Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 203 - 202: Demon’s Sound Pierces the Ears (1 Update)

Chapter 203: Chapter 202: Demon’s Sound Pierces the Ears (1 Update)

Xu Niannian was sprawled on the bed as the incessant knocking from Jin Yu resonated from outside the door, "Niannian, I cooked some porridge, do you want any?"

Xu Niannian didn’t respond, and after a while, the door was knocked again.

"Niannian, I broke the pan you use for frying dishes, come out and take a look."

Xu Niannian covered her ears, but in less than a minute, Jin Yu’s voice came from outside again.

"Have you thought it over? Do you want to be in a relationship with me or not?"

After saying that, as if suddenly feeling it wasn’t sufficient to convey his sincerity, he added, "I’ll treat you well."

Xu Niannian couldn’t stand it anymore and threw back the covers, yelling, "Shut up."

"Oh."

Ten minutes later, outside the door, Jin Yu knocked again, "I’ve been silent for ten minutes. Have you thought it over? Do you want to be in a relationship with me or not?"

Jin Yu’s voice was like a demon’s whisper piercing her ears.

It gave Xu Niannian such a headache. Be in a relationship or not, be in a relationship or not? Be in a relationship, not!

Ah, she was close to breaking down because of his words. Jin Yu was certainly challenging her world views.

Was he still the same Jin Yu who would blurt out mostly monosyllabic words?

The story goes back to after she and Jin Yu had a fervent kiss.

Jin Yu asked, "Do you want to be in a relationship with me?"

At the time, Xu Niannian was too embarrassed to speak and directly threw him out, which led to him continuously calling her from outside the door.

Did she like Jin Yu?

Of course, she did, otherwise she wouldn’t have kissed him that way.

But just like she said, her feelings weren’t that deep, at most it was a budding affection.

Xu Niannian cared a lot about Jin Yu’s intentions for wanting to be in a relationship with her.

If it was because he liked her as a person, she was willing to give it a try.

But he was not clear whether his feelings came from guilt or something else.

He only knew that he liked her.

But what if the liking slowly developed from guilt? How long could such feelings last?

The longer two people are together, they are bound to show their various little quirks.

If the feelings stemmed from guilt, how long can this guilt last over time?

After the guilt fades away, could they continue to tolerate each other?

These are all questions.

That’s why she doesn’t plan to talk to Jin Yu about love for the time being.

Love should come naturally.

She doesn’t feel it’s there yet and is unsure whether she truly wants to be with him.

She takes relationships seriously, even in a society as open as the 21st century, she has never been in love before.

The most important reason is that she never met the right person.

She doesn’t want a frivolous relationship.

If she were to be in one, she would certainly approach it with marriage in mind.

Even if it doesn’t end up in marriage, she needs to start with that serious attitude.

Therefore, until she’s certain about Jin Yu’s feelings and what emotions they stem from, she won’t easily agree to be in a relationship with him, despite her affection for him.

Besides, her situation with Jin Yu is more complicated.

If they started a relationship, her and Jin Yu’s assumed engagement would have to become a real engagement, so she needs to be even more careful in handling their relationship.

Jin Yu shouted at the door for a long time without getting a response and didn’t dare to keep knocking.

There were many things about love he didn’t understand.

He liked Xu Niannian and being with her made him want to kiss and hold her.

Before he confessed his feelings, he feared that she would avoid him even more if she knew, so he had always tried to suppress this impulse.

After he confessed his feelings to her, Jin Yu found that he could no longer control the restlessness in his heart.

They had already kissed, and she had responded to him, so why wouldn’t she agree to be in a relationship with him?

Jin Yu felt somewhat stifled in his heart, thinking that maybe Xu Niannian still had someone else on her mind.

Especially when he thought about the name of another man carved on her arm, his heart hurt even more.

Elder Jin felt useless for the first time, unable to chase after a girl.

He really wanted to be good to her, but it seemed he always ended up annoying her.

His face still stung with a burning pain, and he wasn’t sure how many times she had slapped him by now.

Thinking of the small lips he kissed before receiving two slaps, Jin Yu’s mouth curled up in a smile once again.

Chasing girls was not Jin Yu’s forte, but there’s always someone who excels at it.

Looking at the tightly closed room door, Jin Yu pursed his lips, "Niannian, I’m going to head home for a bit and will come back later tonight. I left you some porridge in the kitchen; if you get hungry, remember to come out and eat it yourself."

He left those words behind and Jin Yu couldn’t wait to run out.

Hearing the receding footsteps, Xu Niannian poked her head out from under the covers, cautiously climbed down from the bed, and cracked the door open a sliver.

