Touya Yaoyao

He asked directly, his eyes scrutinizing, but the topic was truly ambiguous, and Yu Yaoyao didn't know how to answer, so she simply chose to remain silent.

She didn't speak or look at him. The room was eerily silent. Apart from hearing his own breathing, Shiratoshi heard nothing.

Seemingly impatient, Bai Taoyi simply pinned Yu Yaoyao against the wall. He reached out and touched her neck, forcing her to look up at him. Yu Yaoyao instinctively tried to dodge, but he directly cupped her face in his hands.

"Yaoyao, what exactly do you want from me?! Can't you just look at me?! What... what is it about them that attracts you so much, that makes you willingly look at them?"

At this moment, Bai Taoshi was extremely close to Yu Yaoyao, so close that his breathing was clearly audible, so close that each of his eyelashes could be counted, and so close that Yu Yaoyao seemed to be able to hear his heartbeat.

This situation was not favorable for Yu Yaoyao. At this moment, she couldn't understand why she was the one who had sought revenge on Bai Taoshi, but now she was the one being held hostage.

Instinctively, Yu Yaoyao reached out to push Bai Taoshi away, but Bai Taoshi grabbed her hands directly. He deliberately looked down into Yu Yaoyao's eyes, his gentle gaze carrying a barely perceptible pleading:

"Yaoyao, can you stop caring so much about others? Can you just look at me?"

Logically, when someone asks you for something like that, you should at least give an answer, no matter what. But Yu Yaoyao became increasingly silent because she didn't understand what Bai Taoshi wanted to do.

Is it genuine affection? Or just a fling? Or perhaps both? She dared not gamble.

She has only one true heart, which she cannot easily give away, much less gamble on a man on a whim.

Besides, countless men come and go in wealthy families. Who can be sure that this seemingly virtuous man is truly untouched by worldly affairs? Perhaps he's just faking it?

Yu Yaoyao's silence hurt Bai Taoshi deeply. He instinctively wanted to say something harsh, but when he saw her, he automatically shut up.

After a long silence, as if knowing he wouldn't get an answer, he took a deep breath and pressed on:

"You've never told me why you left without saying goodbye to study in Europe. You clearly said you'd leave after graduating high school, so why did you leave early?!"

Why?! Yu Yaoyao still didn't speak; she remained silent, but her body was somewhat stiff, and her expression was rather unnatural.

She stood there blankly, like a piece of wood that couldn't utter a sound. Shirato looked at her, then straightened up and said with a wry smile:

"You won't even tell me this?? Do you know I planned to confess to you after graduation? You promised me that if I got into my dream university after high school, you would be my girlfriend?? Why... why did you leave just when you were about to fulfill your promise?"

His question was abrupt and hurtful, but Yu Yaoyao raised her head with a strange expression and retorted without any politeness:

"I never promised you I'd be your girlfriend after you graduated high school, nor did I promise you I liked you. Besides, you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was angrily silenced by someone covering her mouth with a kiss. Shiratoya, furious, pressed her lips against hers, determined to shut that hurtful mouth completely.

Yu Yaoyao began to struggle on her own, but was forcibly suppressed. Looking at Bai Taoshi who was so close to her, she felt as if she had just courted death.

After a long, long time, Bai Taoshi finally released Yu Yaoyao and also released the hand that was holding her. Yu Yaoyao was too lazy to look at him, and wiped the water stains off her lips, her expression somewhat unnatural.

She really didn't expect the other party to use this trick, which is why she was caught off guard and flustered. If she had known, she wouldn't have said anything carelessly, so as to avoid the other party getting angry and physically assaulting her.

Bai Taoshi watched quietly as Yu Yaoyao wiped the water stains off her lips. After she had completely cleaned them, he pushed her against the wall again and then fiercely bit her lips.

The kiss, which lasted for several minutes, finally ended when Yu Yaoyao was almost suffocating. She thought it was over, but Bai Taoshi subconsciously lowered his head, letting his lips touch Yu Yaoyao's neck.

Yu Yaoyao felt the heat from Bai Taoshi's breath on her neck, her body stiffened and she was highly tense.

She was genuinely afraid that the other person might do something inappropriate and leave something on her that shouldn't be there. Helpless, she could only watch him anxiously and stammer:

"Shirotoya, we...we can talk this out, please...please don't kiss me there? And please don't leave any marks, okay?!"

Bai Taoshi ignored her request and naturally pressed his lips to her neck. Yu Yaoyao was so frightened that her heart almost stopped and her breathing became rapid.

She was genuinely afraid that the other party would act recklessly and get caught, which would likely lead to another trending topic. She was terrified of trending topics these days, and she found them troublesome.

Seemingly sensing Yu Yaoyao's unusual behavior, Bai Taoshi seized the opportunity to hug Yu Yaoyao's waist, then pulled away from her neck and said in a muffled voice:

"Yaoyao, come home with me, okay?! I want you to come home with me! Don't go back to the Ye family, that's not your home. You were just adopted by them. Come back with me, my home will always welcome you."

He spoke earnestly, with expectation and promise, and Yu Yaoyao fell silent once again, because she dared not answer.

The Ye family was indeed not her home, and the Ye family members were indeed not her relatives, but even without blood ties, the nearly twenty years of nurturing kindness were still real.

She could not possibly abandon all her responsibilities because of this man's promise, nor could she take the Ye family's efforts for granted because of his instigation.

She wasn't the kind of person who was ungrateful, nor did she want her actions to cause the orphans to be left without anyone to adopt them. Although the orphanages in Zhao Kingdom could take good care of children who had lost their parents and relatives, children without parents, or even adoptive parents, were ultimately missing a piece in their hearts.

She still hopes that those orphans can meet families who love them, receive the care of adoptive parents, and experience the feeling of loving and being loved.

Therefore, even if Shirato Ya's promise might be sincere, she was unable to respond.

From the moment she was adopted, she could not truly sever ties with the Ye family, nor could she use them as stepping stones to raise her, shamelessly demanding that they make way for her new life, nor could she be an ungrateful villain.

Yu Yaoyao's silence disappointed Bai Taoshi. Looking at her expression, he abruptly asked:

"Have you really fallen for them?! Or do you really want to be their child bride?!"