When Ye Zijing approached Chi Chan and her small group with a shameless grin, she had already prepared herself, reminding herself in advance that her only target was Brother Si Yuan, and everyone else was secondary and didn't need to be cared about.

But whenever Ye Zijing thought of the rumors that had circulated about Chi Chan and Si Yuan, her heart still ached.

After integrating into Chi Chan's small circle, Ye Zijing discovered that Chi Chan and Ji Siyuan were interacting normally, and there was no ambiguous relationship as rumored, which relieved her greatly.

On the contrary, it was Shu Jia, this troublemaker, who annoyed her to no end: Shu Jia was always bored and would stir up trouble between Chi Chan and Brother Si Yuan every few days.

Out of a sense of obligation to comply with the rules, Ye Zijing tolerated everything Shu Jia did.

To avoid causing Ji Siyuan to distance himself from her again, Ye Zijing tried her best to get along harmoniously with Shu Jia.

Ye Zijin told herself that there was no need to care about Shu Jia's pointless and superficial efforts.

As long as she firmly holds onto Brother Siyuan, no matter how much Shujia stirs things up or keeps causing trouble, she won't be able to take Brother Siyuan away from her.

And once the college entrance exam is over, even if Shu Jia wants to cause trouble again, she won't have the chance.

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Before Ye Zijing entered high school, Zhao Yadan and Ye Bohong had already planned her future studies.

After graduating from high school, I went abroad to study at university.

Later, when Ye Zijing went to the Ji family home to have dinner and chat with Gu Sirou, she also asked Gu Sirou about Ji Siyuan's college plans.

Gu Sirou replied, "If Ji Siyuan doesn't want to go abroad, then he can study at Tsinghua or Peking University, but I would prefer him to study abroad. Although education in China is developing rapidly now, the best education and the most prestigious universities are still abroad!"

After learning about Gu Sirou's plans, Ye Zijing later asked Ji Siyuan the same question.

Ji Siyuan's answer was: "Whatever."

Upon hearing those two words, Ye Zijing knew that Ji Siyuan was truly casual.

If Ji Siyuan is casual about it, then in the end Aunt Gu will definitely make the decision.

Therefore, Ji Siyuan will go abroad to study at university, just like her!

At that time, she only needs to choose the same university as Ji Siyuan.

During her university years, she and her brother Si Yuan had more time alone together.

Being in a foreign country, she believed that her relationship with Brother Siyuan would develop even faster and eventually lead to marriage.

Therefore, the little tricks that Shu Jia is playing now are not worth worrying about at all.

It has to be said that Ye Zijing guessed the beginning, but not the ending.

She never imagined that one day Ji Siyuan's thoughts would change, nor did she ever imagine that she wouldn't be with Ji Siyuan.

After the college entrance examination, the first unexpected thing happened: Ji Siyuan, who could have been directly admitted to Tsinghua University based on his competition results, actually took the college entrance examination.

Ye Zijing didn't take this accident to heart; she just assumed it was Ji Siyuan's momentary interest, wanting to experience the atmosphere of the college entrance examination.

But soon after, a second unexpected event occurred.

After the college entrance examination, Ye Zijing went on a graduation trip with Chi Chan and her group. Everything seemed normal, and she stayed by Si Yuan's side every day, while Chi Chan didn't even have a chance to get close to Si Yuan alone.

But after one night, Ji Siyuan's attitude towards Chi Chan took a complete 180-degree turn.

Ye Zijing noticed something was wrong almost immediately.

Weren't they just playing games normally yesterday?

So, what happened after she got drunk?

Knowing what happened next, someone like Shu Jia would have been better off not making fun of Ye Zijing than showing her any mercy.

The atmosphere between Chi Chan and Ji Siyuan was also awkward, so they naturally had no mood to deal with Ye Zijin.

So Ye Zijing couldn't find any answers at all. All she knew was that her beloved brother Si Yuan, whom she had been so wary of, had started to stick close to Chi Chan after just one night.

Before Ye Zijing could ask Ji Siyuan what had happened, Ji Siyuan came to her door.

Ye Zijing was overjoyed from head to toe, completely surprised: "Brother Siyuan, what brings you here? Perfect timing! I've found a really fun place. Let's go play there tonight, just the two of us, okay?"

"not good."

Ji Siyuan refused with a serious expression.

"What's wrong, Brother Siyuan?"

Ye Zijin was puzzled.

"Zijin, you should go back on this trip first. I've booked your plane ticket for tomorrow."

"No, why should I go back first? I want to go back with you!"

Ye Zijing's first reaction was to refuse.

At this moment, even if she were slow to notice, she would realize that something was wrong with Ji Siyuan.

"Zijin, I promised to play with you, but now, I'm sorry, I've broken my promise."

I'm going to be with the person I like. I already have someone I like!

The trial documents were finally delivered, and even at this moment, Ye Zijing was still very unwilling to accept it.

Ji Siyuan was right. As intelligent as he was, he had received countless love letters since childhood. Even if Ji Siyuan himself did not understand emotions, he had a keen intuition for other people's affections.

Previously, Ji Siyuan had not noticed Ye Zijing's affection for him because Ye Zijing was too good at pretending.

Before any threatening opponent appeared, Ye Zijing always appeared very calm and confident in front of Ji Siyuan.

She could freely show her poised, gentle, and considerate side in front of Ji Siyuan.

But when a truly threatening opponent like Chi Chan appeared, Ye Zijin could no longer remain truly at ease.

Naturally, her not-so-clever disguise was completely seen through by Ji Siyuan.

So, a long time ago, Ji Siyuan had been honest with Ye Zijing: I don't like you, don't waste your time on me, I'm not worth it.

At that time, in order not to push Ji Siyuan further away, Ye Zijing readily agreed to Ji Siyuan's request.

Before agreeing to this request, Ye Zijing made a new request: she hoped that her relationship with Ji Siyuan could remain the same as when they were children, and that it would never change, and that Ji Siyuan would not refuse to continue being her friend.

She said that, but what Ye Zijing really thought was: she could wait from friends to lovers!

Based on her understanding of Ji Siyuan, she knew that Ji Siyuan would not refuse her request.

Ji Siyuan was a man of deep feelings; he was cold-hearted yet deeply affectionate.

Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, Ji Siyuan actually had very few people he truly considered friends.

However, Ye Zijing was confident that she was definitely one of Ji Siyuan's friends.

Even though she did some wrong things to Chi Chan and others because she liked Ji Siyuan, these things did not cause her much harm in essence.

Therefore, although Ji Siyuan may be disappointed in Ji Siyuan, he is by no means willing to abandon him as a friend.