Chapter 0043: Disliking Him

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"Today you saved me, and I'm very grateful. I'll ask Daddy to give you more money as a reward, but that doesn't mean I accept you. When Daddy comes back, I'll tell him to fire you." Chu Mengyao pursed her lips and hesitated before saying this.

Lin Yi shrugged and gave a somewhat helpless smile, "Don't worry, if Mr. Chu fires me, I won't stick around here." Lin Yi felt he had really failed. Was it because this young lady was too hard to please, or was it because he hadn't done well enough? But it didn't matter anymore. Although he was somewhat attached to his current comfortable life—going to school, coming home, living with two beautiful young girls, and having a good friend at school—this life ultimately didn't belong to him.

Seeing Lin Yi's somewhat dejected back, Chu Mengyao felt even more stifled. Had she been wrong? Should she not have driven him away? For the first time, Chu Mengyao's resolve wavered, and she began to waver on the scales of her heart regarding Lin Yi.

Lin Yi returned to his room and took off his clothes. His pants were covered in large bloodstains and seemed unwearable. It was a waste of such a good pair of pants, and Lin Yi felt a bit heartbroken. He threw the pants into the trash can in the corner of the room and took out a spare school uniform.

After changing, Lin Yi left the room. Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu were watching TV on the sofa. Lin Yi didn't disturb them and quietly sat on the sofa farthest from them, watching the anime with them.

Chen Yushu glanced at Lin Yi and continued watching the anime, while Chu Mengyao didn't even look in his direction.

Due to the bank robbery incident today, they didn't get home until nine o'clock. Although Uncle Fu rushed to the hotel to fetch the food, it wasn't until 10:30 PM that the food arrived at the villa.

Uncle Fu, as usual, left the food and then departed. The only difference was that when he left today, he specifically reminded Lin Yi, "Don't forget to check if the front door is locked tonight, and make sure the two girls are safe."

"Don't worry, Uncle Fu." Lin Yi gave Uncle Fu a reassuring look.

Lin Yi could replace sleep with cultivation at night, but that was also the time when his senses were the sharpest. The slightest sound wouldn't escape his ears. So he was quite confident about the safety of the villa at night.

"Wow!" Chen Yushu exclaimed, smelling the food, "I'm starving, finally there's food. Sister Yao, let's go eat!"

Chu Mengyao stood up and walked to the dining room next to the kitchen with Chen Yushu. She was also a bit hungry, but she felt a sense of indescribable oppression, so she wasn't as lively as Chen Yushu.

Sitting at the table, Chen Yushu eagerly opened the lid of the sealed box, and saliva dripped out, "Sister Yao, it's braised chicken, slippery tofu, spicy and sour potato shreds, and pig's trotter soup. This pig's trotter soup must be a custom-made breast-enlarging food for you..."

Chu Mengyao glared at Chen Yushu, signaling her to stop talking. There was still a man in the room, and it wasn't like the old days when it was just the two of them.

"Wow!" Chen Yushu closed her mouth, "It smells so good. I love slippery tofu. I heard that eating tofu a lot makes your skin white, just like the tofu maiden in the textbook!"

Chu Mengyao picked up her chopsticks and then put them down, glancing at Lin Yi on the sofa. He was still watching TV. For some reason, his lonely figure made Chu Mengyao feel particularly uncomfortable. Yesterday, he was eager to eat with her, but today he didn't come over. It must be because of what happened yesterday with the saliva...

"Call your Arrow Brother to come eat." Chu Mengyao hesitated and then said to Chen Yushu.

"That's your Arrow Brother, right? I don't need an Arrow." Chen Yushu pouted with a smile, looking at Chu Mengyao, trying to read her expression, "Why are you inviting him to eat?"

"Then forget it." Under Chen Yushu's questioning, Chu Mengyao felt inexplicably nervous and coldly said.

"Okay, I'll call him." Chen Yushu smiled, stood up, and called to Lin Yi in the living room, "Arrow Brother, come eat!"

"You guys eat first. I'll eat after you're done. Mengyao doesn't like me." Lin Yi looked at Chen Yushu with gratitude. This girl was really nice to him, and he didn't regret making noodles for her in the morning.

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Chu Mengyao's hand, which was about to pick up a piece of braised chicken, trembled, and the chicken fell on the table... Chu Mengyao felt like crying. She was the one who wanted to call Lin Yi to eat, but he thought Chen Yushu was the kind one! And he said she didn't like him! What a waste of her kindness!

"Sister Yao said..." Chen Yushu was about to say more but was pulled back by Chu Mengyao.

"Let him starve to death!" Chu Mengyao said angrily, hating him to death.

"Huh? But Sister Yao, you said to call him to eat, why are you ignoring him now?" Chen Yushu looked at Chu Mengyao's dark expression, puzzled.

"I changed my mind." Chu Mengyao huffed, hesitated, and then said, "Xiao Shu, if you like him, call him over."

"Me? But he said you don't like him!" Chen Yushu said innocently.

"I..." Chu Mengyao wanted to say, "I didn't say I don't like him," but if she said that, wouldn't it mean she liked him? Chu Mengyao's lips moved, but she didn't say anything, only saying, "Let's eat..."

If time could be rewound, Chu Mengyao thought, after Lin Yi said those words, she would have stood up and shouted without hesitation, "I like you, I like you, come eat with us!"

But time couldn't be rewound, and everything had already happened. It was destined that in many moonlit nights to come, Chu Mengyao would hug the tear-soaked corner of her quilt and spend sleepless nights...

In the moment a meteor streaked across the night sky, Chu Mengyao made a wish, but did wishing really work? Looking at the brilliant stars, Chu Mengyao realized that she and he were getting farther and farther apart...

Although it seemed within reach, there was an unbridgeable gap between them, a gap that she had dug herself...

But at this moment, Chu Mengyao clearly hadn't realized this...