Huang Puchen saw that Nangong Yang had been silent all along. He turned around to leave, and Nangong Yang grabbed his arm, "Are you going back to get married?"

"···" Huang Puchen did not speak.

"I like you, I’ve liked you since high school. Although I’ve only watched you from afar, I gave up Stanford University, disregarded my parents’ objections, just because I didn’t want any regrets. Now, I know it’s already too late to say these things, but if I don’t say it now, I’m afraid there will be no chance later." Slowly, he released Huang Puchen’s arm. Everything was unrecoverable, but speaking the words bottled up in his heart still brought him a lot of relief.

"I never said I was going to get married?"

What?

"Really?" That’s wonderful. Excited, Nangong Yang hugged Huang Puchen tightly, "You scared me to death, that’s so great, now I can continue to like you."

Huang Puchen’s lips curled slightly upward, then disappeared. Slowly, he pushed Nangong Yang aside to see behind them, and Nangong Yang perplexedly looked at Huang Puchen, noticing a woman walking out of the hotel — it’s that noble lady!

"Mom."

Mom? Huang Puchen called her mom? But during the day she just... sigh... 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Is this the little girlfriend you mentioned?"

Little girlfriend? Did Huang Puchen mean her?

She looked around, just the three of them! Does that mean Huang Puchen accepted her?

"Does that mean you’ve accepted me?" Nangong Yang asked Huang Puchen softly.

"..."

Not speaking? "If you don’t speak, it means you consent, consent means acknowledgment."

"Kids these days really don’t understand manners anymore, shouldn’t they greet their elders?" The noble lady scrutinized Nangong Yang closely from head to toe.

"Hello, Auntie." Huang Puchen tugged at Nangong Yang’s sleeve, prompting her to greet.

"It’s very late, shouldn’t girls be resting?"

Rest, of course, she’d rest, but she had questions for Huang Puchen. Noble lady, could you head upstairs to rest first?

"Auntie, if you’re tired or sleepy, you can head back to rest, don’t mind me."

"Huang Puchen, return to your room!" The noble lady glared at her, did she say something wrong again?

Huang Puchen turned back and said, "I’ll take you back."

"Um··· no need, Lin Zhong and Su Ke are there···"

She pointed to the black Mercedes parked under the streetlamp not far away, Lin Zhong saw them looking over. He waved a hand in greeting through the car window.

"Then, I’ll send you over."

After speaking, he led Nangong Yang away, but she hadn’t said goodbye to Auntie yet. Squeezed in Huang Puchen’s embrace, she called out to the noble lady behind, "Goodbye, Auntie."

Drifting onto the car, returning to the dormitory, what she said to Han Wanwan she completely forgot, the first thing upon waking the next morning was pinching her cheek! Ouch!!!

So was last night a dream or real? Did Huang Puchen tacitly consent to their relationship?

Nangong Yang thought she must be dreaming. How can dreams feel so real now? She even felt the warmth from Huang Puchen, how did she dream of that noble lady? Is she too tired? She dreamed that the noble lady was Huang Puchen’s mom!!!

Touching her face, is she sick? But there are no symptoms!

A huge face suddenly intruded on her sight.

"Han Wanwan! You scared me!"

"What are you thinking so early in the morning? Watching you for ages."

"I had a dream last night." Thinking about the dream felt delightful.

"What dream?" Han Wanwan leaned over the bed and asked.

"I dreamed I confessed last night, and then···" She started smiling as she recollected.

"Don’t laugh yet, and then?"

"And then Huang Puchen agreed!"

If only this were true, she stretched lazily, preparing to get up!

"Nangong Yang, are you having a fever?" Han Wanwan touched Nangong Yang’s forehead, "No fever."

"Oh, I know it’s impossible, but you think about it during the day and dream about it at night! I guess I want to be with Huang Puchen too much!"

"My God!" Han Wanwan sighed up to the sky, "Nangong Yang, did you forget what happened last night?"

What happened last night? What happened last night?

Right, last night Lin Zhong pulled her to meet Huang Puchen, so, so was this all real? She couldn’t believe it as she looked at Han Wanwan.

Han Wanwan nodded at her.

God! God, are you finally not joking with her? Jesus, you finally heard her prayer!

"Then did Huang Puchen come back?"

"How would I know? He doesn’t report back to me when he returns. Now you’re his girlfriend, asking me if your boyfriend came back?!"

Call··· call···

She flipped through the phonebook from start to finish, terrible! She didn’t have Huang Puchen’s phone number!!!

"Where are you going?" Han Wanwan saw Nangong Yang hurriedly dressing.

"Find Huang Puchen!"

"Only one night apart."

Rolling her eyes at Han Wanwan, she headed straight for Huang Puchen’s dormitory!

But··· the boys’ dormitory caretaker wouldn’t let Nangong Yang in! Nangong Yang called Lin Zhong to help summon Huang Puchen outside, hearing Lin Zhong’s groggy voice suggested he wasn’t awake yet, while his words made her suspect she might be sleepwalking.

"Huang Puchen is at the hotel, how could he be at the dormitory this morning? Are you stupid?"

Toot toot toot... hung up on her! Calling her stupid!

It seems Lin Zhong made sense, racing here only to find nothing. Checking her watch, it was only seven o’clock, no classes today, she’ll head back to catch some more sleep. Wandering back to her dorm, she stared emptily at the stones by the roadside.

"Nangong Yang!" How come she heard Huang Puchen’s voice? Brain malfunctioning, ears failing too.

"Nangong Yang!" Louder.

She really heard it! Looking around, Huang Puchen was standing at the corner of the garden.

"Huang Puchen!" Nangong Yang instantly energized, ran over to Huang Puchen, looking at him.

"Have you eaten?"

Shook her head.

"Good, I haven’t eaten either."

What? Does this mean he’s inviting her to eat?

"Are you inviting me to eat?" She tentatively asked.

"Why not?" Huang Puchen retorted.

"Sure, but having breakfast together feels a bit strange."

"Can’t a boyfriend have breakfast with his girlfriend?"

Everything from last night was true!

"Of course!"

Nangong Yang naturally linked arms with Huang Puchen and walked towards the cafeteria. Their path drew many eyes; girls envious and jealous, boys surprised? Okay, Nangong Yang admitted she had no suitors yet!

Happiness struck too suddenly, Nangong Yang hadn’t had time to process it.

Nangong Yang asked Huang Puchen, "Was that woman your mom yesterday?"

"Yes."

"Don’t you have anything to say to me?"

"Talk less when eating, helps digestion."