Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 471 - 470: (2 more updates)

Chapter 471: Chapter 470: (2 more updates)

And then he messed things up.

He wanted to explain but found he didn’t know where to start.

Although what he just said was exaggerated, that’s how he had felt.

So, the one she liked was still the gentle and refined Jin Ruiyang, not his true self.

Well, it couldn’t be said like that either; he was grudgingly part of that persona.

It was still better than liking that damn class president.

He thought for a moment, scratching his head: "Xiao Sisi, you just said you wanted to date me, and I agreed."

"Eh?" Xu Sisi looked at him puzzled, blinking: "Didn’t I say that was my previous thought? I’ve already... "

"Smack!"

Jin Ruiyang gave himself a slap, the kind that sounded crisp but wasn’t really hard.

He also worried that a bruised face wouldn’t look good.

Now, he was relying on his face to earn impression points; he couldn’t afford to hurt it.

Xu Sisi got scared by his sudden slap, and quickly grabbed his hand: "Brother Ruiyang, what are you doing?"

She stood on her tiptoes and moved closer, her other hand reaching for his shoulder: "Let me see, did it hurt?"

Xu Sisi didn’t realize how close she was to Jin Ruiyang, so close that if he opened his arms she would be in his embrace.

He angled his face for her to see, and the urgency in her eyes gradually warmed his heart that had gone cold over the past few days.

She still had feelings for him.

Xu Sisi checked, and seeing no mark on his face, she felt relieved.

"Brother Ruiyang, why did you suddenly hit yourself?" she asked with a frown.

"Xiao Sisi, are you worried about me?" Jin Ruiyang wasn’t bothered by her tone at all; a hint of a smile spread across his eyes.

Without even thinking, Xu Sisi said: "Of course I’m worried about you."

Uh...

The moment the words left her mouth, Xu Sisi covered it, only then noticing his smile.

This time he wasn’t wearing glasses, and his narrow eyes brimmed with a warmth that could melt hearts. A breeze brushed against his forehead, tousling his hair.

In the sunlight, his eyes sparkled like stars.

She felt as if she saw again the words ’gentle elegance and refined grace’ personified in him.

Jin Ruiyang had behaved too differently in front of her today.

He was fierce, and his aggressiveness scared her, but this was the Brother Ruiyang she had liked for so long.

Maybe her affection wasn’t so pure, perhaps it was admiration, longing, or aspiration.

But within these feelings, inevitably, liking him was the prerequisite.

No matter what kind of liking it was.

And at this moment, Xu Sisi felt the Brother Ruiyang she knew had returned.

"So, you still like me, don’t you?" His voice was gentle and clear, like a warm breeze, like the morning sun.

Jin Ruiyang reached out, and in her daze, placed his hand on the small of her back, drawing their bodies closer.

He leaned down toward her, not to kiss her, but the smile in his eyes could no longer be concealed.

Xu Sisi was so captivated by him that she was lost for words.

It took her a long while to realize she was in his embrace, and her face instantly flushed red, as she tried to wriggle free gently.

Jin Ruiyang duly let her go.

Xu Sisi actually didn’t know what to think of Jin Ruiyang now.

She had always liked him.

But the changes in him over the past few days had shattered all her fantasies about him, which was why she resisted and wanted to escape.

Yet whenever he looked at her with that expression, she couldn’t resist.

Xu Sisi’s head was in turmoil, almost to the point of despair.

She felt she needed to sort out her feelings properly.

Yet she couldn’t bear to reject the Brother Ruiyang who stood before her now.

She could only bow her head like an ostrich, nervously saying: "Brother Ruiyang, I still shouldn’t date you."

Jin Ruiyang had clearly felt Xu Sisi’s softening, no longer as resistant as before.

It was already better than before.

As for dating...

It was a long journey with many challenges ahead, but at least now there was hope.

Thus, Jin Ruiyang cheerfully agreed: "Okay."

"Um, Brother Ruiyang, I should go now."

Wait, the important stuff hasn’t been said yet.

Jin Ruiyang quickly held onto her: "Xiao Sisi..."

"Hm?"

Xu Sisi blushed as she glanced at him, her heartbeat quickening at that soft-spoken "Xiao Sisi."

She suddenly had the fantastical thought that Brother Ruiyang seemed to harbor two personas within him, switching between the two.

This gentle Brother Ruiyang was the one she liked.

Jin Ruiyang, recalling how he had scared her earlier to make her dislike him but ended up messing things up, apologetically said: "Just now... I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to, but my affection for you is genuine."

He looked at her, his black eyes brimming with tenderness and unmistakable love.

Whether deep or shallow, heavy or light.

Xu Sisi’s heartbeat sped up even more.

She almost couldn’t help but blurt out that she also liked Brother Ruiyang.

She couldn’t help asking him: "Then, Brother Ruiyang, did you scare me on purpose earlier? Because Sisi made you angry, right? Brother Ruiyang isn’t like that."

He wouldn’t be that harsh to her; rather, he would be just like now, gentle and considerate.

This put Jin Ruiyang in a difficult position again.

But this time he didn’t deceive Xu Sisi: "Brother Ruiyang meant every word. My feelings for Xiao Sisi are far from pure. In fact, that is the most genuine side of Brother Ruiyang."

His intentions towards her were indeed impure.

So it was true...

Xu Sisi felt he wasn’t lying but still thought he wasn’t right.

That wasn’t the most genuine side of Brother Ruiyang.

At least in front of her, she felt this current version of him was the genuine Brother Ruiyang, not that aggressive and fierce man with intense eyes.