"It's just that I was always alone at that time. Now I can finally eat oden with you, buy melon seeds with you, and take a walk with you to aid digestion."
Qin Xiao said gently. Xiao Li, who was opposite him, was dumbfounded.
"You—"
Qin Xiao smiled. "I've been waiting for you to ask me why I was willing to marry you.
Unfortunately, you never asked. So I never had a chance to say these things. Now I have to initiate this conversation."
Xiao Li was silent. She didn't ask because she knew that Qin Xiao loved her, although she didn't know why he loved her.
But as long as she knew that he loved her, why did she have to ask so many questions?
Qin Xiao reached out and touched Xiao Li's hair. "Do you remember the first time we met?"
Xiao Li blinked. Wasn't our first meeting the night before the wedding? The outcome wasn't very pleasant!
"The meal we had together before our wedding. I was very rude to you then!"
Qin Xiao smiled and shook his head. "No, the first time we met was even earlier. That was three years ago in the summer.
The location was your family's garden."
Xiao Li said in surprise, "How is that possible? I have no impression of it."
As soon as she said that, Xiao Li suddenly covered her mouth.
Because she knew that Qin Xiao would not lie to her, and since he remembered this first meeting so clearly, it was very likely that he had a good impression of her at that moment.
If that was the case, then their first encounter must be very important to Qin Xiao, but she had said that she didn't remember. Wasn't that a little hurtful?
Qin Xiao smiled and took Xiao Li's hand that was covering her mouth. "I know you don't remember.
Do you remember what Dad said before about me being the chosen son-in-law?
Actually, they have picked me early on.
Three years ago, Teacher invited her students to her home. I was the first to arrive. When I arrived, everyone was still not here. Then Teacher asked me to take a walk around the garden…
While strolling, I saw you studying the vitality of little bugs."
Hearing Qin Xiao's words, Xiao Li remembered.
That year, she was about to take the college entrance examination and had been studying day and night. That weekend, she took a rare day off at home.
She heard that her mother had invited her students over for a meal. When she first found out, Xiao Li was quite excited and wanted to ask her seniors to share their experiences.
At last, all the seniors arrived, but her classmates asked her out. As she did not interact much with them at home, Xiao Li did not have a deep impression of their visit…
"So, you've liked me since then?
Was it love at first sight?
But if you had fallen for me then, why didn't you appear in the past few years? Why didn't you confess to me…"
As Xiao Li spoke, she stared at Qin Xiao, thinking that if he had confessed to her earlier, perhaps they would have stayed together in their previous life and not wait until now…
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "It's true that I had feelings for you at first sight, but it's too fake to say that I fell in love with you at first sight.
I haven't seen you since we met at your home, but you've been in my life from time to time.
In the last two months of studying with Mom at school, I often saw Mom doing video calls with you. Your laughter and your coquettish look stayed with me…
When I graduated, I wanted to confess to you, but Mom stopped me.
She said she hoped you could concentrate on your studies while you were at university and asked me to wait a few years for you.
They also wanted to observe me for a few more years.
Originally, I could have stayed and taught at the Medical University in C City, but at that time, I thought you would apply to the same university.
I was afraid that if I was there, I wouldn't be able to resist looking for you. So I decided to go to the medical university in B City.
Who knew that you would eventually get into a medical university in S City?
For the past three years, I've kept my promise not to intrude into your life prematurely. It's just that sometimes I missed you too much, so I sneaked over to see you.
I'd stand at the school gate and watch you and your roommates go to the food street to eat. Every time I tailgated you back to your dormitory, I would come here and eat everything you ate that day.
That's why I know this area so well."
Xiao Li listened quietly, forgetting to eat the melon seeds in her hand.
It was nothing when she first heard it, but the more she heard, the worse Xiao Li felt.
She never knew that Qin Xiao had done so much for her. In her previous life, she didn't treat him well.
Fortunately, the heavens had given her a chance to respond to his feelings.
Xiao Li resisted the tears in her eyes and asked with a smile, "You were so obedient. My mother told you not to look for me, so you really didn't come.
Weren't you afraid that if you waited in silence for a few years, I would not know about you? I might end up with someone else later."
Qin Xiao smiled bitterly. "Then what should I have done? I couldn't disobey her!
Mom and Dad were still observing me. I was still in the assessment phase. What if I didn't perform well and got disqualified?
As for your relationship with others, to be honest, I was quite afraid, so I came to check on my rival every few days…
Sometimes, when I saw you talking to a male classmate at the school gate, I would freeze.
Fortunately, the guys in your school were all ugly and you were not interested in them…
At least my heart didn't have to be completely cold…"
Xiao Li burst out laughing when she heard that. "Ugly? The seniors and juniors in our school aren't that bad, okay!"
Not to mention others, Senior Ji who we just met is a top student! He's even the most popular student in their class.
That was because he's handsome and intelligent!
How is that being ugly?"
Xiao Li was courting death by praising another man in front of Qin Xiao.
Only when she was imprisoned in Qin Xiao's arms did Xiao Li realize that she had just stepped on a mine. She quickly changed her tone. "Of course, people like him are indeed considered good in the eyes of ordinary people."
But in my eyes, he's an ugly person. I have a super handsome uncle like you with an IQ of more than 200.
Others don't even have a chance to catch my eye…"
Qin Xiao looked at Xiao Li's fawning appearance and couldn't help but laugh softly over her shoulder…
After laughing, Qin Xiao let go and switched from hugging her to holding hands. "Let's walk together!"
Xiao Li smiled and nodded. "Okay…"
The two of them walked side by side. Xiao Li handed the paper bag to Qin Xiao and used her free hand to eat melon seeds. From time to time, she would feed Qin Xiao one or two…
When the two of them got tired of walking, they drove back. It was already late at night when they reached home.
Xiao Li took a shower first. When Qin Xiao went to take a shower, Xiao Li stood on the balcony and looked at the night outside. She could not help but touch her stomach.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that she had been thinking too much. Many things in this world were destined. She really did not have to deliberately think about what to do…
Let nature take its course!