Liu Zheng's expression was somewhat complicated as he strode away.
Zhen Tian blinked, walked back to her seat, and picked up her backpack.
"Young lady, why do you like such a rude man?" The waiter couldn't help but grumble as he took her money: "You're so pretty, you have plenty of good men out there."
"Thank you." Zhen Tian smiled. "It was a misunderstanding."
"That's great, here's your change."
Thank you.
Zhen Tian didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed at all. She put away the money, leaned on her crutches, and left.
But even though she's gone, her story continues to circulate among the dessert shop's customers.
Everyone undoubtedly felt sorry for this girl who was pretending to be strong.
Who cares what the truth is?
the next day.
Ji Yuzhi rushed home, only to unexpectedly see a rare sight at the Zhen family's house.
He stepped into the Zhen family's house. Zhen Tian was sitting on the three-seater sofa in the center of the living room, clutching her favorite Brown Bear pillow to her chest. In front of Zhen Tian were her brothers and uncles, lined up in a row, not daring to breathe loudly.
"What's going on?" Ji Yuzhi was shocked by the scene before he could even put down his bag.
"Zhizhi, you're back." Zhen Tian finally smiled when she saw her usually stern face.
But the smile quickly disappeared, and she even seemed more confident than a bullied child seeing her parent. She grabbed Ji Yuzhi's sleeve and loudly complained.
"Zhizhi, you have no idea how outrageous my brothers and uncles are. They threatened my classmate..."
Zhen Tian started rambling on and on about Ji Yuzhi.
As Ji Yuzhi responded to him, he looked on with schadenfreude at the group of men who were giving him meaningful glances.
He pretended not to see anything and cooperated with Zhen Tian in condemning them.
After complaining, Zhen Tian felt less angry.
Ji Yuzhi curled his lips: "Brother Kai, Brother Xian, and Brother Yan also participated?"
It's one thing for the others to be unserious, but these three older brothers are always calm and collected. He finds it hard to imagine what they would look like seriously arranging a date for Zhen Tian.
The three men coughed awkwardly twice.
"It's all a misunderstanding." Zhen Yan, the eldest brother, has the strongest survival instinct in the city.
"Even if we used some underhanded tactics, that kid doesn't even know his own worth. He should be grateful that he can go on a date with Tian Tian, yet he dares to throw a tantrum at you."
"Uncle!" Zhen Tian glared at Lu Yinuo.
"hehe."
Lu Yinuo gave an awkward laugh.
“Let me make this clear beforehand, I wasn’t involved in this. I came back with Brother Ji.” Lu Lin raised his hands: “Can I sit down now?”
"Why didn't you participate? Don't leave the organization now." Zhen Yan pulled him back to her side and stood with him.
"I didn't participate at all. Go back and check your chat history. I didn't agree to anything from beginning to end." Lu Lin stared at his little sister: "If you don't believe me, ask Brother Ji."
After receiving confirmation from Ji Yuzhi, Zhen Tian nodded seriously: "Then you can sit down."
"Thank you, little sister." Lu Lin sat down and let out a long sigh of relief. He was exhausted from following Ji Yu around all day, leaving early and returning late.
"When did you start calling me Brother Ji? You weren't like that before..." Zhen Yan asked curiously.
"That's not important. What's important is how you're going to coax Tian Tian." Lu Lin made no attempt to hide his gloating, it was blatant. He picked up a grape and popped it into his mouth to watch the show.
"Ahem, I admit that I didn't understand the situation clearly and it caused a misunderstanding." Lu Kai coughed twice, clenching his fist to cover his mouth to hide his embarrassment: "Your uncles and brothers just wanted to make you happy."
"Yes, forgive your uncle." Lu Xian and Lu Kai both looked a little awkward. After all, they had been in positions of power for too long, and it was difficult for them to please someone.
Zhen Tian didn't really mean to be angry with everyone, but she was a little embarrassed after learning about it.
“You really know you did something wrong.”
"Okay, okay."
A large group of men who usually acted arrogantly nodded hurriedly.
"Will this happen again in the future?" Zhen Tian pouted, looking at everyone reproachfully.
"No, no, it won't happen again."
"Definitely not."
"I'll definitely find out more about it later."
Everyone offered their own assurances.
"Alright," Zhen Tian relented, "I won't punish you this time, but if there's a next time, you'll be sorry."
"Okay, okay."
Having been forgiven, these people went back to school or work. Zhen Tian didn't even glance at the remaining few, and pulled Ji Yuzhi back to her room.
"Zhizhi!" Once in the room, the girl who had been so fierce just moments before suddenly curled up into a ball: "I didn't want to go on a date with him, I didn't refuse."
She carefully tugged at his sleeve with one hand, her eyes darting around, avoiding Ji Yuzhi's gaze. Zhen Tian herself didn't know why she felt so guilty in front of Ji Yuzhi; she instinctively tried to explain, not wanting him to misunderstand anything.
Ji Yuzhi grasped her hand that was pinching the hem of his clothes, and kneaded it in his hand.
"Besides, I don't like him either, you can believe me."
Zhen Tian looked up, her watery eyes revealing a pitiful expression.
Ji Yuzhi didn't say anything, but just patted her head: "I brought you a gift, do you want to see it?"
"Yes, what kind of gift?" Zhen Tian's attention was drawn in, but after a moment, she remembered that she hadn't received a reply and asked again, "Zhizhi, do you believe me?"
Ji Yuzhi deliberately didn't answer her, treating her as usual, even more gently and patiently, but this kept Zhen Tian on edge until night.
After dinner, Zhen Tian, still unwilling to give up, seized every opportunity to press him for answers.
"I believe you." He felt that today's punishment had been long enough, so he stopped making her worry.
Although he was absolutely certain that Zhen Tian wouldn't like another man, he couldn't deny that his heart sank for a moment when he heard it.
"Mmm." Zhen Tian shook her head contentedly.
"Sweetie, go to sleep early."
He left Zhen Tian's room.
"How did the exam go?" Zhen Lei asked Ji Yuzhi as he came out, handing him half an orange.
Ji Yuzhi took it: "It's good."
"That's good." Lu Ti looked away from the TV series. "You've never caused us any trouble since you were little. Aunt Lu believes you can do it."
"Don't feel pressured." Zhen Lei patted him, offering him the support of a man.
"I know."
Ji Yuzhi smiled, feeling enveloped in warmth.
Ji Yuzhi received far more care and support from Zhen's parents than from his own parents. He had no complaints about his parents, but he cherished the extra warmth he received.
Sometimes he would think that everything he had was given to him by Tian Tian.
Thinking of this, he often felt his heart soften even more.
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