Chapter 1392
Unrequited Love 46
Chapter 1392 Unrequited Love 46
Only Jin He and Shi Cheng remained in the booth. Jin He stared at Shi Cheng, his eyes burning with jealousy: "Is the person Teacher Xu has a crush on you?"
Shi Cheng was also upset. He had recently broken up with Meng Qingtong, and he had come to the banquet alone tonight. Now, hearing these words and thinking of Xu Yanzhen's flawless face, a hidden joy suddenly welled up in Shi Cheng's heart.
He tried to suppress his joy: "I didn't know. She has a boyfriend, and they're very much in love."
Jin He was even more jealous: "Who else could it be but you? She and Yue Xin are so close, and the only one who has any connection with her is you. On the ruins, besides me, it's you. Yu Ning didn't know her before."
Shi Cheng couldn't sit still any longer. He grabbed his coat and stood up, saying, "I'm going back now."
He needs to ask Shi Yuexin if Xu Yanzhen's crush is actually him.
Back home, Xu Yanzhen was immediately pinned down and kissed deeply by Zhou Jinxu in the entryway. Finally, she leaned on Zhou Jinxu's shoulder, panting, and weakly pounded his back: "Why are you so fierce?"
Zhou Jinxu carried her to the bathroom: "Was the person you had a crush on before Shi Cheng?"
How smart is he? With a quick thought and some analysis, he guessed who Xu Yanzhen had once secretly admired.
Xu Yanzhen remained calm and not nervous at all: "You said it yourself, it's a crush, that's really my dark history. Besides, no one knows that Shi Cheng and I have absolutely no relationship."
"To be honest, we only see each other two or three times a year."
"You're not allowed to be jealous for no reason. I put that aside before I met you."
Zhou Jinxu was very happy that Xu Yanzhen was willing to explain things to him; that was good enough. He helped Xu Yanzhen change into her pajamas, then looked in the mirror and removed the small hair clips from her hair: "Really?"
“It’s more real than gold,” Xu Yanzhen nudged him with her forehead and leaned back in his arms in a relaxed manner. “The reason I had a crush on Shi Cheng back then was because Shi Yuexin skipped school one time and was ambushed by Huang Mao. Shi Cheng broke two of his ribs while protecting Shi Yuexin.”
"Looking back now, I think I admired him for his bravery in protecting his sister, not for how I viewed him as a man. Maybe that's what I subconsciously thought, otherwise why wouldn't I have kept Shi Cheng in the dark all these years?"
Zhou Jinxu accepted this explanation. He licked Xu Yanzhen's earlobe with a hint of jealousy: "I'm still a little jealous, jealous that he occupied so much of your life."
Xu Yanzhen turned around in his arms, her pointed chin resting on his chest as she looked up at him: "He didn't occupy a very long time in my life. I saw him at most two or three times a year."
“I’ve managed my life very well; he just occupies a very small corner of my life.”
"Besides, we're boyfriend and girlfriend now, so our relationship will be much more private in the future. He, on the other hand, will always be someone who can't see the light of day. Are you still going to be jealous?"
Zhou Jinxu was pleased. "You're not jealous anymore, Yan Yan. You've already thought about the future?"
Xu Yanzhen hesitated for a moment, but still said generously, "If you don't want a future with me, then I can't date you."
Zhou Jinxu protested: "I think, I dream about it. The moment I fell for you, I was thinking about how long we should talk about marriage, how many children we should have, our work arrangements, our retirement, and so on."
“I’m just worried that you won’t be able to accept it. You said before that we’d take it slow.”
Xu Yanzhen punched him lightly: "Are you checking my hand?"
"No, no," Zhou Jinxu quickly apologized, "I just suddenly felt really excited about our future life together. Yan Yan, I will prepare the proposal ceremony very seriously." "The last time I asked you to date me, it was already very hasty."
Tears welled up in Xu Yanzhen's eyes, but she smiled and said, "Okay, Zhou Jinxu, at this moment, I have no worries about the future, only anticipation and peace of mind."
Zhou Jinxu stroked Xu Yanzhen's back, his heart filled with emotion. It seemed that he was the one making the effort, but in reality, it was Xu Yanzhen who was accepting him.
Who says acceptance doesn't require courage?
Shi Cheng started the conversation, but Zhou Jinxu's jealousy didn't dissipate. He loosened his tie: "Yan Yan, I'm jealous. You said you'd come back and coax me."
Xu Yanzhen felt a chill run down her spine, and her voice trembled slightly: "I told you I'd make you a midnight snack when I got back tonight."
She struggled to jump down, but Zhou Jinxu held her tightly. Xu Yanzhen thrashed about for a long time, but in the end, she only ended up panting heavily.
After actually living together, Xu Yanzhen realized that all her talk of abstinence and restraint was just a facade. She was now most afraid of Zhou Jinxu doing two things: taking off his glasses and loosening his tie.
Some people say that those who can't control their desires are beasts, but after being with her, they want to party every night. If it weren't for the fact that she sometimes has early classes, he would love to stay up until the early hours of the morning.
Especially now that he's using jealousy as an excuse, and considering that tomorrow is the weekend, Xu Yanzhen felt her legs go even weaker.
Zhou Jinxu picked her up and said, "What's a midnight snack? I'll make you one later. You should comfort me first, that's the important thing."
Looking at the tightly closed door, Tan You thought to herself, "Is this what love is like for middle-aged people? It's like an old house on fire, as if it wants to burn people to ashes."
Shouldn't she give Xu Yanzhen some nourishment? If she keeps partying every night like this, she's worried that Xu Yanzhen will develop kidney deficiency.
On the other side of the city, Shi Yuexin was frantically finishing her homework in her dorm room. Who says college students don't have to do homework?
When the phone rang, Shi Yuexin really didn't want to answer it. It was because the incident at the basketball court had caused too much trouble, and she had been sent to school afterward. Shi Yuexin really didn't want to see Shi Cheng.
Seeing Shi Cheng keep making calls, Shi Yuexin went to the side to answer the phone: "Brother."
Shi Cheng remained silent on the other end of the phone for a long time before speaking, his voice unusually dry: "Yuexin, Teacher Xu, did you ever have a crush on someone?"
Shi Yuexin felt a chill run down her spine; she knew that Xu Yanzhen was already with Zhou Jinxu.
"Brother, that's all in the past. Unnie has a boyfriend now, and they're very much in love."
Shi Cheng asked in a hoarse voice, "Was that me?"
Shi Yuexin remained silent for a long time before saying, "Brother, you should just pretend you don't know. Unnie is doing very well now, and she and her boyfriend are deeply in love. She hasn't let you know all these years, but now that she's in a relationship again, you should know what she's thinking."
"Don't you have a girlfriend, Meng Qingtong? Aren't you two getting along really well?"
Shi Cheng hung up the phone. Yue Xin was right. The person he liked was Meng Qing Tong, and Xu Yan Zhen herself had already let go. So why was he still so anxious?