Chapter 17: The Beautiful Young Lady ⑤

  Kitano Yōko, with tears in her eyes, argued with Tōhō Shō: "I'm already 15 years old, I'm not young anymore! I know what love is! But you, Shō-nii-san, when you made that promise to that girl, you were only 5 years old. Are you sure that was love? And besides, she's been back for a while now, why are you still holding onto that empty dream by yourself? Maybe the person you've always been thinking about has already forgotten about you..."

  Bei Ye was used to being willful and would say whatever came to mind when she got angry. She didn't know that her words had struck a sore spot for Dong Fang Zhao.

  Dongfang Zhao's face was expressionless, his voice cold as he uttered a single word: "Scram!" He only said it once, but the intimidating force was enough. Dongfang Zhao was furious, and the consequences would be severe! Beiye Yao had never seen Dongfang Zhao so angry before, and she wisely slipped away unnoticed.

  But that doesn't mean she gave up on Dongfang Zhao. Beiye Yao and Dongfang Zhao are similar in this regard, they are determined to reach their goal and will not give up! She then went all out to prove that her feelings for him were love, not just ordinary dependence.

  "Xiao Gege, are you still mad at me?" Bei Ye Yao was clever and had thought ahead. Before Dong Fang Zhao's anger dissipated, she maintained her original demeanor, so she still called him "Gege".

  "No." Dongfang Zhao's words were not in his heart. Everyone knew that he had never put down the promise he made when he was 5 years old. He slightly admired the woman in front of him, who really had patience! He had been cold-warring with her for a long time, not because he was petty or still angry about her rude words that day; he just wanted to cut off her thoughts, and being cruel to her now meant not giving her any illusions, all for her own good in the future.

  Eastern Shao didn't know that Northern Ye was actually able to endure the trouble, and she surprisingly followed them all the way to a very far place to attend school. Fortunately, Eastern Shao and the others were admitted to an all-boys school, which didn't accept girls, so even if Northern Ye had connections, it would have been useless. In the end, she chose to settle for second best. As she said in her own words: "For Brother Shao, I'm willing to lower my own status and attend that trashy high school, as long as I can see Brother Shao often..."

  "Aren't you angry? Brother Zhao, why are you ignoring me?" Bei Ye stepped closer to Dong Fang Zhao, while Dong Fang Zhao retreated step by step. "You didn't answer my phone calls or texts, don't tell me your phone was out of battery! What about when I went to your house? Why do you always pretend not to be home and hide in your room doing who-knows-what?"

  Bei Ye is not stupid, she sees everything, but just doesn't say it. Dong Fang Zhao is avoiding her, this is something that anyone with eyes can see.

  "...". What she said was all true, and Dongfang Zhaoyan had nothing to say.