[Love and Producer] Passive strategy

After Xu Mo listened to her statement quietly, he calmly raised his hand and pulled the door that had been opened a bit, closing it with a bang.

Li Youxue watched his movements in confusion, wondering why he didn't leave again.

"I want to ask you a question." Xu Mo looked at her with a smile, his dark purple eyes were deep and mysterious.

Li Youxue blinked and waited for him to continue.

"A long, long time ago, in a castle isolated from the world, there lived a painter." Xu Mo stared at her and said eloquently. "A painter's painting has only two colors, black and white. It's not because the painter likes these two colors, but because, in his opinion, there are only these two colors in the world."

—Aren’t you asking a question?How did it become a story again?Li Youxue was puzzled, but she still gave him face and listened carefully.

"Painters have always believed that this is a dull world, and the so-called colorful colors are the most boring thing." Xu Mo always smiled, and his tone was flat. "Until one day, a butterfly flew in front of him. The painter was surprised to see that there were various colors on the wings of the butterfly that he had never seen before, and those colors became vivid as the butterfly flapped its wings. And fascinating. From this day on, the painter has watched this butterfly every day, trying to describe its beauty, never tired."

Li Youxue listened more carefully, and an inexplicable feeling also rose in her heart - her intuition told her that the story Xu Mo was telling was very important.

"However, the sensitive painter was worried that the butterfly would leave his side because of boredom, so he thought of a good way." He said, slightly curling the corners of his mouth, looking very happy. "—Just catch the butterfly and trap it in a glass jar, so the butterfly will never leave him."

This story is undoubtedly a story full of various dark styles.Li Youxue felt familiar when she heard it - it seemed a bit like the question about making butterflies into specimens that she mentioned when she and Xu Mo were on their first date.

"Do you think Butterfly would be happy to be imprisoned?" Xu Mo had finished telling the whole story, smiling at Yanyan, and looking at her gently. "...I still remember that you once said to me that as long as there is no explicit rejection, it means consent. Now, do you still think the same?"

... Is this what he said he was going to say when he came back?With a faint guess, Li Youxue quickly sorted out her thoughts and replied seriously: "Yes, I still have the same opinion. If the butterfly refuses to be imprisoned and wants to leave, then let it go; if it doesn't refuse, then keep it."

"Is that so..." Xu Mo murmured absentmindedly, with his expression still calm, he continued to ask her with a smile, "But, what if the painter has no way to let go?"

"What do you mean?" Li Youxue suddenly had a bad feeling.

"It means," Xu Mo looked down at her and explained every word. “The painter has fallen in love with the butterfly—whether the butterfly wants to stay or not, he has to keep it. For him, losing the butterfly is tantamount to losing the whole world.”

Li Youxue was startled, and suddenly remembered what Xu Mo once said to her - "If I lose this girl, my world will be bleak from now on."

...It has exactly the same meaning, so, could it be——what is Xu Mo really emphasizing?She was thinking silently, consciously observing Xu Mo's expression.

"So, if you were that butterfly, what would you do?" Xu Mo leaned slightly closer to her, staring at her black pearl-like eyes for a moment, and asked in a low voice.

For a moment, she felt as if she had touched something crucial, Li Youxue paused, and not willing to show weakness, she raised her eyes to look directly at him, and confidently raised the corners of her mouth: "If it was me, how could I be so restrained? Even if I can't be free from now on, then I have to let the artist be imprisoned by me."

long silence.

Xu Mo let out a "poof" and laughed.He laughed very happily, bent his eyes and laughed again, and laughed for a long time before he stopped.

Li Youxue stood there speechless and squinted at him, unable to understand what he was so happy about.

After finally laughing enough, Xu Mo lightly raised his hand and tapped her forehead, looked at her with special doting eyes, and told her gently: "That's great...I like this answer."

[Xu Mo's favorability +47! 】The system prompts with extra eagerness, which directly verifies Xu Mo's joyful mood.

...what's so good?Li Youxue was in a complicated mood as she thought about it.

"...That's great." Xu Mo said softly as if he was really grateful for something. "It seems that asking for your answer is a wise decision."

Li Youxue's heart became more and more heavy.

Xu Mo looked at her intently, and suddenly moved closer to her.

Li Youxue was almost getting used to his sudden attack, she closed her eyes subconsciously, and felt a cool and soft kiss gently land on the lid of her left eye.

"See you tomorrow." Xu Mo whispered to her.

