Chapter 5 — Love Begins Under the Magnolia Tree

9 On the fifth day after cutting off contact with Giang Mo Trach, my family arranged for me to go on a blind date. I put on careful makeup and set out to meet the person my family introduced. Location — still the same coffee shop as last time. The target looks okay at first glance, and the conversation isn't bad either. But I feel - everywhere is inferior to Giang Mo Ze. Not as tall as you, not as beautiful as you, not as temperamental as you. Sitting down to chat for less than ten minutes, I felt extremely depressed. I realized that, other than Giang Mo Trach, I couldn't seem to accept any other man, whether physically or mentally. Just thinking about it makes me feel disgusting. I kept glancing towards the door, expecting Giang Mo Trach to come. Usually at this time, he will come to buy coffee. While I was waiting, Giang Mo Trach really appeared. As soon as he entered the shop, his eyes immediately met mine. Our eyes met in midair. I quickly retracted my gaze and smiled at the object of my gaze in front of me. The person opposite was encouraged, the more they spoke, the more enthusiastic they became. But I couldn't hear a word. From the corner of my eye, I still silently watched Giang Mo Trach's every move. What disappointed me was — he just finished buying the coffee, then left, without a moment's hesitation. As soon as he left, I immediately ended the blind date. As soon as I walked out of the coffee shop, I was grabbed by Jiang Mo Trach, who was waiting outside the door. He looked at me and said directly: "I have something to tell you." I jerked my hand away. “Sorry, I'm not free.” "Doctor Giang, I'm very busy, I'm still busy going to a blind date." Under Giang Mo Trach's dark eyes, I coldly sat in the car of the object of my blind date. Through the car window, I saw Giang Mo Trach's back quietly turning and leaving. After seeing each other, I immediately called Hua Chi: "Are you still alive?" “Hey, you have to live to be a hundred years old!” "I still owed you a meal last time. Are you free tonight? Let me make up for it." “Okay, see you tonight.” In the evening, I met Hua Chi at a Chinese restaurant. His face didn't look very good, it looked like he had been scolded by his uncle. I feel a little guilty in my heart. “Are you okay?” Hua Chi sat down opposite me and lazily replied: "Very good." “Is your uncle so harsh?” "What do you think? Every profession has its own rules and reputation. If I break the rules and affect Dark Night's security reputation, it's natural to be punished." “Sorry, you worked hard.” Hua Chi flipped through the menu and lazily replied: "It's not hard work, it's just hardship." While eating and chatting, a group of people walked out from the VIP room in front of the hallway. Someone in the group exclaimed in surprise: "Doctor Giang, there's your girlfriend!" Hearing that, Giang Mo Trach turned his head to look at me. His eyes glanced at Hua Chi sitting across from me, his face immediately darkened. Hua Chi nudged me with his eyes: "Is that him?" I nodded. "His eyes are not bad, but can you stand his taste?" "Right now you can't pursue it yet, and are preparing to proactively retreat." Hua Chi smiled and nodded: "Luong Nhac Am, you're very good!" “Need me to add more fuel to the fire?” “What?” Before I could react, Hua Chi reached out and pretended to intimately wipe the corner of my mouth for me. After finishing cleaning, the two looked at each other a few seconds, then shivered all at once. But this trick is very effective. Giang Mo Trach - who was always calm and controlled - immediately strode towards me, grabbed my wrist, and pulled me straight out. 10 Giang Mo Trach held my hand very tightly, it felt like iron handcuffs were welding tightly around my wrist. “Jiang Mo Ze, you hurt me!” He pulled me into the small alley next to the restaurant. Only when he heard me cry in pain did he let go. I rubbed my wrist, there was a red mark on it. There were no lights in the dark alley, only faint light coming from the windows of the building next door. The light was flickering, not enough to dispel the darkness. Giang Mo Trach lowered his eyes and stared at my red wrist, his voice softly saying: "Sorry." I snorted softly, determined in my heart - not to pay attention to him anymore. Must be cold to the end. I