2: Underneath A Thousand Skies

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It even took them a while to understand the word 'courtship.' The process of getting to know each other before entering a relationship, who else had time for this? After you hook up, you can also quickly get to know them, so why bother with this outdated ritual?

Qiu Zhan couldn't understand, but Li Qing felt her heart being pricked. Although she felt that it was also a waste of time, she couldn't help but feel envious. Romantic gestures weren't really "cool" anymore, and it was even widely viewed as "tasteless" or "old-fashioned."

"Mr. Xu, you must really like Jia," Li Qing asked and tried to keep the bitterness out of her tone. "How long have you two known each other?"

Xu Jinhai smiled and said, "Not long."

But I've known her for a long time in my past life.

"Ah, so it was love at first sight."

Li Qing praised them out loud, but in her mind, she disdained this kind of impulsive relationships the most. Wait until he knows her for a few more days, and discover some flaws in her personality, and that 'love at first sight' would quickly go up in smoke.

But Xu Jinhai shook his head.

"Not love at first sight," he corrected her. "Love at first sight, second sight, third sight, fourth sight, fifth sight..."

"..."

Qiu Zhan, who had been silent like a statue, suddenly laughed. Li Qing gave him a warning glance. He only shook his head and smiled at her.

Li Qing and Qiu Zhan had an ambiguous relationship during their university years. In fact, like most people in their generation, the two of them had hooked up and broken up countless of times. Qiu Zhan had once confessed to her that regardless of the other girls he had dated before, he couldn't keep Li Qing out of his mind. He even gave her a promise ring.

Li Qing refused to accept it. Although she liked being with Qiu Zhan, he wasn't that handsome. When he offered her the promise ring, she even felt a tiny bit of disdain.

It must be because he couldn't do any better than her, right? He felt that she was his best bet, so he wanted to trap her like this. Well, she could date men that were better than him!

When she approached Song Jia, Li Qing couldn't deny that she did it with bad intentions in mind. She was shocked at the appearance of the man beside her. It wasn't only the appearance that was perfect, the aura, the body, everything else was perfect!

Li Qing felt that she was a tiny bit prettier than Song Jia. If the man saw her, he would definitely have second thoughts, right?

But the man that was definitely out of their league......said he was courting Song Jia with the intention of marriage. He didn't have any intentions of looking for someone better, and he didn't think he could do better than Song Jia. He was dating her with the intention of having a long relationship, even marriage!

With someone as perfect as him, the moment he trapped himself in marriage, he would be stuck with that other person for the rest of his life. There would no longer be countless beauties in the galactic confederation to have fun with, and no choices to meet with someone more interesting.

But as they chatted, Li Qing suddenly stopped her restless thoughts. It was because she finally saw that except for Song Jia, this man's gaze didn't hold any interest for anything around him. His entire focus was on the girl beside him.

For some reason, she remembered a classic love poem she had read a long time ago during history class:

"She slept till sun rose high, for the blessed night was short, from then on the monarch held no longer morning court. In inner palace dwelt three thousand ladies fair; on her alone was lavished royal love and care."

It didn't matter how many women there were, as long as you find the person you love, how can anyone else compare? Would a beauty's smile appear better than the sweet smile of your loved one?

Li Qing felt that this time, she wanted to try wearing Qiu Zhan's promise ring.

So what if he wasn't very handsome? There were plenty of handsome guys, but would they be as brave as him to commit to her and hand her a promise ring?

"Jia, you're really lucky to have someone like Xu Jinhai by your side. How come you haven't agreed to date him yet?"

"Probably my heart is made of stone?" Song Jia smiled at her and joked.

Xu Jinhai couldn't help but ruffle her hair with his free hand. After years of watching her in the dark, he could finally touch her to his heart's content. He was very happy.

He touched her head gently.

"It doesn't matter, as long as Jia has a heart. Anything can be softened with time and effort."

After a brief promise of hanging out together next time, Li Qing and Qiu Zhan waved goodbye to them and went on their way. For some reason, Song Jia felt that Li Qing became sweeter to Qiu Zhan.

Xu Jinhai lightly tugged a lock of her hair, pulling her attention back to him.

"Jia, those two seem to be a couple."

"Well...I know."

Although Song Jia knew Li Qing and Qiu Zhan weren't official, they should still count as a couple.

"Well, as long as you know."

Xu Jinhai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her response. In fact, he had glimpsed their thoughts just now, and the two of them weren't really a couple. Having an ambiguous relationship like that and still wanting to hang out together with Jia?

Xu Jinhai didn't care if they were handsome, beautiful, young, rich or smart...all of these could still be forgiven. But the most forbidden thing was that they were both proclaiming themselves as single!

These wolves wanting to hang out with Jia, how could he just stand idly by? If you have the free time to grab her from him, fix your relationship first!

If Song Jia had telepathic powers, she would definitely tell him, didn't you hear their thoughts?

They weren't trying to grab me, they were trying to grab you!

[1] used humourously to describe weird or stupid but funny behaviours or lame jokes, like a meme. Usually equal to calling something idiotic or silly.