After deciding to give up, I became popular

Perhaps it was because it was evening, but some things became less interesting. Instead, brightly colored ribbons kept appearing around, adding a lot of romantic color to the night park.

"Is this the last event?" Xia Chuan Zou looked at the huge Ferris wheel for sightseeing, feeling slightly relieved.

Today's schedule was packed. From the moment he arrived at the agreed place in the morning, he kept walking and playing. Except for the time spent watching movies and eating, he spent the rest of the time accompanying this little devil junior all over the place.

Fortunately, he survived the hottest period. At this moment, the evening breeze gently brushed past, taking away some of his fatigue, and his mood became a little more cheerful.

"Why do I feel like senpai is particularly unwilling?" Yise Caiyu pouted, looking at him with a disgruntled expression. Compared to Xia Chuan Zou's listlessness, the little devil junior looked full of energy, with amazing vitality hidden in her small body.

"Is it so boring to go out with Caiyu..."

"Of course not, overall I think it's quite interesting?" Xia Chuan Zou shook his head.

"I'm just a little emotional... Hmm, like watching an anime that I've been following for a long time suddenly coming to an end."

"Eh? Meaning unclear..." Yise Caiyu tilted her head, a little puzzled.

However, she didn't pay too much attention to this, and pulled Xia Chuan Zou's arm towards the empty Ferris wheel car.

"Okay, no matter if senpai hates it or whatever, it's almost over. Just bear with it for Caiyu's sake."

"So I said I don't hate it..." Xia Chuan Zou sighed and sat inside with Yise.

The two sat facing each other, sometimes talking, sometimes turning their eyes to the scenery outside the window, watching the tall trees on the side constantly lower their posture, and finally disappear. A wonderful feeling rose in Xia Chuan Zou's heart.

Looking down through the glass, the city, which was originally based on dark colors, suddenly seemed to be lit up. Colorful neon lights were visible everywhere, not only in the park under their feet, but also in the commercial buildings not far away. The entire city was plunged into a brilliant ocean.

"Um..." Xia Chuan Zou couldn't help but be a little lost in thought.

It wasn't that he hadn't gone out at night, nor had he never been to a noisy commercial street, but he had never looked down on the city from such a high place.

Being in it and being detached from it are completely different feelings.

"Senpai, it's beautiful, right? There are as many people as there are trash!"

"..."

Xia Chuan Zou turned his head to look at her, and replied with a slightly helpless expression: "If you didn't say such lines, maybe I would agree more."

However, even so, the feeling this experience brought him was also great, with a feeling of joy that today was not in vain.

"Not bad, not bad, it seems that senpai completely remembered what Caiyu said! At this time, you should focus your attention on girls!" Yise Caiyu nodded with satisfaction, and then put on a very mysterious look.

"Speaking of which, senpai, do you know? There are many romantic legends about Ferris wheels."

"The most famous one is - lovers who ride the Ferris wheel together will eventually end up breaking up, but if they can kiss their lover when the Ferris wheel reaches the highest point, they can be together forever."

The little devil junior blinked her eyes gently, leaned her body slightly forward, and looked at him with an expectant expression, looking a little cute.

"It's just a legend, we should advocate science." Xia Chuan Zou remained unmoved. From his understanding of her, saying such ambiguous words must be to see his embarrassed look, and of course he wouldn't be fooled.

"Yise, you need to know that most of the so-called legends and anecdotes are gimmicks created by merchants to attract customers to consume. In fact, those things are baseless and cannot be taken seriously."

If he had to say it, instead of having time to create those romantic sentiments, it would be better to invest more care in the other half in life, and usually pay more attention to each other's emotions and thoughts, so that the relationship can last longer.

"Yes, yes, Caiyu also thinks so, and never thinks those legends are true." Yise Caiyu also kept nodding, with a beautiful smile on her face.

"Hey, senpai, do you want to break this rumor with Caiyu?"

The noise from all around had disappeared without a trace, and unknowingly the two had reached the highest point.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Xia Chuan Zou raised his eyebrows. Was she referring to reporting unscrupulous merchants? But in the end, this wasn't an excessive commercial fraud, just a marketing strategy.

"It means... Senpai, do you want to try dating Caiyu?" Yise Caiyu blinked her eyes, her flickering eyes full of expectation.

Shy? Embarrassed? Maybe she was, but facing such a stubborn senpai, she absolutely couldn't make him realize it unless she attacked directly. Then she didn't know when her thoughts could be realized...

"..." Xia Chuan Zou was silent.

Confession? To him? The object was that little devil junior who always wanted to see his distressed expression?

No, how could it not be strange? It had only been a week since they met...

"Oh, I understand, it's a rehearsal, right? This is the last part of the so-called '取材', confessing to the other party... Hmm, or something else? I heard that that's more popular recently, truth or dare, right? Because you lost the game..."

"Caiyu likes senpai."

"..."

......

............

No, that's not right, how could it not be strange? Why him?

What's so good about him?

Rather, there's nothing attractive about him at all, right?

...

Ah, I understand.

