Chapter 869: Foul Play

Chapter 869: Foul Play

"Did you share this with anyone else?" she asked.

He shook his head, "Haven't you always been the first one?"

Xiang Wai blinked at him and said, "You're playing a foul play now."

"What?"

"If you look at me with such gentleness, how am I suppose to keep my resolve? Aren't I at the losing end here from the beginning? You never even had to sweet talk. Just your gentle voice and I was a goner. Isn't it the same now? How can you play like this?"

Zhai Yanjun chuckled and nodded, "Okay. I'll stop looking then." He tried to release her hand and get up when she held his hand and didn't let go. He raised his brow at her.

Xiang Wai cleared her throat awkwardly, "I don't mind though. You can continue."

Zhai Yanjun looked at her reddened ears and chuckled to himself. It was quite amusing actually. She always kept a tough front but always became a shy mess around him. But that was the real her. She wasn't as strong as she seemed. She wasn't like her sister who didn't have desires, wishes, or emotions. She was actually very normal in those aspects. Xiang Wai was just like any other girl. She really craved love.

"Wai, shall we start all over again?" he suggested. "Let's start from the beginning all over again. Let's learn about each other from scratch."

"Don't we already know each other?" she asked.

"If we did, we won't have ended up here," he replied. "You said earlier that I've become talkative. But the truth is, I was always talkative. Somewhere along the way, I became silent. And the same goes for you. I never knew you had such a cheerful side to you. There are plenty of things we really didn't know about each other. Even though we had a relationship that lasted ten years but how many days in those ten years did we spend together? Considering the nature of our jobs, it's already established that we can't be like most normal couples. But I want to give it my all. Because I believe we can make it work this time."

"You really think so?" she asked.

"Why? Do you think we can't make it work?"

She shook her head, "I'm scared."

"Scared?" he repeated.

"It took a lot to walk away from you once. I don't think I'd be able to do it twice," she told him honestly.

"I won't give you a chance to get there," he said with assurance. "Or do you plan on going forward with that blind date of yours?"

Xiang Wai found his expressions amusing as she teased, "Why are you so worked up about my blind date? Besides, you never even got mad when someone in the army hit on me. You always said you trust me. What's up now? Just because we broke up, you think you can't trust me anymore?"

He shook his head, "That's not it. It's different this time."

"What's different?" she asked curiously.

"It's not you whom I'm really worried about. It's that blind date of yours, Huang Shuyi!" He gritted out that name with anger.

Xiang Wai raised her brows at him, "Huh? How do you know Huang Shuyi?"

"He was your deskmate," said Zhai Yanjun. "Do you think I was so disinterested in your life that I won't even know about the guy who followed you like a curse for years?"

"You're really jealous of him?" asked Xiang Wai in surprise.

"He had a crush on you," he said. "Of course, he is the dangerous party here."

"Shuyi? He had a crush on me?"

Zhai Yanjun was actually pleased that she didn't even know her deskmate had a huge crush on her once upon a time. But that was because all her attention was on him. So, she hardly noticed anyone else's feelings for her. Only his feelings mattered to her and that was the case even to this day.

But he actually felt a tad bit of sympathy for Huang Shuyi as well. Poor guy couldn't even make his feelings known even after spending so many years with Xiang Wai. However, he suddenly felt like he couldn't comment on that since Xiang Wai couldn't even figure out how much he loved her as well. Maybe, Xiang Wai was just dense.

Of course, he won't say that out loud, or else, he'd be getting a beating. Not that he was afraid of the beating from her.

"Forget it," said Zhai Yanjun. "I'm not even surprised."

"Wait! You felt the crisis only after seeing Huang Shuyi?" she asked. Faced with his silence, she understood and mentally noted to say thanks to that lazy deskmate of hers. At least, he did something good in his life.

"So, are we starting again?" asked Zhai Yanjun nervously.

Xiang Wai felt at a loss for a moment seeing how nervous he was. It was like the moment he was waiting for the results after high school wondering if he'd really get accepted into the military academy or not. During those days, he always looked like he was standing on edge.

She actually found it a little funny but held herself back from laughing at him.

"Shall we?"

Zhai Yanjun looked straight at her as she spoke.

"Where should we begin from?" she asked. "Should we start from the introduction? Hi! I'm Xiang Wai."

Zhai Yanjun held her outstretched hand and grinned, "Hello, I'm Zhai Yanjun."

"Pleased to meet you," she said.

"Likewise!" he replied.

Both of them suddenly burst out laughing. It couldn't be helped. They both found it rather amusing. In a way, they had known each other the longest but it was such a strange thing that even after such a long time, they still realized there was something they didn't know about the other person. Their relationship was a strange one from the beginning.

This time, they were hoping for it to be a little normal. Just a little normal was okay to them. Nothing extraordinary.