Arching her eyebrows, Chen Jingyun shook her head with a smile. She was confused as to why Li Minghao would say that.
"That's not it." She waved it off. "You are one hundred percent welcome in this outing!"
I mean, anyone is welcome to their outing...
The more the merrier, right?
In fact, she had expected Long Tang and Long Rao to tag along with Fu Wang. She wondered why they weren't here.
Maybe they were on a date like Luo Shao and Su Long? At this point, anything was possible.
All in all, she was feeling a bit bummed out the outing wasn't going according to what she envisioned, but she knew better than to hang onto this feeling.
It is not like they couldn't come and skate another day, right? She could also drag- ahem, get Li Minghao to skate for another round!
Of course!
Only if he wants to...
Should she do a PowerPoint presentation to showcase the benefits of skating? That seems like something that would convince the dark lord...
Standing beside her with a stony face, Fu Wang couldn't even begin to find the words to describe what he was feeling, let alone answer Li Minghao's question.
Ok, fine. He could definitely describe what he was feeling.
He felt as if someone was shooting arrows at him. Then picking the arrows and shooting over and over again. It was misery town here.
If he could actually say something, it would be: nope, you weren't.
But then again, what was he expecting?
He should have remembered that when it came to Chen Jingyun, being indirect would result in a completely different outcome. Especially when they were romantic advances.
Was he always going to be in the zone?
She was smart and quite logical. She could recognize the how's and why's. But... she was just too dense when it came to falling in love or... his feelings about her.
He really had to man up and start saying things like they are or else... she will never know what he actually meant when he said "I like you" for the first time.
Sigh.
He said all that and yet... his heart was not filled with courage.
He was smiling yet inside he was full of uncertainty.
He could still afford to wait and build his courage up, right?
As for Li Minghao, he was feeling highly suspicious when looking at Fu Wang's smile drenched in agony. It didn't seem like a response an ordinary guy friend would make.
That, coupled with a few suspicious factors he had noticed in the short time of a week hanging out with Chen Jingyun's close circle, he was starting to think Fu Wang didn't see himself as a simple friend a certain lady just met.
He was also itching to ask what made Chen Jingyun decide to leave so unexpectedly early as he didn't think Su Long and Luo Shao's date was enough of a reason to put her off. Not when she was doing something she enjoyed so much.
Giving a meaningful glance at Chen Jingyyun, Li Minghao found the need to steal her away to a short Sherlock Holmes session. Ask her what was up with Fu Wang's strange reaction and her sudden leave. But he didn't.
Instead, he looked away, acting indifferent. He motioned them to follow him out of the ice skating establishment.
It was better to leave this place before something or someone happened. He wasn't looking forward to troubles today. He would rather keep it low.
Walking aimlessly, the three of them found themselves blending with the crowd of a Saturday afternoon at the mall.
"Where should we go next then?"
Out of the danger zone, Chen Jingyun felt like she could relax again. She even put her hoodie cape down, revealing her youthful face.
Looking at the two guys beside her, she felt like the day's potential was not over and they could definitely do something together, even if they were such an unusual group.
"Go back to the dorms." Li Minghao immediately suggested, but he was met with deaf ears.
Chen Jingyun nor Fu Wang wanted to call it a day yet.
Trying to put the failed ice-skating gathering behind him, and putting a stop to the arrows firing at him, Fu Wang found within himself energy and excitement to provide ideas.
While he was bummed that he didn't get to spend the day like the old times with her, he was still happy to just hang out doing random stuff.
Random stuff like...
"Arcade game!"
Chen Jingyun was instantly on board.
"LET'S GO! LOSER PAYS DINNER!"