She had rehearsed her expression and tone many times, and sure enough, Jiang Yifan's expression turned uncomfortable again.
I feel heartbroken and reluctant to let go; I'm overwhelmed with conflicting emotions and don't know how to break free.
He was also pleasantly surprised that Ming Xiaoxiao took the initiative to show weakness and try to stay, which showed that she really cared about him and depended on him.
His cold, hardened heart began to beat slowly, each beat filled with reluctance and pity.
"I..." Jiang Yifan said hoarsely, "Do you like me?"
He suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to get an answer.
Ming Xiaoxiao once said that she came from a humble background and that education was the only way out she could grasp, so she could not allow herself to make any mistakes.
Therefore, she is not considering dating at this stage. Children from poor families can only have the opportunity to stay in big cities and sit in classrooms to study on an equal footing with everyone else if they work harder than others.
So even though rumors about Ming Xiaoxiao and Pei Si were flying everywhere, he always firmly believed that Ming Xiaoxiao was innocent.
She is intelligent and resilient, and is by no means short-sighted. She would not give up the opportunity to study and improve herself for the sake of dating.
Ming Xiaoxiao knew what Jiang Yifan meant, of course. She paused for a moment, her face still wet with tears, and looked somewhat embarrassed. "...You know, love is a luxury for me. I'm not thinking about these things right now."
Jiang Yifan's eyes betrayed his disappointment.
Seeing that the other person's expression was not good, Ming Xiaoxiao quickly added, "But you are the most important person in my life, so can you stay?"
"I'm afraid not, he's already submitted a transfer application to the school," Chen Lian said with a smile as she walked out, holding her phone.
Ming Xiaoxiao keenly sensed something was amiss. "You were eavesdropping? Wait, were you recording a video? You're violating my privacy!"
Chen Lian picked at her ear, looking gloomy.
She yelled at the person on the other end of the video call, "Hey, she said I'm violating her privacy, give me an explanation."
As he spoke, he turned the phone screen towards Ming Xiaoxiao and handed it to her.
Ming Xiaoxiao had a bad feeling. She looked at her phone screen warily. There was no voice on the other end, only the sound of messy footsteps.
Jiang Yifan tried to snatch Chen Lian's phone, "What do you want? Did Xie Li send you?"
His intuition was that Xie Li was going to deal with Ming Xiaoxiao, which was going too far. He hadn't even left yet, and they were already blatantly bullying Ming Xiaoxiao.
Shen Lian was baffled: "What does this have to do with Xie Li? Xie Li doesn't care about you at all!"
She glanced at the video screen on her phone, feeling somewhat irritated. "Pei Si, you fucking come out and say something! Can you stop trying to smear Xie Li all the time?!"
Ming Xiaoxiao's heart leaped into her throat. She suddenly realized something, and the bad premonition she had felt earlier today weighed heavily on her at that moment—
"A-Si, let me explain..."
Now it's her turn to want to steal the phone.
"Explain what?" The voice came from behind. Pei Si had returned, standing there holding his phone, quietly looking at Ming Xiaoxiao.
But this calm made Ming Xiaoxiao's heart pound in her throat. She tried her best to remain calm and quickly went to greet her, "A-Si, you're back."
Pei Si avoided her hand again, his gaze fixed on her. "Didn't you want to explain to me? Go ahead and say it."
Jiang Yifan is still in a daze and has no idea what happened.
Ming Xiaoxiao felt a chill run down her spine and pleaded in a low voice, "I have something I want to tell you alone, okay?"
As an innocent bystander, Shen Lian tapped on the railing beside her with considerable dissatisfaction, saying, "Explain yourself clearly, who exactly asked me to film this video for him?"
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