In the slightly hot evening, Yunrong Lane was the best choice to avoid the sun. On the dark red sofa in front of the changing room on the second floor, a pair of well-proportioned calves could be seen from afar. There was also a sandal swaying on the tip of the foot. Accompanied by the sound of flipping papers, it seemed to have become one of the decorations in the shop.
"She's really treating this place as her home more and more.”Liang Xinyan shook her head and nudged the person beside her. "I'll leave it to you. This is a business place. Please ask her to restrain herself.”
"Me?" The man smiled as he watched the sandal fall from the tip of his toes.
"She is your responsibility. This is already a publicly acknowledged fact.”Liang Xinyan did not allow him to retort and nodded, pushing him towards her.
Liang Shiyin walked to the sofa and saw Cheng Fengshu, who had almost been " eaten " by the sofa. She was still dressed casually and lightly today. She was wearing a simple light yellow shirt and a pair of very short jeans. The two braids that she had tied up were already loose. The way she leaned on the sofa and flipped through a magazine was very seductive.
Looking at the person standing in front of him, Cheng Fengshu changed his position uncomfortably and sat up straight.
Liang Shiyin's gaze dimmed. Ever since the first rehearsal, she seemed to have become more guarded against him. This made him rather depressed. He didn't know if all his previous efforts would be in vain.
"My shoe fell off." He bent down to pick it up, but she quickly stopped him.
"I'll do it myself!" Cheng Fengshu's expression was nervous.
"What's wrong?"
Looking at her agitated reaction, Liang Shiyin could only sigh secretly. What did he do? He thought that he had restrained himself enough.
"What did I do?" He couldn't help but spill the beans.
"It's nothing." Cheng Fengshu quickly put on his shoes and did not look up. He immediately focused on the contents of the magazine in his hand.
As if he was fine. Liang Shiyin was about to ask more when Liang Xinyan walked out with a phone in her hand.
"The training time is uncertain, so you'll be in charge.”Liang Xinyan shrugged. "Last time, it took too long. Without an estimated time, it was difficult for them to make arrangements.”
"I'll do it." Liang Shiyin sighed and took the phone. "I'm Liang Shiyin."
Cheng Fengshu sat at the side, and it was hard for him not to hear what Liang Xinyan said. She guessed that she was referring to her catwalk and her beautiful training. Time... Thinking back to the previous situation, when she arrived, the training had just begun, and that lady with a good temperament seemed to have waited for a long time because they were not sure when she would arrive.
She looked at Liang Shiyin, who was on the phone. He seemed to be trying his best to convince him because he had promised her that he could make time for himself. However, she couldn't even tell him when she could make time for herself.
She was used to living in a world without time. It was completely uncertain when she could go out. Even if she was asked to give a rough time, the range was so big that it was a headache.
She…must have troubled him! Looking at his furrowed brows, she was very sure.
"I know that not being able to set a specific time will cause inconvenience to you, but can you please understand and be a little aggrieved…"
Liang Shiyin's expression darkened as he listened to the other party's explanation. He had the thought of giving up on the training course. After all, it would be a waste of effort if both parties were unable to cooperate.
"Eleven o'clock?" Liang Shiyin frowned. "Can't you change it? Change it later?" If it was five or six o'clock, he was confident that Cheng Fengshu would arrive. "Our press conference is almost here. I'm afraid we can't delay it any longer.”He considered all possibilities and made a decision.
"You really can't change it?" He sighed, thinking that if it really didn't work, he would cancel it. " Alright, then…" A small hand suddenly appeared on his arm, causing him to pause.
The person who was obviously avoiding him just now was actually standing beside him now.
"Sorry, can you wait a moment?"
After apologizing to the person on the other end of the phone, Liang Shiyin looked at Cheng Fengshu, whose cheeks were slightly red but was pretending to be calm, and his heart skipped a beat.
Her cheeks were slightly red…Was he overthinking things?
"What is it?" He calmed himself down and revealed a comforting smile.
"There's no need to change it. I'll be there before noon tomorrow!”Her eyes darted away from this sentence and she sat back on the sofa without saying anything. She covered her face with the magazine.
Seeing her childish behavior, Liang Shiyin's smile deepened. He put the phone close to his ear again, but his eyes were fixed on Cheng Fengshu.
"Hello? Yes, we'll follow your arrangements. See you tomorrow at eleven o'clock.”After hanging up, he slowly walked toward the sofa and looked at Cheng Fengshu, who seemed to be quite focused on the magazine.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." She said without looking up.
"To express my gratitude, I'll treat you to a meal.”Liang Shiyin smiled in satisfaction. He didn't want to make any big progress. He just wanted to get closer to her slowly. Her change lifted his depressed mood in time and gave him hope again when he was about to despair.
The small head that was covered by the magazine paused for three seconds before nodding twice.
