"Are you sure you don't want to wait until Zhi arrives?" Dai Bolin asked the two teenagers.
"Haha, we can still et him at the school tomorrow. We can visit you, and that's already enough," Li Caiyi replied.
"She's right, Sir. I hope you have a fast recovery, and please take care of your body well," ng Renshu added.
"Thank you. It's been a while since I last talked to youngsters like you. Everyone in the hospital is old and cranky already. I had a good ti today. Please do visit again in the future."
"Yes, we will co again next ti. Then we will take our leave now. Good afternoon, Sir." Li Caiyi bowed slightly.
"Father, I will send them out for a bit." Dai Shenqiang said while putting on his jacket.
"Yeah, go with them."
Dai Shenqiang accompanied both of them to the ground floor. He thanked both of them for visiting and later stared at ng Renshu expectantly.
"Big Brother ng, about earlier…."
ng Renshu quickly interceded before he could say anything else. "I understand. Don't worry too much and take care of your father well."
After hearing that, Dai Shenqiang felt more reassured now, so he nodded his head. "Thank you. Be careful on your way."
After Dai Shenqiang walked away, Li Caiyi glanced at ng Renshu, feeling that this was the correct ti to ask him. However, before she could utter a word, ng Renshu had beaten her to it first.
"I have so business I need to take care of after this. Can you go ho by yourself first?"
If Li Caiyi hadn't known about his conversation with Dai Shenqiang earlier, she probably would leave first, even without him asking. But not this ti.
"What kind of business do you have to be in such a hurry?" Li Caiyi taunted him.
ng Renshu smirked flirtatiously. "Are you suddenly feeling lonely now that I tell you to go first? So you like the feeling of being chased more. Such a tease you are."
Li Caiyi showed an utterly disgusted expression on her face, making ng Renshu chuckle in amusent.
"Haha, okay, I'll stop teasing you. It's a personal business of mine, not of any importance at all."
"If it's not important, then why can't you just tell ?"
ng Renshu stared at Li Caiyi strangely. "You are unusually curious today. It's a bit suspicious. Since when did you care about my affair?"
'I don't care about your affair. I care about the news regarding Dai Zhiqiang!' Li Cayi was tempted to say that but felt like it would only narrow down the chance of getting more information out of ng Renshu, so she switched it with a milder sentence.
"You don't have to act any more in front of . I already know everything. You planned to go to the Zhiqiang workplace, right?"
ng Renshu fell silent for a while, but he didn't look surprised. "It seems the younger brother is not a good secret-keeper. Well, my plan is busted now."
Li Caiyi snorted. "How can you hide such an important thing from ? You know I have been worried sick about him, too."
"Why do you care so much about him, anyway? You might be friends, but you haven't been acquainted that long with him for you to act like this." ng Renshu's tone beca several degrees colder than the previous one. His eyes narrowed down in a sharp gaze. "There is no need for you to get involved. You can just leave everything to ."
"Brother Renshu, if Brother Jie suddenly went missing without words, would you be able to sit down and just wait for him to return? Wouldn't you feel restless if you suddenly can't get in touch with him?"
"That's a different matter. Junjie and have been together since childhood, and he is my best friend. How about you and him, though? He even said he didn't know you that much when I asked him the other day."
Li Caiyi felt a sudden sting in her chest upon hearing that. "Zhiqiang said that? When?"
"I talked to him a bit on the day when Xiaohua got kidnapped, and I asked if sothing happened between the two of you for him to go so far. He said he didn't know you that much for him to care about you personally, but he owed you a big-ti in the past."
Li Caiyi: "...."
Dai Zhiqiang didn't say anything wrong. She knew that.
The prominent reason he would care and treat her kindly was that she once saved his brother from danger. They only slowly beca closer after that.
When Li Caiyi realized she was starting to look forward to eting him every day in the library, it was already too late for her to deny her attraction towards him.
However, she was unsure whether she wanted to know how he felt about her or not. Her feelings toward Dai Zhiqiang were too complicated to explain.
"Are you disappointed?"
ng Renshu's voice jolted her back to reality. She looked up to find ng Renshu had stood only a step away in front of her.
"I have let my guard down, but it's okay. I'm very patient and confident I can make you look my way." He said in a tranquil and assured voice, showing his confidence without sounding arrogant. Li Caiyi was dumbstruck.
Because that line was almost like a love confession.
But how could that line possibly co from ng Renshu to her? She must have been imagining things.
"Knowing you, you must already ask soone to investigate things about Zhiqiang, right? Please share that information with , too." Li Caiyi switched the conversation back on track.
ng Renshu smiled deviously. "And what can you give in exchange? You can't possibly expect to give the information to you for free, right?"
"What do you want from ? As long as it's not sothing overboard, perhaps I can think about it." Li Caiyi said, albeit feeling extrely unsure about this.
ng Renshu pinched his chin as he humd in a low voice. "Then how about freeing so ti to spend with every day?"
"Absolutely rejected," Li Caiyi replied imdiately. She didn't even stop to think about it.
ng Renshu laughed at that. "I'm only half-joking, but that instant rejection is hurtful."
"Stop playing around. We don't have much ti here," Li Caiyi groaned impatiently.
"Then how about this? I will save this request for later, but you must promise to fulfill anything I wished for. Don't worry, I won't ask for anything overboard as you said."
Li Caiyi squinted his eyes suspiciously. "What are you going to use it for? I can't trust you at all."
ng Renshu shrugged his shoulders indifferently. "It's up to you to trust or not, but do you think you have a say in this? You are the one asking for help. Take it or leave, be my guest."
The way he said it was so irritating that she got the urge to smack his head. She felt like ng Renshu had completely opened himself up to her and didn't bother to act polite anymore. Even in her previous life, he had never done this before, so Li Caiyi was bewildered and didn't know how to deal with him sotis.
However, she was really worried about Dai Zhiqiang right now. She wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully until she could find out what had happened to him.
After forcefully ending her inner turmoil, she sighed deeply and relented. "Fine, but you'd better make my sacrifice worth it. Don't try to hide anything, or worse, lie to !"
ng Renshu smiled victoriously, seeing her concede to him. "You have my words. Then, shall we go now?"
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