Chapter 685: Unrequited Love (Two chapters combined)
Chen Jishen asked Gu Yin what she liked, then went to order. He returned shortly with a tray containing two cups of coffee and one cup of milk tea. Clearly, the milk tea was for Gu Hua.
Seeing his expression, Gu Yin smiled and said, "Do you come here often?"
Gu Hua smiled and shook her head: "No, but there are takeout options here that can be delivered to the dorms. Chen Jishen often orders for me."
Chen Jishen smiled sheepishly.
Seeing Gu Hua like this, Gu Yin couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you like her and that's why you're together?" And not because of those two scoundrels, or because of your new idol?
Gu Hua noticed Gu Yin's unfinished sentence and couldn't help but laugh: "I wouldn't agree to be together if I didn't like you! Don't worry!" Although there was a bit of idol-like quality to it.
Unaware of the riddles they were talking about, Chen Jishen could only keep smiling and carefully drink his milk tea without making any noise, hoping to give Gu Hua's family a good impression.
Gu Yin noticed his nervousness and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, it's just a simple chat."
Chen Jishen nodded: "Don't be nervous. Is the question about me?"
If it were just about Gu Hua, Zhou Shen probably wouldn't have specifically invited him along. So, in today's chat, he should be the main character. He wondered if there was something wrong with him that made Zhou Shen waste so much of his precious time to come over. Thinking of this, even the usually composed Chen Jishen couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this: "It is indeed about you. I wanted to ask if you know someone..."
"Ji Shen! What are you doing here? Didn't you say you were busy at the studio?" A male voice came from ahead.
Gu Yin's words were interrupted, so she stopped looking ahead and saw Xiao Ai, whom she had seen at the barbecue restaurant yesterday. Gu Yin raised her eyebrows, thinking, "She's just in time."
When Chen Jishen saw Ai Yuxing, he frowned and felt annoyed. He had lied to Ai Yutian that he was going to the studio because he didn't want to run into Ai Yuxing, but he still ended up running into her.
Ai Yutian approached and smiled at Chen Jishen: "You lied to me and said you were busy, but you're chatting with these beauties here. That's not very nice of you, brother!"
After saying that, he looked at Gu Hua and said, "Junior, we meet again. Have you been very busy lately? I often see Ji Shen discussing problems with you. That's just how Ji Shen is. He's always so busy with his own things that he can't even stop running around. But when faced with questions from junior students, he personally helps answer them. He's such a nice guy!"
Without waiting for Gu Hua's reply, he looked at Gu Yin, his eyes shining: "What's your name, junior? What department are you in? You look unfamiliar. I'm Ai Yutian, a third-year law student and the vice president of the student union! By the way, next semester, our student union will be recruiting new members, and our executive committee will also be hiring. Send your resume to my email later, and I'll help you apply. There are no vacancies in the executive committee, but the secretariat needs quite a few people. I think you're so pretty, the artsy type, you'd definitely be a good fit! Let's exchange contact information."
After saying that, he took out his phone and looked at Gu Yin.
Gu Yin: "...I'm not from Huada University."
Ai Yutian: "...Not from Huada University! What a pity." Feeling embarrassed that he had said a bunch of nonsense, Ai Yutian was a little embarrassed.
Hearing this, Ai Yuxing breathed a sigh of relief. The girl in front of her gave her a strong sense of threat, but since she wasn't from Huada University, that was good. At least she couldn't take advantage of her position.
Thinking of this, she looked at Chen Jishen, who had been frowning and silent, and tugged at Ai Yutian: "Brother Shen, my brother is just a bit too friendly, and it's because he likes talent, as you know."
Chen Jishen didn't reply to her, but looked at Ai Yutian: "I have something to do right now, can you leave first?"
The expressions on Ai Yutian and his sister's faces darkened; Ai Yutian was dissatisfied, while Ai Yuxing was embarrassed.
"If you're not a brother, this isn't very fair! What, are you worried I'll interfere with your girl-chasing? I told you this morning that my sister invited us out to dinner, but you said you had something to do, that you had to go to your studio, and that you were busy. I considered you a brother, so I didn't say anything when you lied to me, but what do you mean by this? Are you trying to kick us out?"
Chen Jishen put down his coffee, leaned back in his chair, and looked coldly at Ai Yutian. He said in a deep voice, "If you considered me a brother, you wouldn't have ignored my wishes and taken my words as gospel, repeatedly tricking me into going out to meet your sister. If you considered me your brother, you wouldn't have come over and said ambiguous things when you saw me chatting with others, nor would you have made trouble for me when I asked you to leave first because I had something to do. If you think that's what brothers do, then I'm sorry, I can't afford to have a brother like that."
Ai Yutian's face turned pale and then red. He knew that Chen Jishen didn't like his sister, and he also knew that Chen Jishen was upset about his repeated unauthorized actions. But he knew that Chen Jishen was a kind person, so he took advantage of Chen Jishen's kindness and tested the limits of Chen Jishen's bottom line. But it didn't matter. If he didn't like it, he didn't like it. He thought that as long as his sister was with the other party, he would be the other party's brother-in-law, and his family would be Chen's in-laws. If he had any problems or future work, the Chen family would help him.
"I...I didn't mean it. I didn't know you would think that way. If I made you feel uncomfortable, I apologize!" Ai Yutian said with a pained expression.
