On that seemingly ordinary yet turbulent night, Marry and her best friend Lily made an appointment at a bustling food stall. During the meal, Lily, with her mischievous little head, seemed to be up to something again. She leaned in close to Marry mysteriously, her eyes twinkling with gossip, and whispered in a low voice, "Do you know what that male god you used to have a secret crush on, David, is doing now?"
Marry's heart skipped a beat, but she pretended to be nonchalant on the surface. She gave a soft snort and said, "Whatever he wants to do. I'm not interested in knowing." Seeing this, Lily curled her lips slightly, showing a sly smile. "Then I won't tell you?" Marry was really torn inside. After a moment of hesitation, she still stubbornly said, "Fine, I'll listen. Just tell me if he's doing better than me." Only then did Lily proudly reveal the answer, "After graduation, David became a game streamer on YouTube."
After parting ways with Lily, Marry went home, but David's figure kept popping up in her mind. As if possessed, she became like a naive girl secretly clicking on some small websites. With a bit of nervousness and anticipation, she clicked into David's live - streaming room. Maybe it was because people who had drunk too much always had a bit of stubbornness to prove they were still sober. Looking at the extremely handsome David on the screen, Marry impulsively clicked on the gift - giving interface in his live - streaming room. She meant to click one, but her hand trembled uncontrollably and she actually clicked one hundred.
This really startled David, whose handsome face froze for a moment. Soon, Marry received a request from David to go on a co - stream. David's magnetic voice came through the earphone, "Hello, did you send one hundred gifts here?" At this time, Marry was hiccupping and staring at David on the screen with a crazy infatuated look. She mumbled, "He's still so handsome." She didn't even realize that what she said could be clearly heard by the other side. David gave a light cough and said with a bit of helplessness in his tone, "I'm really sorry. I don't accept gifts. I just forgot to turn off the function today. You can file an appeal to apply for a refund later." But Marry seemed to be possessed and let out another scream, "Even his voice is so nice. I feel like I'm going to faint."
David probably had never met someone as difficult and a bit muddled as Marry. He frowned slightly with his good - looking eyebrows and asked again, "Are you listening?" Marry seemed to be touched on the most sensitive string in her heart and inexplicably started to cry. She shouted with a sob, "David, do you know how many years I've liked you? You heartless guy, taking up space without doing anything. Secret love is really fucking tiring!" Hearing this sudden outburst on the other side of the live - streaming room, David was instantly stunned. If it weren't for the constant scrolling of "The effect is off the charts" and "Hahaha" in the live - streaming room, he would even have thought he had encountered a ghost. He asked with a confused look on his face, "Who are you?"
The next day, Marry woke up with a hangover, feeling dizzy. She reached out dazedly to get her phone, only to find that it had run out of power and automatically shut down. It was as if even the phone couldn't bear to watch Marry's crazy behavior last night. And the Internet would never let go of such an explosive scene. The video of Marry going crazy in David's live - streaming room after drinking was uploaded to the Internet, and the video ended with David asking, "Who are you?"
As soon as Marry charged her phone and turned it on, Lily's call came in like a bomb. Marry answered the phone full of grievances and heard Lily's heartless laughter, "Hahaha." Marry hung up the phone angrily and even blocked her directly. She secretly complained in her heart, "Humph, she graduated from the Chinese department, but she can't even say a proper word."
But not long after, Lily called again from another number and said anxiously, "Baby, is that girl on the hot search you?" Marry replied firmly, "Of course not." But Lily laughed even harder, "Hahaha, who are you kidding? That's obviously your voice. Your stubborn look is even funnier." Marry was so angry that her face turned red and she shouted, "Lily, be careful or I'll block you again!" Only then did Lily finally stop laughing and said out of breath, "Seriously, babe, you're really generous for your male god. A gift in his live - streaming room isn't cheap, and you just sent one hundred of them."
Lily's words instantly woke Marry up. She slapped her head suddenly and thought to herself that something was wrong. Right, what money did she use to send the gifts last night? She tried hard to recall and suddenly remembered, "Why did we drink yesterday?" Lily replied, "Didn't you say your boss gave you a bonus, and then..." Marry quickly opened her phone to check the balance of her bank card. When she saw the pitiful balance of $2.32, she felt as if her heart had died. She shouted desperately, "Where's my bonus? Could it be that I gave it all to David?" She seemed to have heard the voices of those beautiful little dresses, the cosmetics she fancied, the delicious French cuisine, the cozy afternoon tea, and the delicacies in the trendy restaurants waving goodbye to her.
After a while, Lily called again and said, "There's a high - school classmates' reunion tonight. Come on. I'm afraid you won't be able to eat for a month." Although Marry was extremely reluctant in her heart, she thought that it would be good to go and have a free meal. It was better than going hungry, so she agreed.
In the evening, Lily came to pick Marry up downstairs to go to the classmates' reunion. Seeing Marry's frowning face, Lily said with pity, "I don't have much money left after paying off my credit card after getting my salary. Let me transfer two thousand to you to tide you over?" But Marry shook her head and said firmly, "I've decided that after this meal tonight, I'll go and confront David. I must make him refund the money." Lily widened her eyes in surprise and asked, "Aren't you afraid of social death?" Marry gave a soft sigh and said with an air of having seen through the world, "You know there's a kind of death more terrible than social death." Lily asked curiously, "What?" Marry spat out two words helplessly, "Starving to death." For the sake of her living expenses this month, she could only sacrifice her face.
When they arrived at the dining place, Marry took a deep breath and pushed open the private room door with a heroic air of going to one's death. But when her eyes met those of David and other male classmates all at once, her hand trembled uncontrollably, and she suddenly closed the private room door again. She and Lily looked at each other in dismay. Marry stared at Lily and complained in a low voice, "What's going on? Didn't you tell me that David never attends classmates' reunions?" Lily was also confused and said aggrievedly, "He really never attended before."
