Cheng Qicai spoke each word with a blank expression, as if she were a robot programmed with a set routine.

"Are we still friends?" Gu Rongqi asked calmly after listening attentively to her story.

"Huh?" She hadn't expected this question. Gu Rongqi's words today had given her quite a shock.

Every word he said was unexpected, making her feel like she had reviewed what she thought would be on the exam, only to find that none of it was on the test.

Now, when I look at unfamiliar questions, my mind goes completely blank. I can't answer a single question, and all the knowledge I've learned is useless.

"Are we still friends?" Gu Rongqi asked again with great patience.

Cheng Qicai pursed her lips, wondering if Gu Rongqi's words were a tactic of feigning retreat to advance.

If she answers that they are still friends, their relationship will definitely remain as complicated and tangled as it is now.

So Cheng Qicai ignored the slight joy in her heart and firmly shook her head, "No, our statuses are too different, I don't think we are suitable to be friends."

“Okay!” Gu Rongqi nodded readily.

The joy in my heart turned into disappointment and a touch of pain as he spoke.

She forced a smile, trying to say something but couldn't utter a word.

Just as she was getting caught up in this emotion, Gu Rongqi leaned forward and said, "Then I'll be your suitor now."

A gust of wind blew by, dispersing the steam from the pot and revealing Gu Rongqi's stunningly handsome face.

Unexpectedly, her gaze met Gu Rongqi's dark and deep eyes, and the emotions in his eyes had never been so clear as now.