It sounded like he was seriously pursuing and confessing.
Xiao Can felt dizzy for a moment. Under impulse, he almost blurted out, “I promise you.”
But soon, he came to his senses.
He Xingzhou’s desires were ultimately different from his own.
While He Xingzhou was actively trying to score higher, Xiao Can was actually waiting. Waiting for him to be moved, waiting for him to develop feelings beyond responsibility and obligation.
As long as He Xingzhou was willing to say “I like you,” Xiao Can could agree at any time.
At that moment, He Xingzhou’s phone rang again.
Xiao Can suddenly remembered something and urged, “Take a look.”
He Xingzhou reluctantly picked up his phone, then casually operated it a few times before putting it aside.
“Who is it?” Xiao Can asked with great concern, “Is it Luo Yinan?”
“Yeah,” He Xingzhou nodded, “He added me.”
“Did you accept?” Xiao Can asked, “What did he say to you?”
He Xingzhou frowned, “Why do you care about him so much?”
Xiao Can did indeed care, but not about Luo Yinan.
He was too curious, wanting to know what Luo Yinan would say to He Xingzhou, and there was a bit of schadenfreude because he knew He Xingzhou would leave Luo Yinan speechless.
As an onlooker, Xiao Can found himself a bit dark, eagerly anticipating what tricks He Xingzhou would play next.
“I don’t care about him,” Xiao Can blinked at He Xingzhou, “I’m…uh, I care about you!”
He blurted out hastily, and surprisingly, He Xingzhou smiled at him, then unlocked his phone and showed it to him.
At the top of the screen was the information Luo Yinan filled in when adding friends.
- Hello, Mr. He, I’m Luo Yinan. Thank you for the lilies you gave me today.
He Xingzhou accepted his friend request but didn’t say anything, leaving the chat window empty.
“So polite…” Xiao Can murmured.
“Is that worthy of praise?” He Xingzhou was very disdainful.
Xiao Can wasn’t praising him at all; he was basically being sarcastic. Luo Yinan had been explaining everywhere today, emphasizing how uncomfortable he was and had a desperate attitude when asking He Xingzhou for contact information. Xiao Can didn’t expect him to be like this in front of He Xingzhou.
Xiao Can was a smooth operator himself, but if he encountered the same situation, he would choose to handle it coldly. Not only to express his attitude but also to consider that if it were exposed, he wouldn’t be in the wrong.
Just as he was thinking, a new message popped up on He Xingzhou’s phone screen, surprisingly a photo of a bouquet.
It was taken beautifully, seemed to have a filter effect, looking elegant, pure, and very appealing.
He Xingzhou enlarged it and nodded in satisfaction. When he showed it to Xiao Can, he didn’t forget to take credit, “I saw it when passing by and thought it matched you, so I got off the car immediately to buy it.”
“Match?” Xiao Can felt happy inside but pretended to be indifferent on the surface, “How can such a pure flower match someone like me, who’s cunning and deceitful?”
“I didn’t say you were cunning and deceitful,” He Xingzhou quickly clarified.
“Anyway, it’s almost the same,” Xiao Can originally just said it casually, but as he spoke, he actually felt a little unhappy. “Your consistent evaluation of me doesn’t match these flowers.”
He originally intended to hear He Xingzhou coax him a few more times, but he didn’t expect He Xingzhou to fall into thought at his words.
They both fell silent, but Luo Yinan, who didn’t receive any response, sent a new message.
- I won’t disturb your rest, goodnight.
He Xingzhou and Xiao Can both lowered their heads to look, and when they saw the last word, He Xingzhou’s eyes suddenly lit up.
He looked at Xiao Can, a hint of smugness appearing on his face, then extended his index finger, inputted “goodnight” very leisurely, then chose a punctuation mark, deliberately clicking on the wave symbol in Xiao Can’s line of sight.
After sending it, he even raised his eyebrows at Xiao Can.
Xiao Can thought to himself, “Oh my, what an idiot.”
“…I’m truly ashamed for you,” he said to He Xingzhou.
He Xingzhou smiled, “Stubborn.”
He didn’t feel embarrassed at all; the embarrassment fell on Xiao Can instead.
Why would he like someone like this? Was his taste really that bad? Xiao Can fell into deep self-doubt.
