Meng Chu’s heart suddenly burned fiercely when she heard this.
What could be happier than having the person you like understand your feelings?
She stood in place looking at Cheng Jinyu.
Her mind was still dizzy, but the corners of her mouth rose first, revealing a smile.
If before she had still not been able to confirm, not dared to confirm his feelings.
Now, what was there left that she dared not confirm?
He should also like her.
Meng Chu actually did not feel too surprised deep down.
After all, she could feel that Cheng Jinyu was essentially the same kind of person as her.
They both had a strong sense of distance and would not easily open their hearts to anyone.
Unless that person was the one he liked.
As early as when Cheng Jinyu did one thing after another for her, Meng Chu should have noticed.
It was just that she was also liking someone for the first time.
She was afraid that what she faced was only Cheng Jinyu’s sense of responsibility.
So she could not help wanting to be more cautious.
She even deliberately played some little tricks in front of him. Perhaps he saw through all of them.
Thinking of this, not only was Meng Chu’s heart warm, now her ears burned too.
But the curve at the corners of her mouth never fell.
She could not tell whether she was more happy or more excited.
She just felt her chest swelling, as if filled to the brim.
Those emotions she had never experienced before were now occupying her heart bit by bit.
“Let’s go home first,” Cheng Jinyu saw her standing obediently in place, and his heart softened unbearably.
As soon as he spoke, his voice sounded so deep it could drip water.
Meng Chu listened to his voice brushing past her ears.
Even her gaze, which had not been shy before, did not know where to rest.
Only then did she realize that she was not the only one affected.
He was the same.
“Mm,” Meng Chu still responded softly.
Then she wanted to step toward the car by the roadside.
But Meng Chu seemed to remember something, and she looked up into the distance.
The long-handled umbrella Cheng Jinyu had thrown on the ground earlier had now been blown far away by the wind.
She thought for a moment, then asked, “That umbrella, do you still want it?”
“Wait here a moment,” Cheng Jinyu instructed in a low voice.
Then he quickly walked toward that umbrella, looking like he still intended to keep it.
Meng Chu watched him brave the heavy rain to go pick up the umbrella, and almost laughed out loud.
Cheng Jinyu probably never thought he would have such a bedraggled moment in his life.
But when Cheng Jinyu brought the umbrella back, fortunately, when it had been blown away, the canopy had stayed facing upward.
The inside had not been rained on.
So when he came back holding the umbrella, he directly reached out and pulled Meng Chu under it.
He placed one hand on Meng Chu’s shoulder, and his whole body blocked most of the cold wind blowing in at an angle for her.
On an early autumn night with heavy rain, it should have been terribly cold.
Yet Meng Chu could not feel the slightest chill.
Even after getting into the car, Meng Chu still felt as if she were in a dream.
After all, before she had sneaked out to buy rings, she had never expected that tonight, of all nights, would bring something she had never imagined.
At that moment, Cheng Jinyu had already started the car.
The heavy rain blurred the windshield into one sheet, and the wipers began sweeping continuously.
There were rarely so few vehicles on the road.
Meng Chu still could not help reminding him, “The rain is too heavy. Drive a little slower.”
Cheng Jinyu, who had been single-mindedly rushing home, immediately slowed down.
The whole city was shrouded in heavy rain.
As someone who had lived in Jiangnan for years, Meng Chu was no stranger to such rain, especially during the Meiyu Season every year, when endless rain dampened the entire city.
She had never really liked rainy days before, because they were troublesome.
Whether taking a taxi or the subway, she would end up drenched all over.
But after tonight, her memories of rain had gained such an intense and burning passage.
What lingered by her ears was the sound of falling rain, but in her heart were the ambiguous, fierce wet sounds of kissing.
Meng Chu tried her best to control her gaze, afraid she would give in and turn to look at Cheng Jinyu.
After all, he was still driving.
Especially on a rainy day like this, when accidents were most likely.
She turned her head to look out the window, but the street scene outside had already been blurred by the rain; she could not see a bit of it.
Inside the sealed car, the crackling of rain hitting the body sounded like surround sound, following them all the way.
Neither of them spoke.
It was not until the car drove into the Community and entered the underground garage passage that the sound of rain pounding on the car vanished in an instant.
