Chapter 231: I Only Like You

As soon as Li Pengfei put down the phone, the smile on his face couldn't help but become ambiguous.

Chen Siqi turned her head, saw this smile on Li Pengfei's face, frowned immediately, and said: "Why are you smiling so ambiguously?"

Li Pengfei didn't expect Chen Siqi to turn her head suddenly, and immediately put away the smile on his face, saying: "I didn't smile, you saw it wrong."

Chen Siqi took a deep breath and rolled her eyes.

But what kind of ghost idea Li Pengfei was playing, Chen Siqi was not curious, and didn't want to care.

It was hard to choose the paper, Chen Siqi communicated with the staff from Jiang Yin Publishing House, finalized it, and looked at the time, it was almost 12:30.

Chen Siqi said: "Do you want to have a meal together?"

The staff from Jiang Yin Publishing House shook their heads and said: "I have an appointment with someone else in an hour."

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "Then trouble you, accompany us to choose paper."

When people left, Chen Siqi turned to look at Li Pengfei and said: "Let's go, let's go eat."

Li Pengfei put his hands behind his head and said: "What's the rush, I have to go to the bathroom first, you wait for me."

After saying that, Li Pengfei went to the bathroom.

Chen Siqi had to stand in place and wait for him.

As soon as Li Pengfei entered the bathroom, he hurriedly called Lu Yan He.

"Hey, where are you? We are finished here, Chen Siqi said she is going to find a place to eat," Li Pengfei said.

Lu Yan He was also panting on that side, saying: "I'm here."

Li Pengfei immediately clenched his fist, grabbed it hard, and silently made an "Oh yeah!".

Chen Siqi looked down at her phone, because she didn't have many friends, most of the time no one came to find her, several hours passed, and the unread messages were also zero.

Chen Siqi always felt that she didn't care much about this kind of void social interaction, even if there were no friends chatting together often, she wouldn't feel lonely. She thought later that perhaps it was because she hypnotized herself for a long time that she had such an idea. But whether it was self-hypnosis or not, she really thought so sincerely for a long time, until now.

But don't know when it started, she developed the habit of looking at her phone from time to time.

Mainly to see if someone had sent her a message.

When she saw the news on the internet this morning, Chen Siqi subconsciously felt that there was actually nothing.

Lu Yan He knew Lin Miaomiao, she knew this long ago.

Lu Yan He didn't hide it from her.

But after a while, a sour emotion that couldn't be said where it came from still filled her heart.

She knew the name of that emotion was jealousy, but she didn't want to admit it.

Chen Siqi doesn't like emotional people. Because she suffered too many losses in front of Liu Weian because of being emotional. Now there is another kind of emotion, she is very clear rationally that she can't let this emotion continue, but she can't control it.

Lu Yan He hasn't sent her any messages until now.

Chen Siqi couldn't tell exactly what she was thinking.

Hope Lu Yan He comes to explain to her?

Or hope Lu Yan He comes to deny this matter?

Chen Siqi had no expression on her face, but there were various emotions in her heart, just like being soaked and fermented in a jar for a long time, the question fermented out, she couldn't stand it herself.

——Why did Li Pengfei take so long to go to the bathroom?

When Chen Siqi was upset, she thought of Li Pengfei who had already left for a while.

"Chen Siqi." Suddenly, Lu Yan He's voice sounded behind her, this sound was like suddenly plucking a wind chime that had been still for a long time, Chen Siqi heard her heart ring unexpectedly, she turned her head in surprise, not auditory hallucination, right? Then, Lu Yan He really appeared in front of her.

Chen Siqi was a bit at a loss at this moment, without even the reaction of disguise.

"Why did you... come?"

Lu Yan He said: "You guys are choosing paper here, I happened to be free, so I came to see."

He looked at Chen Siqi's eyes seriously and said: "Also need to confirm if you are really not angry."

Chen Siqi subconsciously wanted to say that she was of course not angry.

However, looking up and seeing Lu Yan He's eyes, Chen Siqi suddenly couldn't speak.

Mainly because Lu Yan He's eyes were too sincere and genuine.

Chen Siqi felt that anyone who saw Lu Yan He's eyes would definitely not be able to continue defending.

"Not angry," Chen Siqi said, "Do you think I would be jealous?"

