"If you don’t go, I’ll know, so don’t try to fool me." Ning Yichen glanced at her, "Take care and rest well. I should be going."
With that, she and Lu Qixi stood up.
"Yichen..." she suddenly murmured his name, "If I hadn’t lied to you back then... would you have possibly fallen in love with me?"
Ning Yichen paused in his steps.
He turned back, looking at her pale face, his Adam’s apple bobbed slightly.
"I don’t know." After leaving this sentence behind, he turned and left.
Su Lianxi’s tears welled up once again, and she looked up at the ceiling, her expression vacant.
Ning Yichen and Lu Qixi walked outside, and Lin Shuyue immediately greeted them warmly: "Young Master Ning, are you leaving already? Won’t you stay for dinner?"
"No." Ning Yichen shook his head and declined, not giving them a chance to continue the conversation, he took Lu Qixi and quickly left.
Back in the car, Ning Yichen was silent for a long time.
Lu Qixi suddenly said softly, "Do you... feel responsible for her?"
"What are you saying?" Ning Yichen looked at her. Updates are released by NoveIꜰire.net
"Nothing." Lu Qixi smiled and suddenly spoke up, "Ning Yichen, I’ve decided to move back."
Ning Yichen’s face slightly darkened, "Why?"
"I haven’t been focused on work for the past six months, if this continues, the title of Heavenly Queen will become a thing of the past." Lu Qixi smiled, "Let’s end our relationship here, I still want to have a proper romance, and then get married and have children."
"Lu Qixi..." Ning Yichen’s hands clenched slightly, "Are you hinting at something?"
"No, you’ve misunderstood." Lu Qixi suddenly smiled and said, "Ning Yichen, I never told you, but I actually like you very much."
Ning Yichen pressed his lips together tightly, his gaze appearing somewhat intimidating: "Since that’s the case, you still plan to marry someone else and have children?"
"Along the way, you’ve taken good care of me, which gave me a kind of illusion. I thought maybe you liked me too, and I once suffered greatly because of this." Lu Qixi spoke softly, "But now I realize that you do these things for me because you’re a... good-hearted person, just like Su Lianxi said. When I struggled in the entertainment industry and suffered a lot, you felt responsible for me, so you treated me well. And now, Su Lianxi is stuck in the mire, and you can also let go of past matters and try to pull her up. Helping and empathizing with the weak is your instinct, but it doesn’t mean you like me or Su Lianxi."
Ning Yichen frowned, his lips tightly sealed, seemingly at a loss for words.
"During this time... thank you. At least for me, I have no regrets left." She smiled, "Now that Fu Haitao is dead, I think I need to shift my focus back to work. I once hated it, but when I finally had some free time, I realized what work means to me. And now, I’m no longer the unknown newcomer from back then, no one can easily bully me anymore, so you can rest assured."
"Lu Qixi..." Ning Yichen finally spoke, a trace of anger appearing between his brows, as if he wanted to scold her.
"Are you going to tell me to behave and not make a fuss?" Lu Qixi smiled somewhat wickedly, "Yes, I indeed used to make a fuss, because I didn’t know what kind of feelings you had for me, so I tried to find evidence that you liked me... During this time we’ve been together, I almost thought you liked me too, but I suddenly realized today, I had misunderstood all along."