Helpless, Xi Siyan let out a sigh. "Do you really like me that much?"
Zhou Chengchen lifted her eyes, and they were shining even brighter. She didn't show the slightest shyness a girl usually would when talking about something like this, and she nodded hard.
As if that still wasn't enough, she emphasized it several more times: "I like you, I really like you."
She laid her heart bare so bluntly that for a moment even Xi Siyan didn't know how to respond.
They just stared at each other like that. The determination in Zhou Chengchen's eyes hadn't wavered in the least, and in the end it was Xi Siyan who surrendered. He reached out, placing both hands on her shoulders; with just a slight pull he could have drawn her into his arms.
But Xi Siyan didn't make such an intimate move. Hugging her before had been out of necessity; now that there was no such necessity, he wasn't ready to do anything that intimate. He simply pressed her shoulders like that and took a step forward.
