There were many times when Pei Xilin spoke so bluntly that Sang Ning couldn't answer the conversation at all.

If she is a person who can't hold back, she might have asked - why do you want to surprise me, our relationship has not reached this point yet.

Fortunately, Sang Ning is a patient person.

So when she heard this, her eyes flickered slightly, she looked calm and composed, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

She changed the subject.

Pei Xilin pursed her lips, "It's okay."

He moved his eyes from her to the cat, and said softly, "Did it cause you any trouble?"

Sang Ning shook his head.

She glanced at the time and asked casually, "Have you eaten yet?"

Pei Xilin thought for a while, and said: "If I say no, will I have a chance to go up and have a meal?"

"..."

Sang Ning was caught off guard, completely unexpected that he would speak so directly.

She stared at him dumbfounded for a few seconds, her lips moved slightly: "...No."

Pei Xilin was not surprised by her answer, and smiled lazily, "You are so cruel."

He jokingly said: "Although I haven't eaten, I'm not hungry this time."

Sang Ning's eyelashes trembled slightly, she pursed her lips and said, "Are you sure?"

She hesitated, "Although I can't invite you to eat at home, I can invite you to eat outside."

Hearing this, Pei Xilin shook his head: "Next time."

"I'll come over and have a look," he said.

Sang Ning was startled, and subconsciously asked, "Are you going to take the cat back now?"

Pei Xilin looked at her, "When are you going home?"

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are fine." Sang Ning said honestly.

Pei Xilin hummed, and asked in silence for a moment: "Shall I come and take it away tomorrow?"

Sang Ning nodded, "Yes."

It's just that she was surprised why Pei Xilin didn't take it away tonight.

Pei Xilin seemed to know what she was thinking, and explained: "I came back in a hurry, and the house is not cleaned yet."

Sang Ning said, "I wanted to ask you why you came back in such a hurry, but she probably knows the answer to this question, so there is no need to ask."

Pei Xilin really just came to see Sang Ning.

The two had a conversation downstairs, and he left, and Sang Ning also entered the elevator.

It wasn't until they reached the door that Sang Ning murmured: "Since your brother didn't want to bring you back, what did he come here for?"

I didn't come to her place in this cold winter's night to take the dog home, did really just come to see?

Realizing that the answer was this, Sang Ning and the dog looked at each other.

"You said he was looking at you, or at... something else?"

What this other meant to her, she knew very well.

The cat didn't understand, so it could only look at her innocently.

But Sang Ning inexplicably saw the word "happiness" on its innocent face.

But if you think about it carefully, the cat should be happy that Pei Xilin is back.

She looked up and saw the mirror in the living room. In the mirror, in addition to the cat's smiling face, there are her raised lips.

"..."

Sang Ning stared at it for a few seconds, then slowly moved away.

Why is she so happy too? Is she crazy?

At the same time, Huang Ming and the driver were still waiting for Pei Xilin at the gate of the community.

Seeing him go in alone and come out alone, Huang Ming raised his hand and rubbed his sour eyebrows, "Aren't you going to pick up the cat? Sang Ning is not at home?"

"No." Pei Xilin glanced at him without further explanation, "Let's go, I'll pick it up tomorrow."

Huang Ming looked at him suspiciously, and suddenly asked: "You have already thought about it, come to pick it up tomorrow?"

"……Um."

Huang Ming choked, "Then why are you making this trip?"

Pei Xilin glanced at him, paused and said, "Do you know why you couldn't catch up with Wen Xi?"

"?"

Huang Ming came to his senses later, and said speechlessly, "If you want to see Sang Ning, you can just say it, and I won't stop you. But—" he emphasized emphatically, "Personal attacks are forbidden, okay?"

If he wanted to know why he couldn't catch up with Wen Xi, he tried his best to change it.

Pei Xilin was silent.

Huang Ming stared at him and changed the subject, "Come to pick up your dog tomorrow?"

Pei Xilin glanced at him, "What?"

Huang Ming scratched his eyebrows and said softly, "It's nothing. Although the New Year is approaching, the paparazzi are not on holiday. Be careful when you come here." He emphasized emphatically, "I don't want to sleep well during the New Year."

"..."

What Huang Ming said was very reasonable.

Sometimes the paparazzi can follow the same artist for 365 days a year. They do nothing else, just to grasp the first-hand revelations.

