Chapter 67: Infatuation – The Persistence of the Golden-Haired Boy

In the school’s garden, Fang Chuning was sitting under a tree shade, squinting and enjoying the cool breeze. It was her seventh day at this school, and she liked to come here when she had nothing to do. It was quiet with few people, and the air was particularly fresh and clean.

As she was enjoying the feeling of the gentle wind on her face, suddenly, a flash of gold caught her eye in the distance.

She saw a young man with his back to her, slowly emerging from behind a tree. His movements were very slow, and after he was done, he just stood there with his back to her, saying nothing and doing nothing, as if waiting for her to call out to him.

Fang Chuning’s mouth twitched, utterly speechless. This situation wasn’t the first time; for several consecutive days, this guy would always pop out from somewhere, and the key was that he wouldn’t do anything, just stand there with his back to her, his golden hair always shimmering.

Fang Chuning could be certain that this idiot was the one who had been staring at her when she went to the bathroom recently.

The guy seemed unable to resist sneaking a glance at her due to her lack of response, then quickly turned his head back, his shimmering back of the head full of expectation.

Fang Chuning had never been so speechless in her life. How could there be such an idiotic person in the world? He must be a fool.

Tang Jiali, who had returned with ice cream, also noticed the golden-haired boy. He had noticed him for the past few days, always appearing out of nowhere to interrupt his alone time with his senior. It was truly annoying. “Why is this idiot here again?”

His words were laced with malice.

Fang Chuning raised an eyebrow and glanced at him. Tang Jiali sat down beside her without any shame, handing her an ice cream. “Don’t pay attention to him. You can tell at a glance he’s up to no good.”

Fang Chuning took a spoonful of ice cream and put it in her mouth, saying indifferently, “Are you talking about yourself?”

“What? I’m treating you to ice cream and you say that about me!” Tang Jiali narrowed his eyes, and when she wasn’t paying attention, he suddenly leaned over and bit the spoon she had just used, eating the ice cream. After succeeding, he retreated, his eyes full of mischief. “It’s so sweet.”

Fang Chuning’s movements paused, then she handed the ice cream back to him. “You can eat it all yourself.”

Tang Jiali happily took the ice cream, then gave her the uneaten one. “Let’s swap!”

Fang Chuning sighed, having to remind him once again, “You have no chance. I’m not interested in you.”

The young man blinked innocently, as if he hadn’t understood. “It’s just eating ice cream, what do you mean by chance?”

She was completely helpless against someone who was so clingy to a certain degree and didn’t get discouraged by rejection. It didn’t matter, let him be. After all, he would eventually give up after a long time.

Compared to the leisurely atmosphere between the two, Eric was not so comfortable. He was standing in a spot directly under the sun, and after being exposed for a while, his face had already turned red, and there was sweat on his forehead.

He didn’t understand why she hadn’t called out to him even though he had been standing there for so long. Hadn’t she seen him?

That’s right, this was the “good idea” Eric had come up with. As long as the girl called out to him, he would pretend it was a chance encounter. That way, it wouldn’t be strange! But after so many times, why hadn’t she called out to him?

…

After school, back at the house, Li Yipeng hadn’t returned yet. He had said he had a lot of things to deal with. Fang Chuning now knew that he needed to go to various countries to manage businesses on behalf of Fang Hong every so often. No wonder Fang Hong valued him so much.

After dinner and a shower, it was already dark. Fang Chuning sat on the sofa fiddling with her phone for a while, and unknowingly fell asleep leaning on the sofa.

Li Yipeng, who had returned after a busy day, entered the door to see such a scene: the girl he liked sleeping sweetly on the sofa, completely unguarded. He couldn’t help but smile, approaching her quietly.

The girl’s fair face looked serene and charming under the soft light. His gaze became a bit entranced, and he unconsciously reached out to gently caress her cheek.

His fingers stopped on her pink and full lips. He thought they must be very soft, but he didn’t dare to press hard, only daring to lightly touch with his fingertips, while carefully watching if she would wake up.

Even if it was just for a moment, he really wanted to taste what it would be like. It must be wonderful.

When Fang Chuning woke up, she vaguely heard sounds coming from the kitchen. She yawned and walked over slowly, standing at the kitchen door watching the man busy inside. “When did you get back?”

Li Yipeng, who was preparing food, turned around. “Just got back not long ago. Wait a bit more, it’ll be ready to eat soon.”

“I’ve already eaten. Haven’t you eaten?”

“Mm, I’ve been busy all day and didn’t have time to eat.”

That makes sense, but it would be too pitiful to cook for oneself on an empty stomach. “If it’s like this every day, you could ask the servants to leave later and have them cook for you.”

Was she showing concern for him?

Whether she was or not, Li Yipeng had already categorized it as concern. The tenderness in his eyes seemed about to overflow. “It’s fine, I can do this myself.”

He picked up the prepared vegetable salad and walked in front of her, using a silver fork to pick up a bit and bring it to her mouth. “Try it and see if the taste is right?”