The sound that had been surrounding them at 360 degrees was suddenly shut out.
So much so that Meng Chu suddenly heard her own breathing.
Surprisingly
Even after so long, her emotions had still not completely settled.
The car stopped in the parking space. Meng Chu unfastened her seatbelt and picked up the bag in her hand.
Cheng Jinyu also got out. He locked the car and walked straight over, reaching out naturally and casually to take the hand of Meng Chu’s that was not holding anything.
In this state, she also felt a sense of admiration.
How could he adapt so easily?
The two entered the Elevator and went straight Home.
When they entered the entryway, Meng Chu was about to reach out to turn on the entryway light.
But just as she raised her hand, she was.
“What’s wrong?” Meng Chu turned to look at him.
Cheng Jinyu stood beside her, tilting his head slightly. “Do you remember what we were interrupted doing here just now?”
Interrupted what?
Meng Chu was stunned for a moment and could not recall for a while.
“Before that phone call,” Cheng Jinyu saw that she could not remember, and did not make it hard for her. He even kindly reminded her.
Meng Chu finally realized what he meant by interruption.
Before her mother called, he had originally wanted to kiss her, hadn’t he?
Meng Chu froze and instinctively bit her lip.
But just as she bit down, Cheng Jinyu opposite her had already leaned in.
He directly took her lips, lightly licking her lip petals, making Meng Chu instinctively loosen the corners of her mouth.
But that looseness only let him drive straight in even more.
Her heartbeat, which had just barely settled, grew intense again.
Her heart pounded wildly against her ribcage.
That feeling, like drowning but not quite, hooked her soul and pulled it up and down.
Perhaps because they had already arrived Home, Cheng Jinyu no longer had scruples.
There was a slightly unbridled feeling. He unhesitatingly hooked her tongue tip.
That feeling of going straight in made Meng Chu involuntarily take a step back.
But as soon as she retreated, she bumped right into the decorative table behind the entryway, her waist pressing against the marble behind her.
Her palm instinctively rested on it, and her palm felt ice-cold.
In front of her was his warm body and scorching soft lips and tongue.
By her ears was all his low, disordered breathing. Meng Chu tilted her head back slightly, kissed until her whole body tingled.
It was not until Cheng Jinyu released her that he pressed close to her and let out a low sigh.
That sigh made Meng Chu’s heart uneasy.
Then she heard him say, “Three times now, and you still don’t know how to breathe?”
Meng Chu flushed. Even without the light on, she could feel her cheeks burning hot.
Could such words be said so casually?
But Meng Chu also had a stubborn feeling of having already lost to him, and not wanting to lose face as well.
“I’m not as good as you.”
Hearing that, Cheng Jinyu was not annoyed.
He lowered his head and kissed the corner of her mouth, this time a gentle, shallow taste.
Then he said slowly, “Learning on the spot and selling it right away. Thanks for the compliment.”
Meng Chu: “…”
Cheng Jinyu was about to say something, but his leg was bumped by the bag in Meng Chu’s hand.
He looked down and said as if suddenly enlightened, “I almost forgot the most important thing.”
Before Meng Chu could react, he had taken her hand and led her straight to the Living Room.
Then he reached out and turned on the Living Room light, and tilted his chin slightly toward the bag in her hand.
“Now can you show me what the matching rings you went to such trouble to pick for me look like?”
Meng Chu had still been out of it, but hearing him say that, she immediately laughed.
Seeing his inexplicably tsundere manner, Meng Chu still felt like indulging him.
She reached in and took out a black ring box.
Because they were matching rings, they were in one box.
When Meng Chu gently opened the box, she saw two rings lying quietly on the black velvet lining.
The rings’ design was exquisite and clever, not the kind of ring in the traditional sense.
“Mobius Strip,” Cheng Jinyu looked down and spoke in a low voice.
Meng Chu looked at him and smiled lightly. “You recognized it.”
Actually, after going to the mall, Meng Chu had not decided what kind of matching rings to buy.
She could only look one store at a time, and she did not have much time either.
Or rather, her original plan had been to make a pair of matching rings herself.
After all, handicrafts were not difficult for her.
But after accidentally learning the news that Cheng Jinyu’s mother had passed away, because her empathy was too strong, she suddenly broke down in tears and wanted even more urgently to do something for him.
