Chapter 799: Chapter 685: Liking You, From the First Glance 26_3
Zhao Linlin held her forehead, "Forget it, what nonsense am I talking about, liking someone, if it were so easy to give up, could it still be called liking? Jian Dan, I digress, don’t mind what you heard me say."
Jian Dan shook her head, "You’re not wrong, I understand very well that my affection has no outcome to speak of, he will not like me back. If it were you, would you fall in love with a child you raised?"
The three of them looked at each other, speechless.
Lai Wei smiled, "Alright, Little Jian Dan, Bo Qin is excellent, but there are so many outstanding men in the world, why must you like him?
Moreover, Bo Qin is so much older than you, you’ll grow up, and he’ll be old, think about it. Even if you can’t like someone else right now, just wait until you’re able to like someone else, and then switch to liking someone new. Until then, we’re all here for you."
"Exactly," Mi Lu chimed in, "Little Jian Dan, you’re so good-looking, have such a great personality, and you’re adorably clueless, it’s his loss if Bo Qin doesn’t like you, you definitely won’t be the one regretting it."
Zhao Linlin didn’t say anything, but she knew that someone like Bo Qin, it’s really not easy for him to fall for someone, he always has whatever he wants.
Who doesn’t meet someone outstanding?
To him, Jian Dan is just a girl, a girl he raised into an adult, making a move on one’s own ward is a bit too beastly.
It seems there are traceable reasons why Bo Qin doesn’t like Jian Dan.
Mrs. Lin was initially coming up to serve them sweet soup, not expecting to overhear such a conversation. Her hand trembled, almost failing to steady the bowl of sweet soup. It took a while before she knocked on the door, "Jian Dan, your sweet soup is here."
Jian Dan went to open the door. Mrs. Lin’s expression had already turned beaming as she passed the soup over, "Let me know when you’ve finished drinking, I’ll make something else for you."
"Thank you, Mrs. Lin."
Mrs. Lin stared at Jian Dan for a long while. Jian Dan, puzzled, looked up, "Mrs. Lin, is there something else?"
Mrs. Lin came to her senses, waved her hand, "No, no, I just think, Little Jian Dan, you’ve grown up."
A cryptic remark left Jian Dan puzzled, she wanted to ask more, but Mrs. Lin had already turned away and left. She didn’t think much about it.
The group enjoyed a pot of sweet soup together, praising Mrs. Lin’s culinary skills profusely.
On Sunday, Jian Dan went back to school, taking a taxi by herself, not asking for the family driver. The driver called Bo Qin, briefing him about Jian Dan’s recent condition. Both the driver and Mrs. Lin told Bo Qin the same information, that Jian Dan seemed to be under great academic pressure, looked particularly worn out, and had lost a lot of weight.
Bo Qin carefully calculated; he hadn’t seen Jian Dan in a very long time, several months since coming back from Hai City.
Secretary Zhou came in with a stack of documents, seeing Bo Qin standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, lips tightly pursed, deep in thought staring out the window.
"Mr. Bo, these documents need your signature, please review them."
He placed the documents on the desk and turned to leave.
"Zhou Yao."
Bo Qin called Secretary Zhou back, who paused and turned around to face Bo Qin, who also turned, staring into Secretary Zhou’s eyes, "Did you tell me once that Jian Dan might fancy me?"
Secretary Zhou bowed his head, silent for a long while before he finally spoke softly, "Mr. Bo, you know deep down, don’t you? Your appeal to a girl in her first throes of infatuation, not to mention such a girl, even to a seasoned businesswoman, not easily won but truly sought after, there would be no shortage of women willing to be wooed by you. Haven’t you noticed, Miss, her gaze towards you, it’s different?"
"How is it different?"
Secretary Zhou frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "It’s not the look one gives to an elder, but one that hides an unstoppable liking. If you agree to have a meal with her, to spend time with her, she would be very happy; but if you don’t have the time for her or can’t do other things, she would be upset. That kind of sadness is the unbearable kind;
I’ve never been in love, I don’t know what it’s like to face the disappointment of unrequited love, but I can feel that Miss’s sadness when you can’t be with her needs something else to fill it, Miss really likes you."
"If you, Mr. Bo, feel that you can accept her liking you, then you may continue to interact with Miss as before. But Mr. Bo, if you are unsure, then do not give Miss hope. Cutting it off now, rather than later, would be easier."