Chapter 380 - Chapter 380: Chapter 371: (1/2)

Chapter 380: Chapter 371:

Ever since Su Yichen and Xiao Jinli’s inseparability had been pointed out, Xiao Jinli felt a slight awkwardness when interacting with Su Yichen.

Since they had met, they had indeed spent all their available time together.

Xiao Jinli rubbed her forehead, thinking that it was mainly due to their initial acquaintance with Xiao Siqian, perhaps it was a nestling complex.

From the moment she saved Su Yichen, he had become unusually attached to her due to his nestling complex.

However, from the beginning, they had always interacted as siblings, right?

Xiao Jinli muttered to herself, “From now on, how do I interact with Brother Little Quan?”

At this moment, Su Yichen entered the room, hearing Xiao Jinli’s words, and his expression stiffened for a moment.

Then, he took a deep breath, walked over, and grabbed Xiao Jinli’s hand, looking serious as he said, “Jinli, I … actually, I … I like you. I want… I want to be in a relationship with you. Are you willing?”

As the emperor of the business world, who was decisive and cold-hearted, he was incredibly nervous during the confession, his heartbeat rising, filled with fear and panic.

He was truly afraid of Xiao Jinli’s rejection.

However, he managed to gather his courage.

Even if she rejects him, so what?

After the rejection, he can pursue Xiao Jinli as an ordinary man, rather than maintaining a sibling relationship with her.

Xiao Jinli was taken aback by Su Yichen’s sudden confession.

She didn’t know that Su Yichen had feelings for her, and she had always thought that Su Yichen regarded her as his sister as well.

Staring with wide eyes in disbelief, she looked at Su Yichen and said, “Brother Little Quan, you?”

Su Yichen took another deep breath and bravely confessed, “When you were little, I really saw you as my sister and never had any other intentions. However, as you grew older and we spent more time together, my heart couldn’t help but sink. But during this sinking, I had to suppress my racing heart and try to maintain our usual interaction.

When you were young, I could hold your hand without any reservations, running as we pleased through the fields and mountains, and releasing our happiness with abandon.

But I don’t know when it changed; I didn’t dare to touch you casually, didn’t dare to look into your clear eyes, didn’t dare to hold your hand, and even more so, didn’t dare to hug you.

I was afraid that my true thoughts would be revealed, and then we wouldn’t even be able to maintain our sibling relationship, let alone become lovers. So, I tried hard to restrain myself. But now, I don’t want to restrain myself any longer; I want to confess to you. I like you, no, I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, growing old together.”

Xiao Jinli’s pupils contracted involuntarily. No matter how mature and steady she seemed in the eyes of others, at this moment, her expression was a little flustered.

Xiao Jinli couldn’t help but call out, “Brother Little Quan?”

Before Xiao Jinli could speak, Su Yichen gently covered her mouth, looking very nervous as he said, “Little Sister Jinli, if you reject me, please don’t refuse to continue interacting with me as siblings, okay? Oh, no, if you reject me, I will pursue you as a man, but please don’t refuse my pursuit in the future, okay?”

Xiao Jinli opened her mouth, not knowing how to respond.

If it weren’t for this sudden turn of events, she might have forgotten that she was a time-traveler.

She was not a real teenage girl.

When she first arrived, she swore never to fall in love again, focusing on protecting the Xiao family and Xiao Family Village instead.

When she was younger, her family had never considered her personal affairs.

But now, she was almost twenty years old.

Others might be of the age to go to college and fall in love, but she was already a powerful figure, and attending college was merely a formality.