Peninsula: Please, I only want to talk about ordinary people.

Chapter 50: Don't tell others you like Mina

Sana Minatozaki was curled up cross-legged on the sofa, clutching a cushion tightly in her arms. Her eyes were moist and red at the corners, with tears welling up in them, making her look gentle and pitiful.

The light from the television screen shone on her face. On the screen, Takao Osawa was putting a cassette tape into a tape recorder, and Masami Nagasawa's last voice drifted from the speakers, filling the entire living room.

"Eek~ PDnim————"

She turned her head, her eyes brimming with tears, and looked at Jiang Yongtai, who stood expressionless beside her.

"What if you get leukemia in the future—what will I do?"

Jiang Yongtai turned his head to the side, looking at her with a dark expression.

"I shouldn't get leukemia. I've had tests done before, and there's nothing wrong with my genes. My work environment doesn't have any high radiation."

Hearing his serious and methodical answer, Minatozaki Sana sniffed, grabbed the pillow in her arms, and threw it at him.

"Baka! Can't you just say something like Aki did, let me get over this and live the rest of my life properly?!"

Still not satisfied with just cursing, she pounced on him, straddling him and punching and hitting him.

At first, Jiang Yongtai let her vent her frustrations after watching the sadomasochistic movie, until he noticed the barely concealed smile on her lips and realized that her emotions had long since dissipated and she was just using the situation as an excuse to vent.

He sighed and grabbed her wrist as she was about to strike again.

"That's enough, Saka. If you hit me again, I'll fight back."

Sana Minatosaki snorted, sniffed with a sob still in her voice, and widened her eyes.

"You just don't love me enough!"

Jiang Yongtai was helpless against her illogical and abrupt conclusion.

Why did you suddenly jump here again?

"Then how can I tell if I love you enough?"

"Um----"

Sana Minatozaki clearly only asked the questions and didn't bother to prepare the answers.

She frowned, pouted, and began to think seriously.

Looking at her serious expression, Jiang Yongtai slowly smiled, raised his hand, and used his fingertips to wipe away the slight dampness at the corner of her eye.

"How about I leave all your things here untouched after we broke up?"

Sana Minatozaki paused for a moment, then clenched her fist and punched him in the chest with all her might.

Jiang Yongtai grunted.

"Baka! Why did you break up?!"

"Didn't we break up?"

Jiang Yongtai did not remove her hand, his voice carrying a muffled nasal tone because his nose was being pinched.

"Why do I need your permission?"

Sana Minatozaki watched his face slowly turn red, snorted, and released her hand.

The two fingers that had pinched his nose rubbed disdainfully against his coat.

"Because it's mine!"

She turned her face away, and the streetlight above her shone from the side, casting a soft shadow on her face. The shadow of her nose fell on her cheek, and the shadow of her eyelashes was longer than usual.

"----and."

She paused, as if organizing her thoughts or hesitating whether to say it.

"Shall we be friends now?"

Jiang Yongtai took a few breaths of fresh air, pursed his lips, and thought about it seriously.

"—Let's forget it."

Should I count?

Upon hearing those two words, Sana Minatozaki raised an eyebrow, a chilling smile curving her lips, and poked his shoulder with her finger.

"Since it counts, I'll leave it with you for now. I'll pick it up when I have time. I have too much stuff in the dorm."

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Jiang Yongtai frowned, not quite understanding what she meant.

He inexplicably followed me out, and then inexplicably said these words, which were both magnanimous and entangled, as if he had let go, yet also as if he was still holding on tightly.

He looked at her face. Sana Minatozaki's eye makeup was very light tonight, with a thin layer of pearlescent shimmer on her lower eyelids. It sparkled when she smiled, and it was still bright when she wasn't smiling, only it was a quieter kind of bright.

He sighed.

"Sure, but there needs to be a time. When are you free?"

"When I'm in a good mood~"

Sana Minato turned her back, and the hem of her fluffy coat fluttered as she turned, brushing against the back of his hand.

She reached out and placed her hand on the door handle, seemingly preparing to go inside.

Jiang Yongtai glanced down at the cigarette she had stomped out on the ground. He had only taken two puffs; what a waste.

When are you in a good mood?

"I feel good when I'm resting~"

She opened the door.

During breaks—isn't that when you have free time? Did she just say something completely pointless?

