Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
But she still had to explain herself, âIâve only treated Lu Yichen as a friend, and I know that he has a girlfriend. Even if I really admired him, I would never ruin their relationship.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yin Shaojie observed her expression, and knew she was not lying. It was clear when she mentioned Lu Yichen. She didnât seem to be carrying romantic feelings, but she just was acting normally, as if she was mentioning a platonic friend.
The burden that he carried in his heart had disappeared, and he felt a deep relief. However, he still cared enough to ask, âSo what happened to you today? You skipped classes with him, didnât you? You spent the whole afternoon with him, right? Where did you go, and what did you do?â
Mu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, she asked in astonishment, âHow did you know I skipped class with him?â
Yin Shaojie chuckled. He stretched his hand out to scratch her nose and said delightedly, âIf you donât want people to know, donât do it! Shangde is my turf. Nothing on my turf can elude me.â
Mu Xiaoxiao looked at him in disbelief, her mouth opened wide. She evidently had accepted it as the truth.
âThe fly is going in,â Yin Shaojie suddenly said.
Mu Xiaoxiao flinched in surprise and immediately closed her mouth. Her eyes showed fear, but she quickly realized that she had been duped.
In a spurt of anger, she grasped the pillow and pounded him once with it. âYou cheated me! Bastard!â
Yin Shaojie caught the pillow and snatched it. With feigned seriousness, he questioned intensely, âOkay, donât change the subject! Tell me now, where did you go, and what did you do when you were with him? Have you done anything that wronged me?â
âAnything that wronged you?â Mu Xiaoxiao blinked her eyes and quickly understood what he meant. She was angry and wanted to hit him with a pillow again, but with no pillows, she couldnât use the ashtray instead, could she?
âI was just unhappy, so he accompanied me to take a break from my worries. Why are you imagining things! What wrongful deeds? Even if thereâs anything to happen between the both of us, itâs none of your business! Hmph!â
Right after she spoke, she reached out her hand to snatch the pillow back.
Yin Shaojie folded his arms, and with a look of disapproval, he said to her, âHave you forgotten? We are engaged, so you are my fiancée. If anything were to happen between the two of you, isnât that wrongful to me? What should you call it then? Stupid!â
âDonât call me stupid!â Mu Xiaoxiao rubbed her hands along the pillow and smashed him with it again.
Yin Shaojie dodged backward. She missed. He snatched the pillow again and threw it behind him so that she could not have it again.
Mu Xiaoxiao did not have anything to attack him with. She panted with rage and said, âYou have the cheek to speak about me! What about you? Didnât you have a bunch of girlfriends too? Was that not wrongful to me then?â
He frowned and said, âWhat bunch of girlfriends? I donât have a bunch of girlfriends.â
âYouâre still denying?â Mu Xiaoxiao pointed at his nose and accused him, saying, âJust within Shangde, there are already a few of them, and including the school beauties from other schools, which one of them isnât your girlfriend? Let me tell you, I have an informer, so you shouldnât try to trick me!â
Yin Shaojie laughed and said, âThe ones are you referring to⦠those are all in the past. You shouldnât listen to rumors from school. Iâm not so unfaithful. Even if I have had many girlfriends, it was never more than one at a time. Itâs only when one relationship is over that I would have another girlfriend. Iâm very faithful, alright?â
You call that faithfulâ Mu Xiaoxiao scoffed at the notion.â