Meanwhile, Luo Yinan finally received a response and immediately replied.
—Alright, you too.
He even added a smiling emoji at the end.
Xiao Can felt uncomfortable.
He couldn’t bear this mental attack anymore, so he stood up and said, “I’m going back.”
He Xingzhou was surprised, “…”
“No need to escort me,” Xiao Can waved his arm, trying to shake off the goosebumps on his body, “Goodbye.”
He Xingzhou misunderstood, quickly picked up his phone, retracted the “goodnight” message he sent earlier, and then explained to Xiao Can, “I was just kidding, don’t take it seriously.”
It was hard to imagine how confused Luo Yinan must be now.
“If you dare to say I’m stubborn again,” Xiao Can interrupted loudly, “don’t blame me for using violence!”
He Xingzhou shut his mouth.
Seeing Xiao Can moving quickly towards the exit, he followed closely.
“Do you really want to go back?” he asked reluctantly.
“What else?” Xiao Can didn’t look back. “You’re such a principled person, are you even going to do something with me?”
“…If you want me to,” He Xingzhou said.
Xiao Can was genuinely shocked.
In just one day, this stubborn person actually gave up his principles?
Unfortunately, He Xingzhou’s series of actions had already extinguished all of Xiao Can’s interest. He was now indifferent, with no intention in that regard.
At the door, He Xingzhou grabbed his hand from behind.
“I’m not keeping you for that.” He said to Xiao Can, “I have something else to say.”
As Xiao Can turned around, he quickly let go of his hand and continued, “Actually, I’m someone who believes a lot in intuition.”
“What do you mean?” Xiao Can couldn’t keep up with his train of thought for a moment.
“My most popular songs weren’t created based on logic,” He Xingzhou said. “The melody is the voice of the heart; I’ve always just followed my feelings. It turns out my feelings are always right.”
“…So?”
“So… you’re the lily,” He Xingzhou said, “We’ll be together in the future.”
“…”
“It’s just a matter of time.”
A perfect moment for sarcasm.
One could mock him for planning to become a charlatan, or sarcastically comment on his unrealistic thoughts.
One could even ask if he was just craving Xiao Can’s body, so he made up such grandiose reasons.
But his assumption was too tempting for Xiao Can.
Xiao Can softly responded with an “Oh.”
As he turned to open the door, he suddenly remembered something and whispered to He Xingzhou with his back turned, “Goodnight.”
When He Xingzhou responded, his voice carried an obvious hint of laughter, “You too, goodnight.”
Back in his room, Xiao Can took a shower and suddenly realized something.
He messaged He Xingzhou.
—Do you think the extra ten points I gave you were for what we did the night before yesterday???
He Xingzhou’s reply was as proactive as always.
—Wasn’t it?
Xiao Can was speechless.
Was this the confidence of an Alpha?
Did he think that just nine more times and he could get a perfect score, and then it would be natural for them to be together?
—You’re kidding me!!!
Xiao Can replied seriously.
He Xingzhou couldn’t believe it.
—the ten points weren’t because of that?
Xiao Can intended to say yes, but halfway through, he felt that this wasn’t enough to dampen his enthusiasm, so he chose a more discouraging expression.
“Nine point five for the act, zero point five for your skills, together make ten points.”
He Xingzhou fell silent.
He Xingzhou left the next day at noon.
Before boarding the plane, he messaged Xiao Can, reminding him to rest, not to overexert himself, not to always endure hardships, and if it was too hard, he should resist. At the end, he said that he would have some free time again in a while, and if needed, Xiao Can could come to see him anytime.
When Xiao Can saw it, it was already past four in the afternoon.
He replied to He Xingzhou with just an “Oh,” and He Xingzhou replied with a photo of Charlie.
Even after not seeing him for a while, the little guy was still so adorable, with his round eyes and open mouth, it wasn’t clear what he was shouting about, but he looked funny and cute.
After sending the photo, He Xingzhou added one more sentence.
—In the future, it will also be your baby. Are you happy?
What a domineering CEO statement, looking so self-satisfied and confident.
Xiao Can found it funny and couldn’t help but blush.
If it wasn’t for the fact that the idiot was too obvious, he almost suspected that He Xingzhou had already seen through his thoughts.
