Chapter 093: The Little Fangirl

Never before had Li Jia gone this long without hearing a single word from him.

Looking at the messages Huang Yu had sent her one after another, and the calls he kept making at regular intervals, Li Jia felt a surge of sorrow. She nearly decided to stop reading the rest and call him at once, pouring out all the grievances and pain she had been enduring lately.

But whenever she thought of everything that had happened to her, she could not accept the person she had become. She felt that she was no longer worthy of Huang Yu’s love.

More importantly, she did not dare tell Huang Yu what had happened to her. She wanted to remain forever the same person in his heart as she had always been.

“Why don’t you call Huang Yu right now, Sister Li Jia?” Peng Min, who had been hesitating as Li Jia did, spoke first and made the suggestion.

By then, Li Jia had only read halfway through the message on her phone.

Just that much was enough for Peng Min, who, as someone who had lived through such things before, was deeply moved by the tenderness in Huang Yu’s words.

Setting aside what kind of man Huang Yu looked like, from only a hundred or two hundred words of his messages, she could already tell that he truly loved Li Jia.

“Let me finish reading first,” Li Jia replied simply, then continued scrolling.

In her heart, she had already decided to keep what had happened to her concealed from Huang Yu for the time being. In order to comfort him properly, she had to read every message he had sent during this time; only then would she be able to speak with some confidence when they called.

After all, Huang Yu was a very clever man. If there were any loopholes in her words, he would certainly notice them when he thought back on it afterward.

Li Jia’s pace quickened noticeably as she kept reading. Sometimes Peng Min had not even finished a single message before Li Jia had already moved on to the next, and Peng Min had to remind her several times to slow down.

A quarter of an hour later, the last message had been read.

She set the phone down, walked to the desk, took up a mirror, and arranged herself a little, deciding that her appearance was not much of a problem. After that, she gave Peng Min a few instructions.

“Sister Li Jia, is this really necessary? If he truly likes you, truly loves you, then no matter what you become, he won’t mind. I think you should tell him everything, exactly as it is,” Peng Min said. Though she agreed aloud after hearing Li Jia’s instructions, she still felt that Li Jia was wrong to hide this from Huang Yu.

“Min, maybe you’re right. Maybe Huang Yu won’t despise me. He’ll probably still treat me as he did before, and knowing his nature, he may even cherish me more. But I just can’t accept it myself,” Li Jia said with a shake of her head.

She had great confidence in Huang Yu. Deep down, there was a trace of worry that once he learned the truth, he might leave her without hesitation, but that was only natural.

What mattered most to Li Jia was that she could not get past the hurdle in her own heart.

Hearing this, Peng Min immediately took Li Jia’s delicate hand, comforting her while telling her not to look down on herself. She said Li Jia was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen, even more lovely than the actresses on television.

Those words made Li Jia break into smiles at once, and she praised Peng Min again and again for having such a sweet tongue.

After some playful roughhousing between the two, Li Jia felt much better.

Even so, she did not take Peng Min’s advice and remained firm in her own decision.

Having failed to persuade her, Peng Min understood that Li Jia had made up her mind and said no more.

Although it was already past midnight, from the latest message she had received from Huang Yu, Li Jia knew he would keep waiting for her reply until after two in the morning before sleeping.

The call she had just placed connected after only a brief ring.

It was obvious that Huang Yu had been waiting by his phone the entire time.

“Hello? Li Jia? So at last you called. Otherwise, I was already planning to go back to PE City tomorrow to look for you,” came his slightly hurried but delighted voice the moment he answered.

Even Peng Min, who stood silent at the side, could hear the exhilaration in the man’s voice as he received a call from the woman he loved.

“It’s me,” Li Jia said simply.

Hearing that Huang Yu was already planning to return to PE City tomorrow, she was quite surprised. None of his earlier messages had mentioned coming back.

With a smile, Li Jia went on, “From all the messages you sent earlier, I already know you’ve secured the job, but I still want to ask: how did the interview go?”

“Yes, yes. I’ll officially start work next week,” Huang Yu said, his tone equally bright.

Although he had been almost certain from the beginning that he would get in, now that he was truly about to begin working at the position he had hoped for, he could not help feeling excited.

Li Jia smiled and congratulated him. “Hehe, congratulations.”

After that, the two of them chatted a little about sweet nothings. Peng Min, who had been listening the whole time, could not help but blush; as for Li Jia herself, her face was already completely red.

Naturally, Huang Yu had no idea that someone was listening on the other end while he spoke such affectionate words to Li Jia, so he had no reason to restrain himself and was completely unguarded.

