Chapter 92 is all because of one sentence

  The blue Volkswagen Beetle sped along the ring road, and a faint smile always floated on Li Ruoxi's face. But wasn't Yuan Yuting saying that this guy was busy with his work in Jiangnan? How could he suddenly run back to Beijing?

  Isn't there something very important to deal with, and why didn't he let Xu Zhīyuǎn or He Chéng come pick him up? Or else, it would be fine if Yuāntíng came to pick him up. Why did he think of asking me to come pick him up?

  However, for Xu to come and pick her up, Li Ruoxi was still very happy, although she wanted to see him, but didn't want him to know that she missed him, is this what it feels like to fall in love with someone.

  I used to ask my mom why she chose dad, and mom always said that she liked him the moment she saw him for the first time. Then, unintentionally, she would think of his face, his smile, and wonder what he was doing at that moment, but keep this secret hidden in her heart and not share it with anyone.

  Finally, her mother said something that seemed very classic to Li Ruoxi - this is what it feels like to fall in love with someone. Before, Li Ruoxi always thought her mother was being a bit too mysterious, but now she somewhat understood her.

  Because she had this kind of feeling towards Xu Yi.

  Thinking of it, she could see Xu Yi's face soon, and Li Ruoxi couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart. Her hands holding the steering wheel were slightly trembling with agitation.

  Should I tell him today is my birthday or not, this really is a difficult choice.

  The airport was in sight, and Li Ruoxi turned the steering wheel. The Beetle quickly turned a corner and slowed down. Her eyes swiftly scanned the passengers in front of the terminal building, and her gaze quickly locked onto a tall figure.

  It's him, it's him, it really is him.

  Li Ruoxi gently pressed the brake, and the blue Beetle stopped accurately in front of him. She smiled and pushed open the passenger door, calling out in a crisp voice, "Xu Yige."

  "Ruoxi, sorry, didn't make you late for class?"

  Xu bowed his head and got on the bus, smiling as he took a glance at Li Ruoxi, "What's wrong lately? You seem to have lost some weight since I last saw you?"

  "Brother Xu, I heard from Tingting that you're busy with business in Jiangnan, how come you suddenly returned to the capital? Is there some important work to take care of?" Li Ruoxi's heart skipped a beat, her pretty face instantly flushed with a hint of redness. How did he notice these things? Was he concerned about her? Could it be that he also had a slight liking for her?

  "Yes, I've been really busy lately. The company just registered, selected office locations, recruited employees, designed construction drawings and so on. There's still a lot of work to be done."

  "Hehe, if it weren't for something extremely important that I need to take care of today, I wouldn't have taken the time to make this trip."

  "Brother Xu Yi, is there anything I can help you with?" Li Ruoxi released the handbrake and pretended to take a casual glance at Xu Yi, whose outline was vaguely like the one in her memory, except that he seemed to have gotten darker.

  "Of course, you must be able to help. " Xu smiled and slowly reached into his pocket, rummaging for a moment before pulling out a tin foil ring that had been folded up, "Ruoxi, please do me a favor and give this ring to one of your friends."

  The sunset shone through the car window onto the tin foil ring, making it sparkle and look extremely beautiful. Li Ruoxi was clever and immediately understood what was going on, her pretty face suddenly flushed with a hint of red, her heart racing like a deer.

  "Please, help me give this worthless thing to a girl named Li Ruoxi. Today is her birthday and I'm a poor brother who can't afford anything good, so I can only give her this paper ring. Wish her a happy birthday, but I don't know if she'll be disgusted by it."

  Li Ruoxi's small hands quickly reached out and grabbed the tin foil ring on Xu Yi's hand, "No, no, Brother Xu Yi, I like it very much, extremely like it, this is my most favorite birthday gift!"

  "Thank you, Brother Xu Yi, I really like it."

  Li Ruoxi carefully put on the paper ring, tilted her head, leaned against Xu Yi's arm across the gearshift, and a happy smile appeared on her face.

  "As long as you like it, that's all that matters."

  Xu rubbed Li Ruoxi's little head, a smile spreading across his face. Nima, it seems that today's trip was not in vain after all, and the effect is much better than expected.

  "I like it, I like it, and I can still like it."

  Li Ruoxi carefully took off the tin foil ring and put it in her pocket, turned around to look at Xu Yi, "Xu Yi brother, thank you, aren't you supposed to do something very important? Let's go."

  "Silly girl, what's more important than your birthday? I flew back today just to tell you one thing in person: Happy Birthday."

  Xu Yu smiled and pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, only to remember that he was in Li Ruoxi's car. He awkwardly put the cigarette back into its box.

  Li Ruoxi was stunned upon hearing this, never expecting that the most important thing Xu Yige had to say would be about her own birthday. A huge wave of surprise filled her heart, from her stomach to her heart and then to her throat, almost making her suffocate with happiness.

