Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 336 It's not that she doesn't want to, it's that she can't.

He always felt that those two and a half years were too hard, and that he had taken a hundred steps toward her, but she was still retreating.

It turns out she didn't not want to, she just couldn't.

She hesitated and moved forward, while he remained indifferent and suspicious. He actually wanted her to coax him.
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"I liked it three years ago too."
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"I really didn't know what to do at that time."
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"Shen Yanci, I don't want you to be unhappy."
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I know you're unhappy.
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"Perhaps... it really is my problem."

The image of Qin Zhao's tear-streaked face flashed through his mind yesterday when he was trying to escape Qin Qiong.

How many times did she grieve in places he couldn't see?
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"She went to see a psychologist again."

A painful sob escaped Shen Yanci's throat, and his shoulders trembled.

His expression was so heartbreaking, and he had injuries on his face.

She was dressed too formally.

The security guard on duty seemed to be infected by his gaze, which fell on him, and he thought of his ex-girlfriend with whom he had broken up.

Shen Yanci stood downstairs in the residential area for a long time.

The security captain, taking into account the removal of his license plate, and maintaining a professional attitude, called the resident: "Yes, he lingered at the entrance of the community for a long time. Should we add him to the watchlist and ask him to leave?"

After receiving the message, Qin Zhao called Shen Yanci, but no one answered.

By the time she reached the entrance of the residential area, the person had already disappeared.

The security guard explained with a smile, "The person just left."

Qin Zhao took out his phone and scrolled to Shen Yanci's photo: "Is it him?"

The security guard was already quite familiar with Shen Yanci, after all, he had just been removed from the community's list: "It's him. I remember the people coming in and out of the community very clearly, and you are all good-looking, so it's even less likely that I'm mistaken."

Shen Yanci didn't send her a message. Qin Zhao pursed her lips and raised her eyes: "What did he say?"

"He just said he'd stand here for a while, and that's all." The security guard pointed to the spot where he had just stood. "Look, right there."

He added, "Still crying."

Qin Zhao glanced at his phone again and refreshed it. He hadn't sent her a message.

She glanced at the security guard and thanked him.

"Of course," the security guard smiled. "You can contact us anytime if you need anything."

"Ok."

Qin Zhao returned home, pursed his lips, and dialed Shen Yanci's number.

After a while, Shen Yanci answered the call.

His voice was hoarse, as if he had paused for a moment before speaking: "Hello."

The uncontrollable turmoil in his tone betrayed his state of mind.

Qin Zhao paused for a moment: "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Yanci moved her phone away, took a breath, and then picked it up again: "I'm a little sleepy, I just yawned."

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelashes: "Where are you?"

"On the way back to the Rose Garden."

Qin Zhao lowered his eyes and said "Oh".

"Zhao Zhao."

Shen Yanci called her name in a hoarse voice, and as soon as he finished speaking, the heat he had suppressed surged up again.

He suppressed his emotions, and all his unspoken words boiled down to one question: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Qin Zhao cracked his knuckles and said in a low voice, "You didn't sleep either."

Shen Yanci's voice was shallow and short: "Then let's sleep together."

"..."

Shen Yanci paused for a moment: "Call me to sleep."

His voice was hoarse and soft.

Qin Zhao felt something was off, remembering the security guard saying he had cried. Hesitantly, he asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Shen Yanci was silent for half a second, neither lying nor telling the whole truth. He hummed in agreement: "I had a little bit with Kuang Xu."

Qin Zhao's lips moved slightly, but he lowered his eyelashes and gave a soft "hmm".

Two seconds later, she curled her fingers slightly: "Go back and drink some honey water."

"it is good."

The car drove to the rose garden and stopped.

The driver got out of the car first and went to the back to help Shen Yanci up, saying, "Let me help you up." Shen Yanci raised her hand and made a shushing gesture, saying, "No need."

"Then please be careful, there are steps," the driver whispered.

The sound coming through the microphone was not very clear, but Qin Zhao could vaguely hear him going upstairs.

Shen Yanci sat down on the sofa and said softly, "I'm home."

Qin Zhao: "Remember to drink honey water."

"Okay." Shen Yanci's voice was low and husky. "Still not asleep?"

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelashes: "You woke me up."

"Then I won't disturb your rest any longer," Shen Yanci said softly. "I'm going to drink some honey water."

Qin Zhao: "Didn't you say you were going to make a phone call?"

Her voice was soft, with a slight hesitation.

A single tear unexpectedly rolled down Shen Yanci's cheek.

He held the phone away and took two deep breaths: "I'm not hanging up. Did you close your eyes?"

"Ah."

Shen Yanci suddenly realized that his suggestion to call and go to sleep was not a good idea, and he slowly exhaled.

"I'm going to take a shower, you go to sleep."

Qin Zhao: "Drink the honey water first, then wash up later."

"it is good."

Shen Yanci placed her phone beside the bed.

The water cascaded down from above, masking any emotions that were being revealed.

Qin Zhao lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

He only snapped out of his daze when he heard the sound of him lying down on the phone.

She lowered her eyelashes and heard a hoarse voice say, "Zhao Zhao, goodnight."

Qin Zhao didn't answer. After more than half an hour, she glanced at her phone on the bedside table and softly called out, "Shen Yanci."

No one responded.

She cracked her knuckles: "Actually—"

She pursed her lips in disappointment, and after a while, she finally spoke: "You're really great."

The problem is with her.

Qin Zhao lowered her eyelashes and said softly, "Don't drink anymore."

"it is good."

A voice with an electromagnetic tone suddenly rang out, startling Qin Zhao. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "You're not asleep?"

"She's asleep." Shen Yanci's eyes glistened with tears, but the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned. Her voice was low and slow. "I vaguely heard someone confessing their love to me."

"..."

He paused for a moment, his voice low and hoarse: "If you can't sleep, do you want to listen to me talk?"

Qin Zhao picked up his phone and placed it beside his pillow: "What did you say?"

"Just say something." Shen Yanci glanced at his phone. "Did you close your eyes?"

"Ah."

"There's a tradition at Oxford that students are under a lot of pressure, so after each exam, they get 'trashed' by their friends and classmates. They get sprayed with champagne, confetti, and all sorts of foam to celebrate their liberation."

"Were you also criticized?"

"Yeah, but I don't like it. I always have to prepare an umbrella in advance."

"..."

Shen Yanci spoke in a low voice about some of the things he had experienced during those two years.

Qin Zhao started to feel sleepy as he listened, but he still wanted to keep listening.

Finally, unable to hold on any longer, he murmured a couple of times in his sleep and closed his eyes.

Shen Yanci noticed that she had fallen asleep, closed his eyelids slightly, and spoke, his eyes red-rimmed and his voice low and hoarse: "Zhaozhao."

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was low and soft: "Goodnight."