The Substitute Groom Chases His Wife - Chapter 176

Chapter 176: Fight For That Chance

Lin Xiao Feng took the bottle of pet odor deodorizer from his cart and wondered if he should put it back where he found it. He looked at An Nuan again and flashed her an awkward smile. “I can tell you the truth. But An Nuan, don’t be angry, alright?”

An Nuan was surprised that Lin Xiao Feng would think she would get angry. “Why would I be angry?” She inhaled a deep breath and sighed. “I won’t be angry.”

Lin Xiao Feng touched the tip of his nose and cleared his throat. “To tell you the truth, I don’t have anything I urgently need. An Nuan, I just wanted to come here and spend time with you.”

An Nuan already guessed that Lin Xiao Feng’s reason for coming into the grocery store should be because of her.

It was still surprising to hear Lin Xiao Feng saying them out loud.

There was a long silence between them.

The couple stared at each other, both with their own thoughts.

It was only when someone walked into the aisle to grab something on the shelf did An Nuan and Lin Xiao Feng snapped out of their thoughts.

Lin Xiao Feng looked at the cooking oil on the shelf again as if he could not decide between two different brands.

Once the other shopper had moved to another aisle, Lin Xiao Feng turned to An Nuan again. “An Nuan.”

Their gazes met and An Nuan could feel her heartbeat gradually accelerating.

She did not know what Lin Xiao Feng was going to tell him and this was making her nervous.

“I don’t like the awkward atmosphere between us,” Lin Xiao Feng continued. “I just thought that walking around the store with you would help us to get along again.

An Nuan pursed her lips. She too did not like the awkward situation between them.

She tried to act as usual but it was not easy.

However, An Nuan did not expect that Lin Xiao Feng would do this to ease the tension between them.

Looking into his eyes, An Nuan could see Lin Xiao Feng’s helplessness as well.

A voice in her head was telling her to give in to Lin Xiao Feng. Another voice was reminding her of how tiring it was to be in a relationship again. She was still afraid of going through another disappointment.

There might not be another Sun Jiao between them. However, Lin Xiao Feng was good-looking and An Nuan did not doubt that there would be a lot of women who liked him. For example, Secretary Shi.

An Nuan would remember her jealousy whenever Sun Jiao was around Pei Zhi Yi.

Pei Zhi Yi had assured her that his relationship with Sun Jiao was purely a brother and sister.

An Nuan believed him.

However, after watching them for a long time, she started to realize that something was off.

Her confidence gradually disappeared whenever Sun Jiao was around.

It gave her this terrible feeling that she was not a good person for doubting Pei Zhi Yi.

An Nuan did not want to feel that way again.

She no longer wants to fight with anyone.

In the end, she still did not have the courage to give Lin Xiao Feng the chance.

“An Nuan,” Lin Xiao Feng called her name again. “I know that I told you that I will give you some time to think of my words. But I think… while waiting for you to make that decision, I too should do something and fight for that chance.” He leaned closer so that others wouldn’t hear their conversation.

The light in An Nuan’s eyes flickered. “What do you mean?”

Lin Xiao Feng swallowed. “I’m going to pursue you.”

An Nuan inhaled a sharp breath. Lin Xiao Feng’s words echoed in her mind but An Nuan was having difficulties trying to process his meaning.

Pursue her?

What does it mean?

“I don’t want to give in without a fight,” Lin Xiao Feng continued. “An Nuan, I’m going to let you see that I am not playing around. I’m going to show you that I really, really like you.”

Her heartbeat continued to beat fast. Her breathing was a bit messy.

Just how many times had Lin Xiao Feng told her that he liked her within the past few days?

Each time she heard those words, her heart would feel as if there was a group of deer running stampede on it.

The voices in her head continued to reason with her but An Nuan was still undecided.

“Just that,” Lin Xiao Feng paused to lick his lips. “Don’t push me away. Not before you give me a chance to prove that I can be the one for you.”

An unfamiliar feeling surged into her heart, making her eyes and nose turn sour.

“An Nuan, I can promise you that I won’t let you down. I won’t do anything that would disappoint you.”

Her lips opened and closed a few times.

An Nuan had a lot of things that she wanted to say to Lin Xiao Feng but she could not figure out just what she should say to Lin Xiao Feng at this time.

The pleading look in Lin Xiao Feng’s eyes was making it hard for An Nuan to reject him.

“What if you worked hard but I still wasn’t able to look at you in that way?”

Lin Xiao Feng felt as if something sharp stabbed into his heart.

“It doesn’t matter,” Lin Xiao Feng said. “I will still like you.”

It would be ideal if An Nuan reciprocated his feelings. But then, Lin Xiao Feng thought that it really didn’t matter.

His heart was set on An Nuan.

He had never felt this way towards anyone before other than for the woman in front of her. This feeling had only grown stronger each time he saw her.

“Lin Xiao Feng, won’t you get tired?”

“I won’t. I can promise you I won’t. Even if it gets a little tiring, I won’t complain about it.”

His feelings for her had appeared for years. It was now rooted deeply in his heart.

It won’t be easy for him to get tired of her.

“Lin Xiao Feng, you are really silly.” An Nuan chuckled.