My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 168 Me, or Her?
"Heming, you finally said it."

Lu Qian's voice was calm, making it impossible to discern her true thoughts.

What if I say I disagree?

After a moment of silence, Lu Qian pursed her lips and spoke.

"If I said that I wanted to have you all to myself and didn't want to share your love with Cheng Shuangjiang, and if you wanted to be with her, I would rather break up with you and never see you again. If you wanted to be with me, then never see Cheng Shuangjiang again. The reason I suggested that the three of us be together that day was to make up for your last regret."

She talked a lot.

"Heming, what will you choose? Me, or her?"

Lu Qian's voice was serious, not like she was joking.

There was almost no hesitation.

Zhou Heming immediately spoke.

"I will choose either of you, and I will not give up either of you."

“I will persuade you, I will pursue you, I will change your mind, because my life will not be truly happy without either of you.”

“I love you all, but I also want to be happy, so this is the only thing I can do.”

Hearing Zhou Heming's words, which he would never have said in the past, Lu Qian stared at her for a long time without speaking.

Perhaps Zhou Heming will be greeted with a cup of tea splashed in his face, perhaps Lu Qian will slam her fist on the table and leave, perhaps tonight, everyone at Ningjiang University will know about Zhou Heming's insatiable greed.

But he did not back down.

Because Zhou Heming knew that this was the path to his own happiness.

If he can't continue on this road to happiness, then what is there in his life that he can persevere in?
Along the way, he had too many wishes that he could not express.

If he had been braver when he was a child and told his parents that he wanted a four-wheel drive car right now, he might have had happy memories of playing with his classmates instead of feeling disappointed after school started.

Back in his hometown, if he had been more proactive, gotten Lu Qian's phone number, and made plans with her, perhaps Lu Qian wouldn't have had to play the role of Lu Bai for so long, almost abandoning her own identity.

even.

At the beginning of the story, he was unable to bravely and boldly confess his feelings to Cheng Shuangjiang at the age of thirty in another timeline, nor was he able to resolutely and persistently pursue that wounded girl at the age of eighteen in that timeline.

He now understood why Cheng Shuangjiang, who had been reborn, gave him his first lesson: courage training.

Lu Qian stared at Zhou Heming.

That gaze seemed to want to kill him, to make him give up everything, and also to be a final struggle and plea.

Zhou Heming met the gaze head-on without flinching.

"This is my answer."

he repeated.

next moment.

There was no sense of self-destruction or irreparable conflict.

Lu Qian's lips curled up, revealing a smile.

"Okay, I promise you."

Zhou Heming was taken aback.

Although I had a vague feeling that Lu Qian was deliberately testing me, I have to admit that she is indeed a future movie queen. The resentful and cold demeanor that Lu Qian exuded didn't seem like an act.

So much so that he still finds it hard to believe.

"There's nothing I can do, I just like you."

Lu Qian smiled and took a sip of tea.

"If you have any ideas, just say them directly."

Zhou Heming was still a little worried that Lu Qian was really accommodating him and compromising herself.

“I was just wondering, if I hadn’t gone on this business trip, how long would it have taken you to truly accept your own inner thoughts and tell me and her?”

Lu Qian ran her fingers along the rim of the cup.

"Ah Qian, have you always wanted the three of us to be together?"

Zhou Heming couldn't help but ask.

Normally, no one wants to share their lover, even if that person is their best friend.

However, Lu Qian's previous actions seemed to be hinting that Zhou Heming should accept both her and Cheng Shuangjiang at the same time. In fact, when Zhou Heming couldn't take that step, it was Lu Qian who gave him a push from behind, allowing him to experience the feeling of the three of them together in the small house isolated by the blizzard, as if in a dream.

"of course."

Lu Qian smiled as if she were quite pleased with herself.

"Why? When did it start?"

Zhou Heming, curious, sat up straight again.

"Well, if you don't want to say, that's fine too."

"The most important thing between lovers is honesty, so I definitely won't hide anything from you now."

Lu Qian smiled and then said.

"If we really have to pinpoint a time, it would be the morning of the day she left."

"That day?"

Zhou Heming was taken aback.

Beside her, Cheng Shuangjiang, who had been silent all along, also clenched her fingers.

