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

Chapter 93 Coax You

She looked at the layout of the surveillance cameras; they must have captured the shots on the street, and the ones in the alley...

She pursed her lips, looked around, and then looked at a shop diagonally opposite; perhaps she could see it from the second floor.

She went up to the second floor, pretending to eat, and looked at the layout of the store's security cameras, but none of them captured anything in the alley.

Jiang Yu was a very cunning and cautious person, but she didn't expect him not to make a move in the alley.

After leaving that place, people became much more timid.

Qin Qiong was at home and saw her return, calling out, "Zhaozhao is back!"

Qin Zhao smiled sincerely and nodded. Instead of going in as usual, she hid her wrist in her sleeve and said, "Mom, I've eaten hot pot. I'm going upstairs to change my clothes."

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "Go ahead."

She took off her watch and stood under the shower, her wound exposed to the water. The stinging pain only made her calmer.

Is that reason enough?
After the heavy rain, the temperature actually warmed up a bit.

Qin Zhao saw Shen Yanci and walked over: "Brother Yanci".

Shen Yanci seemed to have just noticed her, and the two continued walking at a leisurely pace without her saying anything more.

He glanced at her: "Are you cold?"

Qin Zhao hummed in response, noticing his gaze fall on her sleeve.

She was wearing an oversized dress today, with sleeves covering most of her hands, leaving only her fingertips visible.

She curled her fingers slightly: "A little."

The next second, a shadow swept by, and a warm touch came from her forehead. Shen Yanci's hand was on her forehead.

His hands were large; he used less than a third of the back of his hand to completely cover her forehead.

Qin Zhao's eyelashes trembled as she looked at him.

Shen Yanci's eyelids were half closed as he withdrew his hand: "It's very cold, not hot."

He was taking her temperature with the back of his hand.

I wonder if it was because I was thinking about what happened that night, because the atmosphere seemed to have changed a little.

The trees along the roadside have already sprouted new buds, swaying in the wind, their shadows having moved from winter to spring.

Shen Yanci: "How's your IELTS preparation going?"

"..."

"that's it."

He raised an eyebrow and glanced at her: "So-so, and you still don't know how to get tutoring."

“I take foreign teacher classes every week.”

"If you're still like that even though you're already taking supplements, it means you're not getting enough."

"..."

Qin Zhao pursed his lips: "It's not like I only need to study IELTS. My foundation was already weak, and I've already tried my best."

“I didn’t say you weren’t working hard. You can’t just work hard on your own; you should make the most of the resources around you.” Shen Yanci glanced at her, seemingly implying something. “For example, seize every opportunity to ask classmates who got high scores for help and have them tutor you.”

Instead of waiting for him to ask you every day if you need tutoring.

He also wants to save face.

Qin Zhao remembered that Shen Yanci seemed to have mentioned this matter yesterday, but she hadn't paid attention to it at the time because she was thinking about the surveillance.

She looked at him with her light eyes and said gently, "I thought you didn't want to tutor me until you felt you had been appeased."

"..."

If Shen Yanci were any more fragile and sensitive, he would have felt that Qin Zhao was calling him a simp.

He was in a good mood, his voice even carrying a hint of boredom: "Since you know, I haven't seen you take any action."

Qin Zhao: "But didn't you already promise to tutor me yesterday?"

That means tutoring has nothing to do with whether or not you coax her, or that Shen Yanci has long since stopped being angry.

"Alright, I admit I misspoke." He sighed. "I happen to be free today, so I'll tutor you."

Qin Zhao pulled his fingers in slightly: "Could it be in a couple of days?"

Shen Yanci drooped his eyelids and looked at her without any emotion. Qin Zhao seemed a little embarrassed and said, "I've been having trouble sleeping these past few days because I keep dreaming about failing the IELTS exam. I'd like to try to adjust my sleep schedule."

Thinking of something, she pinched her cuffs, took off her schoolbag, and with her fingertips, unzipped it, took out the bag of candy inside, and handed it to Shen Yanci:
"The candy you mentioned last time, the really delicious one."

"I took a lot this time."

She smiled, palm up, fingers hooking the candy bag.

Shen Yanci's fingers twitched and touched hers.

Qin Zhao quickly withdrew his hand and put his backpack back on.

Shen Yanci: "You went to eat hot pot by yourself that day just to get this candy?"

Qin Zhao gave a nonchalant "hmm," her voice very soft: "Just trying to coax you."

The candy wrapper looked familiar; she had fed it to him that night when he was feeling incredibly down.

He couldn't remember what the candy tasted like, but he remembered the sensation of it touching her fingertips and the damp, gloomy moon that night. It must have been sweet.

Did she think that his mood improved because of that candy?

But, Zhao Zhao, what ever pleases him is never sweetness.

“That’s not what I meant that day. I was just dealing with all sorts of things. I was tired and in a bad mood. No matter what, I shouldn’t have lost my temper with you.”

That day, her mind was completely blank. After she lost her temper, she couldn't figure it out for a long time.

In the past seventeen years of her life, she had thrown tantrums at first, but it was no use.

No one will give her a nice look just because she's angry.

Things won't become easier to resolve just because she throws a tantrum.

After she got angry, she felt more of a sorrowful, impotent rage, feeling utterly useless.

So she never lost her temper again after that.

If you can bear it, then bear it.

Even if you can't stand it, you have to endure it.

If you really can't stand it, pretend to be a vicious dog and fight to the death to scare them.

Why did she think that losing her temper with Shen Yanci would solve her predicament?

Is it because of Shen Yanci's pride, his upbringing, or his kindness?
Because she is a very bad person.

"I don't hate you," Qin Zhao said softly, looking earnestly into his eyes. "I'm sorry."

Qin Zhao didn't know why he was so insistent on coaxing her; he probably thought she was being too unreasonable and wanted to teach her a lesson.

"I know you're not angry anymore, right? But I still want to apologize to you. I know you're a good person, and you're good to me too. I don't want to be bad to you."

Shen Yanci felt as if his heart was being squeezed, both painful and itchy, utterly weak and unbearably itchy.

She only said a few words, but he felt like he loved her even more.

He wasn't angry because Qin Zhao was throwing a tantrum, or even angry; he was afraid.

He was afraid of her evasive attitude towards him.

He was afraid that she might have discovered what despicable thoughts he was hiding.

If he wasn't angry, he was angry because he felt helpless with her.

He seemed to have been acupunctured, unable to react at all.

After a while, his Adam's apple bobbed: "Qin Zhao."

If it were me, I'd want more than just not disliking it.

"Ah."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You've studied for such a short time and this score is already amazing. You'll definitely pass." He sighed. "If you really don't pass, it's okay."

"..."

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