Chapter 143: Chapter 25: Hanfu Beauty Bai Feifei (Part 4)
Otherwise, how could such a stroke of good fortune have landed on me?
"Like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or like lightning."
Bai Feifei started speaking in riddles, like a worldly master who had seen through the vanity of mortal affairs.
Sun Dasheng was utterly confused. Am I a substitute? Someone else’s stand-in? This is a completely new experience.
"Giggle... Look at you, why are you so jealous? He’s already gone, no longer in this world. Besides, when he was alive, we were never together, just very good friends. And honestly, even with the rosiest of rose-colored glasses, he wasn’t as handsome as you are."
Bai Feifei stroked the muscles on his chest, clicking her tongue in wonder. "Who would have thought you’d look so skinny with clothes on, but be so well-built underneath."
Sun Dasheng held a cigarette in one hand and scrolled through his phone with the other, still ignoring her. She hurriedly snatched the phone away and hugged him tightly. "Alright, alright, I’ll tell you everything."
As it turned out, hers was a story of unrequited love.
In high school, Bai Feifei had been extremely overweight. Although she came from a wealthy family, she lacked her parents’ attention and channeled her sorrow into eating. Coupled with her poor grades, no one wanted to be friends with her. The sole exception was her deskmate, a boy with ordinary looks who, in her eyes, seemed like an angel.
Yes, she had a secret crush on him, but he already had a girlfriend in high school. The boy wasn’t much to look at, but he had a sense of humor that girls found charming. A guy like that was never short of female attention in high school.
Because of her crush, she started to lose weight. Finally, during the summer break after her senior year, she had the time, and with the help of money, she successfully slimmed down. The ugly duckling had turned into a swan. To top it off, the boy also broke up with his girlfriend after their senior year. The stars had aligned for her; she couldn’t see how she could possibly fail.
But just when she was about to confess her feelings to the boy she adored, she received terrible news. The boy had died from an illness.
Her unfulfilled crush came to an abrupt end.
In college, she grew ever more beautiful, her aura becoming more outstanding. The number of men fawning over her grew, but no one had been able to stir her heart since.
Today, her heart, which had been calm for so long, finally felt a ripple for the first time. This man resembled the one in her idealized memories by seventy to eighty percent. What was even more unbelievable was that, despite the heavy filter of nostalgia, this man’s looks still surpassed the other’s by a wide margin. She had been smitten the moment she first saw him.
Why did she join a murder mystery game with him? And why did she agree to Shao Hua’s treat? It was for the same simple reason: because he was there.
Interesting.
Sun Dasheng snuffed out his cigarette, lifted the girl into his arms, and caressed her delicate face.
"Are you sure you won’t regret this?" he asked.
Bai Feifei stared at him and shook her head. "As long as you don’t mind that I see him in you."
"Is that so?" Sun Dasheng smiled faintly.
Looks like I’ll have to make a deeper impression. Otherwise, I really will just be a substitute.
This time, he did not hold back.
For the first time, Bai Feifei deeply understood the meaning of the word ’beast’. She felt as if her body no longer belonged to her. Every part of her seemed to have fallen apart, too exhausted to move. She could only lie limp in his arms, utterly still.
After a moment of tenderness, Bai Feifei got out of bed and slowly headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
He had originally wanted to carry her to the bathroom for them to shower together. But when he saw the state of the bed, he slapped his forehead.
So it was her first time. Why didn’t she say so? If she’d said so earlier, I wouldn’t have been so rough.
He had considerable experience with first-timers. He knew what to do to make it a little more comfortable for them.