"Yeah," Lu Yan He nodded honestly.

Chen Siqi immediately rolled her eyes at Lu Yan He and said: "I wouldn't, I don't know that you and Lin Miaomiao are just friends."

"Yeah."

"Then, how did you two come back together so late?" Chen Siqi asked, "Ran into each other at the airport?"

"She went to Baichuan to find friends, happened to run into me, so we stayed in Jiangzhi for a day together," Lu Yan He answered honestly.

Chen Siqi widened her eyes in shock and asked: "You even stayed in Jiangzhi with her for a day?"

Seeing this, Lu Yan He's tone became a bit cautious.

"Yeah," his yeah didn't have enough confidence.

Chen Siqi turned her head away, "Fine, really amazing, you have a beautiful girl following you to accompany you when you go to record a program."

Chen Siqi thought, even if Lu Yan He's eyes are sincere and genuine, it doesn't work.

Actually, Chen Siqi also knew rationally that there was definitely nothing between Lu Yan He and Lin Miaomiao, but at this moment, Chen Siqi still felt uncomfortable.

It felt like a vinegar jar was overturned in her heart—Chen Siqi really didn't expect that this metaphor was not an exaggeration, but a realistic description.

Without experiencing such feelings, it is impossible to understand at all.

Lu Yan He said helplessly: "I..."

"You what?" Chen Siqi stared at Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He scratched his head, gritted his teeth, and said a sentence "I only like you" as if he was going all out. After saying it, he immediately turned his head to the side, not daring to look at Chen Siqi's eyes.

Chen Siqi was stunned.

At this moment, Chen Siqi suddenly realized a very key thing.

Before this, the two of them had never really confessed to each other in a meaningful sense.

This is the first time.

Chen Siqi, who realized this, looked at Lu Yan He at a loss. At this moment, Chen Siqi felt like a robot that had crashed, unable to make any reaction.

Petrified.

If Li Pengfei hadn't run over, Chen Siqi wouldn't know how long she would have to be petrified.

Since Lu Yan He said that sentence, he didn't dare to look at her again, his ears were red.

Chen Siqi was no better.

Li Pengfei looked at Lu Yan He, then at Chen Siqi, and asked: "You two shouldn't have quarreled, right?"

Chen Siqi didn't know that she and Lu Yan He looked like they had just quarreled.

Li Pengfei's eyes didn't know what he saw.

But fortunately Li Pengfei came.

Chen Siqi said: "Let's go eat lunch."

Lu Yan He nodded immediately, "Yeah yeah, go."

Li Pengfei always felt that the atmosphere between these two people was a bit strange.

He looked at them inexplicably, and his eyes became particularly suspicious.

As soon as lunch was finished, Li Pengfei said he was leaving.

"Got up too early today, I have to go back to take a nap, and have to pick up Zijun later," Li Pengfei said, "I'm leaving first."

Lu Yan He nodded, and after Li Pengfei left, he looked at Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi noticed his gaze looking over, and suddenly moved her sight away.

Lu Yan He said: "I'm going to record the program again tomorrow, this time I'm going to record for five days in one breath, and I'll be back after five days."

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "The first draft of "Jump Up" has come out, the time at the end of August is definitely not going to catch up, and it's not urgent for a while."

Lu Yan He said: "Yeah."

Chen Siqi asked: "When does your Zhenhua start school?"

"September 2nd, how about you? When are you going to report to Jiangguang University?"

"Our reporting time is September 4th, I plan to go over a few days early, estimated to be either the 30th or the 1st," Chen Siqi said, "At that time, I can only handle these things online."

"Yeah," Lu Yan He nodded.

Chen Siqi: "We made such a book in one go, don't know what it will become in the future, now suddenly feel that we want to make it a series is really whimsical, now both of us are in Yuming and have so many troublesome things to deal with, let alone later one in Yuming, one in Jiangguang."

"As long as we are willing to do it, there must be a way," Lu Yan He said, "This is a book made by the two of us together, we must work hard to continue doing it."

Chen Siqi: "Yeah, also, what am I doing, the first book hasn't been officially published yet, and I'm here saying discouraging words."

"Is your pressure too great?" Lu Yan He said apologetically, "Almost all things have been pushed to you during this time."