Jiang Yongtai strode after her and walked into the store with her.

Not far away were two long tables still bustling with noise, the clinking of soju glasses mingling with Kim Sung-woo's loud jokes.

He lowered his head, leaned close to her ear, and whispered.

"Sana, are you kidding me?"

Do I have one?

Sana Minatozaki turned her head and gave him an innocent look.

Then she realized how close his face was to hers, close enough that she could see the stubble on his chin.

The lingering warmth of his whispered breath, mixed with a faint smell of alcohol and tobacco, made my earlobe feel hot.

She took a step to the side, creating some distance, bowed slightly, and wore a polite, fake smile.

"You're overthinking it, PDnim. It's getting late, I'm taking Momo back first."

After saying that, she stopped looking at Kang Young-tae and walked straight towards the crowd. Smiling, she bent down and whispered something in Park Soo-bin's ear.

Park Soo-bin patted the back of her hand and nodded with a smile.

Then she straightened up, walked to Hirai Momo's side, pulled the still bewildered Momo up from her seat, bowed to everyone present, and spoke in a sweet voice.

"Thank you all for your hospitality today! We'll be heading out now, everyone, thank you for your hard work!"

Hirai Momo wanted to leave the moment she finished eating. After Minatozaki Sana said she was going to the restroom, several people came over to take photos with her, and she smiled and agreed to each one.

As more and more people gathered, the smile on her lips grew increasingly stiff. Just as she was worrying about finding a reason to leave, Sana Minatozaki returned.

As the two walked out, Hirai Momo stopped and nodded to Jiang Yongtai as they passed by.

"Thank you for your hospitality, PDnim. I enjoyed the meal. See you next time!"

"I hope you enjoy your meal, Momoi. See you next time."

Jiang Yongtai nodded with a smile, then took a step forward, saying, "I'll see you off."

"Need not."

Sana Minatozaki reached out to stop him and patted Momo Hirai's arm.

"Momo, wait for me at the door, I need to say a few more words to PDnim."

Hirai Momo glanced at her sideways, thinking it was probably work-related, nodded, and went out first.

Sana Minato watched as Momo Hirai walked away before turning back to look at Yong-tae Kang, lowering her voice.

"I didn't mean to leave Mina out today. She said she needed to go for a follow-up appointment, the same clinic you took her to."

She mumbled something again as she spoke, her voice growing softer and softer.

"Let me explain, so you don't think I'm some kind of bad person who's deliberately preventing you from seeing your friends and idols—"

Jiang Yongtai paused for a moment, then laughed.

"You're overthinking it. I didn't think that way."

"You'd better be!"

Sana Minato glared at him, then raised a hand and waved it without turning her head as she passed by him.

"I'm leaving now. See you at the next recording."

The door opened and closed again, and Jiang Yongtai stood there, his smile gradually fading.

Nan-chan went for her follow-up appointment? What time is it now?

"Bro! What are you standing there for? You've been avoiding drinking long enough!"

Kim Sung-woo's voice boomed across the hall from the other end of the long table. His face was flushed from drinking, his eyes were narrowed to slits, one finger was pointing at him, and the other hand was holding a half-full glass of soju.

Jiang Yongtai snapped out of his daze, a cold smile slowly creeping onto his lips, and walked toward the crowd.

When Kim Sung-woo saw the expression on his face, he instantly sobered up a bit, shrank back, and hurriedly turned to Park Soo-bin, who was still eating next to him, for help.

"Senior! Help me!"

Park Soo-bin slowly picked up a piece of grilled meat and put it in his mouth.

"I can't help you, but don't worry, I won't bring out any more alcohol, so Yongtai won't be able to get you drunk much."

"----ah."

Kim Sung-woo looked up at the sky and sighed, covering his face with his hands.

Mina watched as Dr. Kim removed the needles from her knee one by one.

She gently pressed the skin around her knee with her thumb, and the soreness had subsided considerably compared to when she first arrived. After these follow-up visits, she had indeed improved a lot.

"Doctor, when is my next follow-up appointment?"

"I'll call that kid next time."

Mina paused for a moment, "Why call him? I'm the patient."

Dr. Jin straightened up, glanced at her, and looked quite serious.

"I asked you to bring him last time, but you didn't. There are some medical orders I don't know who to talk to about."

