Reborn As Lucky Star-Chapter 886: Views on Love

That night, Yue Qingqing received a call from Jiang Jingze.

"I’m sorry."

Jiang Jingze’s voice was noticeably low, and Yue Qingqing could imagine the other party pursing his lips like he was covered by dark clouds.

"It’s okay, it’s already been resolved." Yue Qingqing’s voice was light and cheerful.

"It was caused by me." Jiang Jingze wasn’t a fool. During his four years at Minghua University, he clearly knew who really called the shots in the student council.

Jiang Hai was basically just a dog for Yu Mengyu.

He had taken the fall for Yu Mengyu more times than he could count.

As for why Yu Mengyu wanted to deal with Yue Qingqing, he couldn’t be more clear.

"Then you shouldn’t say sorry even more. Can you control everyone’s feelings for you, no matter how capable you are?" Yue Qingqing comforted him, "Don’t overthink it."

"I’m not by your side." Jiang Jingze was particularly obsessed with this matter.

Before, whenever Yue Qingqing encountered something, the two of them were too far apart, and he often only received the news afterward.

But now, clearly they were in the same city, yet Jiang Jingze still found out about things only after they were resolved.

Yue Qingqing said earnestly to Jiang Jingze, "I don’t need you to be by my side for everything. Although we are lovers, we are also independent individuals. We don’t need to depend on each other to grow."

Yue Qingqing had read an interesting article, saying that Western men generally have a knight complex.

They hope to slay dragons, cut through thorns, rescue princesses, and then live happily ever after together.

Whereas Eastern men are more likely to have a fairy complex.

They imagine that one day, a beautiful and gentle fairy will suddenly fall from the sky.

Because they accidentally saw her bathing or for some other reason, the fairy decides to stay in the human world.

She will wash her hands and make soup for the man, and use her mana to help him acquire land and prosper.

Although Jiang Jingze was a native of China, he obviously possessed a knight complex.

Every time he knew she encountered some danger, he would blame himself, thinking he hadn’t protected his beloved adequately.

But this isn’t a healthy mindset.

Lovers should be like two trees growing hand in hand, with roots intertwining underground, absorbing nutrients from each other.

Above the ground, they should grow independently, absorbing sunlight and rain.

If one is destined to depend on the other, then from the beginning, this relationship is unequal.

Yue Qingqing didn’t want to be a princess in a castle waiting to be saved, listlessly waiting for a prince to arrive.

Leaving her fate in the hands of others.

Besides, Yue Qingqing always felt that Jiang Jingze was overly tense in some aspects.

As if he was worried she would encounter some danger, as if he had lost her once before.

Jiang Jingze took a deep breath, realizing that his mood was not quite right.

He should believe that Qingqing could handle these issues; after all, she was so smart and calm.

But rationality was one thing; emotions would always react differently.

"Are you free this weekend? There’s a maple forest in the suburbs of Beijing; it’s quite a sight every autumn."

Jiang Jingze’s voice was very gentle, like a warm palm lightly brushing against an earlobe.

Yue Qingqing couldn’t help but smile, "Of course, I’ve heard of that maple forest before and have always wanted to visit."

"I’ll come pick you up early on Saturday."

They made an appointment.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Jingze still had a smile on his face, placing the phone near his chest almost reverently.

As if this could bring him closer to his beloved.

Just then, the phone rang again.

The moment he saw the caller ID, the smile on Jiang Jingze’s face completely vanished.

All that was left was indifference and a hint of suppressed anger.

"You dare to call me?" Jiang Jingze’s eyes were dark with looming storm clouds, his tall figure reflected in the floor-to-ceiling window.

He looked at the bustling lights outside, thinking about the recent investment plans regarding the Yu Family that his assistant had delivered that afternoon.

Yu Mengyu’s voice had a somewhat ethereal quality, but through the phone, it carried an uncomfortable metallic edge.

"Jingze, you saw that post, didn’t you?"

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