77: Confessing love

Lin Zifeng was stunned when he heard Chen Yuqing's words, and a possibility came to mind. Just then, Chen Yuxi's voice sounded behind him.

"Lin Zifeng, lying isn't a good habit. You said you were going to rest early. Are you planning to sleep on the ground in the square, with the sky as your quilt and the earth as your bed?"

Lin Zifeng stiffly put down his phone, turned around awkwardly, and looked at the graceful Chen Yuxi standing a meter away. He subconsciously scratched his head and explained, "I originally planned to ask you out for a walk together.

But then I felt it might be too abrupt, so I changed my mind at the last minute. I didn't mean to lie to you."

Seeing Lin Zifeng looking awkward and helpless like a big boy, Chen Yuxi chuckled, "Alright, I know you didn't mean to lie to me.

Didn't you say yesterday that you hoped to see me again before leaving the provincial city?

Tomorrow is Monday, and I have to go back to school, so I came out tonight to see if you had come here."

"Then shall we walk together, Yuxi?"

He felt a surge of joy. Chen Yuxi nodded, and the two walked side by side towards the street on one side of the square.

"Yuxi, there's a coffee shop up ahead. Shall we go in and sit for a bit?"

"Sure, I can't be out for too long. After one cup of coffee, I have to go home.

If I go back late, my family will worry about me."

The two walked into the coffee shop together, ordered two coffees, and sat by the window. They drank coffee, looked at the night view outside, and chatted idly from time to time.

"Yuxi, I just heard you say you're going back to school tomorrow. What year are you in now, and how much longer until you graduate?"

"After summer vacation and the new semester starts, I'll be a senior."

"Oh, what do you think our relationship is now?"

Lin Zifeng asked, looking at her with anticipation.

"What kind of relationship could it be? At most, we're just ordinary friends!"

After saying this, seeing Lin Zifeng's expression change from anticipation to disappointment, Chen Yuxi also felt a little uncomfortable and spoke again, "Then what kind of relationship do you want us to be?"

He mustered his courage and carefully said, "Yuxi, I want to pursue you. I want you to be my girlfriend. I hope that in the future, we can be in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship."

Hearing his answer, Chen Yuxi's pretty face immediately turned red to her earlobes, and her eyes frantically avoided his burning gaze.

"Are you pursuing me because of the accident that happened that night?"

Chen Yuxi asked softly.

"Absolutely not. I want to pursue you without any external factors. From the moment I first saw you, your image was deeply etched in my heart.

The reason why I didn't try to contact you for so long was because I was afraid of disturbing you and making you recall unpleasant memories.

After running into you last night, I became even more certain of my feelings for you.

When I see you, my heart races, and I even stumble over my words. I know I'm in love, but it's a one-sided love.

Today, I mustered the courage to confess to you because I want you to know my feelings for you."

"Zifeng, this is a bit too sudden. Counting this time, we've only met three times. How about we start as friends?"

Chen Yuxi's expression was somewhat conflicted.

Lin Zifeng's heart filled with joy; since the other party hadn't explicitly rejected him, he had a good chance.

So he said happily, "I know I was a bit too eager. I'll listen to you; we'll start as friends."

Just then, a girl's delighted voice sounded from the side.

"Yufei, I didn't expect to run into you here, what a coincidence."

The two looked over and saw three men and two women standing not far from them, all in their twenties.

One of the girls quickly came up to them; it was clearly her who had spoken.

The other three men and one woman also noticed Chen Yuxi and moved towards them.

Both stood up simultaneously. Chen Yuxi looked at the girl and said, "Nannan, did you also come here for coffee? What a coincidence."

The girl, called Li Nan, stepped forward and took Chen Yuxi's hand, her eyes curiously sizing up Lin Zifeng.

"Yuxi, is this your boyfriend? He's so handsome and stylish.

No wonder you never bothered with all your suitors at school and never dated!

So you already had a handsome boyfriend, you kept it really well hidden!"

"Nannan, don't talk nonsense. Zifeng is just my friend, not my boyfriend."

"I don't believe it. Those guys who pursued you tried everything to ask you out. Forget coffee, you wouldn't even go to the cafeteria to eat with them, and you're saying he's not your boyfriend?"

"He really isn't, believe it or not. Zifeng, don't listen to her nonsense. Let me introduce you, this is my classmate Li Nan.

Nannan, this is my friend Lin Zifeng."

"Hello, handsome. Tell me, are you Yuqing's secret boyfriend?"

Li Nan generously extended her hand.

"Hello, classmate Li Nan. I am Yuqing's friend, Lin Zifeng. I am indeed not Yuqing's boyfriend yet."

Lin Zifeng shook her hand and answered her question openly.

"Not yet, meaning it might be possible in the future, right?"

Li Nan seized on the loophole in his words.

"I can't decide that. You'll have to ask Yuqing later."

Li Nan was about to speak again, but Chen Yuxi pulled her aside and introduced the other four to Lin Zifeng.

The remaining four were also her classmates.

Lin Zifeng shook hands and greeted each of them, and he saw a hint of hostility in the eyes of the three boys.

He thought to himself, it seems Yuxi is quite popular at school, isn't she? Even the guys with female companions were hostile towards him, which clearly showed it.

While he was shaking hands and greeting the four, Li Nan leaned into Chen Yuxi's ear and whispered, "Yuxi, this Lin Zifeng definitely isn't from our school, is he?

If there was such a handsome guy at our school, he would have become a campus celebrity long ago; it's impossible for him to be unknown.

Tell me, which university student is he? If you really don't like him, how about I, as your good sister, take him off your hands? Save him from bothering you again.

He's exactly my type."

Hearing what she said, Chen Yuxi was stunned and immediately became wary.

Her eyes darted around, and she had an idea.

"Nannan, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I can't. He already has a girlfriend. If I helped you, wouldn't I be deliberately ruining their relationship?

I can't do something like that."

Hearing her answer, Li Nan looked regretful.