Mina's heart jumped, and her throat tightened slightly.

"—Is there any medical advice you can't tell me? Could it be—"

A string of bad thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.

Only those medical orders that are so serious as to potentially affect the patient's mental state should be communicated to the family, bypassing the patient.

"No, I just wanted to share some of my experience with him."

Dr. Jin waved his hand, his tone softening.

"Children, did you two have a fight? My husband and I used to argue a lot when we were young—"

"Doctor!"

Mina's face turned bright red.

What is this disrespectful old man saying?! Giving Yongtai-san his "experience"? Seriously!

"What? I'm not mistaken, am I? That kid is quite good."

After your first visit, he even called my son to ask what you should pay attention to and what to eat to recover faster.

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Dr. Jin removed the last needle and shook his head.

"Hey, it's normal for couples to argue. Just give each other a break. Okay, take a rest. You won't want to hear any more of this."

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After saying that, he strolled out slowly with his hands behind his back, leaving Jingnan alone in the consultation room.

She looked down and pursed her lips, then subconsciously picked up her phone, where her slightly flushed face was reflected on the screen.

Yongtai-san should still be having dinner with Sana right now. The things Sana said at noon clearly show that she still has feelings for Yongtai-san, right?

She had originally intended to give Jiang Yongtai a chance, but now she hesitated, and images uncontrollably surfaced in her mind—

At the dinner party, Jiang Yongtai got drunk and secretly held Minatozaki Sana's hand under the table.

Sana Minatozaki blushed and whispered in his ear, "PDnim, let's get back together~"

Mina shook her head vigorously, gritting her teeth to banish all these messy images.

It's all Dr. Kim's fault! She said things like "it's normal for couples to argue!"

Are she and Yongtai a couple? He and Sana are! Even though they're exes!

She puffed out her cheeks, hesitating whether to call Sana Minatozaki to find out what was going on at the dinner party.

Her phone rang first, and she paused for a moment before answering it.

"Moshi moshi~ Nan, can you hear me?"

"----Mother?"

Mina took the phone away from her ear with a puzzled look at the screen, then put it back.

Why is it my mother calling?

She moved her knees and found no discomfort, so she stood up and walked out of the clinic.

"It's me. How's your leg?"

"Did Ni-chan tell you that?"

I casually mentioned it to Mingjing Hai in the dormitory this afternoon, and I didn't expect him to tell his mother right away.

"If he hadn't told me, would you have told me on your own initiative?"

Sachiko Nai's voice was full of resentment; she had no way to deal with her daughter who had gone too far with her own family.

Dr. Minami Asahi's son nodded in greeting, pushed open the glass door, and walked outside the clinic.

The light at the entrance seemed to be broken, and the light was much dimmer than when I last came, casting a dim yellowish glow on the ground.

She stood under the lamp, softened her voice, and began to act coquettishly towards Sachiko Nai.

"Mother, I was planning to tell you when I go back in a few days."

"You'd better come back when you're ready. I'll have your father pick you up."

"The day after tomorrow, no need to trouble Father, I can go back by myself."

Mina lowered her head, kicking a small pebble on the ground with her toe. The innocent pebble rolled into a darker corner and bumped into something with a soft sound.

Sachiko Nai chuckled softly on the other end of the phone.

"Even if you don't want to bother him, he'll still pick you up. Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you: your brother went on a blind date!"

"A blind date?!" Mina paused in her tracks. "Why didn't you tell me this afternoon, Nii-chan?"

Her brother is only twenty-six years old, how could he have gone down this path so quickly?

"Yes, it was arranged by your grandfather. He probably felt embarrassed, that's why he didn't tell you."

"Grandpa arranged it? That makes perfect sense."

Mina laughed, just about to continue gossiping about her brother's blind date, when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her, carrying a hint of laughter.

"Nan-chan, I've found you."

She turned around abruptly, phone in hand. Jiang Yongtai stood a few steps away, wearing a suit jacket, his face still smelling of alcohol from the dinner party, but his eyes were bright.

He waved to her, then immediately lowered his hand, as if afraid she would turn and leave.

Unexpectedly, Mina had the exact same idea he had.

As soon as she saw who it was, her body made the decision for her brain, and she turned and ran, still holding her phone in her hand, without even having time to hang up.

