TVSFPAG -Chapter 176 It’s Me Who Needs You

After she finished speaking, the room fell into silence.

Song Yunfei thought he didn’t believe her. She instinctively lifted her head to look at his expression, but there was no obvious change on his face.

He pondered for quite a while before slowly speaking, “Although it’s hard to believe, it seems there’s no other explanation.”

“You believe it?”

“Since you said it, I believe you—as long as you don’t travel back again.”

Song Yunfei was completely at a loss. After talking for so long, he still didn’t truly believe her.

“You clearly don’t believe me.” She turned over in a bit of a sulk, not wanting to talk to him anymore.

Although he no longer minded the incident of her bumping into him, Song Yunfei still wanted him to know that it wasn’t something she had done.

From behind, he gently wrapped his arms around her again, his tone extremely serious: “I really do believe you.”

But Song Yunfei didn’t feel like explaining further.

Now that he liked her, whether those things were true or false didn’t really matter to him. Whether he believed it or not wasn’t that important.

Even if he believed her now, if one day in the future he stopped loving her, those unproven words could still become a reason to accuse her.

Since that was the case, there was no need to dwell on it any further.

As if sensing her mood, Chu Jinhan tightened his arms around her and softly called beside her ear, “Wife.”

…

“Can you not be so cheesy?”

Song Yunfei got goosebumps all over her body and suddenly missed his cold, distant personality from before. Whose influence had made him so clingy?!

“You’ll have to call me that sooner or later anyway. I’m just practicing.”

“Then you should just keep your mouth shut.”

“Are you rejecting me?”

Song Yunfei sighed. “Stop fooling around. Let’s sleep—I’m tired.”

A low sigh came from the man behind her.

Song Yunfei turned her head to look at him. “What’s wrong?”

Chu Jinhan said, “I said I believe you, but you don’t believe me—what am I supposed to do?”

Song Yunfei studied him seriously. His eyes were clear and sincere, not the least bit perfunctory.

“Really?”

Chu Jinhan nodded slightly, his tone solemn. “The world is vast—there are always things that cannot be explained. Although, to me, these things are no longer important, they should be important to you.”

A warm feeling suddenly surged in Song Yunfei’s heart.

Yes—whether she had traveled through time or whether she had deliberately bumped into him back then… none of that was truly important to Chu Jinhan.

But Song Yunfei didn’t want to be with him while carrying guilt. So whether he believed her or not mattered greatly to her.

She turned around and embraced him again, pressing her cheek firmly against his warm chest.

“Making you believe something so unbelievable must have been difficult for you.”

He raised his hand and gently stroked her hair, lowering his voice. “Isn’t our meeting itself even more unbelievable? What’s there not to believe?”

Song Yunfei thought about it and nodded in agreement. “That’s true.”

Two people who might not even have crossed paths in the same office building—who would have thought they would end up lying here together like this?

She joked, “So in that sense, didn’t I get the better end of the deal?”

Chu Jinhan couldn’t help but pinch the tip of her nose. “There you go again.”

Song Yunfei laughed softly and gently brushed his hand away.

Chu Jinhan looked at her and slowly said, “Actually, the time I spent with you in Qingcheng was the most relaxed period of my life.”

Song Yunfei froze, the smile on her face gradually fading.

“You probably never experienced a life where your schedule was fully packed starting from first grade. There were more tutors coming to our house every day than relatives.”

“During summer and winter vacations, half the time was spent in training camps, and the other half attending various events with my grandfather. I completed university-level courses early in high school and also attended morning meetings for certain company projects as an observer.”

“After turning eighteen, I went to a subsidiary under Yanjin Group and started rotating from the lowest-level positions.”

He spoke in a casual, understated tone, as if he were talking about someone else’s life.

“Every day, I envied Chu Xiuye. When I was a child, I would often fantasize—why wasn’t I the younger brother?”

Song Yunfei listened quietly, as if an invisible hand had tightly clenched her heart, leaving a dull, aching heaviness.

She had never experienced such a life, but even just hearing about it made her feel exhausted… and lonely.

She used to joke that he seemed old for his age, like an old man. Now, thinking back, anyone who had grown up under such control from childhood would hardly remain carefree or youthful.

She didn’t say anything. Instead, she reached out and gently took his slightly cool hand.

Because she had never experienced his suffering, she couldn’t offer any hollow words of comfort, nor was she qualified to casually judge his life.

No matter how much she said, it would all just be empty talk.

Feeling the warmth from her palm, he turned his hand over and interlaced their fingers tightly.

“So, in Qingcheng, I forgot who I was. I forgot those packed schedules and inescapable responsibilities. Every day was just work, eating, and sleeping—mundane, but incredibly free.”

He looked at Song Yunfei. “And you were the most grounding presence in that period of freedom. The vitality and ease you carried were exactly what I had always longed for.”

“I was destined to fall in love with you—to fall in love with the version of myself that I had always desired.”

“It was never that you needed me. It was that I needed you.”

Listening to his words, Song Yunfei felt her emotions stirring for a long time. Her nose tingled, and her eyes gradually reddened.

She had never imagined that she would be such a special existence to him.

Compared to “I love you,” the words “I need you” struck her far more deeply.

It was like dry land needing rain, like a cold night needing the warmth of the sun—something indispensable.

When he said he loved her, Song Yunfei often felt it was vague, not quite real.

But when he said he needed her, she truly felt that she was important in his heart.

So she really was that good.

Song Yunfei moved a little closer to him, lifted her head, and gently pressed a soft kiss to his lips.

“I need you too. We need each other.”

Chu Jinhan lowered his gaze to look at her. After a moment, he leaned down and kissed her again.

“Alright. From now on, don’t say things like that anymore.”

—

Originally, they had planned to spend two days here sightseeing. However, Chu Jinhan seemed to prefer staying in the hotel and showed little interest in the outside attractions.

Whenever Song Yunfei mentioned a place during her research, he would say she had already been there with Bai Yu and refuse to go.

With no other choice, Song Yunfei stayed with him in the hotel for a day and a night.

On the morning of the third day, the two returned to pack their belongings and prepare to leave.

Song Yunfei opened the door and realized that Bai Yu was nowhere to be seen.

She went to Bai Yu’s room and found the bedroom door open. On the bed, there was a note left for her:

[I’ve already slipped away. You two take your time and enjoy yourselves.]

Song Yunfei put the note away helplessly and turned to look at Chu Jinhan. “He should’ve gone back already.”

Chu Jinhan replied indifferently, “Then go pack your things first.”

“Mm.”

She actually had quite a lot of belongings—most of them were bought by Bai Yu.

He had given her many things: bags, clothes, shoes, jewelry… But since she had been feeling down before, she hadn’t really taken a close look at them.

All of these were valuable items. Song Yunfei was planning to pack everything and take them back, but Chu Jinhan reached out and stopped her.

He bent down and precisely picked out all the luxury items from the pile, setting them aside.

“I’ll buy you these when we get back.”

Song Yunfei’s heart ached.

So many valuable things were picked out so accurately by him.

What remained were just some inexpensive, insignificant odds and ends.

How did he just know she couldn’t afford to buy expensive things!!!