But soon enough, Huang Yu faintly sensed that something was off. When they usually exchanged such playful, loving words, Li Jia might be shy, but she would not have seemed as reserved as she did tonight.

So in the end, Huang Yu suddenly suggested that they have a video call.

Before the call even happened, Li Jia had already prepared herself for this, so she agreed at once.

After hanging up, Huang Yu’s video request came through very quickly.

Li Jia exchanged a glance with Peng Min, who immediately understood and moved to the side, out of the range where she might appear in the frame.

All of this had been instructed by Li Jia from the beginning.

Once the video connected, the background on the phone screen showed the interior of a hotel room, with Huang Yu’s handsome face filling the frame. One could even faintly make out the collar of his pajamas, and behind the chair and desk at the back of the room lay a thick history book.

During the call just now, Li Jia had already learned that before she picked up, Huang Yu had simply been reading to pass the time.

He looked almost exactly as he had when they parted: still handsome, still confident, with the impression that nothing in the world could ever pose him a difficulty.

A man like that naturally possessed a fatal attraction for women.

Although the video frame only included the area where Li Jia sat and Peng Min remained outside it, that did not stop Peng Min from catching a glimpse of Huang Yu on the phone screen from the side.

She had been curious for a long time about what Huang Yu actually looked like, so she naturally seized this chance to examine him carefully.

In her eyes, Huang Yu in the screen had sharply defined and deep features, as handsome as if carved by a knife. Especially his eyes, which carried a free-spirited yet gentle look that made it impossible to look away.

At that moment, perhaps because he had not seen the woman he loved for a long time, the corners of Huang Yu’s mouth carried the faintest upward curve, giving the impression that he was smiling all the time.

That smile was like the sunlight after a rainstorm parting the heavy clouds and suddenly falling warm upon her heart.

Peng Min only looked once, and then she could no longer tear her gaze away.

From the beginning, she had wanted to see what kind of man could make someone like Li Jia, a celestial beauty, fall so deeply and be so reluctant to part.

At the time, she had even thought that there were probably not many men in this world worthy of Li Jia. But when she truly saw Huang Yu’s appearance through the phone screen, everything became clear to her at once. So it was Li Jia who had actually struck gold.

At that moment, Peng Min felt a little envy toward Li Jia for having a boyfriend like Huang Yu, one who loved her wholeheartedly and without reserve.

Only after seeing Li Jia did Huang Yu finally dispel the last trace of doubt in his heart and truly settle down.

The two of them did not talk for long before Li Jia used the excuse that it was already very late and she wanted to rest, then ended the video call.

Although Huang Yu was still not satisfied and did not want the call to end so soon, he could indeed tell from Li Jia’s eyes that she was tired. She had only hidden it very well while speaking with him.

During the whole time, Peng Min had been staring at Huang Yu on Li Jia’s phone screen without blinking much at all. Even after Li Jia ended the video call, Peng Min seemed to be left with the same lingering regret.

After turning off her phone, Li Jia let out a long breath and collapsed into her seat like a deflated balloon.

Only then did she realize that Peng Min had been quiet for quite a while. Curious, she turned her head to see what was going on, only to find Peng Min standing there in a daze, lost in thought.

Li Jia waved a hand back and forth in front of Peng Min’s face, and only then did Peng Min come back to herself.

“Sister Li Jia, Huang Yu is really handsome. I was so dazzled just now that I couldn’t look away. No wonder you’ve fallen for him so deeply,” Peng Min blurted out excitedly the moment she came to her senses.

She was so exhilarated that she looked just like a little fangirl, making it seem as though Huang Yu were her own boyfriend.

Seeing this, Li Jia found it amusing and felt no jealousy or anything of the sort.

After all, in her view, Peng Min was only acting like a lovestruck fool in front of her. Even if she really did end up liking Huang Yu, there was no possibility whatsoever between them, since the two had no connection at all.

It seemed Peng Min had truly developed some admiration for Huang Yu. She clung to Li Jia and shamelessly insisted that Li Jia tell her more about him. She listened with rapt attention.

Li Jia did not hide anything from her either. She told Peng Min all the interesting little stories she could remember about Huang Yu, as well as his hobbies and interests, and even some of his small habits in daily life.

After turning off the lights, the two girls slipped together beneath the air-conditioned blanket. Now and then, laughter drifted up from under the covers, as though the two of them had endless private secrets to share.

No one knew when the voices finally faded into silence.