In fact, Yu Qiaoqiao has always been a very insecure girl.
The living environment since childhood has shaped her somewhat inferior character.
It was because Chen Yan was with her, gave her money, gave her a job, allowed her to realize her dreams, and gave her something to be proud of in front of her classmates that she slowly gained a little confidence.
However, precisely because of this, when she faced Chen Yan, she felt the most inferior.
Because she knew that everything she had was given by Chen Yan.
She also knew that she and Chen Yan were not equal.
In particular , they were both ordinary people who were struggling, but in just three years, Chen Yan became a top tycoon with a net worth of tens of billions and a daily income of tens of millions.
Yu Qiaoqiao herself only went from a freshman to a junior.
This made her even less confident when facing Chen Yan.
Even though no one around her gossiped about her because Chen Yan protected her well, she knew that in the eyes of everyone, she was not worthy of Chen Yan.
So, in the past two years, she was actually a little scared. She was afraid that Chen Yan would suddenly abandon her one day. She was afraid that Chen Yan would suddenly leave her.
She doesn't care about material conditions or money.
After all , she now has hundreds of millions of dollars in her hands, but she hasn't spent any of it and still lives like an ordinary person.
What she cares about is Chen Yan.
He was the one who treated her best, apart from the dean's mother-in-law...
So, when she saw He Mengxue's expression towards Chen Yan today, she suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
That’s He Mengxue.
The He family of Qindao.
Even an ordinary student like her had heard of this behemoth.
Good family background, good looks, good figure, good abilities and good personality.
In Yu Qiaoqiao's heart, He Mengxue is actually almost perfect.
Whether it is Lu Man, Zhao Ying, Yang Nuannuan, or Yang Rou, they all have more or less shortcomings.
But only He Mengxue...is almost a perfect woman.
Moreover, she is the person who is a perfect match for Chen Yan.
So, when she appeared, Yu Qiaoqiao was a little panicked.
Even though she didn't like expressing her feelings, she didn't want to cause trouble for Chen Yan.
But... after hesitating for a long time, she couldn't help but ask, "Chen, Chen Yan... Sister Xue, do you like you?"
At this time, Chen Yan had just taken off his gloves for eating seafood, but suddenly heard Yu Qiaoqiao talking about this topic, and his hands suddenly stopped there.
After a moment, he threw his gloves on the table, then nodded silently and said "hmm".
Seeing Chen Yan admit it, Yu Qiaoqiao clenched her hands.
She looked at Chen Yan cautiously, and then opened her mouth several times. Finally, she said, "Then...you...?"
Chen Yan looked up at Yu Qiaoqiao.
What caught my eye was Yu Qiaoqiao's slightly nervous expression.
His heart softened, and he said, "There's nothing between her and me. Don't think too much."
"She just likes me. But I... I still have you."
Yu Qiaoqiao finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Chen Yan's words.
She lowered her head a little embarrassedly, and then whispered, "I'm not doubting you. I'm just worried and afraid..."
Chen Yan looked at her and asked, "What are you worried about?"
Yu Qiaoqiao said, "I'm worried that you will leave me. I'm afraid of losing you."
Yu Qiaoqiao looked at Chen Yan and said a little sadly, "I know you are different now than before, and I am a little unworthy of you."
"But I just can't bear to leave you."
She lowered her head and said weakly, "Sometimes, I wonder."
“If only you hadn’t started this company.”
"You wouldn't make as much money. You wouldn't have as many people like you."
"Even if you make less money, I will work when I graduate."
"When the time comes, we'll work together and make a living. Even if life is hard, we should still be happy, right?"
At this point, she paused, then shook her head slightly and said, "But I also know that my idea is a bit selfish."
"You can develop well and realize your dreams. It must be better than it was then."
Chen Yan looked at Yu Qiaoqiao, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Seeing that Chen Yan did not respond, Yu Qiaoqiao raised her head slightly and glanced at Chen Yan secretly like a little quail.
Then she whispered, "Don't be angry. I'm just imagining things."
"Besides...it's not like I can achieve it just because I want it."
