novelraw Chapter 317 : I Want to Be Willful for Once
Chapter 317 : I Want to Be Willful for Once
Chapter 317: I Want to Be Willful for Once
Gazing at the familiar scene before him, Chen Fan's emotions shifted from a daze and astonishment to shock.
He saw "himself" sitting at the dining table with Su Ruochu, eating a simple dinner while chatting happily.
He watched as they worked efficiently, one going to the kitchen to wash dishes, the other wiping the table and cleaning up.
He saw them sitting on the sofa after the meal, Su Ruochu lazily leaning against his embrace, eating fruit while watching TV...
These scenes, so familiar yet so strange.
It turned out that after all these years, he had never forgotten the details of his time with Su Ruochu.
He remembered everything clearly.
"Wife, will you support me if I start a business?"
"Of course I'll support you. I think you'll definitely become a rich, successful person in the future."
"Then you'll be the wife of a successful man? A wealthy lady?"
"Hehe, then I'll have to do my hair, get spa treatments, play mahjong, and exercise every day... Oh, I don't want to be a wealthy lady anymore, it's too tiring."
"Wife, when I make money in the future, I'll buy you a big house first."
"I don't want a big house. We can just buy a small three-bedroom apartment in the future."
"One room for us to live in, one room for our future baby, and the last room for our parents when they come to visit..."
"Oh my, looks like my wife has thought it all through. Tell the truth, are you itching to register our marriage with me?"
"You... you're talking nonsense. Of course not, I'm not talking to you anymore..."
Watching the two roll around on the sofa as one, Chen Fan's vision was already blurred by tears.
But soon he came to his senses again.
Then who was he now?
Had his soul left his body? Or had he time-traveled back?
No, no...
Chen Fan suddenly realized, if he had time-traveled back, what would happen to Su Ruochu?
"No! I have to go back."
Chen Fan suddenly realized.
The experiences of his previous life had become the past. The past cannot be undone.
What he needed to do was to cherish the present person, otherwise, wouldn't this be the second time he had failed Su Ruochu?
Thinking of this, Chen Fan desperately told himself that all of this was an illusion, and he had to wake up immediately, had to "live" again.
Unfortunately, no matter what he tried, he could not wake up.
If there had been someone in the living room at this moment, they would have noticed that Chen Fan was drenched in sweat, his face deathly pale.
His eyelids kept twitching, as if he was trapped in some nightmare.
He felt that his whole body had lost sensation, and his brain could no longer control his body.
He tried desperately, but to no avail.
I have to go back.
I must go back!
Chen Fan was truly panicked and afraid.
In the end, he even rushed out to the balcony, staring down, thinking that if he jumped from here, the shock to his nerves might allow him to return.
Just as Chen Fan was about to jump, a familiar ringtone sounded.
This ringtone resounded in Chen Fan's mind without warning, causing him to spin around abruptly.
Because he was too familiar with this ringtone, the exclusive one Su Ruochu had set for him.
It's Ruochu!
Chen Fan came to his senses in an instant and "woke up."
Gazing at the phone on the coffee table, ringing and vibrating gently.
Chen Fan quickly sat up from the sofa, only then noticing that his body was completely drenched in cold sweat.
So it was just a dream?
But why had everything felt so real just now?
Chen Fan took a deep breath, reached for the phone, and glanced at the caller ID, thinking that if everything just now hadn't been a dream, then this call from Ruochu had once again saved his life.
"Hello..."
After answering, Chen Fan tried to speak, but his voice sounded hoarse and unpleasant, as if he hadn't had a drink in over ten days.
"What's wrong? Were you sleeping?"
Su Ruochu's sweet voice came through the phone, causing Chen Fan's heartbeat to calm down slightly.
Taking a few gulps from the glass of water beside him, Chen Fan finally adjusted his mood and said with a smile, "I just fell asleep on the sofa."
"Wife, you called because you're home?"
"Yeah. I just got home, so I'm letting you know."
Chen Fan smiled, "When you got back, did your parents say anything to you?"
"My dad didn't say much, but my mom almost went crazy," Su Ruochu explained. "I didn't want to lie, so I just told her directly that I went traveling with you. Then my mom freaked out. If it weren't for my dad holding her back, I think she would have hit me..."
"I'm alone in the bedroom now. My mom told me to reflect on where I went wrong."
Chen Fan smiled, "It's all my fault. Next time, just let auntie call and scold me directly. I absolutely won't talk back."
Su Ruochu on the other end of the phone laughed, "You think she didn't scold you? My mom practically scolded you by name for an hour."
Chen Fan laughed. "Looks like auntie has quite an impression of me."
"Aren't you angry?" Su Ruochu asked curiously.
"Why would I be angry? If this were my daughter going on a trip so far away with a boy, I'd want to break that stinky brat's legs."
"Put yourself in her shoes, I understand auntie's thinking."
Su Ruochu smiled a little frustratedly, "But... why won't my mom just accept you?"
"Is it because you two have clashing auras and are naturally incompatible?"
Chen Fan smiled bitterly and scratched his head, "Don't people always say that a mother-in-law will warm up to her son-in-law the more she sees him?"
"I guess the reason I'm not a son-in-law yet is, why don't we give them a surprise and get on the boat first before buying the ticket? Once the child is born, I bet your mom won't have any objections."
"Yeah, keep dreaming!" Su Ruochu let out an embarrassed tsk on the other end.
For some reason, talking on the phone with Su Ruochu, hearing her voice in his ear, made all the horror and fatigue he had just experienced seem to dissipate instantly.
Chen Fan lay back on the sofa in a relaxed manner, occasionally saying a few words to tease the little girl.
Especially hearing Su Ruochu's embarrassed scolding on the other end of the phone, Chen Fan felt an immense sense of accomplishment.
"Wife, I felt so lonely in the house by myself after you left today."
"There's no one to keep me company..."
Su Ruochu: "What can we do? Why don't I try to call you an extra time every day, and we can text each other anytime too."
Chen Fan grinned mischievously, "If you call me husband, I won't be afraid anymore."
"You... I don't want to."
"Come on, say it, or else I'll have insomnia tonight and can only sleep hugging the pillow you slept on because it has your scent."
"Ugh, Chen Fan, you're so shameless."
"..."
"Hus...band."
"Huh? What did you say? I didn't hear you, you were too quiet."
"Oh gosh, my parents are in the next room."
"Husband... good night."
Click.
After saying that, Su Ruochu hurriedly hung up in embarrassment.
Chen Fan, on the other hand, excitedly gripped the phone and waved it forcefully.
At that moment, he was struck by an intense impulse.
The "unconsciousness" he had just experienced was like being reborn.
In this life, Chen Fan had always been striving, struggling to give Su Ruochu the very best.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly, methodical fashion.
But at this moment, Chen Fan suddenly wanted to be willful, just once.
To hell with the plans.
To hell with waiting until after graduation to marry Su Ruochu.
I want to see Ruochu now.
Once this thought flashed through his mind, Chen Fan's resolve could not be extinguished.
He couldn't let Ruochu bear the burden alone, caught in a difficult position.
Chen Fan decided to take on the responsibility a man should have.
He decided to act on impulse.
Tomorrow, he would return to Luocheng and propose marriage to Su Ruochu's family.
He would meet her parents properly, explain their relationship to them.