Lai Jiayi had the urge to slam the transparent mocha hologram board in front of her eyes.
'Lately, these options don't really change anything, ah! It should be fine to refuse, right?'
Lai Jiayi was about to refuse when Yaya's voice sounded in her mind.
[You wanna refuse, quack? You are wasting your chance to interact with Zhao Yang, quack! Then might as well quit your daycare job, quack.] Yaya harrumphed.
The duck snorted and didn't say anything anymore.
Lai Jiayi's breath stilled. The girl clutched her tote bag tightly before choosing.
[I choose A.]
TING! [You choose A. Go with the duo Zhao. Please do so in 10 seconds.]
The board disappeared, replaced with a huge timer.
10. 9. 8.
Lai Jiayi hurriedly ran after Zhao Yun, and once she found the boy, the girl shouted,
"Zhao Yun!"
Zhao Yun turned around. When he saw Lai Jiayi, the boy's face lit up.
"Miss!" Zhao Yun ran toward Lai Jiayi and hugged the girl tightly. He then slowly released the girl while looking up with his pair of puppy eyes.
"How are you, miss? Are you good now?"
Lai Jiayi giggled at Zhao Yun's questions. The girl nodded. "I'm fine now. Thank you for worrying about me." Lai Jiayi subconsciously stretched out her hand and stroked Zhao Yun's head.
Right when she did so, the girl suddenly felt a pair of sharp eyes were looking at her. Lai Jiayi flinched. She peeked at the closed window of the car, not far from her place.
She couldn't see anyone inside, but she was sure that Zhao Yang must be staying in the car.
'Is Zhao Yang mad at me now because I pat Zhao Yun? Can't be, right– uh. It can be.'
Thinking like this, Lai Jiayi broke in a cold sweat. The girl hurriedly retracted her hand and laughed awkwardly.
"A-anyway, why are you here?" Lai Jiayi asked Zhao Yun while peeking at the floating silver car, keeping an eye on the one sitting inside.
"Hehe, as usual, we want to invite you to have lunch!" Zhao Yun beamed an angelic smile. Today, he was wearing an outfit with a vintage vibe, and it just had a different charm on the boy.
Lai Jiayi almost got a nosebleed.
'So cute!!'
"Ah, lunch." The girl pretended to be calm as she nodded her head. "But my class will start at 1 o'clock. I don't know if I can make it…"
'I will go with the two of you, but I won't stay for long.' Was what Lai Jiayi meant.
"It's okay, just having lunch won't be long." Zhao Yun grabbed Lai Jiayi's wrist and dragged the girl to the car. He got in first before Lai Jiayi followed behind.
Once Lai Jiayi got in, the car door was automatically closed. The car then departed in silence.
Lai Jiayi subconsciously straightened her back while throwing a glance at Zhao Yang. The man was crossing his legs as he typed something on the board.
He looked busy with an invisible sign, 'Do not disturb' hanging around him. Yeah, he gave off that aura.
Lai Jiayi gulped. The girl played with her fingers.
'Should I greet him? He was so cold to me this morning…'
Lai Jiayi paused. The girl thought of asking Yaya, but then she remembered she had a cold war with Yaya. Lai Jiayi held back her question and just did whatever she believed was right.
"G-good afternoon…" Lai Jiayi fearfully greeted Zhao Yang even though the man didn't look her way.
Zhao Yang's fingers on the board paused a bit before he moved again. The man didn't say anything and just nodded.
….as expected. Something is wrong, ah.
Lai Jiayi had the urge to cry. The car was oddly silent at that moment. Even Zhao Yun also felt it.
The boy peeked at Zhao Yang and then looked at Lai Jiayi. He looked at the two people beside him back and forth.
'Is there something wrong with these two? How come my uncle seems so cold toward miss witch?'
Zhao Yun frowned. The boy peeked at Lai Jiayi and saw the girl had a gloomy face. She looked confused and frustrated at the same time.
'Is Zhao Yang treating me like this because of the confession? Does he feel awkward to face me?! Okay, that must be the case. Else why would he ignore my greetings??'
Lai Jiayi bit her lips in silence while Chu Feng silently snickered.
'I don't know what's going on, but it feels good to see the boss ignores that girl. Ha, serves you right!'
Chu Feng whistled happily, and her whistle just irked Lai Jiayi. The poor girl crossed her arm in front of her chest and pouted.
'If I know I'll be treated like this...I shouldn't have come with these two. There's no way I can raise my barometer when Zhao Yang is so cold toward me!'
Lai Jiayi slanted her lips and looked out of the window. The girl refused to look at Zhao Yang again, thinking that she might get a bad mood if she looked at that man's face.
While Lai Jiayi was enjoying the view outside the window, trying to ignore Zhao Yang, the man silently looked her way.
There's a trace of bitterness in the man's eyes, but Zhao Yang didn't do anything other than looking at Lai Jiayi's side face.
'...is this the right thing to do? I have to keep a line between us. Else I'll just hurt her since I can't return her feelings.'
I have to avoid her.
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