——This is the first time he has used this word since the sudden alienation.Listening to it now, there seems to be a strange deep meaning.

Accompanied by the sound of the security door closing, Li Youxue opened her eyes, and sure enough, there was no one in front of her.

【...You seem to have something on your mind? 】Feeling Li Youxue's complex and heavy mental state, she asked systematically.

Li Youxue shook her head, thought for a while and then nodded: "Now that I think about it, maybe I overlooked some very important things before—Xu Mo never seemed to want to hide anything."

[Meaning...] The system was solemnly silent for a moment. [Have you figured out the meaning of Xu Mo's story just now? 】

—No, something is still lacking if conclusions are to be drawn.Thinking of this, Li Youxue frowned, and did not answer immediately, but asked the system instead: "Do you think that Xu Mo's recent behavior is obviously much more intimate than in the past? It's like..."

——It was as if he had made a certain decision and planned to end the ambiguous relationship in the past.

【Speaking of which, it is true! 】When the system was reminded by her, it suddenly realized. 【It seems that Xu Mo will probably...】

"What will it be?" Li Youxue asked casually, and she had already strode towards the skewers she bought - she hadn't had dinner because of Xu Mo's coma, and she was already hungry.

【...No, maybe it's an illusion. 】The system saw that she had begun to eat grilled skewers with relish, and decisively decided to come up with a plan to delay the attack first.

This kind of behavior is of course the most annoying, but Li Youxue didn't expect the system to give any constructive advice, so she just curled her lips and continued to concentrate on eating her.

……

The next day, Li Youxue happened to be on vacation.

When she woke up early in the morning, she sat there hugging the quilt for a long time, her mind was still blank - she vaguely felt that she seemed to have had some bad dreams that night, but she couldn't remember it anymore.

If she couldn't remember it, she couldn't remember it either. Li Youxue rubbed her cheeks, only then did she notice that the light green breathing light of the phone next to her pillow was still blinking tirelessly.Without thinking too much, she unlocked the screen and glanced at the text message that popped up.

[Xu Heitu: Do you have time today?Let's go on a date together. ]

...Did this person invite her after she had calculated that she would be on vacation every weekend?Li Youxue thought suspiciously, and after a brief consideration, she quickly replied: [Yes. ]

[Just out from bed? ] Xu Mo's reply this time has a certain tone. [I'll pick you up later. ]

How long does "wait" mean?Li Youxue was not sure about the answer.Out of politeness, she naturally refused to keep anyone waiting, so she immediately began to wash and dress up.

She simply applied a layer of barrier cream without any complicated makeup. After changing her clothes, Li Youxue heard a knock on the door.

When the door was opened, Xu Mo was standing at the door.The fine black hair has obviously been simply taken care of. The pure white sweater is paired with a light gray long coat, and the whole person looks refreshing and gentle.

"Are you ready?" He raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile when he met Li Youxue's gaze.

Li Youxue nodded, and while putting on her shoes, she asked him casually, "Didn't you recover from your injury yesterday? Is it okay to go out today?"

"It's okay." Xu Mo replied quite seriously, and couldn't help laughing again. "Sorry, I'm just happy."

——As for what he was happy about, Li Youxue could guess without even asking, it was nothing more than something like "I'm really happy that you care about me"... nothing new!

Li Youxue rolled her eyes silently, and followed Xu Mo out calmly.

"Why don't you ask me, where are you going today?" Xu Mo opened the door and let her sit in the passenger seat, asking with a smile.

"It's a self-driving tour?" Li Youxue guessed casually looking at this posture. "Actually, it doesn't matter where you go, you won't harm me anyway."

"But, maybe the biggest danger around you comes from me." Xu Mo tilted his head, emphasizing this, as if waiting for her reaction.

"Oh, then I'm really scared." Li Youxue didn't care about this faint threat at all—it wasn't so much a threat, but it sounded more like Xu Mo's temptation to her, so she grinned , responded without distraction at all.

"..." Xu Mo pretended to be serious and turned his head to start the car, and couldn't help laughing.

The author has something to say:

I cut the number of words in this chapter a bit, so it is relatively small, but the focus is on dating in the next chapter. I guess the confession is either the next chapter or the next chapter.

By the way, if Xu Mo is OOC in this chapter, it must be because I was reading a certain big Three Kingdoms and was brainwashed by Guo Jia, so Xu Mo wrote like Guo Jia [Hide face]