Chapter 196: Give him an explanation

Xie Qin made quite a few dishes and even stewed some chicken soup. He brought out two bowls of rice, placed one in front of her, and had just sat down when Shen Li spoke up: "Xie Qin, can you get my phone for me?"

Xie Qin put down his chopsticks, stood up, and went to get the phone that was on the tea table for her.

Shen Li took it and checked the battery; it hadn't been charged all night, and there was only ten-something percent left. She opened WeChat to see if there were any messages that needed replying to. Her advisor, Luo Jiyuan, had sent her the research project file.

She replied simply.

Xie Qin brought her a bowl of chicken soup, "Eat first, then look at the phone."

Shen Li didn't look at him, responding: "Mm."

She continued replying to messages.

Then she opened the dozen or so messages Zhang Zixin had sent her, 【I scolded Zhao Zhouyuan all night yesterday.】

【The more I thought about it, the angrier I got; I didn't sleep well all night.】

【It caused me to have no energy for the livestream today.】

【Thinking about it now still makes me furious.】

Shen Li looked at the messages on her phone and thought of Zhao Zhouyuan. When she first heard about it from Xie Qin, she was indeed quite angry, but so what if she knew? Could it change the past? Since it couldn't be changed, why dwell on this matter? It was meaningless.

Keeping this kind of emotion suppressed in her heart would only make her more and more agitated.

Shen Li did indeed have emotions when she thought about it now.

But as long as she thought about how, even after six years,

she and Xie Qin were back together, she didn't feel as sad.

Compared to what happened in the past, she cherished the present and the future more.

Shen Li lowered her head, eating quietly. Xie Qin would occasionally put food in her bowl, and she ate small mouthfuls of rice, suddenly breaking the silence: "Xie Qin."

Xie Qin turned his head to look at her, spitting out one word: "Speak."

"I want to tell you something."

"Mm."

Shen Li blinked, her speaking speed slow and gentle, and she spoke with hesitation, "I want to tell you about the time I hid my grades and came to Wuchuan to attend university."

"..."

The surrounding air went quiet.

Xie Qin didn't make a sound, and Shen Li didn't look up, but the next moment, she saw out of the corner of her eye that he had put down his chopsticks, noticing his gaze fixed directly on her, seemingly waiting for her to continue.

Give him an explanation.

"I secretly took the Mathematics Competition, hiding it from you, because... I wanted to wait until the day my English Level 4 results came out and give you the competition results as a surprise."

"Everyone thought I wasn't good at studying, that apart from looking good, I had no other merits. Only you told me not to go bad, to study hard, and hoped I would get into a good university in the future. I thought... you liked girls with good grades."

"At that time, I just thought... if I told you my previous grades, would you be very happy."

"..."

"I wanted to tell you myself..."

"Xie Qin, my grades are actually not bad at all."

"I did very well, even better than you imagined."

She finished these words faintly, and a dull emotion surged into her chest; her tone of voice gradually became choked and trembled slightly.

Xie Qin: "It's not too late to tell me now."

As long as it comes from your own mouth.

Shen Li shook her head, her voice softening, "It's too late, I should have told you sooner."

"I always felt I wasn't good enough, that I was a bit unworthy of you. When I told you I wanted to get into Qingbei University, I wasn't lying to you."

"Getting into Qingbei University has always been my goal."

"At that time, I really wanted to repeat the year with you, accompany you back to Di Du, and be with you properly."

"..." Xie Qin: "With such good grades, why did you still choose to come to Wuchuan?"

"Because I was angry with my family. At that time, my mother gave my guaranteed admission spot for Qingbei University to Shen Zhaozhao." Shen Li pinched her palm slightly, telling him part of the truth: "During the college entrance examination, I also deliberately only took the Chinese exam. Then I took my report card and applied to Chengde University."

"No matter what, you shouldn't joke about your own future." Xie Qin was very surprised; he had thought she didn't have much of a temper, but he didn't expect that when she did, she would be so stubborn! ===== CHAPTER 197 =====