And Pei Xilin has always been the focus of the paparazzi's attention since he entered the circle.

Regrettably, no matter how much they have been following these years, they have not been able to capture any breaking news related to their relationship.

For this reason, many people in the circle even jokingly teased Pei Xilin, asking if he really thought of himself as a monk just because he had acted as a monk.

Pei Xilin knew Huang Ming's worry, so he said lightly: "I will pay attention."

Huang Ming won't interfere too much in personal affairs, he knows that Pei Xilin has a sense of proportion. Furthermore, even if he wanted to interfere, he couldn't.

Waking up the next morning, Sang Ning first received a call from Sang Chong, asking her if she wanted to go home for lunch.

Sang Ning hesitated, "Dad, I'm coming back for dinner."

Sang Chong smiled and said: "Okay, do you want to arrange a driver to pick you up?"

Sang Ning smiled: "No need."

The father and daughter chatted for a few words, and Sang Ning woke up.

She raised her hand and rubbed between her eyebrows, and looked at the dog who pushed open the door of her room at some point and was lying on the floor waiting for her to wake up.

Seeing the dog, Sang Ning was in a good mood.

After lifting the quilt and getting up, Sang Ning saw the message from Pei Xilin.

Ask her if she wants to have lunch with her.

Sang Ning: "Outside?"

Pei Xilin: "How is my side?"

With their identities, going out to eat is too conspicuous.

Sang Ning was not pretentious, and directly agreed: "Okay."

Sang Ning and Pei Xilin made an appointment at eleven o'clock.

After replying to his message, she looked at the time. It was just after nine o'clock, and she still had a lot of time.

Originally, Sang Ning didn't plan to go out with makeup.

But after breakfast, she felt bored and sat down at the makeup table uncontrollably.

As the New Year's Eve approached, Sang Ning didn't bother the driver anymore, and was going to take a taxi there by herself, but Pei Xilin insisted on coming to pick her up.

She looked at the cat and thought for a while, then agreed again.

It is indeed not so appropriate to take such a big dog to take a taxi.

After not coming home for more than a month, the cat ran happily in the yard as soon as it got off the car.

Sang Ning stared dumbfounded.

Suddenly, a lingering fragrance penetrated his nose.

She turned her head and met Pei Xilin's eyes.

"Go in." Pei Xilin looked down at her, "Let it play outside for a while."

Sang Ning suppressed a smile: "Are you sure it won't damage the yard?"

Pei Xilin tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's not possible."

Cats are sometimes obedient and measured.

Pei Xilin was not worried, and Sang Ning naturally had no reason to worry.

She followed him into the room, feeling the heat that swept over her, her spirit was no longer so tense, and her body stretched a lot.

The room is the same as last time, nothing has changed.

Pei Xilin poured a glass of water for Sang Ning, "What do you want for lunch?"

Sang Ning took it, held the cup and laughed: "You invited me to dinner, didn't you arrange it in advance?"

Pei Xilin: "..."

He didn't expect Sang Ning to dismantle his own table like this, so he smiled helplessly and said, "If you have other food you want, you can change it after the arrangement."

Sang Ning raised her eyes, and when she saw herself in his eyes, her eyelashes trembled slightly, "No, you follow your arrangement."

Pei Xilin raised his eyebrows, and said softly, "Okay."

The two were busy inside the house, the cat had had enough of playing outside, and Sang Ning and Pei Xilin started making noise when they entered the house.

Pei Xilin watched it rub against Sang Ning in circles, raised his brows, but he didn't stop it.

Sang Ning beat Pei Xilin for a while, but was finally harassed by the cat and went to play with him in the yard.

During the play, she received a message from Jian Hui.

Jian Hui: "What time will I pick you up?"

Before coming to Pei Xilin's side, Sang Ning sent a message to Jian Hui, asking her to pick her up.

She didn't want to trouble Pei Xilin to take her home.

Sang Ning: "It's still early."

Jian Hui: "Show me the cat. What are you doing now?"

Sang Ning: "Play with the cat in the yard."

Jian Hui: "Then I want to watch the video."

Sang Ning smiled helplessly, pointed the camera at the cat, and recorded a video of her.

Less than a minute after the video was posted, Jian Hui's 10,000 whys came.

Jian Hui: "Teacher Pei's yard is more humane than I imagined."

Sang Ning: "."

