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

Chapter 96 No need to test me like this

"Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"

His dark eyes held a complex mix of emotions, even a barely audible plea.

Qin Zhao didn't understand. He thought Shen Yanci just wanted a response to that sentence, but saying thank you at this moment would seem pretentious and frivolous.

She looked at him with her clear, light eyes: "I will always stand by your side."

The sun was shining brightly today, and the shadows were broken by the corner of the wall, gazing at each other just like they were.

Qin Zhao sensed something was off. She glanced into the distance, then looked up at him and asked, "Why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

Shen Yanci blinked slightly: "It's nothing, I was just worried you'd be bullied."

The sun was so strong today that it made her eyes sore. She blinked, trying to suppress the soreness that had been building up for some time.

She smiled lightly, feigning nonchalance, and said, "If I get bullied, you must protect me."

"it is good."

Qin Zhao leaned against the railing, feeling a comfortable breeze blowing.

Shen Yanci's gaze fell on her hands: "Why is the wristband worn so low?"

As he spoke, he took Qin Zhao's left hand and tried to lift the wristband.

Qin Zhao reacted strongly by pulling her hand back. Shen Yanci's eyelids were half closed, and he remained in that position, looking at her coldly.

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids, put his hand back in his, held it, and looked at him innocently: "I did it on purpose, to use it as a glove."

"Are my hands very cold?"

Her hand rested on his fingers, gently holding them, with a cool touch.

Qin Zhao wanted to pull his hand back after he had experienced it, but it was held by just the right amount of force.

She looked at him.

Shen Yanci said expressionlessly, "If you want me to warm your hands, just say so."

"There's no need to test me like that."

"..."

By the time school ended, the video had been taken down. Although Qin Zhao didn't get the original video, he felt less upset.

She saw Shen Yanci not far away and was about to run over when a familiar, confident male voice called out to her.

"Eno."

She stopped in her tracks and stared blankly at the figure at the school gate.

"Your smile vanished when you saw me." Jiang Yu, hands in her pockets, walked towards him step by step. "Weren't you just smiling happily?"

"Then who do you want to smile at?" He chuckled, looking at Shen Yanci with a hint of disdain. "Him?"

Qin Zhao pursed his lips: "What do you want to do?"

"What can I do? I've been waiting for you here for so long, and you didn't even see me. I'm so heartbroken." Jiang Yu pretended to sob a couple of times, then looked up at her with his chin raised.

"You didn't remember a thing I told you last time," Qin Zhao said, looking at him. "Do you think I'd still let you bully me now?"

Jiang Yu clicked his tongue in disapproval: "You're too prejudiced against me. I came all this way to see you, how could I be here to bully you?"

He moved closer and said, word by word, "I missed you."

"Without you, No. 1 High School is really no fun."

Qin Zhao looked away in disgust and turned to leave.

"Eno!"

He followed, asking, "Would you like me to go with you to say hello?"

Qin Zhao looked at him coldly: "Do you want to die?"

Jiang Yu shrugged: "Don't be so rude. Our relationship is much better than yours with him."

"Isn't that right?" he laughed, but his smile was chilling. "Didn't you say you weren't dressed as a man? But it seems like nobody knows you're a girl." He covered his face with his hand as if talking to a friend: "It's still a secret between the two of us."

Qin Zhao stared at him coldly.

He seemed not to see it, leaning closer, his voice like a cold snake, saying word by word: "Jiang Ye, you've given me leverage again."

"Qin Zhao."

A deep, magnetic voice came from behind him. Qin Zhao's fingers twitched, and he looked in Shen Yanci's direction.

Jiang Yu: "It seems your brother is coming. Are you coming with me, or should we both go with him?"

Qin Zhao pursed his lips: "Go wait for me at the third intersection ahead."

Jiang Yu nodded in satisfaction: "Okay."

He looked at Shen Yanci with a hint of provocation: "Don't smile too happily at him."

He smiled and put his hand on Qin Zhao's shoulder, but she dodged it. He casually put his hand back in his pocket, saying, "I'll be jealous."

Qin Zhaochao walked in Shen Yanci's direction, and when he saw him, he smiled and said, "Brother Yanci."

Shen Yanci's gaze was fixed on Jiang Yu behind her, the man with the exact same hairstyle as the man in the video: "Who is he?"

Qin Zhao glanced back and saw that Jiang Yu had not only not left, but was also tilting his head at them in a good mood.

She paused for two seconds, then said in her usual tone, "Someone asking for directions."

She looked up at him and teased, "Brother Yanci, were you waiting for me on purpose?"

"Qin Zhao."

"Ok?"

"Am I so easily fooled?"

His dark eyes made her nowhere to hide. Qin Zhao's mouth moved, then closed again.

"Or do you think that I'm just someone you can easily fool?"

“No.” Qin Zhao denied it firmly. She frowned and explained, “This matter is a bit complicated, and it’s hard for me to explain it clearly right now. But to you, he really is just an insignificant passerby.”

“And what about you?” He looked at her. “The person in the video is you, right? What are you doing? Kissing? Or… more?”

Qin Zhao's pupils contracted slightly, and he looked at him in disbelief.

Shen Yanci raised her eyes slightly, suppressing the tears welling up in them.

Qin Zhao glanced at him, her lips trembling. After a couple of seconds, her voice trembled as she said, "Shen Yanci, you can't be like them."

Her voice grew softer and softer until it became a whisper, and her lips trembled even more violently.

A tear fell without warning.

Qin Zhao raised his hand and wiped his face. All the bad emotions he had been holding back these past few days seemed to have found an outlet, surging up all at once and he couldn't suppress them no matter what.

She didn't know where to look, her lips were pursed but still trembling, and she couldn't say a word.

She felt incredibly pathetic. These comments had been repeated countless times in the comments section, and many more. All she felt was disgust and annoyance.

Shen Yanci's casual remark instantly broke down all her defenses.

Shen Yanci's heart shattered into pieces, and he was in unbearable pain. Seeing Qin Zhao cry first, he wiped away her tears with his hand and asked, "Why are you crying?"

I wonder if tears have a contagious component.

More and more sweat appeared in his eyes.

Damn, he's about to cry.

Qin Zhao dodged, preventing him from touching her.

Shen Yanci sighed, cupped her face, and forced her to look at her: "Qin Zhao! You!"

He was initially fierce, but when he saw her teary eyes, his tone softened, as if he had been driven mad by torture: "What exactly do you mean?!"

(End of this chapter)