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Chen Xinyu answered, “…No. But I guessed it already.”

“Oh.”

Both of them turned silent for a few seconds, before Chen Xinyu suddenly talked a bit louder, “That… that matter. Does Dr Fu know about it?”

Ji Qingying was taken aback.

Chen Xinyu continued, “Ye Qing is the president of Sanqing, right? Weren’t they one of the companies who sent you invitations back then?”

Ji Qingying was silent.

Only after a while did she respond, “Yes. But at that time, it was only someone from their design department that contacted me.”

As for whether or not Ye Qing knew about it, Ji Qingying wasn’t sure.

At that time, Sanqing was actively recruiting a lot of students, but even before their invitation came, Ji Qingying had already decided to decline all invitations.

Back then, she was already in the middle of preparing for the competition, so she rejected them all.

When the incident was made public, many of the seniors who contacted her, one by one, broke their ties with her.

As for Sanqing, since they never formally got into a business relationship, from the moment she had rejected their invitation, they never got in contact with her again.

That was why Ji Qingying wasn’t sure if Ye Qing knew or not.

All she knew was that if Ye Qing wanted to know, she could have easily found out.

Chen Qinyu's voice grew more grave, “Then… does she know already?”

“Probably.”

Ji Qingying raised her head to stare at the crescent moon.

“But President Ye treats me so well.”

“That’s good then,” Chen Xinyu replied.

She paused a bit, feeling Ji Qingying’s trepidation, “Are you worried that if President Ye or the others learned about it, they would object?”

Ji Qinying frowned.

She had also thought about this question.

If Ye Qing was to learn about it, would she stop liking her? If it was Fu Yanzhi, would he doubt choosing her?

But as soon as this thought wormed its way out, Ji Qingying denied it.

She honestly couldn’t be sure about President Ye, but for Fu Yanzhi? She knew that he would believe her. Even if he knew it from way before, he wouldn’t treat her any different.

Between the two of them, there was no bottom line to the unconditional trust they had for one another.

This was the confidence that Fu Yanzhi gave her.

“No.” Ji Qingying replied immediately. “Fu Yanzhi won’t.”

Chen Xinyu’s eyebrows raised. “I’m just worried. The only ones who knew about the truth back then were me and Chi Lu. No one else believed it, so if Dr Fu-”

Even before she finished her sentence, Ji Qingying already knew what she wanted to imply.

But she simply laughed, “Fu Yanzhi really won’t.”

Chen Xinyu could only sigh in relief, “Then that’s good. But I still think you should tell him yourself.”

“I will.”

As she heard the sound of movement behind her, Ji Qingying added, “I’ll do it when I’ve carefully organized my words.”

“Okay, then go to bed early,” Chen Xinyu replied. “In any case, no matter what happens, me and Chi Lu will always have your back. There’s also Rongxue and the others,” she quickly added before hanging up.

Ji Qingying smiled and softly said, “I know. Thank you.”

When Fu Yanzhi came out of the bathroom, Ji Qingying hadn't yet finished the tea he made.

He frowned and walked towards her.

“Why haven’t you drunk it yet?”

Ji Qingying looked down, “…I forgot.”

Seeing Fu Yanzhi’s expression, she pulled on his clothes, “Angry?”

“No.”

Fu Yanzhi stared at her reddish eyes for a moment before gently saying, “But drink it up so we can go to sleep.”

Ji Qingying nodded her head and raised the cup of tea to drink it.

After she finished it, Fu Yanzhi took the cup and went back to the kitchen.

Ji Qingying only stared at his back for quite a while before following after him.

When she neared him, she hugged him from the back and began rubbing her cheeks on him and then whispered, “Why didn’t you ask?”

Fu Yanzhi turned to look straight at her eyes and her slender arms around him, “Ask what?”

He washed the cup before fully turning around to embrace her.

“Won’t you ask me about what happened today?”

“Hmm.”

Ji Qingying buried her head in his chest and softly said, “If you don’t ask me, I don’t know if I’ll ever say it.”

Fu Yanzhi smiled and caressed her head, “I’m only afraid that you haven’t organized your thoughts and feelings yet.”

Ji Qingying raised her eyes and looked at him silently.

She remained silent for a while before she finally opened her mouth and said, “It’s true that I haven’t done any of that yet, so don’t mind me if I seem confusing later.”

“Good.”

“Let’s go to the bedroom first.”

Fu Yanzhi laughed and didn’t refuse.

In the bedroom, Ji Qingying took the initiative to wiggled into his arms, leaning her head against his neck and acting like a spoiled child.#pleasereadthischaptertatfoxaholic.com

Fu Yanzhi didn’t rush her, only continuing to gently stroke her back.

After a while, Ji Qingying finally opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. “Tonight, at the banquet, I ran into a college schoolmate of mine.”

Fu Yanzhi hmm-ed in affirmation, then added, “A male schoolmate.”

Ji Qingying: “….”

Instantly, the serious atmosphere was dispelled by Fu Yanzhi.

Ji Qingying couldn’t help but laugh as she poked his cheek and said, “You even care about that?”

Fu Yanzhi replied by grabbing her hand and seriously saying, “Yes. I care.”

Ji Qingying was speechless.

“We never dated and I never had feelings for him. Still care?”

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