Jiang Yongtai stared blankly at her retreating figure for a moment, then helplessly took off after her.

"Nan-chan! Don't run, you'll fall!"

On the other end of the phone, Sachiko Nai only heard a muffled male voice, followed by the sound of howling wind.

She gripped her phone tightly, her voice suddenly tense: "Nan? Nan! What happened—"

Mina had no time to pay attention to her mother at that moment, and just kept her eyes closed as she rushed forward.

What's Yongtai Sang doing here? How did he know she was here for a follow-up appointment today?

No, the key point is—why did I run away?!

Oh, I remember now, she doesn't want to see him right now!

She gritted her teeth, picked up her pace, and sprinted towards the parking lot, unaware that she was going the wrong way.

The footsteps behind her were relentless, growing ever closer, and Jiang Yongtai's shouts chased after her back, stubbornly persistent.

Jiang Yongtai, panting heavily, chased after her. After the dinner, he declined the offer to take him home and hailed a car to rush to the clinic, hoping to try his luck and see if he could see her.

In the end, the little bit of alcohol that Kim Sung-woo was given to teach him a lesson made him completely forget that there was still the option of making a phone call.

If he does, I believe Dr. Kim would be happy to keep Mina in check and keep her in the clinic.

Instead of the two of them staging "Running Man" in the alleyway like this.

Seeing that Mina had already run to the spot where she had fallen last time, his heart jumped, he shouted "Watch out!" and pushed off with his feet to cover the last stretch of distance.

Perhaps his premonition was particularly accurate tonight, because Mina's shoe tip tripped on the same slightly raised paving stone, and in the instant she lost her balance, she let out a soft "Ouch!" and fell forward.

Jiang Yongtai rushed forward and grabbed her, wrapping his arm around her waist from behind and pulling her tightly into his embrace. However, the momentum was too great, and the two of them still fell down together.

He rolled over with her in his arms, his back hitting the pavement hard. Mina fell onto his chest, held firmly in his arms, only jolted slightly before hitting the ground.

Mina lay on his chest, panting heavily, her hands pressed against his chest, still reeling from the series of events that had just transpired.

Sachiko Nai's shrill voice still came through the phone: "Minami! What's wrong with you—"

Mina hurriedly grabbed her phone and held it to her ear, her breath still ragged, her voice broken: "N-nothing! Mother, I'm here—"

She looked up and met Jiang Yongtai's gaze.

He lay on the ground, looking up at her, slightly out of breath, but his eyes held a hint of relief at surviving a disaster, and a smile he hadn't yet managed to hide.

It seems that accepting her was something he was even happier about than passing the tvN interview back then.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said "I'm hanging up now" into her phone before ending the call.

Mina wanted to get off him immediately, but the running had aggravated her knee, which had just been treated with acupuncture. Aches and dull pain seeped out from the joint.

She groaned, frowned, rolled off him, and sat down to the side, carefully rubbing her knees with her palms.

Jiang Yongtai pushed himself up from the ground, and before he could even check if he was injured, his gaze fell on her hand pressing on her knee, and his brows furrowed tightly.

"Nan-chan, are you alright?"

Mina's chest was still heaving, and stray strands of light golden hair clung to her cheeks.

She turned her head away from him, but her ears were redder than the half-broken streetlight.

"It's nothing! What are you doing here? Why are you chasing me?"

Jiang Yongtai squatted down in front of her, reaching out to check her knee, then withdrew his hand, as if afraid she would run away again, and pointed to the clinic entrance not far away.

"Dr. Kim said you need someone to pick you up."

Mina paused in her rubbing of her knee, turned her head and glared at him, her eyes still a little red, whether from anger or from the pain of the fall.

"Nonsense! Dr. Kim was just saying I wasn't bringing you, how could he possibly tell you he was coming to pick me up!"

"Okay, I'll come by myself."

Jiang Yongtai admitted his mistake very quickly, his eyelashes drooping and his voice lowering.

"----sorry."

"You chased me halfway down the street just to say sorry?"

"----yes."

Mina looked at him squatting in front of her. His suit jacket was torn in several places because he had just fallen, his hair was messy from the wind, and there was a band-aid on his hand, obviously to cover up the teeth marks he had left from biting her last night.

My lips twitched for no reason.