Since Marry had closed the door in front of everyone, it wasn't an option to just stand at the door. She could only adjust her breathing, force a smile, and push the door open again. She pretended to be calm and shouted, "Hello, everyone. Long time no see." It was still the former class monitor who took the lead to greet her, "Marry, you've changed so much. You're so beautiful now. None of us could recognize you." After the class monitor said this, the classmates in the private room, who had been a bit stiff before, slowly nodded and said one after another, "Oh my god, it's actually Marry. You're so beautiful now." "Marry, you're really hard to invite. You've never come to any of the previous classmates' reunions."
Marry smiled and responded to their greetings one by one. She secretly glanced in David's direction as if she didn't care. David was looking at her with no expression on his face. His deep eyes, high - bridged nose, and the whole body exuded an irresistible charm. Marry secretly felt lucky that he probably didn't recognize her, but there was an indescribable feeling in her heart, both happy and sad. People with secret love are always so contradictory and twisted. They both hope the other person knows and hope they don't.
Marry sat across from David with a forced smile. From time to time, she could feel David's faint and occasional glances, which made the originally calm lake in her heart ripple like small stones being thrown in. As soon as Lily saw David, she seemed to lose her soul. She buried her head and stifled her laughter, trembling like someone with Parkinson's disease.
The class monitor raised his glass and said enthusiastically, "Today can be said to be the most complete gathering of our Class 12. Even David and Marry are here. Let's have a drink together." After much hesitation, Marry finally raised her glass of juice and secretly clinked it with David's glass across the air. The class monitor really lived up to his reputation as the one who could liven up the atmosphere the most back then. As soon as he sat down, he started a topic.
"Seriously, David, I thought you wouldn't come today. After all, you're a big streamer now and you were on the hot search last night." As soon as the class monitor finished speaking, Lily, who had just caught her breath beside Marry, buried her head again and trembled even more violently. Marry could only helplessly hide her head. Lily was stifling her laughter, while she was forcing a bitter smile. David curved his lips slightly, and his cold voice directly reached Marry's ears, "No."
When it came to this topic, the atmosphere at the table became lively. "Hey, David, do you know who that person was last night? You have to find her and thank her. She made you gain a million followers overnight." For some reason, Marry always felt that David's eyes were glancing in her direction intentionally or unintentionally. She secretly prayed in her heart that he definitely didn't know it was her. She carefully recalled that she had hardly done anything suspicious since she came in.
They were still discussing, "Yes, David, you must find this person so that we can see who this amazing girl is." Marry was feeling guilty and didn't participate in their discussion. Lily suddenly gave her a kick under the table. "Ah!" Marry cried out, and everyone at the table looked at her in unison. She endured the pain and nodded expressionlessly, "Ah, yes, yes. You must find her and thank her well." David looked into Marry's eyes. His deep black eyes were as calm as a still lake, "Don't worry. I'll definitely find that person and let you see." Marry avoided his eyes guiltily and nodded nervously, "That's, that's right."
Marry really couldn't enjoy this meal. She had come with a good appetite, but David's presence shattered all her good mood. She just took a few shallow sips of the dishes on the table and then wiped her mouth. When someone saw this and asked her why she didn't eat, she could only say very reservedly that she was full.
During the meal, a girl named Emily suddenly asked Marry, "Marry, you're not exactly thin. Why do you eat so little?" She deliberately dragged out the "ya" sound. Marry felt that this person was being malicious. She looked at the woman who was speaking and saw that she had an innocent look on her face, but Marry could smell a strong sense of being a "tea - bitch" from her.
"Unlike me, I never gain weight no matter how much I eat." Emily added proudly. Marry nudged Lily under the table and gave her a look, "Stop fucking laughing. I'm being mocked." Only then did Lily finally come to her senses and united with Marry against the outside world. She shouted, "Are you kidding? Marry is 1.7 meters tall and weighs less than a hundred pounds. Is this considered fat? Besides, Marry just has a good figure, with curves. Unlike you, you're as thin as a bean sprout."
Marry felt really relieved when she heard this. She secretly sent a message to Lily on her phone, "You're really my good sister. It's not convenient for me to be too aggressive with David here today. Next time you meet a 'tea - bitch', I'll scold her to death." After hearing Lily's words, Emily's face immediately turned ugly. She gritted her teeth and said, "Your words are so unpleasant!" Marry looked at her and pretended to be trying hard to remember. Then she said slowly, "Sorry, I didn't remember your name." Lily gave Marry a thumbs - up under the table. Marry showed a proud smile and thought to herself, "Humph, I've seen all kinds of 'tea - bitches' over the years. Your tricks are really nothing to me."
By chance, Marry's eyes met David's. For some reason, she seemed to see a faint smile on David's cold and handsome face. But when she looked up again, that smile was like a small ripple on a calm sea and disappeared instantly.
Realizing that she couldn't out - talk Marry, Emily gave a soft snort and stopped looking at her. Instead, she started chatting enthusiastically with the class monitor. Marry was too guilty to say much during the whole process. After finishing eating, she leaned back on the chair and played with her phone. To outsiders, she seemed quite aloof.
Lily pinched Marry and gave her a look, saying, "Come to the toilet with me." Marry casually looked up and saw that Emily had already sat next to David. Their heads were very close. She could only see David's profile. He was looking at Emily intently, as if Emily was the whole world. When Marry and Lily got up, David looked up at Marry. His look was light but so cold that it made her shiver. Marry suddenly felt as if something had tightly grabbed her heart. She lowered her head and walked out of the private room.
