A moment later, Jiang Zhirou slowly withdrew her hand.
Chi Yu also pulled back.
He carefully held Jiang Zhirou's face with both hands, then gently placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Go to sleep early. Don't let your mind wander."
"Good night."
Jiang Zhirou looked at the man in front of her with a disdainful look in her eyes, a faint smile curving her lips.
She didn't really want to say good night just yet.
Just as Chi Yu took a step and was about to leave, the corner of his clothes was grabbed, and his steps suddenly halted.
He turned his head and saw Jiang Zhirou sitting on the bed tightly clutching a corner of his clothes with one hand.
This sight... Chi Yu's mind instantly flashed back to the little girl who had once dragged him to the amusement park secretly.
A strange emotion welled up in his heart. He turned around and looked down at the woman in front of him.
"What's wrong? Can't bear to see me go?"
Chi Yu looked at her with a half - smile, joking.
Jiang Zhirou pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Then... shall I stay tonight?"
Chi Yu deliberately teased her.
As soon as the words left his mouth, there was finally a glimmer of reaction on the woman's face.
He was about to say something else when Jiang Zhirou's voice rang out first.
"Chi Yu."
She called out, her voice showing no emotion.
"Hmm?" he replied.
"Why did you choose to talk about quantum entanglement in that class?"
"Most of the students who signed up for your class were liberal arts and art students. Quantum entanglement is the core content of quantum mechanics courses, and students from non - engineering majors actually don't understand it."
"You chose this topic for that class..."
Here, Jiang Zhirou paused, her expression clearly tense.
Chi Yu looked at her very seriously. As if he knew what she wanted to ask, before she could say it, he suddenly spoke.
"Because of you."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Zhirou suddenly looked up at Chi Yu. Her expression froze for a moment, and the emotions in her eyes were unclear.
Her hand on her leg unconsciously grabbed at her pants.
Chi Yu's voice rang out again.
"Once two particles are entangled, even if they are at opposite ends of the universe, they can instantly affect each other."
"I've never been a brave person. So when I knew you had feelings for someone else, I fled in embarrassment to the other end of the earth, thousands of kilometers away from you."
"I thought time could reduce my longing for you, but I was wrong. Time not only failed to reduce my longing, but instead increased it day and night. I missed you more than ever, ten times, a hundred times more."
"Whenever I moved by myself, attended classes, or did experiments, my mind was always filled with thoughts of you."
"I think... this can't be a coincidence. Maybe the universe is reminding me in its own unique way that some fates are deeper than I thought. And they can't be missed."
Jiang Zhirou stared blankly at the man in front of her.
Chi Yu's voice was soft and gentle, but each word that fell on Jiang Zhirou's heart was like a boulder, stirring up huge waves in her heart.
"I wanted to tell you that if you keep thinking about someone, there will definitely be a response."
At this point, Chi Yu suddenly laughed. He reached out and gently tapped the tip of Jiang Zhirou's nose. "But I forgot that my Qingmian knows nothing about physics. That class was just a subtle confession from me."
At the mention of the name "Qingmian", Jiang Zhirou's face instantly turned deathly pale.
Chi Yu beside her seemed to be lost in the memory of that class and didn't notice the expression on her face.
"I remember you answered my questions very smoothly in class. Why did you suddenly become interested in physics—"
"Chi Yu,"
Jiang Zhirou suddenly interrupted him.
He looked at her in confusion. "What's wrong?"
Jiang Zhirou stared at him steadily. In an instant, her rationality returned. She said calmly, "I'm sleepy. Good night."
Hearing this, Chi Yu was stunned for a moment but didn't think much of it. He smiled and said good night to her, then backed out of the bedroom and gently closed the door.
The moment the door closed completely, Jiang Zhirou instantly deflated like a punctured balloon. Her body went limp.
She stared at the direction where Chi Yu had left. After a long while, she suddenly let out a self - mocking laugh.
How could she be so stupid as to ask Chi Yu such a question?
So what if she got the answer she wanted? That person wasn't her.
How was she any different from Xiang Yun now?
The only difference might be that Xiang Yun was a complete fake from head to toe.
While she, at least, had a real body.
How ironic.
Clearly... the last thing she needed was love.
It was useless except for making people lose their senses. But why... was she a little sad now? Her heart felt empty, as if a place that had been filled with something was suddenly emptied out.
Jiang Zhirou's nose felt sour. She took out her phone and started flipping through it.
There wasn't much on her phone, but two - thirds of it was related to Chi Yu.
The wallpaper was of him, her WeChat profile was related to him, and even the unlock password should be related to him...
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhirou looked up and scanned the room.
Everywhere her eyes landed was related to Qingmian.
In their most private space, everything left behind belonged to the other.
There was a sleep - aiding incense on the bedside table because she was afraid of the dark, so there was also a warm - yellow bedside lamp.
The bedsheets were printed with cute pink and white butterfly bows. There were several cute cat - shaped pillows on the chaise lounge.
There was even a space in the closet reserved for the cat's clothes.
Even the bath bombs in the bathroom were in all kinds of cute shapes, like clouds, cats, and balls...
She was gone, but every corner here was filled with her traces.
At this moment, Jiang Zhirou felt a tightness in her chest, as if something was weighing her down. She gasped for air, as if this could make the uncomfortable feeling go away.
She looked at everything around her, her eyes welling up with tears. Soon, her vision began to blur.
A moment later.
Jiang Zhirou wiped her face haphazardly and walked into the bathroom. Soon, the sound of water trickled out.
Half an hour later, wrapped in a bath towel, she walked out of the bathroom. The emotions from before were no longer on her face.
Jiang Zhirou walked to the bedside and stood there for a while. Her gaze fell on the burning sleep - aiding incense and the bedside lamp, as if she was thinking about something.
The next second, she stepped forward, extinguished the sleep - aiding incense on the bedside table, turned off the warm - yellow bedside lamp, lifted the covers, got into bed, and buried her head in the quilt.
She didn't need these things.
The room instantly plunged into darkness. The moonlight shone through the curtains and landed on the large double bed.
The quilt outlined a curled - up body. On the big bed, the body looked extremely petite.
On closer inspection, one could see that the shoulders of the person under the quilt were trembling slightly...