Chapter 60: Qin Ke Yi's First Love

  "Sister! You... when did you come?" I stood at the door and asked in surprise.

  "I've been here for a while now!! You little stinker, what's with talking about having a girlfriend without telling me at all?!" Older sister said with some complaints.

  "But this is my sister Kang Ying..."

  "Alright! Alright! I've already chatted with Ke Yi for a while now! No need for you to introduce us!"

  "Then I'll go cook!"

  "No need! I have to go on night shift at the newspaper office tonight. Kang Jian, see me off! I have something to tell you." My sister said as she stood up from the sofa, bid farewell to Qin Ke Yi and walked out of the door with me.

  "Great! When did you two get to know each other?" My older sister suddenly said to me after we went downstairs.

  "We've known each other for two months! But we just started dating a few days ago."

  "Do you know everything about her? Do you know what's going on in her family?" My older sister's behavior was the same as many parents, always concerned with those few questions.

  "I know a little, not much, I don't care about these things, I just try my best to make us move in the right direction."

  "Take care! Elder sister didn't mean anything else, just afraid that this time you'll be like last time with Tong Chen..."

  "Sister! I know what to do! Don't worry!" I interrupted my older sister's words in a timely manner, still not wanting to hear Tong Chen's name in my heart.

  "I know, I believe you. I just chatted with her for a while and it's clear that she cares about you deeply, asking many things about your past?"

  "What's going on with you?! What did you tell her?!"

  "What? Did I deceive her about something? Afraid of being exposed in front of me?"

  "What's there to hide? I have nothing to conceal!"

  "That's great! Go ask her yourself! Hehe! By the way, do you have any money? Lend me some!" Just as I was still basking in the warmth of sisterly love, my older sister's words suddenly made me come to my senses and start thinking about whether those few rare words of concern were just another trap she had set for borrowing money.

  "This must be the main purpose of your visit this time! You don't look like a journalist at all, you're just a bandit. Last time you borrowed money from me and haven't returned it yet!" I said while taking out my wallet.

  "These days there have been a lot of red and white events, yesterday I also attended a sister's wedding, so...... hehe!"

  "I'm left with only 400." I made the most pitiful expression I could, hoping to stir up my older sister's long-lost conscience.

  "Never mind, I also know your difficulties, it's not easy for anyone to make a living... I'll just take 300 then..." My trembling hands clutched the 100 yuan note soaked with sweat, watching my sister disappear from my sight. The desolate scene of a village being ravaged by devils in a movie and the music kept flashing before my eyes, matching the atmosphere and my mood at this moment...

  When I went upstairs and opened the door again, Qin Ke was watching TV. After seeing me come in, she threw the remote control on the sofa and walked into the room with a huff. It seems that the timing for communication is not yet ripe. I smiled helplessly and walked into the room, opening my computer to go online.

  Just after qq appeared, the ear-piercing sound of Tencent's unique information prompt started to ring, and I instinctively pressed the shortcut key, and the message box popped up.

  "What have you been busy with lately? Why are you never around?" A familiar female net friend sent me a message.

  "Nothing! Hehe! How have you been lately?" I typed on the keyboard, to this online friend who had been chatting with me since Tong Chen left. She was also someone I confided in during a certain period of time online, and she was a good listener too. It felt like we were very familiar with each other, as if our appearances were just for waiting silently for each other online until we met. I've already forgotten who added who first, and there was even a period of time when I wondered if she was actually Tong Chen...

  Suddenly, a scream came from next door, Qin Ke Yi. I didn't have time to say "88" to her and rushed into Qin Ke Yi's room. Qin Ke Yi was sitting on the floor, with the chair also overturned on the ground, apparently she had fallen off while standing on the chair.

  "What's wrong? Are you okay?" I anxiously asked Qin Ke and walked over to help her up.

  "Go away! I hate you!" Qin Ke said, but he cooperated very well and sat down on the bed with my support.

  "What are you standing on a chair for? Such high-difficulty labor should be left to us who can handle it!"

  "Go die! I... want to take the photo album on the cabinet!" Qin Ke smiled and said to me. So I stood up, stretched out my hand and took down Qin Ke's photo album from the cabinet.

  "What are these photos?" I sat beside Qin Ke Yi, watching as he slowly opened the photo album.

  "These are all photos from when I was a kid." Qin Ke said with a smile as he looked at the pictures, and then I also started looking seriously.

  "Why was your hair so short when you were a kid?" I asked with a smile after reading a few chapters.

  "At that time, our family was poor, and it was always mom who cut my hair. Hehe, wasn't I silly-looking back then?!"

