Ji Siyue sat in her seat and waited for a long time, but Qin Chengyao still didn't show up. She originally didn't want to rush him, but she had other things to do that evening, so she sent him a text message. However, there was still no response from the other end.
"Strange. Where could he be?"
After waiting for about another half an hour, the waiter came over to inquire. Ji Siyue stood up and gave them an apologetic smile. "Sorry. It seems the person I'm meeting is held up by something. Sorry to bother you."
After saying that, she turned around and walked outside.
After taking a few steps, she heard the waiter behind her say disdainfully, "Another unrequited lover. Why do these kinds of people always delay our off - work time?"
Hearing this, her body paused slightly, but then she let out a bitter laugh and continued walking forward.
She was afraid that Qin Chengyao wouldn't be able to find her when he came, so she stood at the door and waited.
After waiting for another ten minutes or so, someone suddenly stood beside her.
"Alone?"
"Sorry, I'm waiting for someone." Hearing this, she instinctively rejected the person's pick - up attempt. But then she felt something was wrong. She looked up and was stunned.
She just thought the voice was familiar. Now she saw that it was actually Ling Yun!
"It's you?"
Zhang Shihang smiled and took a step back to maintain a polite distance. "It's me."
"Uh. I didn't look at your face just now. Sorry!"
To be honest, Ji Siyue was a bit nervous now. She didn't expect to meet Ling Yun here. She had clearly rejected Ling Yun's invitation to meet outside before, but unexpectedly, they met so soon.
Is this what they call "you can't avoid seeing someone you know"?
Perhaps seeing Ji Siyue's embarrassment, Zhang Shihang explained, "You should know I'm also from this city, right? I came out to meet someone today too, but unfortunately, I was stood up."
Ji Siyue gave a gentle smile. "Unexpectedly, we're in the same boat. I was also stood up."
Zhang Shihang sized up Ji Siyue's outfit and joked, "Standed up by your sweetheart?"
The smile on Ji Siyue's face instantly froze and then gradually disappeared.
Zhang Shihang knew he had gone too far and quickly apologized.
"Sorry. I said something too serious. I didn't mean to touch on your sad story."
"No. The person I'm waiting for is not my sweetheart."
"Since we're both in the same situation, how about going in and having a cup of coffee?"
Ji Siyue wanted to wait a bit longer to see if Qin Chengyao would come, so she agreed.
"Okay. Let's wait a bit more."
Ji Siyue and Zhang Shihang walked in together. They sat at the same table as before and ordered two cups of coffee and some simple pre - dinner desserts.
...
Qin Chengyao finally finished dealing with the urgent family matter and rushed to the restaurant. But before he even entered the door, he saw through the glass window that Ji Siyue was sitting face - to - face with a man, chatting and laughing. He recognized the man's face.
It was Ling Yun.
Qin Chengyao's eyes instantly turned unfriendly.
He stood there, his hand repeatedly clenching into a fist and then releasing it. After repeating this several times, he finally turned around and walked away silently.
...
Ji Siyue's phone rang. She immediately picked it up warily. She thought Qin Chengyao had finally arrived, but instead, she saw a message from him.
"I have something to do tonight, so I won't come. I'm very sorry. I'll treat you to dinner next time."
After seeing this text message, a feeling of loss invaded Ji Siyue's body like a virus.
She stared blankly for a while and then shook her head. "I was just overthinking."
Zhang Shihang saw that her expression was not joking and quickly asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"
Ji Siyue stood up and gave him an apologetic smile. "Sorry. I have to leave first. The person I'm waiting for won't come today. It's meaningless to sit here any longer."
Didn't he count as a meaning?
Although he had this question in mind, he knew it was inappropriate to ask, so he silently swallowed his question and changed the topic.
"Okay. I'll take you back. You can't refuse this. It's not safe for you to be alone at night. Since we're colleagues, please let me worry less."
Ji Siyue hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
"Thank you for your trouble today."
Zhang Shihang shook his head with a smile. "It's not a trouble. Your school is University A, right?"
Ji Siyue: "Yes."
"Then let's take a taxi directly."
Half an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of University A.
After getting out of the taxi, Ji Siyue bent down and said to him through the car window, "Thank you so much for taking me back today. It's getting late. You should go back quickly. Boys should also pay attention to safety!"
Zhang Shihang was amused by her words and waved his hand. "Okay. Don't worry about me. You should go back quickly."
"Okay. Bye." Ji Siyue said goodbye to him seriously.
After returning to the dormitory, she couldn't help but wonder where the problem was. Why did Qin Chengyao suddenly not come? She didn't think he really had something to do. Instead, she felt that he had been deliberately avoiding her these days. A girl's intuition is always very accurate, but this time in her life, she hoped that her intuition wasn't so accurate.
Tian Cheng walked over and saw her lying on her desk in a daze. She nudged her with her elbow. "Hey! What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing? You look like you're heartbroken. What's going on?"
Hearing Tian Cheng's description of her, Ji Siyue was very surprised.
"Do I look like I'm heartbroken now? You're joking, right?!"
"You look so dejected. Either you've been dumped or your confession has been rejected. But you haven't experienced either, so I think..."
An Wen, who had a very low sense of presence, silently added beside her, "So I think you might have been rejected by the senior, right?"
For a moment, Ji Siyue felt all the hairs on her body stand up.
It wasn't because they guessed correctly, but because had she really shown her feelings so obviously?
In their eyes, did she look like someone who had suffered a broken heart after being rejected by Qin Chengyao...