Quietly, I Like You

Wen Shuyi was an only child from a well-off family, the apple of her parents’ eyes. She excelled at school and was gentle on the outside but strong-willed within. Through some fated twist, she met her classmate and best friend’s older brother, Zhou Ye, a construction worker who had just graduated from high school…

The first time they met, she was so well-behaved that he worried even speaking too loudly might scare her. Yet she was also incredibly strong. For the person she loved, she was willing to hand over everything she had. Zhou Ye couldn’t say when she had found her way into his heart. He only knew that she had already taken root there, and pulling her out would mean tearing himself apart, blood and flesh alike…

“I have no education, no steady income, and no family… Meanwhile, you have parents who dote on you, you’re the princess of your family, and you come from a good home. We’re simply not suited for each other…”

Wen Shuyi looked at him through tear-filled eyes. “So, are you rejecting me, or is that just your tacky excuse?”

“It’s not an excuse. I truly never saw you as someone I could spend my life with, understand? In other words, I… don’t like you! But I don’t want to hurt you either, so this was the only tacky excuse I could think of…”

Later…

After something happened to Wen Shuyi’s family, she stared at him with bloodshot eyes and said resolutely:

“I don’t need your pity…”

“It isn’t pity. It’s a love that has sunk deep into my bones…”