Chapter 76

She was relieved that she was being pulled back and avoided continuing this conversation. It’s not that Rong wasn’t nice; she didn’t want to complicate things and start making plans with him. She felt like he was too forward about hanging out so soon.

“I’m coming.” She nodded and smiled graciously back at Rong Cai. “I must go and pack up. Thank you, anyway. I can see whatever it was later; Linlin promised to pick me up.” She brushed him off, knowing she couldn’t linger today. Linlin would pull up outside the main doors as soon as her scheduled end of class came around, and she didn’t want to hang around idly.

“I’ll hold you to that.” Rong Cai called after her, disappointed with the refusal and the instant end to showing her the koi ponds, but he couldn’t help but smile after her as she walked away. She was beautiful and warm, and he knew he would enjoy growing closer to her in the following weeks. He had set his sights on her and wasn’t willing to give up the pursuit.