Rejection

Rejection

Yang Xiaoli looked very innocent, with fair skin and the air of a girl next door.

Today, at the auditions for the campus singing competition, she had heard Lin Yuan sing.

It had sounded incredibly good.

And he was tall and handsome too.

She had always had very high standards when choosing a partner, but after seeing Lin Yuan, she felt that he fit her standards perfectly.

So she had come over, wanting to get to know Lin Yuan.

Girls who were this proactive were truly rare.

Gu Lianyin sensed a crisis. She first looked at the girl before her with hostility, then secretly checked Lin Yuan's reaction.

Please don't agree, please, please!

She kept praying inwardly.

Yang Xiaoli glanced at Gu Lianyin beside Lin Yuan.

She was so ugly that she posed no threat at all, so Yang Xiaoli did not think they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Sorry, I don't add other girls." Lin Yuan kept a blank expression as he tactfully refused.

Yang Xiaoli was unwilling to accept the rejection and asked, "Does Lin Yuan already have someone he likes? Is that why she won't let you add other girls as friends?"

In her class, she was considered one of the prettiest girls. Several boys were pursuing her too. It had always been others adding her, yet today, for the first time ever, she had tried to add a boy as a friend and had actually been rejected!

Lin Yuan nodded. "Yes."

Hearing that, Yang Xiaoli looked utterly disappointed. "In that case, I won't disturb you any longer."

With that, she left.

The speaker had meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart.

When Gu Lianyin heard Lin Yuan admit that he had someone he liked, it felt as though she had been struck by five bolts of lightning.

So Lin Yuan had a girl he liked.

Gu Lianyin looked even more disappointed than Yang Xiaoli, and it was written all over her face.

Of course, someone as outstanding as Lin Yuan must have had many girls chasing after him before.

She wondered who was lucky enough to become his girlfriend.

But when I asked him whether he had a girlfriend before, why did he say he didn't?

Could it be that they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend yet? Lin Yuan had just said that he only liked her!

Did that mean she still had a chance?

But Gu Lianyin quickly dismissed the thought.

Forget it.

She was not the kind of girl who liked stealing someone else's love.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Yuan lightly bumped Gu Lianyin with his body, pulling her out of her wild thoughts.

"If I didn't say that, I'm afraid girls would come bother me every day. It'd annoy me to death."

He explained.

Gu Lianyin stared at him blankly.

So that was how it was.

But...

Why did Lin Yuan feel the need to explain it to her?

After Gu Lianyin returned, she kept thinking about that question.

It was not until her best friend Ling Wanqing returned that she sought an answer from her.

Ling Wanqing thought for a moment and said, "Probably because he was afraid you'd misunderstand."

"Oh~"

"Lianyin, if you don't take the initiative, you'll never get a chance. I'll teach you what to do!"

Ling Wanqing gave Gu Lianyin advice on how to attract a boy's attention.

"You still need to keep dressing ugly for now. I have an idea. Tomorrow, don't wear that winter uniform anymore. Wear your summer uniform and show off your slim figure..."

Gu Lianyin listened very attentively and remembered every point.

The next day.

Gu Lianyin still wore the same disguise, but her summer uniform was a little small. Whenever she made any big movements, it revealed her slender waist and fair skin.

Her two snow-white arms were soft and boneless, slender enough to seem to reflect the light.

Her well-developed chest outshone all the girls in class, making many of them feel inferior.

It was Lin Yuan's first time seeing Gu Lianyin dressed like this, and he was quite surprised.

His gaze kept drifting toward her without his control.

"Lianyin, your summer uniform looks really good today. Your figure is great too."

Lin Yuan spoke as he openly looked her over, clicking his tongue in admiration.

Being praised like that by Lin Yuan made Gu Lianyin's heart feel warm.

Sure enough, Wanqing's plan worked!

"Your arms are so fair!"

Lin Yuan's hand reached rather shamelessly toward Gu Lianyin's arm.

His movements were very slow. He thought Gu Lianyin would slap his hand away, but instead, he encountered no resistance at all and successfully touched her tender, fair arm.

It was smooth and springy.

Lin Yuan's hand slowly moved down until it reached the back of Gu Lianyin's hand.

Her small hand was lovely, and her nails were unadorned, delicate and neat.

Lin Yuan suddenly had a powerful urge to hold Gu Lianyin's hand and interlace their fingers tightly.

But he restrained himself and did not do it.

When he looked up, he found that Gu Lianyin's cheeks had turned bright red.

Gu Lianyin had never had such intimate contact with a boy before, and a strange feeling rose within her.

Lin Yuan sheepishly withdrew his hand, coughed twice awkwardly, and pretended nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)