Chapter 74: Yu Yao's Worries

  Wei Yan thought she could easily deal with a materialistic girl in her teens, but unexpectedly not only did she hit a snag, she was also left breathless by Ji Xinan.

  Although Ji Xin'an said with her own mouth that she had nothing to do with Yao Wenhuo anymore, she didn't believe that Ji Xin'an would give up the opportunity to be with Yao Wenhuo so easily.

  But now I really can't think of any other way, and I couldn't actually go to school, or Yao Wenhuo would be affected too. And I didn't dare let Yao Wenhuo know that she had secretly gone to find Ji Xin'an, so I could only go back and observe for a while before doing anything else.

  On the other hand, Ji Xin'an left the coffee shop and her anger dissipated. Although she was still angry about their misunderstanding of her, what worried her more was that such rumors would spread and not only affect her but also Master's family and career.

  She herself was helpless, she couldn't go one by one to explain to them, even if she went to say it, those people who had already made up their minds wouldn't believe her. She wanted to find a master to think of a solution together, but she couldn't contact him at all now, and could only hope that the rumors wouldn't spread too far.

  No matter how worried she was, the days went by as usual, but she didn't know that this matter would affect not only her.

  Shirley hasn't been worried these past few days. Although Yao Wenhuo is ignoring her now, she thinks that as long as he doesn't have a girlfriend by his side, she'll eventually get her chance. And after talking to Yao Wenhuo's mother, she knows that there's no possibility of him getting back together with Ji Xin'an either. So recently, her mood has been especially good.

  It wasn't until I ran into Yu Yao again that I realized what was off.

  "Why, as you said, does this matter have nothing to do with you? If it did, you'd only be a contributing factor, not the one at fault. Why get involved?" Ji Xin An was taken aback for a moment before recalling how Yu Yao had still been speaking up for Yao Wen Hua that day. In her heart, she must still care about Yao Wen Hua. How could things have changed so much in just a few days, and to such an extreme degree?

  "I've looked for him and wanted to have a good talk with him. I thought he was just being impulsive and would come around after a while, but... who would have thought that he's become like this now." Yu Yao said, recalling the scene of their conversation back then, her heart aching no less than Xin An's now. In her heart, he had always been her idol. Now that this role model has suddenly disappeared, she is even more at a loss.

  Ji Xin'an immediately understood, remembering the attitude of Yao Wenhuo when talking to her, and knowing that Yao Wenhuo would not admit his own mistakes in front of Yu Yao either. He forced himself to be cunning and said, "Forget it, Yaoyao, these things have nothing to do with you, don't let them affect your relationship with him. After all, he is indeed sincere towards you as a younger sister."

  "What if he's good to me? How can he become like this, and Lingling too? I never thought they'd become so selfish. To achieve their goals, they can be ruthless... I really didn't think they'd become so terrifying..." The pent-up frustration of many days finally found an outlet. As she spoke, she burst into tears.

  Ji Xin'an didn't expect things to turn out this way, and instead became the one who needed to comfort Yu Yao. "Maybe they just acted on impulse, maybe after a few days he'll come to his senses and realize his mistake, then he'll still be your good brother." But as she spoke, even she couldn't convince herself, so she stopped talking and pulled Yu Yao into her arms, letting her cry her heart out on her shoulder.

  The days of depression finally got a release, after crying for a while, the mood also lightened up a lot, but after stopping the tears, Yu Yao only discovered that she was actually leaning on Ji Xin An's shoulder, "Sorry...I..." Only then did she feel embarrassed, her face even turned red.

  Looking at Yu Yao like this, Ji Xin An revealed a smile for the first time in many days. His understanding of Yu Yao mostly came from his past life, and even now that he's interacting with her, he never felt it was so real before. After experiencing such an event, he finally discovered that Yu Yao had such a clear-cut personality, full of love and hate, and she was indeed a very real person. How could he still blame the mistakes committed by Yao Wen Huan on her?

  "Yu Yao, you don't have to keep apologizing to me. On the contrary, I should be thanking you for standing up for me and having a conflict with your own brother and best friend." Ji Xin An comforted her while helping her wipe away tears.

  "Thank you..." She finally felt understood for what she had done and said, and her heart suddenly felt better. Tears fell again as she couldn't hold them back.

  "Alright, alright, stop crying. If you keep crying like that, others will think we've done something to you!" Zou Ze heard the two of them and also somewhat believed Yu Yao, but in his heart he still couldn't completely accept it, so his attitude wasn't very good.

  "It's okay, don't cry anymore, wipe away your tears." Ji Xin'an pulled Zou Ze once to hint that he should have a better attitude. Even if he didn't like her, she hadn't done anything wrong, and there was no need to treat her like an enemy.

  Yu Yao indeed listened and started wiping away her tears, no longer crying. Zou Ze also just coldly snorted once and didn't speak again.

  Three people came to Ji Xin'an's home for lunch again, but this time Yu Yao, who had made some progress in her studies, took the initiative to cook, and Zou Ze also agreed, hoping that Ji Xin'an, who was already in a bad mood, would rest.

  So the three of them sat down at the dinner table together for the first time since that day, and it was also Yu Yao's first attempt at cooking.

  In the following days, although Zou Ze's attitude towards Yu Yao was still a bit stiff, it was much better than ignoring her. Yu Yao had already given up hope on Zou Ze, as long as he could treat her like an ordinary friend, she would be content with that.