I Am Rich

51

The atmosphere was strange, however, Hua Hongxi, the fool, did not notice it at all, smilingly sat next to Qi Chengyan and said, "But I really did not expect it, brother, it turned out that you like the Zhiyi type. I said at first that you would not like the little girl you grew up with, and thought Zhiyi did the right thing to not confess."

Qi Chengyan looked indistinct, silently staring at Guan Zhiyi across the table.

Guan Zhiyi's face was about to burn right now, "Hua Hongxi, what are you talking about? I, When did I tell you I was going to confess?"

Hua Hongxi smiled leisurely,"Right, you didn't say it directly. But I wonder who it was that made me clarify our relationship in front of brother in the first place."

Guan Zhiyi: "......"

"Oh, but at a glance, you guys look pretty good together."

Guan Zhiyi had the urge to rush up and bury Hua Hongxi alive......

She had wanted to keep her secret love in the dark at first, but now Hua Hongxi has messed everything up, her selfishness and cowardice were entirely exposed.

At this time, she didn't dare to see Qi Chengyan. She has gained the upper hand in the relationship between the two of them these days, and all along she has been acting like she was currently considering him!

But now...Qi Chengyan is so smart, he must be able to understand what Hua Hongxi means.

Guan Zhiyi felt awkward and shy for a moment, let alone burying Hua Hongxi, she might as well just bury herself now!

No one spoke at the table for a while, and Hua Hongxi finally noticed something was wrong at this point, "Uh ......wait, you guys are here for a date, aren't you?"

Qi Chengyan stared at Guan Zhiyi's flushed and at a loss face, feeling something was springing in his heart, numerous and close together, sweeping his whole body with astonishment and happiness, He tried his best to control himself so as not to lose self-control in the surprise of 'she actually likes him'.

"It's a date," he said.

Hua Hongxi breathed a sigh of relief,"Oh, I was frightened. I thought Zhiyi hadn't confessed yet, and I've just exposed everything."

"She didn't confess."

Hua Hongxi: "Huh?"

Qi Chengyan turned his head and glanced at her, smiled faintly,"I'm the one who confessed."

Hua Hongxi was stunned and slowly raised a thumb, "Brother, you're awesome."

"If there is nothing else, you may go." Qi Chengyan's gaze moved to Guan Zhiyi's face.

Hua Hongxi immediately showed a 'got it' expression,"I'm leaving now! Brother, Zhiyi! Happy dating!"

Guan Zhiyi: "......"

Hua Hongxi walked away, leaving only the two of them looking at each other.

"I suddenly have a stomachache, I don't want to eat anymore!" Her lie was revealed too soon, and at this moment, it was as if she were sitting on pins and needles, she couldn't stay under his eyes at all. So after speaking, she pulled her legs to leave.

Qi Chengyan was taken aback for a moment, "You wait—"

Guan Zhiyi, who had just escaped from the situation, slipped fast, but only after she came out of the restaurant did she realize that she didn't drive to come here.

Where should she go after running out now?!

While she was thinking about whether she should call a taxi using her phone, the phone in her hand was taken away from behind.

"Why are you running so fast?"

Turning back, she saw Qi Chengyan standing behind her, looking straight at her. Guan Zhiyi looked at the smile under his eyes and wanted to just die even more,"My stomach hurts, I want to go home."

"Then I still have to send you back. Don't tell me that you want to take a taxi by yourself? Do you think it is suitable for you to take a taxi alone now?"Qi Chengyan did not expose her lie that was not in the least believable, he just took her hand and led her towards the parking place.

Guan Zhiyi was forced to follow him with a look of hopelessness.

There's nothing more humiliating than arrogantly saying 'I'll consider you' at one time, just to embrassingly become "I fucking crushed you earlier than you liked me" the next time!

"Put your seatbelt on." After pulling her to sit down on the passenger side, he said.

Guan Zhiyi mumbled dully.