"No, no. I mean... I don't mean anything else. I'm just imagining things."
Yu Qiaoqiao felt that the more she explained, the more confused she became. So she became even more panicked.
Seeing her cute flustered look, Chen Yan smiled and pinched her face, saying, "I know what you mean. Be good."
Seeing that Chen Yan finally responded, Yu Qiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief.
She glanced at Chen Yan, then said a little sadly, "Chen Yan. I don't know why. I always feel that maybe one day, we will separate."
"Maybe it's because the gap between us is getting bigger and bigger."
"I feel like the people standing next to you should be Sister Xue, Sister Manman, or even Brother Ying. Not me."
"They all have better looks, family background, abilities, and personalities than me."
She looked at Chen Yan and said seriously, "But no matter what. Meeting you is my greatest luck."
Looking at Yu Qiaoqiao, Chen Yan still didn't know how to start.
What he really wanted to say was: Meeting you is actually my greatest luck.
But he couldn't say it.
So, in the end, he reached out and held Yu Qiaoqiao's hand, and then said, "Don't worry. As long as you don't leave me, I will never be separated from you."
Hearing Chen Yan's confession, Yu Qiaoqiao showed a beautiful smile on her face.
"And..." Chen Yan added,
"Although your appearance, family background, ability, and personality are not as good as theirs."
"but……"
"You have a nice figure."
"Ah?" Yu Qiaoqiao didn't expect Chen Yan to bring up this topic. Her originally serious face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
The sadness just now was not dispelled by the confession, but was dispelled by Chen Yan's indecent teasing...
After the chat, Chen Yan went to pay the bill and then left the store with Yu Qiaoqiao.
The summer night was a little cool. The slightly salty sea breeze blew over, stirring the hearts of the two people.
Chen Yan held Yu Qiaoqiao's hand, looked at the dark sea not far away, and suddenly asked, "Qiaoqiao. Have you ever been in the sea?"
"Ah?" Yu Qiaoqiao was a little confused. She almost didn't understand what Chen Yan was saying.
Chen Yan tilted his head to look at her and blinked.
Yu Qiaoqiao blushed again, then lowered her head and stammered, "You, you, you should stop talking about weird topics."
Chen Yan laughed out loud.
After laughing, Chen Yan gently scratched Yu Qiaoqiao's upturned nose and said, "I found that if I tease you like this, you won't have any random thoughts."
Yu Qiaoqiao never expected Chen Yan to understand it this way.
She rubbed the corner of her clothes shyly, and then said, "I, I... I'm just a little scared."
Chen Yan hugged her gently and said, "Don't be afraid. I will always be by your side."
Yu Qiaoqiao hummed softly, then put her face close to Chen Yan's chest.
Feeling Chen Yan's broad chest, his slow but powerful heartbeat, and his strong arms, Yu Qiaoqiao felt the uneasiness in her heart gradually dissipate, replaced by a sense of security...
Of course Chen Yan didn't really take Yu Qiaoqiao to the sea to try it out.
This is not the private waters he bought himself. If tourists or passers-by come and are seen, wouldn't that become a live broadcast?
So, he just held Yu Qiaoqiao's hand and walked quietly on the soft beach.
The sea breeze blows, and the laughter and joy drift far away...
…
In the evening, sitting in the car on the way home, Yu Qiaoqiao gently leaned on Chen Yan's shoulder, and then whispered, "Thank you, Chen Yan. Thank you for letting me spend such a romantic night."
"Romantic?" Chen Yan looked at Yu Qiaoqiao curiously, "Is there romance tonight?"
In Chen Yan's opinion, romance is flowers, fireworks and candlelight dinners.
Although they had dinner tonight, it was just an ordinary seafood dinner.
Although they went on a date, there were no flowers.
Although we walked along the beach, there were no fireworks.
Is this considered... romantic?
Chen Yan couldn't help but look at Yu Qiaoqiao, wanting to hear her explanation.
Yu Qiaoqiao leaned on Chen Yan's shoulder happily and whispered, "Of course it's romantic."
“Romance is eating slowly, walking slowly, and growing old slowly.”
