"Yes, I love it," she said with excitement. Which girl wouldn't? It's just so beautiful.
"I'll help you put it on," Ling Yichen said softly. Taking the pendant from her hand, he carefully placed it around her slender neck.
Undoubtedly, it looked truly beautiful on her. Looking at her happy little face a soft smile slowly formed on Ling Yichen's lips.
"Brother Yichen, this is the best gift I've ever received. Only you treat me well," Li Xinyi said, smiling brightly. Her voice carried a slight trace of complaint.
"Why are you saying that? Who bullied you?"Ling Yichen's voice was gentle and doting.
"I was just saying—no one bullied me," Li Xinyi said with a smile, her tone filled with sadness.
Ling Yichen Paused for a moment and sighed, he could see Xinyi had feelings for his best friend Chen Zeyan since childhood, is that why she sad?.
Maybe his sudden marriage was the greatest blow for her. He couldn't help but feel sorry for this little cousin sis of his.
"Xinyi, about... Zeyan... you should better let it go. holding on will only make things harder for you,you're beautiful and smart person you should know what's good for you" Ling Yichen said gently.
Li Xinyi was taken aback. What was that.... She had always kept her feelings for Zeyan hidden from everyone—she thought no one knows, what's going on how could Brother Yichen known?.
Li Xinyi forced to calm herself....
"Brother Yichen, what are you saying? I've only ever seen Brother Zeyan as my own elder brother, nothing beyond that.
And he's married to my best friend—how could I possibly think otherwise?"
Li Xinyi said, while keeping her emotions in check.She didn't wants to reveal her darkest secrets like that to brother Yichen, She doesn't want him to see her as deceitful person,who still having some thought for married man. For him she always wants to be an loveable and innocent little sister.
Ling Yichen frowned. Could he be mistaken? Yet he had always felted Xinyi harbored feelings for Zeyan. Maybe he was wrong!..
He sighed in relief. If she wasn't in love with Chen Zeyan, then that was good—he didn't have to feel troubled about her. No matter what, Li Xinyi was his little cousin, he don't like the idea choose between friend and family.
"That's good. Look at me—I was just overthinking," Yichen shook his head and chuckled. He don't know if he could believe her but still he choose to do so.
"Yes, you are," Li Xinyi said with a playful curve of her lips, but there was no warmth in her eyes.She clenched her fingers tightly into fist.Her chest felt painfully tight.
Moving trees slowly replace the small buildings and eventually turn into a bigger, and bustling town, looking outside the car Lu Yiran sighed slowly.
She thought she would find answers to many of her questions today, But....sigh!.
For a moment,She even wondered if she was hallucinating all this time, but.. no dream could feel this real. Every pain every breakdown was too vivid, too sharp, she could even recall all the events again.., it's forcing her to stop lying to herself.
Chen Zeyan glanced at Lu Yiran from the corner of his eye and saw her staring out the car window, lost in thought and sighing frequently. He couldn't help but pay attention to her.
'In his memory, she had always been a lively girl,who love to smile all the time, but after their wedding , it seemed like something had changed.
He couldn't pinpoint what had changed. Maybe his absence had made her sad and behave this way—he didn't know. Chen Zeyan frowned in deep thought, but he didn't moved his eyes away from her.'
He subconsciously felt there is something going on, something she's hiding.
Lu Yiran finally snapped out of her thoughts and finally felt Chen Zeyan's intense gaze on her,which made her feel uneasy under his gaze, she dont know what to do so she didn't move and choose to keep her silence.
She tried her best to not look at him and appear nonchalant.
The silence in the car gradually turned quite awkward, making even the driver feel the tension.
She began to feel that this journey was suddenly become much longer than before.
She was at the edge of breakdown, his gaze finally left her...
A relief washed over her.Her heart beat begin relax,still she tried her best to maintain indifferent look.
She didn't know what had gotten into him. In their past life, he had never even looked at her properly,what had happened now and she wasn't so delusional as to think that after rebirth seeing her sudden smart movement made him fall for her.
If she was right about him, then this guy had begun to suspect her.
She gently bit her lower lip. Frustration building up on her.
She knew he couldn't possibly uncover anything about her rebirth, like how could someone possibly find out?... yet her heart refused to settle down.
If her assumptions were right in trak… beneath this man gentle, scholarly exterior was a shrewd and ruthless businessesman. Once he grew suspicious, nothing could escape from his eye.
The moment they reached home, Lu Yiran fled back to her room as if escaping. Chen Zeyan watched her fleeing figure, lifting an eyebrow in amusement.
As soon as she reached the room, Yiran let out a long sigh of relief—the pressure had nearly made her unable to breathe.
Sigh… Not only did she fail to uncover the secret behind her rebirth, but she also made Chen Zeyan suspicious of her.
Why she's so useless...