Hidden Love (novel translation)

Chapter 26

Sang Zhi is silent. She doesn't dare look at Duan Jia Xu. She is nervous. She reacts rather slowly. 

The screen shows "GAME OVER". The room is peaceful, there's only a game in the background, which sounds happy. 

The atmosphere is strange. Sang Zhi is watching Duan Jia Xu. Duan Jia Xu is still holding the console. She doesn't think she should mention this.

Sang Zhi's mind goes blank. She starts to stuff the watermelon into her mouth. At this time of year, the watermelon isn't sweet. It's juicy but tasteless, not very tasty. She chews it slowly and finds it a bit hard to swallow.

She then says "I also said those words to my Ge Ge."

Duan Jia Xu stops.

"My friend Ge Ge has girlfriends too." Sang Zhi puts the fork back on the plate. She is calm. "But the girlfriend doesn't treat my friend well. So Ge Ge doesn't have a girlfriend."

Duan Jia Xu looks at her and says "Why isn't she treating your friend well?"

Sang Zhi explains. "It seems that her Ge Ge is good toward her, so she is unhappy."

"Really?"

"Yes." San Zhi starts to find a reason. She explains dully. "If you have a girlfriend, you can't treat me well again."

"Little kid, why are you thinking so far ahead?" Duan Jia Xu says. "Maybe several years after not meeting Ge Ge, you will forget me."

Sang Zhi says nothing. Duan Jia Xu puts back the console on the table. "Ge Ge when is time will find a gentle one. One that will treat Little Sang Zhi well too." Duan Jia Xu smiles gently and says "Okay? I'll find one that will treat you well."

Sang Zhi looks at the watermelon on the plate and nods. "Okay." After a while, she adds forcefully. "That time, you should let me have a look fiirst."

———

Indeed Sang Yan returns not long after. Looking at this, Sang Zhi doesn't stay inside his bedroom anymore, she finds a reason to go back to her bedroom.

Sang Yan takes off his coat and asks. "What time does your part-time job start?"

"Almost." Duan Jia Xu says: "Where were you going?"

"I have a friend nearby." Sang Yan lays down on the bed and looks at his phone. "Eating out but forgot the money. So I went there to help."

"Em."

He starts to tidy up his things. "Then I'll leave first."

"Em."

He stands up and suddenly thinks of a matter. He asks "Sang Yan, let me ask you about something."

"Ask me."

"Your sister–" Duan Jia Xu stops for a while to think.

"What happened to my sister?" Sang Yan is not patient man. "Just ask, don't dillydally."

Duan Jia Xu just finishes his words. "Have your sister ever mention about don't date anyone?"

"Ah?" Sang Yan thinks about it. "She has."

"During my first year of senior high school, My Pa Ma though that I dated early." Sang Yan scratches his head. "That time she was just eight years old she cried so hard."

Duan Jia Xu asks "What about Now?"

"Now?" Sang Yan laugsh coldly "She basically doesn't think that I could find a girlfriend. Why are you asking me this?"

"Nothing." Duan Jia Xu smiles: "I'm just asking randomly."

———

Sang Zhi hears Duan Jia Xu leave after several minutes.