Qi Chengyan sat in the driver's seat, yet he did not immediately start the car, only looking with his head sideways at her.

Nor did he speak, he was just staring.

Guan Zhiyi endured it for a while, before eventually giving in, she took a deep breath and turned her head to stare at him, "Why are you staring at me? Right, yes I liked you, I have long ago liked you! What's wrong! can't I do that?!"

Qi Chengyan was silent for a moment,"How early was long ago?"

"When you returned to China? Or earlier, anyway, earlier than you. But I have decided not to like you before, so I'm not deliberately letting you chase me now!"

Qi Chengyan was caught up in the joy that she had started to like him a long time ago, however, everything was turned upside down by her next sentence. He froze for a moment, "Why did you decide not to like me anymore?"

Guan Zhiyi pursed her lips, looked ahead, and said in a low voice, "I heard it."

"What?"

"That day when you were at Nanjue, you told my brother and Xiao Ran that you couldn't possibly be interested in me. I realized you didn't like me, so I just gave up."

The scenes of that day suddenly flooded into Qi Chengyan's mind. He remembered that the three of them were in the room waiting for her to come up for dinner that day, but later she was late. Then when he called her he found that she had already gone to sleep.

"You actually came that day?"

Even now it was still hard for her to recall how she felt that day when he said he didn't like her,"Yeah."

Qi Chengyan looked at the sullen expression of the person in front of him, with indescribable regret and frustration in his heart. At that time he was still unable to figure out his own feelings, he was also hesitant and conflicted, and it was certainly not that he's not interested in her.

He said that because he didn't want Xiao Ran to make a mess of things.

"So I don't understand why, why'd you say you like me now." There was some confusion under Guan Zhiyi's eyes, "I thought that you would only treat me as a little kid forever......"

Before her words were finished, she was pulled by Qi Chengyan. She leaned against his chest in a daze, tried to raise her head, but was pressed back by him.

"I'm sorry." She heard him say.

Guan Zhiyi was stunned, then heard the person holding her continue to say,"It's my fault, I said that before because I was still figuring out how to deal with my feelings for you, and couldn't say it directly in front of them at that time. I like you, I really should have told you earlier."

He really regretted it. All this time, he thought he had protected Guan Zhiyi well, But it turned out that the little girl whom he had always held in his hand had actually been hurt by himself.

He wasn't sure of how early she had long ago liked him, but as she said, it was definitely earlier than him. At the very least, when he hasn't had any particular feelings for her, she'd already feel disappointed and sad because he didn't reciprocate her feelings.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Wu."

Qi Chengyan's breathing was somewhat heavy.

Guan Zhiyi's nose was sore, it was as if all the grievances and disappointments from that time appeared right before her eyes, yet because of his explanation and apology, everything seemed to have been thrown far away again. So it turned out at that time he actually likes her?

It suddenly dawned on her.

Love, this sort of thing, she had never been able to say it directly to him before. And for such a mature person like him, to have feelings for a young girl whom he closely related and practically brought up, he naturally would have more qualms, so how could he just say that directly in front of her brother?

"So that's how it was…"

"Yes, I'm not lying to you." Qi Chengyan let go of her, looking into her eyes and said,"So, take back your decision of not liking me and try to like me again, okay?" 

Guan Zhiyi's face was cupped in his hands, she stared at him dumbfoundedly,"So suddenly? How can there be such a thing…"

"It can be like this." Qi Chengyan thought for a moment and coaxed, "It was my fault in the past, I've made you suffer."

Guan Zhiyi grunted in a low voice, but actually she knew it in her heart. That In the end, no one is right or wrong, no one had made the others suffer, it was simply a mistake arising from many combinations of factors.

Seeing that she was silent, Qi Chengyan suddenly recalled something and said,"I suddenly remembered, you also had made me suffer, so let's even each other out, okay?"

