Contract Marriage: Boss, Let's divorce-Chapter 879 - 878: Recovery (Part 12)

After leaving the beef noodle shop, Ling Chuxia felt not only full but overstuffed.

Even though the weather was chilly, she was wrapped in a thick coat, held in Shi Che’s embrace, and still felt warm, so she didn’t want to return home early and simply dragged Shi Che to stroll around the campus.

It was already evening by now, the sun had set. Although it was only six or seven, the winter nights fell quickly, and it was already pitch dark. The students hadn’t started their evening classes yet, so the campus was still bustling.

Ling Chuxia and Shi Che slowly walked along the tree-lined path. She thought of the last time she returned to the school with Shi Che, that was when she was at her most desperate.

Just when she realized her feelings for Shi Che, she had to part ways, unable to even utter the words "I like you."

Ling Chuxia couldn’t help but slightly turn her face, looking at Shi Che, and softly began to speak, "Do you know why I wanted you to come back to school with me last time?"

Last time?

Shi Che furrowed his brows, quickly recalling what ’last time’ meant.

"Hmm? Why?"

Ling Chuxia slightly pursed her lips, her cheeks slowly flushing, but she still lightly said, "Because... I realized I had fallen in love with you, so... I wanted to come back and search for memories, to... leave a thought behind."

Fallen in love with him?

Shi Che’s steps suddenly halted. Honestly, although Ling Chuxia’s feelings for him were undeniable, and she had said things like "I love you" before, he truly didn’t know when exactly Ling Chuxia started to like him.

Shi Che’s dark eyes landed on Ling Chuxia’s face. Those usually deep black eyes unexpectedly gleamed with bright light. His hands grasped her shoulders, turning her to face him. He gazed intently at her, his voice low and melodious, "You started liking me from that time?"

Ling Chuxia’s bright eyes rolled around, then she shook her head. After thinking for a moment, she spoke, "A little before that."

Shi Che raised his eyebrows lightly, "How much earlier?"

How much earlier?

Ling Chuxia blinked, it seemed like since she was pregnant with their first child, or maybe when Ling Yunshu returned, or perhaps at that banquet, when someone splashed ’sulfuric acid’ on her and Shi Che disregarded his own safety to rush over and hold her.

Or maybe it wasn’t any of those, perhaps even earlier.

Ling Chuxia thought and thought but couldn’t come up with an answer. Looking into Shi Che’s dark eyes, which clearly anticipated her answer yet pretended to remain calm, she curved her lips, instead of answering, she asked back, "What about you? When did you start liking me?"

Shi Che was anxiously waiting for her answer, but she didn’t respond and instead asked him. Shi Che felt a bit dissatisfied, but he earnestly spoke to Ling Chuxia, "From the first time I saw you."

Although Ling Chuxia knew Shi Che had liked her from a long time ago, she didn’t expect him to answer like this.

The first time he saw her?

Wouldn’t that be when she was six years old and brought home by Mrs. Shi?

Shi Che seemed to know what she was thinking, he laughed lightly and nodded, "Yeah, back then, the first time you saw me, you made a funny face right away. At that moment, I thought, this little girl is really bold and also quite annoying."

Regarding their first meeting, Ling Chuxia actually didn’t have much of an impression because she was so young at the time, but Shi Che remembered it so clearly.

So... he fell in love with her at first sight?