Once, she had spiraled into despair and self-destruction for three months because of Lu Jiayuan’s betrayal, which she saw with her own eyes and felt anxious about in her heart.
Yu Zexiao’s brow furrowed slightly, yet he remained silent, simply looking at her.
"But if you’re serious about her—if you have even a shred of true feelings for her," Zhao Ziyin wasn’t Jian Anning and naturally didn’t know the depth of their feelings for each other. However, since Jian Anning had fallen in love with him, then as long as this guy harbored some genuine feelings for her, didn’t that mean she hadn’t loved the wrong person?
"Please, I beg you to take good care of her!" She looked earnestly at him. Yu Zexiao didn’t know, but she did. Jian Anning might have been born into a better family with more money than her. But then, there was her profit-seeking stepfather, her half-sister from the same mother who wished her death, her emotionally distant mother, and Lu Jiayuan, who had betrayed her.
Compared to her own father who liked gambling but was kind to her, although he ended up in prison, he was essentially good-hearted, just valuing brotherhood and taking the fall for a friend. And then there was her mother who died early yet had always been thoughtful toward her. Even Wang Shuoming, who betrayed her, was at least kind enough to fight for her to study in Canada back in the day and also provided her with money for her education.
—— Although she had no influential backing or connections and had fought the world with nothing in her hands, at the very least, she had a warm family.
In this aspect, she was a hundred times stronger than Jian Anning!
Jian Anning wasn’t lacking in money; her solitary and cool nature over the years was because she lacked a sensation— the feeling of being cared for and loved. That’s why, even though she knew she didn’t love Situ Xuan, she couldn’t bring herself to reject him coldly. Even if it wasn’t love, she longed for that feeling of being cared for and loved!
She knew that with conditions and a personality like Yu Zexiao’s, and even his status as a king of the entertainment industry, the chances of him ending up with Jian Anning were very small. But since she had fallen in love with him, if he could have even the slightest sincerity toward her, then— wish her happiness.
And from the past to the present, Jian Anning had helped her so much, yet she could help her with nothing in return. In the end, all she could do at this moment was to ask Yu Zexiao for this favor.
Yu Zexiao hadn’t expected to be asked for such a favor by Zhao Ziyin! For a moment, he actually didn’t know what to say! After a while, he finally composed himself, his expression returning to calm, "You don’t need to tell me this."
You don’t need to tell me, because I sincerely see her as a potential partner for the future, honestly and truly engaging in the relationship.
Before making his decision, he had hesitated for a long time. Their statuses, their living environments, their worldviews and values, their personalities, and even the fact that she didn’t know music, were all factors in his hesitation.
Yet in the end, he still couldn’t reject his own desires—even if it was a strong physical longing to possess her, wasn’t that also a man’s intense wish to have and own a woman?
If it wasn’t love, it was at least care, it was liking, and it was an emotion he couldn’t sever.
Zhao Ziyin glanced at him, seeing the solemn emotion deep in his eyes. Suddenly, she felt a bit envious of her friend.