Chapter 58: Yu Jingyuan's phone confession

After swimming with Lin Minghe, Xia Cheng caught a cold and her delayed period was so painful that she had to take a day off on Monday.

On Monday, she lay on her side on Chen Kelin's bed. Chen Kelin went to another interview. Her cell phone was buzzing beside her ear. She squinted her eyes and opened it. It was a call from Xun Mo. Her bad temper suddenly broke out. Xia Cheng hung up without thinking and continued to sleep.

But Xun Mo did not give up. The continuously vibrating phone was more weird than the alarm clock. Xia Cheng raised her head with difficulty and turned it off.

About two hours later, she woke up from her dream. The moment she turned on her phone, countless little red dots popped up crazily, and messages continued to load, no more, no less.

There are those by Lin Minghe, Yu Jingyuan, Xun Sheng, and Xun Mo.

Xun Mo sent more than twenty messages in one breath. Xia Cheng opened the chat box and stared at the ceiling while listening to her voice accusations.

"Xia Cheng, are you deliberately making fun of me? You knew that the bracelet was given to you by Lin Minghe, but you didn't tell me. Now you let Brother Jingyuan come forward to ask for it back. What are you thinking?"

"I'm telling you, I don't care about that bracelet at all. If it wasn't a misunderstanding, I wouldn't even look at it!"

"What is your relationship with Yu Jingyuan? Dad told me last time that you two are not allowed to be together. If you dare to do something bad secretly, I will never let you go!"

"How dare you hang up on me! What gives you the right to hang up on me?"

"Haha, do you know that you really feel guilty?"

"Xia Cheng! How dare you turn off your phone! I'm telling you, I like Yu Jingyuan, and he will only be with me! You can't just intrude on our childhood sweetheart relationship!"

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A lot of messages like this were sent, all of which were meaningless threatening words. Xia Cheng's cheek sank into the pillow. She replied lazily to a voice message, then suddenly woke up and swiped her finger up to cancel the message.

Why should she say anything more to Xun Mo? The two of them would just argue on the phone. More importantly, she hadn't told Yu Jingyuan about this at all. How could it be Yu Jingyuan who asked for the bracelet?

She immediately guessed that it was Lin Minghe who said that, and she sat up from the bed, leaning her head against the wall, feeling a little dazed.

Xia Cheng first opened Yu Jingyuan's chat box.

His message was brief.

"Lin Minghe told me that the bracelet he gave you was taken by Xun Mo, and asked me to help get it back. I just said that Xun Mo said she would return it to you when she came back from abroad. It seems that she took it by mistake. I hope you don't mind it."

Xia Cheng frowned alertly, his brows so wrinkled that they could kill a fly.

Is that all Lin Minghe said?

After thinking about it, she cleared her throat and called Yu Jingyuan.

The other party took a long time to answer the call, and the voice was very low, which made Xia Cheng lower her voice unconsciously. Her cheeks were pressed against the screen and she didn't even notice that they were deformed.

"What's wrong? Why are you calling me suddenly?" Yu Jingyuan's voice was very soft.

Xia Cheng was not sure how much Lin Minghe would say about his love for her. After all, Yu Jingyuan was his good friend. Although she trusted Yu Jingyuan very much, she still had to defend herself.

"Xun Mo sent me a message today saying she would return the bracelet to me when she got back. She called to thank you. I was planning to just let it go, but Lin Minghe asked about the bracelet, so I told him. I didn't expect him to come to you. Anyway, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to get the bracelet back."

Yu Jingyuan stood in the corner of the corridor. After listening to these words, he leaned his head against the wall. He imagined how Xia Cheng would look when she said this, always biting her lips, timidly testing the water, her skin as delicate as a baby's, leaning in his arms with the scent of perfume, her big, round, black eyes as watery as peeled grapes.

"It's just a small thing, don't take it to heart." He comforted her, thinking she was just embarrassed.

"Well... actually, there's one more thing." Xia Cheng cautiously probed: "Lin Minghe should have told you."

"Yes, I said it." Yu Jingyuan's grip on the phone gradually tightened.

"Feel sorry......"

"Why are you apologizing to me? Have you accepted his confession?"

Xia Cheng's heart was pounding, she finally heard the key words.

She laid a hook first, which was equivalent to Jingyuan saying it himself, so she could get out what Lin Minghe had said. Now it sounded like Yu Jingyuan knew that Lin Minghe liked her.

"I apologize for not telling you in time. Actually, I was thinking about this yesterday. I must have ruined your relationship with Lin Minghe... It's all because of me. I'm so sorry."

On the other end of the phone, Yu Jingyuan laughed, and his clenched hands finally loosened. Xia Cheng took the initiative to say it, which was better than him thinking about it in his heart.

"If there's something wrong with just being liked, that's ridiculous."

"Actually, I want to know what you said to Lin Minghe? Our situation is very complicated."

"Nothing." Yu Jingyuan's voice came through clearly, soothing Xia Cheng's uneasiness. "I promised you not to tell you, and I won't. Don't worry. Besides, even Xun Sheng doesn't know that Lin Minghe likes you."

"Lin Minghe only told you?"

"Well, he's afraid of Xun Sheng nagging him."

Xia Cheng curled her lips.

"It's better not to say it. My brother is pretty scary anyway."

Yu Jingyuan hummed lightly.

“Actually, I can swim too. Although I’m not as professional as Lin Minghe, I used to have the same coach as Lin Minghe.”

Xia Cheng curled her lips and smiled brightly.

"Then next time, will you teach me how to swim?"

"Is this your choice?"

“It’s just the option of swimming.”

Xia Cheng pinched her fingers, thought for a moment, and then added fuel to the fire: "Don't you mind that Lin Minghe likes me? He seems to be pursuing me."

"To be honest, I do mind. But it's his right to like you, and you also have the right to meet more people."

Xia Cheng opened her mouth.

Yu Jingyuan is very generous.

This kind of gentle generosity is a quality she will never be able to possess in her life.

"But I'm actually a little jealous." Yu Jingyuan bent down slightly, pressed his forehead with one hand, and slapped himself twice helplessly. This was one of the few narrow-mindedness in his magnanimous character. He was forcing himself to be rational.

"It makes me sad just thinking that you might be with him."

He paused, his breathing rhythm suddenly quickened, and he slowly uttered the remaining words.

"Xia Cheng, I might be in love with you."

Maybe, does not mean to leave something impossible, but to leave yourself some buffer space. There is no need to say it too clearly, it is enough for him to say it gently.

Xia Cheng clutched the blanket tightly and buried her head between her elbows.

Her lips were almost stretched to the back of her ears.

She finally waited for these words!

She finally won Yu Jingyuan!