Chapter 14: Not Understanding Love_1

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In the university campus, Fang Ren pushed the wheelchair like a whirlwind, dashing out of the cafeteria for more than three hundred meters.

"Ah Ran, why are we running?" Mu Huanqing asked, looking back in confusion.

"Well... Sister Hui Qing, actually these things..." Fang Ren scratched his head with a wry smile and said, "They're not items of devotion, but... a form of contraception."

"What does 'contraception' mean?"

"It's... something to prevent a woman from getting pregnant."

"Why prevent pregnancy? How can you have children if you don't get pregnant?" Mu Huanqing was even more puzzled, her beautiful eyes looking at Fang Ren, though they revealed innocence.

"This... It's not so good to have children before we're married," Fang Ren said.

"Isn't it said that pregnancy lasts ten months? Even if I got pregnant now, it would be after we get married that I'd give birth, right?"

"..."

Fang Ren paused for a long while and then chuckled dryly, "But I'm still in school. If Sister Hui Qing delivers a baby, I won't be able to take care of both of you."

"That makes sense, then let's wait until Ah Ran graduates before we have a child," Mu Huanqing nodded earnestly and looked at Fang Ren, saying, "But Ah Ran, you lied to me."

Fang Ren squatted in front of her wheelchair, apologized with a smile, "I'm sorry, I just didn't want Sister Hui Qing to be exposed to those things too early. Since we've only just met, it would be too hasty for Sister Hui Qing."

"Since marriage involves both of us, why didn't you ask for my opinion on this matter?" Mu Huanqing looked at him and said.

"This..."

"Perhaps I don't think these things are hasty?" Mu Huanqing said.

After listening, Fang Ren could only smile helplessly and said, "Alright, it's my fault. I should have discussed it with Sister Hui Qing."

"Mhm, I forgive Ah Ran," Mu Huanqing nodded.

"Wait a second."

The moment Mu Huanqing nodded, her forehead exposed a small bump with a tiny wound where she bumped it on her way out.

"What happened to your forehead?" Fang Ren lifted her silver hair, asking with concern.

"I wasn't paying attention when I was going down the stairs and bumped into something," Mu Huanqing said.

"How could you be so careless."

As he spoke, Fang Ren took out a white box from his school uniform, from which he retrieved a small pill and a band-aid.

"Why do you carry these things with you?"

"I'm studying medicine, of course, I carry these things. Come on, Sister Hui Qing, tilt your head back, let me put medicine on it," he said.

"Okay."

Mu Huanqing tilted her head slightly back, and her waterfall-like silver hair fell smoothly down. Her originally flawless face looked endearing with the small bump.

Fang Ren first crushed the small pill and then moved behind her, bending down to sprinkle the powder on the wound before applying the band-aid.

With him looking down and her looking up, their eyes met, and Fang Ren felt a ripple in his heart.

He couldn't resist bending down and kissed the bump on her forehead, smiling as he said, "Don't run around without me next time."

After speaking, he also ruffled her soft silver hair as if doting on a child.

Thump, thump—

Mu Huanqing immediately turned her head back, not looking at him. She stared blankly at her skirt hem, her beautiful eyes reflecting surprise and confusion.

In that instant just now, she felt her heart suddenly pounding, her whole body tingling. If she hadn't averted her gaze so quickly, the feeling would have been so intense it could have taken her breath away...

"What's wrong, Sister Hui Qing?" Fang Ren paused briefly, feeling a sense of loss in his tone as she avoided him so swiftly.

"Nothing, it's just... I don't really like that feeling," Mu Huanqing put a hand on her chest, breathing a little rapidly.

She hadn't felt this way when Fang Ren did those things to her in the morning, so why now, with a simple touch on her head and a kiss on her wound, did it feel like she was suffocating?

"Okay then... I might have misunderstood again."

Fang Ren smiled bitterly. Back when he was with Liu Qianqian, he thought that their daily closeness, holding hands while walking, and her jokes all indicated she liked him... He had not expected the complete opposite.

Now, presumably, it was the same with Mu Huanqing. The reason she said nothing in bed was that her mother had instructed her to be compliant, and what she was saying now must be her true feelings...

Right, it was just a day or so of being together, how could one suddenly fall in love with someone.

Especially this morning, when he kissed her, her face didn't turn red, her heart didn't race, it didn't seem at all like she liked him.

"Let's go eat," Fang Ren said and started pushing her towards the school's exit.

Mu Huanqing's gaze remained complex as she looked at her skirt hem, slightly bowing her head. The feeling... She just couldn't shake it off in her heart.

It felt just like facing imminent death on the battlefield... That's how she viewed it.

