said I particularly like those who laugh often, I just want to see how they look when crying!"
With this reminder, Su Xiaong rembered him saying such... baffling words before.
Considering it, Su Xiaong chose to stop arguing pointlessly with him.
Outside, it was chilly, the wind against Su Xiaong’s face, stinging painfully.
She shrank her neck.
Bai Shunyuan saw her move, took a shallow breath, removed his scarf and handed it to her, "Wrap it."
Su Xiaong shook her head, "No need, thank you."
Bai Shunyuan stopped in his tracks, and Su Xiaong blinked at him...
"You say I’m domineering, but I found that if I’m not a bit forceful and ask for your opinion gently, the response I get always leaves quite unhappy."
As he spoke, Bai Shunyuan took two steps forward and fiercely wrapped the scarf around her neck several tis!
For a mont, Su Xiaong almost thought Bai Shunyuan intended to strangle her.
After wrapping the scarf around her, he continued walking forward...
Su Xiaong looked at the scarf around her neck, feeling a bit awkward, but didn’t try to undo it. Instead, she caught up with Bai Shunyuan, speaking kindly, "You say the response you get always makes you unhappy, but don’t you think that being domineering makes others unhappy?"
"If, according to you, you’re just concerned about whether you feel good, then why do you need a response at all..."
"This is just how I am! Do you have any objections?"
Bai Shunyuan was very annoyed by her nagging and said with displeasure.
Su Xiaong rolled her eyes, fine, she didn’t say anything.
Bai Shunyuan took her to Wutong Avenue and into a small forest.
Su Xiaong knew that the small forest, with few people, was Bai Shunyuan’s "territory"...
"Why did you bring here?"
"You talk so much, you look pretty smart, so try to guess."
"Do you have to speak in such a sarcastic tone? Can’t you talk without being ironic?"
Su Xiaong took a deep breath, unable to understand how Bai Shunyuan’s character was ford.
The qualities that Uncle talks about are truly just Aunt’s privilege...
"Tomorrow is Christmas..."
Bai Shunyuan suddenly said.
"That’s obvious." Su Xiaong shrugged.
"As classmates, I’ll give you a Christmas gift."
"Whoops!"
Bai Shunyuan had just finished speaking when Su Xiaong nearly tripped over a tree root.
Bai Shunyuan’s heart skipped a beat, seeing that she didn’t fall and stood firmly, he imdiately scolded, "Can’t you even walk properly?!"
"Why are you yelling? If I fall, it’s who falls!"
"If you fall, am I just fine? I brought you out, if you get hurt, don’t I have to be responsible?"
"Who told you to say such strange things!"
"...What strange things?"
"What do you an by giving a Christmas gift? You give a Christmas gift for no reason, it makes really scared!"
Su Xiaong spoke frankly without holding back.
He dragged her out here forcefully, only to give her a birthday present.
Bai Shunyuan stood in front of her, looking at her seriously, "It’s not for no reason..."
Su Xiaong raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to continue.
Bai Shunyuan licked his lips...
"No way? Blushing?"
Seeing his fair skin flushed with a hint of pink, Su Xiaong couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
"Ahem, don’t overthink it, giving you a Christmas present is a way to apologize, didn’t I do so things before that made you hold a grudge?"
"Stop." Su Xiaong raised her hand to stop him in front of her eyes, "Bai Shunyuan, you can’t just lightly skip over this, you did so things... what things? Make hold a grudge? I’m not that petty to hold grudges over things that happened so long ago..."
Bai Shunyuan saw her smug expression, clearly pretending to be modest after gaining an advantage.
"Okay, then I’ll be frank, the first ti we t, I threatened you without distinguishing right from wrong, then kept bullying you, later dragged you to a KTV to sing, causing your mother-in-law to scold you..."
Su Xiaong crossed her arms, leisurely looking at Bai Shunyuan.
The winter sunlight around three o’clock shone through the layers of sycamore branches and fell on Bai Shunyuan’s handso face.
At this mont, Bai Shunyuan seed to overlap a little with the charm Uncle exuded, making people... feel a bit comfortable.
"All these things, I apologize."
Bai Shunyuan said lightly, perhaps one of the few tis in his life he proactively apologized.
He asked himself why he wanted to apologize to Su Xiaong?
Of course, it was his fault, that was undeniable, but he wasn’t soone who would apologize first just because he was wrong...
He thought for several days and ca to a conclusion.
Maybe... that’s how people are, when soone makes them feel a bit fond, they always hope she has a better impression of them.
Even soone like Bai Shunyuan, who normally doesn’t care about anyone’s opinion and follows a "supre self" ideology, would still care about the opinions of a select few.
"...Really?"
Su Xiaong raised an eyebrow and asked, her red lips slightly curled into a smile.
"Really."
Bai Shunyuan gave her an affirmative answer without hesitation.
Then he reached out his hand to Su Xiaong, saying, "Let’s get to know each other again. My na is Bai Shunyuan, and I’m twenty-two years old."
Su Xiaong looked at the hand stretched out in front of her, slowly started to smile, and raised her hand to pat his, "Why so formal, it makes embarrassed!"
"Though I know you’re apologizing mainly for Grandpa’s sake. Otherwise, I think with your domineering personality, why would you specifically co to apologize to ?"
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