Lily pulled Marry into the toilet and said with a look of hating iron for not becoming steel, "Sister, do you like David or not? Didn't you see that Emily is sitting with him? I just saw Emily add his WeChat." Marry was stunned for a moment. She pretended not to care and took out her lipstick from her bag. She carefully applied it on her lips in front of the mirror and stubbornly said, "What does it matter to me who he adds on WeChat?" Lily crossed her arms and said helplessly, "Marry, just keep pretending. When David is taken by Emily, you'll have nowhere to cry. You've spent your money and haven't even gotten the person. You'll lose both your money and your love this time." Marry inexplicably got a bit angry and shouted, "I'm willing to." Lily pointed at her head with her finger and sighed, "You're so stupid." Marry pushed her and said angrily, "Go back quickly."
After Lily went back to the private room, Marry stared blankly at the mirror in the restroom and unconsciously recalled the scene of Emily and David sitting together just now. That picture was so well - matched that it was extremely eye - catching to her. The restroom was for both men and women. From the corner of her eye, Marry saw a man seem to come in. He seemed to have good taste in clothes. She came back to her senses, picked up her bag and was about to leave, but was blocked by the man at the door. When she looked up, it was actually David standing at the door. His tall figure was extremely intimidating. She immediately became nervous and stammered, "What, what are you doing?"
David's cold black eyes looked down at her, and he called her name in a low voice, "Marry." This call seemed to have some kind of magic power, instantly pulling Marry's thoughts back to that snowy winter many years ago.
At that time, the community where Marry lived was next to the community where David lived. However, the difference was that Marry lived in an old and small house, while David lived in a villa area full of rich people. Rows of gorgeous villas showed the gap between the two worlds. A high wall separated these two completely different worlds, as if dividing two worlds that would never have an intersection.
Every time Marry went out of the community to wait for the bus, she could always see a shiny black car carrying David slowly driving out. David would lean against the car window, and there was always a faint look of boredom on his face. Sometimes, when the car passed by the bus stop, their eyes would accidentally meet. Marry would always be like a frightened little deer and quickly move her eyes away, afraid of seeing a look of disdain in his cold black eyes.
She originally thought that their worlds would always be parallel and would never have an intersection. Until one day, Marry found a little dog on her way home. The little dog was pitifully whining beside the trash can in the heavy snow. Marry felt pity and took it home.
But at that time, Marry's father was facing unemployment, and her mother was hysterical all day long because of the pressure of life. The family simply didn't agree to keep this poor little life. Marry had no choice but to run out of the house crying and wander aimlessly on the street with tears in her eyes.
She hoped in her heart that she could meet a kind - hearted person who would say to her, "Your little dog is so cute. Can I keep it?" Unfortunately, in this old community, everyone seemed to have their own troubles, and no one had the time to care about her business. Marry could only walk out of the community and slowly pass by the beautifully decorated flower - art iron gate of the high - end community next to it. The security guard at the gate stood there upright and imposingly, not even glancing at her.
There was a convenience store at the street corner, stubbornly shining its lights. It was already late at night, and there were almost no people on the street. Marry sat on the chair in front of the convenience store, thinking that if worse came to worst, she would sneak the little dog back home after her parents fell asleep.
Just then, a shadow suddenly fell in front of her. Marry and the little dog in her arms looked up together and saw David standing in front of her withhis back to the street lamp. He was holding a cigarette between his slender fingers, frowning slightly, and looking at her, he asked softly, "Marry?"
Marry was so surprised that she couldn't say a word for a long time. First, she was surprised that David actually remembered her name, and then she was shocked that he actually smoked. It took her a long time to come to her senses. She thought that whether he smoked or not was none of her business. So she asked, "How do you know my name?"
David always kept to himself in class and never got close to anyone. The last time the class beauty asked him to borrow a book, he even coldly asked who she was. At this time, David looked at her expressionlessly and calmly said, "I have a good memory."
Marry nodded and didn't say anything else, just quietly looking at him. Maybe it was because her look was as pitiful as the little dog in her arms, David asked again, "Why don't you go home?"
Marry held up the little dog in her arms, gave David a gentle smile, and tried to make her voice sound cheerful, "Do you want to keep this little dog? It's very obedient." She didn't know if her smile was inappropriate. She saw David slowly exhale a puff of smoke, and the smoke ring blocked his good - looking face.
He then asked, "What's its name?" Marry's heart skipped a beat. She didn't dare to say that it didn't have a name, for fear that David would think it was too much trouble to name the dog and wouldn't keep it. So she quickly said, "Its name is Mimi. It's a boy." It was amazing to find the little dog today, and it was even more amazing that David took the initiative to talk to her.
David nodded, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out, then turned and walked into the convenience store. Marry didn't know what he was going to do and could only sit on the chair and wait for him. The little dog looked at her with its black and shiny eyes. She happily stroked its head and whispered, "Maybe you'll have a home later." The little dog stuck out its pink tongue and licked her face, making her laugh.
Out of the corner of her eye, Marry noticed that David had been standing at the door for a long time, looking at her and the little dog. Her face turned red, and she moved the enthusiastic little dog away. David took out a plastic bag and motioned for her to put the little dog in it.
"Put it, put it here?" Marry asked uncertainly.
"Otherwise?" David frowned slightly. "Do you expect me to carry it home in my arms?"
"No, no, no." Marry was already very happy that David was willing to keep it, so she naturally didn't dare to make other requests. She put the little dog in the plastic bag. It blinked its eyes at her, and she whispered goodbye to it.
