In a distinctive restaurant in downtown Shanghai, close to Cheng Guo’s company, Hu Li drove her Ferrari to take Cheng Guo to the restaurant, waiting for Ye Tian after getting off work.
Following the address, Ye Tian arrived at the restaurant. As soon as he entered, he saw Cheng Guo waving at him, and a smile appeared on his lips as he walked over to Cheng Guo.
"Ye Tian, this is my colleague Hu Li. She insisted on coming along, and there’s nothing I could do. I hope you don’t mind." Cheng Guo said apologetically as soon as they t.
"No problem." Ye Tian wasn’t bothered at all.
After sitting down, the atmosphere was a bit awkward due to Hu Li’s presence, but Hu Li was quite straightforward, carefully examining Ye Tian with a flicker of disappointnt in her eyes.
Ye Tian wasn’t as tall and handso as she imagined, his attire was ordinary, and such a person was unlikely to be a trust-fund baby.
Every ti Ye Tian went out, he used magic to conceal his appearance and restrain his aura, making himself look like an ordinary person. It was no surprise Hu Li wasn’t impressed.
"I heard from Qing Ya that you’re her high school classmate. I’m curious, how did you manage to win over soone as beautiful as Qing Ya? At least at your high school, she was at the school beauty level, right? To be blunt, you look pretty average." Hu Li said bluntly, not caring about Ye Tian’s feelings. She felt Ye Tian wasn’t good enough for Cheng Guo, a flower on cow dung scenario that she didn’t want to see.
"Hu Li, didn’t you promise ? Not to say anything inappropriate." Cheng Guo quickly pinched Hu Li secretly, whispering her dissatisfaction.
"You’re my colleague and my friend, so naturally, I care about you. Besides, I didn’t say anything wrong, just stating the facts. Guoguo, don’t tell you and he are childhood sweethearts who fell in love over ti, because I can’t see anything appealing about him?" Hu Li said righteously.
Cheng Guo felt extrely awkward, but hearing Hu Li’s words, she couldn’t help but feel secretly delighted.
"Ye Tian, you, you don’t mind, Hu Li is just like that." Cheng Guo looked at Ye Tian, quickly explaining while sneaking glances at him to see his reaction. Seeing that Ye Tian wasn’t angry, Cheng Guo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"It’s fine, let’s eat." Ye Tian smiled.
He knew that Cheng Guo wanted to conceal his identity, so she intentionally said he was her high school classmate.
Seeing Ye Tian neither defending himself nor getting angry, Hu Li looked down on him even more. Despite Cheng Guo repeatedly kicking her under the table, she couldn’t help but slyly jab at Ye Tian. Although Hu Li had a poor attitude, Ye Tian could tell that she disliked him for not being good enough for Cheng Guo, ultimately for Cheng Guo’s sake. So Ye Tian couldn’t be bothered to argue with her.
However, Ye Tian’s lack of response only made Hu Li see it as a sign of weakness, prompting her to express her dissatisfaction with Ye Tian in more exaggerated and indirect ways.
"Guoguo, this high school friend of yours, to be honest, is pretty average, a far cry from that Zheng Fei I introduced to you last ti. I really don’t get what you like about him?" Hu Li said with a look of incomprehension.
"I, I, we’re really just ordinary friends, don’t say that." Cheng Guo said, but her tone clearly seed like she wanted to say more but held back.
She did like Ye Tian; she had a good impression of Ye Tian in the car. After witnessing Ye Tian’s capabilities at the apprenticeship banquet last ti, she couldn’t stop thinking about him. But she dared not express her feelings to Ye Tian, afraid that once spoken, they might not even remain friends.
"Such a beautiful lady—who was it in the office today, after hanging up the phone, said ’we won’t part until we et,’ and was so excited? If he wasn’t your boyfriend, would you be so thrilled?" Hu Li said.
Cheng Guo’s face imdiately flushed like an apple, feeling both embarrassed and secretly delighted. Her feelings for Ye Tian, though she didn’t dare to voice them, using Hu Li’s words to say them seed like a good idea.
Cheng Guo sneaked a glance at Ye Tian and saw him smiling at her. She quickly lowered her head, her heart racing.
Ye Tian’s attitude made Cheng Guo even more confused. In the past, she was quite confident in herself, thinking that if she t Ye Tian, she would certainly be poised and elegant. But after encountering Ye Tian over a week ago and witnessing his depth and strength, she felt inferior. Her admired beauty seed insignificant in front of Ye Tian, as soone with Ye Tian’s abilities could have any beauty he wanted.
Feeling inferior, thinking she wasn’t worthy of Ye Tian, Cheng Guo didn’t dare to express her feelings and beca shy and embarrassed in front of Ye Tian.
Seeing Cheng Guo so shy, a light bulb went off in Hu Li’s mind, and she exclaid in astonishnt, "You an you’re secretly in love with him?"
With her thoughts exposed, Cheng Guo felt so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into a hole.
"I, I..."
Cheng Guo wanted to explain, but didn’t know how, stuttering and unable to continue.
"Are you out of your mind? You’re actually secretly in love with him? Are you mad from studying?" Hu Li was speechless; she felt her worldview was about to collapse.
From any angle, Cheng Guo was far superior to Ye Tian. In school, Cheng Guo was certainly the goddess everyone admired, whereas Ye Tian was just an inconspicuous bystander. A goddess secretly in love with a bystander—this plot would probably only happen in TV dramas, it’s so lodramatic.
"Hu Li, it’s really not what you think, let’s eat, and not talk about it." Cheng Guo, embarrassed to the extre, quickly changed the topic.
"Your reaction has already said it all. I’m really speechless with you. You always thought you had high standards, but turns out your standards are so low. If you’re going to secretly admire soone, at least admire a more dashing guy, right?" Hu Li held her head, completely defeated by Cheng Guo, utterly speechless.
Ye Tian’s expression didn’t change from start to finish.
Nor did he explain; such matters weren’t enough to cause a ripple in Ye Tian’s heart.
Seeing Cheng Guo being unreasonable, Hu Li looked at Ye Tian, noticing his calm deanor. She furrowed her brows slightly and sneered, "You’re quite composed, aren’t you? Being secretly adored by such a beauty must be quite an ego boost, huh?"
"Let tell you, as long as I’m around, I won’t let Guoguo be with you. What era is this now? The whole Cowherd and Weaver thing is unrealistic. We’re all adults and should be realistic. Do you really think you’re worthy of Cheng Guo?" Hu Li’s enthusiasm was over the top. She even had to ddle in Cheng Guo’s love life.
"Whether I’m worthy of Cheng Guo or not doesn’t seem to be your concern, right?" Ye Tian replied with a faint smile.
"Of course it’s my concern. Cheng Guo is my friend. She spends all her ti studying and has never dated before. Naturally, I can’t let her go astray. Shanghai is full of young and talented people, plenty of handso guys better than you. What can you offer Cheng Guo? Being with her would only harm her. I can’t let you do that to her." Hu Li said to Ye Tian, her tone firm.
Ye Tian narrowed his eyes, giving Hu Li a deep look, then finally spoke lightly, "Alright, you don’t have to worry about and Cheng Guo. Let’s eat."
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