Chapter 100

‘Knowing someone well before falling for him?’ Once again, the three “spectators”, especially Yan Lingxiao and Luo Huali, were struck dumb! They knew nothing about love, and they did not even know since when their care for Zixiu as siblings had turned into another emotion, which was completely strange and passionate! Driven by some mysterious power, they unnoticeably fell in love with Zixiu, who had been away from them for years. When they realized it, they had already been fascinated by him! What kind of power was it? They had no idea how to describe it and they had never given it much thought. To be more precise, they had never thought of finding a reason for their love for Zixiu! Therefore, they were all stupefied when the philosophical remarks came out of Zixiu’s mouth. It was unbelievable that Zixiu had seen through the emotional issues they had neither tried to explore nor understood!

Now Nangong Du was more certain of his own assumption—Liu Zixiu’s comments were a summary of his own experience! Even though he had been lingering among women every day, Nangong Du had never felt the way Zixiu did. In other words, he did not care about love at all, let alone making conclusive comments about the development of emotions like Liu Zixiu had done! However, after uttering a bunch of “obscene” words in front of three guys, far from feeling ashamed, Liu Zixiu looked pleased with himself! It seemed he had underestimated Liu Zixiu! This little brat was not only brainless but was much more dissolute than he had expected! Liu Zixiu looked like a pure, inexperienced lad, but actually, he was a shameless romance expert! Xingyi once reminded him that Liu Zixiu was a bitch, who not only flirted with a guard in his mansion and sang obscene songs at midnight! Liu—Zi—Xiu!

“All of you haven’t been with me for long, so your feelings for me are probably just a part of your illusion!” Seeing the three of them acting like they were listening carefully, Zixiu continued, “A favorable impression doesn’t mean love! The so-called ‘love at first sight’ is just an unrealistic fantasy of some people and the excuse to create a romantic atmosphere in novels and movies…” Novel? Movie? Speaking of this, Zixiu paused for a moment, wondering how come these two strange words suddenly popped into his mind. He had noticed himself always blurt out “nonsense” in such a situation! However, to avoid the splitting headache, he did not intend to see into the origin of the two words even though he had unconsciously associated them with another word “cartoon”. This also reminded him that perhaps the three listeners did not understand what “novel” and “movie” meant either. He then asked patiently, like a teacher who was giving a lecture to his students, “Do you understand what I mean?”

“…” Still, no one responded.

Gradually, Yan Lingxiao and Luo Huali began to look embarrassed and even blushed! It was not because of the two strange words, but because what Zixiu had said suggested that they were being self-sentimental. Moreover, it seemed there were too many frivolous words in Zixiu’s remarks. For example, “love at first sight”!  Even Lingxiao, who was relatively more open-minded and had never hiden his affection for Zixiu, could not accept Zixiu being so bold that he even talked about love in public! The ancient people tended to be conservative, so as far as they were concerned, he was really too bold and even kind of flirtatious!

Nangong Du, who had been aware of this long ago, just stood aside and listened with a poker face. Love at first sight? He had never heard such words before.  It reminded him of the moment when Zixiu held his arm naturally at the banquet in the Imperial Garden. Liu Zixiu was really unique! Nangong Du wondered how come the son of an indifferent, proud person like Liu Wuyi would have been so ill-mannered! Well, it seemed that Liu Zixiu and his father’s personality was a world of difference!

Zixiu did not expect that the serious topic he had been thinking about for a long time was regarded as frivolous, offensive, and even ill-mannered by others. He thought everyone just did not understand what he meant, so he decided to illustrate his point with specific examples.

After thinking for a while, he decided to start with Lingxiao, who was more easygoing. “I’m going to explain it with an example. Lingxiao said I was engaged to him before I was even born!”

“Huh?” Hearing Zixiu suddenly talk about him and their engagement, Lingxiao felt his heart skip a beat and he grew tense in an instant. Leaving those rituals and rules behind, he pricked his ears and listened carefully.

Zixiu was satisfied with Lingxiao’s reaction. After all, the three of them had been silent for a long time. However, he became indignant when he continued. Of course, he just wanted to give an example to prove his point, and did not mean to blame anyone. “I don’t doubt what Lingxiao said, but this is just too shocking! I always thought that this would only appear in history books, but I didn’t expect parents to do this in real life. This is inhuman! How could they get the two babies engaged before they even knew their sex…”

Lingxiao’s eyes popped out in surprise. He was in no mood to hear Zixiu go on. Zixiu had made it clear, but he could not accept it. He would never accept it!  “Xiuxiu, you can’t break off our engagement!”