Chapter 22

Reconciliation

Outside the bar, the warm breeze blowing in his face helped Lin Senmu sober up a bit.

His mind gradually cleared, and he began to explain the situation, “Yuan Yuan, after you left, I remembered that the RV had a driving monitor. Actually, I was also… a victim.”

Jiang Yuan was incredulous, “What? You became a victim??”

“Well… not exactly. I’ll send you the video, and you can see for yourself!”

Lin Senmu had copied the footage, starting from when Jiang Yuan fell asleep on his side, and now he sent it over.

Jiang Yuan clicked on the video… and the young girl’s composure quickly crumbled.

“Save me!”

“What on earth is this!”

Jiang Yuan was utterly mortified by her own actions. What had she done that night!

In the video, during the first half of the night, Jiang Yuan slept very restlessly, turning 180 degrees and ending up on Lin Senmu’s side.

Then, whether it was because she was cold or just used to hugging a pillow while sleeping, she suddenly clung to Lin Senmu, burrowing into his chest.

Soon after, her small hands began to wander, and not long after, Lin Senmu, that annoying guy, started mimicking her.

As the temperature dropped, they kept tugging the blanket back and forth in their sleep, causing quite a commotion.

“Lin Senmu, this is fake! I’m not like that!”

After sending this message, Jiang Yuan covered her face with her hands. Even in the privacy of her own room, she was too embarrassed to face anyone.

“How could it be fake?”

Lin Senmu was anxious. He desperately wanted to mend his relationship with Jiang Yuan.

There was video evidence! How could she not believe that what happened wasn’t intentional on his part!

“I say it’s fake, so it’s fake!”

Jiang Yuan refused to listen.

“Yuan Yuan, this is exactly what happened!”

Lin Senmu sent a voice message in a hurry.

Earlier, after seeing Nie Hao and Jiang Yuan’s chat records in the bar, he couldn’t help but admire Nie Hao’s audacity. Nie Hao had fast-forwarded the progress of something Lin Senmu hadn’t even figured out yet.

At that moment, Lin Senmu knew the opportunity for reconciliation had come.

But why wasn’t it working out as planned?

“Lin Senmu, you big idiot! Don’t you understand what I mean? You’re not allowed to talk about this anymore!”

Jiang Yuan also sent a voice message, her voice a mix of embarrassment and anger.

“Oh, Yuan Yuan, you forgive me?”

Lin Senmu finally caught on.

“Bad guy, bad guy! You bullied me!”

Jiang Yuan switched to typing.

“Darling, don’t be unreasonable. You bullied me first!”

Lin Senmu looked helpless.

Jiang Yuan insisted, “I won’t listen! You’re the worst! If I had asked you to sleep together and you refused, none of this would have happened!”

Alright, alright.

So she’s being unreasonable.

Lin Senmu conceded, “Yes, yes, it’s all my fault!”

“It is your fault! You admitted it yourself; no one forced you to say that!”

Jiang Yuan, leaning against the headboard, quietly pulled the blanket up to cover her face below the nose, revealing only her sparkling eyes.

She had successfully shifted the blame.

Lin Senmu, you’re the best. Just take the blame for Yuan Yuan, okay? It’s all your fault!

Love you! Yuan Yuan gives you a big kiss in her heart.

“Mhm, mhm!”

Lin Senmu nodded, sensing the girl’s shyness.

Jiang Yuan sent a soft voice message, “Lin Senmu, I heard from your friend that your parents are getting divorced?”

“Yes!”

A shadow of sadness flickered in Lin Senmu’s eyes.

Three years ago, when he was still a minor, he should have been enjoying the beauty and warmth of the world under the care of his parents. Instead, he endured the torment of a family that was only together in appearance.

But over the past three years, more than a thousand days and nights, he had gradually matured.

Now that his parents’ divorce was inevitable, then so be it. For every member of this family, it was a form of liberation.

“Lin Senmu, hug!”

Jiang Yuan sent a hug emoji, representing that at this moment, all her heart and soul were tied to the boy far away.

“I want to hug the real person!”

Lin Senmu still remembered the feeling of holding the warm and soft body in his arms when he woke up the day before yesterday.

“But, I’m in Jiangnan now!”

Jiang Yuan sent a sticker of ‘Banana Wolf Wuwu’.

Considering Lin Senmu’s family situation, even if they were face to face now, she wouldn’t mind giving him a real hug.

“Sigh, if only you had waited a bit longer that day, we would still be traveling in the Western Regions now!”

Lin Senmu sighed.

Jiang Yuan also felt deeply regretful. There were still many places she and Lin Senmu had planned to visit in the Western Regions.

It’s all because she couldn’t sleep properly!

Jiang Yuan bit her lower lip, her fingers typing out a message. She hesitated for a while before sending it: Yuan Yuan pouted her butt at Lin Senmu, please hit it gently!

“Pfft!”

Lin Senmu couldn’t help but laugh when he saw the message from Jiang Yuan: “Your way of apologizing is something else!”

“Hehe, I only apologize to you like this!”

Jiang Yuan added a system emoji, showing her teeth in a smile. She was worried about Lin Senmu’s pessimistic mood and was trying to cheer him up in her own way.

Oh my!

She’s so charming.

The young man’s old heart was stirred by her.

At the entrance of the bar, Lin Senmu’s lips curled up.

Before he could reply, Jiang Yuan suggested, “Lin Senmu, let’s go on another trip to the Western Regions next summer vacation!”

Lin Senmu hesitated, then mustered the courage to probe, “It’s only the end of June now, I could actually still go on a trip to Jiangnan!”

Now??

You want to come to Jiangnan for a trip?

Jiang Yuan didn’t dare to speak. She had just had that kind of experience with Lin Senmu, how could she face him now!

“Yuan Yuan?”

Lin Senmu was filled with tension. This Yuan Yuan, could you just answer whether you agree or not!

“Eh, it’s not possible now. I just got back, I need to spend some days with my family. The scores will be out soon, and I need to discuss filling out the college applications with my family.”

Jiang Yuan found an appropriate excuse. She really wanted to see Lin Senmu, but she needed some time to recover.

Then she asked, “By the way, Lin Senmu, are you still at the bar?”

“At the entrance of the bar, not inside anymore!”

Lin Senmu lit a cigarette and sighed. He really wanted to go on a trip to Jiangnan.

But the current situation was still okay; he and Jiang Yuan were back on good terms.

Jiang Yuan sent a voice message, her voice gentle, “Go home, okay? It’s already 2 a.m.!”

Lin Senmu hesitated slightly, “My friend hasn’t come out yet!”

Jiang Yuan cooed, “Go home quickly, be good!”

“Okay!”

Lin Senmu immediately sent a message to Nie Hao: “Haozi, I’m heading out first!”

“Come together but not leave together? Dogwood, you have no humanity!”

Nie Hao cursed.

“Be good~”

Jiang Yuan sent a ‘Head-patting kill’ emoji, “I’m so sleepy, I’ll wait for you to get home before I sleep!”

Lin Senmu crossed the street and checked into a room at the hotel across the way. “I’m here!” he announced.

Jiang Yuan asked in surprise, “So soon?”

“Yeah, it’s too late, and I didn’t feel like moving anymore, so I found a hotel to stay in!”

After a pause, Lin Senmu continued, “You should get some sleep, good night. I’m going to take a shower!”

Staying at a hotel?

Urging me to sleep?

Jiang Yuan suddenly perked up and casually sent a voice message, “Were you drinking at the bar with a girl? Are you alone in the room?”

“!!”

Lin Senmu.