Jian Hui: "Pretty, when can I have a chance to visit Teacher Pei's house?"

Sang Ning: "If you want to come, I will ask him now."

She guessed that Pei Xilin would not disagree with Jian Hui's coming to play.

Jian Hui: "...do you not understand the meaning behind my words?"

Sang Ning answered her with a question mark.

Jian Hui gritted her teeth, and replied angrily: "I mean, when can Teacher Pei catch up with you, I will use your identity as a best friend as a guest."

Sang Ning: "."

Jian Hui: "?"

Sang Ning: "It's time to eat, I'm going to eat."

Jian Hui: "???"

Seeing Jian Hui's question mark, Sang Ning calmly put away her phone, and met Pei Xilin's clear and handsome face.

Seeing her expression, Pei Xilin was surprised: "What's wrong?"

"No." Sang Ning felt a little uncomfortable, raised her hand and rubbed her ears and said, "Did you eat?"

Pei Xilin nodded.

Sang Ning followed him into the house again.

The smell of food filled the room.

Sang Ning walked to the dining table, looked at the excellent-looking dishes on the table, and a few dishes he liked, then turned to look at Pei Xilin.

"Pei Xilin."

Pei Xilin: "What?"

Sang Ning hesitated, "Did you secretly practice cooking abroad?"

"It is." Pei Xilin calmly looked at her, "Try it first."

"See if there is any progress," he said.

Sang Ning pursed her lips, "Okay."

She said, "It's been hard work."

Pei Xilin raised her eyes, and poured her a cup of warm water beside her.

Sang Ning likes to drink water when eating, she didn't tell Pei Xilin about it, but Pei Xilin noticed it by accident.

After taking a sip of each dish, Sang Ning looked up at the person sitting opposite.

"how?"

Sang Ning said seriously: "It's much more delicious than last time."

Pei Xilin pursed her lips and looked at her with burning eyes, "Does this mean that the last time was particularly bad?"

"I didn't mean that." Sang Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What I want to express is that great progress has been made."

Pei Xilin breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine."

He lowered his eyes, "If it tastes good, eat more."

"You can't eat too much." Sang Ning muttered, "Sister Wen Xi reminded me ten thousand times that I can only eat three catties at most during the Chinese New Year."

Pei Xilin was amused by her words, "Have a job after the next year?"

Sang Ning nodded, "There is a variety show recording."

Pei Xilin was surprised, "What variety show?"

"It's about entertainment." She said honestly, "A web drama I filmed is about to be aired."

Pei Xilin didn't know about it, "Have you set a time?"

Sang Ning: "It should be the end of February."

It is now mid-February.

Sang Ning's web drama can't keep up with the winter vacation, but it's not bad.

At the end of February, there is still some holiday warmth.

For her, it's good to have a work on air, and she doesn't care whether it's winter vacation traffic or summer vacation traffic for the time being.

Pei Xilin understood.

"Recording with the crew?"

"Um."

The two chatted and finished the meal.

After the meal, Sang Ning sent Jian Hui a message according to the time.

Knowing that Jian Hui came to pick her up, Pei Xilin was not very surprised.

When sending Sang Ning to the door, Pei Xilin led the dog and asked her suddenly: "How do you spend the New Year?"

Sang Ning was startled, thought for a while and said, "I don't know for now."

Pei Xilin smiled to himself and asked, "Do you want to watch the fireworks?"

No one can resist fireworks.

Sang Ning is also a layman.

However, she remembered the urban regulations: "Isn't it forbidden to set off fireworks and firecrackers in urban areas?"

Pei Xilin nodded, "Let's go to the suburbs, shall we?"

"..."

The two looked at each other, and they were quiet for a while. Sang Ning called his name with twinkling eyes: "Pei Xilin."

Pei Xilin: "Huh?"

Sang Ning took a deep breath and asked bluntly, "Do you want to ask me out?"

Hearing her question, Pei Xilin bent his lower lip, tilted his head and looked at her, "Did you just notice?"

Sang Ning's lips moved, wanting to say of course not.

It's just that she didn't know what to say.

Pei Xilin originally wanted to save the confession until the night of New Year's Eve, but now that Sang Ning would ask, he stopped hiding it.

He looked down at Sang Ning, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Sang Ning looked at him, and said in silence for a moment, "Why don't you tell me, if there is anything you want to tell me."

