Chapter 104: He Likes You Very Much
“I’ll try,” Ye Chuxiao agreed.
The Ye family had a special background. Ye Chuxiao’s father had an important mission in France. To keep his family together, he brought them along, but he had to ensure their safety.
Ye Chuxiao had few peers to interact with growing up, mostly playing with her older sister.
The sisters couldn’t go anywhere freely, so they could only think of creative ways to entertain themselves.
Girls love beauty and dressing up. The two sisters used the family’s clothes and accessories as toys, dressing each other up.
So it wasn’t that Xiao Yunfei was making an excuse to take Ye Chuxiao away from the front yard, but rather that the braid Ye Chuxiao had styled and the hairstyle she had created were very intricate and beautiful.
“Thank you, Xiaoxiao,” Xiao Yunfei said, sitting down at the vanity.
Ye Chuxiao smoothed Xiao Yunfei’s black, soft hair with a comb. She looked at Xiao Yunfei’s reflection in the mirror, thinking about how to style the most suitable braid for her.
Both girls had amiable personalities and chatted as they worked.
Since they both knew Lu Ziyi, their conversation naturally turned to him.
As they chatted, Xiao Yunfei paused. She looked at Ye Chuxiao’s focused expression in the mirror and softly asked, “Xiaoxiao, you’re Ziyi’s girlfriend, aren’t you?”
“…” Ye Chuxiao pursed her lips, unsure how to answer. Many people had previously mistaken her and Senior Student Ziyi as lovers, and Brother Congrui had asked her to pretend to be Senior Student Ziyi’s girlfriend that morning.
Everyone would tease Senior Student Ziyi about this relationship. Senior Student Ziyi never explicitly confirmed or denied it; he had the intelligence to steer the conversation back to others.
But if Yunfei asked her like this, how should Ye Chuxiao respond?
Yunfei is Senior Student Ziyi’s good friend, right? Even if they didn’t become lovers later, if she said yes, would Senior Student Ziyi laugh at her for being presumptuous if Yunfei mentioned it to him later?
If she said no, how could she help Senior Student Ziyi face the teasing from everyone in the town today?
Xiao Yunfei was an intelligent girl. She could see Ye Chuxiao’s expression in the mirror, and Ye Chuxiao was an overly innocent girl. Xiao Yunfei understood her hidden meaning.
However, Xiao Yunfei didn’t press further. Instead, she said sincerely, “Xiaoxiao, Ziyi likes you very much!”
Ye Chuxiao lowered her eyes slightly, not responding.
Older Sister Yunfei also misunderstood her and Senior Student Ziyi as lovers, didn’t she?
Xiao Yunfei looked at the mirror, her gaze becoming distant. She had liked Lu Ziyi for a long time, since she was a child.
She had hoped that Lu Ziyi liked her too and that she would become his bride.
However, this matter of the heart received no response from Lu Ziyi. In his heart, she remained just his good friend.
It wasn’t until Bai Yiming pursued her that Xiao Yunfei understood what it looked like when a man fell in love with a woman.
At first, she had hoped Lu Ziyi would show some nervousness, some concern beyond that of a good friend, but it never happened.
Ultimately, she didn’t betray Bai Yiming’s kindness and accepted his marriage proposal, becoming his wife.
She had thought Lu Ziyi wouldn’t attend her wedding. When Clan Leader Lu Xuanyu and his wife returned, she heard that Lu Ziyi hadn’t come back.
Of course, she hadn’t told Lu Ziyi she was getting married; it felt like leaving things to fate.
It wasn’t until she was getting ready in her boudoir at the Xiao family home and heard Lu Ziyi’s name from her best friends that she lifted her veil and saw his figure.
And… his hand, fingers interlocked with a girl’s.
She loved Bai Yiming, she was very sure, but her initial affection for a boy made her heart stir with something unusual at that moment.
