The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

"You still want to kiss?" Song Ke was shocked.

"Let me tell you, I'm not a casual person. Even if I like you, it won't work if you don't like me back."

Chu Tiancheng laughed when he heard this: "Does that mean it's enough for me to like you?"

Song Ke loudly reminded him, "Sister Gu Qing."

"Ding"

Just then, the elevator doors opened, and the people who came out heard this sound. They looked at each other, puzzled, and stared at Song Ke.

Song Ke gave an awkward laugh and quickly walked to the corner of the elevator, not intending to pay any more attention to Chu Tiancheng.

Looking at the small figure huddled in the corner, Chu Tiancheng felt an inexplicable surge of protective instinct. He walked over, separated the others, and created a small space just for her.

Song Ke looked up, then turned her head with a snort, and saw Chu Tiancheng's face reflected in the bright wall. He had his head slightly lowered, the corners of his mouth clearly upturned, and his eyes sparkling as he smiled. Song Ke inexplicably felt her whole body tense up, and her heart beat faster.

She took a small breath, trying to calm the feeling.

After picking up the movie tickets, Chu Tiancheng even considerately asked, "What would you like to drink? We still have time, I'll go to the milk tea shop across the street to buy it."

Song Ke thought for a moment and said, "Strawberry smoothie."

When Chu Tiancheng bought it and took a look, it wasn't a strawberry smoothie at all, but a cup of warm strawberry milk, not even milk tea.

"I didn't order strawberry smoothie, what did you buy?"

"Don't you even look at the weather? Shaved ice? Are you trying to ruin your stomach?"

Song Ke showed him her phone: "What kind of weather is this? The temperature is 15 degrees today. It's only just the beginning of autumn. Is it really necessary to drink health tea like this?"

Chu Tiancheng raised his hand to check the time: "Don't be stubborn, we'll go in in ten minutes."

"...Who's making a scene?" Song Ke muttered, looking completely bewildered.

The movie was a suspenseful horror film. Chu Tiancheng noticed that people around him would occasionally scream in fright, but the people next to him didn't react at all and instead watched it intently.

"Hey, guess who cut off her head?"

“I think it’s that male landlord. Look, he’s still putting up talismans on the door. He’s obviously afraid of being killed by a vengeful ghost.”

"And look, his knife is gone, and he's replaced it with a new one."

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Song Ke asked hesitantly, sensing the gaze around her.

Chu Tiancheng looked at her for a few seconds, then sighed after a long while: "It's okay, keep watching."

Song Ke's gaze returned to the big screen. After a couple of seconds, she turned her head to look at Chu Tiancheng and saw that he was also staring at the big screen with a calm expression.

After watching the video on the big screen several times, Song Ke couldn't help but whisper, "Brother Chu."

Chu Tiancheng turned his head to look at him.

Song Ke: "Aren't you scared?"

Chu Tiancheng found it amusing: "Do you want me to be afraid or not?"

Song Ke said, "I remember you used to be quite afraid."

Chu Tiancheng scoffed, "You've got it wrong."

Song Ke said with a serious expression, "If I remember correctly, I remember once when you came to my house to play, I gave you a gift, and you were stunned on the spot."

Chu Tiancheng's smile vanished upon hearing this.

That time when he went to the Song family to play, Song Keke mysteriously said that she had a gift for him, and he followed along out of curiosity.

With eyes full of anticipation, Song Keke handed him a square box and happily told him to open it.

"I really like this, I'm giving it to you."

Chu Tiancheng innocently opened it, and inside lay a Barbie doll. However, the Barbie doll was rather frightening, as Song Keke had drawn on it with red ink, making it look like a zombie with a gaping maw and bleeding from all seven orifices.

Chu Tiancheng was stunned, but Song Keke was still excitedly saying, "Let me tell you, this is merchandise from a comic I recently read, and I really like it."

"But I like you so much, so I'm giving it to you. You must take good care of it and not break it."

Chu Tiancheng remembered that after returning home, he had nightmares for several nights in a row. From then on, he stopped paying attention to Song Keke and stopped going to play with her.

Song Ke suddenly realized something and asked incredulously, "Brother Chu, you didn't start to hate me later because of this, did you?"

“I gave you all my favorite toys back then, and you just turned around and ran away, and then you ignored me. You have no idea how heartbroken I was.”

Chu Tiancheng looked at her helplessly: "Stop acting, it's so fake."

"I don't see why you're sad. You made other friends afterward, and you seemed to be having a lot of fun with them."

Song Ke laughed carelessly: "That's different from you."

While listening to the occasional startled cries around her, she asked in a low voice, "By the way, I've always had a question."

Chu Tiancheng looked at her, his eyes clearly saying, "Go ahead and ask."

"Let me make this clear first, it's not that I'm jealous, it's just that, why have you suddenly become so cold towards Sister Gu Qing?"

"If it were before, you would have eagerly gone to meet Gu Qing even if she just said it once, let alone ask her out. What's wrong with you?"

After listening to Song Ke's words, Chu Tiancheng's face didn't show much expression. He stared at the big screen and pondered for a moment.

Why? What else could it be? It's probably because everyone seems to have misunderstood his relationship with Gu Qing from the very beginning.

His care for Gu Qing had another reason.

"Hey, why?" Song Ke tilted her head and leaned closer to ask him.

Seeing Song Ke's curious expression, Chu Tiancheng tilted his head, his eyes sparkling with gossip, revealing a cleverness like a little fox, looking both obedient and adorable.

Chu Tiancheng looked at her, then his eyes suddenly flickered. He smiled and beckoned to her with his finger: "Come closer and I'll tell you."

Song Ke turned her body a little more, her face full of anticipation. The two of them were now very close, their heads less than two centimeters apart. Chu Tiancheng could even smell the scent of Song Ke's shampoo, an orange scent. Looking at the little ear in front of him, Chu Tiancheng felt an itch and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch it.

He retreated a little, defeated yet restrained, but still felt a tickle in his throat and a dry mouth. He pursed his lips and said in a low, magnetic voice, "Because... I discovered something even more interesting."

Song Ke felt a warm spray spray into her ear canal, a warm and itchy sensation. Song Ke also stepped back a little, and asked more curiously, "What's so interesting?"

Chu Tiancheng glanced at him, his eyes narrowed slightly with a smile, and reached out to support her head, gently turning it towards the big screen: "Kids shouldn't be so curious, let's watch the movie."

Pshaw, who's the kid?

Why do you sound just like your older brother?

When Chu Tiancheng dropped Song Ke off at her doorstep, it was already past ten o'clock. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Song Yan standing at the gate smoking.

He caught sight of the two of them, raised an eyebrow at them, and smiled with a hint of roguish charm, saying jokingly, "Oh, you've finally returned."

Song Ke walked over and glanced at Song Yan: "Big brother, why aren't you sleeping at night? What are you doing guarding the gate?"

"Look at the moon." Song Yan pointed to the dark night sky with amusement. The sky was cloudless and the moon shone brightly, while the stars hung there, flickering as if playing with a cat.

The moon is round tonight, Song Ke thought.