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Chapter 525: Secret Love is the Regret of a Coward

Chapter 525: Secret Love is the Regret of a Coward

During dinner, Chen Zhirui discovered that Zhou Xiaonan liked to eat chicken wings very much, but the chicken wings were placed quite far away, so she had to stand up and tiptoe to get them every time.

So Chen Zhirui took the initiative to help her pick up the chicken wings.

Every time when Zhou Xiaonan was almost done with the chicken wings in her bowl, Chen Zhirui would take a few from the plate and pass them to her to replenish her food. Moreover, the chicken wings were dipped in chili before being put into Zhou Xiaonan's bowl. What's more detailed was that Chen Zhirui used a serving chopstick to pick up the chicken wings for Zhou Xiaonan.

It’s a pity that Zhou Xiaonan didn’t notice this small detail of serving chopsticks.

"Thank you, Fatty Chen!" Zhou Xiaonan said to Chen Zhirui with a smile, "Eat some yourself, don't just pick up food for me."

"No, no, it's not..."

Chen Zhirui shook his head. Like a bad actor, he waved his hands at Zhou Xiaonan and said, "I just picked up the chicken wings when I was picking up some food. Since you like them, I'll give them all to you."

Although Zhou Xiaonan did not notice the detail of the serving chopsticks, she still noticed that the chicken wings he picked for her were dipped in chili.

"You're lying!" Zhou Xiaonan squinted his eyes and said, "You obviously don't eat spicy food, so why do you put so much chili on your chicken wings?"

"Uh..." Chen Zhirui was speechless for a moment, and blushed as he lied, "It's because it's dipped in chili, so...that's why I don't want to eat it!"

"That's not right!" Zhou Xiaonan said stubbornly, "If you don't like spicy food, you shouldn't have dipped it in chili in the first place. Why did you say you didn't want to eat it after you dipped it in chili?"

Of course I picked it up especially for you!

Because I like you, I want to treat you well!

Can't you see that at all?

Chen Zhirui only dared to mutter this in his heart. How could this coward dare to reveal his feelings openly?

He wondered, if he said this, how would Zhou Xiaonan answer him?

She would say: Don’t be so conceited, I don’t need you to pick up food for me!

I would still say: Who likes you? I don’t want you to be nice to me. Who do you think you are?

Or you could say: Of course I can see that you like me, but I just don’t like you. Do you really have to say it directly?

As he thought about it, Chen Zhirui's thoughts returned to the night of New Year's Eve, when he was mocked by girls for being ugly, fat, and unsightly. Those scenes were like sharpened steel needles that pierced Chen Zhirui's chest fiercely, making him almost breathless with pain...

The more Chen Zhirui thought about it, the more frightened he became. The more frightened he became, the less he dared to express his true thoughts to Zhou Xiaonan.

He didn't want to destroy their current friendship. Or, to put it another way, he was afraid that after he confessed his feelings, he and Zhou Xiaonan would no longer be friends...

It's good just like it is now, right?

Chen Zhirui comforted himself as if he was hypnotizing himself, and then emphasized again and again in his mind that he must not show that he likes Zhou Xiaonan very much.

Seeing that Chen Zhirui had been silent for so long, Zhou Xiaonan nudged his thigh with his elbow: "Why don't you speak?"

"what!"

Chen Zhirui suddenly came back to his senses and then gave a helpless smile.

Zhou Xiaonan looked at Chen Zhirui suspiciously and said, "You seem a little strange today!"

"I, I don't have any." Chen Zhirui scratched his head and said, "Okay, okay, I picked up the chicken wings specially for you, okay?"

Zhou Xiaonan frowned even more tightly, and said, "Why...are you so nice to me all of a sudden?"

Seeing the small detail of the other party frowning, Chen Zhirui's heart tightened. He used the excuse he had prepared long ago and pretended to calmly answer: "We are good friends!"

Gong Liu, who was rolling pancakes for Gu Chenxi, couldn't stand it anymore and decided to help them. He jokingly said, "Hey, just friends? Your relationship is not like ordinary friends~"

"Wow~~"

Gong Yoo's words caused the others present to start making a noise.

Zhou Xiaonan blushed and said, "Why are you guys making such a fuss? Xiao Chen and I play games every day and go to the library to study together. What's wrong with being better than just good friends?"

Zhou Xiaonan's words of explanation sounded particularly harsh to Chen Zhirui's ears.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Xiaonan, muttering in his heart: "Xiaonan...are you so afraid that others will misunderstand us?"

He felt a little sour in his nose and a sense of emptiness in his heart.

He interrupted Zhou Xiaonan and explained to everyone, "Actually, Xiaonan looks a bit like my cousin from my hometown, so I've always treated her as my sister. It's normal for a brother to care about his sister, okay, stop making trouble."

Chen Zhirui's words caused a lot of sighs. Of course, no one believed his nonsense. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chen Zhirui liked Zhou Xiaonan.

You can't hide the fact that you like someone. When someone looks at you with eyes full of love, which are completely different from the way he looks at others, there is no doubt that he likes you!

Although no one believed it, there seemed to be one fool who did.

Zhou Xiaonan put his arm around Chen Zhirui and said to everyone with a smile: "I told you, we are really good friends!"

Seeing Zhou Xiaonan smiling so happily, Chen Zhirui couldn't help but smile. He looked into the other's watery eyes and nodded.

Only he himself knew that the words he had just spoken were like a knife, piercing his sensitive heart several times, and blood was gushing out of the wounds...

Chen Zhirui felt a little stuffy in his chest, as if he couldn't breathe. He took Zhou Xiaonan's hand off his arm, stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

After saying that, he walked towards the house. As soon as he stepped into the bathroom, his tears seemed to be uncontrollable...

He immediately turned on the tap.

"Hey……"

Gong Yoo looked at the direction Chen Zhirui left and sighed.

Seeing Gong Liu sigh, Gu Chenxi asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

"fine."

Gong Liu looked at Gu Chenxi, who was chewing a pancake filled with barbecued meat with gusto, her cheeks puffed up like a hamster, and couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand and gently touched her head.

"Love you baby!"

"Hmm?" Gu Chenxi was a little confused after listening to Gong Liu's words, but she smiled and replied, "I love you too!"

Everyone: “Hey~~~~”

The conversation between the two was not loud, but everyone still heard it.

Gong Liu squinted his eyes, smiled at everyone, and felt this special blessing from his friends.

He also silently said to Chen Zhirui in his heart: "Xiao Chen, be brave and stop being a coward!"

(End of this chapter)