After Qin Chengyao dragged Liu Xuejiao out of Ji Siyue's villa, he shook off her hand with a look of disgust.
Liu Xuejiao dared not voice her grievances and could only follow closely beside him.
Thinking of what she had discovered today, Liu Xuejiao decided she couldn't sit back and do nothing. She should at least tell Qin Chengyao about it voluntarily. After all, Qin Chengyao might have noticed something about Ji Siyue. If she took the initiative to speak up, she might gain some favor.
"What did you talk about with Ji Siyue today?"
Liu Xuejiao felt a jolt in her heart - her guess was right!
Qin Chengyao was really going to ask about this.
"Nothing much."
Suddenly, Qin Chengyao stopped and turned to look at Liu Xuejiao.
Liu Xuejiao also halted involuntarily. A fallen leaf landed on her face, and she blinked involuntarily.
Before she could open her eyes, her body was suddenly yanked and then slammed against a big tree trunk.
"Jiaojiao, you should have known I don't have much patience. Why are you still provoking me like this?"
"I... I didn't!"
"Tell me. What did you talk about with Ji Siyue today?"
"I... I didn't say much! She just told me about her situation after the car accident. Do you want to know?"
Hearing this, Qin Chengyao's eyes flickered.
Then he let go of his hand.
"I'm not ready to know yet."
With that, he walked forward.
Afraid of missing this opportunity, Liu Xuejiao quickly shouted, "Ji Siyue has forgotten about you!"
Qin Chengyao, who was about to walk away, suddenly stopped. Then he abruptly turned around, grabbed Liu Xuejiao's shoulders, and pushed her against the tree. His eyes were fierce and bloodshot.
"What did you say?"
...
On the second floor of the villa.
Ji Siyue looked at the thing in her hand and then at the two people under the street lamp in the distance. Suddenly, she smiled.
She didn't even know that this smile seemed to carry a bit of real emotion, but it definitely wasn't love. Maybe it was just a sense of amusement.
Zhu Zhiyao finished tidying up downstairs and came upstairs. Seeing Ji Siyue standing there without a wheelchair or crutches, he quickly walked over to support her. "Why are you standing like this? What if you fall?"
"Lao Zhu, I suddenly think that guy is a bit interesting."
"What?"
Ji Siyue pointed in Qin Chengyao's direction with her chin and said, "I think Qin Chengyao is very interesting. He pretends to be indifferent in front of me, but in private, it's a different story. Why is it just me?"
"What do you mean?"
"Today, I told Liu Xuejiao about my illness. If Liu Xuejiao feels coerced, she will definitely tell Qin Chengyao about it. Then Qin Chengyao will get excited. It shows that his emotions are completely influenced by mine." Ji Siyue paused slightly and said, "He still hasn't let go of me, right?"
Zhu Zhiyao was a bit speechless.
Ji Siyue had lost the ability to judge based on emotional intelligence, but she had gained an unprecedented ability to think calmly.
Neither was better or worse, but when put together, it seemed a bit inhumane.
"I'll help him," Ji Siyue said with a smile on her lips.
"What do you want to do?" Zhu Zhiyao almost immediately asked.
He wasn't afraid that Qin Chengyao would hurt Ji Siyue, but that Ji Siyue might hurt Qin Chengyao...
"If I still had emotions, I would definitely be touched, but I don't. I want him to completely let go of me."
Zhu Zhiyao didn't say a word and just looked at Ji Siyue.
Ji Siyue continued, "I remember Qin Chengyao once said that he was most afraid of the person he liked turning into the person he hated the most. So I'll deliberately act like the person he hates in front of him to disappoint him. This can also officially end our relationship. And... I think there's one thing I must do."
She unconsciously tightened her grip on the thing in her hand.
"No! You can't get involved with each other anymore."
"Lao Zhu, you can't stop me. I'm a stubborn person at heart. I was too weak before and was used by people with ulterior motives... If I could start over now, I would definitely not listen to that old man's words."
"What old man's words?"
"Never mind. I'm going to sleep."
With that, Ji Siyue skipped away.
Back in her room, Ji Siyue put down the thing in her hand.
It was a ring strung on a necklace, a souvenir engraved with "AKM Competition Souvenir".
She remembered that in the past, he suddenly left the country, causing the GH team to be eliminated in the offline preliminary round and not even make it to the finals.
The moment she saw this thing, a long - dormant desire in her heart stirred.
From that moment on, she understood - this was what she really wanted to do, so she had to finish it.
Win the championship!
That night, Ji Siyue logged into her long - abandoned Weibo account and changed her names to [GH Team Leader Ji Yueji] and [GH Team Investor Hongdou].
After changing the names, she fell asleep.
The next day, she was woken up by the sound of her new phone.
The message notifications on Weibo weren't blocked, and after 7 a.m., the night mode automatically ended, so Ji Siyue was woken up.
When she groggily read a few comments on Weibo, she woke up completely.
The top - rated comments were all demeaning to Ji Siyue, saying that she shouldn't come out and seek attention again. She was just playing with the audience again and again.
Seeing that they had put her on the hot search again, Ji Siyue thought this was not good for the team, although there was only herself in the team now...
She posted a Weibo.
[I will definitely win the championship. I will lead my team to win the championship. I hereby give a solemn pledge. If I break my promise again this time, I will... never be able to stand up again.]
People had seen the photo of her sitting in a wheelchair in the previous news, so this oath was quite harsh for the onlookers.
[Goodness, so harsh? Who would curse themselves to never be able to stand up?]
[Who would curse themselves? She must have great confidence in herself.]
[The team was already scattered years ago. How could they be reunited? Even if they could gather five people, it wouldn't be the GH team anymore. I don't recognize it.]
[If they want to make a comeback, it should be the original team. What's this all about?]
Ji Siyue looked at the comments and smiled.
"Don't worry. It will be the original team."