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When they reached the school gate, Fang Ren touched his waist pack, realizing it was near the end of the month, he could only take Mu Huanqing to the familiar cold noodle restaurant.

"Kid, haven't seen you here for several days," the uncle in the white tank top greeted him warmly as they approached the food stall.

Fang Ren smiled, "Boss, two servings as usual."

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This place was somewhere he and Liu Qianqian used to come to often. Since he confessed his feelings to Liu Qianqian, they had never come here together again, and since then, he had always eaten in the cafeteria with Li Xingwang and Jing Haichuan.

"Is this your girlfriend?" the owner asked.

"Yeah, my girlfriend," Fang Ren nodded.

"What about that young girl?"

"We had a bit of a disagreement," Fang Ren said with a smile.

"Oh, I see. It's probably because you got a girlfriend now, and she feels like she can't intrude on you two," the owner said with a look of sympathy and a sigh.

When Liu Qianqian and Fang Ren first came here, he had said they were well-matched. Yet, both of them insisted they were just friends, and this continued for three years.

It seemed that in the end, their story wasn't perfect.

"You're overthinking it, boss."

Fang Ren sat down with Mu Huanqing, and soon the owner brought over two servings of cold noodles.

Fang Ren handed Mu Huanqing a pair of chopsticks. She reached out to take them, and then Fang Ren started eating with a somewhat downcast mood.

Mu Huanqing watched him the whole time. He showed the same forlorn expression as the previous night; even though there was a hint of a smile on his face, she always felt he was not happy.

"Is it because I'm getting in the way..." Mu Huanqing ventured softly.

Fang Ren glanced at her and chuckled, "No, I told you I don't like her anymore."

"But you don't seem happy..."

"You're overthinking it."

Fang Ren returned her remark with a smile, inwardly sighing at how clueless she was about such matters when clearly it was because of her that he was feeling this way.

"Maybe I am overthinking it."

After saying that, Mu Huanqing also lowered her head to eat.

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After the meal, Fang Ren, not comfortable with her going home alone, pushed her wheelchair all the way to her house. Only after he had placed the four boxes of condoms in the drawer did he leave for school.

The time spent on the journey meant he was bound to be late for class again in the afternoon.

He had told Liu Qianqian that morning that he wouldn't bother her, but as it turned out, it couldn't be helped.

When Fang Ren returned to the classroom, Liu Qianqian wasn't blocking his way at the door. Instead, she was seated in class, paying attention to the lecture.

Seeing this, Fang Ren didn't give it much thought; not being intercepted by her slightly lessened the awkwardness.

He sneaked in through the back door while hunched over and quickly sat down next to Jing Haichuan and Li Xingwang.

"Damn! What were you doing with that gorgeous girl!" Jing Haichuan said, grabbing hold of him in an interrogative manner as soon as Fang Ren arrived.

"What could I be doing? I just took her home," Fang Ren replied.

"Damn it... You two aren't living together already, are you!" Li Xingwang said jealously, pinching Fang Ren's waist.

Their voices were quiet, and the classroom wasn't very silent, so the teacher on the podium didn't pay much attention.

Fang Ren gasped as he was pinched, slapped away Li's hand, and declared firmly, "So what if we live together? I'm getting married to her on May 20th!"

No sooner had he spoken these words than Jing Haichuan and Li Xingwang froze, their bodies stiffening in shock.

"What's wrong..."

Fang Ren, feeling the hair on the back of his neck stand on end, looked at their stunned faces.

Bang—

All of a sudden, Jing and Li leaped from their seats, knocking over the desk in front of them.

"Getting married?!"

Their voices erupted, attracting the attention of the entire classroom.

Now it was Fang Ren's turn to be stunned; these were some pig-headed teammates – he had just sneaked in...

"Are you two trying to revolt?!" Teacher Huang bellowed from the podium, slamming the desk so hard he nearly leaped into the air, his glasses nearly shaking off his face.

"Fang Ren! And you two! Get out the same way you rolled in here! All of you, out!"

Teacher Huang's hand sent three arcing trajectories hurtling toward Fang, Li, and Jing. Seeing this, the three no longer dared to linger and leaped out of their seats, running outside.

Laughter filled the classroom as Teacher Huang's chest heaved with indignation, and he cursed inwardly: This is the worst class I've ever taught!

Liu Qianqian, seated in the front row, looked back at the three of them, but no smile appeared on her face.

Getting married... Who was getting married?

"Qian Qian, he really is a womanizer." Li Xinyue immediately leaned close to Liu Qianqian, anger on her face. "He hasn't chased you for long, and now, in such a short time, he's going to marry another woman! What a jerk, it's good that you didn't accept him before, right?"

"He's not really a jerk; after all, it was me who rejected him first," Liu Qianqian forced a smile onto her face and replied.