She turned her head away and tried to stand up, bracing herself against the ground. Jiang Yongtai immediately reached out to help her.

"Don't touch me!"

She slapped his hand away, steadied herself, and took two steps forward.

Her knees were still trembling slightly, but she gritted her teeth and didn't let him see it.

Jiang Yongtai didn't give her that chance.

He sighed, walked straight in front of her, and blocked her way.

Mina turned her face away, refusing to look at him. Her eyes must have been filled with heartache and apology, a look that would make her feel suffocated.

"Get out of the way, I want to go back!"

Her voice was cold, as if covered with a thin layer of ice.

"I'm sorry, Minami-chan."

Jiang Yongtai said softly.

Mina was startled. The memory of what he had done to her on this road last time flashed through her mind. She took a half step back abruptly, her words fading into the distance in a panic.

"No! Ugh—"

"Nan-chan, where did you park your car?"

Jiang Yongtai lifted her thighs to make her more comfortable on his back.

Mina leaned on his shoulder, her hands helplessly encircling his neck, her palms brushing against his collarbone, which was slightly sweaty, as he moved.

Suddenly she was lifted into the air, her face flushed red, and she reached out and pinched his ear.

"Hey! Where are you putting your hands?!"

Jiang Yongtai paused for a moment, then quickly moved his hand back down to her knees, smiling awkwardly.

"Sorry, sorry, it slipped."

Mina then withdrew her hand from his ear, biting her lip and cursing him in her mind.

He completely ignored her resistance, turned around, squatted down, grabbed her thighs, and lifted her onto his back, ignoring her protests from beginning to end.

She looked at his slightly sweaty profile and spoke in a muffled voice.

"—What are you doing here?"

"I want to see you, but you've blocked me, I can't find you—"

The light was dim, and she couldn't see what was in his lowered eyes.

"—Can't find what?"

"I can't find you."

Jiang Yongtai turned his head and smiled at her.

"But now that we've found it, where's your car?"

Mina seemed to be burned by his smile, quickly turning her face away and pointing to the intersection about two hundred meters away.

"Over there—I think I can walk now, can you put me down?"

I was clearly avoiding him, but now I'm clinging to his back—what is this?!

"No, let's get you to your car first."

Jiang Yongtai rejected her suggestion outright.

He was silent for a few seconds, hesitated for a moment, and then asked about the bits and pieces of the conversation he had just overheard, his throat a little tight.

"Minami-chan—are you going back to Japan? What's with this arranged meeting?"

Mina pressed her face against his back, listening to the heartbeat and panting coming from the front. She knew he had misunderstood, but she didn't intend to explain.

"It's nothing, it's none of your business."

"—Are you the one going on a blind date?"

"So what if it is—"

"You've just started your comeback, how can you go on blind dates!"

Hearing his suddenly impatient tone, Mina's lips curled up slightly, but she quickly suppressed it so he wouldn't notice.

Her voice remained cold and indifferent: "This is none of your business. Who are you to ask me this?"

Jiang Yongtai choked for a moment, and the hand supporting her knees unconsciously tightened a little.

Mina frowned and gently patted his shoulder.

"Why are you using so much force!"

But a smile secretly crept onto his lips.

Yongtai-san seems angry~

"----sorry."

Jiang Yongtai whispered something else.

Mina twitched the corner of her mouth and deliberately lowered her voice to make it even colder.

"Is all you ever say 'sorry'? So many 'sorry's'—what have you wronged me for?"

Jiang Yongtai lowered his eyes and looked at the road beneath his feet, as if the answer was written on it, but unfortunately there wasn't.

He didn't speak again and fell silent.

Seeing this, Mina's lips also curled down.

Did I push myself too hard? Should I explain myself?

No way! He hasn't even explained why he kissed her, so why should she be the one to speak first?

Neither of them spoke again.

Two hundred meters is a short distance, much closer than their hearts are at that moment; they covered it in the time it takes to say a few words.

"arrive."

Jiang Yongtai, carrying Mina on his back, stopped on the driver's side and gestured for her to open the door.

Minami unlocked the door and opened it. Jiang Yongtai carefully placed her inside, and the car's overhead light came on, casting an orange glow over the two of them.

She didn't start the car immediately; she just sat there, looking at her still slightly trembling hands on the steering wheel.

It wasn't because her knees hurt, nor because she had run for too long; her fingers had been trembling ever since he said those words.

