So... so what?
"So I’ve thought it over and decided I need to take responsibility." Su Ziqiao looked at her and said, "Moreover, I’ve stamped you as mine now, so from now on, you’re my girl."
"If anyone bullies you again, just invoke my name and I’ll handle it." Su Ziqiao cautiously looked at Hao Lianlian, "What do you think?"
Hao Lianlian covered her mouth, staring at Su Ziqiao.
So her first kiss was gone just like that?
Suddenly she felt like crying.
The first kiss she had been waiting for so long.
She thought it would be given to Huang Yongqi, but it turned out they’d only held hands a few times. Kissing never happened.
"Are you... alright?" Su Ziqiao asked suddenly, with surprise, "Don’t tell me this was your first kiss."
"YES!"
He joyfully spun around several times in the courtyard, "This is amazing."
What could be happier than this?
"Lianlian, I’m really so happy." He ran over, hugged Hao Lianlian, and laughed, "This is great, I’m so lucky."
"Can you... let go now?" Hao Lianlian blushed and nudged him.
This man, acting so openly, taking advantage of her—is this okay?
But strangely, she didn’t slap him immediately; instead, she blushed?
"You actually like me too, don’t you?" Su Ziqiao said with a smile, "This is really great."
He thought he would get beaten, but he didn’t.
He thought she’d be angry and ignore him, but she didn’t.
Watching him run away happily like a child, Hao Lianlian touched the spot he kissed earlier.
Is that so?
Could it be like he said just now, that she actually likes him too?
Maybe.
Maybe from that time he taught her self-defense, when she first placed her hand in his—perhaps from then she silently started to like this sunny, cheerful boy.
The self-doubting her desired such sunshine, but at the same time feared the harm it could bring.
So, she kept suppressing these feelings in silence.
Even now, it’s the same.
As she thought about it, she started to feel uncomfortable.
From childhood till now, she’s always been a self-doubting girl; though cherished by her grandfather, and despite doing well in school with top grades, the deep-rooted sense of inferiority never faded.
As she thought about it, tears began to fall.
Crouching down, she hugged herself and silently cried.
If she weren’t an orphan, maybe she would dare to fight for it.
But who would want a daughter-in-law who doesn’t even know her own biological parents?
And besides, the Su Family is very prominent in the Capital City.
That’s even more impossible.
Time to cry it out.
Hao Lianlian told herself inwardly.
Cry it all out this once, and never cry again.
Life goes on, and one must keep striving and working hard.
By the door, Su Ziqiao secretly watched her cry, wanting to embrace her and offer comfort but knowing that things had turned out the best they could today.
Let her cry then, vent all grievances.
In the future, he won’t let her cry ever again.
Su Ziqiao silently withdrew his gaze, knowing he had something important to do.
Huang Yongqi, you better wait for me.