C38 (2/2)

Qin Yizhao's eyes became a little sharp. He never thought that he would meet Zhu Ruiyan here, but this woman actually signed a contract with another man.

Zhu Ruiyan took a deep breath and smiled at Ye Zhijie: ”This place is not bad, the air is fresh and the scenery is nice.”

”We can come here often if you like.” Looking at Zhu Ruiyan's smiling expression, Ye Zhijie also felt an indescribable happiness in his heart.

”Forget it, I think the consumption here is not low. ”But if you like it here, I'll try to save up some money to invite you here for a meal after I pay you back.” Zhu Ruiyan was not a person who liked to waste money. She calculated that she would be able to pay Ye Zhijie back after this month.

”Rui Yan, I think you're working too hard.” Ye Zhijie suddenly looked at Zhu Ruiyan with a serious face, her eyes filled with love: ”I want to take care of you, can you give me this chance?”

Zhu Ruiyan's heart was suddenly shocked, just now, Ye Zhijie said that he wanted to take care of her, causing her to be a little confused. Only after a while did he react and pretended to be calm. ”If you are willing to take care of my sister, then shouldn't I feel very happy?”

A flash of sadness appeared in Ye Zhijie's eyes as he continued, ”Rui Yan, why can't it be a matter of care between a man and a woman?”

Zhu Ruiyan saw that Ye Zhijie's eyes were filled with desire and sincerity. She knew that this was not a joke, but the atmosphere had become awkward for a moment. Zhu Ruiyan squeezed out a smile on her face, then said: ”But the truth is, you're my little brother. If you don't want to be my little brother, then I'll be your little sister when I'm reincarnated in the next life.”

Ye Zhijie felt very uncomfortable, but he was grateful that Zhu Ruiyan did not reject him in front of him, and instead cleverly gave him a way out.

Ye Zhijie was originally willing to keep waiting for Zhu Ruiyan, but he realized that there were some words that he would definitely regret if he did not speak them now. Hence, he wanted to let Zhu Ruiyan know her intentions.

Ye Zhijie excitedly grabbed Zhu Ruiyan's hand, ”Rui Yan, I am serious to you. I'm not joking with you, and I'm not an irresponsible person. I hope that I can stay with you forever, okay? ”

Zhu Ruiyan had already avoided Ye Zhijie's topic, but she did not expect him to be so clear with her words. Zhu Ruiyan could not avoid anymore and could only face this question head on, but she did not know how to answer.

Ye Zhijie slowly approached Zhu Ruiyan, his aura getting closer and closer to Zhu Ruiyan. Ye Zhijie's eyes were filled with endless gentleness as he softly muttered, ”Rui Yan, I like you. I've always liked you.”

Zhu Ruiyan's body couldn't help but tremble for a moment. She completely didn't expect that the reason Ye Zhijie had always been good to her was because he liked her. Zhu Ruiyan didn't want to hurt Ye Zhijie, but she couldn't reject Ye Zhijie because that would hurt him.

However, there were some things that would cause even greater harm if you weren't clear about it. Thus, Zhu Ruiyan still said with difficulty, ”Zhijie, I have actually always treated you as my younger brother in my heart. We're not suitable for each other, so you must definitely be able to meet a girl who's a thousand times better than me. Sorry. ”

Ye Zhijie unconsciously frowned, he said with a troubled face: ”Rui Yan, are you unwilling to accept me because you still have that person in your heart?”

Zhu Ruiyan hurriedly shook her head. In her heart, Zhang Shuai had already become a thing of the past. Ye Zhijie's brows furrowed even more. She continued, ”I can't accept a man younger than me.”

”Just because I'm younger than you?” Ye Zhijie still could not accept this reason.

Zhu Ruiyan silently nodded her head, her heart was full of apology but she did not know where to start. Ye Zhijie was getting anxious, he was unwilling to let go of this woman in front of him. Therefore, he grabbed Zhu Ruiyan's shoulder with all her might and pressed her lips down heavily.

Zhu Ruiyan subconsciously struggled to push Ye Zhijie away. Zhu Ruiyan said apologetically: ”I'm sorry, please don't be like this.”

Zhu Ruiyan did not know why the always gentle and refined Ye Zhijie would suddenly become so angry and do the actions just now, but Ye Zhijie seemed to know that he had lost control of himself, and his lips left Zhu Ruiyan's body, but his grip on Zhu Ruiyan's hand became tighter and tighter, to the point that Zhu Ruiyan felt pain.

”Do you hate me?” Ye Zhijie looked at Zhu Ruiyan apologetically. Zhu Ruiyan was speechless, she did not know how to reply.

Ye Zhijie felt his heart ache because of Zhu Ruiyan's troubled expression. He suddenly let go of Zhu Ruiyan with a smile and his heart turned incomparably cold, as if this coldness was going to swallow him up. Ye Zhijie took a deep breath and said, ”Rui Yan, can we still be friends like before?”

Zhu Ruiyan did not want to hurt Ye Zhijie at all. Perhaps this would be the best result for them. Therefore, Zhu Ruiyan lightly nodded his head: ”Of course, if you're still willing to be my friend.”

How could Ye Zhijie be willing? Friends were not the result that he wanted, but forcing Zhu Ruiyan to do so would not result in anything, and would instead cause the distance between them to grow further and further, so much that they could not even be friends.

”I'm sorry for what happened just now, I was in the wrong.”