Chen Yanli's sharpness was terrifying. Li Jinning looked into his eyes that seemed to see through everything. Her expression tensed and her mind was filled with mixed thoughts.
After hesitating for a moment, he chose to lie: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
He was sick these days, and although he didn't let her interfere, she was basically the one who helped Lao Ma silently behind the scenes. She didn't say anything wrong to Zhou Yunwan just now.
Shen Yanli raised his hand and rubbed his brows, “Nothing, you can go.”
Seeing how miserable he was, Li Jinning opened her mouth and wanted to say a few words of concern to him, but before she could say anything, her throat was blocked by his cold look, followed by his words of drawing a line between them.
“Comrade Li, please don’t do anything like this that could cause misunderstandings in the future. It will cause trouble to me, and it will not be good for our reputation.” Chen Yanli pursed his lips, the arc of his lips was even colder than ice and snow.
These days, Chen Yanli didn't know how many times he had said such words to make her give up.
Thinking about how she had done so many things for him silently, but in the end all she got in return was his cold treatment, Li Jinning couldn't help but feel her eyes welling up.
Ever since she fell in love with him, she has been working hard to move towards him, even giving up her well-paid and easy job for him, and trying her best to get into graduate school, just to be able to be with him.
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Almost everyone could see how she felt about him. She thought that one day he would see her good side. After all, she had already taken ninety-nine steps towards him, and all he needed to do was take one step towards her.
But he was unwilling to take even that small step, and even wanted to push her further away.
Although his attitude towards her was distant before, it was at least polite and gentle, not enough to make people feel heartbroken. But now, as long as she showed a little enthusiasm, he would be very resistant and indifferent.
It's not that she hadn't thought about confessing her feelings to him, but his attitude made the courage she had finally mustered fizzle out. She had a feeling that if she confessed her feelings, it would mean failure and the end.
How could she be willing to let all these years of hard work go to waste?
Li Jinning sorted out her thoughts, smiled gently and said, "Comrade Shen, you should be overthinking. I only care about you as a colleague. If you feel offended, I will keep my distance in the future."
"Then you should have a good rest. I won't disturb you. When you are well again, we can discuss the seminar."
After saying this, she tucked her hair around her ears and left.
Her frank attitude surprised Shen Yanli a little. Hearing the sound of the door closing, he turned his gaze to the phone on the desk. After thinking for a while, he walked over and dialed the home number.
The person who answered the phone was Aunt Wang. After briefly asking about the latest situation at home, she wanted Zhou Yunwan to answer the phone.
He missed her very much after not hearing her voice for a few days.
"Xiao Wan just got out of school not long ago. She said she was a little tired and went upstairs to rest."
"Forget it then. I'll fight again tomorrow."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Yanli rubbed his fingertips on his palms twice, then turned and walked into the room.
In the next few days, I don’t know if it was a coincidence or she was intentionally avoiding him, but every time he called her, she was busy with something, either studying or resting, anyway, she didn’t have time to answer his calls.
Time flies and a week has passed.
The weather today is gloomy, just like Zhou Yunwan's mood.
The slanting raindrops fell on the stone road of the school, dripping into small puddles. Students holding umbrellas swarmed out of the teaching building and walked towards the school gate.
Zhou Yunwan had been absent-minded these past few days, and her mood only improved after she finally made it through school.
Who would have thought that when going down the stairs, he accidentally fell on his back, with his butt landing on the ground first, and his whole body was splashed with dirty mud.
It was just after school, and many people saw her embarrassing situation.
People were coming and going around. Zhou Yunwan didn't care about the pain in her buttocks. She quickly stood up with the help of Xing Zhaoling's arm. She turned her head to look at her clothes and pants, which were horrible.
She took out a tissue from her bag and wiped the mud off the back of her clothes.
Xing Zhaoling was holding an umbrella and used her free hand to help, asking with concern: "Wanwan, are you okay? Did you sprain your ankle?"
Zhou Yunwan frowned and moved her ankle, but found that she didn't feel any pain, so she shook her head and said with a smile: "My foot is fine, but my butt hurts a little bit, which is a bit embarrassing."
As she spoke, she glanced at the passers-by who were occasionally casting inquiring glances at her.
Hearing her amusing tone, Xing Zhaoling couldn't help but laugh as well. She helped her walk out and said, "I asked my brother to pick us up this morning. He should be waiting outside now."
Whenever Xing Maohui is free, he will come to pick up Xing Zhaoling and take her home. Zhou Yunwan is no longer surprised by this.
As soon as they walked out of the school gate, they saw a jeep parked on the side of the road. Perhaps it saw them, and soon Xing Maohui, who was in the car, got out with an umbrella.
"What's wrong with your clothes?" Xing Maohui had sharp eyes and noticed at a glance that Zhou Yunwan walked in an unusual way. Although she didn't limp, it was still not normal. He glanced back and saw that half of her clothes were covered in mud.
Zhou Yunwan explained that this happened because she accidentally fell. She was worried that her car would be dirty, so she asked him if he had any extra clothes in the car that she could borrow. She would return them to him after washing them.
Hearing this, Xing Maohui handed his coat on the passenger seat to Zhou Yunwan. Seeing that she was holding a bag, he helped put the coat on her shoulders. A smile flashed across his tough face: "Why are you so polite?"
Xing Maohui's coat was very large and thick, but the unfamiliar masculine scent made Zhou Yunwan feel a little uncomfortable, but she didn't show it on her face and smiled generously: "Thank you."
"The rain is getting heavier, let's go quickly," Xing Zhaoling urged.
When the three were about to get in the car, Zhou Yunwan inadvertently raised her eyes and froze in place.
Xing Zhaoling, who had already gotten in the car, saw that she was not moving and asked in confusion: "Wanwan, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yunwan did not answer her question, but stared at the familiar figure in front of her with her peach blossom eyes.
The man was holding a black umbrella and standing under a tree on the street. He was wearing a clean black shirt and black pants. The long windbreaker made his figure look elegant and distinguished. He had a handsome face, starry eyes, sword-like eyebrows, and thin lips pursed into a sharp arc.
Her eyelashes were thick and long, covering her ink-black eyes. When he noticed that she was looking at him, waves of emotion surged in his gloomy eyes.
For a moment Zhou Yunwan thought she was dazzled, but when she looked carefully, it was really Shen Yanli.
Didn't she remember that the seminar was held in these two days? How did he end up here?
While he was in a daze, he took a step forward with his long legs and strode towards her.
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