"I like it." Ruan Zhi nodded with a smile and then continued,"Anyone would like such an outstanding student, right? However, we only like each other as friends and schoolmates, not the kind that they spread. I've already clarified it with a few people, but why do people still believe this rumor? Don't you think so, Qi Zhan?”
At the end of her sentence, Ruan Zhi deliberately raised her voice and smiled at Qi Zhan, begging him to agree.
Only now did she realize that she was actually a coward. She was afraid that her relationship with Qi Zhan would be severed because of this.
Ever since high school, Ruan Zhi had seen many girls shyly and happily run to Qi Zhan and say the words " I like you." Without exception, they would come back crying. She had even seen someone write a love letter and call Qi Zhan to a corner to confess.
That was one of the few times she bumped into Qi Zhan alone in high school. It was after school when she was on duty to take out the trash.
Coincidentally, that girl was Zhong Xin from their class.
"M-Mr. Qi, this is for you. I like you. Can you seriously consider dating me?”Zhong Xin lowered her head and blushed shyly.
At that time, Ruan Zhi actually wanted to laugh. She really wanted to ask Zhong Xin if she was out of her mind to choose the location of her confession to be next to the garbage dump. However, she couldn't laugh because she bumped into the gaze of the person opposite Zhong Xin in the blink of an eye.
Qi Zhan's eyes were very dark. He seemed to be forced by Zhong Xin's words to look away helplessly and happened to meet her forced to peek.
Their gazes met in the air for about two to three seconds. Ruan Zhi was the first to look away, indicating that she was only here to take out the trash. Soon, she picked up the empty trash can and turned to leave, but she seemed to be able to feel the gaze behind her.
She felt strange. When she turned around, Qi Zhan had already retracted his gaze and said to Zhong Xin coldly,"Sorry, I don't like you. You should focus on your studies. Goodbye.”
After saying that, he did not have any intention of accepting her love letter and took the lead to leave in large strides.
He brushed past Ruan Zhi.
Soon, Zhong Xin's soft sobs could be heard from behind. Ruan Zhi hesitated for a moment before sighing and turning around to leave. At that time, she wondered if Qi Zhan had rejected Zhong Xin because he wanted to leave the smell of the garbage dump too much.
Now that she thought about it, her state of mind was completely different.
Ruan Zhi didn't want to become one of those 'Zhong Xin's in Qi Zhan's life.
She thought that as long as she suppressed this love in her heart and didn't say it out loud, she could continue to stay by Qi Zhan's side as a 'friend'.
However, to Ruan Zhi's surprise, Qi Zhan didn't look relieved after hearing her denial. He only looked at her deeply and said nothing. He turned around and left. However, his footsteps were less steady than usual and carried an inexplicable urgency.
Seeing this, Ruan Zhi was a little confused.
Lin Shiluo looked back thoughtfully and continued to ask her,"So you're really not Qi Zhan's girlfriend, right?”
The moment Qi Zhan left, it seemed to have taken away all of Ruan Zhi's strength. Her forced smile soon collapsed and she shook her head dejectedly and tiredly."Didn't you see it? He and I are really just friends.”
"In that case, I can still pursue him. I don't have to ask for your permission, right?”Lin Shiluo smiled and looked at her confidently.
Ruan Zhi was infected by her confidence, and for the first time, she regretted backing down.
"Up to you." Ruan Zhi gave up on herself and left.
On the way back, she couldn't help but recall Qi Zhan's expression at that time.
Why…
Could it be that her acting was not good enough? Even though she denied it, he could still tell that something was wrong from her expression? Thinking about it, she felt like her heart was about to jump out of her throat.
What if Qi Zhan realized that she liked him? Then would he think that she was the one who spread the rumors? Would he think that she had ulterior motives for getting close to him?
In just a few minutes, her mind was filled with countless question marks.
However, Ruan Zhi didn't dare to ask Qi Zhan. She didn't even dare to look for Zhou Jinwen.
She had suddenly cut off contact with Qi Zhan.
Qi Zhan didn't look for her, and neither did Zhou Jinwen.
Just as she was feeling extremely defeated and thought that she would no longer have any contact with Qi Zhan, Zhou Jinwen called her.
"Ah Zhi, do you have time? Come out and eat! We just won a big prize and we'll treat you to a big meal.”Zhou Jinwen's tone sounded very smug.
"What grand prize?" Ruan Zhi was stunned.
"Hmm? Don't you know?" Zhou Jinwen was a little puzzled and muttered to himself,""That's strange. I clearly asked Ah Zhan to tell you.”
"Tell him what?" Ruan Zhi was even more confused. Ever since she met Qi Zhan last time, she had not contacted him for almost half a month.
Zhou Jinwen replied," Ah Zhan and I went to C City to participate in the youth architectural design competition. We've been competing for half a month. You didn't even call us or come to watch our competition."”
"You guys went to C City?" Ruan Zhi was shocked. Her broadcasting arts department was quite far from Qi Zhan's architecture department, so she didn't know much about them.
"That's right. Half a month ago, I specially asked Ah Zhan to tell you. I wanted to say that you could come over and cheer us up when you have time.”Zhou Jinwen said this with some resentment.
Ruan Zhi was stunned. Qi Zhan didn't tell her about this.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Zhou Jinwen quickly turned the matter over.""Alright, alright. Since we're already back, we won't hold it against you for not going to cheer for us. Little Ah Zhi, hurry up. Come to the usual place and I'll treat you to a meal!”
Ruan Zhi was a little hesitant.”
"Of course I am." But very quickly, Zhou Jinwen sensed that something was wrong from her words and asked her with a deeper meaning,""That's not right. What do you mean? Did you quarrel with Ah Zhan?"
Ruan Zhi couldn't answer. Were they quarreling? Not really.
However, it was still unpleasant.
"I don't care what's going on between the two of you. In any case, you have to come over. I'm treating you to a meal, but you're still dawdling.”Zhou Jinwen sounded as if he was determined to pull her back.
Ruan Zhi's worries dissipated a little after hearing his words. She hesitated for half a second before agreeing."Alright, alright, alright. Can't I do it?”
If Zhou Jinwen was here, the atmosphere wouldn't be too awkward.
Moreover, she felt that it was not a good thing to continue like this with Qi Zhan. She had to at least have a good talk with him.
He needed to explain that she was not " lying ". She really just wanted to be " friends " with him.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:122120183:47AM
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