Upon a closer look, he realized he knew both of them.

Shen Yaoyao stood before Nangong Yunhai, saying nothing, then turned to leave. Shen Yaoyao grabbed his arm, "Are you going back to get married?"

"..." Nangong Yunhai remained silent.

"I’ve liked you since high school, although it was only from afar. I gave up on Stanford University, disregarding my parents’ objections, just because I didn’t want to have any regrets. Now, I know it’s too late to say this, but if I don’t say it now, I’m afraid I’ll never have the chance." She slowly let go of Nangong Yunhai’s arm. Everything was beyond redemption, but speaking the words that had been bottled up in her heart brought her quite a bit of relief.

"I never said I was getting married, did I?"

What?

"Really?" Shen Yaoyao was so relieved that she hugged Nangong Yunhai excitedly. "You scared me to death! That’s great, now I can continue liking you."

Even as she acted, Shen Yaoyao admired her own performance—what a shame if she didn’t go into acting.

Nangong Yunhai’s lips curled up slightly, then disappeared. He slowly pushed Shen Yaoyao aside, and she looked puzzled at him, only to see a woman emerging from the hotel—the noble lady!

"Mom."

Mom? Nangong Yunhai called her mom? But during the day, she had just...

"Is this the little girlfriend you mentioned?"

Little girlfriend? Did Nangong Yunhai mean her?

She looked around; there were only the three of them! Did it mean Nangong Yunhai accepted her?

"Does this mean you’ve accepted me?" Shen Yaoyao quietly asked Nangong Yunhai.

"..."

No response? "Silence means consent, and consent means acknowledgment."

"Young people these days really don’t understand manners anymore. Shouldn’t they greet their elders when they meet them?" The noble lady scrutinized Shen Yaoyao from head to toe.

"Hello, Auntie." Nangong Yunhai tugged at Shen Yaoyao’s sleeve, prompting her to quickly say hello.

"It’s already late. Don’t young girls take a rest?"

Rest? Of course, she’d rest, but she still had questions to ask Nangong Yunhai. Noble lady, would you like to go rest first?

"Auntie, if you’re tired or sleepy, you can go back to rest. Don’t worry about me."

"Nangong Yunhai, return to your room!" The noble lady glared at her. Did she say something wrong again?

Nangong Yunhai turned around and said, "I’ll walk you back."

"Well... that’s not necessary, Lin Zhong and the others are all there..."

She pointed to a black Mercedes parked under a streetlamp not far away. Lin Zhong saw them looking over and waved from the car window.

"Then I’ll walk you over."

With that, he nudged Shen Yaoyao along, but she hadn’t said goodbye to Auntie yet. As she was being ushered by Nangong Yunhai, Shen Yaoyao called out to the noble lady behind her, "Goodbye, Auntie."

Floating back to the dormitory, she couldn’t remember what she said to Gongsun Huahua. The first thing she did upon waking up the next morning was pinch her own face! Ouch!!!

Was last night a dream or reality? Did Nangong Yunhai tacitly agree to them dating?

Shen Yaoyao thought she must have been dreaming. How realistic were her dreams now? She actually felt Nangong Yunhai’s warmth. How could she dream about that noble lady? Was she too tired? She couldn’t believe she dreamt that the noble lady was Nangong Yunhai’s mother!!!

Touching her own face, could she be sick? But there were no symptoms!

A big face suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

"Gongsun Huahua! You scared me!"

"What are you thinking about so early in the morning? I’ve been watching you for a long time."

"I had a dream last night." Thinking about the dream still made her heart flutter with joy.

"What kind of dream?" Gongsun Huahua leaned over Shen Yaoyao’s bedside and asked.

"I dreamt that I confessed, and then..." Thinking about it made her smile.

"Don’t smile yet, and then what?"

"Then Nangong Yunhai agreed!"

If it were true, wouldn’t it be wonderful? She stretched and got ready to get up.

"Shen Yaoyao, do you have a fever?" Gongsun Huahua said, touching Shen Yaoyao’s forehead. "No fever."

"Oh, I know it’s impossible, but what you think about during the day, you dream about at night! I guess I just really want to be with Nangong Yunhai!"

"Oh my God!" Gongsun Huahua sighed, "Shen Yaoyao, did you forget everything that happened last night?"

What happened last night? What happened last night?

Oh right, last night Lin Zhong had dragged her to find Nangong Yunhai, so, so everything was true then? She couldn’t believe it as she looked at Gongsun Huahua.

Gongsun Huahua nodded at her.

Oh my God! God, are you finally not joking with her? Jesus, have you finally heard her prayers!

"Did Nangong Yunhai come back?"

"How would I know? He doesn’t report to me when he comes back. Now you’re his girlfriend, yet you’re asking me if your boyfriend is back?!"

Call... call...

Phone, she went through the entire contact list, but alas! She didn’t have Nangong Yunhai’s phone number!!!

"Where are you going?" Gongsun Huahua saw Shen Yaoyao hurriedly putting on clothes.

"To find Nangong Yunhai!"

"It’s only been one night!"

She gave Gongsun Huahua a look and rushed straight to Nangong Yunhai’s dorm!

But... the dorm superintendent wouldn’t let Shen Yaoyao in! She called Lin Zhong to help bring Nangong Yunhai out. Just hearing Lin Zhong’s voice, she knew he wasn’t fully awake yet, and his words made her question if she was sleepwalking.

"Nangong Yunhai is at the hotel. How could he be in the dorm so early in the morning? Are you dumb?"

Beep beep beep beep... he hung up on her! And called her dumb!

It seemed like Lin Zhong made sense too. She had come all flustered only to be disappointed. Checking her watch, it was only seven o’clock. With no classes today, she might as well go back for a nap. She strolled back toward the dorm, looking at the pebbles by the road, her mind blank.

"Shen Yaoyao!" Did Shen Yaoyao just hear Nangong Yunhai’s voice? Her brain wasn’t working well, and now her ears were failing too.

"Shen Yaoyao!" A louder call.

She really heard it! She looked around, and Nangong Yunhai was standing at the corner of the garden ahead.

"Nangong Yunhai!" Shen Yaoyao suddenly got energized and ran up to Nangong Yunhai, looking at him. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Have you eaten?"

She shook her head.

"Great, I haven’t eaten either."

Ah? Was he inviting her to a meal?

"Are you inviting me for a meal?" she asked cautiously.

"Why not?" Nangong Yunhai replied.

"Sure, but having breakfast together feels a bit weird."

"Can’t boyfriends have breakfast with their girlfriends?"

Everything from last night was real!

"Of course they can!"

Shen Yaoyao easily took Nangong Yunhai’s arm, heading to the cafeteria. Along the way, they attracted quite a few gazes—girls’ envy and jealousy, boys’ surprise? Okay, Shen Yaoyao admitted she didn’t have any pursuers for now!

The sudden happiness was too much for Shen Yaoyao to process.