Yan inhaled deeply and mustered the courage to look at Han Qing. “Don’t worry, I don’t know what just happened and I won’t leak the news out.”
He stared at her silently. “Is that all you wanted to say?”
She blinked her eyes as she looked at Han Qing confusingly. What else? What else do I have to say? As she thought about it carefully, she instantly understood. Lin Xinghuo expressed her feelings for Han Qing and he even thought I was eavesdropping after catching me here. Maybe he feels that my hope for him will rekindle, so he asked me to stay. Does he want me to promise him that I won’t cling to him forever? Is he that scared?
Even though she gave up on him, she still felt very uncomfortable seeing him like this. However, it no longer mattered whether she was comfortable or not, so she gritted her teeth and raised both her hands to promise him in the end. “I promise you that I won’t say a word about what transpired today. I was passing by on accident and I didn’t discover anything. Also… the thing that you’re worrying about won’t ever happen, so you can rest assured.”
Han Qing raised his brows slightly as his eyes were filled with boundless emotions and he walked a few steps forward before stopping a few inches in front of Yan. The unique sense of a man’s hormones suddenly engulfed Yan, who still had her hands raised in shock, and caused her to freeze.
“What am I worrying about?” His voice was slightly cold as he became more dashing under the corridor’s bright lights. There were traces of faint light in his eyes as if he stared at her like she was his target.
Yan looked straight at him. For a second, Han Qing seemed to have a different kind of emotion from his eyes, but soon after that, she quickly lowered her head to stare at her feet uneasily. “Aren’t you worried that I may cling onto you?”
I must have mistaken it or it might have been an illusion. Otherwise, why do I feel a sense of warmth from his eyes? And… As for the rest, Yan lacked the courage to delve deep into it. All of it is just a delusion! I should stop overrating myself!
“You don’t need to worry. I still remember the words I told you before. I once liked you and I also once gave up my dignity for you…” Han Qing’s eyes startled as he looked at the young lady in front of him talking with her head down. She looked really aggrieved, so he instinctively raised his hand toward the back of her head. “But I’ve thought about it. I won’t cling onto you anymore. I also won’t like you anymore.”
The words ‘I won’t like you anymore’ caused Han Qing’s hand to hang midair as it stopped moving. He then pressed his lips tightly as he looked at her with furrowed brows.
Yan still had her head down. Afterward, she took a deep breath with her eyes closed, blurting everything out at one shot, “Since I’ve decided that I won’t like you anymore, I will definitely keep a distance from you in the future, so the thing that you’re worried about won’t happen. You asked me to stay so that you can hear all of this, right? Now that I’m done, can I… leave?” With that, Yan quietly took a breath. Sure enough, she was able to come clean with her thoughts when she was not looking at him. If she had looked straight into his eyes as she spoke, she would definitely be unable to phrase her words in such a smooth manner.
When she lifted up her head again, Han Qing’s face was back to its cold form and his hand was also withdrawn, as if what just transpired had never happened. The young girl had said it herself, so what else could he say?
Yan wanted to leave, but without his permission, she did not dare to walk off immediately. Someone coincidentally came over to the washroom before a few girls followed while giggling. Yan’s expression changed drastically when she heard their voices and without waiting for his response, she murmured a ‘goodbye’ before rushing off in the other direction. Her legs moved in panic as though she was afraid of others seeing her together with him.
Han Qing looked at the staggering back of those young ladies for a moment before retracting his gaze.
…
When Yan returned to the party, she was exhausted and even felt extremely guilty before grabbing a glass of juice for herself and curling up in a corner. Just as she had a sip of the juice, Lin Xinghuo found her.
When Lin Xinghuo first greeted Yan, the latter was so shocked and almost spurted out her juice. This action caused Yan to get choked and she had to let out a few hard coughs. “Cough! Cough!”
An amused Lin Xinghuo handed Yan two tissues. Yan received it and wiped the corners of her mouth. Tears came out of her eyes after she coughed, so she wiped the corners of her eyes as well before saying ‘thank you’ to Lin Xinghuo after calming down.
However, Lin Xinghuo stared at Yan with a meaningful smile across the former’s lips.
“W-What are you looking at me for?” Yan felt an itch on her head after being stared at by Lin Xinghuo. It was probably due to the fact that Yan saw Lin Xinghuo confessing to someone else, which made the former feel guilty and divert her eyes—so as to avoid looking straight at the latter.
“I’m looking at how modest you actually are.”
Yan was confused. Modest? What does she mean? She looked at Lin Xinghuo in a daze, as if telling the latter to clearly explain what was meant.
Then, Lin Xinghuo quietly approached her and whispered, “You are together with Han Qing, but you didn’t tell me about it. Doesn’t that count as being modest?”
Yan felt an itch in her throat after coughing, so she took another sip of juice to soothe the itch. However, she never expected Lin Xinghuo to say those words and spurted out the juice in shock.
Pfft! Lin Xinghuo quickly avoided it and helplessly looked at Yan. “Can you calm yourself?”
Yan was speechless at the start before apologizing, “I’m sorry.” Her face was flushed with embarrassment in a shade of red that it seemed as though blood dripped out from it. She really lost her composure and compared to the gorgeous and noble Lin Xinghuo, the former was as rough as dirt. This comparison really made Yan upset.
“Alright, I don’t mean to blame you. I just hope that you won’t be so shocked. After all, if you keep on spitting like that while talking to me, there won’t be enough juice for the party… Back to the topic, let me quickly gossip about it. How long have you two been together?”
Yan had just cleaned the mess with tissues and smiled bitterly after she was finally done. “You have misunderstood the situation. I’m not together with him.” She probably misunderstood us because Han Qing asked me to stay after eavesdropping on them.
“It’s a misunderstanding?” Lin Xinghuo was confused as she raised her brows. “Aren’t you two a couple? Are you lying to me?”
Yan firmly shook her head, unable to understand why a huge star like Lin Xinghuo was such a busybody. “What will I get from lying to you? I’m more curious that… Don’t you usually make movies? Why would you…” Like Han Qing? She never continued from where she trailed off as her face flushed.
Seeing Yan this way, Lin Xinghuo could not help but pinch the former’s reddened tender face. “Just ask if you want to ask. Why are you so nervous? Besides, we’ve known each other for so long.” Lin Xinghuo smiled after she pinched Yan, explaining softly, “Do you think I like him?”
Yan opened her lips. “Don’t you?” If she doesn’t like him, then why would she confess to him?