Chen Siqi: "Busy is also okay, anyway, there is nothing else to do now, but pressure... a bit anxious, worried that this book won't be done well, affecting your evaluation, at the beginning I didn't want your real name to appear in the editor-in-chief column, it was because I was worried about these things, now once this book is done badly, the first one to take the blame is you."

"It's okay, take the blame then," Lu Yan He said, "If it's really done badly, we won't do it in the future, just one failure, just have to bear the failure, why can't we bear it this time?"

Chen Siqi looked at Lu Yan He suspiciously, "Are you actually so open-minded?"

Lu Yan He thought silently, that's not it, but now I have to enlighten you, right?

He said: "It's not open-minded, it's always looking for a reason to make yourself think about it, I also worry every time before going on stage that no one will welcome me, no one will applaud, so I have to do such psychological construction every time."

Chen Siqi nodded, somewhat empathizing, and said: "I can now slightly understand a little of your psychological pressure."

In fact, both of them know that they have actually met very good partners.

Whether it is Ye Mai Network or Jiang Yin Publishing House, they didn't cause them other pressure.

Whether it is future sales or the content of this book, both sides completely handed it over to them to do, without intervening.

It's just that, for them now, any problems and difficulties encountered are problems and difficulties they have never encountered before, so even small things are a big challenge.

Without experience, facing a real, uncompromising society with the naivety of a fresh high school graduate, even with the help of many benefactors, one still walks on thin ice.

This is their current state.

When Lu Yan He returned to the dormitory, he was in an exceptionally good mood.

When he said those words to Chen Siqi today, he hadn't even expected that he would suddenly say them.

This wasn't something he had pre-planned; it was completely in that moment, at that time, he suddenly spoke, and after he finished, he was stunned himself.

It was entirely an instinctive impulse.

However, after saying it, his mood suddenly became light and cheerful.

Because he had never said these words to Chen Siqi in person before.

Now, they were finally spoken.

Lu Yan He didn't need Chen Siqi's answer; her expression at that moment was already an answer.

In many things, language is a form of expression, but not speaking is also a form of expression.

Lu Yan He could feel her attitude from Chen Siqi, and that was what mattered most.

Seeing him return, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both had expressions as if they were about to put him on trial, looking at him sternly.

"Why are you both looking at me like that?" Lu Yan He asked.

Li Zhibai snorted coldly and said, "You ran out in such a rush at noon, what did you go do?"

Lu Yan He said, "Chen Siqi was choosing paper for 'Jump Up', so I went over to help choose too."

Telling a lie with his eyes wide open.

Lu Yan He admired this ability of his more and more.

Li Zhibai had an expression as if he had heard something absurd, looking puzzled, "Choosing paper?"

"You have to choose what kind of paper to use for that book." Lu Yan He explained with a helpless look, clearly feeling that he was using his acting skills at this moment, with a kind of feigned ease and speechlessness, though he didn't know if Li Zhibai and Yan Liang could tell.

Li Zhibai looked at him, half-believing and half-doubting.

Lu Yan He asked, "Have you guys eaten dinner? If not, should we go out and eat together?"

"The roast duck and pizza from noon weren't finished, we have to polish them off tonight." Li Zhibai said with a speechless look, "And don't even get me started, we originally ordered your portion, but then you suddenly ran off."

Lu Yan He showed an apologetic expression and asked again, "Is that enough to eat? If it's not enough, should I go buy some more food?"

"I'll boil some dumplings in a bit." Yan Liang said, "In such hot weather, don't go out to buy more, didn't we buy frozen dumplings earlier?"

"Oh, right." Lu Yan He nodded, "That works."

He wiped his sweat, washed his hands, and joined Yan Liang in heating up the roast duck and pizza, and boiling water for the dumplings.

Yan Liang whispered, "Li Zhibai's mood is probably a bit bad."

"Huh?" Lu Yan He was taken aback, "What happened?"

Yan Liang said, "This afternoon, Zhou Ping'an gave a role that was originally for Li Zhibai to Cheng Hai."

"Huh?" Lu Yan He was full of confusion, "Why? Why would Zhou Ping'an do that?"

Yan Liang shook his head, "I don't know, I only found out this afternoon after he answered a call from Zhou Ping'an; he lost his temper with Zhou Ping'an on the phone."