Jun narrowed his eyes and bored his gaze at the man's back. "Who is he who thinks he can act so close towards you?"
Ai patted his head. "Don't be mad. He is Cai Lingyun, Guiying's brother."
That only turned his expression uglier and his gaze several shades darker. "Her brother? What is he doing here?"
At that moment, Cai Lingyun turned and faced him. As Jun met his gaze, he stared at him, his eyes slowly widening.
Cai Lingyun stiffened as he noticed Ai clinging onto his arm. Jealousy erupted in his heart, and his expression slightly twisted.
Ai said, "He is Liu Jun. My boyfriend. He had some work to do, so he came with a later flight."
He glanced up at him and tried to smile. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Liu."
But Jun didn't respond. He just kept staring at him silently with an unreadable expression.
Cai Lingyun wasn't sure why he was so deathly quiet. He could feel that Jun was thinking hard about something as his gaze was fixed upon him.
"Jun?" Ai tilted her head, observing his solemn expression.
He stirred out of his daze. "You are…Cai Lingyun?"
"Yes. I am Guiying's older brother and have known Ai since she was in high school. We are quite close," he made it a point to point that out.
Jun narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Sure but you cannot be as close to her as me. After all, I am her boyfriend which is way different than being a brother to her, right? Ai always told me how you always took care of her as an older brother. I appreciate that. But now I am here with her, and her boyfriend is very capable."
Cai Lingyun stiffened. His words struck right through his heart like a poisonous arrow.
"Since Ai has me now, you are free to focus on your sister," Jun's voice turned chilly and full of warning. "Look after her. I just don't want the competition to ruin their friendship. Ai will be very hurt if Cai Guiying grows distant or…does something inappropriate." Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on noᴠelfire.net
He widened his eyes. "You are talking about my sister. She and Ai are best friends. Of course, nothing will come between them."
Ai remained silent at that while Jun smiled. "Hope so. You never know when people change. Sometimes what we hold dearly to us turns out to be fickle for the other person."
Jun took another chair opposite him and studied him from head to toe. "What do you do, Cai Lingyun?"
He frowned at his inquisitiveness. "I work in a company as the Senior Analyst."
"Do you know anybody named Tang Gengxin?"
Cai Lingyun looked more and more bewildered. "Never even heard of that name."
Ai was also wondering why Jun was asking these questions.
Jun squinted his eyes. "Are you sure? That name doesn't ring a bell at all?"
"No. What are you getting at?"
Jun observed his facial expression and said, "Nothing. Anyway, I heard you two were talking about me," he folded his arms and stared at him. "Seems that you are dissatisfied about something."
Cai Lingyun glanced between Jun and Ai and smiled. "I was just concerned about Ai. Her relationship with you came as a shock to me."
"What is there to be so shocked about?" Jun tilted his head. "Is it so strange that we love each other?"
"...Not strange. But I cannot help but get worried. You are the CEO and a rich young master while of course, you know Ai's background which doesn't really gel with your world. The future seems…" He left it unsaid, a doubtful expression cast on his face.
Jun and Ai watched Guiying and Zhan Yahui arrive. Though Ai already knew that she was going to be a part of this fest, Jun was angrily surprised that Guiying made her way here as well.
"You are here. We were searching for you on the third floor." 'Guiying' also noticed the couple and smiled. "Ai."
Ai kept a polite smile and nodded. "Guiying."
"And…Mr. Liu Jun," 'She' tilted her head. "I think this is the first time we are properly meeting . I did see Ai and your picture on Weibo. Haha coming to know that Ai was dating you was so shocking. I didn't even know when she got a boyfriend."
'She' thought she will MrPerfect like he requested near the lake, but she didn't expect to meet him sooner.
Jun silently clenched his fist remembering all the injustice Ai had to suffer because of her. "You two siblings are really so similar. Both of you find our relationship questionable when it's just perfectly fine."
'Guiying' narrowed her eyes. "Perfectly fine you say…but at what cost I wonder?"
Jun despised her sight and sneered. "It's surprising to see you here. Guess the management team decided to let in the Summit's finalists too apart from the obvious winner."
That was a direct insult said indirectly. He clearly expressed how only Ai deserved to be here and not her, which also pointed out a possible backdoor connection for Guiying to come here.
Zhan Yahui expressionlessly countered. "Don't you think that the finalists of such a prestigious Summit deserve to be invited too?"
"Don't you think that my girlfriend should have gotten a chance to do her book signing event which somehow Dream High never bothered to host?" Jun dryly shot back.
Zhan Yahui said nothing.
Jun chuckled. "You won't say anything because CherryBlossom was DreamHigh's star then. She deserved it, right? So it was okay if Dream High never bothered with Ai. But now that the situation has reversed, you will conveniently say that Cai Guiying still deserves to be invited to the fest.
Nice. Whether she wins or loses, she should have everything and get all the chances to shine. But for Ai, the rule suddenly changes. And then people ask Ai why she left Dream High? Because clearly something and somewhere is going wrong. Or…somebody is purposely making things wrong for my girlfriend," his voice lowered with a deadly ring to it.