"Oops!"

"Huh?"

Lost in thought, I accidentally bumped into someone, causing them to scream in surprise and fall to the ground.

"Sorry...I didn't mean to..." I looked apologetically at the person I had knocked down.

"Yuxi?" I couldn't believe it was Su Yuqian. She was sitting on the ground with her legs in a W shape.

"..." She seemed to be holding back something, not saying a word, but her expression looked ready to explode.

"Are you okay?" I asked, concerned.

"..." She remained silent, but stood up unsteadily. I tried to lend her my hand, but she slapped it away.

A sharp pain shot through my hand, and she coldly said, "I don't need your help..."

"Even if you don't need my help, you don't have to slap my hand..." I said, rubbing my red hand.

Her red palm was proof of her hitting me, but it seemed she was equally hurt.

"Stop babbling, you idiot..." Anger flashed in her eyes as she shouted at me. The way she exerted all her strength to shout at me momentarily stunned me, and then I was filled with disbelief.

Could our quarrel from earlier have made her this angry? I couldn't understand.

As I pondered these pointless thoughts, Su Yuqian walked away without a word. I heard the sound of a door closing, probably heading to the bedroom she had chosen. I hadn't even done anything yet; I had been delayed by these troubling matters.

"Ugh...girls are so troublesome!"

I muttered this sentence to myself, giving up on everything.

"All those talk about being the winner in life, being the luckiest...it's all nonsense. I...really am like a fool," I laughed at myself in self-mockery, and then left the villa with a dejected and downcast figure.

I wasted time on the beach, walking alone.

"Hey, senior..." Jasmine Wen sat on a rubber boat not far from the beach, waving her hand with a cheerful smile.

I ignored her and continued my lonely stroll on the beach.

"Senior, I'm calling you...can't you hear me?" she shouted.

Even if I heard, I pretended not to. Even if I heard, I ignored it.

That's what I told myself.

"Senior!" Suddenly, I heard a scream. At first, I wanted to ignore it, but when I saw Jasmine Wen, who was on the rubber boat, suddenly disappear, my heart clenched.

I desperately searched for Jasmine Wen's figure and suddenly saw a big splash in my line of sight. It was...the overturned rubber boat and Jasmine Wen struggling in the water.

That fool didn't know how to swim and had rowed so far away.

"Why do I always end up with such troublesome things?" I complained, but I didn't dare to delay. I quickly took off my clothes and swam towards her.

"That...fool Jasmine Wen..." I felt that she was getting further and further away from me, probably due to the water's flow.

"Darn it!" I started to swim faster, as if my life depended on it.

"Sen..." Just as I was about to reach her, it seemed Jasmine Wen couldn't hold on any longer and started to sink. Just as the seawater was about to engulf her head, I grabbed her hand and then carried her body as I swam back.

By the time we reached the shore, I was exhausted, lying on the beach unable to move.

"Cough...cough..." Jasmine Wen made a choking sound before spitting out water.

I struggled to sit up, looking at her with a slightly reproachful gaze.

Her wet hair stuck to her face, and I couldn't tell if it was seawater or tears sliding down from her eyes. Then, she hugged me tightly.

"Senior...Senior..." Her body was trembling, and she whimpered.

I wanted to scold her, but seeing her like this, I couldn't bring myself to speak. Perhaps after experiencing this incident, she would learn her lesson.

"Senior...during that moment, I felt like I was about to leave this world...my chest felt so tight, and I couldn't breathe...my consciousness was slowly fading away," Jasmine Wen sobbed.

"If you didn't row so far on your own, this wouldn't have happened..." I lectured her.

"Senior...after experiencing this, I've decided...that I want to be with you forever and ever," she said, tears streaming down her face.

Jasmine Wen ignored what I said and directly expressed her determination to fulfill her goals at the moment of her death.

"Huh?" I was stunned and didn't know how to react...

"Is it not okay?" Jasmine Wen wiped away her tears and asked me...

"Well... you seem to have said this many times today..." I awkwardly replied.

"And what about your thoughts, senior..."

"I... I would probably refuse..." I cruelly uttered these words.

"I didn't expect it to be still not possible..." Jasmine Wen stood up, perhaps because of exerting too much force, her body became unstable.

"I think you also understand... after all..."

Some things are difficult to change once they are determined.

"I know..."

"Huh!?" I once thought she had a vague understanding of this concept.

"So I am very unwilling... why did Su Yuqian become your recognized partner instead... why?"

"Even if you ask me why, my only answer is... perhaps it's all destined,"

"No... it's definitely not... if I had met you earlier, maybe you would have fallen for me first..."

"I think..."

I struggled to articulate my words.

"I will not give up, senior..." I didn't expect Jasmine Wen to be so determined, I didn't know how to respond.

Then she ran away alone, so impulsive...

As I picked up my belongings, Jasmine Wen's words from earlier kept echoing in my mind.