"What?" At those words, Yu Sangning immediately grew agitated, her eyes filling with disbelief. "The person who bought the Yu Family's old house... was you?"
"It was." Lu Shiyan nodded gently, his lowered lashes trembling as he spoke in a slightly quieter voice. "I think that should also prove to you that I like you."
"I really hadn't planned to tell you this soon, but if I kept hiding it, that girl Xiaoxiao would call me a coward again."
"Sangning, you once said that if I became famous, you would definitely be my number one fan."
"Now that I really am famous, does that promise still stand?"
"I..."
Yu Sangning was left speechless, so flustered that she had no idea how to answer. She wanted to secretly pinch herself to check whether this was real, but under Lu Shiyan's gaze, she had nowhere to hide. In the end, both her hands went stiff, unable to move, with nowhere to put them.
"But I... I'm so ordinary now... So many people like you. You deserve someone better... No, you deserve the best..."
Yu Sangning's voice trembled. Though her words were meant to turn him down, tears began spilling down her cheeks before she finished speaking.
"I'm not the best. I... I'll only hold you back."
After saying those two things, she thought Lu Shiyan would either fall silent or get angry.
But he did neither.
Instead, a moment later, he gently cupped her face in both hands.
"But I'm not the best either. You've simply put me on too high a pedestal." Lu Shiyan smiled tenderly, gently brushing away her tears with his fingertips as he earnestly countered her words. "I'm the one who should feel honored."
To be honest, seeing Yu Sangning turn him down in such a flustered state