Liang Shiyin really wanted to hug her. She was so…Sigh, torturous.
Their second dinner date was to have Buffet at a famous restaurant.
After the previous lesson, Liang Shiyin had already thought of a countermeasure. If he wanted to know her preferences, he could take her to a place with a wide selection of food to get a glimpse of them. Unfortunately, there were too many people in the restaurant.
Cheng Fengshu didn't complain about this situation. He just avoided the crowd and picked the food that he was interested in, mostly fruits.
"Is it delicious?" He could only ask the same question.
"It's alright." She shrugged her shoulders. At this moment, her expression was as cold as ever.
Day after day, he gradually began to be dissatisfied with the current situation. Right now, they could not even be considered friends.
However, once he took action, he was afraid that her reaction would be difficult for him to accept. In this dilemma, he almost became a schizophrenia.
However, what happened at Yunrong Square today gave him a little hope. He felt that she seemed to have changed a little. This was a kind of encouragement for him. He hoped that he did not misunderstand.
"Have you always been like this, alone?”Liang Shiyin couldn't help but be curious about her. He started to ask questions. He wasn't willing to just see her on the surface. He wanted to know more about her and get closer to her.
After that, from a stranger to a close friend, from a friend to a lover, this was the only way he could get close to her and keep her by his side.
"Most of them."
"You live alone?"
"That's right."
"No other family members?"
"Are you doing a background check? Is this also an element of a runway show?" Cheng Fengshu stopped eating and wanted to look at him, but the moment their eyes met, he quickly looked away like a coward.
Recently, he had been staring at her with that strange gaze. He was not as gentle and temperamental as before. Now, his gaze looked more like…what was it like? She didn't understand, but she felt embarrassed. She felt so unfamiliar that she wanted to escape.
"No, I just want to know more about you as a friend.”He had lied, but this was the only way to get rid of her guard.
"When did we become friends?”She raised her eyebrows, but she didn't reject this kind of statement.
After all, she was already sitting here and eating with him. They were not strangers.
"It probably started when I splashed iced coffee all over you.”
Liang Shiyin winked at her mischievously. Cheng Fengshu was amused by his words and expression.
Liang Shiyin finally understood what it felt like to be " struck by lightning " because he could now feel a powerful electric current striking down from the top of his head and running straight to the bottom of his feet, making him unable to think.
"Have you seen a ghost?" Cheng Fengshu stared at the stunned him.
"It's okay. I'm just surprised that pouring iced coffee on you can make you smile.”Liang Shiyin had a look of realization on his face, but in his heart, he remembered how lively she looked when she laughed.
"I don't think so." Retracting his smile, Cheng Fengshu put on a cold face again. If you dare to splash iced coffee all over me again, I will definitely…" Wait, what was he afraid of?
"What will you do?" Liang Shiyin looked forward to her threat.
Cheng Fengshu, who usually didn't threaten people, thought for a long time and didn't know what to say.
"Hit me? Scolding me? Call the police to arrest me? Or do you want to splash iced coffee all over me?" Liang Shiyin supported his chin and offered her ideas, but she shook her head and rejected them one by one.
" I'll just…" She gave up after some thought. "At most, I won't ignore you.”
That was probably her only reaction. With her personality, she wouldn't be able to take any actual revenge.
Cheng Fengshu didn't expect her reaction to be Liang Shiyin's greatest fear. However, he hid it very well. After hearing her words, he only revealed a faint smile.
"Then I'll be careful not to do it again. At most…I'll have another drink.”
"You're thinking too much." Cheng Fengshu rolled his eyes to show how boring the answer was. "I really didn't know you were such a person."
"What kind of person?"
It was rare for her to mention him in her eyes. Liang Shiyin forced himself to focus and temporarily ignored what she had just said about " I'm not going to dump you."
Cheng Fengshu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't answer the question. Instead, he changed the subject.
"If you don't want to eat, then you're leaving."
"Wait a minute."
Liang Shiyin stretched out his hand to stop Liang Fengshu, who was trying to escape again. He had a determination to not give up until he got to the bottom of it.
"What kind of person is he?"
"A very strong person."
The hand that was being held down hurt a little. Cheng Fengshu looked at him unhappily, his eyes full of accusations. He could not believe that someone who had always been calm would suddenly use such a " heavy hand."
Was it important what kind of person he was? He should know this question better than anyone else. Why did he have to ask her?
Noticing that he wasn't using enough strength, Liang Shiyin relaxed his grip and held her hand instead.
" I'm sorry, I just…" He fell silent. How should he tell her? Did he say that his feelings for her had reached the point where he was worried about his gains and losses? Or did he like her so he cared about her opinion?
If he said it, she would only run faster. How could he say it?
"Just lost control for a moment?" Cheng Fengshu helped him instead. "What's wrong with you? Don't you know yourself? Why must you ask me what kind of person you are?”
