"But before I go, there's one thing I need to get clear, or I won't have peace of mind," said Su Jiaxuan slowly, his eyes tenderly fixed on Gu Xiaoer, as if there were no other scenery around her.
"Senior Su, go ahead."
"There have been some unpleasant rumors going around the school. Although I don't pay attention to them, I've still heard plenty of gossip. Xiao Er, you're too trusting of others; that's your innocence and kindness. However, some things still need to be made clear, it's better to ask. Your boyfriend, perhaps, is not that simple..." His reminder came from a place of good intentions, and he knew it could easily lead to misunderstandings, but the concern deep in his heart made it impossible for him not to worry about these things for Gu Xiaoer.
Gu Xiaoer listened quietly to Su Jiaxuan, holding the hot milk to warm her hands, nibbling on the straw in her mouth. When he finished, she put down the milk in earnest, her little face tensed up as if making a solemn oath.
"Senior Su, I am glad that we can be so honest with each other. You've helped me a lot in my major before, like a mentor and friend. I will still take your words to heart now. I believe you are reminding me for my own good, but since he is already my boyfriend, I will trust him and treat him well. Senior Su, thank you, and I wish you all the best abroad, may you achieve academic success!"
She raised her cartoonishly designed milk cup as if to clink glasses, decisively ending the topic, her tone equally sincere. Afterward, there probably wouldn't be another chance to be alone like this again. This time, it was a farewell.
Su Jiaxuan gave a bitter smile and forced himself to pick up his glass of ice water, clinking it against Gu Xiaoer's cup. A drop of milk splashed into his glass, the white blending into the clear water, spreading and disappearing quickly.
He sipped it cherishingly. Xiao Er, you are still that stubborn, foolish girl from before. When you are with someone, you always put your whole heart into it, blind to everything else. It was like that with Lu Tianze before, and now it's the same with this unidentified man.
Xiao Er, when will you spare a little, just a little bit of your attention for me?
"By the way, this is a graduation gift for you." Su Jiaxuan smiled, striving to push his discomfort back into his heart. He took out a beautifully wrapped envelope from his pocket and handed it to her.
Gu Xiaoer shook her head, refusing. If Da Luoluo found out she accepted a gift from another man, he would get jealous.
Once he got jealous, she would definitely be out of luck...
"Don't refuse, you'll definitely like it." He slowly pushed the envelope towards her.
Eh? Gu Xiaoer's eyes widened, initially wanting to refuse outright, but then she noticed the words "concert" printed on the fancy envelope and abruptly stopped herself. Glancing again, she saw they were tickets to the concert of her super favorite male star, Lubao!
Her face slightly embarrassed, she eyed Su Jiaxuan and then gazed longingly at the envelope. She really wanted it; Lubao's concert tickets were incredibly hard to come by, and the scalpers had inflated the prices of the good seats to astronomical amounts. She didn't have the connections to get tickets or the money to buy them, and had resigned herself to setting up a little stool outside the venue on the day of the concert to support her idol.
Now suddenly, as if a pie had fallen from the sky, she was thrilled, instantly abandoning her principles and stance.
Her delicate hands carefully opened the envelope, and when she actually held the two inner-field stand tickets, tears of excitement streamed down her face. Lubao, oh Lubao, could it be that she was finally going to see him live?
But before she could bask in the excitement for more than two seconds, the tickets were snatched away by a pair of beautiful hands. The tall, handsome figure cast a shadow, and in the sunny day, his breath was cold as ice: "She doesn't need them."