turned around to leave, but this time Giang Mo Trach held my hand tightly. My heart trembled slightly, a numb feeling spread from my palms straight to my heart. I pulled away, but his grip was too tight, I couldn't escape. “Jiang Mo Trach, what do you want to do?” "What, before you chased me forever and never let go, now it's my turn to chase you, aren't you happy?" Under the dim light, his facial features became sharper and deeper than usual. No longer the usual indifference, but with a kind of invasive and domineering aura. His eyes - which were always calm - now held a bit of stubbornness and infatuation, staring at me. I heard him ask: "What did you say the last time you called me?" I was stunned for a moment, then immediately felt anger flare up in my heart. Don't you dare mention that! “What did I say, you don't even know?” “Are you going to repeat it to defame me again?” “Giang…” “It's not me who answered the phone.” Giang Mo Trach's words made the anger in my heart extinguish immediately. "Huh?" Giang Mo Trach calmly said: "It was Black Cat who accidentally scratched the call button." “I was in the bathroom at the time.” Black Cat — is his little black dog. I looked at Giang Mo Trach in bewilderment, filled with a feeling of irony and helplessness. I was stunned for a moment, but my tone was still not any more pleasant: "So what? It's not important anymore." “Anyway, the message I sent was very clear.” "You're too difficult to follow. I don't want to follow anymore. I'm tired." “You don't like me, then I won't bother you anymore.” “I will go like someone else.” I lowered my head to look at our tightly clasped hands, glaring at us in warning: "Let go, don't hold my hand." Giang Mo Trach did not let go. He said slowly: "Who said I don't like you?" I widened my eyes in surprise. Under the dim light, Giang Mo Trach's eyes were quiet but extremely sincere. His voice was neither loud nor soft, but every sentence he uttered hit me straight in the heart, making my mind dizzy. “If I didn't like you, I wouldn't openly tell my secret.” “If I didn't like you, I wouldn't stubbornly want to know what you said in that phone call.” “Liang Yue Am, I like you, I have already responded to you.” I hadn't had time to recover from his surprising "I like you" words, but I was left confused by the words "I responded". “You, what do you say in return? muscle?!" I suspect I've lost my memory. Giang Mo Trach looked at me and seriously repeated: "That day you said, 'the moon is very beautiful tonight'. Aren't you confessing your love to me? I responded — I said, the moon is beautiful.” “……” My mood right now is extremely complicated. Very, very complicated. Next time I will definitely not confess my love in such a classy, discreet way. My heart is so tired. Who can understand! “Then why haven't you come to find me these past five days?” I inquired. Giang Mo Trach explained: "You blocked me." “That night I was on urgent business in another city.” “Just arrived this morning.” Just thinking about the past five days of tossing and turning because of longing, the anger in my heart flared up again. Turns out… it was all just a misunderstanding! “Can't you honestly say you like me?” "You're usually so cold, do you think I can understand just by saying 'the moon is beautiful'?" "Who can understand..." Without waiting for me to finish my words, Giang Mo Trach gently pulled my hand and hugged me. In my ear, his low voice rang out: "I like you." I immediately stiffened and fell silent, unable to utter a word. Just quietly breathe in the scent that belongs to you. In the quiet alley with no one in sight, the sound of my pounding heart seemed to echo throughout the space. I buried myself in Giang Mo Trach's arms and gently reminded: "This time I took the initiative to confess my love first." “It was me chasing you, begging you to come back. So… you need to consider it for two days, you know?” I heard him laugh very softly. Giang Mo Trach replied: "Yes." I raised my head and looked at the face that I missed day and night. Everything still feels a bit unreal. Staring intently at that face, I suddenly felt a strange desire. I looked at him and asked: "So now... can I kiss you?" Giang Mo Trach's eyes wavered slightly, then bowed his head and gently placed a kiss on my lips. Just touch gently and then leave immediately.