  "It's okay! Nothing has changed from now!" Qin Ke heard this and lightly punched me with his fist, then continued flipping through the photos.

  "Is this your mother?" I asked, pointing at a photo of a woman holding Qin Ke Yi.

  "Uh-huh!" Qin Ke'er nodded lightly. Actually, just by looking at her mother's appearance, you could guess it, because she and Qin Ke'er looked very alike and were also very beautiful.

  "Was this taken in Korea? Why is there Korean on the sign behind?"

  "Hmm! I took it in Korea when I was a kid! Ah......, now I really want to go again and take another look......" Qin Ke Yi seemed to say with some sighs.

  Unconsciously, Qin Ke Yi had slowly leaned on my shoulder, starting to tell me the story behind each photo with great interest, bringing me into Qin Ke Yi's not-so-happy childhood, making me understand more about her. However, regarding what happened before she was 8 years old, she rarely mentioned it. The conflict between us today has been resolved unconsciously.

  "Who is this?" I saw a photo of Qin Ke Yi from her high school days, and in the photo, a boy had his arm around her. From their beaming happy smiles, it was clear that their relationship wasn't simple, so I asked with some tension.

  "This... is my ex-boyfriend..." Qin Ke said to me cautiously, and after finishing, he immediately looked at me, seemingly very concerned about my expression. I just responded with an "oh", pretending not to care.

  "He is now in England..." Qin Ke said softly after a brief silence.

  "It seems that the male supporting role you played in your last show is based on a real person, rather than just some fabricated character played by a random young idol!"

  "Actually... nobody knew that I had a boyfriend before. When I, Guo Cheng and Zhang Wei jointly designed this play, they all thought the person was made up by me, but in fact, none of them knew that he really existed."

  "How did you two... get to know each other?" Although I've always thought that when two people are together, they shouldn't care about each other's past, after seeing this photo, I suddenly became very curious about Qin Ke Yi and her previous emotional life.

  "We actually knew each other since we were young. At that time, our families were very busy, and his family and ours had a long-standing relationship. My dad would send me to their house, and his mom would take care of us. He was always protective of me, and when I got bullied, he would always help me out. As I grew older and started going to school, I moved out from his house and began boarding at school. At first, it was hard for me to get used to living in the dorms, and every night I would cry, missing my mom. Since I didn't have many friends when I was young, I secretly wrote letters to him, and he came to visit me every week, bringing lots of delicious food. We kept in touch like this until high school, when we ended up attending the same school. On one of my birthdays, he gave me a huge bouquet of roses and confessed his feelings for me. At that time, I didn't know if I liked him or not; I just felt comfortable being with him, so we started dating..."

  "Why did you break up then?" I asked further.

  "We both knew we were happy when we got together, but after a while, I realized I was unhappy and suppressed. He had many demands on me and was very strict, always trying to mold me into the girl he wanted, but my personality was vastly different from what he expected, so we often quarreled. At that time, it also made me think that dating was tiring and painful, which is why I hesitated when you confessed your feelings to me, because I didn't know if we would be like that too. Later, he wanted to go study in the UK, and my dad hoped I'd go with him, but I firmly opposed it, not wanting everything arranged by my family. Just before he left for the UK, we broke up completely, and the moment I said we were breaking up, I suddenly felt so relieved."

  "Then... were you with me? Did you feel unhappy or very depressed?" I couldn't help but ask after quietly listening to Qin Ke's introduction of her past emotional life.

  "To be honest... Kang Jian! You almost can't compare to him in any aspect. But being with you, I feel very secure, relaxed and open, I don't have to worry about whether what I do will satisfy you, nor do I have to worry about whether something I say will meet your requirements. I can laugh freely in front of you, cry in front of you, make a scene in front of you, and throw a tantrum like a child in front of you. Being with him, it's as if I'm enduring every day we spend together, whereas being with you, I'm enjoying every day...” Qin Ke Yi said this while gazing at me deeply, but I just continued to listen silently, savoring the unparalleled happiness brought by Qin Ke Yi's words.

  "Great! Actually, I've heard of you in school before. When we met in the cafeteria that time, I had a strange feeling... My intuition told me that something would happen between us... Is this love at first sight?"

  "I don't know what this is! But after seeing you that time, I was completely conquered by you. Although when we first met, I acted as if I didn't care about you, but in my heart, I couldn't help thinking of you from time to time. Being with you really makes me happy, a happiness I never expected...” I originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to pour out all the sentimental words I had accumulated over the years to Qin Ke Yi, to achieve the effect of striking while the iron is hot, but before I could finish speaking, Qin Ke Yi had already fiercely covered my mouth with hers...