SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 55

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Gu Fei gaped at Jiang Cheng. At that moment, expressing anything aside from shock and speechlessness was difficult enough, let alone give an answer.

How many times has it been? Jiang Cheng had so suddenly left him without the slightest room to think.

He had called Jiang Cheng over only for the sake of easing his worried mind. Right after Liu Fan, Li Yan, and the others had finished wrapping up his leg with fake splints and gone their ways, he had immediately sent Jiang Cheng a message. He didn't know how Jiang Cheng was doing, but he knew with certainty that Jiang Cheng would be overwhelmed with anxiety after having seen him fall on the rooftop. He had just wanted Jiang Cheng to come over and see for himself that he was indeed alright so he could rest assured.

But never would he have imagined that Jiang Cheng would suddenly toss out such a question.

In a split second[1], his mind had spun up to 13,000 times, and the number of thoughts that flashed by could fill an entire stadium.

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He couldn't confirm whether or not Jiang Cheng had intentionally given himself enough leeway with that question - he hadn't directly asked 'are you willing to go out with me' at the very least.

And regardless of how he may answer, Jiang Cheng would always have some room to maneuver.

However, he understood the specific sort of answer that Jiang Cheng sought all too clearly. This question may appear to have given him a generous amount of 'leeway', but in actuality, there was only one possible answer.

Yes, I've thought about it. I want to be with you.

Gu Fei wanted very much to straightforwardly give such an answer, however, the sentence that should have slipped out suddenly became undeniably difficult to vocalize.

Because he did not know the kind of boyfriend Jiang Cheng wanted, and he figured that Jiang Cheng himself hadn't even given thought to that either.

In truth, that was exactly how things were supposed to be at their age. Even if one were to consider things in a relationship, the consideration wouldn't extend very far, nor last very long. Have I fallen for him? Yes, I've fallen for him now. I want to be with him now. I want to date him now... what other reason do I need? There is no other reason I need ba.

But he had thought of it - and thought of it far too many times.

Perhaps Jiang Cheng was being impulsive; perhaps Jiang Cheng wasn't being impulsive at all but had just chosen a moment that seemed very much impulsive.

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Whatever the case may be, Gu Fei felt himself incapable of determining the thoughts circling in Jiang Cheng's mind in such a brief period of time, nor could he convey his own thoughts. What kind of boyfriend do you want? What kind of love story are you looking for?

Under these circumstances, no matter what answer he may give, it would come across as too heartless.

He felt that the only thing he could do at the moment was to stall for time as a means to allow Jiang Cheng and himself to fully understand what the other was thinking.

"Early... love ah?" Gu Fei shut his mouth the second those words were uttered.

"Did you hit your head just now?" Jiang Cheng stared at him with an indescribable[2] expression in his eyes, one that was of the type of concern one would have for a child with learning disabilities, which made him feel as if this was the enhancement of his level of stupidity since after he had shot an idiotic smile towards a building in the middle of the night.