Si Qing's gaze drifted, not daring to meet Jiang Cheng's eyes.
Her lips parted slightly, and she spoke with a voice that trembled a little.
"The person you like is obviously Si Nian. I'm just an imposter. I'll leave right now, and I won't pretend to be Si Nian anymore. I'm sorry."
Seeing Si Qing's desperate attempt to dodge and flee, Jiang Cheng's heart tightened.
He dropped a bombshell of a statement.
"But at K11, the first person I held hands with was you. And now, the first person I kissed is still you. So, is the person I like really Si Nian?"
Si Qing had been keeping her head low, as if she wanted to hide her entire being.
Upon hearing those words, she could no longer suppress the surging emotions in her heart.
She snapped her head up, her eyes wide as she stared directly at Jiang Cheng.
Her eyes were filled with shock and disbelief, and she instinctively murmured a question.
"You... what did you just say?"
Seeing that the timing was about right.
Jiang Cheng's eyes, sharp as a hawk's, fixed intently on Si Qing.
Like a leopard quietly approaching its prey.
As the distance closed.
A powerful aura, so intense it was almost suffocating, continuously radiated from him.
"Although I'm still very angry and I don't quite understand the difference between you and Si Nian, those times I was with you—the hand-holding before and the kissing now—it was all because I was with you, not with the name Si Nian."
The moment those words reached Si Qing's ears, her eyes widened even further.
She looked at Jiang Cheng in disbelief.
At this moment, the high tower she had painstakingly built in her heart to convince herself instantly collapsed.
Unable to withstand Jiang Cheng's gaze, Si Qing summoned her courage and asked in a slightly trembling voice.
"You... mean, the person you like is me?"
Jiang Cheng neither confirmed nor denied it.
He shook his head with a movement that seemed to carry a hint of helplessness and confusion.
"I don't know. I'm very confused right now too. All I know is that the one I like is the person I'm with in the moment. Whether it was at K11, or when I met you at the milk tea shop, or even just now when I was kissing you, the person in my heart was the person right in front of me."
Hearing this, Si Qing bit her lower lip hard.
Her teeth left a faint row of marks on her lip.
She didn't realize at all that she was about to be sweet-talked into a trap by Jiang Cheng.
Instead, her heart felt as if it had been lit up by a grand display of fireworks, filled with wild joy.
Yet at the same time, she became somewhat at a loss, like a child who had suddenly found a treasure but didn't know what to do with it.
"Then what about Si Nian?" Si Qing asked cautiously, as if gathering her courage.
Hearing this question, Jiang Cheng instinctively wanted to answer.
Only children make choices; adults want it all.
He quickly retracted that answer.
The corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth curled up slightly into a self-mocking smile.
That smile contained endless bitterness and helplessness. "To be honest, I'm not sure what kind of feelings I have for her either. But it can't be denied that I'm sincere toward her too. Even though you were the first person I kissed, during the other times I spent with her, I always treated the two of you as the same person. The feelings were the same, do you understand?"
Hearing such an answer, Si Qing instinctively wanted to call him a scumbag in her heart.
But just as the words were about to escape her lips.
She suddenly realized that the person who had caused this chaotic situation was actually herself.
If it hadn't been for her impulsive or wrong decision back then.
How could things have developed to such an unmanageable state?
Thinking of this, Si Qing forced herself to swallow the scolding that was on the tip of her tongue.
It was replaced by a heart full of regret and self-reproach.
Without knowing that his girlfriend was actually being played by twins.
It was only natural for Jiang Cheng to invest feelings in both of them.
Before, Si Qing had always thought the person Jiang Cheng liked was Si Nian.
She thought that if he knew she had been pretending to be Si Nian, Jiang Cheng would definitely choose Si Nian without hesitation in the end.
She hadn't expected that she could actually make him feel so conflicted.
The system notification tone rang out abruptly.
"Si Qing: favorability value +5!"
Immediately followed by another: "Si Qing: favorability value +5!" And another: "Si Qing: favorability value +5!"
Girls are sometimes like this.
When you give her all your preference, she takes it for granted and might even feel it's not enough.
But if she has no expectations, or if her expectations have been lowered.
Or in a situation where she loves but cannot have.
At this time, if she finds out the other party is actually wavering because of her.
Or even because of her.
When he doesn't resolutely choose the other person, she feels that she is the most special one in his heart.
This sense of being special can even surpass anyone else around her.
This is also the psychology of most women caught in a love triangle.
Under the influence of self-romanticization, when others are the third wheel, it's unacceptable.
But when they are the third wheel, they feel it's an epic romance.
Under the interference of such thoughts.
As someone who was originally an interloper, the guilt she felt toward Si Nian was suddenly transferred to Jiang Cheng.
At this moment, she felt the person suffering the most was Jiang Cheng.
On one hand, he couldn't let Si Nian down, and on the other, he couldn't freely pursue his true love.
Seeing Si Qing's favorability value go from 80 points directly to 95 because of him.
The curve of Jiang Cheng's lips rose slowly again.
As everyone knows, 90 points is enough for intimate closeness.
At 95 points, whether it was forcing his way in or getting straight to the point, it would surely be a breeze.
Thinking this, Jiang Cheng didn't waste any more time.
Pulling Si Qing's hand, he pulled her into his embrace.
He sat down on the sofa.
He held her with a force that seemed like he wanted to rub her into his own body.
Looking at her affectionately, he asked, "Do you like me?"
"I..."
Si Qing seemed to have been suddenly struck dumb; looking at Jiang Cheng, she stammered, unable to say a complete sentence for a long time.
Jiang Cheng continued, his voice carrying a hint of seduction: "So, you didn't let me touch you just now because you don't like me? You just think it's fun."
"No... no, it's not like that. I was just a bit nervous."
Si Qing lowered her head, looking shy.
After saying that, she seemed to summon her courage and looked up.
Being held by Jiang Cheng now, her body instantly recalled the feeling of their intimate contact just now.
It felt as if an electric current was coursing through her entire body.
In fact, for a girl with no experience in intimate contact.
Being held like this by a boy she likes.
And in such a dim and private environment.
Her body would more or less have some strange reactions.
Especially for Si Qing, who had just experienced Jiang Cheng's superb hand skills.
Her anticipation at this moment was no less than Jiang Cheng's.
After all, in matters of intimacy, whether it's the early ambiguity or the later depth.
It's actually the girl who gets the better end of the deal.
For some shyer girls, they can even immerse themselves in it without having to expend any effort.