Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 188 I Liked You First
Liu Yifei talked a lot today, more than usual.

She seemed to have endless things to say, or perhaps she wanted to hide something in her words, but she always changed her mind at the last minute, subtly changing the subject.

A night breeze swept past the window, lifting a few strands of hair at Liu Yifei's temples.

Her hands, slightly cool, rested on the window sill. Her eyes gazed at the street scenes flashing past the car window, and she murmured softly:
"Junior brother, you don't have to drive so fast, I'm not in a hurry."

Wu Chen was taken aback, then hummed in response, slowing his movements and reducing his speed.

But no matter how slowly you drive, you will eventually arrive.

The moment the car stopped, Liu Yifei seemed to finally awaken from her reverie, and hesitated to speak.

"Senior sister, what's wrong?" Wu Chen asked.

Liu Yifei smiled and waved, "It's nothing, junior brother, drive slowly back."

"understood."

Wu Chen responded softly.

But as soon as the car drove away from the intersection, Liu Yifei lowered her arms, her eyes dimmed, and she dragged her feet upstairs.

In the living room, Liu Xiaoli and Shu Chang had already set up the cake and were waiting for her.

"Mom, sing a song. I need to rest for a bit."

Her voice was very soft, as if afraid of disturbing something; it was as light as her mood at that moment.

"what happened?"

Liu Xiaoli turned her head in confusion.

"I do not know!"

Shu Chang was taken aback, then said softly, "It's alright, Auntie, I'll go up and check on it later."

As soon as the door closed, Liu Yifei collapsed onto the bed, only her eyes showing. She pouted, and a muffled voice came from under the covers:

"If you're so useless, why can't you even ask?"

She rolled around on the bed twice, then once more, like a little rice cake being tossed and turned, until finally she sat up abruptly and made up her mind about the penguin phone on the table.

Holding her phone, she hovered her fingertip over the input box, deleting three times.

To send or not to send?

In the end, she finally typed out the words that had been buried in her heart for so long:

Junior brother, do you like me?

The moment I pressed the send button, my heart almost raced out of control.

Liu Yifei sat on the edge of the bed, hugging her knees, as the screen ticked by second by second.

Wu Chen did not reply within a minute.

She knew that Wu Chen was most likely still on his way, but the feeling of "I'm waiting for you, but you're not here" still crept into her heart silently.

It was a kind of unspeakable discomfort:

It's like waiting for the wind, not a train, at the platform.

three minutes.

five minutes.

ten minutes.

There was still no response in the chat box.

She lowered her head, her eyes beginning to redden, as if they had been filled with grievances all night, and tears were about to spill at the slightest touch.

At that moment, Wu Chen was receiving a call from Park Song-il.

He casually switched to hands-free mode and continued to concentrate on driving.

"Brother Chen, we're planning to get some late-night snacks. Do you want something to eat?"

"Never mind, I'm too full, you guys eat."

Wu Chen chuckled casually and hung up the phone. However, he noticed a new message on his QQ account out of the corner of his eye. He hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously pulled into a roadside parking area, slowly stepped on the brakes, and stopped.

Open QQ.

That message caught my eye:

Junior brother, do you like me?

A simple sentence left him stunned for a few seconds.

My mind seemed to instantly return to a few hours earlier—Liu Yifei was saying a lot, but several times she changed the subject, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

Wu Chen suddenly smiled, his eyes softening.

He didn't know when it started, but this stubborn, earnest, cheerful, and unique girl had quietly entered his life.

He lowered his head and typed two words:
like.

After sending the signal, he didn't rush to restart the vehicle. He just sat there, watching the city lights slowly illuminate outside the window, and felt a sense of anticipation.

"Sissi, I'm coming in."

Just then, Shu Chang gently knocked on the door, waited for two seconds, and seeing no objection from inside, quietly pushed the door open and went in.

The room was dimly lit and unusually quiet.

As soon as Shu Chang peeked out, she saw Liu Yifei sitting on the edge of the bed, her eyes red-rimmed, as if she had just suppressed her tears. Her eyelashes were slightly damp, like petals brushed by the night, trembling gently.

"What's wrong with you?" Shu Chang had just taken a step forward and hadn't finished speaking when her phone on the bed suddenly rang.

Liu Yifei seemed to be electrocuted. She glanced at the content, her eyelashes fluttered, and the next second her entire face, like the surface of a lake breaking through the ice in spring, slowly spread a smile—

The eyes, which had been clouded with mist, suddenly brightened.

