Hearing Chu Ge say this, Qin Ruojing couldn't feel more sweet inside. Of course, besides the sweetness, there was more unease. She didn't know what would happen once she told Chu Ge the truth.

Despite the unease, Qin Ruojing pretended to be annoyed and hummed, "Slick tongue."

Chu Ge really loved seeing Qin Ruojing act like this, saying one thing but meaning another, like a shy little woman. He couldn't help but grin, "What do you mean by saying one thing but meaning another? I'm just being honest."

Qin Ruojing blushed, secretly sighed, and felt a mixture of sweetness and bitterness in her heart. Chu Ge was so happy today, but she was sure to disappoint him. She even felt she was being very cruel.

But if she didn't say it when Chu Ge was happy, should she say it when he's in a bad mood? Wouldn't that be worse?

Noticing Qin Ruojing's unnatural expression, Chu Ge didn't think twice about it, assuming she was just shy.

"Wife, when do you think we should have our wedding? What do your parents think? What's the plan on your side?"

"Haha, I plan to invite my friends from the orphanage. We can have a good gathering again. I wonder what their reaction will be when they see you? Their eyes will probably pop out, haha! You know, at our last gathering, they were joking about marrying a rich, beautiful woman and reaching the pinnacle of life."

"Oh, we should also find time to take our wedding photos. Although I'll just be a supporting actor, I can't wait to see you as the beautiful bride in a wedding dress."

Chu Ge was imagining all this to himself, speaking enthusiastically, and was unprecedentedly excited about their wedding celebration.

Qin Ruojing was just listening silently, feeling more and more guilty and uneasy inside.

Chu Ge talked for quite a while, but seeing no reaction from Qin Ruojing, he finally felt a bit strange, "What's wrong, wife?"

"I..." Qin Ruojing bit her lip, sighed softly, and avoided making eye contact with Chu Ge.

"Wife? Um..."

Just as Chu Ge was about to say something, Qin Ruojing suddenly reached out, placed her index and middle fingers on Chu Ge's lips, stopping the words he was about to say.

"Chu Ge, I want to ask you a question. Can you answer me honestly?"

Qin Ruojing tightly pressed her lips together, looking straight into Chu Ge's eyes. There was no more panic and unease in her eyes, only unspoken seriousness.

"Just say what you want. Why so serious between a couple? Feels like we're negotiating or something."

Chu Ge grinned, joking around, but in his heart, he didn't feel as light as he appeared. This time, Qin Ruojing called his name instead of "husband."

Silently swallowing, Chu Ge's heart was lifted in this atmosphere.

"I've asked you this before, but I want to ask again. If you hadn't been with me, would you still want to marry me?"

"Of course…"

"Think before you answer. I want the truth."

This time, Chu Ge wasn't intentionally pausing. As soon as he opened his mouth, Qin Ruojing interrupted him, staring at him more seriously.

"Yes." Under her gaze, Chu Ge didn't think about anything, nodded directly, and smiled, "Of course I would."

Chu Ge indeed didn't need to think. To him, since it already happened, he and Qin Ruojing were already a couple, talking about "if" seemed meaningless.

However, just as he finished speaking, Qin Ruojing said something that he never expected in a thousand dreams.

"I'm still chaste."

When those five words reached Chu Ge's ears, his expression froze.

A second passed, and Chu Ge shook his head with a smile, "It's not April Fool's Day yet, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm not joking." Qin Ruojing took a hurried breath and said, word by word, with utmost seriousness, "I really am still chaste."

In Qin Ruojing's apologetic gaze, Chu Ge's expression had a bit more of suppressed laughter, "Mm-hmm, I got it."

That was Chu Ge's expression, but inside, he was nowhere near as relaxed as he appeared.

Qin Ruojing thought Chu Ge would be stunned, would lose his temper, would question her, but never expected him to react this way. If possible, she would have liked to stop here and not ruin such a warm and beautiful atmosphere.

But since she had already spoken to this extent, she felt she had no retreat and must continue speaking.

"Chu Ge, I'm telling the truth. That night, nothing happened between us."

"Wife, I really couldn't tell. You're quite good at making up stories and telling jokes." Looking at Qin Ruojing, who wanted to say something but hesitated, Chu Ge's smile grew even brighter. "My clothes just fell off on their own? The blood on the bed is fake too?"

