Madam, Please Behave-Chapter 203: A Mistaken Feeling

The sudden voice from behind startled both Li Qing and Wang Xi. They had been so engrossed in their discussion that they hadn’t noticed Liu Changqing approaching.

As they turned around and saw his face, they both froze.

After a brief moment, Wang Xi nudged Li Qing with her elbow.

“Is it him?”

“…Mm.”

Li Qing responded absentmindedly, staring at Liu Changqing’s face.

He looked different from when she had seen him during the summer. Compared to that day at the mall, he had lost a lot of weight.

And he looked… more handsome now.

A mature kind of handsome.

Hearing Li Qing’s confirmation, Wang Xi’s expression turned as if she had seen a ghost. She scanned Liu Changqing up and down.

She distinctly remembered Li Qing describing him as a “fat uncle.”

But now? He wasn’t fat at all. If anything, he was broad-shouldered and well-built.

Li Qing had mentioned him often, but this was Wang Xi’s first time seeing him in person.

Not as bad as she had imagined…

When Wang Xi first heard that Li Qing had developed feelings for an older man who had once saved her, she had seriously wondered if her friend had lost her mind.

But now, looking at him, it didn’t seem too crazy. At the very least, this Liu Changqing guy had a decent face.

Not the trendy, idol-like handsomeness, but a kind of natural, inexplicable attractiveness.

After a brief moment of thought, Wang Xi suddenly stepped forward, raised her head high, and loudly declared,

“Uncle, you have to take responsibility for my Qingqing!”

“……”

Liu Changqing fell silent.

He looked at the girl standing next to Li Qing, the one who had just shouted at him.

He waved his hand, then turned around.

“Come inside first.”

“Oh.”

Without hesitation, Wang Xi grabbed Li Qing’s hand and followed him in.

Li Qing, on the other hand, was utterly embarrassed.

She kept her head down, too mortified to look around. In contrast, Wang Xi seemed completely unfazed. She even boldly stared back at the employees who were curiously eyeing them after their entrance, carrying herself with an air of confidence.

Liu Changqing led them into Feng Qian’s office. Since Feng Qian was out on business, the office was empty.

After they entered, Liu Changqing sat down, watching as the two girls closed the door behind them.

After a short silence, he finally spoke.

“What did you mean by that just now?”

Wang Xi let go of Li Qing’s hand, stepped forward, and placed both hands on the desk, meeting Liu Changqing’s gaze directly.

She didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she widened her eyes, as if trying to intimidate him into giving himself away.

But it didn’t work.

Liu Changqing’s expression remained unchanged as he calmly met her stare.

After a few seconds, Wang Xi started to feel nervous.

She averted her eyes, glancing toward the corner of the room.

“I just… just that Qingqing told me she likes you. So, what about you? Do you like her?”

“……”

Liu Changqing fell silent again.

Instead of answering, he turned his gaze to Li Qing, who was standing off to the side, looking somewhat shy and uneasy.

It had been a while since he had last seen her—probably about a month ago, when he had gone shoe shopping with Feng Qian and Feng Shuyan.

Thinking back… he and Li Qing had never interacted much.

To him, she was just a young student who hadn’t even graduated yet. She was still naive.

He never had any inappropriate thoughts about her—just found her to be a cute kid.

But dating her? That was something Liu Changqing simply couldn’t do.

She was only nineteen.

Meanwhile, his son was already fifteen.

Even in his past life, there was no way he would have considered dating a student.

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And now, in his current life—at thirty-five—it was even more impossible.

Throughout their interactions, he had deliberately kept his distance, thinking that this childish infatuation would naturally fade over time.

But judging by the fact that she had come to find him today, things clearly hadn’t gone as he had expected.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the desk, lost in thought.

Meanwhile, Li Qing clenched her fists tightly, as if psyching herself up.

She still vividly remembered the night of her senior year when Liu Changqing had saved her. Even now, when she thought back to it, she felt that he had looked unbelievably cool in that moment.

Like something straight out of a fairy tale—where the hero appears at the most helpless and dangerous moment to rescue the damsel in distress.

After that, nearly a year had passed before she saw him again.

It wasn’t until she started university and visited a bookstore one day that she coincidentally ran into him.

But he didn’t seem to recognize her at all.

Li Qing had thought that if he knew she was the girl he had saved that night…

Slowly, she unclenched her fists.

She had made up her mind.

Raising her head, she met Liu Changqing’s furrowed brows with determination.

Taking a deep breath, she said, “Maybe you don’t remember, but a year ago, during my senior year, at night, you saved—”

“I know.”

Liu Changqing interrupted her.

Li Qing, who had just managed to gather her courage, instantly deflated like a balloon.

She looked at him in shock.

He… knew?

Liu Changqing’s expression softened slightly.

“I remembered after you returned the book. It wasn’t that long ago, and you haven’t changed much since then.”

“Then… then why…”

“In other words,” Liu Changqing said seriously, his voice clear and firm, “you’ve mistaken gratitude for love. In that kind of dangerous situation, if someone else had saved you, you would have felt the same way about them.”

“No… I…”

Li Qing panicked, immediately trying to deny it.

But Liu Changqing didn’t give her the chance to continue.

“Do you even know anything about me? Do you know that I have two children?”

“I…”

“You’ve created this perfect image of me in your mind, assuming it’s the real me… but that’s not what love is.”

Liu Changqing looked at the two girls in front of him.

“Go back. Focus on your studies and aim to become someone who contributes to society.”

She couldn’t find the words to argue.

Li Qing wanted to refute him, but she didn’t even know where to start.

She really didn’t know much about him.

She didn’t know if he was single.

She didn’t know if he had children.

Was her affection for him… not real?

Wang Xi, who had been watching the exchange, gave Liu Changqing a surprised look.

She had assumed that an older guy like him would be thrilled to have a beautiful young girl confess to him.

But it seemed… that wasn’t the case.

This uncle… was actually kind of interesting.