Chapter 64: Can I Even Control You?

Qiao Shuyi waited downstairs for almost an hour before going upstairs to knock on the door.

She was still holding the plate of shrimp that Sheng Yu had peeled himself.

She knocked for a while before Sheng Tang finally opened the door, her eyes red.

The moment Qiao Shuyi saw her, she couldn’t help but be stunned. The guilt and self-blame in her heart surged like a tidal wave, and a sourness rose to the tip of her nose.

“Tangtang…”

It seemed like a long time since she had seen Sheng Tang cry.

“Come in.”

After saying this, Sheng Tang turned and went into the room, sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed.

Qiao Shuyi followed her in and sat down opposite her, placing the plate of shrimp in front of her: “Your brother peeled it for you.”

Sheng Tang glanced at the plate of shrimp and curled her lips: “Who wants it.”

Her voice still had a nasal tone.

Qiao Shuyi lowered her eyes, her tone sincere and serious: “Tangtang, I’m sorry.”

Sheng Tang glanced at her, swinging her legs, with a hint of scrutiny in her eyes: “When did it start?”

“You mean when did we get together? … After the birthday banquet of Mrs. Ji last week…”

Sheng Tang nodded thoughtfully: “No wonder, I asked you to go to Ning’an with me last week, but you didn’t go… it turns out you were with my brother.”

“I said my brother doesn’t come to my company once in eight hundred years, but he came this week, and even prepared afternoon tea for all the employees at Shengxing. It turns out we owe you a favor, right?”

Hearing the faint sarcasm in her tone, Qiao Shuyi lowered her head: “I didn’t mean to hide it from you, I’ve been wanting to tell you, but I didn’t know how to say it…”

Sheng Tang snorted: “Did you chase him? Or did he chase you?”

Qiao Shuyi: “He chased me.”

“So, when I told you I felt like my brother was in love, he was actually chasing you?”

“Yeah…”

“So, all those gifts he bought, the flowers he ordered, were all for you?”

Qiao Shuyi nodded, her head hanging low.

Sheng Tang raised her hand to touch her forehead, a self-deprecating smile on her lips: “You two really kept it from me, huh.”

“We didn’t intend to hide it from you. We agreed from the start, if we ever got together, we would tell you. I’ve been thinking about this for the past few days, how to tell you…”

“When did he start chasing you?”

Qiao Shuyi thought for a moment: “I first knew he liked me the night I canceled my engagement with Gu Linchuan. He officially confessed to me the night of the celebration banquet in Cenxi, when he sent me home, he said those things…”

“It’s been so long.”

Sheng Tang nodded thoughtfully, remembering: “No wonder that night, he could have sent you home first, but he went out of his way to send me home first and then send you home alone. It turns out I was in the way.”

Qiao Shuyi: “…”

Sheng Tang seemed to suddenly remember something: “You were wearing that jade bracelet last week, wasn’t it also a gift from him?”

“Yeah.”

“I said, you don’t like wearing jade, why did you suddenly wear a jade bracelet.”

All the details she hadn’t paid attention to before suddenly became clear in Sheng Tang’s mind.

The air was silent for a while until Sheng Tang sighed.

She sighed, seeming a little helpless: “Qiao Qiao, do you like my brother?”

Qiao Shuyi nodded without hesitation: “I like him.”

“Do you love him?”

This time, Qiao Shuyi remained silent.

Did she love Sheng Yu?

She didn’t seem to know herself.

The word “love” was too heavy for her. She didn’t know what kind of feeling could be called love.

Even in her previous life, her feelings for Gu Linchuan couldn’t be called love…

“Bao, you hesitated.” Sheng Tang laughed: “It seems you don’t love him.”

“No, it’s not like that.”

Qiao Shuyi pursed her lips, her tone a little serious: “You know, Sheng Yu and I have only gotten to know each other slowly these past few months. Before that, we barely even spoke.”

“That’s true.”

“I can be sure that I like him now. But if you ask me if I love him, then it might take some time for our feelings to settle. Only when our feelings are deep enough and intimate enough can we talk about love.”

“Tsk tsk, a master of emotions.”

Sheng Tang’s eyes were full of teasing and amusement.

Qiao Shuyi’s cheeks flushed slightly, she said softly: “Tangtang, what I want to tell you is that Sheng Yu and I, we truly like each other, and we are serious about this relationship.”

Sheng Tang was silent for a while: “One last question, then you can go.”

“You say it.”

“You two didn’t… you know… last night, while I was drunk…” Sheng Tang stroked her chin, her eyes constantly glancing towards her neckline.

Her gaze was too suggestive, so even though she didn’t finish her sentence, Qiao Shuyi immediately understood what she meant.

Qiao Shuyi’s face instantly turned red, she denied it outright: “No!”

“Why don’t you look in a mirror and see your face now?”

Qiao Shuyi: “Really no… we just kissed for a while.”

“Tsk tsk.”

Sheng Tang shook her head, her face full of amusement as she stood up: “I can’t believe it, my best friend is actually with my brother, and I didn’t even know…”

“Tangtang, I’ve been hesitant to tell you, because I was worried that it would affect our relationship. You are a very important person, both to me and to Sheng Yu. I hope we can always be best friends for life, just like before.”

“It will definitely have an impact, but you have to get used to it, maybe you’ll get used to it.”

A glimmer of surprise flashed in Qiao Shuyi’s eyes: “So, you agree with us being together?”

“Haha, you make it sound like if I object, you’ll break up.”

Qiao Shuyi shook her head honestly: “Probably not.”

Sheng Tang rolled her eyes: “Well then, what’s done is done. Can I even control you?”

Can she even control Sheng Yu?

Only Sheng Yu can control her.

“Go out, let my brother come in, I want to talk to him alone.”

“Okay.”

As Qiao Shuyi pushed open the bedroom door, she saw Sheng Yu waiting in the corridor not far away, with a spark of fire at his fingertips.

Seeing her come out, he extinguished the cigarette in a nearby flowerpot and walked towards her.

“What’s wrong? Did you have a good chat?”

“It’s okay, Tangtang wants you to go in, she said she wants to talk to you alone.”

Sheng Yu stood there without moving, reaching out to touch her cheek: “Why is your face so red?”

“…”

Qiao Shuyi pushed him forward impatiently: “Don’t ask, just go in.”