"I, um, just..."
Ji Hanxing wanted to explain, but he did not know how. After all, Yan Jinyue had voiced exactly what he was thinking.
"Heh."
Yan Jinyue chuckled. "Relax. Zuixi isn't that sort of person."
Ye Zuixi had more or less grown up with them. Yan Jinyue believed this City A socialite had not reached the point of being that hopelessly lovestruck.
If she did act lovestruck, then Yan Jinyue was even more certain it was a disguise Ye Zuixi had adopted for some other purpose.
Ji Hanxing stared straight at Yan Jinyue. "You know her that well?"
After posing that question, he added another remark.
"You know her, yet you didn't know she could ride."
Yan Jinyue choked, barely managing to keep the corners of his mouth from drooping.
Seeing Yan Jinyue fall silent, Ji Hanxing suddenly laughed.
Yan Jinyue looked at him helplessly.
"Zuixi managed to keep up her disguise for so long. She's certainly no weak-minded person. Do you still think she'd be that easily fooled?"
Ji Hanxing found that reasonable too. He nodded, then remarked with feeling:
"So everyone has a hidden side that other people don't know about."
Yan Jinyue glanced at Ji Hanxing and thought, Just like you, right?
As they chatted, the two finally reached the entrance to the riding grounds. Ye Zuixi had changed into her riding clothes and was waiting there.
She was not alone. Standing beside her was Ye Chongyun.
As Ye Chongyun watched Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue approach, his lips curved. A pair of sunglasses dangled from his other hand, spinning around his finger.
"I didn't expect President Ji to actually agree to my little sister's request."
As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Zuixi. She pressed her lips together in a faint smile and stole a