69: I can't help but hug【3】

Chapter 69 An Uncontrollable Embrace [3]

Zhao Manman seemed to have thought of something.

Her clenching hands tightened slightly…

“Let’s go inside and talk.”

Her relationship with Yang Xintao was quite good, and Yang Xintao coming today slightly alleviated the loneliness in her heart.

“Mm… Sister Zhao.”

“Let’s go inside and talk.”

Inside the villa, Zhao Manman poured Yang Xintao a cup of water in a disposable paper cup.

“How did you two get together?”

“I really didn’t expect it to be so fast.”

Yang Xintao whispered, “Actually, from liking someone to being with someone,”

“it’s a very rapid process.”

“As long as you can open your heart.”

“As long as you want it, some seemingly absurd things,”

“might happen in an instant.”

“Young people are really different…”

“I haven’t felt this fulfilling feeling in 18 years.”

“This National Day, I plan to go out and relax properly.”

“Oh, Sister Zhao, wait a moment, I’ve prepared a gift for you.”

She jogged to the front trunk of the Porsche.

She took out a gift box; the price of this luxury brand cosmetic gift set was astronomical for ordinary people.

But Yang Xintao didn’t feel bad about it at all.

Back in the living room, she brought the gift box to Zhao Manman.

“Sister Zhao… if they check up on me during National Day, please cover for me. Are you going out to play during National Day?”

Zhao Manman said, “Mm, I’ll be going to Suzhou with the children during National Day.”

“Then you can just say I went to Suzhou. Thank you so much.”

“I’ve waited for too, too many years.”

“This time, I must come back with a full harvest.”

Zhao Manman had promised her before.

This time, she also didn’t decline.

“Alright then, be careful yourself, and make sure nothing unexpected happens.”

Yang Xintao was very grateful.

“Thank you, thank you…”

“However, I really envy you two. After so many years, you still treat each other with respect and have such a good relationship.”

Zhao Manman gave a bitter smile.

“Perhaps…”

Yang Xintao clearly didn’t plan to stay long.

“Well, I’ll be going now.”

“My flight is almost due, and he’s still waiting for me at the airport.”

Zhao Manman didn’t know what she was thinking.

“Mm…”

Watching Yang Xintao’s retreating figure, she recalled her previous conversation with Li Zhiyan about this matter.

Is it really unrelated to age?

She always felt that Yang Xintao wouldn’t have a good outcome.

However, thinking of some things, she looked at her fingernails.

She stretched out her palm forcefully; it looked beautiful in the sunset.

…

Magic City.

Ji Zhiting was meticulously planning her sun protection strategy.

“Brother, it’s really too hot. We must bring several bottles of sunscreen and sun protection clothing.”

“Otherwise, we’ll get tanned.”

Regarding her fair skin,

she could be said to be very concerned.

“Don’t worry, Xiao Ting, you’re the fairest. You won’t get tanned.”

“And I’ll still like you even if you get tanned.”

Ji Zhiting, however, didn’t want to get tanned.

“I don’t want to get tanned at all… I think you’d still be attracted to me when I’m fair.”

“This trip to Suzhou, you must give me an answer.”

“Okay?”

Ji Zhiting was open and natural. Li Zhiyan felt that a girl like her truly dared to love and hate.

Which ordinary girl would have the courage to confess to a boy despite so many obstacles?

Only Ji Zhiting…

“Okay… I understand. By the way, did Zhou Mengmeng tell you about any arrangements?”

Li Zhiyan remembered to ask about Zhou Mengmeng’s situation.

But he didn’t know if she was home yet.

“Mengmeng, she’s really pitiful. This year’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival,”

“the holidays are linked together. Everyone else is going out to play or returning home to reunite with family.”

“But Zhou Mengmeng has to stay in the dorm alone.”

“Eight-day holiday.”

Hearing Zhou Mengmeng’s plan, Li Zhiyan realized it was exactly as he had imagined…

Zhou Mengmeng’s original family had absolutely and completely neglected her.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to have developed her current personality.

And Zhou Lili wasn’t particularly concerned about her either.

It was evident from the fact that she didn’t even come when she enrolled.

Staying in the dorm seemed to be her only option.

Actually, if he hadn’t said what he did back then, she should be especially happy being with him now.

The fact that she called him ‘Dad’ proved how much she lacked love.

“In that case, Xiao Ting, let’s invite her to Suzhou with us.”

Ji Zhiting didn’t object either.

“Mm… Then let’s go together. Actually, I wanted to invite her, but I thought you might not agree, so I didn’t say anything.”

“She’s really a very pitiful girl in our dorm.”

“She doesn’t talk to any other girls except the three of us in our dorm.”

“She also stays far away from boys she sees.”

“Liu Xiaoyan and I are worried that Zhou Mengmeng might develop autism or depression.”

Li Zhiyan patted Ji Zhiting’s head.

“Okay, then when we leave tomorrow, we’ll pick her up from school.”

…

September 29th arrived quickly.

Around nine in the morning, Ji Zhiting, who had already applied light makeup, came to Li Zhiyan’s room.

“Time to get up!”

Gently pulling back Li Zhiyan’s blanket, Ji Zhiting’s face was flushed.

She remembered the previous time they were squeezed together in the car.

It was really scary…

Nothing bad would really happen, right?

Li Zhiyan opened his eyes and saw Ji Zhiting’s fair cheeks.

“Okay, Xiao Ting, I’ll make you something to eat. We’ll depart soon.”

Li Zhiyan opened WeChat and sent a message to Old Sun.

He planned to set off with Ji Zhiting.

…

At school, Zhou Mengmeng was lying in bed at this moment, with no appetite at all.

The 23-degree air conditioning made her feel a chill in her heart.

Since childhood, she had dreaded such holidays the most.

Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese New Year—these holidays for family reunions had nothing to do with her.

Returning home only brought endless coldness.

Although it was almost ten o’clock, she had no desire to eat breakfast.

The dormitory building was already empty; even the dorm supervisor had gone home.

As she was lost in thought, the sound of a key card being swiped echoed.

“At this time, is someone still coming back?”

To enter the girls’ dormitory now, one needed a key card.

And there were surveillance cameras everywhere in the corridor, and the door was double-locked by herself, so Zhou Mengmeng wasn’t worried about safety.

Soon, the sound of footsteps grew closer.

A knock on the door startled Zhou Mengmeng.

“Mengmeng, open the door.”

“I’m here to pick you up.”

Li Zhiyan’s words seemed to leave Zhou Mengmeng no room for discussion.

He knew that in Zhou Mengmeng’s subconscious, she couldn’t refuse him.

Hearing that voice, an extreme feeling of grievance instantly welled up in her heart.