Chapter 468: His Answer Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
She finally spoke out about what she had kept bottled in her heart for so long.
Though she said it out loud, she did not feel relaxed.
At this moment, the air seemed to have solidified.
Han Qiqing was even feeling as if she could hardly breathe. Her heartbeat plummeted, and she suddenly wanted to escape.
She didn"t want to hear the answer.
Lu Yichen was silent. He stared back at her with a cool and deep gaze that made it hard for anyone to make out his emotions.
"If you don"t want to answer…" Han Qiqing smiled bitterly, trying to give herself an excuse.
Although if he really chose not to answer, it would seem that she would then know what the answer was.
That was the last thing she wanted to face.
Lu Yichen"s gaze, which was locked on her, s.h.i.+fted slightly, and he finally uttered, "No."
Han Qiqing"s mood was in a very complicated state. In the middle of her internal conflict, she suddenly heard his answer.
No?
She was startled. She looked straight into his eyes and said, "No as in… you don"t want to answer, or…"
Thinking of that answer, Han Qiqing"s heart was thumping incessantly.
Lu Yichen calmly looked straight into her eyes, not at all trying to avoid it as he said, "I don"t like Xiaoxiao."
Han Qiqing"s mood was suddenly lifted, and her eyes widened in disbelief.
I… didn"t hear wrong, right?
He said that he didn"t like Xiaoxiao?
Han Qiqing observed his eyes and his expression as though she wanted to find any clues to see if he was lying.
But Lu Yichen looked too calm as if he was only discussing the weather with her. She could not even see any shaking in his eyes.
At this time, another voice told Han Qiqing.
Lu Yichen does not need to lie at all. Moreover, with his personality, he does not like to lie.
Why would he even deny liking someone?
So, was he telling the truth?
In that instant, Han Qiqing"s mood could be said to be ecstatic.
More importantly, the huge stone that had been weighing in her heart had vanished.
She had never dared to face this matter because Xiaoxiao was her best and closest sister ever since she was young.
If Lu Yichen really liked Xiaoxiao, what would happen to her?
Would she hate Xiaoxiao then?
Han Qiqing wanted to say with certainty that she would not hate Xiaoxiao because Xiaoxiao was her best sister.
But she knew deep inside that she could not be certain.
It because she was not a saint. Regarding her emotions, she was just an ordinary person. There would be times when she would feel joy and sorrow, resentment and hate.
So now, after hearing Lu Yichen"s answer, Han Qiqing felt that her repressed emotions had suddenly been relieved!
He doesn"t like Xiaoxiao.
Wonderful.
Absolutely wonderful!
Han Qiqing was looking slightly nervous as she stared at Lu Yichen and asked, "So, do you only treat Xiaoxiao as a friend?"
Though the way that he treated Xiaoxiao was different than how he treated others, who ever said that one could not treat a friend like that?
He didn"t have many friends. Since it was so rare for him to have a friend, of course he would cherish her.
Han Qiqing had always used this point to convince herself, but now that she had found evidence, she was happy..
Upon hearing this, Lu Yichen"s gaze seemed distant in thought as he smiled. Then, he nodded and said, "Yes, she is a… very important friend to me."
She was so important that he didn"t want to hurt her.
So important that he didn"t want to bring any trouble to her life.