Marry stood up and thanked David, "Then I'll go home first." David frowned again, as if his brows had never been relaxed. Marry thought to herself that with such a wealthy family, why did he have so many troubles? She turned around and walked away while letting her thoughts wander.
"Marry." David unexpectedly called her back, shook the plastic bag in his hand, and said, "You found this dog. Don't you plan to take care of it in the future?"
Marry opened her eyes wide in surprise, "What, what do you mean?"
David took two steps forward and said seriously, "It means that I can keep this little guy, but you have to be responsible with me."
From then on, because of this little dog, there was a subtle connection between Marry and David. David would call her from time to time and use his cold and flat voice to tell her about Mimi's situation.
"Mimi ate a lot today, and its belly is bulging." Every time Marry heard David's call, her heart would beat like a drum.
But she never called David 主动. Maybe it was because of the deep - seated inferiority in her heart. She was afraid that her little secret feelings hidden in her heart would be seen through by David's sharp black eyes.
After the college entrance examination, Marry hesitated for a long time and finally summoned up the courage to call David. When the call was connected, David's familiar cold voice came, "Who is it?"
Marry immediately backed down. The words she originally wanted to ask him which university he was applying for got stuck in her throat. Finally, she just said, "This is Marry. How is Mimi? I haven't heard from you for a long time..."
"I gave it away." David's answer was concise and cold, like a blow to the head for Marry.
Her mind went blank. Listening to David's icy voice, she felt extremely ashamed. She thought, did he really see through her little thoughts? Was he annoyed?
"Sorry, I'm sorry to bother you." Marry hung up the phone almost in a hurry. After that, she changed the phone card she had always used to talk to David.
After entering university, Marry always tried to forget David, but feelings are so strange. The more you want to forget something, the harder it is to forget. So a little bit of resentment grew in her memory. She hated him for two more years, and this actually made his image more deeply engraved in her heart and impossible to erase.
The memory ended. Marry looked at David standing in front of her and nervously swallowed hard like a coward. She was glad that she had just put on the Bluetooth earphone in the toilet. So she pretended to answer the phone and raised her voice, "Hello? Gas leakage? How could that be? I'll go back right away."
As she said, she nodded at David, with an apologetic look on her face. When she passed by him, David reached out and took the earphone out of her ear. There was complete silence in the earphone receiver. Marry was silent for a while and then turned around and ran.
She found that whether it was because of the thing about Mimi many years ago or the live - streaming accident that happened yesterday, she couldn't face David calmly. It was just like she couldn't face the pitiful balance of a little over two dollars in her card.
Marry ran all the way out of the restaurant before she remembered that the earphone was probably still in David's hand. Go back? She didn't dare. Leave? She felt sorry for the earphone that cost more than a thousand dollars. In the end, she sighed and sent a message to Lily saying that she had left first, then turned around and left. Losing the earphone made her already not - rich life even more difficult.
In modern society, the popularity always comes and goes like a tide. The matter of David being on the hot search quickly lost its popularity, and Marry didn't have the courage to ask him to get back her bonus. She thought the matter was over, but on an ordinary Monday morning, Marry saw David in her company.
She was as surprised as if she had seen a ghost. David was sitting in the company's meeting room, wearing a dark - gray overcoat, with his long legs crossed. He was so handsome that people couldn't take their eyes off him. When the boss saw Marry coming to work, he waved to her, "Come here quickly, Xiao Lin."
Marry stared at David with a fixed gaze and slowly shuffled into the office.
"Good morning, boss." She greeted him somewhat uneasily.
"Our company's game Fantasy Journey has been launched. I'm planning to ask Xiao Han to try it out first. You know he's quite popular recently!" The boss said with a smiling face.
Marry secretly complained in her heart: Boss, if you can't speak, you can just shut up. But as a working - class person, flattering the boss has become a natural instinct. She immediately smiled and praised the boss for keeping up with the trend. The boss also laughed along with her. David's black eyes looked at her calmly and deeply, with an unclear meaning.
The meeting room was filled with an atmosphere that seemed happy and harmonious (but actually not). Marry wasn't really happy, but the boss was really happy. He wiped away his tears and left, leaving Marry and David alone.
Marry looked at David longingly. For the first time in her life, she hoped that the boss could stay with her for a while. Unfortunately, the boss misunderstood her meaning, patted her on the shoulder with a look of encouragement, and then left.
Marry turned her head and met David's deep - like - a - pool black eyes. She forced out two awkward smiles.
"I didn't expect our small game company could invite a big streamer like you." She tried to make her voice sound normal.
David bent his beautiful fingers and tapped on the table, "I can't be invited."
Marry's eyes uncontrollably fell on his hands. Those hands were so beautiful that one couldn't help but take a second look. David continued, "I came here for you."
Marry suddenly slapped him on the shoulder and winked and smiled, trying to relieve the awkward atmosphere.
"I understand. You're so loyal. You came here to take care of your old classmate after you became famous."
David raised his eyebrows and looked at the place on his clothes where she had slapped. He gave a soft smile. Marry immediately laughed along with him. On the surface, she seemed normal. If you ignored her calf that was trembling so much that it was almost in spasm.
In the following process, Marry behaved as normally as possible. Discussing the details of the live - streaming tonight and signing the contract, she was extremely meticulous. She suspected that she had two brains. One brain was discussing work with him, while the other seemed to be stupid and was only filled with one question: What did David mean by what he said just now?
David's hand paused when he was signing, put down the pen, and said, "It means exactly what it says."
Marry was startled, covered her mouth and looked at him, "Did I ask it out loud?"
He nodded seriously, "You asked very loudly."
Marry closed her eyes and wanted to leave this troublesome world on the spot. David spoke again, "And your leg has been shaking all the time."
