Chapter 149: Xiaoxiao, Can’t I Be Your Boyfriend?
Only the identity of “Brother” offered flexibility, allowing for both advance and retreat.
Ye Chuxiao couldn’t think of a better solution; she truly didn’t want to lose Senior Student Ziyi!
However, Lu Ziyi did not respond to Ye Chuxiao’s “confession” asking him to be her brother!
His right hand still cupped her face, but he remained silent.
What a disheartening, sad silence!
Ye Chuxiao even felt that Senior Student Ziyi’s palm had lost its previous warmth, becoming slightly cool in the night breeze.
He had said he didn’t like being anyone’s brother, yet she still foolishly hoped that since she was familiar with Senior Student Ziyi, he would agree to take her as his sister.
“Xiaoxiao, in your heart, you just want… for me to be your brother?”
Lu Ziyi’s words were spoken slowly and darkly, and Ye Chuxiao seemed to sense his unhappiness.
“I’m sorry, actually I…” Ye Chuxiao felt very sad. She tried hard to pretend she didn’t care and said, “I was just saying it casually. I think… Senior Student is better. Yes, Senior Student Ziyi is better!”
Ye Chuxiao rested her elbows on the fence, trying her best to control her emotions. Her mood right now was no better than when she learned that Brother Chusheng and Miss Jie’er were in love.
Her first step in confessing to Senior Student Ziyi had failed. Senior Student Ziyi didn’t even want to be her brother. She couldn’t imagine to what extent Senior Student Ziyi would despise her if she directly asked him to be her boyfriend!
Forget it, she’d just retreat to the position of a junior student, one of Senior Student Ziyi’s many junior students. That was all the fate they would have!
Lu Ziyi’s mood sank immensely. Xiaoxiao was asking him to be her brother again. Had she never considered accepting him as a boyfriend?
Perhaps Xiaoxiao still liked guys like Lin Chusheng.
Most girls probably liked that type of guy: handsome, dazzling, good at coaxing people, and excellent. They were the center of attention everywhere, with a crowd of fangirls, yet they only liked her.
On this night, by Xiaoxiao’s side, Lu Ziyi tried to hide his dejection. He tugged at the corner of his mouth but ultimately couldn’t manage a smile.
Lu Ziyi and Ye Chuxiao both leaned on the fence, silent, their gazes drifting towards the distant library.
Closing time had arrived. The entire building, which had been brightly lit moments before, now had its lights extinguishing floor by floor.
Finally, the place where they first met and first spoke became a dark building, standing silently.
After a long while, Lu Ziyi said without anger, “Xiaoxiao, would you like some fruit?”
“No… no need.” Ye Chuxiao replied with equal dejection, “The library is already dark, it’s very late. The dorm leader and I should head back.”
Lu Ziyi and Ye Chuxiao walked with heavy steps back to the stairwell and then took the elevator downstairs.
In the hall of the design studio, Ye Chuxiao’s three roommates, along with Zhao Congrui and Lin Houchun, were still engrossed in playing games on their mobile phones, shouting “wuah wuah” and engaged in fierce battles.
Lu Ziyi cut some watermelon at the dining table, and Ye Chuxiao served it onto plates. Just as they finished a round of the game, everyone started eating the watermelon.
Lu Ziyi and Ye Chuxiao didn’t say much. The others were loudly discussing the night’s battles and didn’t notice the unusual behavior of Lu Ziyi and Ye Chuxiao.
It was getting late, and the dormitory was about to turn off the lights. Lu Ziyi drove the four girls back.
Bai Qianqian, Xu Luoxi, and An Xiazhi squeezed Ye Chuxiao into the front passenger seat, while the three of them giggled and piled into the back seat.
