190. Self-inflicted

In the private room of the tea house. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

Qiao'er stared thoughtfully at the steaming cup of tea in her hand, but she didn't mean to drink it, just quietly held it. It wasn't until it gradually became cold that she put down the teacup, and then went straight to the point and asked "Seven", who was sitting opposite her at the moment, silently sipping tea "as if nothing happened", "Seventh Prince, since Miss asked me to follow you, then presumably, what she promised me must have been handed over to you to do it?!"

"Hmm. "Seven" replied lightly, but before Qiao'er could continue to ask, he opened his mouth again and added: "It seems that Miss Gao hasn't told you yet, 'Seven' is not my name, it is just my code name." Therefore, it is not appropriate for you to call me 'Seventh Prince'.

"However, I don't have a name, so you can also call me 'Seven' like Miss Gao. ”

In fact, from the time Qiao'er opened her mouth to ask that question, "Seven" had already expected that she would probably ask him next? Then, he thought that he would have to let her know about this matter sooner or later, and instead of being passively asked by her later, it would be better for him to take the initiative to "clarify" first! lest she later confirm her own suspicion by using his words, and instead think that he was deliberately deceiving her! -- although in fact, he did do so in the first place with the intention of misleading her......

It's just that at that time, he didn't expect that he would have "today"!

However, it is clear that regretting it now is useless. Why don't you think about the bright side and see how you can use the limited "benefits" of the moment to help you solve your current problems?

Thinking about it in this way, "Seven" has a lot of balance in his heart, and then he can't help but be a little lucky: "Fortunately, I didn't do things absolutely at the beginning." Otherwise, I'm afraid it will end even worse today!"

With this in mind, Seven decided that he would repeat the same trick in the rest of the conversation, and continued to deliberately hint that Qiao'er understood what he said in the direction he hoped she would misunderstand.

It's just that he misled last time to achieve the purpose of "attracting Gao Ran's attention", but this time, he was trying to justify the real motive behind his misleading Qiao'er last time. He wanted her to believe that it was just her own misunderstanding of him, not the truth!

What's more, it wasn't until just now that he learned from Qiao'er that Gao Ran didn't even tell Qiao'er that "Seven" was just his code name!

In an instant, "Seven" remembered that in the past few days, Gao Ran had told him to do everything that was related to Qiao'er! Today, she even directly handed over Qiao'er to him......

- Gao Ran has behaved so obviously, if he can't understand her intentions, then he really can't say it!

"It seems that Miss Gao is really determined to tie me up with Qiao'er! Moreover, she obviously intends to let me settle the rights and wrongs between me and Qiao'er by myself.

"I remember she said that she would not get involved in the entanglement between us...... Oh, she really does what she says!---do what she does with effortlessness! And she avoids the really troublesome things!

"Heh, forcing me to stay with Qiao'er, it really doesn't take much effort for her......

"Although, she promised me that if in seven years' time, when I came of age, I would be able to leave on my own if I still had no intention of being a good child. And as compensation, if I don't want to go back to the Heavenly Pavilion at that time, she can also persuade the Pavilion Master for me to let me go free......

"I believe what she said! I believe that she can do it! It's just that no matter what I want to do in seven years, now, I obviously have no choice!

"Alas, seven years...... When I think about the next seven years, I will have to face this girl...... Alas, is this the so-called 'self-inflicted'?!

"Oh, this is the first time in my life that I've really tasted this!

Under the seemingly "calm" appearance of "Seven" staring at Qiao'er and waiting for her reaction, his heart at the moment was as if he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle: it seemed that there was everything, and it seemed that there was no real clear distinction between any taste, a little chaotic, but he had no choice but to endure it silently......

"Oh...... I see......"

Sure enough, after Qiao'er listened to "Seven"'s active confession, the original suspicion in her heart was confirmed, but because "Seven" actually showed a different attitude than she originally thought, she was a little confused for a while. Even, she faintly doubted her previous suspicions about him: "Could it be that I'm a villain?!"

Thinking like this, Qiao'er's already fragile self-confidence began to shake in an instant.

Soon, another new set of explanations for the "truth" popped up in her heart: "Yes, we only met for the first time then, and he is from Tiange, so it is normal for him not to tell me the truth."

"It seems that the reason why he took care of me a little more in the first place was probably just for the sake of the young lady. In addition, I am indeed the weakest in this group, and it is normal that he will care more about me......

