Jiaochen

Fu Yanzhi looked at her before taking her into his arms, “That’s not what I care about.”

He stretched out his hand to flick her forehead, before clarifying, “I care about not being able to share in the things that happened to you all those years ago.”

Those years were when she was the most outgoing and energetic, but he wasn’t a part of it or was privy to what had happened. Fu Yanzhi regretted that the most.

Ji Qingying was stunned for a moment before saying, “Perhaps it’s better you weren’t there. If you were present then, you might never have come to like me.”

Fu Yanzhi lowered his gaze to look at her, “Why are you so unsure of yourself?”

“Huh?” Ji Qingying blinked in daze.

Fu Yanzhi kissed her on the cheeks and seriously said, “Never.”

He reiterated: “I would never.”

Ji Qingying instantly understood what he was trying to say. She fell further into his embrace and coquettishly said, “Dr Fu, why are you so good to me?”

Fu Yanzhi stretched out his hand again and then flicked her on the forehead again, “Male schoolmate. And then what?”

Ji Qingying was struck speechless again before trying her best to organize her thoughts, “He ended up being a very annoying schoolmate of mine, but when I first started university, we had a friendly relationship.”

She looked at his eyes, and touched her nose as she explained, “Honestly, he wasn’t a typical schoolmate, as we occasionally got together to discuss something related to our major.”

Although He Yuan was a rich man’s son, he wasn’t overly influenced by his surroundings growing up so he didn’t have the many bad habits typical young masters had. He also knows a lot as well. Moreover, he had a good temperament, so Ji Qingying naturally became friends with him.

Fu Yanzhi remarked that he understood, but gradually tightened his hold around her, “Go on.”

That night, Fu Yanzhi’s ears were full of her whispers. She mostly succeeded in keeping her cool while telling her story that night, but at certain points, she had to pause for a long time before continuing.

The years she desperately tried to hide from everyone were poured out to Fu Yanzhi that night.

When she got to the story of the previous competition, she stopped for quite a long time.

“I really didn’t plagiarize,” Ji Qingying emphasized. “But at the time, I couldn’t even argue back because I had no evidence. No one believed me.”

She buried herself in Fu Yanzhi’s arms and with her eyes closed, she continued, “They all said that even my previous designs were plagiarized too…”

Fu Yanzhi’s swallowed hard as he felt his heart wrench.

Ji Qingying was casually telling him the thing she wanted to hide the most, but he could only imagine how she felt back then.

She rarely ever expresses her true feelings, and even more so for the things she likes or cherishes.

In fact, Ji Qingying was very protective.

She unconditionally trusts her assistants and friends and will do anything to help them.

The result should have been good.

But in exchange for her hard work and sincerity was betrayal.

In the end, Ji Qingying kept repeating, “I really didn’t do it…”

Fu Yanzhi looked at her with a burning gaze as he firmly stated, “I know.”

He lowered his head to kiss her on the forehead, “I believe you didn’t do it.”

Ji Qingying raised her head to look at him as well.

“But they didn’t believe me. Not even the teachers who liked me the most believed me.”

Fu Yanzhi stared at her reddening eyes and continued to gently kiss her, “They doubted themselves, not you.”#pleasereadthischapteratfoxaholic.com

Ji Qingying tried to open her mouth to speak, but only managed to do so after some time, “You know, I only learned later why He Yuan helped her.”

Fu Yanzhi stroked her head and gently said, “Tell me.”

Ji Qingying didn't know how to say it.

The same time as the incident blew up, her grandma was hospitalized. Because she didn’t have any evidence to prove her innocence at the time, she decided to just go back to Jiangcheng to take care of her grandmother and never have any contact with her schoolmates anymore.

When she was waiting on her grandma at the hospital, Chen Xinyu sent her a raging message.

It stated that He Yuan and Lin Xiaoshuang were dating.

They had become boyfriend and girlfriend. That was why he helped her.

Moreover, someone had said they saw them go into a hotel at night, and only left the next morning.

This news disgusted Ji Qingying at that time.

She didn’t even want to continue reading the message, much less investigate it further.

At that time, she felt totally exhausted, so the two took that opportunity to appear before her, proudly playing the victims.#pleasereadthischapteratfoxaholic.com

After she finished telling her story, Ji Qingying ended it in a gentle voice, “That’s why I never want to see them again, because if I do, I’m forced to remember that incident.

Fu Yanzhi didn’t say anything immediately, only continuing to gently stroke her back before saying, “It’s all in the past.”

“No.”

Ji Qingying shook her head, “They’re here again.”

Fu Yanzhi met her eyes and softly said, “I know. But don’t be afraid.” He lowered his head, and kissed her on the lips, “I’m right here.”

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