Liking someone isnât scary.
Whatâs scary is that the man sheâs fallen for is Li Shengxiao!
In front of this man, at least up until now, she still couldnât find a point where she could match him stride for stride. In other words, they were different.
They lived in different environments, occupied different social statuses.
This kind of feeling might very likely lead to a situation in the later stage where the person forging ahead gets tired of waiting for the other to grow, choosing to give up.
She didnât like being abandoned, especially after she had grown increasingly fond of someone, to then be cruelly cast aside. She could imagine the heart-rending sadness without having to experience it.
âI have a question for you now. Youâre standing at a completely dark crossroads, with many paths ahead of you. If you keep going down the path youâre on, there will be a pit ahead. Below the pit is a sheer cliff, and if you fall, youâll be smashed to pieces. You donât know where that pit is, but you know youâll fall into it sooner or later. Would you still keep going down that path?â
âOr would you rather take a longer detour? Even though it might be tough at the beginning, at least you know you can avoid that pit later on.â
Rong Yan asked very seriously, so seriously that it didnât seem like a hypothetical question. It was as if these two paths were laid out in front of her now, and she was hesitating over which one to take.
Li Shengxiaoâs dark eyes darkened inch by inch, understanding what she meant by âpath.â With a press of his rose-colored thin lips, he grabbed her wrist and said firmly, âThere wonât be any pit if you keep walking, and if there is, I will have filled it in a long time ago!â
âIf I havenât filled it in, you donât have to worry. Even if you fall, Iâll be the one underneath you!â
Damn it, hadnât she noticed that he had already fallen into the pit?
Rong Yan had just spontaneously come up with that metaphor, thinking about the future. She hadnât even considered that Li Shengxiao would understand her metaphor.
But this man did understand her meaning.
However, what did he mean by saying that if she fell, he would be the one beneath her? Rong Yanâs mind couldnât help but conjure up an image of the two of them smashed to a pulp, and the romantic atmosphere that had just been hard to come by was instantly diluted by the comical image in her head.
âIf youâre beneath me, does that mean I wonât be smashed into a pulp?â
He could at least change the description.
But apart from the romance being diluted, the downhearted mood she couldnât help but feel a moment ago was also washed away.
Rong Yanâs fair melon-seed shaped face glowed with a smile, like a gentle breeze passing by, inexplicably comforting and relaxing.
Li Shengxiao tightened his grip on her wrist. He didnât take her words as a joke and looked at her firmly, almost swearing, âIâm telling you, if that day youâre worried about really comes, Iâll be the first one to fall. Maybe Iâll let go before I fall, maybe I wonât. But I wonât let you fall alone!â
In TV dramas, male leads are always recklessly protective of their female counterparts, even in situations involving falling into a pit, theyâd tell the female lead not to come closer. Yet, here he was, seriously telling her that even if he fell off a cliff, he might let go of herâor he might drag her down with him.
Li Shengxiaoâs response was clearly so straightforward that it seemed destined for loneliness, but for some reason, Rong Yan felt a sense of resigned acceptance settling like dust.