Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 180 Let It Be
“These things are easy to handle, I can manage them myself.” Her voice was unusually docile.

“I know.” Shen Yanci hugged her. “You’ve always been amazing and strong. You can handle many things on your own. But we’re together. We can share the burden and face things together. I want to be a part of your life, including the problems you face.”

Qin Zhao's hand hovered in the air, but he ultimately did not place it down.

Even when it's about to rain in August, the weather is unbearably muggy, and hugging each other feels suffocating.

She glanced up; the sky was overcast, a clean yet messy black, with no moon.

"Brother Yanci," she said softly, "please stop being so nice to me."

It looks like it's about to rain.

"I can't pay it back."

"Are you stupid?" Shen Yanci pressed her shoulder, creating some distance between them so he could look at her better. "Why do you always have to say 'repay'? I like you, and I just want to be good to you. This is my own choice, and besides, aren't we boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"If you insist on paying me back, you might as well treat me better from now on." Shen Yanci said, each word accusingly, "You've been really awful to me lately, really awful."

He bent down slightly: "Can't you just coax me a little?"

Breaths mingled.

He seemed to only want Qin Zhao to take the initiative to do something.

Qin Zhao raised an eyelid: "You only want to kiss, is that it? What's the difference between you and Jiang Yan?"

Her tone wasn't harsh, but the sharpness and shrillness of her voice were explosive.

Shen Yanci's smile vanished completely, his eyes turning dark: "What did you say?"

She compared him to that scumbag.

Qin Zhao pursed her lips and tilted her head slightly.

A muffled rumble of thunder echoed in the sky.

Shen Yanci's phone rang.

He sighed and pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Jiang Ye's brother?"

Shen Yanci glanced at her, intending to go to the side to answer the call.

Qin Zhao took the phone from his hand and put it on speakerphone.

"Hey!"

Shen Yanci: "Is something the matter?"

"It's nothing, I was just testing if you'd blocked us." Xia Yaoyao's father's gruff voice came through the phone. "As long as you haven't blocked us, it's fine."

"We already know about your school, so we're not afraid of you blocking us."

“You rich people care about your image. We don’t ask for much, just 500,000.”

Shen Yanci scoffed, "Didn't you say it would cost 100,000? Why has it gone up?"

“This little bit of money is nothing to you, you probably don’t care. But for us, it’s half a lifetime.” Xia Yaoyao’s father said, “Jiang Ye also has feelings for our Yaoyao, so let’s just say he’s helping her out.”

Qin Zhao: "What if I don't give it to them?"

"No way!" Xia Yaoyao's father seemed to smash something. "I'll expose this to the media and even put up banners at your school! Saying Jiang Yeqiang, J! You've lost all face, and the company's face too! You'll lose much more than 500,000!"

"You think you can just rape me like that?"

"They have no connections, yet they'd take a pregnant woman to the hospital and pay her rent! Who would believe that? But if Yaoyao says it's true, then it is!"

Qin Zhao scoffed: "Idiot."

"Who the hell are you cursing—who the hell are you?!"

"You can't even find the person you're looking for, and you're trying to threaten people like you do in TV dramas," Qin Zhao scoffed.

"Eno?"

Qin Zhao remained noncommittal: "You just want money, right? Here you go."

Xia Yaoyao's father slapped his thigh excitedly: "I knew it! This amount of money is nothing to you!"

Qin Zhao: "If you need money, just come to me. Why are you going to my neighbor? Do you expect him to give you money?"

"Neighbor? Isn't he your brother? I thought he was your brother—" Qin Zhao interrupted him: "If you need anything, come to me. If you keep harassing my neighbor and making me lose face, you won't get a single penny."

After hanging up, Qin Zhao blocked that number.

After making a note, he returned the phone to Shen Yanci: "You shouldn't have given them your phone number; it could easily get you into trouble."

Shen Yanci looked at her: "What do you mean by 'neighbor'?"

Qin Zhao lowered her eyes and put her phone in his pocket: "Aren't we neighbors?"

"You're unwilling to acknowledge our relationship publicly, so why do you need to explain our neighborly relationship to outsiders?" Shen Yanci was clearly angry. "Qin Zhao! I'm a human being, I feel pain!"

Qin Zhao was silent for two seconds, then gave a faint smile: "Did I hurt you again?"

Shen Yanci thought she had given in.

"I am that kind of annoying person." Qin Zhao raised his eyes. "I've never been likable since I was a child, and there's some truth to that."

"Zhao Zhao."

"The 'me' you described before wasn't the real me. So, you don't actually like me. Listen to me, I'm not blaming you, I genuinely think you deserve better."

His dark eyes stared directly at her: "What do you mean?"

It turns out that the wind when it's about to rain can still feel cold when it blows against your skin.

Qin Zhao looked up, her eyes veiled with a very thin mist, and she opened her mouth.

"Think it over before you speak," Shen Yanci interrupted her, his expression indifferent and his lips flat.

Qin Zhao looked at him: "Shen Yanci, you should like someone who is already good and happy. That way, you won't get hurt—"

His words were cut off, and Qin Zhao felt a sharp pain on his lips as if they had been bitten.

She tilted her head back and placed her hand on Shen Yanci's shoulder. Before she could exert any force, she saw his trembling eyelashes stuck together and tasted the bitter saltiness.

Shen Yanci's shoulders trembled as he parted her lips, his moist eyes looking at her: "I don't like the kind of jokes you make."

I know in my heart whether I like you or not. I don't mean to blame you, nor do I think you're bad. I just want you to comfort me.

"I don't understand why I felt so insecure before we were in a relationship, and why I'm still so sad now that we're in a relationship!"

"Don't pursue a relationship that's painful."

"Qin Zhao!"

He's yelled at her many times these past few days.

The air became humid, filled with the smell of earth; it was about to rain.

Qin Zhao: "Let's go back early, it's about to rain."

My wrist was held.

Shen Yanci: "Explain yourself clearly."

Qin Zhao curled his fingers: "I won't go to England, I will take the college entrance examination in China."

The raindrops started pattering down.

Is there absolutely no possibility?

"Correct."

After a long while, Shen Yanci sighed and said, "Okay. B City and London aren't far apart, so we can meet every week. I can come to see you, and if you want to go to England during a holiday, you can contact me."

"No need." Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids. "Our paths are different. If we insist on walking together, we'll both get very tired."

"You only feel tired now that you've left! Who told you to decide for me whether I'm tired or not!"

Thunder rumbled—

His chest heaved, and his eyes were red.

Qin Zhao: "That's fine then."

Another clap of thunder sounded.

(End of this chapter)