Wen Kai felt that Wen Ying did not understand, but actually Wen Ying understood all too well.
“Brother Kai, you are overthinking and underdoing!”
The girl might just want to fall in love, but Wen Kai had probably already thought about what to name their future children!
This was not Wen Kai being overly confident. It was a sign of his sense of responsibility.
Boys like Wen Kai, who are full of responsibility, approach relationships with the intention of achieving a “result”. If he cannot give the girl that result, he would rather not start at all. Wen Ying could particularly understand her cousin’s feelings, because she herself had once been just as conflicted.
But Wen Ying was different now.
How would you ever know if there could be a result if you did not even try?
Trying does not guarantee you will get what you want, but not trying will definitely leave you with regrets.
Wen Ying quietly told Wen Kai, “Brother Kai, I already have a boyfriend. You go for it!”
Wen Kai was stunned. “You already have a boyfriend? Do Uncle and Auntie know?”
Wen Ying was not entirely sure. “They might have guessed, but I have not said it outright. That is not the point. The point is, when you meet a girl you like, be bold. Do not wait until she no longer likes you and then regret it!”
Would he regret it?
Perhaps he would.
A girl as generous and lovely as Gan Tao was someone Wen Kai had never met in all his years.
The gap between their family backgrounds was real, but who said two people with different family circumstances could not fall in love?
Whether there would be a result was one thing. Not daring to even begin was not caution. It was cowardice.
Wen Ying’s words touched Wen Kai deeply. He had been given a solid lesson.
After Wen Ying left, Wen Kai thought alone for a long time. Only after he had figured things out did he call Gan Tao.
“Wait until I get back to school. Let us talk.”
“Okay!”
Gan Tao sounded very calm on the phone, but the moment she hung up, she screamed with joy, nearly lifting the roof off Leng Jun’s room.
“Brother, what does he mean? Is he going to tell me to stay away from him?”
Leng Jun did not think so.
“Wen Kai is not that kind of person. He is quite gentlemanly. He would not make a girl feel awkward… I think his attitude has softened!”
“Really?”
Gan Tao’s eyes lit up. Leng Jun said confidently, “Did I not tell you? Boys cannot resist a girl’s enthusiastic pursuit.”
“But it also depends on what kind of girl it is. If it were someone else, Wen Kai would not be moved at all!”
Gan Tao bounced around the room again, as excited as if she had just received an autograph from her favourite idol.
Leng Jun teased his cousin for being hopeless on the surface, but deep down he was happy for Gan Tao.
After spending time with the Wen family, Leng Jun increasingly felt that Wen Kai was a good person to date. Gan Tao really had good taste.
The noise from Leng Jun’s room reached outside. Gan Tao’s parents felt a little embarrassed. “Tao Tao has not grown up at all. She is always so wild and has no ladylike manners. Her brother spoils her too!”
Although they were cousins, they were as close as real siblings.
The Leng family was in business. They had made their fortune in the 1990s, and after getting rich, they brought all their relatives along. Everyone earned money together. This big family was especially united externally and very close internally.
Gan Tao held a position in the family similar to Zhang Nan in the Zhang family. The whole family doted on her.
In such an environment, the fact that the little girl only chased idols and had no other bad habits was already quite rare.
Gan Tao and Leng Jun had run off to another city during the New Year. The family did not know the real reason. Leng Jun had taken the blame alone, saying he suddenly wanted to travel. He really acted like a proper big brother.
Gan Tao’s parents seemed to complain, but in reality they knew how close the cousins were.
The whole family thought Gan Tao was so focused on chasing idols that it would probably be a few more years before she fell in love in real life. They never imagined the brother and sister would be so bold that Leng Jun would help his cousin pursue a boy by going straight to the boy’s hometown. If they found out, Leng Jun would most likely get a beating.
Wen Kai did not make Gan Tao wait long. Only one day later, he returned to school.
Gan Tao spent ages picking out clothes at home, looking in the mirror over and over, feeling her outfits were not good enough.
If Leng Jun had not called to remind her that it was time to leave, Gan Tao would definitely have been late.
By the time Gan Tao arrived at Wen Kai’s school, Wen Kai was already waiting early at the bus stop.
The straight-laced Wen Kai pointed at the campus where the cold wind was blowing. “Shall we walk and talk?”
Gan Tao smiled brightly and nodded. “Sure, let us walk and talk.”
They walked for a while before Wen Kai threw the first straight ball. “What do you like about me?”
Gan Tao openly repeated all the details she had once told her cousin. Wen Kai was very surprised. “Just because of that?”
“Is that not enough? You are not going to deliberately find fault and say I do not truly like you, are you?!”
Gan Tao was warm and generous and did not mind small things, but that did not mean the girl had no temper.
She could take the initiative to pursue Wen Kai, but Wen Kai should not doubt her sincerity.
“I am not deliberately finding fault. I am just a bit surprised.”
Wen Kai gathered his thoughts for a long time before telling Gan Tao, “I have never thought about dating, at least not during my undergraduate years. Someone as smart as your cousin could get into Shouhang easily, but for me it was very difficult. I repeated a year to get into this university. Every day I can study here is precious to me. If I spent that time on dating, it would not be fair to the girl, and there is a high chance we would break up after graduation anyway…”
After going to Chengdu and seeing Wen Kai helping out at the fruit shop at home, Gan Tao had some understanding of why Wen Kai did not want to date during university.
This was Wen Kai truly opening up about his inner thoughts.
Gan Tao listened quietly without interrupting.
“I want to stay in a big city.”
Wen Kai told Gan Tao very seriously, “Dating was not in my plans. When you suddenly said you liked me, my first reaction was not to think about whether I liked you or not. I felt I was not qualified to talk about liking anyone, and I was afraid of holding you back.”
Gan Tao finally got a little anxious. “Hold me back from what? I never demanded that you must take responsibility. Can we not just date?”
Before, Wen Kai had thought it was not possible.
Now, he felt they could give it a try.
Gan Tao was truly very brave. He could not live as a coward.
“But I want to take responsibility.”
Wen Kai suddenly smiled. “It is still too early to talk about these things. I will work hard to stay in this city. Even if we break up one day, it can only be because our feelings are no longer right for each other, not because of distance!”
“So you…”
Gan Tao’s breathing slowed for a moment.
Wen Kai had already figured it out. His attitude was firm. “So I want to officially pursue you.”
Gan Tao almost performed a groundhog scream on the spot.
Pursue her?
What pursuit? That would waste time!
“I agree!”
Gan Tao’s face was very red, but she did not hesitate to confirm the relationship. “You are my boyfriend now. Do not even think about going back on it.”
Shy people deserve to stay single forever.
Gan Tao did not give Wen Kai any chance to regret it. She directly linked arms with him.
Now Gan Tao no longer minded the chilly campus wind. She wished she could drag Wen Kai around the campus a few more times to declare her ownership!
Wen Kai accidentally brushed against Gan Tao’s hand. The straight-laced guy suddenly had an epiphany and bought her a cup of hot milk tea at the school gate.
“Hold this to warm your hands.”
Gan Tao’s smile stretched all the way to her ears.
Her taste really was excellent. The idols she chose would not collapse, and the boyfriend she picked would also know how to care for her. Hahaha!
