Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 106 of 214
"Ah?" Yang Puqi was stunned. He had not expected Sun Jie to be chasing him away not because of how he had treated her yesterday, but out of concern for his safety, which made a wave of warmth rise in his heart. "So you really do care about me after all."
"You stepped up for my sake. If it were anyone else, I'd care too," Sun Jie said, giving him no face at all.
"As long as it's not because of last night that you're chasing me away," Yang Ce said, relieved.
"Don't mention last night again. Just this once," Sun Jie said, shaking her head. "I don't know what you're thinking. Having my body but not my heart—what good is that?"
Yang Lanxu was startled. He pressed his lips together and said nothing more. But from Sun Jie's tone, he could hear a faint trace of disdain.
"Rest assured, you'll fall in love with me," Yang Moyi said, somewhat unconvinced. His macho pride was acting up again. Sun Jie's contempt made him very unhappy.
"Is that so? I don't even know what I myself am thinking, and you can predict my future?" Sun Jie smiled.
"Then let's wait and see," Yang Duo said confidently.
"Fine. Then I really will wait and see," Sun Jie said, turning her head to look at Yang Ce. "I want to see just what about you, a little boy, attracts me, enough to make me fall in love with you. Being good in bed alone won't do."
Yang Xu broke out in a sweat inside, though he also felt quite comfortable. From what he knew of Sun Jie, she only acted this freely in front of him. And once the fact of having pushed her down first was established, Yang Duo was still confident he could make Sun Jie fall in love with him.
"But before that, you'd better be a little careful. I don't want to become a widow," Sun Jie said, changing tack and speaking seriously.
"The Ouyang family—I still don't have them in my eyes," Yang Xu said indifferently. "If they dare come, I guarantee they won't be going back."
"Don't be too arrogant. I hear the Ouyang family backs an assassin organization," Sun Jie said. "If they send assassins to kill you, your kung fu won't amount to anything in their eyes."
"All right, I'll be careful," Yang Lanxu said. That's because you haven't seen my true level. But he also knew saying anything now was useless—the more he said, the more Sun Jie would think he was bragging. So he simply nodded humbly.
"All right. If there's any trouble, give me a call," Sun Jie said.
Yang Ce still wasn't sure what Sun Jie really felt, but the concern she had shown him just now was enough to leave him content.
Back in Songjiang, he dropped Sun Jie off at her company, then drove on toward home.
Sun Jie cradled her head in her arms and lay quietly across her desk, her mind a hopeless tangle. For the first time in all these years, she felt utterly lost. She had thought she would never fall for a man in this lifetime—and then Yang Ce had come crashing into her life.
To be continued
662. The Eldest Uncle Comes Calling
Did she love him? Sun Jie could not say. The feeling was strange, impossible to put into words. Deep down, she did not want to start another romance. Ever since what had happened last time, she had grown indifferent to matters of the heart between men and women—yet now that it lay right before her, she found herself at a loss as to which way to turn.
She had assumed that after the way Yang Ce had treated her so roughly yesterday, she would hate him, despise him. But when morning came, she found no particular hatred in her heart. She was a little annoyed, true—but what annoyed her was that she had been in the middle of something important and he had cut her off.
Never mind. Let things take their course. Though she could not understand why her father had suddenly taken such a different view of Yang Ce—could it really be that he admired the ruthlessness Yang Ce had shown last night?