"Is this what it means to go from tears to laughter?" Shu Changren was stunned, then rushed over, glanced at the phone's contents, and was quite speechless:

"Is it really necessary? You're useless. It's only a few minutes. It's not like they're not going back; they just need to drive!"

Liu Yifei pouted, her face flushed with shyness but unable to hide her joy, and gave Shu Chang a gentle push as if she were being coquettish: "Changchang, you should go out now."

"Oh dear, are you kicking me out so soon?" Shu Chang lingered on the edge of the bed, tilting her head to look at her. "Aren't you going to ask him what he likes about you?"

Wu Chen was completely unaware that Shu Chang was about to present him with a deadly problem.

Liu Yifei chuckled, hesitated for a few seconds holding her phone, then bit her lip and typed out a message with her small fingers.

"So what do you like about me?"

At this moment, Shu Chang's eyes darted around as she looked at her: "But seriously, Qianqian, why do you like Wu Chen so much?"
Does he have flaws?

"Yes, there are as many as the mottled rust on railway tracks."

Liu Yifei recalled how Wu Chen used to deceive her, acting like a big liar, never taking any initiative, yet speaking with absolute certainty.

"Ah!" Shu Chang was taken aback by Liu Yifei's reply and asked in return, "Then what about the advantages?"

"Yes, Junior Brother has his merits too, and they're as rare as a wild rose that appears leisurely at the end of a tunnel!" Liu Yifei felt that her analogy was very apt, because Junior Brother was always so reliable no matter what.

"Then why do you like him so much?"

Shu Chang asked curiously. She was really curious because she didn't know when it started, but her best friend had been talking about another person's name all the time.

Liu Yifei leaned against the pillows, her eyes fixed on the ceiling, as if she were seriously recalling something:
"Because in the instant the train roared past, the beauty of life vanished in a flurry, and the reflection of the roses became the tunnel for the rest of my life."

"You're hopeless."

Shu Chang tugged at Liu Yifei's pillow with a look of disgust, and the two burst into laughter.

At this moment, Wu Chen saw Liu Yifei's question and couldn't help but smile.

Is this a life-or-death question?

Yes, and actually no.

If she likes you, no matter what you say, the answer will be the same. If she doesn't like you, no matter how eloquent your answer is, it won't be as good as someone else's simple two words.

There are actually techniques to answering this question.

Generally, the best approach is to answer by highlighting the girl's specific characteristics and providing details of the interaction between the two people. This will make the answer more memorable and earn you extra points.

Wu Chen subconsciously started typing:

"I love the focused look on your forehead during training, with the sweat glistening in the sunset, and I also love the charming moment when you jumped around holding your graduation bouquet and asked me, 'Where are the flowers?'"

I remember that day on the red brick road, as you twirled, the hem of your T-shirt billowed out like a sudden summer breeze. It made me realize that the most beautiful scenery wasn't the sunset, but the starlight shimmering in your eyes.

Looking at this text, Wu Chen smiled inexplicably.

It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the words, but rather that he didn't feel that way at the moment. These words should have been spoken in a past recollection, not now.

All the skills were far less sincere than his intuition in that instant.

Liu Yifei's phone dinged again, and he lunged forward, clutching the phone to his chest.

On the screen was Wu Chen's reply:

"You know, people always like something for no reason, regardless of whether it's beautiful or not."

Like is like.

You are great now, and you are worth looking forward to in the future.

I like you, but it's not just that I like you.

Liu Yifei glanced at it and her cheeks immediately turned bright red.

"Get out! Get out! Get out!"

"Hey, you stingy little thing, what's wrong with letting me take a look?"

Just as Shu Chang was about to go over, Liu Yifei pushed her outside the door and locked it with a click.

Outside the door, Liu Xiaoli looked up in confusion, while Shu Chang waved cheerfully at Liu Xiaoli downstairs.

"Auntie, it's okay, Sisi is just tired. She'll be down in a bit."

Liu Xiaoli nodded suspiciously.

in the room.

Liu Yifei lay back on the bed, holding her phone, and read Wu Chen's words over and over again.

The soft light shone on her face, casting faint shadows on her eyelashes. Her lips were curved into a smile, and her eyes shone with an irrepressible light.

At this moment, the night in the capital is quiet and gentle. The cicadas outside the window have not yet completely stopped chirping, and the wind rustles through the treetops, bringing a reassuring coolness.

She finally received the answer she had been waiting for.

Like a love letter that was late, it finally arrived in her hands when her heart was pounding the most.

She blinked and quietly typed a line in QQ:

"I liked you first, remember that, don't forget!"

Gently press "Send" with your fingertip.
(End of this chapter)