"I asked you that day, if you two met again after a long time, having let go of everything, would you still fall in love with her? That's the question."

Lu Qian said softly, as if everything from the past had come alive in front of Zhou Heming.

He remembers that he didn't give an answer at the time, he just wanted to keep moving forward.

Looking back now, Zhou Heming realizes that he wasn't sure of the answer to that question at the time.

He longed for a lifelong, monogamous relationship, and wanted to shut himself off for her sake, so that he would never experience joy or sorrow again in this life.

But Zhou Heming also knew human nature, and knew that he might not be able to make such a promise.

"So at that time, you meant..."

Zhou Heming seemed to realize something.

"Back then, there was no way you could get back together with Cheng Shuangjiang. She couldn't get over her hurdle, and neither could you."

Lu Qian murmured as if recalling something.

“If this continues, you two will both be trapped in your own expectations and never be able to break free.”

Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang exchanged a glance.

Just as Lu Qian said.

If it weren't for these later twists and turns, the two might have only reunited when sparrows landed on the stone lions, and it might have taken even longer for them to have the chance to get to know and love each other again.

Even so, her presence will still remain a source of unresolved issues between the two of them.

Cheng Shuangjiang, who had been reborn, had actually anticipated this.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have lied and told Zhou Heming that he would marry Lu Bai in the future.

“I’ve liked you since I was a child, but back then, I only liked Zhou Heming that one night, a phantom I imagined in my mind.”

Lu Qian said in a deep voice.

"But I saw your relationship with her, and I think you are very happy with her, and she is the happiest person I can imagine."

She spoke with a smile on her face.

"That's when I truly fell in love with you, with Cheng Shuangjiang."

Lu Qian had said this to Zhou Heming before, but it felt different then than it does now.

"Moreover, I don't know why, but I always feel that she has the temperament of an older sister."

Lu Qian glanced at the girl next to her.

"Or rather, she has the same feeling that she would have if her older sister had grown up smoothly and become an adult."

"I can explain that."

Cheng Shuangjiang remained silent for a moment before finally speaking.

"Because in some ways, she did play the role of your future self, or rather, the future superstar Lu Bai."

"Future me?"

Lu Qian thought for a moment, and then understood.

"So that wasn't a misperception; that was definitely the feeling my sister gave me."

"For example, um, the name 'Ahe' is actually what Lu Bai will call you after you've worked together many times in the future."

Cheng Shuangjiang looked at Zhou Heming.

“You can actually realize that because you called Lu Qian ‘A-Qian’ back then, she’s using ‘A-He’ as a nickname to indirectly respond to her younger self.” She paused, then looked in Lu Qian’s direction, but her gaze wasn’t fixed on the girl; instead, she looked into the void ahead.

"She lived for seventeen years with that kind of body. She wasn't that strong. It was impossible for her to remain optimistic, cheerful, and bright under those circumstances. But she had to be the perfect lover in front of you. So, she drew inspiration from how Lu Bai, who had already become a star, interacted with you and worked hard to complete the role."

It was only then that Zhou Heming realized something was a little too late.

If Cheng Shuangjiang is indeed as proactive and cheerful as she was in her rebirth, then why did she have to run away in the previous timeline?

She must have put in extraordinary effort, just to leave Zhou Heming with the most beautiful and precious memory.

"No wonder."

Lu Qian smiled.

"That's good too. I feel like I see my sister's shadow in you. Seeing you so happy is like seeing my sister's happy self."

Instead of blaming Cheng Shuangjiang, she offered her heartfelt blessings.

Perhaps, Zhou Heming realized, this was one of the reasons why Lu Qian was willing to accept Cheng Shuangjiang.

"That's what I thought back then too."

Lu Qian then spoke.

“I want Heming and you to get back together, but matchmaking is counterproductive for you, so I have to find another way.”

She turned her gaze toward Zhou Heming.

“Heming can’t accept you because he believes that one can only love one person in a lifetime. So, as long as I make him fall in love with me, he can fall in love with you again.”

Zhou Heming was speechless.

Although what Lu Qian said was a bit strange, it might really be true.

Given the circumstances at the time, if they had forced him and Cheng Shuangjiang to be together, Zhou Heming would have been trapped in the shadows of the past and unable to extricate himself.

