I'm In Love With the Guy I Grew Up With-Chapter 845: What the Heck!

Chapter 845: Chapter 845: What the Heck!
Under a sea of astonished gazes, Ji Yebai calmly finished his greens, glancing around, "What are you all looking at?"
Everyone quickly dropped their gazes, focusing on their meals obediently.
Jian Yixue quietly spooned her rice, while Yan Yichen chuckled softly, using the serving chopsticks to place a chicken leg on her plate, with an affectionate tone, "Eat more."
The other people at the table instantly shot their gazes over, their eyes glinting with gossip!
Jian Yixue squirmed in her seat, feeling like even swallowing rice had become difficult, and tactfully declined, "I don’t like eating this."
Yan Yichen, unfazed, replaced it with a pig’s trotter.
Jian Yixue was exasperated, bluntly stating, "I don’t like the things you pick for me!"
This was a pretty straightforward rejection, Ning Xixi thought, considering Yan Yichen’s sly nature, would he get embarrassed and angry, then go all out to scheme against Xiaoxue...
Hmm... very possible! No way, she had to protect Xiaoxue!
Before she could indignantly intervene, Yan Yichen wore an expression of sudden realization, "So you don’t like me picking food for you because you want me to feed you by hand? Oh my, with so many people around, I’ll be shy."
Jian Yixue had a face of defeat, I haven’t seen any sign of shyness on your Great-Wall-thick skin!
Ning Xixi blinked, nudged Ji Yebai’s elbow, and mouthed, "Does the President like Xiaoxue?"
"Seems like it."
Jian Yixue continued to eat quietly, ignoring Yan Yichen.
He was just that type of person, the more you interact with him, the more energetic he becomes, inherently sly but overtly shameless, utterly... utterly beyond help!
Yan Yichen wasn’t in a hurry; he waited until Jian Yixue had almost finished eating, then with a smile, he handed her a bottle of water, leaving with a laden "see-you."
Jian Yixue was puzzled. See-you means "goodbye, see you later," but it’s the weekend tomorrow, so they shouldn’t be meeting again, right?
...
As it turned out, Jian Yixue underestimated Yan Yichen’s means.
On the bus heading to the mountain village, there was an additional sly, squinty-eyed person; with just a few words, he managed to clear the seat next to her and plopped down.
"What a coincidence, seeing you again!"
Jian Yixue: ... Coincidence my foot! You planned this, didn’t you!
She closed her eyes, deploying her ultimate move: pretending to sleep!
A pleasant low laugh seemed to reach her ears, and soon enough, she felt a warm weight on her shoulder.
Opening her eyes, she found Yan Yichen casually leaning his head on her shoulder; noticing her gaze, he innocently blinked and asked, "Why aren’t you sleeping?"
Jian Yixue: WTF!
"Like this, I can’t sleep," Jian Yixue said with a smile, feeling her face stiffen, "First, our relationship isn’t close enough for shoulder-leaning, right? Second, as a man, don’t you feel embarrassed leaning on a woman’s shoulder?"
Yan Yichen, with a "what’s there to be embarrassed about" expression, pondered for a moment before reluctantly sitting upright.
Jian Yixue was relieved, it seems this guy still had some sense of shame!
Swipe—
A pair of big hands cradled her head against a broad shoulder, Yan Yichen’s lightly amused voice echoed in her ears, "A man can’t lean on a woman... so are you hinting that a woman should lean on a man’s shoulder? Alright, alright, classmate Jian, I’m someone who loves to help others, if you want to lean, I’ll let you lean for a bit~ No need to thank me~"
Jian Yixue: OMG!