âHey, now.â Mo Liuxi looked over coldly. âDonât worry, I will most definitely graduate if even someone like you can.â
âWhat do you mean by that? Come on, I had stellar results when I was in college...â Yan Su couldnât help but grumble.
Mo Liuxi grinned. âI was invited by your university to study there â Iâm not your average student.â
Yan Su said nothing.
âBe good, eat up.â Mo Liuxi put some food in her bowl. âLetâs get married next year when youâre not busy.â
Yan Su nearly choked on her food, spitting it all out on the table.
âYan Su, donât be gross,â Mo Liuxi said as he wiped his face that was speckled with rice grains.
âStop scaring me! Why would you say things like that without any warning?â Yan Su quickly gulped down a glass of water to calm herself. âWhy do you want to get married all of a sudden?â
âWe already have a child together. Of course, weâre getting married,â Mo Liuxi said matter-of-factly. âFirstly, I have to take responsibility for you and our child. Secondly, I truly love you. Besides, if we head over to your parentsâ place on Chinese New Year and break the news that I am Yan Yanâs father without any talk of marriage, your parents will think terribly of me. Iâd be thankful enough if they donât beat me up and throw me out of the house.â
Although he only talked to her mother briefly, he already knew that her parents might be difficult to deal with, judging by how Yan Jin acted.
Yan Su was quiet. What he said made sense. Especially her dad â he might skin Mo Liuxi alive.
âItâs decided then. We shall get married next year.â Mo Liuxi raised his eyebrows. âIâll bring you to meet my family too. They will be thoroughly shocked.â
Yan Su covered her face with her rice bowl. She was too ashamed to see Luosang. She said, âLetâs not be too hasty. I donât want our marriage to be built upon the fact that we have a child together. I want us to genuinely love each other and want to be with one another. I want us to be thoroughly compatible.â
âWe tick all the checkboxes,â Mo Liuxi said confidently.
âDo we?â Yan Su asked him. âLiuxi, I thought that we were compatible when dated in the past but when we started fighting, I came to realize that we donât know each other well enough. Thereâs still a lot to learn and a lot of rough edges to smooth out. Especially your communication â you are too mean sometimes.â
âI love you too much, thatâs why.â Mo Liuxi frowned. âYou didnât tell me the truth when you were pregnant with my child. Of course, I was mad. I wanted to strangle you to death. When we met in Venice, I still hadnât moved on yet. If I really did, I wouldâve acted indifferently towards you.â
âHow can I be sure that what youâre saying is true? Letâs just take things slow and see how it goes. Weâre both still young anyway.â Yan Su lowered her head and ate.
âYan Su, are you going to put on your clothes and act like you donât know me again?â Mo Liuxi smirked.
âWell I put on my clothes and made lunch for you, didnât I?â Yan Su put some chicken into his bowl. âWhatâs the rush anyway? Iâm yours already.â
Mo Liuxi was stunned. He was moved by what she had just said.
She was right. Things were different now. She was his woman, his significant other now.
After lunch, Mo Liuxi washed the dishes and carried her to the bed to rest. âSusu my baby, will you stay with me today and not go to the studio?â
Yan Su looked up to meet his gentle, warm gaze. He was showing his puppy eyes now and she thought about how scary it was that men could change so quickly. He was so mean to her just a while ago. âI wasnât planning on going. Iâll accompany you for two days.â
Mo Liuxi was thrilled. It was a happiness that came unexpectedly. He thought they only had one day together. Two days she said. What a treat! He asked her, âIs it going to affect your competition?â
Yan Su sighed. âIâve ranked seventh... I should spend some time adjusting my state of mind and I need to take a break anyway. If I really end up losing, then so be it.â
âDonât worry, you still have me even if you lose.â Mo Liuxi pulled her close to his chest. âIâm so bored. Shall we do something?â