love me don't hide

Chapter 16 Although I don't want to admit it, but I seem to... like you (1)
Li Hongye woke up early because she did something that she felt too embarrassing the night before.That night, Li Hongye kept having nightmares. In the dream, she kept confessing her love to Qu Jingxuan, but he kept refusing.

It wasn't until the moment she woke up that she realized how absurd the dream was.

When Zhong Xiaoyu came out of the room and saw her pair of dark circles under her eyes, she couldn't help being startled.

"You look like a zombie." He twitched his lips teasingly.

Li Hongye raised her head and gave him a cold look: "Believe it or not, I will bite you?"

Tsk, she actually knows how to joke, this is really new.Zhong Xiaoyu watched her "floating" in front of him with an inquiring expression.

While having breakfast, Father Zhong gnawed on bread while looking at the job application information.

Li Hongye couldn't stand it anymore, so she took the newspaper away from his hand: "Cousin, I will definitely find a way to get you back to your original post."

Father Zhong gave her a pityful look: "Just let it go, I believe I will find a better job." Father Zhong knew that he was fired because of an internal personnel problem. Although Qu Jingxuan was the general manager of Fenghe , but as the saying goes, the emperor is far away. After all, he is still a student and cannot be in the company all the time. He cannot help with many things.

"But..." Li Hongye wanted to say something else, but Father Zhong had shown that he didn't want to discuss this issue any more, so she had to swallow the words back.

After breakfast, she came to Tianxing with Zhong Xiaoyu.

As soon as she entered the classroom, Jin Yasha greeted her. Li Hongye felt that she had spent far more time here than in her own classroom.

"Idol, I have received news that Pei Xin may trouble you, so you have to be extra careful today." Jin Yasha whispered to Li Hongye.

No wonder, after receiving that slap last time, with Pei Xin's character, he definitely wouldn't let it go.

In fact, she was quite curious about Pei Xin's abilities other than bluffing people by relying on her status as a member of the imperial city.

All morning was uneventful.

The bell rang for the physical education class in the afternoon, and everyone changed into sportswear and went to the playground.

After the lineup disbanded, she found out that Pei Xin's class was also having PE class.

At this moment, in order to enhance the friendship between the students, the teachers of the two classes proposed to hold a volleyball match.Everyone in Tianxing knew that all the members of the Huangcheng Club were elites, so the position of captain naturally fell to Pei Xin, so she led the team members to Li Hongye in a swaggering manner.

The wind in late autumn blows the maple trees, and countless fallen leaves flutter.The moment Maple Leaf fell to the ground, she was stepped on by Pei Xin. She looked at Li Hongye angrily, as if she still cared about their previous "reciprocity" slap fight.

"Li Hongye, I want to challenge you." She threw the volleyball in her hand, looking domineering.

Li Hongye narrowed his eyes, and gave her a light look: "Sorry, I'm not interested."

"Are you afraid?" Pei Xin sneered, "It's shameless for a bastard like you to dare to rob brother Jingxuan from me!"

Li Hongye's brows trembled, and he frowned displeasedly: "Hey, don't impose your own assumptions on others, who stole Qu Jingxuan from you? If he likes you, no one can take it away."

"Are you trying to say that he doesn't like me?" Pei Xin said angrily.

Li Hongye twitched the corner of her mouth inadvertently: "You said it yourself."

"You!" Pei Xin froze, and threw the volleyball towards Li Hongye's face.

Everyone gasped when they saw this, and even the teacher hurried over.

When the volleyball was coming towards her, Li Hongye instinctively turned her head. The basketball hit the trunk of a maple tree behind her and bounced far away. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.Just now, the force was hit on the face, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Seeing that he failed in this move, Pei Xin angrily snatched another volleyball from someone else and threw it at Li Hongye.This time, of course, Li Hongye would not stand still and let him bully him as he did just now, but when the ball flew towards him, he fought back fiercely.After the volleyball spun for a certain distance in the air, it hit Pei Xin's face accurately, and she fell to the ground with a scream.

When she got up, Pei Xin had nosebleeds all over her face, and her heart-piercing crying immediately attracted everyone's attention.Hurting others will eventually harm oneself, which is probably the kind of person she is talking about.After the farce ended, Pei Xin was helped to the infirmary to stop the bleeding. The teacher didn't care about class, so he let everyone move freely.

The girls played games in groups, some played volleyball, some shot basketball, and some went to the yoga room to practice yoga, leaving Li Hongye alone, not knowing what to do.

Being idle and bored, she decided to take a stroll around the campus, trying to walk all the gravel paths to see where they could lead.

Since entering school, she has hardly visited the teaching area except for going to the library and the activity room of the Imperial City.Taking advantage of this opportunity today, she wants to enjoy this rare relaxing time.

She first chose the forest path on the left, walked for about 2 minutes, and walked out of the maple forest. Looking at the changes in the surrounding environment, she realized that she had come to the second teaching area.