She glanced left and right, no sign of Jin Yu.

Assured that Jin Yu wasn’t there, Xu Niannian couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since morning, she had only eaten breakfast when she left home and had missed both lunch and dinner.

Her stomach protested with a "gurgle."

Helplessly holding her stomach, she thought of the porridge Jin Yu said he had cooked for her and happily headed to the kitchen.

There was a big pot on the kitchen stove, and Xu Niannian walked over to take a look.

A full pot of white rice porridge, enough for at least ten people.

It truly broadened Xu Niannian’s horizons.

He was feeding pigs, cooking so much.

Despite her complaints, Xu Niannian still happily scooped herself a big bowl of the white porridge.

With her stomach too hungry, she had no mood to make salads and simply added two spoons of sugar to the porridge and drank it straight.

By the time she finished her bowl of porridge, Xu Zhiqiang and Chen Xiaorou had just returned from the store.

Xu Niannian had just placed her bowl in the sink when she heard Chen Xiaorou’s voice.

"Zhiqiang, be careful, don’t let it scratch you."

There was a trace of worry in her voice, and as Xu Niannian was wondering who "it" was in her speech, she heard the sound of a puppy barking.

"Woof, woof woof woof."

The little dog’s bark was quite ferocious, but it was the milk-fierce kind of a small dog, not at all like the bark of an adult dog.

Xu Zhiqiang uttered a "hmm": "It’s okay, it doesn’t bite me. You should be careful, it nearly scratched you just now, right?"

"I’m fine," Chen Xiaorou said timidly.

Xu Niannian was in the kitchen and didn’t see anyone.

Just by listening, she suddenly felt that Chen Xiaorou’s voice was more shy when talking with Xu Zhiqiang than usual.

Soft and gentle, as if afraid to scare someone.

Xu Niannian, as if possessed, crouched down and poked half her head out of the kitchen, squinting her eyes to peek at the two outside.

Just then, the foolish dog Xu Zhiqiang had brought back frantically struggled to the floor, while Xu Zhiqiang and Chen Xiaorou both went to grab it.

Like a scene out of a soap opera, their heads collided.

Xu Zhiqiang quickly helped Chen Xiaorou up and asked with concern, "How are you?"

Chen Xiaorou shyly looked at Xu Zhiqiang and stammered, "I, I’m fine."

Xu Niannian watched intently, eagerly anticipating what would happen next when the foolish dog rushed towards her, "Awoo" bit her skirt, and started tugging and wagging its tail.

As if to wave a flag and boast to its owner: "Look, master, I’ve caught a peeping Demon."

Xu Niannian’s mouth twitched as she looked at the black dog frisking around her feet.

Xu Zhiqiang and Chen Xiaorou finally noticed Xu Niannian.

"Sister? When did you come back?"

Xu Zhiqiang stood up in surprise, noticing Xiaohei on the floor still tugging on Xu Niannian’s skirt, quickly went over to hold it, and patted its head: "Let go."

"Awoo, awoo." The puppy barked twice and obediently let go of Xu Niannian’s skirt.

Chen Xiaorou, with a flushed face, came over: "Boss, when did you get back?"

Xu Niannian laughed, "I’ve already said not to call me boss, you were still calling me Niannian a few days ago, how come you’re back to calling me boss today?"

Xu Niannian "tsked" and said, "I haven’t been back long, you guys haven’t had dinner yet, right? There’s porridge cooked in the kitchen, go help yourselves."

Chen Xiaorou, still red-faced, quickly rushed into the kitchen upon hearing what Xu Niannian said.

Xu Zhiqiang paused for a moment, "Is she that hungry?"

Xu Niannian looked at her puzzled little brother and suddenly felt that Jin Yu’s emotional intelligence was quite high.

There was an even denser one right here.

However, Chen Xiaorou was good at hiding her thoughts.

If she hadn’t eavesdropped today, she wouldn’t have noticed that Chen Xiaorou had those feelings towards her little brother.

But Xu Niannian didn’t gossip enough to meddle in her brother’s romantic affairs.

Whether he could see through it or not depended on his own development.

Looking at the long-haired black dog in his arms, Xu Niannian asked with amusement, "Where did you pick it up from? It has a pretty big head."

Seeing Xu Niannian’s interest, Xu Zhiqiang held the little dog up to her face.

"I found it under the bridge on the way back. It kept following me, and I felt sorry for it, so I brought it home."

"Sis, can I keep it?"

Xu Zhiqiang asked tentatively, his heart still uncertain.

This was the first time he had made a request to Xu Niannian.