Being close, Fang Chuning smelled that perfume on him again, strangely making one feel relaxed. However, she wasn’t interested in the food presented. “I don’t like eating vegetables.”

“You can’t eat meat for every meal. It’s easy to get indigestion that way. Eating some vegetables is good for the intestines and stomach.”

Nagging just like her father forcing her to eat vegetables and fruits. Fang Chuning looked him over, suddenly curious: “Do you have a girlfriend?”

His hand mixing the salad paused, but Li Yipeng said with an unchanged expression: “No, I don’t.”

“By all rights, you should be very popular with women.” Fang Chuning suspected, “Actually, you must have feelings for Fang Hong, right? It’s just because my father is there that you don’t dare express it.”

Fang Chuning had always thought this way. As the saying goes, familiarity breeds affection. Even if not for the family assets, just based on Fang Hong’s face and temperament, there were quite a few men pursuing her now, let alone two people who spend day and night together.

The man turned his back to her and remained silent.

Fang Chuning thought she had guessed correctly, shaking her head and sighing, “Why bother? With your conditions, you could completely find someone similar to Fang Hong. Why hang yourself on this tree?”

Li Yipeng sighed imperceptibly, but said: “I can’t find anyone. Why don’t you introduce someone to me?”

This was putting her in a difficult position. Her circle of friends were all about the same age as her, there was no one good to introduce.

Knowing her dilemma, Li Yipeng deliberately said: “If not, I’m afraid I can only hang myself on this tree.”

Sigh, who would have thought he was so infatuated, but unfortunately, his infatuation was misplaced.

The next day, Fang Chuning went to school as usual. With ten minutes left before class, she didn’t immediately enter the classroom, but found a place to sit down and read.

Although she had been here for more than a week, Fang Chuning still hadn’t fully integrated. It wasn’t that her classmates weren’t nice, they were too nice. Everyone was a top student, probably because of the many school rules, everyone was very proper, but lacking some youthful vitality.

She was reading a comic book while drinking the boxed milk that the man had specially prepared for her before leaving and reminded her to finish. Sometimes she really felt like she had gained another old father to take care of her.

Just as she was absentminded, she glanced up and saw some movement behind the tree to her left. Then a familiar figure slowly emerged, golden hair shimmering with persistent stubbornness.

Fang Chuning almost spat out her milk. She was truly impressed. So early in the morning, and after a whole week he still hadn’t given up!?

What kind of extreme specimen was this?

Fang Chuning suddenly became curious about what exactly he wanted to do!

So she quickly finished her milk, then threw the box into the trash can and walked over.

Eric waited anxiously. Finally, the girl called out to him: “What exactly are you doing?”

His light green eyes instantly lit up, like dazzling emeralds. He turned around eagerly, his smile brighter than the sun in the sky: “What a coincidence! How come it’s you… I was just passing by. My name is Eric, can we be friends?”

He delivered this string of words as if reciting a long-prepared script. Even though it was such a simple sentence, he seemed to have forgotten his lines in the middle and paused. Combined with his golden hair, Fang Chuning suddenly felt that he bore some resemblance to her family’s dog, Prosperous.

Equally silly.

Fang Chuning suddenly became a bit interested and shook her head, saying: “No, we can’t.”

The shimmering golden hair instantly dimmed. The golden-haired boy’s eyes showed undisguised disappointment. “Then I’ll ask again tomorrow.”

Shouldn’t he be asking why at this point?

“What difference does it make if you ask again tomorrow? The answer will be the same, so can you stop following me?”

The golden-haired boy, however, said to himself, “Then I’ll come ask again the day after tomorrow.”

Fang Chuning held her forehead. So was he unable to understand human speech or what?

“Why do you want to be friends with me?” They had only met once on the plane and barely exchanged a few words. It was really hard to understand.

The golden-haired boy stared at her blankly, seeming to ponder the reason, and finally said matter-of-factly: “Because you look pretty.”

So he was just attracted to looks.

For the first time, Fang Chuning seriously examined him. His features were three-dimensional with distinct angles, not having the deep maturity of Westerners but rather unusually beautiful. Golden hair, light golden eyebrows, even his eyelashes were golden, which was very rare. The youthfulness and innocence between his brows told her that he should be younger than her.

He was wearing typical Western aristocratic clothing, looking quite impressive.

But that was none of her business. Fang Chuning waved her hand, “Stop following me. Go make friends with someone else.”

“No,” the golden-haired boy was very persistent. “I want to be friends with you.”

Fang Chuning ignored him and walked away with her book.

Afterwards, that sneaky gaze fell on her again. This time he became blatant, deliberately peeking at her from places where she could see him, hiding behind trees as thin as legs, crouching behind rocks as low as benches, and even more outrageously, just picking a branch to cover his face, without even leaves on it.

At first, Fang Chuning couldn’t stand it, but later she got used to it, ignoring and not looking at him, letting him anxiously wait there by himself.