“Romance is slowly doing loving things with the one you love.”
"Don't worry about time, just care about the person next to you..."
Chen Yan blinked.
"Doing...love things with the person you love?"
Yu Qiaoqiao didn't react at first, but after Chen Yan repeated it again, she suddenly understood what Chen Yan meant.
Her face suddenly turned red again.
Then he stammered, "I, I didn't mean that..."
Chen Yan hugged her with a wicked smile, leaned close to her ear and said, "It's okay. Don't worry. I will make you really romantic tonight."
"Chen, Chen Yan. Why are you so weird tonight..."
"I, I really didn't mean that..."
…
at the same time.
Fenghua Building. 16th floor. Chen Investment Company.
The moon rises above the willows.
He Mengxue had just finished the work at hand.
I don't know if it was because she was in a bad mood. After finishing her work, she sighed slightly.
Then she went to her bookshelf, took out a few books, took out a bottle of red wine, and walked to the table.
Taking out a square cup, He Mengxue opened the wine and poured half a cup into it.
Then she kicked off her high heels, sat on the sofa like a lady, and started drinking without any image.
After taking a few sips of wine, He Mengxue, who had a good alcohol tolerance, felt a little dizzy.
Chen Yan seemed to appear in front of her.
He was wearing a handsome suit, standing on the stage, explaining something with great confidence.
He Mengxue stared at him blankly, a little dazed.
After a moment, Chen Yan's figure disappeared, and a tear rolled down the corner of He Mengxue's eyes.
Then she drank the wine in the glass, took out her cell phone, and opened WeChat in a daze.
Chen Yan’s chat box was pinned at the top of the information bar.
She clicked it skillfully and typed a message.
【The sky is most beautiful when it is just about to get dark. 】
【Love is most charming when it is about to fall in love. 】
[I miss you most when I am about to get drunk...]
After typing this text, He Mengxue pressed the send button.
But just as she was about to press it, she suddenly froze.
Because she suddenly remembered that Chen Yan seemed to be with Yu Qiaoqiao tonight.
"If I send him a message at this time, it will definitely disturb him, right?"
As she thought about it, He Mengxue sighed slightly, threw her phone aside, hugged her legs with both hands, buried her head in her knees and started crying...
…
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, Chen Yan came to the company refreshed.
Yu Qiaoqiao...
Yeah. Even though Chen Yan had secretly fed her three bottles of physical potion, she was still defeated and now she was still lying in bed, not wanting to get up.
When he arrived at the company, Chen Yan hummed a song, tidied up his desk, and then sat down to start working.
As a result, before he could process a few documents, there was a knock on his office door.
Chen Yan called out, "Please come in."
The door opened and He Mengxue walked in.
She looked a little different today. She had dark circles under her eyes and her face was a little pale. Even though she was wearing a high-end custom-made outfit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, she still couldn't hide her haggardness.
Seeing her like that, Chen Yan was startled and couldn't help asking, "Mengxue. What's wrong with you?"
"I... I'm fine..." He Mengxue opened her mouth, her voice a little hoarse.
Chen Yan became even more worried.
He stood up, walked to He Mengxue, then looked at her carefully and asked, "Are you... okay?"
Seeing that Chen Yan has always been so concerned about her. He Mengxue shook her head again, "I'm really fine."
As she spoke, she handed the document in her hand to Chen Yan and said hoarsely, "Mr. Chen, this is the beverage company plan you wanted, as well as Weibo's equity structure."
After saying that, she bowed slightly towards Chen Yan and said, "If everything is fine, I'll leave first."
After saying that, she turned and left the office, leaving Chen Yan alone holding the documents, staring blankly at her back.
"What happened?" Chen Yan was puzzled. He didn't know why He Mengxue was like this after not seeing her for a night.
"Is it because you saw me holding Qiaoqiao's hand yesterday?"
Chen Yan guessed it, but still felt that it shouldn't be the case.
After all, He Mengxue's favorability towards Chen Yan is already very high. No matter how many things she encounters, she has never wavered.
