Crossing the line

Chapter 99 Ugly Heroes
"Its greatest value lies in staying in your hands, because you look forward to this pot of roses that can grow freely in the sun more than anyone else." Yang Ni said sincerely.

Yun Yuwan didn’t know how to refuse.

Jiang Yingyu turned the vintage ring on his hand and spoke at the right time:
"Coach Yang, although Yuwan still likes roses, she prefers climbing roses and rarely grows shrub roses."

Jiang Yingyu glanced at the pot of shrub rose seedlings and said, "The flowers I liked before may not be liked by me now, and the things I did in the past may not count now."

Although Jiang Yingyu is a very easy-going person, the lines on his face are sharp. He usually smiles and you don't feel that he has any edge.

But at this moment, his words were clearly meant with a sharp edge, and his hostility could not be ignored.

Yun Yuwan was unaware of the undercurrent between the two of them, but Yang Ni knew it clearly.

Yang Ni has a clear and reserved face, except for his large, dark pupils, which always make him look intense and intimidating when he stares at people.

At this moment, both of them were staring at each other. Jiang Yingyu smiled, but Yang Ni didn't. Neither of them gave in.

Seeing Jiang Yingyu speak up for her, Yun Yuwan also apologized, "I'm sorry, Yang Ni, I really shouldn't have accepted this gift."

Yang Ni's eyes shifted to Yun Yuwan. He was on edge just now, but now he was gentle and kind: "Don't be sorry, my gift is late. I didn't expect that the roses are not in bloom yet, and I'm already out of date."

Jiang Yingyu found it funny to hear such humble words, deliberately trying to make people feel guilty.

The girl may not understand, but we are all men, who would not understand his intention?
Yun Yuwan did feel a little guilty, thinking back to when she was an undergraduate, she and Yang Ni were indeed friends, although their relationship was very ordinary.

She was helpless: "It has nothing to do with you. You tried very hard, but you sent it to the wrong person."

She looked at Jiang Yingyu, intending to save face for Yang Ni, and raised her lips slightly: "Jiang Yingyu, let's go out for a walk. I haven't been to the Zhu family yet."

Jiang Yingyu responded neatly: "Okay."

Just as he was about to stand up, Yang Ni spoke up: "I wish Grandma likes me. I used to come here often. Let me take you for a walk."

Jiang Yingyu did not show much rejection, and just talked to Yun Yuwan:

"Millie, you promised me that you would take me back to Belgium to see the Princess Margaret plant. Do you remember?"

Princess Margaret is the variety of climbing rose that Jiang Yingyu gave to Yun Yuwan.

Yun Yuwan didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this agreement: "Of course I remember."

Jiang Yingyu smiled politely, looked at Yang Ni with intentional exclusion, and explained to him:

"Speaking of which, Coach Yang may not know that I gave Millie a climbing rose a few years ago. It was named Princess Margaret."

In an instant, Yang Ni understood what he meant by mentioning climbing roses.

He gave a shrub rose, but Jiang Yingyu gave a climbing rose.

Now Yun Yuwan likes Fujimoto.

Flowers are also people, and people are also flowers.

Jiang Yingyu's demeanor remained unchanged, he was still handsome and elegant. In fact, Yang Ni was shameless, so he didn't give in, and deliberately stabbed Yang Ni in the heart:
"Millie likes that climbing rose very much. She moved it from London to Belgium and planted it there for a long time. Now it has covered the entire villa of Millie."

He smiled widely.

Yun Yuwan just thought that Jiang Yingyu was helping her reject Yang Ni, so she also said:
"Yeah, I like climbing roses now."

His gaze shifted to Jiang Yingyu's face, and he was still smiling gracefully.

But Jiang Yingyu's words about crawling all over Millie's villa sounded extremely harsh to Yang Ni's ears.

Yang Ni couldn't help but put a little force on the edge of the shrub rose pot, his fingertips pressed against the pot he had carefully selected, his eyes were slightly gloomy, and he deliberately avoided Jiang Yingyu, his voice was still gentle:

"Yuwan, can I talk to you alone?"

The clouds hesitate as they approach late.

It is indeed necessary to talk about it. Yang Ni's love is like an impenetrable spider silk. If it were someone else, they might be very happy to have such a person who likes them deeply, but for her it is just a trouble. She only likes Wen Yangzhi.

She glanced at Jiang Yingyu and spoke to him in a low voice: "Why don't you step aside for a moment? I have something to say to Yang Ni."

Jiang Yingyu looked calm on the surface, but secretly the veins in his hands were tense: "Okay."

Yun Yuwan got up and went out with Yang Ni.

I watched Yang Ni and Yun Yuwan leave.

Listening to the discussions around:
"Yang Ni and Yun Yuwan, quietly gave me a big one."

"I never thought that they knew each other and had this kind of relationship."

"It turns out that Yang Ni has someone he likes. No wonder I haven't heard of him going on a blind date or having any other plans."

"Actually, they look quite compatible. Their vibe is different from others. I've never seen them together before, so I wouldn't associate them together. But now that I've seen them together, I think they should be a couple."

Everyone couldn't help but be more polite when speaking to Yun Yuwan.

