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Chapter 603 - 189: Why not ask the magical Xinlin! (Daily)_2

Chapter 603: Chapter 189: Why not ask the magical Xinlin! (Daily)_2

Her heart pounded fiercely, yet it was a stark contrast to the happiness she had just felt.

It was an emotion she had never experienced before, so much so that even she couldn’t describe it.

But one thing was clear: there was a sharp pain in her chest.

Zhou Weiyi stood outside, watching Ke Jin getting ready to leave, and exchanged a few polite words with him.

Then, he returned to the office with a smile on his face.

"Miss, I must congratulate you— Uh," As he entered the room, he saw Yuan Qiaoqing sitting on the sofa, appearing somewhat distracted.

The carefully applied makeup, which should have been delicate and touching, seemed particularly desolate at this moment.

Zhou Weiyi, having been through similar experiences, guessed at a glance what had probably happened.

The words of congratulations that had been on the tip of his tongue could not be spoken; they were replaced by a soft sigh.

"Sigh."

Having sighed, he then silently exited the office.

Leaving Yuan Qiaoqing alone in the empty room to sort out her feelings.

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Ke Jin flew back to Jianglin nonstop and arrived in the evening.

The lights were on at home, but his parents had gone to a friend’s house for a visit, leaving only Ke Yu at home.

As soon as he pushed the door open, he heard Ke Yu’s languid singing.

"Unrelated to romance or scenery, I write a preface waiting for you to return~"

Upon closer observation, Baby Yu was wearing a Bluetooth headset, an apron tied around her, her tender little feet in cotton slippers, going ’tappity tap’ back and forth, busily cleaning the house.

She continued humming cheerfully.

"With a stroke of the pen, the waves crash a thousand times on that shore~"

Ke Jin changed into his slippers and had just sat down on the sofa.

Baby Yu, carrying a watering can, wandered past the sofa to the semi-open balcony to water the flowers and plants, her voice delicate as wind chimes, continuing to replicate the song playing in her ears.

"How can one solve the riddle of affection, every stroke of the pen feels wrong~"

"Yet what I truly lack, is a lifetime of your understanding~"

In a moment of distraction,

Baby Yu put down the watering can, untied her apron, and took off the headset, and the singing abruptly stopped.

She sat down next to Ke Jin, her large eyes scrutinizing her older brother for a long while before finally speaking.

"Did you get rejected?"

"No..." Ke Jin shook his head, recalling what had just happened, and then asked, "Baby Yu, let me ask you."

"Hmm?"

"If a guy confessed his feelings to you now, what would you do?"

"A guy? Confessing to me?" Ke Yu said with a peculiar expression, "I’d definitely reject him, of course. I don’t know any guys I’m close enough with, and if someone I’m not close to confessed, what other choice would I have besides rejecting them? If you don’t like someone, being together won’t be happy... wait a minute!"

As if suddenly realizing something, a shock flashed in Ke Yu’s eyes, and she gasped.

"Bro, are you saying that a guy confessed to you??"

"You, seriously..." Ke Jin felt so annoyed that he just wanted to pull her over and flick her on the forehead.

Baby Yu’s train of thought never failed to disappoint, rawr.

He shouldn’t have asked her!

But to be fair, Ke Yu did provide some sort of advice.

’If you don’t like someone, being together won’t be happy.’

That’s what Ke Jin had thought too.

Therefore, he decisively rejected Yuan Qiaoqing.

Saying he had someone he liked was nothing but an evasive and perfunctory response.

In that situation, Mr. Ke had really few options to choose from.

Basically just three.

First, agree.

Second, refuse.

Third, give a noncommittal answer that he needed more time to consider.

He immediately discounted the third option.

Mr. Ke, though not the epitome of chaste, would not stoop to such green-tea-bitch behavior.

Liking is liking, not liking is not liking.

What does ’need more time to consider’ even mean?

So, the choices left for Mr. Ke were just agreement or refusal.

Due to the sudden confession, agreeing outright was practically unrealistic.

The girl had been observing him secretly every day.

But standing in full view, he hardly had much understanding of her.

Being told ’I like you’ after just two encounters would lead any normal person to wonder if she was aiming to steal his kidneys.

Agreeing would be absurd.

Looking at it this way, Ke Jin realized that the only option he had left was rejection.

This should have been the end of it.

Yet for some reason, upon leaving, seeing Yuan Qiaoqing’s desolate expression stirred a sense of pity in Ke Jin.

He couldn’t explain why he felt this way.

He might as well ask Baby Yu when he got home.

Who knew that after hearing the story, Ke Yu would stare in disbelief and blurt out a curse.

"Holy shit! She’s chasing you despite such conditions, and you turned her down???"

"Mr. Ke, you’re really something! Truly a role model!"

"Enough joking." Ke Jin casually brushed off Baby Yu’s raised thumb, "Be serious. Do you think I made the wrong choice by rejecting her this time?"

"That’s something you have to ask yourself, whether you have any feelings for that girl or not."

"Emmm... To be honest, at first, I didn’t feel anything, but the way she blushed when confessing, and her cute attempts to muster courage, made me feel a bit..." Ke Jin thought back to that moment, then uncertainly said, "My heart fluttered? There was a split second when I suddenly found myself liking that sort of thing... Am I a bit messed up?"

"Indeed..." Ke Yu also felt a bit speechless.

She threw herself into your arms, and you pushed her away; after shoving her off, you smacked your lips, still somewhat preoccupied.

"Hmph, you’re a jerk!" Ke Yu pursed her lips and uttered coldly.

Ke Jin: "..."

"But then, I can also understand your feeling of not knowing how to handle a sudden situation," Ke Yu stroked her smooth chin, pretending to ponder for a moment before adding, "Your situation, to be honest, even I haven’t experienced it. After all, isn’t everyone a single dog here? So it’s a little tricky to handle."