It's not liking, it's something else—

It's respect, it's longing, it's admiration... Like those who send love letters to his shoe cabinet, they don't know him at all, but because they've heard some of his stories, they have a feeling of admiration for "that kind of Xia Chuan Zou", just like that girl he met in the bookstore that day.

Of course that's not okay, they don't know what the real him is like, he's not as good as they think, he's just maintaining that persona so that his social life doesn't collapse. In other words, the person they admire doesn't actually exist.

"Sorry Yise, you seem to have misunderstood." Xia Chuan Zou shook his head, a firm look appearing on his face.

"Misunderstood?"

"Yeah, misunderstood. In all aspects..."

For some reason, Xia Chuan Zou thought of the scene when he confessed to his senior sisters before. Back then, he also tried his best to create a very romantic atmosphere, confessing to them at the end of the "date", and then being rejected by them...

Maybe they saw through his insincerity back then.

It's just that he was still in the dark at that time, mistakenly thinking that that kind of emotion was liking, until he woke up later.

So, is he... going to become them now?

...

"Yise, maybe even you haven't realized it yourself, your so-called liking should just be the common affection of youth. What's reflected in me is more like the so-called 'admiration'." Xia Chuan Zou's tone was gentle, trying not to bring a bad experience to the other party.

"We've only known each other for less than a week, right? Remember when Yise first met me, she wanted me to teach you 'how to become the student council president'?"

"That's the point, you... should just be full of admiration and longing for the 'student council president', and then grafted that kind of emotion onto me, but that's not actually 'liking'..."

Although he doesn't know what the specific emotion of "liking" is like, he thinks it's definitely not like Yise's.

As a senior, and someone who has had the same experience - he made that mistake before, so after seeing the junior who was repeating the same mistake, he couldn't sit idly by.

Thinking that maybe his personal experience could allow the other party to take fewer detours, and not have to experience that unforgettable transformation process, it would be even better if he could really wake the other party up in an instant.

"Just like I said, Yise, the emotion you have is not liking... Sorry." Xia Chuan Zou lowered his head.

He had done many wrong things, but the thing he regretted the most was approaching those girls and confessing to them without clarifying his inner feelings - he hurt them.

Fortunately, it's not too late, and the current ending is pretty good.

"..."

"..." After a long silence, Yise Caiyu sighed and showed a very helpless expression.

"Senpai... you should have never been in a relationship, right?"

"Uh... that has nothing to do with it, right?" Xia Chuan Zou looked a little embarrassed.

"Of course it does! Senpai doesn't understand anything!" Yise Caiyu scolded him loudly, her tone sounding a little angry.

This is of course the case, after all, from the result, "he rejected the other party's confession."

"What admiration, longing... In the end, senpai just doesn't like Caiyu, right?!"

"..."

"You analyzed so much on your own, but in reality, senpai doesn't understand Caiyu at all, right?"

"Hmph, you still say that Caiyu's feelings are fake... In that case, I'll prove it to senpai!"

Saying that, Yise Caiyu suddenly stood up.

Xia Chuan Zou's expression tightened, thinking she was going to do something, but the next moment he realized that the other party just honestly walked over and sat next to him, and then took his arm.

"..."

His arm was firmly grabbed, and the other party's head also leaned over, resting on his shoulder and unwilling to move away.

Of course this level of counterattack is no problem, but it still makes Xia Chuan Zou care.

"Isn't it a little too close?"

"Senpai, don't talk, this is also part of the interview. Today's mission is not over yet, now is Caiyu's time!"

"..."

If it's a deal, there's nothing I can do...

"Senpai, do you like Caiyu at all? Even a little bit?"

"Ah, that should be..."

"Okay, Caiyu doesn't want to hear it, senpai, shut up."

"..."

"Senpai!"

"... What's wrong again?"

"Be prepared!"

"..."

071. Angel-sama? Fallen Angel-sama!

After getting off the Ferris wheel, he went to dinner with the little devil junior again. Xia Chuan Zou was a little absent-minded the whole time.

After the confession, Yise's attitude towards him didn't seem to change much, but he himself felt a little awkward and couldn't look at her with ordinary eyes anymore. Fortunately, the other party didn't embarrass him too much, and wouldn't deliberately stick to him while walking on the road... or tease him or something.

Getting on the train and returning to the apartment, after changing into indoor shoes and entering the living room, he saw Shiina Mahiru sitting on the sofa at a glance.

I don't know when she came back, or if she had eaten.

"I'm back." Xia Chuan Zou said.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the angel-like miss suddenly startled, and hurriedly hid her phone behind her.

"Wel, welcome back."

"..."

Something's wrong.

Xia Chuan Zou noticed the problem at a glance.

The usual angel-like miss should be asking him how the fun was at this time, or at least asking him if he was happy or something, but not this time...

Very concerned.

Want to know what happened, maybe it's related to today's matter?

Xia Chuan Zou had some ideas in his mind, but before talking, he went to change his clothes, washed his hands and face, and changed his mood.

"Shiina, did you have fun today? Did you do anything with Katou-san?"

Sitting next to Shiina, watching the program on TV with her, Xia Chuan Zou asked casually.

"No, no, I didn't do anything, just wandered around or something, it was pretty fun..."

"..."