Guan Zhiyi paused, saying in confusion, "Where have you suffered a loss?"

Qi Chengyan laughed and said, "Being taken advantage of is also counted as suffering a loss right?"

"Huh?"

"Just say whether it counts or not."

Guan Zhiyi didn't understand what he meant by suddenly saying that, just answered,"Being taken advantage of...should be counted right?"

"Then there you go." Qi Chengyan raised the corners of his lips, "I've been taken advantage of by you, so that would be a loss."

Guan Zhiyi was caught off guard and her eyes widened, "What nonsense are you talking about-"

"On the night you were drunk at "Dawn and the Wild" celebration banquet, do you remember it was me who took you back to your room. At that time, I just wanted to put you down and leave, but who knows that you wouldn't let me go and grabbed me for a kiss." Qi Chengyan pinched her cheeks, with a helpless look," I had nowhere to turn for help that time, and what's even more hurtful is you forgot about it the next day. However, I didn't forget, therefore this can be considered a bad thing you did."

"Dawn and the Wild" Celebration banquet......was it that time at the manor?

Wait, aren't those images of them kissing and tossing just her dream?

Guan Zhiyi was so shocked that she didn't know what to say, "It's all real ......"

"What's real? Do you remember?"

Guan Zhiyi slapped his hand away,"That, that was clearly a dream! If there really was such a thing, why don't you tell me when you wake up the next day?"

Qi Chengyan raised his eyebrows slightly, so she did remember it.

"I didn't know you liked me at that time, so of course I couldn't say that kind of thing, for fear you would lose face."

Guan Zhiyi: "..."

"Since you remember, let's say we are even."

"But--"

"No but, and don't like other people either." Qi Chengyan sighed and blocked all her words, "Xiao Wu, like brother again, okay? Otherwise, this brother will really be sad to death."

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On the way home, Guan Zhiyi's whole body was fluttering.

When she arrived at her house, Qi Chengyan signaled that she could get out of the car, but she was still so startled that she couldn't come to her senses.

"Don't want to go home? Or should I take you around for a while." Qi Chengyan said.

Guan Zhiyi shook her head quickly and immediately opened the door to get out of the car, "I'm going home!"

"Xiaowu."

Guan Zhiyi stopped, but didn't turn around.

"See you tomorrow."

"...... Oh."

After speaking, she ran back fast and hurriedly, closing the door with a snap.

As she leaned behind the door, the tips of her ears began to redden again.

"You're back so early?" Just at that moment, Guan Yuanbai came down from upstairs.

Guan Zhiyi's whole body shook when she saw him, "Ah, yes, yes."

"Doing two hours of make-up just to be back in such a short while, you're really good at floundering time."

Guan Zhiyi: "No, my friend suddenly had something to do, so we just left without eating."

"Oh, then let Auntie get you something to eat."

"I'm not hungry."

"You still have to eat something even if you're not hungry." Guan Yuanbai came over and pulled her towards the dining room, "Let's see what you can eat."

"Then, I'll do as you say......"

Guan Yuanbai looked back at her and was taken aback when he saw her ears, "Why are your ears so red?"

Guan Zhiyi covered them all at once,"Is it?"

Guan Yuanbai squinted his eyes, with an inquiring gaze.

Guan Zhiyi coughed lightly: "It seems to be a bit hot ...... that, what, Aunt Chen, I want to eat dumplings, do you have any dumplings."

"Yes, Miss, wait a minute, I'll make them for you right away."

"Oh ok!"

Guan Zhiyi pulled Guan Yuanbai's hand away, "I'll wait in the living room!"

"......"

Guan Yuanbai was actually just casually asking, but Guan Zhiyi felt very guilty, especially, when her phone vibrated, and saw Qi Chengyan's WeChat when she took it out: [You ran away without eating dinner, remember to eat something when you get home.]

She glanced at Guan Yuanbai to make sure he did not come over before secretly replied: [Got it.]