Marry suddenly pressed her leg and didn't even want to open her eyes. She only heard the rustling sound of David signing.
She felt something cold press on her forehead and then leave immediately. Marry opened her eyes and saw that it was David's finger. She was probably crazy because at this moment she was still thinking whether there would be foundation sticking to his finger.
David had already signed the contract. His good - looking face became very hard to approach when he wasn't smiling.
"See you tonight, Marry." David said and then left, leaving Marry alone to sigh deeply.
This man was really exhausting. After being listless for a while, Marry cheered up again. Now the most important thing was to finish the work and not let David recognize her.
In the evening, Marry arrived at David's live - streaming room on time. Since she was using the company's account, she wasn't worried about being exposed. The popularity of David's live - streaming room was much higher than the previous two days. All the bullet - screen comments were calling him "husband". Unfortunately, he was so oblivious to those comments.
After he finished his opening remarks, Marry immediately sent several gifts. His black eyes looked at the camera, and Marry suddenly felt a sense of panic as if she had been seen through.
The effect of the game live - streaming was unexpectedly good. Many people had already said that they would buy the game to play. David's face was still as calm as ever, as if the game's popularity had nothing to do with him.
During the game break, he picked up the mineral water bottle to drink. Marry's eyes involuntarily fell on him. Then she heard a voice that made her heart skip a beat, "Mimi, stop being naughty. I'm live - streaming."
After David finished the live - stream, Marry hesitated for a long time but still called him. Not for anything else, just to ask what was going on with Mimi. Didn't he say he had given it away?
The call was quickly connected. He opened his mouth without any sign of confusion, "Marry."
"The effect of today's live - streaming was so good. Our game has sold like crazy." Marry forced out two awkward smiles on the phone. Hearing no response from the other side, she also fell silent.
David then said, "Did you call me just to say this?"
This guy was really good at understanding people's hearts. Marry endured for a long time and then said angrily, "Didn't you say you gave Mimi away?"
David gave a soft laugh, "I thought you didn't care about Mimi anymore."
"Who said I don't care? You told me back then that Mimi was given away." Marry was eager to get an answer, to know whether he just didn't want to have any more contact with her back then or if there was a misunderstanding.
David was silent for a while, "Mimi was really given away by my family at that time, but I found it back later."
All of Marry's justifications were easily dispelled by his one - sentence.
"Then, then why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Back then when you called me, I wanted to ask you to go with me to look for it, but unexpectedly you said sorry for disturbing me and hung up the phone. After that, I couldn't contact you anymore." His voice was low, as if there was a bit of indescribable grievance in it.
Marry suddenly didn't know what to say. It turned out that all the grievances and complaints back then were just her own imagination.
She opened her mouth and said, "Sorry."
David asked, "Are you very guilty?"
Marry was still in a low mood and honestly replied, "Yes."
"Then starting from tomorrow, come to my place after work to walk Mimi for me as compensation for not taking care of it all these years."
The plot turned so fast that Marry didn't react for a moment.
Then she heard him continue, "If Mimi were a child, it would have only had a father but no mother all these years. How pitiful."
Marry subconsciously ignored the fact that he had put her in the position of the mother. Her mind was full of the word "pitiful". An image of a weak, pitiful and gluttonous little dog squatting at the door waiting for her inexplicably popped up in her mind.
"Stop talking. I'll go."
When Marry knocked on David's door, she still had a sense of unreality. Why did she agree to go to his place to walk the dog last night? While waiting for him to open the door, Marry took out her compact mirror to check her makeup. When she was baring her teeth to check if the lipstick had gotten on her teeth, David opened the door.
Marry was silent for a while and greeted him, "Hello."
There was an obvious smile in David's black eyes, "Come in."
The start was not good. Marry hung her head and followed him in. David's home was like a model room that could be directly sold. Except for some of his personal belongings, there was almost no trace of life.
He poured a glass of water for Marry. Marry asked where the dog was. David calmly snapped his fingers, and then a series of footsteps came from the inner room. Then a big dog pounced into Marry's arms.
Marry was so happy that she couldn't express it, "Does Mimi still remember me?"
David said indifferently, "Most likely not. It just likes to pounce on girls."
Marry was not discouraged at all. She held Mimi's head and kissed it several times. David was just standing there watching, "I wonder why you seem happier to see the dog than to see me?"
Marry was so immersed in the joy of stroking the dog that she replied without thinking, "So what? Should I also hug you and kiss you a few times?"
When Marry realized what she had said with her big mouth, David put down the water cup and squinted at her.
Marry forced out two dry smiles, "I'm just joking. I'm going to walk the dog."
After saying that, she led the dog and ran away, afraid that David would say something embarrassing.
After walking the dog, Marry finally understood why he asked her to do this. It was really not a human - being's job. The dog had so much energy that she wanted to cry. For a whole hour, it ran around wildly, and Marry chased after it like crazy without a break.
When they got back to David's home, both Marry and the dog were exhausted. David looked at her and laughed, and handed her a glass of water, "You've worked hard."
For some reason, Marry always felt that his voice was extremely gentle, so gentle that her heart felt itchy.
Marry rubbed her a little - warm ear tips and heard David talking on the phone with his guild to confirm the details of tomorrow's live - streaming, frowning slightly.
He should have just taken a shower. This almost - thirty - year - old man was as proper and refreshing as a teenager all over.
After David hung up the phone, Marry asked, "Didn't you want to study medicine back then? Why are you... " a game streamer now.
He sat down next to Marry, and his whole body exuded a nice smell, "Do you want to hear?"
Marry was unconsciously bewitched by him, "Yes."
