I rejected your confession, so you picked up my best friend and took her home?

After a while, Zhu Tao sat on a lounge chair in the poolside rest area.

She had just come out of the swimming pool and was shivering slightly. Although the air conditioner was on, it was still a bit cold.

At this time, a bath towel was draped over her. Zhu Tao looked up and saw Liao Haomiao sitting on a chair next to her.

He also bought a few bottles of water, put them on the table, unscrewed one and handed it to Zhu Tao.

The two sat by the pool, watching Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran playing happily in the pool, with a hint of envy in their eyes.

And the two of them couldn't play so carefree because there were many barriers between them.

There was the barrier of unclear relationship and the obstacles from family, which made them become the current state.

"You...yesterday..."

After a while, Liao Haomiao spoke first and broke the deadlock.

After hearing this, Zhu Tao turned her head to look at Liao Haomiao's profile, pursed her lips, and listened quietly.

"You told your mother yesterday...I'm your boyfriend, but we...we haven't actually made our relationship clear, right?"

"Yeah, yes."

Zhu Tao nodded and agreed with Liao Haomiao's idea. No matter what she thought yesterday, it was a fact that neither of them said it clearly.

"I said you were my boyfriend yesterday without your consent, I'm sorry..."

Zhu Tao took the initiative to apologize to Liao Haomiao. She knew the current situation very well. She must have been too high.

With Liao Haomiao's top grades and good looks, his father was the manager here, and his family conditions must be very good. With these conditions, Liao Haomiao could have made better choices.

She just took advantage of the fact that she had been in love with Liao Haomiao. Apart from that, she had no capital to speak of.

That's why she didn't dare to say anything or ask for anything.

What happened yesterday was already a very bold act for her.

But Liao Haomiao didn't care about this kind of thing. On the contrary, he was very happy. At least it was Zhu Tao who took this step first, not him.

"No... You don't need to apologize. I'm glad... You can treat me as your boyfriend, so now I want to say..."

Liao Haomiao paused, hesitant to speak, and after a few seconds, he slowly spoke:

"I... want to clarify our relationship with you now, are you... willing?"

Liao Haomiao stared at Zhu Tao with a deep look, and then stretched out his hand.

Zhu Tao was really stunned for a moment, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and her mouth opened slightly...

She was stunned for only a few seconds, and then, the corners of her slightly pursed mouth drew a beautiful arc,

Then she stretched out her hand and gently placed it in Liao Haomiao's palm,

"I am willing..."

"Oh——"

As soon as Zhu Tao finished speaking, cheers and gentle applause suddenly sounded in front of them,

The two looked forward and found that Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran were by the pool, looking at them with a smile on their faces.

"Uh..."

Zhu Tao immediately lowered her eyelids, and her face also drooped, but her ears turned red quietly, and the corners of her mouth also slightly raised, unable to hide her joy.

Liao Haomiao was a little surprised to see that Yin Mengran no longer needed Zhou Heng's support, and asked:

"Ah? Did you learn it so quickly?"

Zhou Heng raised his head proudly and said: "Of course, my girlfriend is so smart, is it difficult to learn to swim?"

As soon as Zhou Heng finished speaking, Yin Mengran approached Zhou Heng's body, staring at Zhou Heng with her pair of pure brown eyes like glass, and whispered:

"You taught me well, I am not very skilled now, I will be proficient with practice slowly..."

Zhou Heng gently lifted Yin Mengran's hair and said softly: "Take a break first, swimming is very physically demanding."

"Hmm..."

The two came out of the swimming pool,

Liao Haomiao immediately threw two bath towels over and asked them to put them on,

Zhou Heng put them on Yin Mengran first, and then himself.

After they sat down, Liao Haomiao asked:

"Are you hungry? I'll call my dad and ask him to take us out for dinner?"

Zhou Heng stared in surprise:

"Ah? It's okay to play for free, but we also want uncle to treat us to a meal? Forget it, let's go eat by ourselves. He should be very busy. It's not good to trouble uncle so much."

"I agree."

Yin Mengran also echoed, agreeing with Zhou Heng's words, and wished Tao

I had the same idea, so I gently pulled Liao Haomiao's arm and nodded at him.

"Is that so... OK then..."

Since they all said so, Liao Haomiao also chose to compromise.

So, they planned to go out for dinner together. There are many snacks and restaurants here, and there are many choices.

Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran walked in front holding hands, while Liao Haomiao and Zhu Tao walked behind.

Liao Haomiao took Zhu Tao's hand and Zhu Tao did not resist, but held it tighter.

After many years, she finally held this hand again. This time, she vowed not to lose it again.

Liao Haomiao saw that Zhou Heng and the others were a certain distance away from him, so he whispered in Zhu Tao's ear:

"That... Let's not tell our family about the two of us, okay?"

"Ah...ah?"

After hearing this, Zhu Tao's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she was stunned for a few seconds before she reacted.

For a moment, she thought of many possibilities in her mind, but she felt that the most likely one was the reason why they had separated.

Zhu Tao didn't answer in time, which made Liao Haomiao a little flustered, but he didn't know how to explain.

He didn't want to say...his mother didn't agree with their relationship, he couldn't say it, and it would definitely hurt her heart...

And he couldn't say the conditions proposed by his mother, who could say that his girlfriend's mother should come to his house to apologize?

Speaking out would undoubtedly put their relationship in a very embarrassing situation.

He could only use this delaying tactic temporarily, and then slowly think of a way.

"I...just want to...uh, don't let my family know about our relationship first, don't let them interfere, so that we can get along better, right?"

Liao Haomiao explained it briefly, but Zhu Tao didn't buy it at all.

She would never believe that it was this reason, but she would never expose it, and she knew what the result would be after exposing it.

"Well...OK, I know."

Zhu Tao agreed, but she had secretly remembered in her heart that this was definitely not a trivial matter, and it was very likely that they would separate again...