Ch. 193 - The True Meaning of a Career
"I, I, I have five people in my family. My father is a priest, my mother is a school principal, my older brother is currently doing business in Singapore, my younger brother is still in junior high, and I am currently a sophomore in statistics at Haicheng University. I have recently been trying to do comic con planning. These are my two most commonly used bank cards. One is for the living expenses from my family, and the other is, is..."
Lu Xing listened to this long string of words, dazed. In the end, he saw the senior sister suddenly get stuck, her face turning a deep pink, looking particularly easy to bully.
That little bit of a wicked streak in his heart rose again. He imitated the senior sister's stuttering and asked.
"Is, is, is what?"
"Is, is, is... my dowry that I have saved up for myself!"
Liu Qingqing closed her eyes and finally blurted it out.
"Although my parents will give me a dowry when I get married, I still want to prepare a little more myself!"
Lu Xing stared blankly at the senior sister's blood red ears.
He had not expected this answer.
Suddenly, Lu Xing felt that the bank cards and the small boxes of gifts in his arms were particularly heavy, almost burning his skin.
He had guessed that the senior sister had done so much today because she had something significant to say to him.
But...
Now it seems a little too formal.
So formal that Lu Xing felt that if he spoke another word, he might be whisked directly to the bridal chamber!
After a long time without hearing a response from Lu Xing, Liu Qingqing quietly opened her eyes and carefully glanced at him.
Lu Xing held the bank cards, met the senior sister's gaze, and cursed under his breath.
"You love struck fool."
Liu Qingqing's eyes lit up instantly. She squatted by Lu Xing's legs like a cute little cat and said with pleasant surprise.
"You admit we are in a relationship?!"
Lu Xing, for a rare moment, choked on his own breath and was shocked.
"Is that the point you took from this?"
Liu Qingqing grinned, showing her small white teeth. Her two dimples added to her infectious cuteness.
"I think so!"
Lu Xing could not hold it in anymore.
"You stand up first. Go sit over there."
At this moment, the senior sister seemed to have learned a trick or two from Xiaobai. As if she had no bones, she squatted by his feet, clinging tightly to his legs.
"I won't."
Liu Qingqing's gaze passed through the glass window to the world outside.
Just as the Ferris wheel was about to reach its peak, she suddenly knelt on one knee in front of Lu Xing and pulled a small box from her pants pocket.
Hehe!
Now you know why she insisted on wearing pants today, right?
Click.
The small box was opened, revealing two sparkling diamond rings inside.
Lu Xing stared at the diamond rings with shock, thinking to himself, why not give gold? These diamond rings are honestly a terrible investment.
"Mr. Lu Xing."
Liu Qingqing, with her cute face, adopted a serious expression. Although her voice was trembling, she still spoke through her stuttering.
"From the first time I saw you, I liked you very much. After getting along for this period of time, I do not want you to classify me as just a 'good friend' and thus deprive me of the right to like you. So after thinking for a long time, I still want to make it clear to you.
I like you. There has never been a moment when I wanted to just be friends with you, and I have never treated you as a friend."
Liu Qingqing swallowed nervously. She took one of Lu Xing's hands and gently kissed the back of it.
"This is also my first confession. I had originally thought that everything I did today was to pave the way for this moment. But after you hit your knee, my mind was actually filled with the thought of giving up today's plan and taking you home to rest well."
Home?
Lu Xing's eyes flickered. He silently lowered his gaze to look at the senior sister's earnest face.
"When I realized I had this thought, I suddenly found that I liked you even more than I had imagined."
She liked him so much that she did not subconsciously dislike that Lu Xing's sudden accident had disrupted her plan. She liked him so much that her first thought was to give up her carefully prepared moment, her only concern being whether Lu Xing was okay.
Liu Qingqing kissed the back of Lu Xing's hand again. Mainly because she did not dare to just go up and kiss his mouth.
She also wanted to kiss him, but she did not have Little Goldie's thick skin.
No matter if this confession is successful or not, she has kissed him twice now. No loss, no loss!
Thinking of this, Liu Qingqing's expression became firm.
There were still sixty seconds until the Ferris wheel reached its peak. She knelt on one knee, held Lu Xing's hand tightly, and said.
"At this moment, I am higher than the world, and only lower than you."
"Lu Xing, I like you very, very, very much!"
"Will, will you be my boyfriend? I will definitely be good to you!"
Liu Qingqing had never been so frank with anyone before. She lowered her head in embarrassment.
"If you accept, we can kiss at the top of the Ferris wheel."
The colorful neon lights outside the glass window fell on Lu Xing's face. He lowered his eyes to look at the senior sister by his leg, carefully holding the rings, and suddenly let out a light laugh.
"Do you know what my job is?"
What?
Liu Qingqing looked up at Lu Xing's face with a dazed expression.
She knew.
Isn't Lu Xing a chat companion?
She had reached a long term transaction with Lu Xing on a chat companion website.
But she could not say it, so she could only shake her head. "I do not know."
Lu Xing subconsciously pressed the sharp corner of the bank card with his thumb. The slight pain kept him grounded and awake.
Does he really like the senior sister?
Not really.
Does he not like the senior sister?
Not really either.
From a very narcissistic point of view, Lu Xing felt that the senior sister had come at just the right time.
When Lu Xing was at his most desperate to regain his ability to perceive emotions, she appeared.
Sometimes Lu Xing would also think, was he treating the senior sister as a "tool person"? Was this too unfair to her?
But during that period before, his relationship with the senior sister was in a delicate balance.
There was no need for him to break that balance.
But now.
The senior sister has confessed.
Although Lu Xing always said that his dream was to be a person who reaped without sowing...
But he wasn't that person at heart.
He had been drawing emotions from the senior sister for no reason. He knew that he had to give something in return.
And now the price had come.
The senior sister has confessed.
The delicate balance was broken. The senior sister's words were also very clear. She did not want to continue in this ambiguous way.
Lu Xing understood her perfectly.
And so.
After thinking it over and over, as the Ferris wheel rose to its peak, Lu Xing thought that this was something the senior sister had carefully arranged and had been looking forward to for a long time.
He did not kiss the senior sister's lips, but instead comfortingly kissed the back of her hand.
Then.
A faint smile hung on Lu Xing's lips as he said calmly.
"I am a professional simp."
If he really wanted to get along with the senior sister, then he would not hide his past.
If the senior sister did not accept it, that was also his fate. He would not blame anyone.
Liu Qingqing's eyes were full of confusion.
Isn't he a chat companion?
What the hell is a "professional simp"?
Do you still get paid for being a simp?
Isn't it all done for love?
Lu Xing smiled faintly.
"You may find this term very unfamiliar. Let me use a more direct word to describe my job.
Serving women."
Liu Qingqing's pupils dilated.
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