David said, "In my family, men are not allowed to study any major other than business. After filling out the college application forms for the college entrance examination, I had a huge disagreement with my family. I wanted to study medicine, but they didn't allow it. They thought it was Mimi that made me go astray, so they sent it away."
He said it so calmly that there was no emotion in his black eyes at all, as if he was talking about someone else's business.
But Marry knew how much he wanted to study medicine back then, and it had become a lifelong regret for him.
And what was she doing at that time? Blaming him self - righteously.
"Sorry, I didn't know at that time."
David seemed to give a soft laugh. His face had excellent bone structure and distinct features, "Marry, it has nothing to do with you."
Marry lowered her head. From the corner of her eye, she noticed that David seemed to sit a little closer, "Some regrets can't be made up for, but some can. Marry, do you still want to waste time?"
The atmosphere suddenly became a bit strange. David's eyes seemed to be full of affection, making Marry out of breath.
Suddenly, the alarm clock rang between them. It was an alarm that Marry had set before and forgotten to turn off.
Marry quickly stood up and stammered, "It's really time not to waste time. You haven't done the live - stream today, right? Then, I, I won't disturb you."
David sighed, "Are you just going to leave like this?"
"Should I run?"
On the way back, David sent a message to Marry with a bit of helplessness.
"Do you have an elm - wood head?"
Marry walked David's dog for half a month. During this period, the relationship between the two of them was really a bit awkward. It couldn't really be called the stage of flirting, but every time Marry saw David's black eyes, she would feel her face flush and her heart beat faster.
She asked Lily what was going on. Lily gloated and replied, "You're done. You've fallen in love."
Marry wasn't stupid. She could understand all of David's hints during this period, but she just didn't dare and just wanted to escape.
She couldn't face her feelings for him naturally. The root cause was probably the deep - seated inferiority in her adolescence that was engraved in her bones and couldn't be washed away.
Marry was downstairs at David's place, sighing at the moon. Mimi was peeing under the tree.
Marry rarely acted all literary, "Moon, moon, you're so round, like a big pancake."
Well, actually, she was hungry.
She didn't get a response from the moon, but she did get a call from the high - school class monitor.
"Marry, I'm getting married tomorrow."
The alarm bells went off in Marry's mind. Was this asking me for a red envelope? Or did he realize I'm his true love before getting married?
"Oops, sorry, monitor. I have to work tomorrow. I don't have time."
"But tomorrow is Saturday."
"… I'm working overtime."
The monitor said, "Actually, I want you to be a bridesmaid. One of my wife's bridesmaids can't come, so I want to ask you to help. I can give you a big red envelope. If you're not willing..."
"Sure, sure. With our relationship, monitor, I definitely have to be there. I'll take a day off tomorrow. Don't worry."
After hanging up the phone, Marry couldn't help but sigh that the adult world was so fake.
But if you're giving me a red envelope, then I'm wide awake.
Marry went upstairs and told David about this, and also expressed her regret that she couldn't help him walk the dog tomorrow.
David nodded to show that he understood, and there was a subtle smile in his black eyes.
At that time, Marry didn't understand what that smile meant until she saw David at the monitor's wedding the next day.
He was wearing a black suit, standing out extremely in the crowd. Under the suit pants were two long legs. He walked towards her.
He was so handsome today that Marry's anger instantly disappeared.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming today? I spent eighty dollars on the taxi."
Marry didn't even realize that her complaint at this moment sounded like a coquettish tone in David's ears.
He had a smile on his face, "I'll take you home later."
Marry nodded in satisfaction. Just as she was about to extort a breakfast from him, there was a commotion not far away.
Then, a group of girls in bridesmaid dresses surrounded David. They were all trying to get his contact information. Marry was pushed to the side and couldn't help but sigh that David was really popular.
The next second, David squeezed out of the crowd with a cold face, said sorry, and then walked straight towards Marry. He grabbed her hand and said, "I'll take you to the dressing room to change into the bridesmaid dress first."
If there were a vote for the most heart - fluttering moment, this would definitely count. There was no expression on David's face, but his hand was so warm that it made Marry's heart burn.
The monitor's wife had married from afar, so the groom - fetching part of the wedding could only be held in the hotel. After Marry changed her clothes and came out, David was still waiting outside. He was leaning against the wall, with his long legs wrapped in suit pants slightly bent. The buttons on his collar were neatly fastened, and the whole person exuded an untouchable and abstinent aura.
"Um, I, I'm going up to get, get ready." Marry was stuttering again because of his handsomeness. She secretly cursed at herself in her heart.
A smile flashed across David's face. He flicked Marry's head with his finger, "Nervous? Little stutterer."
Marry covered her head, "Who, who's nervous? I'm just, just..." She just couldn't say it out. She couldn't say that she was stuttering because he was too handsome. That would be too embarrassing.
Fortunately, David didn't force her to explain. He just pointed to the elevator, "The other bridesmaids have already gone up. You should go quickly too. Do you know which room it is?"
"Y, yes." Marry replied helplessly, and couldn't help but secretly complain about her own big mouth in her heart.
David seemed to be suppressing a laugh, and there was a faint smile in his black eyes, "See you later, little stutterer."
"S, see you later." Marry covered her blushing face and rushed upstairs. When there was no one around, she said a few words to herself and found that she had returned to normal. It seemed that this stuttering was really caused by David. She secretly blamed him in her heart. God, he was sent here to torture her!
When Marry arrived at the bridal chamber, the bride was chatting merrily with a group of bridesmaids. They should all know each other. As soon as she entered, they all shut up at the same time. Marry intuitively felt that they might have been talking about her just now.
Sure enough, not long after, the bride couldn't wait to strike up a conversation with her, "Beauty, what's your relationship with that groomsman?"
