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Chapter 13: He and I Could Never Happen (3)

Translator: Paperplane Editor: Caron_

As her father spoke, He Jichen turned his head and looked over

With no warning at all, their eyes ers suddenly trembled The next second, she furiously tried to control herself and looked over at her dad with the ured that Ji Yi must've been curious as to why He Jichen was at their house, so he explained, "It was your o, she bumped into Jichen and that's when she realized he was in Beijing too Back when you lived with grand for school, we troubled He Ayi 1 quite often Since I'm back home today, we just had to invite Jichen over"

Ji Yi knew that the 'He Ayi' her dad ood friend of her , He Jichen's mum often accorandma was quite old

Because of her, the two faraduated senior-high, she rushed back to Beijing because of He Jichen After her grandma passed away, their family never returned to Suchen, and they only contacted the He fa, her dad realized Ji Yi was just standing there on the spot without greeting He Jichen He couldn't help telling her off, "Xiao Yi, when you were back in Sucheng, you went over to their house quite often, and if I remember correctly, you and Jichen were even class hello now?"

Ji Yi was afraid her dad would ask about what happened between the as she was, she tried hard to re time no see"

Perhaps it was because her dad was there, but He Jichen didn't ignore her this ti time no see"

He seemed afraid to be forced to have casual conversation with her, so after greeting her, he immediately turned his head towards her dad and continued the conversation fro separated for so many years, it was normal for them to be a little distant Her dad didn't think much of it as he continued to chat with He Jichen

Ji Yi, as being given the cold shoulder, lowered her head and didn't stay any longer in the living room Instead, she went over to help her etables, Ji Yi suddenly ree just noas perhaps the first tio

She figured if it weren't for the fact that this was her house and her dad was around, they wouldn't have even spoken to each other at all

At dinner, her eether, side by side

The two of them were physically quite close, so every now and then, the scent of He Jichen's body drifted into Ji Yi's nostrils, putting her under more pressure She felt a little uncomfortable as she held her chopsticks and tried, but failed, to pick up food a few times

Thankfully, her parent's attention was drawn to He Jichen They didn't even notice her mishaps as they chatted aith hile dinner practically spent all of Ji Yi's energy After the er as she lied to her parents about having to help her class She then hurriedly left the house

At the residential gates, Ji Yi was about to get into a taxi when she realized she'd left in such a hurry that she'd forgotten to bring her jacket and purse