Chapter 136: Climbing the Tower and Standing Alone

Chapter 136: Climbing the Tower and Standing Alone

Chapter 136: Climbing the Tower and Standing Alone

When Tian Chengyun was in college, he basically stayed in the dormitory every day playing glue... and playing games. Except for going to the guard room to get takeout and going home to visit relatives during the holidays, he almost never went out.

His roommates felt that he couldn't continue like this, with such a chaotic schedule that no one would know if he died in the dormitory one day. So they advised Tian Chengyun to go out for some fresh air occasionally. Not to mention running or exercising, but maybe just go shopping?
Tian Chengyun asked: "Can I pick up a wife on the street when I go shopping?" His roommate said that you are dreaming, it is impossible. Ning Zhe also thought that it is impossible.

But now that he has come to his senses and is looking at the soft and graceful eyes of the girl beside him, Ning Zhe feels that Tian Chengyun's roommate was still too careless. Look, he just picked one up.

"Chen Yaming, I... I know you are grateful for my help, and I understand your feelings right now, but marriage affects a person's entire life. Because it is so important, you should be more cautious and should not be swayed by your emotions."

Ning Zhe used a moment of silence to organize his words, and said calmly: "You have to understand that gratitude is not liking, let alone love. It is not a wise choice to repay a favor in such an impulsive way."

Chen Yaming listened quietly to his long speech, without any rebuttal, and just sat beside him silently.

"You still have a long life ahead of you, and I am far from being as wonderful as you imagine. I don't want you to look back when you are mature and regret that you have hastily decided on your lifelong relationship because of a momentary impulse..."

Ning Zhe was still talking incessantly. His speech was neither fast nor slow, and his tone was calm. Every syllable of his word was pronounced very clearly without any mistakes. He was so calm that he seemed like a film and television blogger commenting on a movie.

But such a narrative without any emotional fluctuations inexplicably gives people a feeling of... panic.

"... Meeting you is not a meteor that appears in an instant, but a bright moon that lasts all night." Chen Yaming sat beside him and patiently listened to Ning Zhe's long speech. Then she said softly, "Losing you is not a rainstorm that occurs in a moment, but a lifetime of dampness."

The familiar wording and sentence structure were artificial and pretentious, with the unique immature flavor of literary youth. Ning Zhe was a little confused when he heard it: "This is..."

"You wrote it." Chen Yaming supported her chin with both hands and looked at Ning Zhe's bewildered look with interest. A bright smile adorned her face, which was beautiful beyond words.

"Do you remember the sports meet in middle school? It was the one where I ran the 500-meter race and came in second in my grade. After the meet, I found an envelope in my desk drawer. It was light green with a four-leaf clover pattern on it... I remember it very clearly because inside the envelope was a love letter for me."

Chen Yaming continued, "As soon as I saw the handwriting, I knew it was you who wrote it."

Ning Zhe spread his hands and said, "Liu Jiajun paid me twenty dollars to write this."

"I know. You earn pocket money by writing for others, not just love letters, but also essays and weekly diaries." Chen Yaming smiled, lowered her eyes to look at the tea in the cup, and said softly: "The letter said that he was attracted by the way I ran on the track and fell in love with me... I have always been very confused. If you like girls who love sports, why don't you chase the girl who came in first?"

She was obviously only second.

"Because your body developed early and you don't like to wear a bra, your body is very elastic when you run, and the girl who ran first had a flat face." Ning Zhe said expressionlessly: "I was next to the runway at the time, and Liu Jiajun and the others were staring at you the whole time, their eyes were wide open."

"What about you?" Chen Yaming's cheeks were slightly red, and there was a hint of expectation in her eyes: "Do you like to watch it too?"

"Only hypocrites and homosexuals hate big breasts...what do you want to say?" Ning Zhe didn't quite understand why she suddenly brought up something that happened a few years ago.

"So that means you like it?" Chen Yaming smiled brightly.

She puffed out her chest slightly as if to show off, and her tone became more confident: "The letter is still lying in the drawer next to my bed. I take it out and read it from time to time. I blacked out Liu Jiajun's name and pretended that it was written by you... When you said in front of Dad that you wanted to be with me, I was really happy. I... I'm sorry, I'm a little incoherent."

Chen Yaming took a deep breath, as if she had made some mental preparations: "I say this just to tell you that my choice was not made on impulse or emotionally, but because I like you, that's all," I have always liked you secretly, but you just didn't know it.

"But I don't like you." Ning turned sideways, and the young girl, who was in love, mustered up the courage to express her love shyly, but it failed to stir up the slightest ripple in his stagnant heart.

Chen Yaming was stunned, and many of the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.

Ning Zhe looked calm and continued, "Because of your wishful thinking, I have to marry someone I don't like and spend the rest of my life with him. Of course, you can boldly pursue the person you love and pursue your happiness, but is this fair to me? Why should your happiness be at the cost of my freedom for the rest of my life?"

Should good people be held at gunpoint?
"No, no, I..." Chen Yaming hurriedly shook her head, tears falling on the table in bewilderment: "I, I didn't mean that, I just... I, Ning Zhe, I'm sorry, I didn't know you had someone you liked..."

"No." Ning Zhe didn't even raise his head.

"No? Then... why?" Chen Yaming didn't understand: "The future is uncertain, isn't it? Even if you don't have feelings for me now, what about in the future? Why can't you give me a chance to pursue you? I will do anything... I... Even if you want to reject me anyway, at least give me a reason, okay?"

"No reason."

Ning Zhe said calmly, "I'm not a pushover. The reason I help you in this way is not because I have any bad intentions towards you. I do this just to make my grandparents feel that they already have a grandson's wife, so that they won't scold me for being unfilial when they are lying on their deathbeds... After they die, I will be truly free. So you'd better find someone else and don't waste your time on me."

After that, the small shop fell into a long silence.

a long time.

"Ningzhe?"

"Ok?"

"You're too much." Chen Yaming wiped the tears off her face and said indignantly, "You made a girl so excited that she wanted to marry you on the spot, but suddenly you changed your face and dumped her without even giving a reason... You're really irresponsible."

"Did I flirt with you?" Ning Zhe was a little confused. How could he not know that he had flirted with her?

"Yes, don't you even have this much self-awareness?"

"Yeah……"

While Ning Zhe was still in a daze, Chen Yaming suddenly stood up, put her arms around his neck, leaned over and kissed him.

"Well-"

Ning Zhe's first kiss experience was not very good. Perhaps it was because he was feeling depressed, and also because she was afraid that he would avoid her, so Chen Yaming hugged him with great strength, and their front teeth knocked together directly. He was so painful that he subconsciously wanted to scream, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a tongue like a small snake nimbly came in.

Immediately afterwards, two warm tears fell on Ning Zhe's face.

(End of this chapter)