"Who... Song Yan?" Su Yue reacted for a moment before understanding what he was asking.
"Song Yan," he repeated Song Yan's name in a low voice.
"My tennis teammate." She then remembered he wouldn't know who Song Yan was and quickly explained.
"What kind of relationship?" he asked, his tone cold, yet his hand continued to carefully rub her calf.
"Just teammates..." Su Yue answered softly, but with a hint of guilt. Although she and Song Yan were teammates, he had almost held her in his arms when supporting her at the door, which was indeed difficult to justify.
She admitted that she and Song Yan were a bit too close, and she also admitted that she sometimes deliberately didn't refuse the good intentions of boys. Usually, she wouldn't behave like this with other boys. Perhaps it was because Song Yan had been interacting with her daily and had become familiar over time, coupled with winning the match today, she hadn't paid attention to these things in her excitement.
Originally, her heart was clear, and she had no particular feelings for Song Yan. But when he asked like this, she surprisingly felt like she had been caught doing something wrong.
"Teammates?" He finally finished applying the medicine, put down her foot, and then sat on the coffee table, facing her, asking with a not-so-good tone.
Su Yue softly hummed in response.
He then let out a cold laugh and said, "I really underestimated you, Su Yue."
Underestimated her what? She looked at him with some confusion.
"Tell me, why did you call me?" he asked, looking at her expressionlessly.
Silence.
Everything Su Yue had thought of in the car was stuck in her throat. Looking at his gaze, she couldn't say anything. She realized with a start that she seemed to be in the interrogation room that day, facing the stern and cold Officer Chen, unable to utter a single lie.
He wasn't in a hurry either, just watching her, as if waiting for her to reveal a flaw herself.
"I want... to apologize to you," she finally spoke, but lowered her head, not daring to meet his eyes.
"Apologize?"
"Yes... what I said that day was a bit harsh, I'm sorry." Her fingers unconsciously picked at the sofa, a small gesture that Chen Ziming noticed, but he remained impassive and continued to ask:
"And then."
"I actually... really like you, Officer Chen." She managed to utter another sentence, feeling as if she had to exert a hundred times her usual effort to organize her words. But this was also the truth; few girls would dislike such a handsome guy like him.
"Mhm."
He only hummed, then continued to wait for her to speak? Wasn't he surprised at all?!
"I've been thinking about you these past few days..." She had been thinking all along, thinking about how to latch onto him. https:/
"Thinking about me, yet hugging other guys." He said calmly.
Su Yue was surprised and looked up at him. His expression was slightly softer than before, but what concerned her was how he had seen Song Yan hugging her, which was in the field.
Could he have been there since the beginning?
Chen Ziming didn't avoid her gaze, looking at her calmly and steadily, waiting for her answer.
"You are different from them," she suddenly said.
It's over, what was she saying?!
As expected, he also caught the implication:
"Them." Fang Fang's slightly improved expression turned cold again.
Su Yue looked away to avoid his gaze, trying to calm her inner turmoil. She couldn't let him lead her on like this anymore; she didn't want to reveal the whole truth.
"Officer Chen, I admit I've been a bit careless in my relationships with men, and I'll be more careful in the future. But I've only been intimate and slept with you, and I only want you." She finally gathered her emotions, then looked at him with a surprisingly sincere gaze.
He seemed a little surprised but said nothing.
"Actually... I deeply regret speaking like that, but there was a reason. Before you, some men had given me cards, trying to keep me, and I have psychological trauma from this."
"I liked you, which is why I went home with you. You also know it was my first time... so when I received your card, I felt very hurt and angry."
"But it wasn't long before I started thinking about you... and you know what happened afterwards. That's how it is. I called for this reason. Whatever you want to do, you can do it."
By the end, she had a slight sob in her voice, her eyes red as she looked at him, as if he had wronged her immensely.