  She glanced at Xu Yi with the corner of her eye, smiled brightly and nodded, while starting the car. "Xu Yi gege, it's okay, you can smoke, I don't mind, my dad is also a big smoker, I'm already used to it."

  She hadn't spoken yet, when a hurried mobile phone ringtone sounded. Li Ruoxi grabbed the phone and took a look at it, immediately answering the call, "Hello, Grandpa, why are you back so early today?"

  "You have to come back early today, our little girl is having a birthday today. Alright, I won't tell you anymore, hurry up and go to your grandfather's house, he has gifts for you."

  "Thank you Grandpa, I'll go to your house right away."

  Li Ruoxi smiled and hung up the phone, then turned to look at Xu Yi, "Xu Yi gege, I'll send you home first."

  "Never mind, I'll just get off up ahead."

  Xu shook his head, "I just called my grandfather and I'm going to have dinner with him tonight."

  "Thank you, Brother Yu, for the gift you gave me. I really like it." Li Ruoxi stopped the car and quickly kissed Xu Yi's face before turning her head around, her cheeks already filled with blushes.

  "Alright, go to your grandfather's house quickly, don't keep the old man waiting."

  Xu Yī pushed open the car door and got out, watching as the Volkswagen Beetle sped away in a cloud of smoke. He reached up to touch his cheek, still feeling the warmth of her lips on the corner of his mouth. In his mind's eye, he saw Li Ruòxī's face flushing with embarrassment as she smiled, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind: could it be that this girl has fallen for him?

  He immediately vetoed the idea, this little girl was just nobody cared about her, when she grew up and had more contact with men, it would be fine.

  Li Ruoxi's hands grasped the steering wheel tightly, her long white fingers slightly trembling. She only felt her cheeks burning, hot, so hot that her little heart was also on fire, and her small heart seemed to have jumped into her throat, as if it would jump out at any moment.

  She didn't know how she had been so bold just now, to actually take the initiative to kiss him, although it was only a peck on his cheek, but it made her feel like she was incredibly close to him, and for that instant, she even felt like she possessed him!

  A sudden ringtone of the mobile phone woke Li Ruoxi from her meditation, she slowly stopped the car on one side, took out the phone and glanced at it, then smiled and answered the call, "Tingting, you silly girl, did you tell Brother Xu that today is my birthday?"

  "No way, how is that possible."

  On the other end of the phone, Yuan Yuting's giggles came through, "Xiao Ruoxi, you just took away my car, aren't you going to meet your lover? How far have you two progressed?"

  "Die Tingting, what nonsense are you talking about? Who's going to meet a lover? I'm going to pick up Xu Yige." Li Ruoxi was taken aback, and she pouted, but she couldn't see that even her own pout was accompanied by a sweet smile at the corner of her lips.

  "Hey, Brother Xu Yi, you're calling him so intimately now."

  Yuan Yuting's laughter came from the receiver, "By the way, what time does tonight's party start? I still have a class at 7 o'clock."

  "I don't know yet, my grandfather just called me and asked me to go to his place for dinner tonight. How about this, you wait for me at school tonight."

  "Grandpa's side I'll eat and then come out, then go to your school to pick you up."

  "Alright, I'll be waiting for you then. By the way, Ruoxue, did my brother return to Beijing? Why don't you invite him to come along tonight?"

  Li Ruoxi was taken aback by the words, tonight's birthday party several of her male cousins would definitely attend, Xu Yicai had just returned to Beijing for a few days, and she herself was not close with Xu Yi, besides, if she met him again today, wouldn't it make her male cousins discover that she liked Xu Yi?

  Moreover, the people in these circles only know how to drink together, flirt with girls and gamble, there's nothing else fun to do, it's better not to let Brother Xu follow those guys from his older brother's side to learn bad things.

  "Ting Ting, forget it, he just said he's going to have dinner with his grandfather tonight."

  Li Ruoxi hung up the phone, casually threw her mobile phone on the passenger seat, stretched out her hand to touch her cheek, and suddenly a thought flashed through her mind. She didn't invite Xu Yige to attend her birthday party, would he be angry?

  Xu Yi didn't know about Li Ruoxi's conflicting emotions, in fact, he wasn't particularly interested in attending Li Ruoxi's birthday party. Such gatherings were usually just for people who got along well within their circle to get together, and Xu Yi didn't know many people in the circle anyway.

  And now he doesn't even have the qualifications to be a small-time hoodlum, nor is it necessary for him to force his way into that circle and suffer people's cold eyes.

  If one day his strength is strong enough, those people will naturally gather around him to form a circle, and undoubtedly become the center of the circle.

  I returned to Beijing today just to tell Li Ruoxi one thing.