After seeing Yu Qiaoqiao yesterday, you suddenly became shaken?
Chen Yan felt something was wrong.
If he were an ordinary man, after finding something wrong, he could only continue to guess, or try to ask indirectly.
But Chen Yan is different. He has a trick.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan had no time to look at the information that He Mengxue had worked overtime to prepare for him.
He walked to the table, put the documents aside, took out his cell phone and checked on He Mengxue's situation.
When you open the [Cloud Girlfriend] game, what comes into view is the Q-version pixel figurine of your initial girlfriend: Yu Qiaoqiao.
She was lying on a pixel bed and snoring.
The status above shows [Resting with low health...]
Chen Yan: …
"What a shitty situation!"
While Chen Yan was complaining, he clicked the switch button and switched to He Mengxue's page.
He Mengxue’s interface is also a Q-version character.
At this moment, she was sitting in the elevator, and her current status was also displayed on her head, [In the elevator...]
This is normal. However, in her current state, her mood indicator is a "gray little face".
Chen Yan clicked lightly.
It says [I’m feeling down…]
Chen Yan frowned.
I'm in a bad .
But why?
Because He Mengxue walked too fast just now, Chen Yan didn't have time to use his [Inner Earphones], so he could only rely on some auxiliary means to infer He Mengxue's condition.
He clicked on He Mengxue's [Favorability] change to check the changes in He Mengxue's favorability since yesterday.
Then, he discovered that He Mengxue's favorability had changed dramatically yesterday.
At 14:12, her favorability dropped by 50 points.
After that, it was reduced by another 20 points.
The hint for favorability is just two simple words: [Hesitation].
Originally Chen Yan thought that this was the reason why He Mengxue was acting abnormally today, but he soon found out that he was wrong.
Because at 2:20 p.m., He Mengxue's favorability soared by 70 points.
Back to her original peak of 188 points.
This time the hint is just four simple words: [Be firm in your thoughts].
Only then, He Mengxue's favorability began to fluctuate.
I saw Chen Yan and Yu Qiaoqiao holding hands, which caused my score to drop by 15 points. I missed Chen Yan, so my score increased by 8 points.
Also, at night, the feeling of missing Chen Yan increased by 6 points, and the feeling of depression decreased by 17 points. And so on.
Just by looking at these hints about favorability, Chen Yan could understand He Mengxue's tangled and complicated feelings yesterday.
He held the phone, a little unsure of what to do.
After all, He Mengxue's mood change now is inseparable from him.
And seeing that He Mengxue's favorability was still changing until 3 a.m., you could tell that she probably didn't sleep all night.
Therefore, it is understandable that she is in this state now.
However, Chen Yan has not made up his mind how to face He Mengxue.
After all, He Mengxue is different from the other women.
First of all, she was very proactive and her love for Chen Yan was also very intense.
Although this satisfied Chen Yan's vanity, it was out of control.
Like Lu Man’s love, although a little funny and playful, but very rational at critical moments.
Like Zhao Ying, always ignorant.
Like Yang Rou, calm and restrained.
But He Mengxue was too uncontrollable. She might get carried away and cause the situation that Chen Yan had worked so hard to maintain to suddenly collapse.
Secondly, her family background is too extraordinary. This means that she doesn't need to consider too many consequences and can do whatever she wants. This further increases the uncontrollability of the first point.
Finally, she had always wanted to replace Yu Qiaoqiao.
And...she also has the corresponding "strength".
This is completely different from the state of several other women who have no ambition.
Plus, there is the old fox He Ruifeng behind her.
Therefore, although Chen Yan has always had an ambiguous relationship with her, he has kept a certain distance.
However, now I see He Mengxue has become like this because of me.
He really couldn't bear it.
After all, people are made of flesh and blood. Over the past year or so, he has seen all the kindness He Mengxue has shown him, and he has been touched in his heart.
He Mengxue was in such pain right now, and Chen Yan couldn't bear to watch her...
So, thinking this way, Chen Yan decided to go down and talk to He Mengxue.
Let's see if there is any way to resolve the complicated situation between me and her and have a good outcome...