Jin Ruiyang subconsciously furrowed his brows.
Did Qingqing notice something?
He unconsciously glanced at Xu Sisi, whose little eyes were bright and sparkling, not at all like someone who had just been bitten by a dog, not to mention having a fall.
Jin Ruiyang felt his mood was strange.
He could probably feel a bit of it, his concern for Xu Sisi seemed to have gone off the script.
It surpassed the level of concern a big brother would have for a little sister.
Thinking about the scene where she was chased up a pole by the vicious dog, trembling with fear, Jin Ruiyang pursed his lips, substituting his identity back to that of Jin Xiaoni.
In that split second, the pity in his heart was replaced by an uncontrollable urge to laugh.
The vague feelings in his heart, due to this obvious replacement gap, slowly unraveled thread by thread and became clear.
His sentiments towards this little girl seemed to have changed.
She liked him too, could he possibly...
This thought circled in Jin Ruiyang’s mind, refusing to fade away.
He then shook his head; she was too young.
But then he thought, she was only a year younger than Xu Niannian.
If Jin Yu could marry Xu Niannian, why couldn’t he?
Jin Ruiyang deeply felt he was a man of action.
Before arriving at the Xu family’s place, he stopped the car, turned to her, and asked, "Xiao Sisi, you like me, right?"
Unexpectedly being asked such a question, and in such a direct manner, Xu Sisi’s cheeks instantly flushed red.
But as her face turned red, Xu Sisi was not afraid of him knowing her feelings.
Covering her overheated cheeks, she nodded her head slightly, "Mmm, I like."
Having received a precise answer, a smile gradually formed on Jin Ruiyang’s lips.
But before that smile could fully bloom, he heard her say, "Brother Ruiyang is so handsome, so gentle, and so refined."
As she spoke, Xu Sisi’s cheeks turned even redder, "Brother Ruiyang is the gentlest and most refined person I have ever met."
It didn’t seem like it!
The smile on Jin Ruiyang’s face nearly cracked, "The traits you like about Brother Ruiyang are these?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Xu Sisi nodded vigorously, her smile bright and lively, "I like all the traits Brother Ruiyang has."
At that moment, a new lifeforce quietly sprouted in Jin Ruiyang’s wilted heart.
"Then... what if Brother Ruiyang were different from the way you see him?"
"Different in what way?"
Xu Sisi was a good student, curious and willing to ask, she tilted her head, her big round eyes staring at him, blinking with intense eagerness to know.
Only Jin Yu and Zuo Qing truly knew his real character.
Recalling Jin Yu’s comments about him, Jin Ruiyang adjusted his glasses and muttered unconsciously.
"Sleazy, a degenerate..."
"Brother Ruiyang!" Xu Sisi interrupted him in alarm, Jin Ruiyang came to his senses and looked at her, "What’s wrong?"
"How can you belittle yourself ." Xu Sisi disapproved strongly.
Not realizing he had muttered out loud, Jin Ruiyang wondered how he had belittled himself.
She looked at him indignant, "You just called yourself sleazy and a degenerate."
He had accidentally spoken his thoughts aloud.
He looked at Xu Sisi with a slight sense of anticipation, "If Brother Ruiyang were really like that, would you still like him?"
Xu Sisi thought Jin Ruiyang disparaged himself to dissuade her from lingering feelings.
"Brother Ruiyang, you can’t do this."
She shook her head, "Brother Ruiyang, you cannot degrade yourself , how can you use such disgusting words on yourself."
She looked at him sincerely, "Brother Ruiyang, you’re so kind, to go to the extent of downplaying yourself to make me give up."
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How could someone reject another by constantly belittling themselves?
He was just trying to save her face.
After understanding all this, Xu Sisi took Jin Ruiyang’s hand.
"Brother Ruiyang, rest assured, although I like you, I have no intentions of clinging to you. You don’t have to deliberately degrade yourself to convince me to give up. The Brother Ruiyang I like is the gentlest and most refined person in the world."
How well put, and at that instant, Jin Ruiyang felt like he had been shot in the knee.
He wanted to kneel down, no, he wasn’t that type of person.
Clinging onto the last shreds of hope, Jin Ruiyang asked, "But if Brother Ruiyang turned into that kind of person, would you still like him?"
Xu Sisi blinked her eyes; this, she had not considered.
A sleazy man, was that the kind who would drool when seeing a girl, then stare at her body with lewd eyes, or maybe reach out to grope a girl?
Thinking about Jin Ruiyang turning into that sort of person, she shivered violently and urgently clutched at him.
"Brother Ruiyang, I don’t like you anymore, please don’t become a sleazy man."
Hit in the knee again, Jin Ruiyang felt thoroughly dejected.
He subconsciously moistened his dry lips.
So, she liked the facade he had put on, not the ’all of me’ you find in romantic tales?
Just when he had realized his true feelings, Jin Ruiyang suddenly felt very hurt.
He looked up at the car roof.
His hand lay powerlessly atop it.