This kind of behavior... wasn't like him.
Doesn't look like him? Since when did she act like she knew him very well?
"Because your answer is very important to me.”Staring at her, he finally couldn't help but say what was on his mind. He only hoped that she could slowly understand his sincerity.
"Do you really not know what kind of person you are?”Cheng Fengshu was concerned from another angle, but she was completely wrong.
"No, I'm just concerned about the looks of others.”Liang Shiyin couldn't help but sigh. He tried his best to make himself look more cheerful, but he didn't think the effect would be too good. After all, he was in a very low mood now.
"What's the point of other people's gazes!" To his surprise, Cheng Fengshu's expression suddenly became serious. Her pink lips curled up slightly with a mocking expression.
Liang Shiyin's eyes flashed. He felt that her expression when she said that was rather special, as if there was a deeper meaning behind her words.
"What do you mean?"
This was a great opportunity that could not be missed. As a man who was getting braver with each setback, he waved away the sense of disappointment he had just felt and immediately felt another surge of hope. Perhaps this was a good opportunity.
Cheng Fengshu glanced at him. "You really want to know?"
"Of course." How could he miss this rare opportunity?
Cheng Fengshu glanced at him again to make sure that he wasn't just saying that. Then, he spoke.
"I used to be a child who cared about how others looked at me.”For some reason, she suddenly thought of the distant past. The past that she had almost forgotten resurfaced in his mind. Cheng Fengshu didn't know why he brought up the past. Perhaps it was just to prevent him from making the same mistake as him. Although…he didn't look like he would.
" I care a lot about what other people think. I try my best to live like a 'normal person'. I discuss irrelevant topics with others, read boring books, and muddle through every day. I only blindly cater to others, afraid that others will look at me as if I'm a monster.”
A monster? Liang Shiyin found it difficult to apply this term to her. He didn't know why the bystander she was talking about would have such thoughts. However, at this moment, the fragility in her was something he wasn't familiar with. He looked at her worriedly and considered whether he should stop her from continuing.
He really wanted to know about her, but he couldn't bear to see her sad…
"What do you think I look like?"
Liang Shiyin was stunned by her sudden question.
"I think you're very beautiful." he said sincerely. "You have a quality that makes people want to get close to you.”
"Is that so?" Cheng Fengshu didn't believe it. "Let me put it this way. I'm not bad-looking. I lived abroad when I was young, so when I came back to study, the ostracism I encountered was not something that can be explained with just a few words. I naively tried my best to break into the social circle of my classmates, but I couldn't find my way.”She looked at him. "Can you understand? People with my background are often said to be proud, condescending, and difficult to get along with, and that's what I hate the most.”
Liang Shiyin looked at the faint sorrow on her face and knew that those encounters must have cast a shadow over her childhood.
"Actually, the cruelest thing is the malicious criticism of a friend.”After a long pause, she spoke again. Her tone was obviously pretending to be relaxed. " You don't have the right to say no. You don't have the right to hold different opinions from others. You can only go with the flow and follow what others say. As long as you have a little bit of your own opinion, others will comment mercilessly that you are difficult to get along with, arrogant, and difficult to deal with. After all this time, you can only be a puppet that unconditionally cooperated with others.”
Liang Shiyin's hand had been holding hers the entire time. Feeling the coldness in her small hand, he gently wrapped it in his large palm.
"Those are not true friends.”He comforted her. "True friends understand and communicate with each other.”
"But I only have that kind of friend.”She shrugged her shoulders and looked helpless. It made one's heart ache. "After trying so hard to please me, I really feel tired. Am I supposed to be a good person who doesn't have any objections? But I'm not happy at all. Therefore, after their last unreasonable criticism of me, I made up my mind not to mistreat myself like this anymore. I wanted to live my own life. I didn't want to care about other people's words, criticisms, or their gazes. I wanted to be myself.”
"Is that why you're so distant?”Liang Shiyin looked at her and finally realized that her coldness was because she didn't trust this world.
"I didn't." She retorted. "Aren't I sitting here eating with you now?”
Yes, she did have dinner with him, but her attitude remained the same. Moreover, for this meal, how long had he worked hard!
However, Liang Shiyin didn't say what he was thinking. He only smiled at her, his slightly warm palm caressing her hands that were no longer so cold.
"I'm glad you're willing to tell me this.”
Cheng Fengshu suddenly remembered his purpose. She pulled back her warm hand and looked at his disappointed eyes. "Hey, the reason I'm telling you this out of kindness is so that you can be more open-minded and not care so much about what others think of you.”
Why was this person like this? To think that she had spent so much time trying to recall, but he only cared about grabbing her hand and playing with it. He really deserved to be scolded. Cheng Fengshu suddenly felt that he was stupid for saying such a long string of words.
