This morning, she was immersed in reading in the library, completely unaware that someone was quietly approaching her until a slanted shadow suddenly fell on her desk, making her look up in confusion.
Why do some things, although reason has already understood their outcome, still have a force driving them to develop further?
Like now, she actually did not hesitate to get into Xing Tuo’s Porsche and did not even ask where he was taking her.
“Uh, where are we going?” she finally couldn’t help but ask.
“To help you relax. I see you’ve been buried in books,” Xing Tuo joked in a rare good mood.
“You’re still working so hard during the break. Are you aiming for Tsinghua? Peking University? Or Harvard? Yale?”
The Porsche smoothly drove onto the main road, and they could rarely chat so harmoniously.
She laughed and said, “I don’t have such ambition. What about you? Have you decided?”
This was the first time she had genuinely laughed in front of him, and he was momentarily stunned.
She noticed he was staring at her face and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Xing Tuo shook his head, “No, I just think you look better when you smile.”
Her face quietly turned red, and she awkwardly changed the subject, “Have you decided which school to apply to?”
He curved his lips, revealing a mocking smile, “I don’t need to worry about that. I just need to take the exam. No matter which school I attend, the result after graduation will be the same – inheriting the family business.”
“However,” he looked at her, “no matter what, my life is still in my own hands.” Saying this, he suddenly pulled the car to the roadside and took out a small, unremarkable pure white velvet box from his pocket. Opening it revealed a delicate platinum necklace.
The style was simple and ordinary, but the small pendant, no larger than a peanut, was a half-open gardenia flower carved from a natural white diamond. The petals were tightly connected with no trace of separation, appearing as a naturally formed gardenia flower, shining brilliantly in the sunlight, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship.
