Chapter 513 - Pretending to Be Mature (1/2)

Qiu Ling exhaled, straightened his shoulders and jumped from the branch of the tree where he had been crouching. He silently landed a bit behind Jing Yi and followed him. First of all, he needed to make a stunning entrance. He considered which pose to strike when he remembered that this wasn't important at all. Right. He didn't need to look stunning because he wanted to seem mature. Ah, how sad.

Qiu Ling just cleared his throat and waited for Jing Yi to turn around.

Besides them, there was nobody else around or at least Fu Heng and Fu Min had withdrawn quite a bit to give them some privacy so the sound was loud and clear on the forest path. Jing Yi turned around in surprise. When he saw Qiu Ling he frowned but he was already interrupted before he could say anything.

”Wait. It's not what you think.”

Jing Yi's brows rose. Something seemed different although he couldn't say what exactly it was for the moment.

Qiu Ling took a deep breath. ”I've … probably been a bother to you the last few days. I'm sorry about that, even though I can't say that I regret doing so. I know you don't want to hear this but I love you and I think that trying everything I can to win back the love of the person I want to spend my life with isn't wrong.

”I understand though. Your love … It can't be won back just like that. You've already moved on. It pains me to admit it but I can't change it and I have to accept it if I don't want to cause difficulties for you.” He sighed. ”I hope you still think well enough of me so as to not think I'd like to do that.”

”Qiu Ling …” Jing Yi's brows knitted together and he felt a pang in his heart.

He also understood now. What was different … was Qiu Ling. He hadn't run over and swooped him up into his arms, he hadn't chattered endlessly and called him 'my love' all the time. Even the tone of his voice seemed to have changed. He sounded calm now, maybe a little sad. ”I … I really didn't want —”

”It's alright.” Qiu Ling smiled sadly. ”I certainly never hoped for this to happen but it's not that strange. People fall in love all the time. There's nothing that can be done about that. If something is destined … then it will somehow happen.”

Jing Yi took a shaky breath. The longer Qiu Ling spoke, the heavier his own chest felt. This was his fault. All alone his fault. He had been the one to forget about Tian and the one who casually gave in to Qiu Ling's advances back then. Now, he had broken his heart.

”I'm sorry.” He bit his lower lip and clenched his hands into fists.