Chapter 1461: Chapter 1462: Still Two Old Acquaintances

“I originally wanted to wait, wait until I grew up a bit more, graduated from college, and joined the company before coming to find you. By then, I’d make sure to wear something beautiful and walk up to you, reaching out my hand to shake yours, and call you ‘senior.'”

“…But I couldn’t wait. I know if I kept waiting, I wouldn’t reach that day before I first heard the news that you have a girlfriend. I heard Cai Lun and the others say it, saying that you already have someone you like.”

“Senior, can you tell me the name of the person you like?”

So light, so faint, so painful.

A second call from Estelle lit up. Rong Yan glanced outside; the two were blocked right at the intersection—utterly annoying.

She couldn’t go out.

If she pretended nothing was happening, she’d likely interrupt this confession.

After nearly five minutes of silence, the man finally spoke, “You don’t know her.”

You don’t know her…

That’s an admission that he does have someone he likes!

At that moment, Su Xiansui felt as if a knife were being twisted in her heart, her chest like it was being repeatedly crushed on the open street, leaving her unable to breathe from the pain. She clutched the fabric of her collar, her eyes quickly turning bright red with tears as she choked up, “I-I know I don’t know her. I just want to know who you like, then talk to her, tell her to treat you well. From now on, always treat you well.”

Zhong Yuye leaned against the wall with one long leg slightly tilted, lowering his gaze to see the small girl in front of him, her flushed eyes trying desperately not to cry. Her choked, trembling words echoed faintly in his ears. Feeling agitated, he pulled out a cigarette box and lighter, extracting a cigarette with his elegant fingers. His lips, as delicate as petals, held the cigarette as he bent his neck to light it. The scarlet hue of the cigarette tip seemed like flickers of starlight, casting a glow on his finely chiseled face, creating a stark contrast of decadent beauty.

Only after exhaling a wisp of smoke did he glance at her indifferently, “No need. She doesn’t like me.”

“How is that possible?!” Su Xiansui’s eyes widened in disbelief. “She—how could she not like you? You’re such a good person.”

Handsome, born into a prestigious family, and his personality… withdrawn but not bad, cold but kind-hearted.

A man like that—how could any woman not like him? She must be blind!

“I’m good?” Zhong Yuye chuckled faintly, as if finding her description amusing, but his smile quickly faded. His light brown eyes were unfathomable, as if concealing boundless galaxies. “She has a boyfriend—a man who, in everyone’s eyes, is better than me.”

The most elite eligible bachelor in Capital City, the leader of the Li Group!

A man like that—blessed by the heavens, with a background just as unparalleled as his own. Compared to the Zhong Family, the Lin Family was even more powerful. And the Lin Family had only Li Shengxiao as its heir, with no competition.

In contrast, although Zhong Yuye appeared to be the legitimate heir of the Zhong Family, the truth was that the family itself was a chaotic mess, and there were countless people plotting to pull him off his pedestal and seize the position for themselves.

Originally, he didn’t care about that position. What he wanted was freedom—a life he could control for himself… His eyes darkened, as he thought of the woman who had thrown herself down the stairs, suffering a shattered bone fracture, all just to help him secure the position he didn’t even care about.

As selfish as he might be, as indifferent as he might seem—he couldn’t possibly not care about the woman who had given him life.

Even though that woman’s hands were steeped in blood, living like a demon for power and status, she had shielded him from the storms of the vast Zhong Family, protecting him as he grew up smoothly for over twenty years.

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