Yae abruptly turned to look at Xu Qi. When she realized he wasn't joking, she couldn't help recalling what he had said last night.
"I'm not saying I'm rejecting you, Yae. You're beautiful, and I like you very much, but... but this really shouldn't be how it is. You said you wanted a romance beneath the flowers and moonlight. You said you wanted to fall in love.
"It hurt me to hear you say those things... I wanted to give you that kind of love! I just didn't dare say it then. I didn't have the courage to say it out loud!"
So he had been serious...
Before Yae could even refuse, Xu Qi reached out and took her slender hand. Even in the middle of summer, it was faintly cool.
"Come on. Just you and me."
Only each other...
There was no Mei here, nor Alysia, and certainly none of the other assorted women. There were only Yae and Xu Qi.
"Honestly, hearing you say that is enough..."
"Hm? What are you talking about, Yae?"
"Nothing. Shall we go? Didn't you say you were taking me on a date? You decide, then~~ Boss Xu?"
Wasn't that right?
He really had become Boss Xu.
When he had driven over, Xu Qi had noticed that there was a shopping mall near the hospital. It was just right for taking Yae around.
He had to admit, walking through the mall with a beauty as elegant and outstanding as Yae—especially with her arm linked through his—earned him a hundred percent head-turn rate.
Fortunately, Xu Qi usually interacted with people like Kevin and Eden, and had absorbed some of their air of wealth. Otherwise, everyone would have taken him for the little kept man Yae was supporting.
Xu Qi had originally thought Yae would