If you offend Yang Ni, it won't be so easy to let it go.

No one dared to discuss the affairs of the Yang family.

Moreover, Yang Ni and Yun Yuwan do look a good match.

Someone deliberately lowered his voice: "Jiang Yingyu is really afraid of Yang Ni. No wonder people said Jiang Yingyu fled in panic."

"Zhu Nongzhang's tone, I thought it was because Yun Yuwan was tactless and annoying, but it turned out to be because of Yang Ni. Today, it seems that Jiang Yingyu actually likes her." The ladies next to Zhao Qin gently pushed her and signaled to her: "Yuwan and Xiao Yang are gone."

Zhao Qin took a look and found that it was true.

She was a little surprised.

Where have you been in just a moment?

The Zhu family's garden was open to all guests today. Yun Yuwan and Yang Ni came out of the villa and walked silently into the corridor of the West Flower Hall.

The crabapple trees beside the corridor tremble in the wind, and the branches are full of flower buds.

Yun Yuwan didn't plan to fight a protracted battle, so he stopped and spoke:
"Yang Ni, actually I already have a boyfriend."

Yang Ni thought she was going to reject him, but he didn't expect her words to be so straightforward.

She was between the sunlight and the shadows of the flowers. The sunlight was sparse and her features were no longer as weak and pitiful as those of the ones who were bullied in the past. Instead, she was calm.

She is a young woman who already has her own backbone, not a girl who is easy to see through and has no one to protect her, and is somewhat mysterious and distant.

She rejected him without panicking about the consequences or how he would react. She simply rejected him.

His eyes were as dark as the ink stirring in a deep pool, but he spoke softly, "Boyfriend, is it Jiang Yingyu?"

Yun Yuwan didn't want to bring trouble to her friend, so she simply said, "It's not him, he and I are just friends."

Yang Ni smiled bitterly, his clear and bright eyes showing self-mockery: "Yuwan, but you told me many times that you have a boyfriend. How can I judge whether what you said is true this time?"

"But I lied to you before, this time it's real." Yun Yuwan didn't want to reveal her private life to someone she wasn't very familiar with.

The next ones to know should be the Wen family’s parents, who are the closest to her, as she can clearly tell the relationship between them.

For adults, a direct refusal is enough.

Yang Ni's tall figure bent slightly and looked at her: "Even if you really have a boyfriend, don't rush to reject me. I don't have to be with you just because I pursue you. I can let you choose at will. If you want to be with me one day, I will wait for you at any time. You can also keep me as a backup."

Yun Yuwan was a little surprised. She never thought that he would say to her that he was willing to be her backup.

Since his appearance, Yang Ni has always been high and mighty, and sought after by everyone.

In the past, even if he expressed his love, he would not deliberately point it out, making her feel that there was room for roundabout way.

The word "spare tire" would never come out of his mouth.

But at this moment, she really realized that Yang Ni's love for her might be much deeper than she thought, and he didn't even intend to take it back:
"Yang Ni, you don't have to do this."

Yang Ni was steady: "You just need to consider me as another option, and don't worry about me. If you need me, whether it's money or anything else, I will help you."

If someone else received such a promise from the Yang family, they would probably be overwhelmed with joy, as it meant that they were the ones who were blessed by the Yang family.

Even if you don't like him, you will keep him hanging.

But Yun Yuwan just decided to tell the truth. Her red lips uttered words that pierced her heart:
"Actually, I have a crush on someone I've loved for six or seven years. I came back to China just for him. He is my boyfriend now."

The wind seemed to have calmed down.

Yang Ni stopped moving.

He didn't even have any impression of who Yun Yuwan paid special attention to at that time.

She has always had someone she likes, so this matter has never come to fruition.

He had no idea what kind of person Yun Yuwan liked or what that person did to her.

But if that's the case, it's no wonder she said that the possibility of finding that kind of rose is about the same as the probability of wishing it to bloom and bear fruit.

He thought she was just saying it casually, but he never thought about how she would say such words if she didn't have that kind of mood. She said that because she was feeling sorry for herself.

At this moment, Yang Ni just said in a gentle voice: "I understand. If he doesn't treat you well, you can try to consider me."

"If I get married, I will invite you to watch the ceremony." Yun Yuwan's voice was clear and calm.

Yang Ni couldn't help but wonder, what if this person really existed.

When he knew Yun Yuwan, Yun Yuwan also knew that person. If he had been nice to Yun Yuwan at that time, would Yun Yuwan choose him instead of someone else?
"I was the one who was sorry to you in the beginning. I knew you should be walking on thin ice after being adopted, but I still caused you trouble."

Instead, she remained calm: "You don't need to apologize, because you have already been punished. You have been feeling guilty and obsessed with it, which is enough for me."

Jiang Yingyu was in the backcourt, but his heart was not there.

In fact, he had heard of Yang Ni a long time ago.

Before this, Jiang Yingyu had never thought that this person who only existed in legends would like Yun Yuwan.

And it's coming with such force.

The discussion in the hall was as high and low as the chirping of crows:

"Why didn't Yang Ni and Yun Yuwan come back after going out?"

"It's amazing that they were able to trap Yang Ni."

"You won't not come back, will you?"