Chapter 279

Ever since L confessed to her yesterday, she had been struggling—should she tell Ren Lingyu? Should she tell her? How should she say it? What would happen if she said it, and what would happen if she didn't?

It felt like there was an iron abacus in her heart clattering away, but the beads weren't calculating honestly; instead, they were flying all over the sky, colliding with each other, making her heart and mind a mess, to the point where she had to record even the simple lines from the morning several times.

No, she had to make the call. He Lele picked up her phone—the Nokia she threw from the sixth floor was totaled, but she inserted her SIM card into her previous Versace phone, and it actually turned on successfully, so she recharged it and used it.

"Hello? Lele?" His voice was always magnetic and intimate.

"... L," He Lele bit her lip, "About yesterday..."

"I am serious, it's just that I discovered it too late myself."

"I'm sorry—"

"Are you rejecting me now?"

"I..."

"Is there a window near you?"

"Huh?" He Lele looked, "Yes."

"Look down, there will be a surprise."

A surprise? He Lele leaned to the window and looked down, "There's nothing—ah!" A bouquet of bright roses suddenly appeared in front of her, scaring her into reflexively stepping back.

"Did I scare you?" Li Yiquan steadied her retreating body, his arm powerfully wrapping around her soft waist. "Have you had lunch?"

In a Chinese restaurant not far from New × Culture, although He Lele's eyes were looking at the menu in her hand, she didn't take in a single word.

"Lele, how about fish?" Ren Lingyu asked while flipping through the menu.

"Hmm? Ah! Okay!" He Lele wanted to cry but had no tears; she hadn't figured out how to tell Ren Lingyu yet, and Li Yiquan had actually brought Ren Lingyu along!

"Yay! They have old vinegar jellyfish head here, we must order one, Master likes it the most."

"What do I like the most?" Li Yiquan, who had just gone out to make a call, asked with a smile as he sat down opposite the two women.

"Me! Doesn't Master like me the most?" Ren Lingyu raised her eyebrows and smiled, "The senior brothers are jealous every day, haha!"

He Lele's heart skipped a beat, and she swallowed hard.

Li Yiquan looked at He Lele and gave a faint smile at Ren Lingyu's joke.

After ordering, Ren Lingyu asked, "Master said he had something to tell me and even called Lele over. Is there progress on the Hong × Yuan matter?"

"No, it will take some time to pull Hong × Yuan out by the roots. What I want to talk about is something else."

He Lele hurriedly kicked Li Yiquan's shoe.

"Lele, I think we should tell Xiao Yu about this matter," Li Yiquan said softly.

He Lele looked at Ren Lingyu's confused expression and shook her head anxiously at Li Yiquan.

"What's wrong?" Ren Lingyu was puzzled.

"Xiao Yu, actually—"

"There's nothing!" He Lele stood up abruptly, looking at Li Yiquan pleadingly, "Lawyer Li, can you come out with me for a moment? I have something I want to say to you."

Outside the shop, He Lele suppressed the mess in her heart, "L, you don't need to tell Ren Lingyu, it's impossible between us."

"In this world, truly impossible things are far fewer than we think."

"You don't understand..."

"What don't I understand?"

He Lele couldn't help but look at Li Yiquan with some resentment, "Can't you see it? Ren Lingyu likes you! She has liked you for many years! Ever since you came to give a lecture at our alma mater a few years ago, she has liked you!"

"... So what?"

"I don't want any rift between Ren Lingyu and me! So, I will pretend last night never happened, and please... don't waste your effort anymore."

"Do you think I was going to tell Xiao Yu that I like you?"

"Isn't, isn't that it?" He Lele was stunned.

Li Yiquan smiled lightly, "Of course not. I like you and want to pursue you; I don't need to account for this to anyone except you."

Hearing Li Yiquan say this, He Lele couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but as soon as she did, she felt something was wrong.

"So, you were distancing yourself from me before because of Ren Lingyu?"

"I... no, it's not..."