Chapter 155 - I Will Become Your Man (1)
Lu Qingfeng didn't say anything, but handed her purse to her and led her away from the crowd with a satisfied smile on his face. The two decided to take a walk in the garden to get away from the buzzing crowd.
Su Xiaofei held his hands tightly and smiled at him. Many men would find her repulsive and would rather fall in love with a weaker and more delicate woman like Ye Mingyu, but not Lu Qingfeng.
She would never compare herself to Ye Mingyu or to other people again. After what she had experienced in her past life, she now knew that measuring her happiness, wealth and appearance against other people's would only drain her mental strength. The only person she should compare herself to is the person she was yesterday.
Knowing that she could be herself, in front of Lu Qingfeng, was something Su Xiaofei could be proud of. All the pain and suffering in her past life? She would make sure to avoid them in this lifetime. She also felt that she was fortunate to have this young man, who was willing to lend an ear to listen to her and a hand to help her whenever she was in a dire situation.
Su Xiaofei couldn't help but feel that she was getting more and more attached to Lu Qingfeng ever since her rebirth, and she feared that she wouldn't be able to live up to his expectations, if she dared to accept his feelings.
She couldn't help but remember that when they were young, whenever she did something wrong, Xiao Feng wouldn't expose her and would sometimes take the blame himself just to save her. He would do everything in his capacity to save her, even going as far as becoming a tyrant to seek revenge on those who had harmed her during his absence.
Although he had never exposed her for any of her mischief, Su Xiaofei used to pay the price by letting this little boy annoy her to death. The boy only gave her a break when she met Xi Qian and started hanging out with her.
"When we were younger, didn't you say you disliked me?" She asked him out of the blue, once she deemed that they were safe from everyone else's earshot. There was no doubt that Ye Mingyu would be struggling to deal with the consequences of their encounter earlier.
Lu Qingfeng was stunned by her question, not expecting her to question him like this.
"I did?" He asked in return.
"En. You used to say that I was annoying and talkative."
The young man hummed, then nodded once he recovered from his shock.
"You were a troublemaker, but I can't possibly hate you."
Even if he wanted to blame her, he didn't have the heart to do so. He was really helplessly in love with her and didn't think he would be able to give up on her. Lu Qingfeng was unwilling to let go of her.
It was Su Xiaofei's turn to choke from his answer. She could sense that he wasn't lying to her. Other men would hate her guts and her attitude, but how did Lu Qingfeng end up falling for her instead? It puzzled Su Xiaofei.
"Then why do you like someone like me?" She couldn't help but ask.
She knew that she might be pleasing to look at, but she didn't have any outstanding talent she could be proud of. Most importantly, her personality was also rotten, okay?
Thinking about it, shouldn't Lu Qingfeng avoid her as they grew up? It was normal for them to drift away from each other since they would obviously be caught up with their own interests and lives, but he had even fallen in love with her.
Maybe for some people, they would think that he had already lost his rational mind when it comes to her. However, for Lu Qingfeng, the regret he still bore from his previous lives remained in his heart. Perhaps if he had laid his heart and proactively professed his feelings for her in his past lives, he wouldn't have lost her to Mo Yuchen, leading her to her own death.
Moreover, now that Su Xiaofei was willing to let go of Mo Yuchen, he would treat her even better, so that she wouldn't leave him again. The last thing he wanted was for her to hate and despise him again.
Seeing her confused expression, Lu Qingfeng had an urge to flick her forehead again, but knew they weren't in a good place to do that.
"What? Would you rather be loved by Mo Yuchen than me?" He raised a brow at her.
"Su Xiaofei, what does Mo Yuchen have that I don't? Even after trying so many ways to win his heart, he still disliked you. Honestly Xiaofei, I think that in this world, I'm the only man who would allow you to continue doing such atrocious actions. Only I would spoil you to that extent."
He was afraid that she would still have Mo Yuchen in her heart. After living three lifetimes, was he really destined to lose to that man? No — there was no way he would allow Mo Yuchen to harm Feifei again.
"Then what about you? Aside from our age difference, what's stopping you from going out with me?" Lu Qingfeng didn't give her a chance to argue with his answer and threw another hot question in her court.
How would Su Xiaofei answer such a question?
"W-what?"
"You heard me loud and clear." He might sound calm, but Lu Qingfeng was hiding a turmoil within himself. He wasn't sure if he would be able to take it if Su Xiaofei refused him this time.
Su Xiaofei was dumbstruck for a long time, then finally replied. "Do I really have to answer this? I thought you'd give me more time to think about it."
"That's right, but I just want to be sure of what you feel right now." Lu Qingfeng nodded.. "Feifei, actually, Grandpa wants me to follow him to Shenjing after my graduation."