Zuo Yue pursed her lips.â You make it sound so easy. This is the first time Iâve encountered a life and death separation in my 18 years of life. Iâm still not used to it.ââ
John Junior shrugged.â No wonder. The older you get, the more you have to face life and death. You canât be down every time.â Right now, we can still pretend that we are young and donât need to care about anything. We can only care about being sad, but when we grow up a few years later, there will be a lot of responsibilities that we need to bear. There will be no space for us to be sad.â
âLike my mom? His father had died. He was clearly in pain, but he still had to face everyone.â
âSomething like that. Aunt Xu is a very filial daughter and a very great mother. My parents admire your parents very much. For so many years, our family has been getting along so well with your Xu family and the Zuo family.â
Zuo Yue raised her hand to support her chin and looked at the cold sky. She suddenly thought of Xu Chengfeng who had been standing with her mother for the past two days.
It was as if nothing had happened, and he was still as calm as ever.
She had been avoiding him for a few days, but every time she saw him standing in the auditorium in black with a calm expression, she could not help but feel a sharp pain in her heart.
If Grandpa hadnât passed away, he probably wouldnât have appeared at City Aâs airport.
How could a person who said that he would completely disappear from her world go back on his word?
Zuo Yueâs heart had been in a mess for the past few days. Looking at the sky now, she suddenly said,ââUncle John and the others probably have to talk to my mother and the elders in the family for a long time. If you have nothing to do like me, do you want to go for a drink with me?â
John Junior looked at her strangely.ââNow? Are you going to drink now?â
âItâs fine if you donât want to go. Iâm just saying. I havenât slept well these past few days. I want to drink some wine to stop myself from being so focused on certain things.â
John Junior suddenly glanced in the direction of the auditorium and thought for a moment before saying,ââMy car is just across the street. Where do you want to go for a drink? Iâll go with you. Letâs go and come back quickly. Donât let the elders find out.â
âI knew you were loyal!â Zuo Yue finally smiled after these few days. She stood up and was about to leave.
John Junior suddenly reached out to hold her down. When Zuo Yue looked at him in confusion, he lifted his hand and took the white flower from her lapel. Then, he gently placed it on the bench at the side. Then, he pointed to her long hair and the hair clip that also had a white daisy flower on it.
Zuo Yue immediately understood. She raised her hand and took off the hair clip on her head. She had been dressed like this for the past two days. After all, she had to show respect to her deceased grandfather.
However, since he wanted to escape and drink, he couldnât bring these things out. It would be disrespectful.
She took out a rubber band and tied her hair up behind her head. Then, she gathered up the coat that belonged to John Junior and smiled.âLetâs go.â
Seeing that she had recovered so quickly, John Junior had wanted to say that he could accompany her to drink, but he didnât want her to drink too much, so he held back.
Anyway, he wouldnât do anything to her. If he was really in a bad mood, he could just vent with her.
John Junior smiled and put his arm around her shoulder as they walked in the direction of his car. As they walked, he said,âWhy are you so skinny? It felt dry when he hugged it, and there was no fleshy feeling at all.â
Zuo Yue glanced at him from the corner of her eyes. You have breasts, you have ass. Thereâs nothing wrong with that. Are you a stock?â
âTsk, but you canât be so thin. The last time I saw you, you werenât this skinny.âJohn Junior rubbed her shoulders even more intimately as he spoke.âYouâre not my girlfriend. If you were my girlfriend, I would definitely feed you until youâre full every day so that you wonât be so skinny.â
âIs there? I havenât measured my weight recently. When I look in the mirror, I feel no different from beforeâ¦â
âHow is there no difference? You look like youâve lost at least seven to eight pounds compared to the last time I saw you. Did something happen to you in the past few months? She wasnât fat to begin with, but now she was even thinner.â
Zuo Yue smiled but did not answer.
She felt that she had almost forgotten what had happened in the past few months.
There were many things that she had deliberately wanted to forget, but they were all buried deep in her heart. A man who wanted to leave her life completely, and a man who could do it so decisively, seemed to have no need to remember.
âItâs nothing. Itâs just a serious illness.âAfter John Junior asked a few more questions, Zuo Yue answered casually.
John Junior patted her comfortingly.ââDo you know that your family wants to matchmake the two of us?â
Zuo Yue immediately glanced at him.â
âThe last time I saw you, I felt like you had someone else in your heart, and you didnât seem to have that thought at all. So I didnât say anything and just dragged you to play basketball. By the way, I had a deep impression of your uncle last time. When I saw him just now, I even went to greet him. In the end, he didnât seem to have a good impression of me and was very cold.â
â.. Heâs that kind of person, cold to everyone. I used to think that I could melt him.â
Later on, she realized that she had only melted on the surface. Some people were still cold inside, heartless and cold, calm and hurtful.
âThatâs true. Your little uncleâs serious appearance really makes people feel that strangers are not allowed to approach him.âJohn Junior opened the car door and motioned for her to get in.
When Zuo Yue got into the car, he suddenly said,ââYou should be single now, right? Can I pursue you, Zuo Yue?â
The corner of Zuo Yueâs mouth twitched.â
âNo, itâs just that the last time I saw you, there should be someone in your heart, and that person should be quite close to you. Now, it looks like youâve been heartbroken for a long time, so I wanted to take advantage of the loophole.âJohn Jr. smiled and closed the car door. He didnât continue the topic to avoid embarrassing her.
Zuo Yue was stunned for a moment in the car. It was not until John Jr. went around the car door and opened the driverâs seat door that she turned to look at him.âI think youâre more suitable to be a good brother. I think youâre not unfamiliar with Chinese. You should understand the concept of a good brother, right?â
John Junior chuckled.â Yes, I know. I wonât do anything if you refuse so straightforwardly. Besides, your grandfather just passed away.â Letâs pretend I didnât say anything just now. Letâs go drink!â
Xu Chengfeng had just walked out of the auditorium when he saw Zuo Yue, who was wearing a manâs coat, not far away. Little John had his arm around her shoulders and they got into the car intimately.