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Chapter 268: Chapter 130: The Night Road Home at Eighteen_3
She had only surpassed a 60-point Favorability Rating a few days ago when she had preemptively set clear boundaries and informed him.
Because she knew what she could do, what she couldn’t, and dared to admit she couldn’t control her emotions, that one day she might launch an assault on Su Huai, it was better to eliminate that possibility early on.
Perceptive, honest, brave, strong... She brought Su Huai an unparalleled shock.
Gou Huai’s emotions were incredibly complex.
Shit!
Are you teaching me how to do things?!
Gou Huai felt an intense impulse to chase after Gu Jiuyue, to turn the tables and torment her until she cried out, "Husband, I was wrong", and never dared to be so arrogant again.
But in the end, he merely shook his head lightly, "Emotional value is still value, your worth cannot possibly be negative, I don’t accept that conclusion."
"Alright, let’s not talk about this for now."
Gu Jiuyue did not argue with Su Huai, as if right or wrong didn’t matter to her at all.
As she walked forward with Su Huai for a few steps, she then circled back to the previous topic.
"My family’s utilitarian approach is obvious, they just want to develop you into a tool to cheer me up. My grandfather and father don’t trust me to date or marry, but they also fear for my loneliness, so no matter how enthusiastically they treat you, there won’t be a shred of sincerity.
But they’re not bad people, don’t blame them, it’s my fault.
They are already pitiful, really, don’t join them in that."
While saying this, her voice was very soft, her tone very calm, but her emotions were more intense than ever.
Su Huai could feel a surge of pain, deep and repressed.
Instantly, his nose tingled, and his eyes inexplicably moistened.
Shit!
Why did I have to draw Chen Nuanhan’s miserable talent?
This is even more heartbreaking than a female romance novel, what man can endure this?!
"So what do we do?" The usually jesting Gou Huai rarely became emotional and asked angrily, "Shall we just stop being friends?!"
Gu Jiuyue was silent.
A few seconds later, she suddenly stopped, chuckled lightly, and said, "I’ll walk you only this far, be careful on your way."
If he were a normal young boy, he definitely would not understand her real emotions at this moment, too much for him to handle.
But Su Huai, as if he had cheated, sensed a rapidly spreading sadness, so he immediately grasped her behavioral logic.
She had chickened out. 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
She wanted to shrink back, back into her shell.
This girl certainly didn’t lack the courage to move forward, but her nature was too kind, she didn’t want to drag Su Huai into a deeper whirlpool for a moment of happiness, so it was better to use this opportunity to cool the budding friendship.
But what was the use in knowing?
The root of the problem, Su Huai simply had no power to solve.
The only thing he could do was to make Gu at least have a happy trip home today.
So, Gou Huai turned around, walked back with his head down, grumbling as if indignant, "I don’t care, your best friend can only be me anyway, we’ll talk about the future when it comes! Let’s go, I’ll walk you home!"
A glimmer of light suddenly surfaced in Gu Jiuyue’s eyes, turning from dim to bright in an instant.
No matter how rational and clear-headed her thoughts were, from experience alone, she was still just a lonely, solitary girl.
"Don’t bother, back and forth..."
She refused inconsistently, and the next second, she was forcefully taken by the hand by Su Huai.
"Told you it’s cold at night but you wouldn’t believe me, look, your hand is icy again, do you even want to get better?"
Facing Su Huai’s nagging rebuke, she quickly turned her head and quietly curled her lips.
Now that things were clear...
Could they continue to be friends?
As long as she terminated it in time before that step and helped him and blessed him as a friend, wouldn’t she still be a good girl?
Gu thought a lot in that instant, but soon all her confused thoughts were overwhelmed by one sensation.
——Su Huai’s hand was so warm.
There might be many boys with warm, dry hands, but only Su Huai could make her feel, "Miss, I’m just eighteen, both the spring-clothed youth and I are eighteen, walking together on the night road, no need to reminisce the past or look forward to the future, just being in the present is very delightful."