However, if Zhou Heming gradually gets to know Lu Qian and falls in love with her little by little, then his self-expectation of loving only one person for life will be shattered.

If Zhou Heming can fall in love with Lu Qian, then he can fall in love with Cheng Shuangjiang.

Just like now.

Zhou Heming, who originally only wanted one person for life, is now able to openly say to the two girls that he wants the three of them to be together.

"See? I'm pretty smart, aren't I?"

Lu Qian said with a smile, as if she wanted to take credit.

".Thank you."

Cheng Shuangjiang could probably understand by this time.

If it weren't for Lu Qian's matchmaking, she and Zhou Heming probably wouldn't have been able to open up to each other so quickly.

Time, however, can sometimes be a dull knife that cuts through flesh, eventually consuming and tormenting all intense emotions.

When they enter society and face the pressures of work and life, Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang will have more concerns, just like Zhou Heming and Lu Qian in the previous timeline.

"If you really want to thank me, then this meal is on you."

Lu Qian said with a grin.

*
After finishing their meal, the three of them walked home.

Zhou Heming had a very strange feeling.

"By the way, are you still renting your house after Frost's Descent?"

Lu Qian changed her form of address. She put her arm around Cheng Shuangjiang's arm as if she were hugging a close sister. The two walked in front, while Zhou Heming followed behind, looking like the boyfriend who sheepishly carried the bags when his best friend went out to play.

"We should rent it."

Cheng Shuangjiang was a little uncomfortable at first, but she quickly got used to it. She looked down at the shadows of the two people, which merged together and were elongated by the streetlights.

"We can't really have three people sleeping in one bed, there's not enough room for everyone."

"That's right."

Lu Qian nodded.

What are you thinking, girl?

Zhou Heming silently complained from behind.

If the three of them really slept together every day, Zhou Heming felt he would have to buy a whole sack of goji berries online.

"How about we rent a large two-bedroom apartment and get a big bed that's 1.8 or 2 meters wide? That would be more than enough for three people."

Lu Qian had another new idea pop into her head.

"No, no, no."

Zhou Heming immediately said.

"Things are actually pretty good now."

"But there's always someone in the next room when I'm sleeping, and it feels really lonely."

Lu Qian muttered.

"Then I'll sleep on the floor?"

Zhou Heming made a joke.

“It’s not impossible for Ahe to sleep on the floor.”

Cheng Shuangjiang smiled gently.

Is it just Zhou Heming's imagination, or does it seem like she's gone astray?

"Since we're going to be renting this place for a year anyway, we might as well find a three-bedroom apartment next year, so we can each have our own room."

Zhou Heming felt that everyone needs some personal space.

"We'll see when the time comes, hehe."

Lu Qian seemed to have been prepared all along.

Back in the apartment complex, Lu Qian picked up a few packages and went upstairs. She unlocked the door and pulled Cheng Shuangjiang inside as well.

Zhou Heming carried his suitcase and walked into the house.

Lu Qian twitched her nose.

"Why does it smell like frost?"

Zhou Heming's movements froze.

"Well, that's because, well, she did sleep here for a few nights."

After thinking it over, he told the truth.

"Oh~"

Lu Qian smiled meaningfully, then opened the bedside table drawer directly.

"You guys use it really fast."

She checked the pack of twenty she had bought earlier, and it was almost all used up.

It can only be said that after going through so many twists and turns, the two of them finally confirmed their feelings for each other and came together, which was really hard to resist.

"Well."

Cheng Shuangjiang blushed, looked away, and did not answer.

Indeed, truly.

Zhou Heming had no choice but to admit it.

"Fortunately, I expected this."

Lu Qian pointed to the package on the table and asked Zhou Heming to open it.

"Another pack of twenty?"

Zhou Heming wondered if Lu Qian had actually installed cameras at home and already knew everything about what he and Cheng Shuangjiang were going to do.

"Tomorrow is a day off, right?"

Lu Qian glanced at her phone.

Because of the work schedule adjustment, there are classes today, Saturday, but tomorrow, Sunday, is a normal day off.

"how?"

Zhou Heming suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Last time in the cabin, we were just getting started."

Lu Qian leaned closer mysteriously, her warm breath falling on Zhou Heming's ear.

"How about we try it out tonight, the three of us together for real?"

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