"—You carried me here so I'd unblock you, right?"

Jiang Yongtai stood by the car door, without going around to the passenger side.

His hair was still messed up by the wind when he was chasing her, and there was a muddy stain on his shoes from who knows when. He looked quite disheveled.

He neither said yes nor no, but simply rested his arms on the roof of the car, looked down at the profile of the person inside who refused to turn around, and remained silent for a while.

"—No, I didn't intend to trade this for anything. Just now, the moment you fell—"

He paused, then his voice trailed off.

"I don't think about anything else, I just want to run faster."

Mina's fingers on the steering wheel slowly tightened.

"So, have you thought it through now? Why did you come?"

"I've made up my mind," Jiang Yongtai said softly.

"I was afraid you blocked me not just because you were angry. What I said last night was drunken talk. I'm sorry, it wasn't drunken talk. I wasn't that drunk."

He lowered his eyes.

"—I was fully conscious when I kissed you."

The carriage fell silent. Mina stared at the small patch of dust on her knee from her fall for a long time, then stretched out her hand and opened her palm towards the door.

"Give me your phone."

Jiang Yongtai paused for a moment, then took his phone out of his pocket and placed it in her palm.

Mina took out her phone, swiped the screen, scrolled to Kakao, and paused her finger on the settings page.

She bit her lower lip and removed Jiang Yongtai from her blacklist.

Instead of returning the phone to him, she looked down and operated it again, sending herself a message using his account.

The meme of a penguin holding a sword is exactly the same as the one he sent her last year to coax her.

She handed the phone back to him without looking at him.

"Don't call me when you're drunk again, don't say 'we're just friends' again, don't—"

She didn't finish speaking; her voice choked for a moment. Jiang Yongtai took the phone, not looking at the screen, but only at her profile.

"—What else?"

"You're not allowed to say anything about liking Minai in front of others!"

Her voice was squeezed out through clenched teeth, each word forceful, but it floated up slightly at the end, as if she herself realized how unreasonable the request was.

Mina raised her head and looked at him with a complicated expression.

"—Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Jiang Yongtai lowered his eyes and fastened her seatbelt for her.

"Last night—it was my fault."

That's it?

"and then?"

Mina tried to stare into his eyes, but Kang Young-tae simply stepped out of the car.

He stood by the car door, his throat felt like it was blocked by something, and his lips were pressed together until they turned white.

Mina's persistent questioning drove him into a dead end.

Disappointment welled up in Mina's heart, and her eyes inexplicably welled up with tears.

She gritted her teeth, grabbed his hand, and looked down to see it was the same hand she had bitten the night before.

She flung her hand away and yelled, "Give me your other hand!"

Jiang Yongtai hesitated for a moment, but still extended his hand.

Mina grabbed his other hand, looked down at him for two seconds, and lowered her voice.

"—Does that hand still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

"----Yeah?"

She spread out his left hand and placed it next to her palm, comparing them.

It was much bigger than her hand.

She thought to herself, then looked down at her other hand and took a bite in the same spot.

Jiang Yongtai tensed up instantly, instinctively wanting to clench his fist, but he didn't.

He dug his teeth into the flesh on his other hand, leaving the same mark on his other hand as well.

This time, she clearly held back, and didn't bite until it bled like last night, but it was deep enough and painful enough.

A drop of warm water landed on the back of his hand. Jiang Yongtai shuddered; he knew what it was without even thinking.

Minami let go of his mouth, flung his hand back, her voice hoarse and strained.

"Baka! Why are you coming to me if you can't say it yourself? I don't want your apology!"

"Nan-chan, I—"

Jiang Yongtai hurriedly called out to her, but the remaining three words stuck in his throat, heavier and more difficult than anything else.

Mina took a deep breath, turned her face away so he wouldn't see her expression.

"—Go back now, and no band-aids allowed this time! I'll keep an eye on you every day—"

Come find me before the teeth marks disappear, otherwise don't bother looking for me.

She didn't say the second half of the sentence. She pushed him away, closed the car door, and started the car.

Jiang Yongtai stood by the roadside, watching her taillights gradually shrink and disappear into the intersection.

He looked up and let out a long sigh.

"I like you"

Is it really that hard to say? What exactly did I say in the cafeteria last time?

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