So she broke her original plan and went directly to buy matching rings.
At first, Meng Chu truly had no clue, and all the rings she saw felt more or less the same.
Until she saw this pair of matching rings, and at a glance recognized that their design concept incorporated the Mobius Strip.
And the Mobius Strip is regarded as a symbol of endlessness.
When Meng Chu asked the clerk whether this pair of matching rings used the Mobius Strip as its core design, she received an affirmative answer.
Meng Chu immediately confirmed what she wanted.
It was this pair before her eyes.
“So this represents endless love,” Cheng Jinyu lowered his head slightly and asked with a light smile.
This time Meng Chu did not deny it. She looked back at him and spoke just as softly.
“I prefer that it represents: the starting point is you, and the ending point is still you.”
When Cheng Jinyu heard this nearly blazing confession, it was as if a string in his mind burned and snapped.
It was something he had longed for desperately, suddenly fulfilled in the most perfect form he could imagine.
But the illusion brought by such perfection gave him a sense of unreality.
The person he had been longing for had truly responded.
After a long while, Cheng Jinyu slowly spoke. “Put the ring on me, okay?”
If this was a dream, then let him dream to the end.
Hearing that, Meng Chu took out the men’s ring from the ring box and set the box on the coffee table nearby.
Then she gently raised the ring and reached for Cheng Jinyu’s hand.
What surprised her was that Cheng Jinyu did not move at all.
But he was also very cooperative, letting her lift his hand.
Cheng Jinyu only lowered his eyes slightly, watching her every movement, until she slowly slipped the ring in her hand onto the tip of his finger and pushed it down bit by bit.
He blinked slightly, his Adam’s apple rolling up and down.
Until the ring, with its cool touch, was completely secured at the base of his left ring finger.
A symbol of marriage was firmly set on his finger.
This was not his dream.
This was the reality Meng Chu had given him, a real response.
At once, the corners of Cheng Jinyu’s mouth lifted.
After Meng Chu finished putting on the ring, she looked up and met the smile on Cheng Jinyu’s face.
Seeing his expression, she also became happy at once.
Before she could speak, Cheng Jinyu had already bent down and picked up the other women’s ring from the box on the coffee table.
He likewise reached out and took Meng Chu’s hand.
He steadily placed the ring on her ring finger.
He looked down at the ring on her hand, seemingly entranced.
Meng Chu did not interrupt him either, only waiting quietly.
Until he looked over again and suddenly leaned in to kiss the corner of her mouth.
When he pulled back a little, he looked straight into her eyes. “What you said, I have taken seriously.”
Meng Chu was slightly stunned, and then recalled what she had just said.
—The starting point is you, the ending point is still you.
The next morning, when Meng Chu woke up, she felt the bed beside her was empty.
She just looked at the empty pillow beside her, and somehow all of last night’s memories rushed into her mind at once.
Especially after the two had showered and gotten into bed.
After the light was turned off, Meng Chu suddenly felt an indescribable nervousness throughout her whole body.
Even though Cheng Jinyu was just lying quietly on one side, her body was terribly tense.
As if waiting for something to happen at any moment.
Until she heard a faint sigh, which came from Cheng Jinyu.
In the darkness, she could not help turning her head toward the person beside her.
Although there was not a single light source in the room, and it was so dark she could only see his blurred outline.
Cheng Jinyu’s voice was slightly hoarse. “If I don’t do something, wouldn’t it be unfair to how nervous you are?”
Ah?
Who’s nervous?
Meng Chu was about to accuse him of shifting the blame, but before she could speak, the person who had been some distance away suddenly came close, and she was pulled directly into his arms.
As if sensing it, he lowered his head and directly took her lips.
Cheng Jinyu’s palm had originally been holding her wrist, but as he lightly sucked her lips, his palm moved up along her waist, finally wandering to the back of her neck.
His palm was scorching. Even just lightly pinching her skin was like lighting a flame.
Meng Chu was kissed until her breathing grew heavy, and for the first time she took the initiative to raise her arms and hook them around his neck.
Cheng Jinyu noticed such a reaction at once.
So he no longer only kissed her lips, but began kissing her cheeks, her chin, then slowly lowered his head and kissed down to her neck.
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