Tao Liangchen
Chapter 732 If You Don't Throw Caution to the Wind and Take the First Step
Having finally managed to spend time alone with Jiang Yu, Su Yehao got up, walked around the dining table, sat next to her, and blinked as he said, "Anyway, I've decided on you. If you dare to like someone else, I'll go beat them up. You don't have a second choice besides me. I can say responsibly that since I've been with you, I've never done anything to hurt you. My heart has long been filled."
"...Oh, so I really am the smallest one. You only hurt them because of me?"
Jiang Yu rolled her eyes and told him again, "Go away. If I'd known you were such a philanderer, I must have been bewitched back in Silicon Valley to fall for you so easily."
Su Yehao replied, "That's right. If you hadn't fallen for me so easily back then, I wouldn't be making you unhappy now. I originally thought we should just be friends, but you know, some feelings can't be controlled. You're so beautiful and have such a great personality. You have a kind of first love aura that makes men fall in love at first sight. In the end, I was still bewitched by you. In our past lives, we were probably two fish trapped in the same pond, so in this life, from childhood to adulthood, we've had an inseparable fate. After all the twists and turns, we'll eventually be together."
It was rare to hear such words from him.
For a few seconds, Jiang Yu's heart fluttered, and she recalled all the things they had been through together since they were young.
She thought for a moment and said unhappily, "No, you should be my nemesis. You didn't harm me enough in my past life, so you came back in this life to continue harming me. You're really annoying sometimes, always spouting sweet words, but you can't wholeheartedly like anyone."
"...I heard that bad men are more attractive. Maybe if I become a good person, you won't like me anymore."
Su Yehao quietly took her hand and added, "There are two sides to everything. You have to think positively. If I weren't like this, maybe we wouldn't be together."
Jiang Yu snorted softly when she heard this.
However, she suddenly realized that if she were to simply compare who was more suitable to be with him, she might not necessarily be able to beat Nangong Tian.
She couldn't devote her entire life to Su Yehao like Nangong Tian did.
For example, after the incident a few days ago.
Nangong Tian could stand up and face countless media outlets, saying frankly, "You're not me, how do you know I'm not happy?"
Jiang Yu admitted that she couldn't do that no matter what. At that time, she was only concerned with her own anger and didn't consider how the negative news would affect Su Yehao.
And for example, what happened in the Maldives. It was impossible for Nangong Tian not to care at all.
She was simply considering the two of them and chose to keep it silently in her heart.
After realizing this, Jiang Yu felt even more guilty towards Nangong Tian. She realized that she had been only concerned with herself these past few days, and had made Nangong Tian come to comfort her. She really shouldn't have done that.
Feeling down, Jiang Yu looked at Su Yehao and said seriously, "I...I'm not that good. The person you should be most concerned about right now is actually Nangong Tian."
"Back then, I actually knew you were flirting around and were very close to Nangong. I was blinded by unwillingness and jealousy, so I took the initiative to get close to you. I regret not expressing my feelings for you without any reservations before she did, just like you said, you've been my nemesis since I was young."
"I thought that if I didn't go all out, I would be closing the door to miracles with my own hands, and happiness would never beckon to me. So, since you started doing business and my dad bought a new house and moved there, I felt that the distance between you and me was getting farther and farther. I thought that if I didn't face it properly, if I didn't take the first step without hesitation, then I would definitely regret it for the rest of my life, so I chatted with you online."
"Seriously, I have no reason to be willful about this matter. Just let me be angry for a few days. The people who really deserve to be cared about are Nangong and Miss Nong. Nangong mentioned you and Miss Nong. You stood up for her when she was being called a jinx. Maybe her feelings for you aren't less than mine..."
Hearing these words, it was Su Yehao's turn to be silent.
It was true that he had known Jiang Yu for so long. Whether before or after the accident, they often met, and even lived together for a long time when they were in college.
But to say that they had ever heart-to-heart conversations, this seemed to be the first time.
He originally thought that he had taken the initiative to flirt with this girl, but he didn't expect Jiang Yu to have had such thoughts. No wonder things had gone so smoothly.
As for Nong Qingying's gratitude... Su Yehao felt that at first, it was more like a result of loneliness. They had gotten together haphazardly after a spark, which was completely different from Jiang Yu's situation.
But it would be too unromantic to explain his relationship with Nong Qingying at this moment.
Seeing that Jiang Yu was directly dejected, Su Yehao comforted her, "This kind of thing is still my fault. Don't think so much..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yu instinctively retorted, "It's your fault in the first place. I'm just saying I have a responsibility."
"Ah, yes, yes, yes. I'm the mastermind, you're the accomplice, okay? Being too caught up in small details will make you miss out on great happiness. You have to be open-minded. Maybe if you're happy, Nangong will be happy too?"
Su Yehao suddenly thought of something and told her, "I have a ski resort in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, which is only a two-hour drive from Tokyo. Why don't you accompany her there to relax? I can help take care of Sweet Fish Entertainment."
Jiang Yu was a little curious and asked him, "Why do you have a ski resort in Japan?"
"The last time I saw the banker Kaneshiro Kento, I asked him to help me find some scenic places to snap up Japanese assets, so I can invest and vacation at the same time."
Su Yehao improvised a reason. He originally wanted to keep it for Nong Qingying to recuperate.
Without asking any further, Jiang Yu nodded and told him, "Okay, I'll ask her later. Anyway, remember to be nice to Nangong, or I'll be the first to disagree, got it?"
Seeing Jiang Yu's non-threatening fist, Su Yehao held her head and kissed her on the cheek, laughing, "I got it. You can collect rent from Hello Hotel, and she can collect rent from Hi Garden Hotel. In the future, you two little rich women can buy whatever you want."
"By the way, I don't want the rent from your hotel. You've already given me so many things, it's too much of a burden."
"It's not entirely for you, it's more like expressing an attitude to the outside world."
Su Yehao explained, "Think about it, a lot of people think you're miserable lately, but when they receive my apology gifts, they'll be especially envious. This will be beneficial to your social life. You don't want to be laughed at, do you?"
"Hmph, isn't it all your fault? We're all in the same boat, for better or for worse." Jiang Yu understood that public opinion was a force to be reckoned with and felt that Su Yehao was right, so she didn't mention it anymore.
...
A little after one o'clock that afternoon.
Having just finished chatting with Jiang Yu, Su Yehao was about to meet Jack Ma, who had come all the way from Lin'an, to hear his work report.
Linda Yun, who was helping out at the hospital, called.
She told him that Nong Qingying's water had broken and the baby would probably be born today...