The environment of the second teaching area is completely different from that of the first teaching area. There is no beautiful red maple here, and the green belt is full of tall king coconut trees, which seems to indicate that the talents cultivated in this teaching area will be all The talent of a king.

Shen Jiyang and Qu Jingxuan's class is in the second teaching area.

She walked along the edge path of the teaching building, and the students in every classroom were listening to the class carefully, with a calm expression on their faces.

Suddenly, a paper airplane flew past him and landed gently in front of his feet.She leaned over to pick up the paper plane, with "Three Steps Back" written on the wing.She did so suspiciously, and after taking three steps back, she saw Shen Jiyang smiling at her from the side window of the teaching building.

"Did you miss me?" He smiled and asked her with his mouth.

She glanced at the teacher who was writing on the blackboard with his back to the students, and smiled inadvertently.

"Absconding in class is not a good boy." She said with the same mouth shape, and then she continued to walk forward, ready to explore the road she hadn't taken.

Unexpectedly, when she walked to the corner of the teaching building, she saw Shen Jiyang standing in front of her, staring at her with a smile on her face.

"Why are you here?" He was clearly in the classroom just now, why did he appear here in a blink of an eye?
"It seems that I should ask you this question." He smiled softly, "It's class time, why are you here?"

"Today's physical education class is free for us." Li Hongye concealed Pei Xin's injury, "I've been here for so long, and I haven't visited the campus yet, so I took this opportunity to stroll casually."

"Did you walk in front of me while you were strolling?" His brows and eyes suddenly became charming, and his slender fingers naturally stopped at her chin, and with a slight movement, he slowly lifted her chin to a subtle angle.

Li Hongye looked at him silently, watching his delicate face gradually approaching her little by little.

Just when their lips were about to touch, Li Hongye suddenly noticed Qu Jingxuan who was standing not far away and glared at her angrily. The next moment, she took a step back in panic to avoid Shen Jiyang's affectionate kiss.

Regarding her avoidance, Shen Jiyang was absent-minded for a moment, but when he came back to his senses, he found that she had been looking in one direction, so he followed her gaze and saw Qu Jingxuan.

At this time, Qu Jingxuan had already walked towards them aggressively, pulling Li Hongye behind him.This move made Shen Jiyang startled, and looked at them slightly puzzled.

"You are this?"

"Ji Yang, let her go."

Shen Jiyang looked dazed, and after a moment of silence he couldn't help laughing and said: "Jingxuan, are you kidding me?" His eyes seemed to become sharper.

"You go back first." Qu Jingxuan turned his head and said to Li Hongye.

Because of the embarrassment just now, Li Hongye wanted to leave immediately, needless to say.

After walking out of the second teaching area, she realized that her heart was beating fast. What happened just now?
She didn't care about Shen Jiyang's actions, but when she thought of Qu Jingxuan's expression just now, she didn't know why she felt a little excited.Seeing her getting close to other boys, he was so angry, probably because he liked her performance?

Thinking of this, the corner of her mouth raised a faint smile inadvertently.

After school, Qu Jingxuan dismissed all the members of the Imperial City, leaving only Shen Jiyang in the Imperial City office.

"What's going on this afternoon?" Qu Jingxuan became upset when he thought of the previous scene.

"I said, I like her." For Shen Jiyang, who changes girlfriends every now and then, liking a girl is as common as eating and drinking.

"She's different. If your liking can only last for three months, then please let go now." Under Shen Jiyang's surprised gaze, Qu Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, realizing that he seemed to be meddling in his own business. In fact, he has no right to interfere at all.

Seeing his dazed expression, Shen Jiyang narrowed those beautiful red phoenix eyes in doubt, staring at him with burning eyes: "Don't tell me, you also like her?"

Being told the central matter, Qu Jingxuan retorted in an extremely unnatural tone: "How is that possible!"

"If you like her, I will consider giving her to you." Shen Jiyang leaned over the table, tapped the table with his knuckles lightly, and said with a smile.

"She is not an object." Qu Jingxuan suddenly became a little angry.

"Since you don't like her, don't interfere with my pursuit of her." Shen Jiyang's tone became serious.

"I won't let you hurt her!"

Qu Jingxuan stood up abruptly, with a stern expression on his face.

The corner of Shen Jiyang's mouth raised a subtle arc, and his eyes were sharp: "What do you mean? Since you don't like her, why do you interfere so much?"

Qu Jingxuan was so questioned that he couldn't speak. He obviously liked her, but he just refused to admit it, and his mouth was blocked.

"Anyway, I don't like you being together." After Qu Jingxuan finished speaking, he got up and left the Imperial City activity room.

At night, Li Hongye came to the "old place" to work on time. It was just nightfall, and there were not many people coming to eat, so she saw Qu Jingxuan sitting in front of the bar at a glance.

"Why are you here?" Li Hongye walked in front of him slightly surprised.

