Chapter 196 A Sudden Confession
Xu Youyou was stunned when she heard that. She didn't know what Lu Jingyao wanted to say to her for a while, but she still cooperated and pulled him to a small room in a remote location in the backyard.
The room was very small, only a few square meters. The cramped environment reminded Xu Youyou of the small stairwell where she lived when she first rented a house in Shanghai.
At this time, there were some cardboard boxes randomly placed on the floor of the room, and the only furniture was a shabby and dirty cabinet.
"Although this is just a storage room, it was my former secret base."
Xu Youyou skillfully moved the small dirty cabinet against the wall. There was a hole on the wall behind the cabinet.
There was an iron box the size of an adult's palm in the hole. The iron box was already rusted. Xu Youyou opened the box casually and looked at the two lollipops stored inside. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
"Other children actually discovered this place and hid treasures inside." Xu Youyou said with a smile.
When Lu Jingyao saw this, he immediately understood that this iron box should be where Xu Youyou used to hide things. After she left the orphanage, the box was not abandoned, but someone continued to hide things in it.
Xu Youyou didn't feel embarrassed at all about stealing the children's snacks. She picked up two lollipops, checked that they were still within the shelf life, and handed one to Lu Jingyao.
"Eat, it's my treat." Xu Youyou looked generous as if she was consuming her own food.
Lu Jingyao reached out and took it. It seemed to be some kind of unknown brand of lollipop, but because it was handed to him by Xu Youyou, Lu Jingyao received it with great care.
Xu Youyou held a lollipop in her mouth and asked leisurely, "Boss Lu, do you have anything to say to me?"
Lu Jingyao had just acted on impulse before. Now, staring into Xu Youyou's eyes, he felt a little flustered. Even so, he knew that he might get a result that he would not be happy with.
But he has always been a man who moves forward courageously, and he feels that the time is almost right now.
"I like you." Lu Jingyao said aloud.
"Cough cough cough!" When Xu Youyou heard this, she suddenly burst into violent coughing.
Lu Jingyao slowly reached out and patted her on the back, then asked with a smile, "Is my love so scary?"
Xu Youyou's mouth was filled with the smell of cheap lollipop, and her mind was in a mess for a moment. Hearing this, she didn't even dare to turn around and look at Lu Jingyao, and could only shake her head vigorously.
In her heart, Lu Jingyao was a ruthless money-making machine, and she always felt that it would be difficult for such a person to have such emotions.
Lu Jingyao had no intention of forcing her, but said, "My parents know my thoughts very well. I hope their actions have not caused you any trouble."
Xu Youyou shook her head: "It won't bother me."
Although Lu's parents' attitude was extremely obvious, their actions did not show much coercion. They even made a huge donation to the orphanage and helped her out.
"You don't have to rush to give me feedback. I just think that you should have the right to know about this matter." Lu Jingyao's expression was unprecedentedly gentle.
Xu Youyou felt that these words were a bit strange. They didn't sound like a confession, but more like the police explaining the case to the victim's family. It seemed too formal. But when she turned around, she saw Lu Jingyao's eyes filled with gentle light, and she couldn't help but tremble in her heart.
It was as if a hand gently plucked her heartstrings.
Lu Jingyao just stared at her and said, "I used to be prejudiced against many people, but you are the only one who made me change my prejudice and realize my mistakes."
Xu Youyou paused after hearing this, perhaps because Lu Jingyao had apologized for this matter before, so when the old matter was brought up again, her emotions were very stable.
"You are a very good person. It's me, on the other hand, who is not as good as others think."
Lu Jingyao still remembers the first time they met. Even though he was reluctant to admit it, he accepted that he was a normal man.
At the auction venue, Xu Youyou really caught his eye, as if she was completely in line with his aesthetic taste.
Then, seeing her arguing with the Gu brothers and sisters, Lu Jingyao should have just watched the fire from the other side of the river, but in the end he couldn't help it. The balance in his heart quietly tilted towards Xu Youyou, and he took the opportunity to help.
When they were abroad, he didn't like Xu Youyou's ecstatic look when she received gifts. He always felt that she should be more reserved, so that she would be more in line with his expectations of her.
But as they came into contact with each other more and more, Lu Jingyao gradually realized that he was wrong.
Xu Youyou was not someone born for him. She had her own ideas. Even if they did not conform to Lu Jingyao's aesthetic taste, his affection for her grew day by day, and he could not control his pursuit of her.
The arrival of love is always unreasonable.
He didn't love Xu Youyou because she met his aesthetic standards, but he fell in love with Xu Youyou who changed his aesthetic standards.
Xu Youyou was in a complicated mood at this moment. Lu Jingyao was not her idol, but he was undoubtedly an extremely high-quality candidate.
In terms of appearance, family background and even personal abilities, he can be said to be top-notch in the country.
Xu Youyou looked at the other person's gentle eyes at this moment, and her heart suddenly started beating wildly. She abruptly looked away, not daring to continue looking at Lu Jingyao.
Want to fall in love? She has been single all her life.
In her previous life, she invested almost all her emotions in the Lu family, and in fact, it was not that no one had expressed their love to her.
But when she thought about the painful experiences she had endured in the Gu family, it was difficult for her to devote her whole heart and soul to a relationship.
In order to avoid getting hurt, the instinct is to escape.
"I...I really haven't thought it through..." Xu Youyou said.
She thought she would see a pair of disappointed eyes.
Unexpectedly, Lu Jingyao's eyes were full of tolerance.
"Don't be in a hurry. This is a big deal. We should think about it slowly. I'm already very happy that you didn't refuse right away." Lu Jingyao said with a smile.
Xu Youyou felt relieved, but a sense of guilt inevitably arose.
She had to admit that she had some feelings for Lu Jingyao. After all, she had earned tens of billions from him, and Lu Jingyao did win people over with money. But she herself couldn't figure out whether it was a love story between a man and a woman.
"I didn't respond immediately. Don't you think I was keeping you hanging?" Xu Youyou couldn't help but ask.
All along, Xu's mother, who raised her, has always held her to extremely high moral standards, so she has been feeling waves of guilt.
Lu Jingyao is not a real little white rabbit. In this circle, he is used to seeing women hanging men and men hanging women. At this moment, he couldn't help laughing.
"Why should I miss you so much? I like you, so I am willing to believe you. Since you said you need to think about it, it means you really need to think about it. Besides, this is a big deal, so you should plan it out before making a decision."
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