"Yes!" Li Peifeng nodded firmly, then added, "But it’s best if it’s a three-character sentence, where the first is the subject, the second the verb, and the third is the object."

Subject, verb, and object, three characters...

Zhao Qingge’s expression changed, "I don’t know what you’re talking about!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Then let me tell you!"

After speaking, Li Peifeng slowed his tone, his eyes fixed on Zhao Qingge, with a deep melancholy in them, as if he had eaten too much raw fish by the Wisconsin River, his lips slightly parted, but his tone was as gentle as a stream quietly flowing at night;

"I~ love~ you~"

These three words are seen by some as more important than life itself, as if once spoken, they must marry, have children, and stay together until death, and if one falls out of love in the future, they’ll be burdened with a lifelong guilt, perhaps this is why Zhao Qingge is shy to say it out loud.

But Li Peifeng believes it’s merely expressing his feelings at this moment. Life is unpredictable, and perhaps they might part ways tomorrow due to some accident, but it doesn’t change the fact that he truly wants to be with her today. At this moment, there’s not a trace of falsehood in the three words.

"..."

[So easily, so fluently spoken, so... this shameless disciple!!!]

Maybe it’s because the air conditioner was getting hotter, but the base of Zhao Qingge’s ears turned beet red, and from the base of her ears, down her neck, through her spine, a redness spread all over. Her eyes, filled with a strange light when she first looked at Li Peifeng in shock, flashed and then avoided his gaze, staring out the car window, pretending to be nonchalant, she said softly, "I didn’t hear you, say it again."

"That’s no fun!!"

Li Peifeng was a bit anxious, "I already said it, I confessed, and yet you..."

Zhao Qingge pursed her lips, "I really didn’t hear you, say it again."

"Not saying it again! Good words aren’t said twice, if you can’t write it, I’ll get out now!"

"... Shut up!"

Zhao Qingge glared at him, scolded softly, and pulled Li Peifeng’s hand with a little force, bringing it into her lap. She was about to write, but seemingly felt something was missing. She took a pair of gold-rimmed glasses from the glasses case above the driver’s seat and put them on.

Then, Zhao Duoduo, with an unusually serious expression, like a student taking a final exam, nervous and uneasy, or like a professor writing an article, meticulous and diligent, using her finger as a pencil, wrote those three words, slowly and carefully, on Li Peifeng’s palm, right in front of his eyes.

"I, love, you."

It tickled as she wrote, and Li Peifeng felt a slight urge to pull back his hand, but he absolutely couldn’t; he endured it until she finished. It felt like a warm current flowed from his palm through his left arm, body, right arm, every limb, and his mind. It was like fire, a virus, infecting him, as if a part of Zhao Qingge existed and grew inside him...

"I’m done writing."

Zhao Qingge’s posture seemed a bit reserved, her eyes looking as if expecting something.

Li Peifeng couldn’t help but smile, "It’s not like it’s written in black and white, I didn’t see it or feel it, maybe you should just say it out loud!"

Zhao Qingge immediately frowned, reverting to her stern teacher persona, "That’s your problem, anyway, I wrote it!"

"Really not saying it?"

Without waiting for a response, Li Peifeng kissed her again, this time more wildly, until Zhao Qingge was almost out of breath and instinctively tried to push him away before he let go.

Mr. Li, savoring it, pressed his lips together. The continuously vibrating phone in his pocket reminded him he’d overstayed his welcome, and someone from upstairs might not be pleased, possibly coming down to find him...

"Well, I’m going now, drive safely."

Zhao Qingge said nothing, glared at him while panting heavily, pushed a button, and unlocked the car with a click.

"See you on the sixth!"

Li Peifeng didn’t linger, waved, and got out.

But the moment the car door opened, Zhao Qingge turned and grabbed his clothes, staring at him intently, said softly, "On the seventh, you... otherwise I won’t just postpone your degree, I’ll also..."

She didn’t finish what else she would do, even if she took half a day.

Li Peifeng saw through Zhao Duoduo’s facade of strength, detecting the hidden unease and fear in her eyes, feeling her inner anxiety and hope.

Mr. Li softened, experiencing countless conflicts in a mere half-second, finally nodded firmly, "Okay, I choose you, you just need to come then!"

Zhao Qingge’s eyes sparkled with joy, but also skepticism, "Are you serious?"

"Serious!"

Like the ’I love you’, at least at this moment, Li Peifeng was sincere.

"Then it’s settled, goodbye!"

The next moment, unable to hide her smile, Zhao Qingge drove away.

The BMW drove off, and Li Peifeng turned to go upstairs. Just reaching the elevator, he began to regret!

In the elevator, thinking about being only with Zhao Duoduo and keeping a distance from the other three, then imagining the intense reactions of Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning when he made his choice public, and the gradually distant bossy Huang Tianxuan...

He completely regretted it!

"Damn it, when will I fix this bad habit of making empty promises?"

"I even couldn’t help making a promise to her on the way... this tenderness... I’m going to cry!"