"Alas, it seems that from the very beginning, I myself would have been mistaken and too self-indulgent......"

Qiao'er thought about it, and felt that her set of explanations seemed to make sense and reasonable! But more importantly, this new set of explanations, compared with her previous suspicions, seemed to be more in line with the feeling that the "seven" in front of her at this moment gave her.

In this way, Qiao'er is more inclined to believe: Perhaps, it was really her misunderstanding him!

At the same time, she was also a little glad that she hadn't questioned him directly because of impulse...... Otherwise, at this moment, she was only afraid that she would be ashamed of her previous gaffe!

"Since I didn't show it, and he didn't seem to notice the suspicions in my heart, then I just turned a blind eye and directly confused all the thoughts of those villains before me!

"What's more, my first impression of him was not bad in the first place! Now that I know it, it turns out that all my previous suspicions about him are just my own misunderstandings, so why don't I just take this opportunity to get to know him again and officially get acquainted with him again!"

Thinking about it this way, Qiao'er also felt that it was a good thing to have a misunderstanding like this! At least, it also gave her a chance to get to know him for real!

"In that case, then I will call you 'seven' from now on. My surname is 'Gao' with Miss, and my single name is 'Qiao'. In this way, we will know each other! In the future, we will get along well!"

A simple self-introduction not only let "Seven" know her true life experience, but also let him know her real name. As for how he wanted to call her in the future, it was his own choice.

However, through his choice, Qiao'er can also get some additional auxiliary reference from it - about whether he has similar thoughts about her?

However, how could "Seven" not hear the true intention behind Qiao'er's self-introduction?

If it was because it was inconvenient for Qiao'er to realize that he had actually investigated her a long time ago, so when they first met that night, they called her "Qiao'er" along with the people around Qiao'er, then now, since she took the initiative to tell him her full name, then he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to change the previous name to her, so as to show her: he wanted to draw a line with her!

"Oh, then I'll call you 'Gao Qiao' from now on!"

Qiao'er couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that after listening to her self-introduction, "Seven" would directly make his choice without thinking about it at all!

For a moment, "Seven's" reaction made her have an "illusion" for no reason: how could she feel that "Seven" seemed to be impatient for the choice he had just made?!

"Delusion! Definitely delusion! How could it be?!

"Even if he really wanted to draw a line with me, but before that, he didn't know my full name, how could I think he actually knew my full name?!

"That's obviously my problem! making something out of nothing, reversing black and white, just to make myself feel better and make my thoughts seem right...... Even, for this reason, I began to try to distort the facts......"

The more Qiao'er thought about it, the more she felt that her mentality had been really bad lately! How could she be a little unsatisfactory and intuitively think that the problem must be the other party?!

Although Qiao'er did not believe her instinctive judgment at the moment - because it had no evidence, and even the conclusions she came to were very different from the "facts" she had seen with her own eyes!

However, Qiao'er was willing to believe in her reason's self-examination of her present state of mind!—although there was also no credible basis for it, but only when she thought about it in this way could she feel at ease—and she was willing to believe in her own reason's judgment of herself: she was willing to believe that the problem was not with "Seven", but with her own!

After some self-examination, Qiao'er gradually came back to her senses. Inadvertently, she met the gaze of "Seven" who was staring at her at the moment. And the moment she looked at him, she instantly felt that it seemed like he had been looking at her like this for a long time!

When she realized this, Qiao'er's heart suddenly swelled with a strong sense of shame, so that she couldn't look directly into his gaze at all.

Instinctively, she immediately avoided his gaze, her gaze wandering......

However, the awkward atmosphere did not gradually dissipate because of her evasion, but continued to spread because of the strange silence between the two......

After a long silence, Qiao'er realized that "Seven" seemed to be waiting for her to speak!--In her opinion, in fact, only she would feel embarrassed, and "Unaware" "Seven" might just be polite enough to wait for her reply......

Although she wanted to escape in her heart, Qiao'er could only whisper, "Oh, okay." ”

She felt that if she didn't hurry up and make a statement, then this embarrassing conversation might not be over soon!

Although she didn't understand, she was just talking about the issue of "salutation", how could she make the atmosphere so weird and unbearable?!

But, in fact, she really just couldn't stand such an awkward and weird atmosphere anymore!

At this moment, Qiao'er was already convinced of her previous judgment: "It seems that I have always been too self-inflicted!—whether it is the misunderstanding of him before, or the unexplained 'delusions' just now......