Xiu Gou's Taming Record

"So you're going to keep her hanging on?" Her voice rose slightly at the end.

"I didn't string her along!" Yu Heng raised an eyebrow. "I just haven't found a suitable opportunity to deal with this matter yet."

"You weren't stringing her along?" Shen Yueling's lips twitched. "You knew she liked you, yet you still went out to eat and watch movies with her alone. Isn't that stringing her along?"

"She didn't confess to me either," Yu Heng turned to look at her. "I can't exactly tell her I only want to sleep with her and don't want to date her, can I? That would be even more awkward than being rejected after confessing, right?"

"Besides," Yu Heng added, "what if they didn't mean it at all, and I was just imagining things?"

Shen Yueling rolled her eyes.

Judging from Ning Yutong's attitude, even a blind person could see that she liked Yu Heng; how could she not have those feelings for him?

"So you're just pretending you don't know?" Shen Yueling asked.

"It's not that I'm pretending." Yu Heng knew this, which was why he was so conflicted. "I just haven't figured out what to do."

"You're just after her body," Shen Yueling said bluntly.

Yu Heng paused for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, I admit it."

His admission was so straightforward that Shen Yueling didn't know what to say.

"I'm also attracted to your body," Yu Heng said with a smile, "but you wouldn't give it to me."

"Aren't you afraid of hurting me?" Shen Yueling squinted at her.

"You're different," he said.

"What's different?" Shen Yueling pressed.

"The way people get to know each other already determines the direction and nature of the relationship," Yu Heng said. "What do you think our relationship would be if my mom hadn't come back during summer vacation and we had gone all the way?"

When Shen Yueling was asked this question, she thought about it and decided that if it really worked, then it worked.

Becoming a couple? Unlikely.

They never had such thoughts.

But doing it only once? That's probably unlikely.

Once you've tasted the sweetness, you'll crave it. Just like how she can't resist Yu Heng's advances now, she'll probably do it whenever she gets the chance during the summer vacation.

So what is their relationship?

It seems like this is how the relationship will remain—ambiguous yet perfectly clear.

"You're such an idiot." She said this calmly, without anger, just an objective assessment at this moment.

Yu Heng smiled: "I know."

"You know that, yet you still do this?" Shen Yueling glared at her.

"This is my choice. I chose to live this kind of life," Yu Heng said calmly.

He experienced a normal life in his past life, and he doesn't really want to be normal in this one.

Shen Yueling leaned against the railing, looking at the few streetlights that were lit up in the community below.

"What if one day I want to be in a relationship?" she asked.

Yu Heng didn't answer immediately. After a while, he said, "If things are as they are now, then I would probably wish you happiness."

"Then go find the next one?" Shen Yueling turned to look at him.

"Probably," Yu Heng said.

Shen Yueling smiled, a smile that said, "I knew it."

"You're really honest," she said.

Yu Heng looked at her and said very seriously, "I have always been honest with you."

These words were true. Shen Yueling recalled that from childhood to adulthood, Yu Heng had always told her the truth.

Whether it's good or bad, Yu Heng always shows her his true self, even his dark side.

"So you're being honest with me now," Shen Yueling said, "because you think I won't leave you?"

"Yes," Yu Heng thought for a moment, then shook his head, "no, not exactly."

"What is that?" Shen Yueling raised an eyebrow.

"I actually respect love a lot, and I hope you will too. If you fall in love in the future, we'll still just be childhood friends. If that person treats you well," Yu Heng said earnestly, "then I will sincerely wish you both well."

"You respect love?" Shen Yueling, usually so serious, couldn't help but chuckle at this. "If you respect love, would you act like this?"

"Love is still sacred," Yu Heng said. "It's just that the kind of love I pursue is too idealistic. It doesn't exist in reality. I don't want things that don't exist, so I don't date. This doesn't conflict with my respect for love."

"So you don't mind me dating other people?" Shen Yueling asked. "Don't you have any possessiveness towards me?"

"Of course I am, but I haven't possessed you yet, have I? Besides, not being in a relationship is my choice, and whether or not you are in a relationship is your choice. A man can't control a woman just by being possessive," Yu Heng said with a smile. "Didn't the lyrics say, 'Who can possess Mount Fuji with love alone?'"

"Then what do you rely on?" Shen Yueling asked.

"It's your choice, which is why I asked you before if you wanted to accept this kind of relationship."

"You knew I didn't want you to be mine?" Shen Yueling asked him deliberately.

Yu Heng frowned upon hearing this: "You can think about it, but I won't make that choice."

"You're so stubborn, like a dead pig that doesn't fear boiling water," Shen Yueling's voice was devoid of any discernible tone, sounding more like a simple discussion. "Is this fair?"

"Fair?" Yu Heng smiled faintly. "There's no such thing as fairness when it comes to feelings. If you're willing, it's fair; if you're not, it's unfair."

"What if I were like you?" Shen Yueling asked again.

"Then that won't do. I can, but you can't. If you don't accept this kind of relationship, you can do whatever you want, but if you do, you're mine. If you have any other ideas, then it has to end. Of course..." Yu Heng looked at her one last time and said, "I adhere to the principle of voluntariness."

In today's society, isn't love entirely based on free will?

Marriage law does not protect feelings, but property. Even after marriage, feelings can break down and divorce can still occur.

"I've already promised," Shen Yueling said. "I won't go back on my word."

She asked so many questions simply because she wanted to understand; she needed to be informed.

As for whether it was private or not, she didn't really care. On the contrary, sometimes when she saw Yu Heng with other women, besides feeling possessive, she also felt a strange kind of excitement.

"So, you are my property," Yu Heng said seriously, "and I will make sure to treat each and every one of you seriously."

"The two of us," Shen Yueling grinned and murmured, "are truly a match made in heaven."

Shen Yueling has both physical and psychological attraction to Yu Heng.

She didn't want to waste energy exploring whether or not she was in love; she wanted to enjoy the present moment.

Thinking about this, she felt her previous awkwardness disappear, and perhaps this was what it meant to be ready.

Yu Heng smiled: "I think so too."

He doesn't know what Shen Yueling is thinking yet, otherwise he would tell her that although there aren't many female green-clad women, they are definitely not non-existent.

The balcony door was opened, letting in light from the living room, which then dimmed again.

Yu Heng and Shen Yueling walked back to the living room one after the other.

The living room was empty.

The snack bags were put in the trash can, and the coffee table was wiped clean.

A few faint sounds of laughter and doors closing could be heard from the second floor, but they quickly quieted down.

"They really have all left." Yu Heng glanced at the clock; it was almost eleven o'clock. "Why don't you go get some sleep too?"

Yu Heng stretched his stiff neck; he had talked a lot tonight, which was more tiring than playing games.

"And you?" Shen Yueling looked at him.

"I'll find a place to take a nap too. I have things to do tomorrow during the day," Yu Heng said, lifting his foot towards the stairs. "Let's go up first."

Yu Heng walked all the way to the third floor and pushed open the door of an empty room with the door slightly ajar. Inside was a double bed.

"This room is empty," he said, turning to Shen Yueling. "Want to sleep together?"