Chapter 91: My Fondness for You Won't Stop Halfway

Jiang Muye was slightly taken aback by Xia Xiran's declaration.

"My feelings for you will never be humble, and they will never run dry. I said I would pursue you a hundred times, always one more than you. I want to love openly and honestly, to love without ever regretting it, and I absolutely can't give up halfway!"

Xia Xiran was smiling. Right now she was like a fresh, elegant jasmine flower, and her eyes were filled with light when she looked at Jiang Muye.

Seeing how full of confidence Xia Xiran was, Leng Ruoli didn't feel even a trace of panic. Instead, she admired it.

The more outstanding the girl who liked Jiang Muye, the more it proved her own judgment was sound.

Besides, he was hers, and no one could take him away. She too would do everything in her power to win Jiang Muye's heart.

Jiang Muye's eyes became very complicated. He had never imagined that Xia Xiran would only grow braver the more she was thwarted.

But he had also become certain of one thing.

That was that he would absolutely not get back together with Xia Xiran.

"No matter what you do, I won't be with you," Jiang Muye said. He walked straight over to stand in front of Leng Ruoli. In front of Xia Xiran, he raised his wrist and announced on the spot, "I have feelings for Leng Ruoli. Right now, the two of us are getting to know each other as a future couple."

Leng Ruoli's eyes went wide, and she stared at Jiang Muye in disbelief.

Jiang Muye's face was resolute, and his words were utterly certain.

This also made Leng Ruoli's eyes redden slightly. She laughed—a genuine smile born of being moved.

Mi Lu was even more excited, covering her mouth with her hand.

She had never imagined that Jiang Muye would say such a thing in front of everyone!

Xia Xiran's lips trembled as she stared fixedly at the hands Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli had tightly clasped together.

"If I really do have a girlfriend in the future, then it will definitely be Leng Ruoli, not you, Xia Xiran," Jiang Muye said loftily, looking at Xia Xiran.

Everyone was shocked.

Jiang Muye had actually stated it to her face.

And spoken so directly!

"Whoa~" Jiang Xueli clapped excitedly. "That's my boy!"

She had gotten to eat some melon, and it was her own brother's melon!

This was way too satisfying!

Red veins immediately appeared in Xia Xiran's eyes. She was still forcing down her pain and forcing a smile as she said, "Then you two go on getting to know each other. It's fine. You can keep getting to know me too."

"My name is Xia Xiran. I'm 22 years old. I like singing, I like dancing, and I like reading. And I like you even more."

Jiang Muye was quite surprised. He hadn't expected Xia Xiran to be so persistent.

She was a girl he had once liked, after all, and he had grown used to her presence. Seeing her suffer… his heart still wasn't completely numb.

A trace of complexity entered Jiang Muye's eyes.

However, Jiang Muye had already settled on the first thought in his heart, and he wouldn't choose to turn back.

"What's missed isn't forced, and what's lost isn't held back. I'm no longer the rash, immature youth who walked alongside you, so please don't waste your time on me anymore."

Xia Xiran was a bit headstrong, but she was a very outstanding girl.

Jiang Muye truly hoped she could find her own happiness, rather than squandering it on him.

"How is spending it on you wasting time?" Xia Xiran smiled, then picked up a cup of water and handed it to Jiang Muye. "You must be thirsty. Have some water."

"Sorry, I'm not thirsty," Jiang Muye refused.

The System: 【Congratulations, Host. Grit Points increased by two hundred.】

"Just drink a little. I can see you're tired, and you don't look very clear-headed. It's fine. Have some water, rest a bit, and then we can chat, alright? Didn't you really want to go to White Pagoda Park with me? We can go see the cherry blossoms together. They're about to bloom, right?" Xia Xiran was in the grip of a deep obsession, and she stared fixedly at Jiang Muye.

The deep smile on her face suddenly gave Jiang Muye goosebumps.

Xia Xiran had already held the water bottle out in front of Jiang Muye. Jiang Muye turned his face away and didn't bother with her—then Leng Ruoli took the bottle and said, "I'll drink it."

Clang—

Unexpectedly, Xia Xiran directly hurled the water bottle hard at Leng Ruoli—

This suddenly frightened Leng Ruoli.

Her little face went deathly pale.

Just as Leng Ruoli saw the bottle flying at her and had no time to dodge—

She felt a surge of warmth wash over her.

Her whole body was pulled into a strong, powerful embrace.

Huff, huff, huff—

Leng Ruoli gasped for breath.

Her little face was icy cold, yet it was pressed against a warm chest.

A pair of warm hands covered the back of her head, pressing her close against him.

After feeling his warmth, Leng Ruoli's eyes grew hot and wet, and her reliance on Jiang Muye deepened.

Jiang Muye held Leng Ruoli tightly.

He couldn't imagine what had just happened. Xia Xiran had actually tried to attack Leng Ruoli?

Given Xia Xiran's personality, she could never have done such a thing before.

Jiang Muye whipped his head around and stared at Xia Xiran in astonishment, demanding, "What are you doing!"

His heart ached as though it were about to tear apart.

Was that still the girl he had once liked? How had she become so unrecognizable?

The Xia Xiran he had liked was someone who could cry her eyes out over the corpse of a little cat.

How could she do something like this! Back then, it was her kindness that had moved him, that had made him start to like her!

Xia Xiran seemed possessed. Gritting her teeth, she roared, "Even if I don't want it, I absolutely won't let anyone else have it!"

When she was little, after a kindergarten kid took her Barbie doll away.

Her first thought had been to destroy it.

As long as it disappeared, no one would come to snatch it.

Seeing Leng Ruoli being bullied, Mi Lu was instantly displeased. "Hey, if you bully Ruoli, you're offending me! Apologize right now!"

"Never." Xia Xiran felt deeply wronged, and she just ran off.

She could bow her head to anyone, but not to Leng Ruoli.

Jiang Muye pressed his thin lips tightly together, his guilt toward Leng Ruoli growing even stronger. "I'm sorry. It's all because of me that she lost her temper at you."

But Leng Ruoli, in Jiang Muye's arms, gently shook her head at him. "It's okay."

She was still very happy.

Jiang Muye protecting her proved he cared about her.

And when she thought of the things he'd just said to Xia Xiran, Leng Ruoli's heart fluttered like a little deer, and she felt extremely joyful.

Jiang Muye had said that he was currently developing and getting to know her, and that in the future there was a very good chance they'd become boyfriend and girlfriend.

If she really did become Jiang Muye's girlfriend, that would absolutely be a very fortunate thing.

Leng Ruoli smiled naively, a heavy sweetness filling her heart.

"This Xia Xiran is way too baffling," Mi Lu grumbled. "She makes it look like she's the victim. She's clearly the one who let go first, and yet she blames Muye for not holding on to her."

"Forget it, don't mention her anymore." Jiang Muye only wanted to keep his distance from Xia Xiran in the future and never let something like today happen again.

"Muye, won't you get to know me a little more too? I can be a candidate for your future girlfriend~ You've got to spread the rain and dew evenly." After ignoring Xia Xiran, Mi Lu's mind was entirely fixed on Jiang Muye.