Chapter 055 Contradiction : Part 2

She thought Little Prince was just being a little arrogant, deliberately ignoring her, and would soon reconcile after hearing her explanation. She didn’t expect that, despite their mutual affection, he intended to break up with her based on one-sided words!

Jing Li originally wanted to run away in a fit of anger, but without resolving the misunderstanding, she felt uncomfortable in her heart. While Jing Ran was still there, she took the opportunity to explain:
“Jing Ran, I did start dating you because I made a bet with Lin Suirong. The reason I suggested breaking up during that time was because I felt it wasn’t right to deceive you. Later, I confessed to you again because I genuinely like you and want to have a real relationship with you…”
“…I thought you also liked me… But you didn’t like me that much, right?”

If you really liked me, how could you easily suggest breaking up?

“Bastard! … Let’s not meet again in the future!”

After saying this, Jing Li ran off in pain.

Jing Ran picked up Jing Li’s handbag and a red greeting card fell out. He picked it up again, opened the card, and found a custom order form for a 2-pound strawberry cake with a pickup date of May 20. Inside the card, it was written in a soft, cute font:
[Jing Li loves Jing Ran!!!]

The three exclamation marks were intentionally bold, as if emphasizing something special.

Just as Jing Li said, she really likes Jing Ran.

Just now, downstairs in the boys’ dormitory, Jing Ran overheard a conversation between Jing Li and Lin Suirong. About the bet, Lin Suirong had mentioned it to him before, but at that time, he thought it was just Lin Suirong’s jealousy and didn’t verify it with Jing Li later.

When he confirmed the bet from Jing Li, he felt a sudden surge of disgust for some reason.

Suddenly, Jing Ran remembered the past, when girls played a game of Truth or Dare and liked to tease him by confessing their feelings to him. At first, Jing Ran politely rejected those girls, but later he accidentally overheard the girls talking about him:

“That idiot, he made me laugh to death. I went to confess to him, and he seriously rejected me, and apologized with a guilty face, saying so many things, like a fool, without using his brain to think, why would I confess to him?”

Later, when other girls confessed to Jing Ran, he would just lightly say, “I’m sorry.”

Then, without saying anything else, he would turn and leave.

Just now, for a moment, he felt that Jing Li was just like those other girls, all teasing him.

Why did he agree to date Jing Li? It’s because he originally liked her, and coincidentally Jing Li confessed to him, so the two of them started dating.

At first, because subconsciously he felt that Jing Li was a different kind of girl, he didn’t associate her with those girls who liked to joke with him.

Jing Li had met his grandparents, and he had also met Jing Li’s parents, so it could be considered that both sets of parents had met. For a moment, Jing Ran felt that Jing Li, in order to win from Lin Suirong, she could go as far as having both sets of parents meet.

Now, Jing Ran is thinking quietly. He recalls the many warm moments he shared with Jing Li, such as when he was sick, Jing Li would coax him into taking his medicine and buy him strawberry candy. When Xiao Xiaokang left, he was feeling low and didn’t want to go back to school, and Jing Li didn’t go to school either, staying by his side to console him. When someone deliberately dirtied his clothes, Jing Li, like an angry little lion, scared off the other younger students. That time at the beach when he had diarrhea in the middle of the night, Jing Li took care of him until dawn, massaging his stomach to relieve the pain. Later, she coaxed him, her hands almost worn out, and he asked her to kiss her little hand…

And Jing Li is very good to Grandma. Every time she goes to grandma’s house, aside from not being able to cook, she takes the initiative to take care of all the household chores and even gives grandma massages. Grandma often smiles and tells him, “Ranran, Lili is a good girl, you must treat her well.”

Jing Ran had a low emotional intelligence, and it took him some time to figure out that Jing Li liked him.

However, he made Jing Li angry and left.

Jing Ran called Jing Li, wanting to apologize to her, but Jing Li didn’t answer. Thinking that she was angry, of course, she wouldn’t answer the phone. He decided to apologize to her when they returned to school the next day.

Jing Ran took Jing Li’s handbag back to the dorm.

When it was almost time to enter the gate, Li Ruihua called Jing Ran, asking where he and Jing Li had gone, and why they hadn’t returned to the dormitory by curfew.

Jing Ran did not expect that after Jing Li ran away, she did not return to the dormitory, and he didn’t know where she had gone.

Li Ruihua planned for a few people from the dorm to go out and look for Jing Li. Considering it was not safe for girls to go out late at night, Jing Ran asked them to stay in the dorm and wait for news, while he took his dorm mates to find Jing Li.

Jing Li’s phone was ringing, she just wasn’t answering the calls. The handbag she had thrown to Jing Ran just now contained her ID, wallet, and bus card, so he estimated that she hadn’t gone far, maybe still within the school.

Jing Ran and his dorm mates had just gone downstairs when Jing Li called.

Jing Ran answered anxiously, “Lili, where are you?”

“Hehe… You actually called me Lili… didn’t you want to set boundaries with me and call me Jing Li?” Jing Li said angrily, her words were a bit choppy, as if she had been drunk.

Jing Ran asked worriedly, “Jing Li, have you been drinking?”

“Haha, I’ve been drinking, what’s it to you? Didn’t you say we should break up?”

Jing Ran quickly replied, “We’re not breaking up, we’re not breaking up!”

“I’ll tell you, Jing Ran, in the whole world, other than me, you won’t find a second girl who likes you! I am the stupidest in the world. I am so stupid to like you…”

Jing Ran: “…”

“Lili, where are you? I’m coming to find you.”

“Hmph, I’m not going to tell you I’m at Lover’s Lake!”

Jing Ran sent his roommate back to the dorm and went to Lover’s Lake by himself.

Lover’s Lake is outside the campus of J University. Jing Ran needs to pass through the school gate to go out, but it happens to be during the restricted hours, and the school security guards won’t let him leave. Jing Ran is afraid that Jing Li might have an accident at Lover’s Lake at night, so he lies and says there’s an urgent matter at home that he needs to attend to.

The school security guards ask him to get a certificate from the counselor in order to leave. It would take at least ten or twenty minutes to get the certificate, and Jing Li is now alone at Lover’s Lake, possibly getting drunk. Jing Ran is worried that she might encounter bad people or accidentally fall into the lake. He tosses his student ID card on the counter in the security booth and says, “Hold onto this for now, I’ll get the certificate from the counselor tomorrow.”

Jing Ran runs towards Lover’s Lake…”

*
In the early morning, the sun shines into the room and the cicadas chirp.

Jing Li felt severe pain in her head. She rubbed her temples with difficulty, turned sideways, and prepared to sleep again, when she found a boy sleeping next to her.

The boy moved his mouth, but continued to sleep without opening his eyes. He stretched out his hand and hugged Jing Li next to him.

Jing Li felt that something was not quite right with her sense of touch. When she lifted the blanket, she and the guy in front of her were embracing each other naked.

The guy had some physiological reactions in the morning, and his indescribable object was pressing against her body…

Jing Li’s brain “buzzed” and froze for a few seconds. After realizing what had happened, she angrily kicked the boy and shouted with tears, “Jing Ran, you jerk!”