Chapter 2004 - Defending

The car drove steadily on the road.

Bo Cixue leaned against the front passenger seat, looking slightly tired.

“You’ve been working overtime recently?” The man’s elegant voice broke the silence in the car.

Bo Cixue hummed. “That’s how the research institute works, but I quite like it. I won’t overthink when I’m busy.”

While waiting for the traffic light, Ye Jie looked at Bo Cixue and said with a tense expression, “Cixue, there are some things I don’t know how to explain to you. I’ve been sincere to you during this period and I wasn’t disgusted by you that day. It was my own problem.”

“It’s my fault. I didn’t adjust my emotions and hurt you again.”

Bo Cixue looked at his thin face. There was a faint shadow in his eyes like hers. He must have not been feeling well recently.

Bo Cixue bit her lip, not wanting them to be immersed in such an atmosphere. She smiled and said, “I know. I only said those words casually that day in the clinic.”

They had been friends for so many years. How could they be strangers in the future?

She was just saying it out of anger!

He looked at her and was silent for a long time.

The car had already arrived at the Bo family’s villa. Bo Cixue thanked him and was about to push open the door to get off. Seeming to have thought of something, she looked at him and asked, “I heard that you’re going to the west?”

He hummed faintly.

Bo Cixue squeezed out a smile. “Not bad.”

Without waiting for him to say anything, she pushed open the door and got out of the car.

Looking at her retreating figure toward the villa, he took out a cigarette and lighter from the storage box.

The white smoke gradually blurred his handsome and tensed face and dark eyes.

…

Bo Cixue went home and took a nap after taking a bath.

She called Nan Xun when she woke up.

Nan Xun told her not to tell Tang Wu about last night. With Tang Wu’s temper, she would fight her brother no matter who was at fault.

Her brother’s reputation was really bad. Tang Wu’s principle was that he could not touch her best friends no matter who he played with.

After ending the call with Nan Xun, Bo Cixue opened WeChat. The monitor of the high school group had tagged everyone.

During the weekend, Chen Xin was getting married and asked her classmates in the capital who was going to attend the wedding.

Bo Cixue had received an electronic invite for Chen Xin’s wedding last month.

Chen Xin was her deskmate in Year Two. They did not have a good relationship, but neither was it bad.

She was getting married to a university classmate the moment she graduated. Rumor had it that she had gotten pregnant before getting married.

The weekend.

Bo Cixue picked a blue coat, put on light makeup, and went to the hotel where Chen Xin was holding her wedding.

Chen Xin was very surprised to see Bo Cixue. She introduced Bo Cixue to the groom and led her to the banquet hall enthusiastically.

Bo Cixue sat at the table with her high school classmates who had come to attend the wedding.

Bo Cixue had always been the school belle. As soon as she came, she received a lot of attention.

Her male classmates liked her but her female classmates could not stand her.

Bo Cixue did not care much. In the past, many young girls in school had said that she was arrogant but she had not even taken a look at the school hunk.

The wedding venue was decorated dreamily. The groom was talented and before exchanging the rings, he even sang a love song to the bride.

Bo Cixue smiled the entire time, her eyes slightly moved.

She felt that a wedding was still very far away from her. Or maybe, she would never have it in this lifetime!

After the wedding, the bride changed into a gown and the banquet started.

The male classmates started to drink and Bo Cixue had to return to the research institute in the afternoon, so she shook her head and rejected them.

The three female classmates at her table all poured wine. Seeing that Bo Cixue was not drinking, the girls almost rolled their eyes.

One of the female classmates, Bo Cixue, should be Chu Li’s relative if she remembered correctly. She acted like she could not stand Bo Cixue and muttered softly, “You’re pretending to be virtuous!”

Bo Cixue did not want to cause trouble at Chen Xin’s wedding and pretended not to hear that female classmate’s muttering.

She didn’t want to make a fuss, but it seemed like the other was intent on doing so.

After three rounds of drinking, she started to get drunk.

She took a glass of wine and walked up to Bo Cixue. “Bo Cixue, we’re classmates. We haven’t seen each other for so many years. Why don’t you give us some face? Chen Xin and her husband are here. You should give them a toast and give them your blessings, right?”

The female classmate fell on the table and gave a fake smile. “Is it because only the Crown Prince is worthy of your toast? If you look down on people so much, why are you here?”

Bo Cixue smiled. “Are you looking for trouble? If you’re so jealous, why don’t you go back to being a fetus and come again when you have the right to shout at me?”

The female classmate did not expect Bo Cixue to scold her in a roundabout way and her blood pressure increased. “So what if you’re beautiful? Everyone knows that you’ve liked the Crown Prince for many years. You wanted to seduce him, but you didn’t succeed in seducing him all these years!”

Bo Cixue looked at the female classmate who was shouting without caring about the occasion. She remembered that this female classmate hated her because she liked the high school hunk, but the school hunk had taken Bo Cixue out.

