He had already asked her last time; he didn’t like Lu Jiayuan and he didn’t want anyone around him to be associated with him! Yet, Jian Anning had actually concealed such an important matter from him!
No wonder, although he was not like Jiang Xuanqi, who directly suspected the relationship between Jian Anning and Lu Jiayuan, he could occasionally sense that Lu Jiayuan seemed to have a bit of interest in Jian Anning! Sometimes when he quarreled with Jian Anning over the meals she made not being to his liking, the one who always came to mediate was Lu Jiayuan! At first, he thought Lu Jiayuan was trying to curry favor since he maintained the persona of a nice guy to the outside world. However, he had never seen Lu Jiayuan step in to mediate when Jiang Xuanqi was scolding her assistant Xiao Qiang, had he?
Yu Zexiao was so furious he was about to explode, so, what exactly was her deal with Lu Jiayuan!
However, Jian Anning’s next sentence stopped him cold, "Actually... Lu Jiayuan is someone I dislike."
"What?" Yu Zexiao was completely dumbfounded, his brain suddenly a bit muddled, and it took him a good while to come around, frowning as he said, "Explain clearly, what’s the deal!"
Jian Anning thought to herself that she had to go along with his words. After thinking it over, given that Lu Jiayuan was always around her and they both had attended the University of Toronto, their status as alumni couldn’t be hidden. Rather than continue with this chaos, it might be better to clarify things. — Of course, she didn’t need to let Yu Zexiao know about the time she almost became Lu Jiayuan’s girlfriend.
"It’s . We both attended the University of Toronto. He was three grades above me; I studied Economics and Management, and he studied Art, so we didn’t really have anything to do with each other. We met during course selection and later bumped into each other in the opera club," Jian Anning carefully chose her words, "In the opera club, there was a girl I really couldn’t stand, and who couldn’t stand me either, and she really liked Lu Jiayuan. Later on, Lu Jiayuan got together with that girl. An enemy’s friend is an enemy, right? So I also disliked Lu Jiayuan. Then after graduation, I heard he went to the United States, and I stayed in Canada, and we lost contact."
Indeed, upon hearing Jian Anning say this, Yu Zexiao’s furrowed brows gradually relaxed. However, he wasn’t that easily deceived, and he continued to press on, "You’re saying that Lu Jiayuan was your disliked girl’s boyfriend?"
Jian Anning nodded, "Yes."
Yu Zexiao continued, "And then, he went to the United States and you stayed behind. For three years, you two had no further contact."
Jian Anning kept nodding, "Yes."
"Then why did you pretend not to know him!" Yu Zexiao suddenly raised his voice, a hint of displeasure in his countenance.
Jian Anning was startled and immediately began organizing her words to defend herself, "Well, I really wasn’t that close to him to begin with. During university, we even had quite an estrangement, it was almost like we were enemies. He’s now successful and famous, and I’m just a minor assistant, avoiding him is already a challenge, why would I go and recognize him? What if he wanted revenge? Wouldn’t that be terrible for me!"
Yu Zexiao scrutinized Jian Anning with a furrowed brow, as if trying to see right through her. Jian Anning pretended to be calm, but inwardly she cursed Yu Zexiao out.
This was the first time she heard that as an artist, one had the right to delve into an assistant’s private affairs!