Chapter 59: I Will Take Responsibility
Chapter Fifty-Nine: I Will Take Responsibility
Qing Tian didn’t know where she wanted to go; she just followed her heart. Unconsciously, she walked to the big tree that belonged to her. The summer leaves were so lush and grew so well.
She sat under the tree, gazing at the people playing on the football field. She always felt such a scene was beautiful. Shouldn’t youth be about pouring out sweat to the fullest?
“Qing Tian…”
A gentle and pleasant voice came from above her. In her world, this voice was like the piano music from that night. It was both surprising, moving, and tangled.
Qing Tian looked up at Ji Xiangyu, who was standing above her. Seen from this angle, Ji Xiangyu looked very different. She realized his eyelashes were actually so long and dense. She could even see his high nose and his deep, affectionate eyes. His irises were so dark; how many young girls’ hearts had been captivated by such eyes?
Seen from this angle, Ji Xiangyu was so different from the Young Master Ji she knew before.
Qing Tian reached out towards his face, which was rarely seen in such a state, and made a gesture as if taking a photo. After doing so, she said, “It’s so good…”
Ji Xiangyu squatted down. At that moment, the distance between them was so close. Seen from this posture, Ji Xiangyu was the same as usual, noble and difficult to approach.
Ji Xiangyu was confused why Qing Tian was staring at him, so he asked doubtfully, “Is there something on my face?”
Qing Tian coughed awkwardly for a moment, then pretended to be serious and said, “Uh, I… well, you look very handsome today!”
After saying that, Qing Tian immediately felt that her words had a deliberate tone of trying to please him.
She smiled foolishly at Ji Xiangyu, “Well… I…”
Before Qing Tian could finish speaking, Ji Xiangyu reached out and gently stroked her hair, saying dotingly, “Silly girl…”
Silly girl, this phrase seemed to have become Ji Xiangyu’s special term of endearment for Qing Tian.
She lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed, and her cheeks flushed red.
Ji Xiangyu said sincerely to Qing Tian, “Qing Tian, regarding what happened between us that night, I solemnly apologize to you today!”
A sense of loss washed over Qing Tian. Was it really going to be said? The words “I’m sorry,” which seemed so simple, why was she so unwilling to hear them?
Ji Xiangyu observed Qing Tian’s expression. She seemed a little unhappy. Had he done something wrong again?
Ji Xiangyu carefully sat down beside her. From this angle, looking at the football field, he could clearly see the direction where he often played football.
He sighed, “It’s so clear from here where I play football. It’s so good…”
Qing Tian thought Ji Xiangyu meant that her position was perfect for watching him. She blushed a little shyly and, without looking at him, also watched the people playing football in the distance.
The sudden silence between them made the atmosphere extremely awkward.
Qing Tian wondered if she should say something.
Just as she was agonizing over it, Ji Xiangyu looked ahead and slowly said, “Qing Tian, please don’t deliberately avoid me anymore, okay? It makes me feel very bad. I care a lot, and your deliberate avoidance makes my heart ache!”
Qing Tian turned her head to look at Ji Xiangyu, a little surprised by his words. But how could she easily reveal such an emotion?
She feigned a nonchalant attitude and said, “I’m not deliberately avoiding you; I just don’t know how to face you.”
As Qing Tian said this, her heart ached. Who said that saying the opposite of what you mean to the person you like would feel like your heart was being cut with a knife?
Ji Xiangyu sighed, then turned his face and smiled, “It’s okay, I understand. But I, Ji Xiangyu, will definitely take responsibility for Qing Tian’s first kiss to the end, and I will uphold that bet!”
Qing Tian was clearly startled and retorted, “Are you saying you’ll accept the proposal, and you’ve decided to lose to Xia Yang?”
Because if he lost, she wouldn’t have to kiss Xia Yang. But she also didn’t want Ji Xiangyu to kiss Qin Hailan. Why did life have to present such difficult choices?
Ji Xiangyu said righteously and with full confidence, “You just need to believe that I will always protect you, no matter what happens.”
Ji Xiangyu felt that saying this wasn’t enough, so he looked into Qing Tian’s eyes with determination and said, “Believe me, okay?”
Seeing Ji Xiangyu’s determined gaze, Qing Tian nodded with some hesitation, then said softly, “Then, classmate Ji Xiangyu, everything is up to you!”
After saying that, a faint smile appeared on her face. Ji Xiangyu really liked this Qing Tian; she looked especially beautiful when she smiled faintly.
He smiled gently in return. The two sat under the tree on this summer afternoon, facing the wind, smiling at each other.
