"I sent him to the bridge entrance and watched him leave so gracefully. I was thinking at the time that I would leave here one day and go out to take a look. Maybe I could still find him."

"But then something like that happened, and it made me feel sad and upset."

"After that, I never saw him again, and gradually forgot what he looked like."

"Even when I met him that year in Country M, I didn't recognize him."

"In Xihua, I still didn't recognize him."

"Until one day, Wei Lai gave me a box of mangoes shipped from Thailand. When Ji Chen found out about this, he bought me a box of bananas and said, 'Are you embarrassed to refuse? I rarely see you eating mangoes, so why not have bananas?'"

"At that time I asked him why he knew she liked bananas?"

"He said he has a friend named Aru who also likes to eat bananas."

"It was this sentence that made me realize that he was the one who threw away Aru's banana."

It was rare for Teng Qianqian to talk about so many past events in front of Yan Zhi without any reservations.

She really didn't know that Ji Chen was that person at first.

It wasn't until the mango and banana incident that she realized he was the one who had thrown away Aru's banana.

Maybe it started from that time, of course, maybe it was earlier.

She developed another feeling for Ji Chen.

But she didn't want to admit it.

Just like that, she pretended not to care about any of his confessions, pretended not to care about him, and pretended not to care about anything he did.

But why is this happening?

Because she, Teng Qianqian, is someone who will never admit what she likes.

Even if others find out that she likes something, she will not admit it.

Unless at a certain time, when she figures it out, she will admit it herself instead of letting others tell it.

So she seemed to have figured it out these two days.

She wanted to admit that she had figured it out.

It was obvious that Yan Zhi was in a very low mood at the moment. Teng Qianqian felt guilty and apologized, "I'm sorry for spoiling your fun."

Yan Zhi suddenly looked up and said hurriedly, "I should be the one to say sorry to you. Today is your birthday. I shouldn't have said these things to you on your birthday and made you unhappy."

"I'm not unhappy, it's your mood." Teng Qianqian picked up the red wine glass: "Let's clink glasses. I'm not very hungry. You should eat more and eat until you're full."

Yanzhi raised his glass.

The glasses clinked together gently, making a crisp sound. Yan Zhi felt a bitter taste in his heart and drank half a glass of red wine.

Teng Qianqian was ready to get up and leave. She had already picked up her bag and was ready to check out.

At that time, Yan Zhi called her, "Xixi, wait a minute."

Teng Qianqian stood beside the seat and looked at Yan Zhi, "Is there anything else?"

Yan Zhi looked up at her and said, "Actually, I'm still unwilling to give up. I don't want to give up on you just like that. I want to compete fairly once more."

Teng Qianqian's eyes flashed.

She doesn't like being pestered.

When she was pestered by Ji Chen, she was very annoyed with him and didn't even want to see him again.

I find him very annoying.

But over time, her mood changed.

There's no dislike for it, it's just that I secretly like you.

If Yan Zhi is like this now, she doesn’t want the same thing to happen again.

Yan Zhi put down his knife and fork. He couldn't eat a single bite anyway.