Translator: Henyee Translations   Editor: Henyee Translations
In the end, MO Zhu exposed his daughterâs true thoughts. âThe person you canât bear to part with is actually Little Pei, right?â
Li You suddenly felt a lump in her throat. Since her mother had said it outright, she didnât hide it anymore. â1 canât bear to leave him,â she admitted frankly.
MO Zhu asked, âDoes he know about this?â
Li You nodded. âHe knows.â
MO Zhu: âThen what did he say?â
What did he sayâ¦
Li You recalled that afternoon. She had mentioned this in front of Pei
Jingzhou, who had only said, âYou can go wherever you want.â
It was really just this sentence. There was nothing else. At that time, Li You felt stifled, not because of Pei Jingzhouâs attitude. Even if he treated her coldly, she would not feel stifled. She felt stifled because of her current choice.
However, she did not tell her mother what Pei Jingzhou had said. She only said, âHe knew about this, but he didnât say anything.â MO Zhu said, â1 donât believe he didnât say anything.â
Li You was stunned.
MO Zhu gently pinched his daughterâs cheek. âYou two are so close. One day, you suddenly told him that you were going overseas to study. Did he really not say a word? Mom doesnât believe you.â
Li Youâs nose turned sour. She threw herself into MO Zhuâs arms and said in a low voice, should stay in the country where he can see me.â
MO Zhu gently held her daughter in her arms and sighed. âHave you thought it through?â
Li You shook her head. âNo.â
MO Zhu said gently, âThen think again.â
âBut I donât know how to make a decision.â Li Youâs sobs deepened.
MO Zhu gently patted his daughterâs back shoulder. âThere are many choices you can make. You canât make up your mind now. It doesnât matter. Just think again. â
After standing outside for a while, MO Zhu led Li You into the living room.
When Guan Suling saw Li Youâs current state, she swallowed her words. Her son-in-law had also told her something just now. She no longer tried to force Li You to stay. She would just wait for Li You to make her own decision.
That night, Li You slept with Guan Suling.
Guan Suling patted Li Youâs arm gently, just like when she was young. âGood girl, I donât care if you stay or go abroad. Nothing is more important than your happiness. Donât be too conflicted. Do what you think.â
Li You nudged Guan Suling. âWhen I go overseas, Grandma wonât be able to see me all the time.â
Guan Sulings tone was filled with doting. âIf you go overseas to study, Grandma can come and accompany you. Country T is too far away. Grandma will definitely stay for a month or two every time I go. Iâll be satisfied.â
Li You replied, âOkay.â
The next day, Li You had specially dressed up before leaving. After graduating from high school, she had spent some time dressing up, although her appearance did not require too much fancy dressing.
She wore a fog-blue knee-length dress and carried the small bag her mother had bought for her on her shoulder. She went to Pei Jingzhouâs school to look for him. She had been here so many times in the past month that Pei Jingzhouâs roommates knew her.
Before she got close, she heard one of her roommates say, âOld Pei, your girlfriend is here,â
To Li You, being called a girlfriend was more or less uncomfortable. Even though she had already taken the initiative to confess to Pei Jingzhou and become his girlfriend on the day the college entrance examination ended.
Pei Jingzhou looked up and saw her outside the laboratory. She was wearing a fog-blue dress that was beautiful and enchanting. She was so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off her. She stood on her tiptoes and waved at him.
Pei Jingzhou threw the book to his roommate. âHelp me bring it back.â
His roommate took the book and looked envious. âOld Pei is such a boring person, but he actually found a girlfriend with such a lively personality. They simply complement each other. My girlfriend canât wait to not contact me 24 hours a day.â
Pei Jingzhou glanced sideways and replied, âFeelings should be maintained from both parties. You can take the initiative to contact each other.â
His roommate sighed. âThat wonât do. I have to be steady.â
Pei Jingzhou said, âItâs good that youâre steady. Then youâre not far from being single. â
His roommate: ââ¦Damn! How can your thirty-six-degree mouth say words that are negative thirty-six degrees! â
Pei Jingzhou ignored him and walked towards Li You, who was waiting for him at the door. Seeing Pei Jingzhou come out, Li You went forward and held his arm. Pei Jingzhou asked her, âWhy didnât you send me a WeChat message before you came?â
Li You said, âl want to give you a surprise.â Pei Jingzhou said, âItâs indeed a surprise.â
âIâve thought about it,â Li You suddenly said.
Pei Jingzhou stopped in his tracks and looked at her sideways. âThought about what?â
Li You stopped and took a few steps forward. She looked at Pei Jingzhou and said, âIâve thought it through. Iâm not going to Country T.â
Last night, with her motherâs counsel and her grandmotherâs encouragement, she had thought it through. If she did not leave the country, she would stay at her grandmotherâs place. That way, she would not have to be in a long-distance relationship with Pei Jingzhou.
âIf I donât go to Country T and stay in the capital, we wonât be in a long-distance relationship. I can look for you anytime. You can see me anytime.â Li Youâs smile was very bright. âAre you very happy?
She was genuinely happy. Therefore, she hurriedly told Pei Jingzhou, hoping that he would be as caring as her. However, to Li Youâs surprise, Pei Jingzhou was not as happy as she had expected. After hearing what she said, his face was almost expressionless.
The smile on Li Youâs face gradually faded. She did not understand why Pei Jingzhou had such a reaction. âAre you unhappy?
Pei Jingzhou replied softly, âIâm happy.â
Li You let go of his arm. âYouâre lying. Your expression tells me that youâre not happy at all.â
Pei Jingzhou said, âIâm really happy. Iâm not lying to you.â
Li You looked at his calm face. âThen your expression doesnât look like youâre really happy at all. You looked reluctant.â
âThereâs no reluctance. How can I not be happy if youâre willing to stay in the country because of me?â he said softly.
Li You caught the underlying meaning. âDo you have something else to tell
Pei Jingzhou held Li Youâs hand and said as they walked, â1 said yesterday that you can go wherever you want. I wasnât angry.â
Li You nodded.
âLi You,â he called her name.
Li You replied gloomily, âMm.â
Pei Jingzhouâs unhurried voice landed in her ear. âNo matter what, I wonât trap you by my side in any name, unless I have no choice.â
Li You looked up at him. âWhy only as a last resort?â
Pei Jingzhou said, âIf thereâs really such a time, it means that you really need me at this time. Thereâs no other way, and itâs a last resort. Other than that, I promise you that I wonât trap you by my side in any name.â
Li You said, âButâ¦
Pei Jingzhou said, âGo to Country T and stay by your parentsâ side. Iâll be by your side in my own way.â
Li You was stunned. âYour own way?â
At this moment, Li You did not know how Pei Jingzhou would accompany her in his way. His way was actually to take more than 200 days out of 365 days to fly to Country T to see her..