Chapter 4 The Night Everything Changed
I drove her home, made her hangover soup, and didn’t leave until late. I passed out in a chair from exhaustion.
When I woke up, there was a blanket over me, and Mu Jinci was cooking porridge in the kitchen.
“Up? Come eat.”
Sunlight fell across her. She looked beautiful.
I remember thinking that the man who married her would be one lucky guy.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Huh? Nothing.”
She paused, then said, “Su Yueming, I remember on our first date you told me I was your ideal type, right?”
I nearly choked on the porridge, staring at her in confusion.
Why bring that up now?
Was she teasing me?
“My mom’s pushing me to get married. I’ve been on a bunch of blind dates lately. None of them clicked. You’re the least bad. If I have to marry someone, it might as well be you.”
“That’s... kind of sudden.”
“Sudden? It’s basically a flash marriage.”
“What?”
“Don’t just sit there shocked. I’m asking—do you have feelings for me?”
She stared straight at me. I swallowed hard a few times before answering, “Yes.”
“Good.”
She leaned in and kissed my cheek. “Then let’s date. With marriage in mind.”
I never imagined I’d build a life with someone like Mu Jinci.
Even the morning after our wedding night, waking up to her beside me still felt unreal.
She curled into me, sleepy, murmured good morning, and my heart melted.
I didn’t notice then that her eyes held no love at all.