Chapter 1509: Stop Bothering Me from Now On

At this moment, Wang Sinian truly and sincerely wanted to apologize to Xu Xiaoxiao.

But these things no longer held any meaning for Xu Xiaoxiao.

She said with a mocking tone, "What is there to apologize for? It was my own decision, and no one forced me. But from now on, you and I are even; don't you come bothering me again!"

Xu Xiaoxiao left as soon as she finished speaking.

And this time, Wang Sinian did not follow her.

He just stood where he was, feeling absolutely terrible!

After leaving the school, Xu Xiaoxiao walked aimlessly along the street.

She wanted to use this method to calm herself down.

Yet she discovered that her heart seemed to be overgrown with weeds, tangled and messy.

Xu Xiaoxiao's reason still told her that she should forget that awkward scene from just a moment ago.

But her brain... simply couldn't do it.

Instead, it kept replaying everything that had just happened.

At first, Xu Xiaoxiao was even glad that Jiang Chenghao thought she was just messing around.

But very quickly, Xu Xiaoxiao began to wonder, was it possible that he was using such an excuse to make her retreat in the face of difficulty?

After this, how was she supposed to get along with Jiang Chenghao?

Would he never want to see her again?

These questions made Xu Xiaoxiao's head ache as if it were splitting.

In the end, she stopped walking and simply sat on a bench by the side of the road, looking resentful.

Not knowing how much time had passed, a car pulled up not far from Xu Xiaoxiao.

The car door opened, revealing a graceful figure inside.

"Xiao Xiao?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Xu Xiaoxiao looked up.

She saw that the person sitting in the car was none other than Liu Xin'ai.

It was the first time Liu Xin'ai had seen Xu Xiaoxiao looking so dejected, and she felt both heartbroken and puzzled.

But she didn't say anything, only waving her hand at Xu Xiaoxiao.

Like a stray kitten, Xu Xiaoxiao climbed into Liu Xin'ai's car.

She didn't say where she wanted to go, so Liu Xin'ai took charge and told the driver to continue along the original route.

After a moment of silence, Liu Xin'ai spoke up: "What happened?"

"... Nothing, work isn't progressing very smoothly."

"Forget it, do you think I don't understand you? If work were really not going smoothly, you would only feel challenged and then throw yourself into work even more crazily."

Liu Xin'ai easily pierced through Xu Xiaoxiao's lie.

This made Xu Xiaoxiao feel very frustrated, thinking that in front of her best friend, all pretense was futile.

Since that was the case...

Xu Xiaoxiao simply spoke her mind: "I really never thought that in my lifetime, I, Xu Xiaoxiao, would also do that kind of brainless thing!"

"Tell me about it and let me hear just how brainless it was."

"I... I made a fool of myself in front of someone, and I really want to go back in time and slap myself awake!"

"Can you tell me who that person is?"

"It's just..."

The person's name was right on the tip of Xu Xiaoxiao's tongue, but Xu Xiaoxiao didn't say it, her voice suddenly trailing off.

And Liu Xin'ai, based on Xu Xiaoxiao's reaction, made a guess: "The other party... is a man?"

"Mm."

"You care a lot about what he thinks of you?"

"... Mm."

"Since you care so much, then go explain it to him."

This time, Xu Xiaoxiao did not agree with Liu Xin'ai.

She sighed and muttered: "The ridiculous thing I did, explaining won't help; his impression of me must have become terrible!"

Hearing this, Liu Xin'ai followed Xu Xiaoxiao's line of thought and suggested: "Since the matter cannot be undone, then just pretend you don't know this person. Anyway, you have so many friends that losing one doesn't count for much."

No, that wouldn't work!

Jiang Chenghao... is different from other friends!

Seeing Xu Xiaoxiao not speaking, Liu Xin'ai tentatively asked: "What, am I wrong?"

"It's not quite right."

"Then do you like him?"

"Yeah."

Xu Xiaoxiao answered without any defenses, blurting it out.

After reacting for two seconds, she immediately widened her eyes and stammered a denial: "No, no, not that kind of liking, but rather... it's just..."

Liu Xin'ai had never seen Xu Xiaoxiao so flustered before.

She smiled, patted the back of Xu Xiaoxiao's hand, and comforted her: "Alright, don't pretend in front of me; I can guess it anyway."

You can... guess it?

Xu Xiaoxiao panicked a little and asked: "Then can you guess... who that person is?"

"That's a difficult one. How about you give me a clue?"

Discovering that Liu Xin'ai did not know who the other person was, Xu Xiaoxiao relaxed a little.

In order to stop her good friend from continuing to ask, she simply said, "Anyway, you don't know him, so giving you clues would be useless."

Although Xu Xiaoxiao did not provide any clues.

Liu Xin'ai, however, guessed something from the changes in her emotions.

Immediately, she smiled and drew a conclusion: "So it turns out to be someone I know."

In that instant, Xu Xiaoxiao's heart jumped up again!

She even involuntarily called out, "Xin'ai!"

Liu Xin'ai could feel that Xu Xiaoxiao was anxious.

If she kept teasing her like this, it wouldn't be fun anymore.

So Liu Xin'ai decided to quit while she was ahead: "Fine, fine, fine, I won't guess. But you always told me before that time can heal everything, so let's leave this awkwardness to time to resolve as well."

"Sigh, that's all I can do."

Xu Xiaoxiao hung her head, looking a bit dejected.

Liu Xin'ai thought for a moment and suggested, "I don't think you'll have an appetite to eat when you get home, so why don't you come to my place? I'll keep you company, and whatever you want to eat or talk about, it's all up to you!"

When one is feeling down, having a good best friend by one's side is a blessing in disguise.

However...

Xu Xiaoxiao made a request: "Then you cannot secretly try to pry information out of me."

"Rest assured, I won't mention a single word."

Liu Xin'ai kept her word and truly did not bring it up again.

But there were some things Liu Xin'ai didn't need to ask to be able to deduce on her own.

For instance, the person Xu Xiaoxiao was fond of must be someone Liu Xin'ai was familiar with.

And someone very familiar, such that a simple piece of information would be enough to infer the other person's identity.

The number of people Liu Xin'ai was very familiar with who could also have a connection with Xu Xiaoxiao could be counted on one hand.

Could it be...

A name popped up in the depths of Liu Xin'ai's heart.

And this answer made Liu Xin'ai gently raise her eyebrows.

When the two friends returned to the Liu Family, they discovered that Liu Qingze had already finished work and returned.

Liu Xin'ai felt slightly surprised.

She looked at the dispirited Xu Xiaoxiao, then smiled and said to Liu Qingze, "You came back really early today."

"Yeah, there was nothing going on at the company, so I came back early," Liu Qingze noticed Xu Xiaoxiao was there too, and said, "Xiao Xiao is here."

This form of address...

Liu Xin'ai shook her head and corrected him: "Call her 'older sister'."

"Calling her 'older sister' makes her sound old; better to just call her by her name."

"You brat, you've got a sweet tongue today."

Liu Qingze was not only sweet-tongued but also very thoughtful, arranging, "I remember you both love hot pot, why don't I have the kitchen prepare some?"

Liu Xin'ai looked at Xu Xiaoxiao, and after the latter nodded, she said, "Fine, you handle it."

"Alright!"