After Lu Xiaoxiao asked that question, silence settled over the car.
They had just reached the entrance to the Lu family home. Ji Yunhuai brought the car to a stop before casting her a mildly probing look.
The rain had stopped at some point. Outside the window, a scattering of stars dotted the washed-clean sky, spilling silvery moonlight, but his gaze shone brighter than the stars, blazing like a torch that illuminated the unease she tried to hide on her face.
Lu Xiaoxiao instinctively grew nervous. Her fingers curled around the hem of her clothes and picked at it, but she stubbornly kept her back straight.
In the few short seconds she waited for Ji Yunhuai to answer, she couldn't help thinking, Only someone you care about can really affect your emotions.
Just half an hour earlier, she had turned Xiao Yichen down without batting an eye after realizing what he had in mind.
Yet now, sitting beside Ji Yunhuai, she couldn't steady her heartbeat no matter how hard she tried.
It was all too obvious.
When it came to whom her heart truly favored, her body made the answer clearest.
Lu Xiaoxiao had no idea how long they stared at each other in silence. It was probably only a few seconds in reality, but it felt endlessly drawn out.
In the end, what eased her nerves was the smile that suddenly curved Ji Yunhuai's lips.
She couldn't quite say what kind of smile it was. There seemed to be a hint of amusement, a hint that he saw right through her, or perhaps no particular meaning at all.
In short, it was an expression that was distinctly Ji Yunhuai.
Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't put it into words, but somehow, her nervousness faded.
At the same time, Ji Yunhuai spoke in