“Because I can’t bear to see you being alone.”
Chu Yuan’s words stunned Ying Xiaoxiao. She just stared at his handsome face.
He was smiling softly and his eyes were as gentle as jade.
After a long time, Ying Xiaoxiao blinked and chuckled, “Chu Yuan, if you say that, I will misunderstand and think that you like me.”
“Isn’t this misunderstanding beautiful?” Chu Yuan smiled meaningfully. A faint light rippled in his amber-colored eyes.
“It’s indeed beautiful.” Ying Xiaoxiao bit her lip. “However, I already have someone I like.”
An unclear trace of light flashed across Chu Yuan’s eyes quickly. He continued smiling gently and said, “That’s fine. I like you, and that’s enough.”
Ying Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and leaned back. She looked at him with a probing graze. “Chu Yuan, are you joking with me or being serious?”
Chu Yuan did not answer her but asked instead, “What do you think?”
“You’re joking,” Ying Xiaoxiao answered without thinking, “After all, I am Corey’s girlfriend. How could you fall in love with your friend’s girlfriend?”
Chu Yuan lowered his head and chuckled, “I’m just a little late.”
His voice was very soft and Ying Xiaoxiao did not hear him clearly. “What did you say? I didn’t catch that.”
Chu Yuan looked up and smiled slightly. “Nothing.”
since it was nothing, Ying Xiaoxiao did not ask any more questions. Anyways, she was not interested.
She got up and went to the wine cabinet to get out a new bottle of wine, then returned.
Standing in front of Chu Yuan, she waved the wine bottle in her hand and asked, “Would you like to have a drink with me?”
Chu Yuan raised his brows and said, “It would be my honor.”
…
Corey listened attentively to Ying Xiaoxiao telling her interesting stories from abroad. Every now and then, he would laugh heartily.
With a casual turn of his head, he noticed Ying Xiaoxiao and Chu Yuan sitting in a corner.
The smile pulling at the corners of his lips slowly faded away. He just looked at them like that.
He did not know what Chu Yuan was telling her, but he saw Ying Xiaoxiao smiling very brightly, making her delicate face even more alluring.
A strange feeling emerged in his heart but disappeared quickly. He pursed his thin lips and fixed his eyes on the beautiful face that was smiling brightly.
Seeing her smiling so happily in front of Chu Yuan, he felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.
Moorine Shen looked up and saw that Corey had turned his head and was looking at something attentively. Hence, he followed his gaze and turned to look.
When he saw Chu Yuan and Ying Xiaoxiao, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. Why were those two sitting together?
He glanced at Corey, who had an ambiguous look on his face. The corner of his lips curled into a teasing smile. “I didn’t expect Chu Yuan to be able to hit it off with your girlfriend.”
Hearing this, Corey turned to look at him. Then, he stood up and Moorine Shen watched as he walked towards the two who were ‘hitting it off’.
“Is Corey jealous?” Moorine Shen raised his brows, a hint of interest sparkling in his eyes.
…
Chu Yuan was very witty and humorous. He could always make her laugh easily.
Listening to Chu Yuan while drinking wine was a kind of pleasant diversion.
At the very least, she did not need to think about Corey, that annoying guy.
Ying Xiaoxiao took a sip of the wine. When she looked up, her expression froze instantly.
Chu Yuan’s gaze had been fixed on her face continuously, so he immediately caught the slight change in her expression.
When he saw her staring straight behind him, he frowned and turned, only to see Corey walking towards them.