“Chi Zaozao!” His unexpected calmness, voice neither warm nor fiery, “Study hard and aim to get into University A.”
“Hm?” She frowned, confusedly looking up at him.
She rarely saw him speak to her with such seriousness, and in his melancholic eyes was a hint of complex emotion that made her feel uneasy.
Chi Zaozao suddenly nodded solemnly, “Okay, I will definitely study hard.”
He withdrew his gaze, releasing her, “Go back and sleep!”
As he was about to close the door, Chi Zaozao called out anxiously, “Brother Ye Que…”
Ye Que left a crack in the door, and through it, he asked, “What else is it?”
Chi Zaozao pursed her lips, suddenly becoming very shy, looking down and twiddling her fingers, “That…
If I get into University A, will you…
accept me?”
Although she had asked this question before, she couldn’t be at peace without a definitive answer.
Feeling uneasy, she couldn’t focus on her studies properly, so she really wanted to know if she truly got into university, whether he would accept her, whether he would marry her.
Ye Que looked at her, his gaze serene and his expression indifferent, silent.
Chi Zaozao watched him nervously; his silence made her heart flutter, a feeling of helplessness washing over her.
Why couldn’t he just give her a straight answer?
Would giving her an answer cost him a piece of flesh?
Chi Zaozao was deeply frustrated.
“Do you like me that much?” After two minutes of silence, Ye Que suddenly responded with an unrelated question. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
Upon hearing this, Chi Zaozao froze, then suddenly nodded vigorously.
“Like me enough that whatever I ask you to do, you’re willing to do it?”
Chi Zaozao nodded fiercely once more.
“Then study hard, and the day you step through the gates of University A will be the day you know the answer I have for you.”
As his words ended, he closed the door without giving her another glance, leaving her still standing dumbfounded at the entrance.
Chi Zaozao stared at the closed door, her heart a mix of shock and joy.
Even though she still hadn’t received an answer, this response seemed much clearer than the previous times.
She was determined to strive and ensure she got into University A.
No matter what his final answer was, she wanted to exert herself to earn that answer.
…
The next afternoon after school, she originally planned to wait for Tang Wanjun to pick her up in his car, but as she waited, she suddenly received a call from him saying he was caught up and couldn’t make it.
So Chi Zaozao took the bus home by herself.
In the evening, Tang Wanjun rushed over to apologize and tell Chi Zaozao that his grandmother in the United States was ill and admitted to the hospital, and he had to go with Tang Wanyuan to visit her.
Chi Zaozao did not keep him any longer and nodded, telling him to hurry to the United States to see his grandmother.
With the Tang siblings gone, Chi Zaozao once again faced the battle alone.
Sitting at the desk, she encountered a difficult problem that she just couldn’t solve.
Having no choice, she took it to the study to ask Ye Que.
“I’m busy!”
She had just pushed the door open, not yet having spoken, when the man’s icy voice came from inside.
Chi Zaozao, hearing this, felt it inappropriate to disturb him further and turned to leave…
Suddenly, his voice came from behind her, “Wait!”
Chi Zaozao paused, turned around, and quietly faced the man’s deep, seemingly colorful eyes…
Ye Que also looked at her, but his gaze was very detached, devoid of any emotion.
“Did you need something?” he asked.
Chi Zaozao nodded but then, remembering he was busy, quickly shook her head, “If you’re busy, I won’t bother you; I’ll come to you after you’re done.”
“What is it?” he asked directly.