Gu Yin shook her head. Did he think that he was the only smart one and everyone else was a fool?
Chen Jishen ignored his performance and said again, "So, can you leave now? I..."
"Is it her? Is it because of her? Is it because of her that you don't want to talk to me?" Ai Yuxing interrupted Chen Jishen and pointed at Gu Hua.
Gu Hua: "..." Unwittingly taking the hit.
Chen Jishen said expressionlessly, "It has nothing to do with anyone else. You confessed to me back in freshman year, and I clearly rejected you. But you don't seem to understand what I'm saying. You keep having your brother find opportunities to get along with the people in our dorm. Later, you even expressed your desire for us to be together many times, and I clearly rejected you many times. If you don't like someone, you just don't like them. There's no reason why you can't understand?"
“But after sophomore year, I brought you breakfast or some food and asked my brother to give it to you, and you accepted it! If you really didn’t like it, why did you accept it? Does accepting someone’s kindness all the time mean you like them?!” Ai Yuxing said in disbelief.
Ai Yutian, standing nearby, felt guilty and quickly stood up, raising his voice, "Ask, ask, ask! What are you still asking? They've already kicked you out, what else is there to ask?! Do you even need to ask? Let's go! If we stay any longer, we'll only embarrass ourselves!"
"Wait a minute!" Chen Jishen frowned and called out.
Ai Yuxing, who was just about to get up, suddenly brightened up and sat down again, looking at Chen Jishen expectantly.
Chen Jishen sat up straight and looked at her seriously, saying, "Ever since I found out that you had your brother deliver things to me during the first semester of my sophomore year, I converted the money into cash and gave it to your brother so he could pass it on to you. After that, I never ate anything your brother brought back. Whenever our dorm had a meal together, if he was paying and you were there, I would give him my share of the money. I was just afraid that you would treat our dorm members to meals in his name. I haven't accepted any of those things you mentioned. If you don't believe me, I still have the chat history between me and your brother! As for why he lied to you, that's your business."
Ai Yuxing was devastated and looked at Ai Yutian: "Brother, you clearly said that Brother Shen accepted all the things I gave him!"
Ai Yutian coughed lightly: "Well, I saw how much you like him, and I couldn't bear to disappoint you, so I said that. You can't blame me for this! I was only doing it for your own good!"
Ai Yuxing felt utterly humiliated at this moment! In front of Gu Hua, in front of her rival whom she had always cared about, she had exposed her own self-righteousness—a deception her brother had concocted for her! She should have known all along, but she thought that as long as the other party didn't have a girlfriend, he would eventually find out. She was just deceiving herself; she was being presumptuous!
Ai Yuxing covered her face and quickly left the second floor, with Ai Yutian following closely behind.
After everyone left, Chen Jishen sighed and then looked apologetically at Gu Hua and Gu Yin: "I'm sorry, because of my matter, you had to laugh at me, and I almost got dragged into this." Today's family meeting was completely ruined, Zhou Shen's impression of him had completely changed, and his girlfriend, whom he had just started to get close to, might be gone too. Chen Jishen was crying inside, but he still had to keep calm on the surface.
Gu Xiang's expression was strange: "So she likes you! No wonder I kept running into her this past month, and why she kept staring at me. I thought it was because I'm good-looking!"
Chen Jishen frowned: "Did she cause you any trouble?"
Gu Hua shook her head: "No, she was just staring at me. When I noticed, she just stared at me without saying anything, but her eyes were full of disdain and a haughty look. I really thought she was jealous of my beauty!"
Chen Jishen: "..." Why is it that my girlfriend's thoughts are always a bit surprising?!
Gu Yin couldn't help but laugh: "Even if you're good-looking, you won't keep running into her."
Gu Hua suddenly realized, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that back then!"
Chen Jishen sighed and then looked at Gu Yin: "We can continue the topic that was interrupted halfway through."
Gu Yin waved her hand: "It's all settled now. I was talking about those two people from earlier."
So Gu Yin told him about meeting Ai Yuxing yesterday.
Chen Jishen breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, he hadn't made a mistake!
Gu Hua hugged Gu Yin's arm and said with a grin, "Ah Yin really cares about me, coming over for something so small! I could have handled it myself, but I'm very happy. It makes me especially happy that my little sister cares about me!"
Hearing about what happened to her, he came to the school immediately without waiting for her to get home, ready to help her. Gu Hua felt a warm glow in her heart!
Gu Yin said helplessly, "How can it be a small matter? As long as it's a family matter, no matter how small it is, it's a big deal!"
If she had paid more attention to Gu Hua in her past life, and hadn't thought that Gu Hua, as a student from a top university, was definitely more capable than herself, then Gu Hua might not have ended up like that.
Seeing how good the sisters' relationship was, Chen Jishen was happy for Gu Hua, which showed that Gu Hua had also grown up in a loving environment.
"Alright, now that things are resolved, I'm going back to school. You guys can drink slowly. By the way, there might be some trouble later, so be careful and don't be careless, understand?" Gu Yin checked the time and stood up.
Chen Jishen stood up and nodded: "Don't worry, I will be careful! I will never let Gu Hua get hurt!"
Gu Hua also stood up: "You can go back and get busy without worry."
Gu Yin nodded, telling them not to see her off, and then returned to Qingda University.
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