"I don't care about many people, only one.”Liang Shiyin continued his " hint." "Besides, it's hard for me not to care.”
"I didn't help you." Cheng Fengshu was so angry that he didn't understand the meaning behind his words. He just felt that it wasn't worth it to review his memories for him.
"Let's go!" The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Cheng Fengshu simply stood up and left.
"Sit down for a while longer." Liang Shiyin held her hand again. "Don't you want to know what kind of person I am?”
"You are an idiot, a person who deserves to be scolded and is extremely boring.”Cheng Fengshu answered without hesitation. "Let go. Why are you holding my hand today?”
"Because your hand is very easy to touch. It's as smooth and tender as a baby's.”Liang Shiyin's expression almost made people think that he was a lecher.
"Do you want to know if it hurts to be hit by a small hand?”Cheng Fengshu threatened with a stern face.
"Do you want me to try?" Liang Shiyin was still not serious. He couldn't help it. He couldn't control his emotions. Even if he was thought to be pretending to be crazy, he would accept it. Who taught her to be so damn attractive?
Cheng Fengshu shook his head. "I really couldn't tell that you were such a shameless person.”
"Isn't everything that you see on the surface always the most unreal?”Liang Shiyin's words had a deep meaning.
Cheng Fengshu thought about his words and nodded subconsciously.
"That's why I want to know more about you.”The atmosphere changed, and the seriousness and solemnity disappeared without a trace. Liang Shiyin made a comeback again, his heart hidden under his smile.
"Where's your family? Do you usually live alone?"
Cheng Fengshu looked at his smile, and after a helpless expression, he laughed.
As he drove, Liang Shiyin felt relaxed and happy. Today was a day of great harvest. He had finally taken a small step closer to her and understood a little more about her.
He found out that her parents and a younger sister had moved to the United States. She had stayed alone in Taiwan because she liked to live alone. The house was left to her by her parents. When she had nothing to do, she would just daydream and surf the Internet. The purpose of life was to live freely. Life was simple and simple. Other than sleeping, eating, occasionally watching movies, and listening to music, there was nothing special about it.
It seemed like a very normal life, with himself as the center. This meant that it would be very difficult for him to break in, but he did not have the thought of giving up.
"Why did you decide to come early tomorrow?”He thought of this important question. Not to mention the conditions he had agreed to in the past, when he heard her mention her lifestyle tonight, he felt that it was even stranger for her to say such things.
"Anyway, I have nothing to do tomorrow." Cheng Fengshu looked out of the car window. He didn't want to say that it was because of his conscience.
"You should be fine every day." Liang Shiyin wasn't that easy to deal with. "But you don't seem to be very cooperative. Besides, we agreed that your convenience would be our priority. You don't have to force yourself.”
"I didn't force you." Cheng Fengshu answered rather quickly, as if he was afraid that he would think so. "I have long learned not to force myself. I will not change my decision just to cooperate with others!”
Her words could be considered a sharp retort, but it made Liang Shiyin smile even wider.
She was being stubborn because of her guilty conscience. The more she was like this, the more it made him feel that his efforts this time were worth it.
Seeing that he was silent and smiling, Cheng Fengshu turned his head to look out of the window in a fit of pique and refused to say another word.
When the car arrived at her house, Liang Shiyin turned to look at her.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow."
"No need." Cheng Fengshu answered without thinking.
"Don't be like this. You said you would arrive before noon. The sun is quite bright at ten o'clock.”Liang Shiyin helped her calculate the time she would leave. "Are you sure you can get up?”
According to his observation, she would only wake up after ten o'clock every day and would only go downstairs to look for food after noon. It seemed a little forced for her to go out at ten o'clock.
"You can…get up." At this moment, Cheng Fengshu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
How long had it been since she woke up before ten? Hmm…so long that she couldn't remember.
Liang Shiyin smiled and sighed. "Then don't force yourself."
"I can do it." After hearing what he said, Cheng Fengshu's unwillingness to admit defeat was aroused. "I will definitely be able to get up!"
"Okay, that's great." Liang Shiyin was amused by her childishness. "Then I'll pick you up tomorrow, so that you don't have to walk outside in the hot sun.”
The last sentence was specifically said to "abduct" her.
As expected, when he thought of that scene…It was fine if he hadn't slept enough, but he still had to walk under the scorching sun. Cheng Fengshu accepted Liang Shiyin's suggestion without thinking too much.
"Do as you see fit. The time is as usual.”
Cheng Fengshu said it naturally. He seemed to know when she would go out better than her. Recently, she had been used to seeing him whenever she went downstairs.
"Alright." What else could Liang Shiyin say? He just had to come early tomorrow. "See you tomorrow then."
Liang Shiyin didn't leave as he watched her walk around the front of the car and into the house. Instead, he leaned on the steering wheel, deep in thought.
When would she be able to understand his feelings?#
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