Chapter 490: 489: Coming and Going (1)

Xia Siyu turned her head to look at him, a slight hook at the corner of Bo Yan’s lips: “I was just kidding.”

After his interruption, Xia Siyu actually felt a bit more stable.

She had indeed been a bit dazed just now, mainly because she hadn’t expected a friend of seven years to suddenly confess his feelings. Before she even had the chance to refuse, Qin Baizhou took a step back, lowering his stance and expressing that “liking her was a matter of his own.”

What could she say to that? Even if she rejected him, he could still like her in his heart. She couldn’t control someone else’s feelings.

Xia Siyu gives off the impression of being fiery and direct, someone who detests evil passionately. She rarely wavers or hesitates.

But those who understand her know that Xia Siyu’s heart is actually very tender. As long as she doesn’t hold it to heart, it’s fine, but once she cares, even if there are a few small flaws, she can tolerate them.

For instance, regarding the matter between Zhou Weiwei and Li Weiyi, she might be aware of Zhou Weiwei’s little schemes. But for her, such minor scheming isn’t enough to cross the line, so she would lend her help. She doesn’t have many friends by her side, and both Zhou Weiwei and Qin Baizhou count as such, which is why she especially treasures them.

However, while she may help her friends, she won’t change her own principles for them.

Even if Qin Baizhou hadn’t given in just now, she would have definitely rejected his confession, and she would have made it clear right there and then.

The reason is simple, she doesn’t love Qin Baizhou.

His step back did indeed touch her a bit, but that was all.

Having realized this, she no longer had anything to dwell on.

Xia Siyu turned to look at Bo Yan, whose expression was calm. “Aren’t you going to ask what Qin Baizhou said to me just now?”

She had heard the conversation between Qin Baizhou and Bo Yan by the door. Although Qin Baizhou’s words didn’t explicitly reveal his confession, Xia Siyu had the intuition that Bo Yan must know.

Bo Yan’s lips curled slightly: “Do I need to know?”

Well, there wasn’t really any need.

Just as Xia Siyu thought this, Bo Yan leaned in and lightly twirled a lock of hair by her ear. “Actually, no need to ask to know, Qin Baizhou definitely confessed to you, but you mercilessly rejected him.”

Damn, how did he know?

Bo Yan smiled as he watched her eyes go round, and stretched out a hand to lightly flick her nose.

This silly girl, she’s probably the only one who couldn’t see that Qin Baizhou liked her.

But it was probably for the best that she hadn’t noticed earlier. If she had realized Qin Baizhou’s feelings early on, things might have gotten a lot more complicated.

But thinking about it, even if Qin Baizhou had confessed to Xia Siyu the moment he met her, back when he had nothing, chances are she wouldn’t have accepted him.

By the time he had the confidence, Xia Siyu only saw him as a friend. She wasn’t the type to settle for marriage, nor would she accept a man just because she was moved.

So the two of them were never meant to be lovers.

“My wife is so beautiful, it’s normal for her to be liked.”

“Who’s your wife!” Xia Siyu’s eyebrows shot up.

As Bo Yan watched her temper flare up, he knew she had probably recovered from the shock of the confession. He smiled, “Isn’t she?”

“No!” Their marriage was different from others.

Hold on, “How did you know I rejected Qin Baizhou?” She hadn’t refused, there hadn’t been time. But indeed, she didn’t want to.

Bo Yan looked supremely confident, “Do I even need to ask? If you had accepted him, the one getting handsy with you right now wouldn’t be me, it would have been him.”