It’s not wrong to like someone, to try hard to pursue someone, but you can’t lower yourself to the dust.
She will always remember the words Cheng Zhiyan said.
"That was when I thought I wouldn’t like you. Xiao Xi, I’m sorry, for the things I said before that hurt you." Cheng Zhiyan’s deep eyes rarely showed a trace of guilt.
He was an arrogant person, to apologize to her, Helian Xi, and he was actually apologizing to her. Helian Xi was momentarily stunned.
"Are you apologizing to me?" Helian Xi’s pretty almond-shaped eyes widened in disbelief.
"Yes, I hope you can forgive me," Cheng Zhiyan said sincerely.
"Forget it." Helian Xi opened her mouth, finally sighing as she spoke.
"Have you forgiven me then?" Cheng Zhiyan asked with some anticipation.
"It’s not about forgiveness or not; you weren’t wrong either. After all, I did cause you trouble. It’s fair for you to dislike me." Helian Xi’s words were indeed a bit resentful.
She was a daughter of the Helian Family, cherished and pampered since childhood. Almost anything she wanted, she had.
Her family’s status was far higher than that of the Cheng Family.
Most people around her dared not provoke her, yet she encountered resistance from Cheng Zhiyan. But people like challenges, don’t they!
Maybe because of that, she stubbornly wanted to be close to him. And eventually, she fell for him.
"The way you talk proves you haven’t forgiven me." Cheng Zhiyan’s expression was downcast, but he slightly curved his lips. "I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to dinner. I’ve already booked the restaurant—the one you often visit."
"I’m not hungry." Helian Xi was embarrassed, and just after she said that, her stomach grumbled.
"Are you really not hungry?" Cheng Zhiyan teased, "Today, I specifically asked them to save a free-range chicken for you, to make stewed chicken with mushrooms."
Seeing that Helian Xi’s expression relaxed a bit, Cheng Zhiyan continued, "Last time when I invited you to dinner, you left without eating. Let’s make up for it today. Please, feel no burden."
"I’m not burdened at all!" Helian Xi’s expression was a bit complicated; she still liked Cheng Zhiyan on one hand, but was still a bit annoyed on the other.
However, weighing it all, the liking still prevailed.
"I’ll go get the car first; will you wait for me at the school gate?" Cheng Zhiyan asked.
"Mm." Helian Xi responded.
Then, another voice appeared in her heart.
People really are shameless.
She was no exception.
Just as she was about to walk to the school gate, she saw Gu Jin Yan approaching with a cold expression. For some reason, whenever he spotted her, she felt guilty like a thief.
Just as she was about to say something, she heard him say sarcastically, "Not bad! You finally got what you wanted. Just don’t get so nervous that you sprain your ankle again."
"Gu Jin Yan, what do you mean? What’s ’got what I wanted’? I’m just having dinner with him. Besides, what does it have to do with you?" Helian Xi replied angrily, feeling why she should explain to him.
"Helian Xi, if I keep meddling in your business, I can change my surname from Gu. Go find your old flame! Damn it!!" Gu Jin Yan was even more furious, and yes, it had nothing to do with him.
If he didn’t like her, he wouldn’t bother to care.
"What old flame, watch your mouth." Hearing his words, Helian Xi immediately got fired up.