"Your clothes... I took them off, and the blood, I got it from the blood bank and poured it on the bed, I..." Qin Ruojing quickly explained. But as she spoke, when she finally noticed the change on Chu Ge's face as she had expected, she couldn't continue.

In just a few seconds, the smile on Chu Ge's face gradually faded. When Qin Ruojing fell silent, although the corners of his mouth still slightly curved upwards, there was no longer any hint of amusement in his eyes.

In fact, from the first time Qin Ruojing said she was still pure, Chu Ge had already half believed her. It was just too hard to accept at once, so he had always acted as if he completely disbelieved it.

However, since Qin Ruojing had already said it to this extent, how could he not realize that Qin Ruojing was not joking with him at all?

The scenes from the past few days that had confused him but he hadn't thought much about floated through his mind one after another. At this moment, he finally understood everything.

So... that's how it is.

Chu Ge was silent for a few seconds, then slowly breathed out and gave Qin Ruojing a faint smile, "Could you get me a cigarette from my handbag?"

Qin Ruojing pressed her lips together, said nothing, got out of bed, and fetched Chu Ge's cigarettes and lighter.

"Thanks." Chu Ge took the cigarette and lighter, put a cigarette in his mouth, but when his right thumb landed on the lighter, he paused and ultimately didn't press down.

Chu Ge lowered his right hand with the lighter, leaned against the headboard with the cigarette in his mouth, looked at the gentle ceiling illuminated by the candlelit lamp above, and spoke three words as if talking to himself.

"Why?"

Although Chu Ge's voice was very calm, without any hint of anger, Qin Ruojing's body and nerves still tensed involuntarily. As the saying goes, "The greatest grief is a heart grown cold." She was really afraid that Chu Ge's reaction represented extreme disappointment in her.

"I..."

For a moment, Qin Ruojing really wanted to tell Chu Ge the truth, that this matter was not her doing at all; it was her sister who had done it behind their backs, and she only learned the truth afterward.

But the words changed as they left her mouth.

"I... I wanted to know if you really love me, and not just feel obligated to marry me."

"Oh, is that so." Chu Ge raised the corners of his mouth, his tone still devoid of any emotion.

"I'm sorry." Qin Ruojing was silent for a few seconds, even though it seemed she had a thousand words in her heart, they finally condensed into these three words.

Chu Ge suddenly let out a light laugh and turned to look at Qin Ruojing, "Amusing, isn't it?"

Qin Ruojing remained silent, not daring to look into Chu Ge's eyes.

Chu Ge just stared at Qin Ruojing like this, staring for a good ten seconds. Qin Ruojing felt it was extremely difficult to breathe, her heart filled with an indescribable sense of oppression, her mind went blank, and she lowered her already bowed head even more.

Chu Ge chuckled softly again, got off the bed with the lighter in hand, and walked out of the room shrouded in silence.

As he reached the door, Chu Ge paused, looked at the candlelit lamp forming the words "May the years look back, and may deep love be with you until old age" on the floor, his eyes flashed with complexity, and he casually turned off the candlelit lamp switch.

In an instant, the room that had been filled with a warm golden glow was plunged into complete darkness.

Chu Ge pushed open the door, a hazy azure light seeped in from the entrance, emitted by the projector light in the living room. Besides this dreamy color, Chu Ge's magnetic voice, recorded with the song "Lifetime Together" in the projector, carried over.

However, seven or eight seconds passed, and the light in the living room abruptly went out, Chu Ge's emotional singing came to a sudden stop.

In the increasingly silent darkness, Qin Ruojing sat dazedly at the head of the bed, a kind of pain she had never felt before rising in her heart, as if an invisible hand was tightly gripping it, threatening to crush it at any moment.

If she could, she would rather Chu Ge frown in questioning, or have a big argument with her, or even slap her face, than accept such calmness.

Qin Ruojing opened her mouth, wanting to call out "husband," but ultimately, no sound came out, finally turning into a long sigh, silently spreading in the darkness.

In the long wait, time unknowingly passed half an hour, neither Qin Ruojing in the bedroom nor Chu Ge on the living room sofa made any sound.

In this half-hour, Chu Ge sat motionless on the sofa, despite the constant changes in his expression, the cigarette in his mouth remained unlit.

Qin Ruojing's heart hung in suspense, filled with an incredibly complex feeling, waiting silently.

Finally, footsteps broke the deathly stillness of the room.

Qin Ruojing's heart tightened.

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