The smile on Bo Cixue’s face deepened. “Can you and Chu Li not find anything else to pick on? You keep mocking me for liking the Crown Prince. Let’s not talk about my relationship with the Crown Prince. Go and ask Chu Li. If she talks to the Crown Prince, will the Crown Prince care about her?”

“And you, even if I can’t get the Crown Prince, it’s not up to you to comment. Instead of nagging at others everyday, you might as well improve yourself. Even without me, that school hunk you like wouldn’t even spare a glance at you!”

The female classmate widened her eyes, her lips trembling slightly. “So what? I’m still better than you. I don’t like that school hunk anymore. I can start a new relationship. Can you? You can’t, right? You’ve always had the Crown Prince in your heart all these years, and the Crown Prince is your love but you can’t have him!”

A male classmate stood up and pulled his female classmate over. “You drank too much!”

The female classmate shook off the male classmate’s hand. She was acting like a shrew. “Bo Cixue, you’re just a promiscuous woman. Why are you pretending? If you’re really that good, why don’t you get the Crown Prince’s love?”

Bo Cixue could tell that this female classmate wanted to anger her at the wedding. After all, everyone who attended the wedding today was reputable. The female classmate might have been instigated by someone to make her angry and embarrassed, so she would become the laughing stock of the upper class tomorrow.

Even if she held it in, the her liking the Crown Prince for many years but not getting him would be dug out and become the talk of the people again.

No one noticed that the group of people who were about to leave the banquet hall had stopped.

Ah You, who was standing behind Ye Jie, sent the VIP away and Ye Jie brought Ah Zuo into the banquet hall.

Some of the people in the banquet hall had their attention on Bo Cixue and that female classmate, while the other was on the groom and bride. No one noticed the man who walked in.

Ye Jie walked toward Bo Cixue’s table and someone exclaimed, “Crown Prince?”

The guests in the banquet hall were stunned and looked at the man walking over in disbelief.

He was dressed very formally today in a three-piece suit, his dark-colored pants perfectly ironed without a crease. His figure was tall and handsome, and under his neat short hair, his perfect and handsome face was covered with an extremely cold expression.

The aura of the person in power was strong and cold. The banquet hall immediately fell silent. His footsteps sounded even clearer and no one dared to breathe.

His thin jaw was clenched tightly and anyone could tell that he was angry.

No one knew why he was angry.

That female classmate who was making trouble for Bo Cixue clenched her fists tightly. She kept telling herself not to be afraid. Anyway, the Crown Prince did not like Bo Cixue and would not stand up for her.

From the moment Ye Jie came in, his dark eyes only landed on Bo Cixue and he ignored the gazes of the others.

He walked up to Bo Cixue.

“Are you done? I’ll take you back.”

Bo Cixue pursed her lips and said nothing.

His eyes on her darkened slightly. “Why didn’t you tell them that I’m the one pursuing you?”

The people in the banquet hall were in disbelief.

That female classmate opened her mouth and her face was pale.

Bo Cixue said nothing. She took her bag, walked to the bride, Chen Xin, and apologized before leaving quickly.

She ignored Ye Jie the entire time.

Ye Jie glanced at the female classmate and then at the audience. His dark eyes were filled with threat, like the sea at night, dangerous and cold. “I don’t want to hear rumors that will affect her reputation again.”

He said that it was a rumor!

It also meant that his love life with Bo Cixue was not what the public was saying!

From Bo Cixue’s behavior just now, the Crown Prince seemed to have a lower status in the relationship!

Ye Jie left expressionlessly.

The moment he left, everyone at the table looked at the female classmate with reproach.

“Who are you listening to? The Crown Prince doesn’t like Bo Cixue? Now we’ve offended Bo Cixue and the Crown Prince. If they pursue this, how will we survive in the capital?”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

It was another two female classmates. They hated that female classmate so much.

“That’s right. Look at your status. How dare you shout at Bo Cixue? If it wasn’t for Chen Xin’s wedding today, would Bo Cixue have let you off?”

That female classmate’s face was pale and she was in a daze. This was all Chu Li’s fault. Didn’t she say that the Crown Prince had no feelings for Bo Cixue?

She had really killed her this time!

…

Ye Jie rushed out of the hotel.

Bo Cixue walked quickly and when Ye Jie arrived at the parking lot, Bo Cixue had already gotten into the car.

Ye Jie was about to walk over when the sports car suddenly sped away.

Ye Jie got into the car quickly.

Ah Zuo chased after her and touched his nose when he saw Ye Jie driving away.

What was this?

Bo Cixue saw the black car chasing after her and sped up.

But the car behind followed her closely. If she sped up, he sped up too.

Her phone vibrated at this moment.

Bo Cixue saw a new message. “Be careful.”

Bo Cixue smirked and stepped on the accelerator.

Ye Jie looked at the sports car in front and frowned slightly.

They sped for nearly half an hour. When Bo Cixue looked in the rearview mirror, she could not see the black car anymore.

She parked the car by the beach and was about to walk toward the beach.

Looking up, she found that the black car was parked not far away.

Bo Cixue stared at the car for a while. She had to admit that he knew her like the back of his hand. He even knew the route of her car clearly.