An Piao'er was best at reading people's expressions and acting accordingly. She knew that the more she said today, the more mistakes she would make, so it was best not to provoke the Fifth Prince.
Even as the Fifth Prince yelled at her, she still maintained a gentle expression, showing no sign of displeasure.
"I was wrong today, Your Highness. Please don't blame me. I'll be leaving now with my sisters."
After finishing her sentence, An Piao'er glanced at Yi Chenqi a few more times with lingering affection before reluctantly leaving.
Unfortunately, Yi Chenqi didn't even turn around to look at her once.
One by one, the students left the school, leaving only An Yuan'er and Yi Chenqi.
An Yuan'er was busy packing up everything, and the veiled remarks from those people didn't affect her at all.
Yi Chenqi finally couldn't hold back any longer. He walked up to An Yuan'er and yelled at her, "An Yuan'er, with your personality, those two said such awful things just now, are you just going to let it go like that?"
An Yuan'er looked up: "Otherwise what? What does the Fifth Prince think Yuan'er should do? Go and fight them? What good would it do if she won? Even if she wins temporarily out of spite, it's only temporary and she won't gain anything."
Yi Chenqi realized that An Yuan'er was still speaking to him.
"Are you still angry about the fight between Yi Chenli and me that day?"
"Yes," An Yuan'er readily admitted.
Although Yi Chenqi was unaware that the Empress had come to cause trouble that day, in the end, the Empress was doing it for his sake.
The humiliation Yi Chenli suffered that day was still vivid in An Yuan'er's mind, and she couldn't let it go.
Yi Chenqi's expression immediately turned ugly. He clenched his fists and slammed them onto the table, breaking it in two.
An Yuan'er glanced at her coldly, said nothing, picked up her things, and prepared to leave.
Yi Chenqi has been ignoring An Yuan'er for a long time, about three months.
Yi Chenqi felt that after so much time, he should be able to ignore this heartless little girl. This girl only had Yi Chenli in her heart, not him. He told himself to ignore her. So many people were vying to please him; he didn't need An Yuan'er.
But—
After today, Xiao Yuan'er will no longer be seen in the school, and there will be no chance to ignore her.
His body reacted first; Yi Chenqi strode in front of An Yuan'er and blocked her way.
He felt that even after three months, he still lost; he was the one who couldn't hold on any longer.
Yi Chenqi readily took An Yuan'er's heavy luggage and carried it for her.
He asked cautiously, "Xiao Yuan'er, I won't ignore you anymore, can you... not leave?"
For the proud Yi Chenqi, this was perhaps the biggest compromise he could make.
An Yuan'er didn't speak, but instead took the luggage from Yi Chenqi's hands, indicating that she didn't need help, which was also a form of refusal.
Yi Chenqi held onto the luggage tightly, unwilling to let go. An Yuan'er tried several times, but couldn't pry his hands off.
The boy in front of me had his head down, his long eyelashes concealing his emotions. He said softly, "Xiao Yuan'er, I was angry that day, that's why I caused trouble for Yi Chenli. I... I was wrong."
For the first time in his life, the proud young man learned the word "apology."
Given his status, he had no reason to apologize. His apology was solely to keep the girl in front of him.
An Yuan'er looked up into the boy's eyes, which held only sincerity.
Yi Chenqi was not a bad person after all. An Yuan'er felt that it was unfair to blame him for what his mother had done.
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