Qu Jingxuan raised his eyebrows, smiled blankly and said, "I'm the boss here, why can't I come?"

Li Hongye was momentarily at a loss for words: "I didn't mean that." Actually, she wanted to ask about what happened in the second teaching area this afternoon, but she didn't know where to start. After a moment of hesitation, she decided to ask, "Afternoon What did you say to Shen Jiyang after I left?"

I still remember that day when he told her not to be with Shen Jiyang, as if he was afraid that she would be hurt.

But what kind of position did he use to say those words?
In fact, what she wants to know most is how he feels about herself.But since she was "rejected" by him last time, she didn't have the courage to ask again.

"Tell him not to hurt you." While speaking, Qu Jingxuan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Isn't it ridiculous? I never interfere with Ji Yang's relationship issues, but this time..."

"What exactly do you want to say?" After hearing what he said, Li Hongye found that she couldn't understand him at all.

"Although I don't want to admit it, I seem to... fall in love with you." After saying this, his face turned red as if on fire, and he immediately avoided her sight.

Not only Li Hongye, but even William who was sitting behind the bar mixing drinks was stunned by his words.

"Wait a minute, what did you just say?" Li Hongye blinked with disbelief.She had actually heard it and just wanted to double check.

"Didn't you hear clearly? Then just pretend I didn't say anything." Qu Jingxuan's original red face gradually faded, and his expression slowly calmed down.

How could Li Hongye just let him go like this, one must know how difficult it is to hear what he just said with such an arrogant character.So she walked around in front of him, stretched out her hand and turned his face to meet her gaze: "What did you just say?"

Seeing her stubborn expression, Qu Jingxuan couldn't help being shocked, she actually has such a childish side, isn't he dreaming?
Thinking of the scenes of their tit-for-tat confrontation every time, what she feels the most is cold and arrogant, and occasionally a little domineering, but now, she is like a wayward child in front of her. Has she changed too much, or is this just her? nature?
"I...I seem to like you." After a long time, his deep voice came to his ears leisurely again.

This time, Li Hongye heard it clearly.

"Then what about you..." Qu Jingxuan was a little hesitant and nervous when he asked this question.

"Me?" Li Hongye rolled her eyes, as if she was considering this question very carefully, "Let me think about it."

"I still have to think about whether I like it or not?" Qu Jingxuan blinked suspiciously, and then his eyes became sharp, "How dare you refuse me to try!"

This is simply a threat!
However, Li Hongye didn't seem to care, still thinking deeply: "Accept or reject, this is a very serious question, so it takes time to think about it, give me ten or eight years, I will definitely think of the answer. "

"Ten years or eight years?" Qu Jingxuan's voice suddenly rose, and the customers in the shop looked over one after another.

When he noticed that Li Hongye was leaning on the bar with a smile that nearly broke his breath, he realized that she was sincerely teasing him, and his face turned green with anger.

"Li Hongye!" He gritted his teeth and shouted.

William stopped what he was doing and watched the development of the situation with great interest.The former Qu Jingxuan concentrated all his feelings on Pei Jia. Even after she passed away, he never let go of his feelings for her.Until that day, he suddenly called and asked to hang up the wind chime. At that time, William felt that he might have found someone he liked, but he didn't expect that that person turned out to be Li Hongye, an employee of "Old Place".

Seeing the two of them bickering, William couldn't help thinking of himself and Pei Jia back then.

In the eyes of outsiders, Pei Jia is like a noble and elegant princess, but when she plays with her temper, she looks like a child.Back then they often bickered, the situation was exactly the same as Li Hongye and Qu Jingxuan now.

No matter how unsmiling people are, they will become naughty children in front of love. This is the uniqueness of love.

At about nine o'clock, William saw off the last guest, and then made a drink for Qu Jingxuan and Li Hongye.

"This is my gift to congratulate you on falling in love." William smiled and brought drinks to them.

Li Hongye glanced at Qu Jingxuan, then raised her eyebrows and said, "In love? Who said we are in love? Today is just the anniversary of someone's confession, and I haven't agreed yet."

Qu Jingxuan paused when he heard the sound, then raised the corners of his mouth and said, "I take back what I just said and confess my love to someone. It's a waste of my feelings."

"How can this be done! If you say something, you can't take back the water you spill!" Li Hongye protested.

"The two of you really look like Pei Jia and me back then." William couldn't help but chuckled as he watched them fight back and forth.

"Pei Jia is much more gentle, considerate, kind, and virtuous than her." Qu Jingxuan always felt that all the words used to describe a good woman in the world were used on Pei Jia, but they were not enough to describe her half as good.The Pei Jia in his memory was always as noble and gentle as a princess, but not like Li Hongye, who would push every inch.

"You are not as gentle and considerate as William." Li Hongye said angrily.

Then the two snorted at each other and stopped talking to each other.

(End of this chapter)