Pei Xilin chuckled, surprised by her answer.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Before Sang Ning spoke again, Pei Xilin said, "Yes."

His voice was low, "You should feel it, I like you."

Sang Ning's eyes flickered slightly, but she didn't make a sound.

Pei Xilin stared at her as always, the emotion in his eyes said everything.

He gave Sang Ning time to react, time to think.

"What if I say... I didn't feel it?" Sang Ning asked intentionally.

Pei Xilin: "That means what I did was not obvious enough." He paused and asked, "What about now?"

Sang Ning: "..."

She froze for a moment, then glanced at him, "You've said it all."

He said directly that if she still said she didn't feel it, it would be too fake.

Pei Xilin pursed his lips, and suddenly said seriously: "Sang Ning."

"what?"

"Do you want to—" Pei Xilin approached her, his tone not as calm as usual, "are you with me?"

"..."

During the gap between their silent gazes, many things that Pei Xilin did and said to her emerged in Sang Ning's mind.

Looking at the face in front of her, it is impossible to say that she has no heartbeat at all. It's just that she still has her own considerations.

"For the time being—" Sang Ning looked into his eyes and said calmly, "I don't want to fall in love yet."

Pei Xilin was not surprised by her answer.

He said yes.

Sang Ning was taken aback.

Pei Xilin raised his hand, patted her on the head affectionately, and said with a helpless smile: "Then when do you want to fall in love, can you open the back door for me?"

Sang Ning: "..."

She pursed her lower lip, unwilling to look at him again. She was afraid that she would not be able to withstand the attack from Pei Xilin's eyes.

"I'll think it over."

"Is that how you answered Mr. Pei?"

After getting in the car, Jian Hui, who noticed that Sang Ning was in a bad mood, grabbed her and asked if something happened.

Sang Ning basically doesn't have any secrets from her, so she's telling the truth.

Sang Ning: "...um."

She looked at her, "This answer should be okay, right?"

Jian Hui glanced at her and gave her a thumbs up: "You should be the first person who can refuse Pei Xilin's confession."

Sang Ning was embarrassed.

Jian Hui made complaints about her, and then laughed inexplicably: "However, I really want to see Teacher Pei rejected by you."

"?"

Sang Ning: "Isn't Pei Xilin a fan now?"

Jian Hui waved her hand and said honestly, "I'm a fan, but because I'm a fan, I know he hasn't kicked the iron plate all the way, and he hasn't been deflated. That's why I kind of look forward to seeing him deflated."

Sang Ning: "..."

She doesn't understand this kind of fan thinking.

Jian Hui groaned: "That's not the point."

She stared at Sang Ning, "The point is, how long are you going to think about it?"

Sang Ning pretended to be closed: "Let's talk about it."

Jian Hui was dumbfounded, "Can't I know in advance?"

"No." Sang Ning said sincerely, "What if I want to fall in love someday, and I agree?"

Jian Hui thought about it, yes.

"Well, anyway, you are going to be with Mr. Pei, I must be the first to know."

Sang Ning laughed: "Okay."

It will be quiet in the car.

Jian Hui spoke again and asked Sang Ning a fatal question: "Tell me honestly, do you like Teacher Pei?"

Sang Ning turned her head, looked at her for a moment, then looked away and said, "You said so."

Jian Hui: "What?"

"People who know Pei Xilin and understand Pei Xilin, there is no one who doesn't like him, right?" And she is also the same as those people Jian Hui said.

After getting to know Pei Xilin and getting to know him, she couldn't control her heart, and fell under his charm involuntarily, and fell in love with him.

Hearing the sound, Jian Hui subconsciously wanted to ask, since she likes it, why didn't she just agree to be with him.

But after thinking about it, she could understand Sang Ning again.

Sang Ning has a good background and good looks, all of which are on par with Pei Xilin.

The only thing she is bad at is her career.

She is not someone who is willing to lie flat, maybe she didn't seek to reach Pei Xilin's height before being with him. But she also wants to be better and better. At least, at least not much worse than him.

Jian Hui understands Sang Ning.

Sang Ning also knew that even if she didn't say anything, Jian Hui could understand.

Not only Jian Hui can understand, but also Pei Xilin.He could tell that Sang Ning didn't hate him.

Since she wants to think about it, he will wait.

It doesn't matter how long, as long as she is thinking about herself, that's enough.

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