Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

“Yeah, you only care about her feelings.” Nian Xi nodded, feeling indescribably sad. “You’re ignoring my feelings. Is she your fiancee or am I?”

“How can you say something like that? She’s our mutual friend.” Ji Chuan’s face showed disappointment as well. “Not to mention the fact that she was a victim, too. Didn’t she avoid coming home because of your brother? She’s been through many hardships out there over the years. You were a soldier too, so you know how hard being a female soldier can be. Why can’t you just be more considerate to her?”

“Be more considerate to her? Who’ll be considerate to me, then?” Nian Xi closed her eyes and said, “Pull over.”

“Stop being unreasonable,” said Ji Chuan.

“I said, pull over,” Nian Xi repeated loudly. “Or I’ll jump.”

Only after hearing that did Ji Chuan slowly stop the car by the roadside. Nian Xi quickly opened the door and got out of the car.

“We’re getting married soon. Do you have to do this now?” Ji Chuan grabbed her arm. “Only for Xu Luosang?”

“This isn’t only for Sangsang. This is more for myself.” Nian Xi raised her head. Her eyes had turned slightly red. “Ji Chuan, do you love me?”

“Why would I marry you if I didn’t care about you…”

“Do you love me?” Nian Xi interrupted him.

Ji Chuan paused briefly, slightly opened his mouth, but stayed silent for a few seconds.

“Alright, I get it.” Nian Xi threw off his hand, turned, and left.

“Xi, what do you know? Come back with me.” Ji Chuan leaned forward and grasped her hand again.

“I know that you wouldn’t hesitate at all if you loved me.” Nian Xi freed her own hand from him once again and burst out screaming, “If you asked me the same question, I’d give you an answer immediately. What about you? You needed to hesitate, to think. What is your love to me? I think you should think carefully about why you’re marrying me. Are you marrying me because of responsibility or because of guilt?” After saying that, she called a taxi and left.

Feng Ji Chuan stood there watching the taxi leave. His eyes contained a trace of confusion.

…

Tianhu Villa

Nian Junting walked in with the beef noodles. Seeing him coming back, Sister Lan flinched with a guilty feeling and said, “Young Master, Sangsang is upstairs.”

Nian Junting went upstairs. The light in the bedroom was on. Luosang was curled up on the couch, playing a game with her phone. She didn’t raise her head when he came in.

“I’m back. Why won’t you even look at me?” Nian Junting walked up to her and bent over to look at her face. “Why didn’t you answer my calls? I called you many times. We made a date this morning. I know that you’re on your period, but you could have told me about that. I waited there for half an hour.”

Luosang ignored him but kept playing the game.

“Stop playing that.” Nian Junting took away her phone, then took a deep breath and said, “Never mind. Women are always in weird moods during their periods. I don’t blame you. Sister Lan says that you don’t feel well. What’s wrong? Should I call Doctor Han?”

Luosang finally raised her head to look straight at his handsome face. She just couldn’t understand why he had sexual dysfunction, and why that illness was so weird that his body only responded to her. Does he like me even a little bit? she wondered.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Nian Junting frowned. “Are you feeling extremely unwell? Can’t you even talk? I’m calling Doctor Han right now.”

“I’m not.” Luosang finally started talking in a tired voice, “Don’t call him. I just want a quiet moment.”

“Eat some beef noodles then.” Nian Junting put the packed beef noodles on the tea table.