Although Marry knew who they were talking about, she deliberately pretended to be stupid, "Which groomsman?"
"Just the handsomest one!"
"We're high - school classmates."
"So there's no special relationship then." The bride came to a conclusion and then turned to her little sisters to excitedly discuss something.
Marry inexplicably felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart, but she had no position to say anything. After all, in fact, other than being high - school classmates, she really didn't have any other relationship with David now.
Before she could even have a moment of peace, she saw a group of people led by the monitor coming towards this suite in a grand manner.
Marry said, "They're here."
There was suddenly a panic in the room. It turned out that the bride and her little sisters had been chatting so happily just now that they forgot to hide the shoes. Seeing them scurrying around like headless chickens looking for a place to hide the shoes, Marry sighed and took on the responsibility of blocking the door alone.
There was a knock on the door outside, and the monitor's voice came in, "Honey, open the door for me."
Marry dutifully played the role of the door - god, "It's not that easy to marry a wife. First, try some red envelopes."
Sure enough, two red envelopes were stuffed in from outside. Before Marry could even hold them warm, several bridesmaids, who had hidden the shoes, came over with smiles and divided up the red envelopes in her hand.
After that, it was no longer Marry's turn to shine. She stepped back and quietly watched.
Several bridesmaids obviously came prepared. The endless stream of small games really made the monitor unable to cope.
One of the groomsmen managed to squeeze in when the door was opened a crack.
Everyone was sweating, but only David was standing at the back, looking fresh and clean.
Across the crowd, Marry met his gaze and shrugged at him. She saw him give a faint smile.
The monitor looked at the group of bridesmaids in front of him helplessly, "You've received the red envelopes and played the games. Now it's time to let me in, right?"
The group of bridesmaids started to discuss on the spot. Marry was standing at the back and vaguely heard something about a handsome guy. She secretly thought that something was wrong. David was in danger.
Sure enough, the next second she heard them say, "Let the handsome guy at the back come over and play a game with us, and then it's over."
Everyone looked at David in unison. David frowned, and before he could say anything, the monitor had already said pitifully, "Brother, help me. It's not easy to marry a wife!"
Finally, at the monitor's pleading, David reluctantly agreed with a reluctant look on his face.
"Sir, you can choose any one of our bridesmaids to carry in aprincess - carry and do ten squats."
David's indifferent gaze scanned the group. Several girls had already volunteered.
Finally, his eyes landed on the back of the crowd, in Marry's direction.
Marry had a strange premonition that David would choose her.
But it would be one thing if it were all strangers, but the class monitor was here. If he saw this, who knew how he would spread it in the class group. Her name and David's name appearing together... She wasn't ready for that.
Marry shrank back, and then saw David's deep - set black eyes showing an unyielding look. "Marry, come here."
Marry forced herself to walk over. Two of the bridesmaids even glared at her during this time. She was wrongly accused for no reason. She didn't come up with this game, nor did she volunteer to participate. Why did they only glare at her?
David unbuttoned his suit jacket with one hand and handed it to Marry, saying in a low voice, "Hold this for me."
Marry hugged his jacket in her arms and stood in front of him awkwardly. She secretly cursed in her heart. Oh no, she shouldn't have had that late - night snack last night! She should have gone to the gym a month ago!
But unfortunately, there was no if in life. Just as she was regretting, David leaned down and placed his forearm under her knees.
The next second, Marry was easily picked up by him.
David must have been working out. When he exerted force, the muscles in his white shirt were tightly stretched. He didn't even turn a hair while picking up Marry.
But Marry still felt self - conscious and whispered to him, "Am I heavy?"
After asking, to save face, she added, "If you dare to say I'm heavy, you're done."
Then, she was jolted in his arms.
Marry was startled and instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck. She saw him show a mischievous smile.
He methodically did ten squats. His heartbeat didn't even show a sign of accelerating and remained steady and strong.
When he put Marry down, he leaned over and said calmly, "You should eat more. You're as light as a feather in my arms."
This guy really knew how to talk.
After the groom - fetching part was over, there wasn't much for Marry to do. The class monitor specifically reserved a table for them to have a meal.
Marry looked down at her extremely figure - hugging dress and then at David beside her. In an instant, she was full of resentment. There were so many delicious dishes on the table, but she couldn't eat!
David seemed to be a bit picky about food. He only took a few bites and then put down his chopsticks.
He looked at Marry. "Do you also think it's not delicious?"
Marry leaned over to his ear and said, "This dress makes my belly look obvious, so I dare not eat."
He froze and his black eyes clearly showed a moment of surprise.
After a moment, he said uncomfortably, "Hasn't anyone ever told you not to talk into a man's ear?"
No one ever had. Marry leaned in, half - understanding, and asked in a breathy voice, "Why?"
He imitated her and leaned in close to her ear. Before he even spoke, the breath from his nose tickled her ear so much.
"Because, if you do that, I'll really want to kiss you."
Marry stood outside the hotel to calm down for a long time. She wondered if David had been cursed or drunk fake wine. Otherwise, how could he say such things? It was so embarrassing.
Just thinking about his serious look just now, Marry couldn't help but rub her hot ears.
Was that a confession?
Suddenly, a man walked up to Marry and blurted out, "Oh, I wondered who it was. It's Marry."
Sure enough, there were men with the ability to kill all the good mood in an instant.
"Chris, it's really been a long time." Marry's face turned cold as she looked at the man in front of her, her ex - boyfriend.
"You're doing well these days, making a lot of money, right? Lend me some to spend." He tried to brush the hair from Marry's forehead, but she dodged.
"You really haven't changed your ways as a gold - digger. Can't you find any more naive girls to spend money on you after graduating from college?"
