President, please comfort me.

Chen Nuo then realized what was happening, and for a moment her throat felt blocked, making it impossible for her to speak. Her feelings became complicated.

Remembering what the young man had just said, she immediately put the flowers on the sofa and went to the balcony.

Sure enough, Ye Lin's car was still parked downstairs, and he was standing outside the car, clearly having seen him now.

Ye Lin waved in her direction while talking on the phone.

"Why don't you speak?"

Chen Nuo lowered his eyes, his gaze dimmed, and he spoke in a low voice, directly expressing his most honest feelings at that moment: "I don't know what to say."

Ye Lin noticed her sudden change in mood, but didn't know why. He mustered up his courage to defend himself: "I know that I made a bad first impression on you, I can't deny that, but I promise I won't do it again."

He said, "Nono, I like you. Can you give me a chance to pursue you?"

Chen Nuo's heart stirred. She hesitated for a while before finally saying what she should have said: "I'm sorry, I don't have any plans to find a partner right now. You should go home early."

Chen Nuo hung up the phone, quickly left the balcony, and sat in the house looking at the white roses in front of her, but her thoughts had already drifted back to the beginning of her freshman year.

At that time, she had just started studying in Xiamen and by chance met Su Kaicheng, a senior student from the School of Physical Education, at a club recruitment event at the school.

As the most handsome guy in the sports academy, he is not only sunny and good-looking but also gentle and considerate. He takes great care of her in club activities and helps her a lot in private as well.

Having never been in a relationship before, she longed for a beautiful romance.

With each exchange, the seeds of love gradually sprouted between the two.

After spending two months together, Su Kaicheng invited his classmates to her dormitory building, presented her with a bouquet of white roses, and confessed his love to her in public. She accepted.

At first, they were very sweet together, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and their classmates were very envious. But not long after, the relationship came to an end.

Su Kaicheng cheated on his wife, and he did it in a very public way.

It was then that Chen Nuo realized that his gentleness and thoughtfulness were not reserved for her alone.

There was no way to salvage the relationship, so she decisively broke up with him. She couldn't remember what Su Kaicheng said on the day of the breakup, but the gist of it was: "Who wants to have a platonic relationship with you?"

The two parted ways cleanly, without any lingering entanglements.

After feeling miserable for a few days, she met Wen Qi, and then Lan Ling and Yang Xu.

With shared interests and values, their emotional connection was quickly strengthened, and she recovered completely within a week. However, her longing for love was no longer as strong.

For the next three years, she still had many suitors, but apart from spending time with her good friends, she devoted all her energy to her professional field and successfully opened a dance studio after graduation.

Now, a man even more handsome and gentle than Su Kaicheng has appeared before her, but she no longer has the courage she once had.

Ye Lin sat in the car for another hour after she went in before driving back to the company.

Sitting in his office, he stared at the cookies Chen Nuo had given him, pondered for a long time, and finally sent her a message: Don't feel pressured, I've arrived at the company.

Chen Nuo sat in the living room in a daze. After looking at the message, she still replied to him: "Hmm."

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After get off work, Yang Xu and Wen Qi invited Lanling to lunch. Lanling's lazy voice came from the phone: "I'm not eating. I want to sleep. Don't worry about me. I'll find something to eat when I wake up."

Yang Xu sighed and reminded her, "Fine then, aren't you going to pursue someone? Is this your attitude?"

Lanling sighed as well: "Sigh, I'll tell you when I get back tonight."

Yang Xu instructed, "Alright then, order some takeout if you're hungry."

"understood."

At five o'clock in the evening, Chen Nuo, who was absent-minded, went straight to Datang Family after finishing his class.

Soon after, Yang Xu and Wen Qi arrived, and the four of them sat down at the dining table for dinner.

Yang Xu glanced at Lanling and asked again, "What about your plan to pursue her?"

Lanling was no longer the confident girl she had been the night before. Now, she sat at the dining table with a worried look on her face: "Sigh, I accidentally revealed my true colors in front of Tang Chao and the others yesterday. I even made them cry. Do you think they'll think I'm arrogant and domineering?"

Wen Qi didn't quite understand her thought process. She had already finished everything, and now she was starting to worry: "Is this why you've been lying in bed all day?"

"Hmm."

Wen Qi felt there was nothing to worry about: "It's fine. Besides, do you expect me to act like a lady or a good girl every day when you're pursuing him?"

Yang Xu strongly agreed with Wen Qi's words: "That's right, just be yourself, there's no need to wrong yourself just to make him like you."

Chen Nuo sat silently to the side. Wen Qi turned to look at her and said, "Xiao Nuo, what do you think? Wait, you're acting strange today. Why aren't you saying anything?"

The next second, Lanling and Yang Xu immediately stopped what they were doing, and the three of them looked at Chen Nuo in unison, their faces practically screaming "Tell me the truth!"

Chen Nuo swallowed hard and stammered, "Didn't I treat Ye Lin to lunch? Afterwards, he gave me a bouquet of roses."

Everyone knew about the dinner invitation, but no one expected the roses involved. Lanling was immediately shocked: "What!"

Yang Xu was also somewhat surprised by Ye Lin's efficiency: "He's pretty quick, isn't he? He sent you flowers and confessed his feelings to you?"

Chen Nuo pursed her lips: "Mm."

A hint of surprise flashed across Wen Qi's eyes: "No wonder he came to ask me about your preferences again this afternoon."

Yang Xu and Lanling: "Again?"

Chen Nuo also looked at Wen Qi.

Wen Qi nodded: "Yes, he already asked once before."

"Tsk tsk." Lanling looked at Chen Nuo again: "So, did you agree?"

Chen Nuo shook his head: "No."

Lanling was puzzled: "Don't you like him at all? I have to say, he's quite handsome, tall and rich."

Wen Qi couldn't help but ask, "So what do you think?"

Chen Nuo lowered his head, his expression inscrutable: "I don't know, but I don't want to run into someone like Su Kaicheng again."

Wen Qi said, "You can rest assured about that. I already asked Xiao He last time, and his character is OK."

Xiao He said that although Ye Lin had many female companions before, he had never done anything out of line, let alone kept fish or anything like that.

"It's rare to meet someone with such good qualities and abilities. Don't you really want to consider it?"

"You two seemed to be getting along quite well at the ice and snow park yesterday, Xiao Nuo. You actually still have feelings for him, don't you?"

After listening to Wen Qi's words, Chen Nuo remained silent for a while before relenting and saying, "Let's try being friends first, and we can talk about other things later."

Yang Xu listened to Wen Qi ramble on and on, and sensed something was off. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Nuo changed the subject first: "Getting back to the point, are you still going to pursue Lanlan?"

"Chase after him! I just made up my mind. Since Ye Lin has already made a move, I can't back down. I have to trade one for another. He kidnapped my sister, so I have to take one of his brothers!"