FVN Chapter 18 - 18 Loving Her the Same as Loving You
Chapter 18 - 18 Loving Her the Same as Loving You
"Sixteen points! It’s your turn, call it out quickly!"
Lin Jiayun, who had already downed five or six drinks, sported a reddish flush on her face. Due to drinking too aggressively, her stomach had started to feel uneasy...
But an upset stomach was the least of her worries, for her heart felt even worse...
Who could have imagined that she would play dice with a newbie and not win a single round, but rather lose five or six rounds in a row?
Though playing big or small didn’t require much skill, she had been playing dice for so many years and had somewhat mastered the technique of rolling dice. Even the lowest score she rolled was ten points...
But it was useless...
Gu Heng almost always outscored her in every round...
Moreover, Gu Heng never mentioned truth or dare, only insisting she drink...
If it wasn’t for his clumsy dice-rolling technique and sincere eyes, Lin Jiayun would really suspect he was some nightclub veteran pretending to be a noob to trick her...
As expected...
When Gu Heng lifted the dice cup, the shining triplet of sixes was like a flash of light stabbing Lin Jiayun’s eyes.
Seeing Lin Jiayun staring blankly at the dice cup, even Gu Heng felt a bit embarrassed...
He swore he had just shaken it casually, but... it seemed like the system had activated and changed his luck?
"No way! You must have cheated! How could you win every time, sob~ Are you deliberately picking on me?"
Lin Jiayun started to play the blame game...
It wasn’t fair to blame her for cheating...
After all, she had already drunk so much; although the cups weren’t big, adding up to about three bottles in volume, she wasn’t a drinker strong enough to withstand such fierce drinking. It wouldn’t be good if she passed out before digging any information out of him...
And besides, she was a girl...
Playing the blame game was their privilege...
Especially a delicate and soft girl like Lin Jiayun...
When Lin Jiayun snuggled close to Gu Heng, a mixture of sweat and perfume reached his nose, making Gu Heng, who initially wanted to deny her firmly like a true man of steel, soften his heart instantly...
Indeed, people like me are hard in arguments but soft in everything else...
After finding an excuse to cover up his susceptibility to beauty, Gu Heng compromised...
"Okay, okay, I cheated. You don’t have to drink this one, alright?"
Upon hearing Gu Heng’s words, Lin Jiayun first flashed a sweet smile, then quickly added, "That won’t do!"
"?"
"Cheating should have a penalty! In mahjong, false declarations have to compensate all players."
"???"
There was a penalty? This lady was being a bit excessive, dodging drinks was one thing, but she better not expect him to drink instead?
"Hurry up and tell!"
Not only was she urging him with her words, but her heart was also in knots...
She definitely didn’t want to hear answers like "the girl I’ve liked the most in over twenty years" or "the only one for me"...
Although she liked true love, she only liked it when it was directed at her...
If Gu Heng really was some true love war god, how difficult would it be for her to make him fall for someone else? She just wanted to find a rich boyfriend; should it really be this difficult?
But Gu Heng’s next answer made her both satisfied and dissatisfied...
Gu Heng picked up the wine on the table, moistened his lips, and slowly said, "If you ask me how much I like her, I can’t really say, but I can make a comparison for you."
"What comparison?"
"The same as how much I like you."
Lin Jiayun: "What do you mean???"
Shrugging his shoulders, Gu Heng casually said, "Just what it literally means, I like her the same as I like you.
And it’s not just you two, I feel the same about Xiao Lan, and also the two prettiest anchors from our company’s streaming department, Xiaoru and Xu Siyu."
With that explanation, Lin Jiayun understood.
"So you’re just lecherous, right? That’s not liking."
Gu Heng spread his hands, curled his lips, and said with an open face, "I never said I wasn’t lecherous, but for a man, isn’t being lecherous the same as liking?"
Lin Jiayun mimicked He Jing and rolled her eyes dramatically, theatrically spitting out a "Ptooey! Jingjing was right, you are just a jerk!
But at least you’re an honest jerk, much better than those who want to cheat and yet try to set up a facade of being deeply in love."
"So are you complimenting me now?"
"It depends on how you take it~"
Gu Heng’s answer allowed Lin Jiayun, who had been somewhat afraid that he was a true love war god, to feel reassured...
But at the same time, a new problem arose...
In the dating world, there’s a saying that it’s not the jerkiness of men you should fear, but men who understand their jerkiness...
If Gu Heng was the kind of jerk who played both sides, there would always be a vulnerability for her to exploit...
But from Gu Heng’s recent behavior, it was clear he wasn’t like that...
Men who are jerks in a very clear way have one trait.
That is treating women who meet their standards equally, liking anyone just the same, but similarly, able to stop liking anyone just as quickly; what I can give you one moment, I can give to someone else the next...
Such men...
It’s easy for women to be deceived by them...
But conversely...
They can also easily kick you far away...