In her junior year of college, Marry met Chris. He was her junior, and they met at a school event.
He said he fell in love with Marry at first sight and pursued her relentlessly for half a year, even making the counselor aware of it.
At that time, Marry was still in a complicated state of mind about David. Thinking that meeting someone new might help her forget him, she agreed to his pursuit.
Just one month into the relationship, Chris revealed his true nature. He found all sorts of reasons to ask Marry for money. He even claimed it was their one - month anniversary and asked her to buy him a limited - edition pair of sneakers.
In return, he gave her a worthless keychain he made himself.
At that time, it was Marry's first relationship, and she didn't understand. So she didn't think much of it.
It wasn't until later when he played the victim and said he had no living expenses. After Marry transferred the money to him, he went on a date with another girl.
Marry was so angry that she broke up with him and made his gold - digging behavior public to warn other girls.
In short, it ended very unpleasantly.
Chris's expression remained unchanged. "Senior, I heard you haven't found anyone new since we broke up. Do you still miss me? Actually, I've been thinking about you all these years. How about we get back together?"
Just listen to the way he talked. How could he manage to make every word so disgusting?
"Please watch your words. We broke up, not had a cold war."
Chris smiled confidently, with an air of "I've got you". "I know you women. Saying no means yes. You may say so, but you're probably dying inside."
Marry endured the urge to hit him in the face with her bag and told herself to calm down.
Calm down. If you really hit him, he'll extort you.
Marry turned around helplessly and saw David coming out of the hotel lobby. His eyes finally landed on her.
Marry quickly stepped forward. "Why did you come out?"
"You've been outside alone for a long time. I was worried and came to check on you."
Marry guiltily glanced at Chris and pulled David back inside. "What could happen to me?"
She instinctively didn't want David to see Chris, but this guy was as annoying as a leech and actually followed them persistently.
"Marry, who's the man beside you?"
David stopped walking, turned around, and met Chris's gaze.
"Good. So you have a boyfriend and still try to seduce me." Chris shouted at them.
David frowned tightly, and his black eyes turned to Marry. "Who is he?"
Marry lowered her head like a quail and whispered, "Ex - boyfriend."
She wished he couldn't hear, but unfortunately, he accurately caught the words she said even in the noisy hotel entrance.
Chris kept pestering them and stepped forward. "Marry, I never thought you were such a person. I can't believe you've become like this after graduating from college."
Marry endured it and closed her eyes, not wanting to pay attention to this crazy man.
Chris then turned to David and rambled on, "Brother, I advise you to break up with her soon. She's not a good person."
David's expression was as cold as ice. He quietly looked at Chris for a while, then took out his car keys from his pocket and handed them to Marry.
He stroked Marry's head with his hand, and his tone was hard to read. "Go wait in the car."
Marry took the keys guiltily and was about to turn around and leave when he grabbed her wrist.
"Do you know where my car is?"
Marry was stunned for a moment and honestly shook her head. "No."
He pointed to the roadside. "The third car is mine."
Marry sat in David's car, and the angle was just right for her to see them.
After a while, Chris actually left on his own. David stood there for a while and then walked towards the car.
Marry instinctively wanted to hide. She didn't know why she felt so guilty.
David had long legs and quickly reached the car. He opened the door and got in.
He sat there with a straight face and didn't say a word. Marry felt inexplicably nervous. "Did Chris say something you didn't like? This bastard has a foul mouth. I'll go scold him for you?"
He still didn't say a word. Marry was completely at a loss now. She touched the corner of his clothes. "Then I'll get out of the car first."
Just as she pushed open the door, she heard him say faintly, "Are you just going to leave like this?"
Marry got angry at this moment. "I'm talking to you, and you ignore me. What else do you want me to do? Keep coaxing you here?"
She stuck out her neck and refused to look at him. Just because he could give her the cold shoulder, did she have to put up with it?
She made up her mind that no matter what he said, she wouldn't pay attention to him.
The next second, he said, "Didn't you say you've always had a secret crush on me? Then where did this ex - boyfriend come from?"
Secret crush? What the hell? How did he know it was her who confessed in the live - streaming room?
Marry looked at him in horror. "You, you, you... How did you know?"
He looked at her with a bit of helplessness. "Did you forget what your username is?"
Marry quickly took out her phone and opened the personal information page. The username column clearly read: Little Marry.
She remembered that she registered this account in college and then left it unused after starting work. She hadn't changed the name for so many years.
So all her self - assumed concealment these days had become a joke.
Marry turned around and tried to open the door to run away, but she found that the door had already been locked by David.
"That, this is a misunderstanding." Marry stepped back and pressed herself against the car door.
"Misunderstanding?" David's eyes gradually became deeper. "Who else do you want to confess to besides me?"
Under his intimidation, Marry instantly surrendered. "Okay, only you."
Then, he put a finger to Marry's lips. "Alright, now listen to me."
"After the college entrance examination, I went to your place to look for you, but you had already moved. I went to your school, but the campus was so big that I couldn't find you at all."
When he said this, he pursed his lips, with a bit of grievance in his expression.
"Is, is this a confession?"
David glared at Marry. "Otherwise? Am I telling you a story or a joke?"
After getting a definite answer, Marry threw herself into his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Yes, I like you too."
At that moment, all the hesitation and confusion seemed to disappear. This handsome guy had been looking for her for so many years. What did she have to be inferior about? She deserved such a wonderful man!
Marry whispered in his ear, "Can I kiss you now?"
The next second, David's soft lips pressed against hers.
His lips were warm and moist. When they parted, Marry murmured in a daze, "It's really different."
David frowned. "What's different?"
"Kissing you is really different from kissing Mimi."