"I-i have always thought that I-i will not be able to like a man in my whole life…" Lai Jiayi continued. "B-but…" she paused a bit. The girl inhaled deeply while squeezing her eyes.
"Y-you make me realize that...i-it is not true…"
Listening to all of this, Zhao Yang didn't know how to react. The guy just stared blankly at Lai Jiayi.
'So I just help her to change her life? I don't think I did anything to help her with her phobia, though.'
The guy was about to ask when Lai Jiayi opened her eyes and looked straight to Zhao Yang's eyes. There's a weird feeling in her eyes that Zhao Yang couldn't describe, but it really captured his attention.
He couldn't avert his eyes away from the girl's eyes.
"S-so, I-i just realized...that…" Lai Jiayi blinked fast. The girl bit her tongue so she won't stutter.
"Boss, I...I like you!"
BA-THUMP!
Zhao Yang's heart skipped a beat. The world suddenly turned dark for him, and everything went blurry. His ear buzzed, and all he could hear was the girl's last sentence that she said in a hoarse voice.
"Boss, I...I like you!"
'....what? She likes...me? As in...friends? Admired person? Or…'
There's one more possibility, but Zhao Yang subconsciously tried to avoid it. The guy didn't know why but something just irked his feelings, and his mood suddenly dropped.
The surrounding turned colder in an instant, and the guy spoke in a solemn voice.
"What did you say?"
TING! [Warning, warning! Detecting a great change in the barometer. It's going to drop a lot. Warning. Warning. Please do something about it.]
Lai Jiayi's heart almost stopped beating. She could feel all her energy left her body.
[Jia!! What to do– Zhao Yang– ] Yaya panicked.
'As I thought, Zhao Yang will feel uncomfortable about this confession!!'
[Calm your tits! I got this.] Lai Jiayi bit her lips and was about to speak when a notification sounded in her mind, followed by a white transparent board popping in front of her eyes.
TING! [Otome game assistance activated!]
"As I said before, I like you, boss!"
"Don't get me wrong. I don't like you in that way."
10. 9. 8.
Lai Jiayi felt like fainting.
'Why do you have to pop out now?! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ '
The girl already prepared an answer to Zhao Yang's question before, but the appearance of the system ruined it all. None of the options matched the one she planned to say.
'I am going to say that I like him earnestly and then say it's okay not to respond to my feeling because I know he loves someone else already.'
Lai Jiayi's heart beats faster.
'That way, Zhao Yang will not feel bad for rejecting me, and he will not feel uncomfortable with me confessing my feelings. I know he's not good at dealing with women's love confession…'
Lai Jiayi crumpled her uniform and closed her eyes.
'But this fcking system!! It suddenly pops out, and– It's a verbal choice! One of them is going to lower the barometer I earned with all my might!!'
Not only Lai Jiayi, but even Yaya almost got a heart attack. He stared at the girl's panel and peeked at Zhao Yang's dark face.
The guy tapped his foot to the floor, clearly looking impatient since Lai Jiayi didn't answer yet. He looked like he's about to burst out in anger, thinking that Lai Jiayi just ignored him.
Lai Jiayi wanted to fake death, but the girl steeled her heart. She looked closely at the option again as the timer touched 5 seconds.
'Which one is going in the same direction that I'm aiming? There must be one option…'
"As I said before, I like you, boss!"
"Don't get me wrong. I don't like you in that way."
Think, Jia, think! Which one…
Lai Jiayi bit her lips again until the timer touched 2 seconds, and she found a ray of hope. Her eyes brightened as a light bulb popped out above her head.
This one!
[I choose B!] Lai Jiayi shouted in her mind, and the board disappeared, along with a notification in her mind.
TING! [You choose B. "Don't get me wrong. I don't like you in that way." Please say so in 10 seconds.]
A giant timer popped out in front of Lai Jiayi.
10. 9. 8.
Lai Jiayi didn't hesitate anymore. She immediately looked back at Zhao Yang and spoke in a loud voice,
"B-boss, don't get me wrong!"
The girl's sentence stunned Zhao Yang. His mood was at the lowest, and he was just about to leave the girl when Lai Jiayi surprisingly replied.
'Don't get her wrong? But isn't she just– '
"I-i did say I like you, but I don't like you in that way! I...I don't mean to a-ask you to be my boyfriend or something!" Lai Jiayi slanted her lips and slightly looked up.
The girl instantly caught Zhao Yang's bewildered expression. Lai Jiayi subconsciously tugged the corner of her lips.
'Okay, I stop him from getting mad. Now let's go to the plan I staged.'
"I-i know you still love your lover, Jia Biyu…" Lai Jiayi cautiously mentioned Jia Biyu's name, and right after she said it, Zhao Yang's face hardened. The guy looked tense, and he might flare anytime.
'Damn it. For him to give such a reaction to that girl's name alone….his feeling toward that girl is so strong. Fck!!'
Lai Jiayi felt like giving up, but she still finished her sentence. "I-i know b-boss will reject me, b-but I just...want to express my feelings…"
The girl lowered her head. "I-i need to tell you what I f-feel as...y-you...you change me."
BA-THUMP.
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