The Billionaire's Hidden Affection

Chapter 868 - 865: Parting of Life and Death 4

Yan Xixi entered the bedroom, took out her phone, and saw no new messages. Clearly, Wan Donglin was busy again.

That night, she was sleepless.

The next day, when she went to bid farewell to Li Zhen, her eyes were bloodshot.

Li Zhen was a bit surprised: "Yan Xixi, didn’t you sleep well last night?"

"I drank too much coffee."

Li Zhen sighed in relief and suddenly reached out to hug her, his voice urgent: "Yan Xixi... I really don’t want to leave... Can I come to see you again at Christmas?"

Yan Xixi had spent the night pondering this very question. Truly, she didn’t want to hurt Li Zhen at all.

She lightly pushed him away, looked directly into his eyes, and spoke slowly: "Li Zhen..."

He looked at her, puzzled.

"Li Zhen, I think I should tell you clearly, I can’t fall in love with you..."

"..."

With the hardest sentence spoken, the rest was much easier. She was very frank: "I really appreciate you coming all this way to see me, and it’s great to meet old friends. But this truly makes me uncomfortable. Because I know I can’t fall in love with you, if you keep flying back and forth, wasting time and effort without any return, then I’m deceiving you, and I don’t want that..."

Li Zhen’s face turned red: "If we don’t interact, how can you know you won’t fall in love?"

She was taken aback.

"Yan Xixi, if you don’t give me a chance, how will you know you won’t love me? Many people don’t fall in love at first sight, but in the end, they slowly fall in love..."

She shook her head: "But I know I can’t love you."

"I’m not asking you to fall in love with me right away... I just want you to give me a chance..."

She truly couldn’t meet those pure, youthful eyes... In a woman’s life, moments when she encounters such eyes are rare.

For a man, such pure gazes aren’t many in a lifetime, either—Li Zhen, he was young—at least, his mental age was very young.

Pure youth.

His tone was unbelievably sincere: "Yan Xixi, I have patience, I can wait... Ever since I first saw you, I secretly decided I must be with you. I fully understand that you don’t love me now, and I’m mentally prepared for that. I didn’t come to see you hoping for anything in return, it’s just that I really want to see you, very, very much... Since I heard you might go to Harvard, I’ve doubled my efforts studying, earning money, all so I can afford to cover the expenses of visiting you... This has become a very significant motivation in my life, making any hardship seem worthwhile..."

Yan Xixi closed her eyes slightly, she really couldn’t listen any further.

"I like you a lot, and my mom likes you too. To be honest, before school started, my mom reminded me that you might not like me. But I wanted to give myself a chance... I know you’ll be fully focused on studying these next two years, and I’m not demanding that you must love me during this time..."

"Li Zhen..."

He suddenly laughed, very cheerfully: "Yan Xixi, I understand what you mean, you don’t need to say anything more. How about we make a three-point agreement?"

"..."

"Let’s not date for now, and don’t feel any psychological pressure. When I come to see you, let’s just treat it as a meeting between old classmates. Here you have Li Mingyu, just consider me coming to see Li Mingyu, and you’re just accompanying us. Isn’t that okay?"

She laughed speechlessly, can it really be like this?