[ENG] Tokyo Love Accident 《东京爱情事故》

Chapter 12 : I Allow You to Like Me

Leaving Mr. Hisagi Tetsuya's house, Wei Xiao immediately spots Shi Yuquan.

He stands waiting for her at the alley entrance, and when he sees her, he slowly walks towards her.

Wei Xiao dares not move forward, unable to believe it's real. Her heart follows the rhythm of his footsteps, thumping louder. He approaches, and the air seems to sweeten.

She knows Shi Yuquan is finally... finally... finally coming back to her, not a hallucination, not a dream, not her imagination, but a genuine reality. Shi Yuquan reaches out, waving his hand in front of her eyes, saying, "What are you staring at? Don't you want to go skiing?"

Wei Xiao, holding back tears, calls out to him, "Shi Yuquan."

"Hmm?"

"Have you fallen for me?"

Meeting here, Wei Xiao anticipates seeing those sketches. Shi Yuquan isn't surprised, just intentionally furrows his brow. "What? Is it not allowed?"

Wei Xiao quickly grabs his hand, tightly holding it until her fingertips turn white. "Allowed, allowed, of course, allowed! Since you've fallen for me, you can't go back on it. You must keep liking me forever and ever."

"You really are quite naggy, huh!" Though Shi Yuquan is delighted inside, being in public makes him a bit uneasy. He looks around, sees no one watching them, and the redness on his face gradually fades.

Wei Xiao's smile is adorned with stars, charming and bright. "If I'm a nag, then you're an old man!"

At this moment, she truly looks beautiful, like the springtime Arashiyama on a Kyoto postcard—rippling blue waters, elegant and pleasant.

Shi Yuquan kinda zoned out, her laugh was like clear water, rushing into his heart. Soon, a subtle sweetness filled the air around them.

"There's no way I'm such a young old man. Come on, let's go skiing." Shi Yuquan flips their hands, placing Wei Xiao's hand in his own, leading her toward the bus stop. The smiles in his eyes and on his face unfold like blooming petals, getting even brighter...

On the bus to the ski resort, Wei Xiao feels happiness hitting fast. She's all in and asks Shi Yuquan, "When did you start liking me?"

"Don't remember."

"How could you forget!" Wei Xiao gets anxious, starting to overthink. "You're not messing with me, are you?"

"I'm not as dull as you." Shi Yuquan casually flips through the travel brochure on the bus, saying, "Really don't remember. It's odd. How could I like you? Otherwise, let me think hard and see if something's up with my brain, leading to a mix-up."

"Alright, forget it. I won't ask you anymore." Wei Xiao doesn't want the cooked duck to fly away, so she obediently returns to her seat and soon falls asleep.

Shi Yuquan looks at her with a head tilt, his eyes filled with warm light. Once he makes a choice, he won't waver. She changed him, made him softer, emotionally richer. It's her who made him realize he can love someone unconditionally.

After their chat at the hospital that day, he thought for a long time. Unable to resist, he drew their story. Coincidentally, he was coming to Hokkaido to meet Wei Xiao's dad, so he brought the sketches, hoping Mr. Hisagi Tetsuya would take a look. Mr. Hisagi appreciated it greatly, and Shi Yuquan realized his feelings for her were even deeper than he had imagined.

Fate is indeed strange. A year ago, he could never have imagined liking a big sister eight years older, so naggy and gossipy. But now, with her sleeping beside him, he feels like the luckiest man in the world.