I went to great lengths to win over Zhou Tingshen, but he treated me badly.
He never made our relationship public, never took the initiative to share anything about his life with me, and never showed me any care or concern.
At first, I thought he was just reserved by nature.
That was until the day I heard someone ask him:
“Brother Shen, why does that old classmate of yours keep looking for you? You two aren’t dating, are you?”
“Isn’t our great beauty Du chasing after you? I thought you two were the couple.”
After a long pause, Zhou Tingshen finally spoke. “We’re not dating.”
I picked a time and asked Zhou Tingshen out, then seriously tried to discuss it with him.
“Zhou Tingshen, could you… pretend we were never together?”
A flash of impatience crossed his face. “What are you making a fuss about now?”
“I’m not making a fuss. Just take it as me begging you. I can’t let my friends know this is the kind of relationship I’m in. They’ll laugh themselves to death at me. It’s too humiliating…”
