Siheyuan: At the beginning, I was chased by a rich woman

What is the most common form of malice where women congregate?
Even a straight man like Li Ye knew it was jealousy.

For a sensible person like Ding Qiunan whose appearance is far beyond the normal level, this kind of malice caused her harm basically throughout her entire teenage years.

It was okay when I was in school, but the biggest malice was being isolated.

Ding Qiunan is beautiful and tall, and is liked by the teacher. People who are jealous of her dare not treat her too much, so they don't talk to her or be friends with her.

Ding Qiunan's seemingly cold personality was not born with him, but was isolated during his student days.

But after Ding Qiunan worked, the maliciousness was not so simple.

From clothing to details, those who are jealous of her seem to want to use everything to prove that Ding Qiunan's appearance has brought her a lot of benefits.

Even though Ding Qiunan has now come to the rolling mill, this situation has not changed in any way.

Ding Qiunan had heard them talking about her more than once.

So what Ding Qiunan is worried about now is that if he goes back late tonight, the rumors about her scandal will probably spread all over the world tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Ding Qiunan even burst into tears, looked at Li Ye and begged: "Li Ye, I beg you, let me go back today."

He originally planned to stay at Li Ye's place until around 10 o'clock at most before leaving.

Later, Li Ye made her mentally unbalanced, so she forgot about it.

Now that I think about it, I just asked Li Ye, but I didn't expect it would take so long!

After Li Ye heard Ding Qiunan's words, he immediately noticed something wrong with the girl's tone.

So he moved his feet off the table with a puzzled look, and lit the candle with a match.

Then he looked towards Ding Qiunan with this light.

Looking over at this moment, she saw Ding Qiunan bending over and looking for her shoes all over the floor.

Seeing this scene, Li Ye immediately felt a little puzzled.

In the middle of the night, why is Ding Qiunan so anxious?

So after Li Ye put on his shoes, he held a candle and walked towards Ding Qiunan.

Then he looked at Ding Qiunan who was wearing a coat and said, "Ding Qiunan, why are you in such a hurry?"

Ding Qiunan shook his head involuntarily when he heard the words, then glanced at Li Ye.

Looking at Li Ye's expression, Ding Qiunan knew that if he didn't explain clearly to Li Ye today, he would definitely not let him go.

So I had no choice but to say in a low voice: "I'm going back late, I'm afraid of being gossiped."

Li Ye frowned when he heard the words, and then said, "Gossip? What gossip?"

Then Li Ye pointed to himself and continued.

"You cooperate with us in the security department, and your director agrees."

"If they gossip, you let them come to me!"

Seeing Li Ye like this, Ding Qiunan couldn't help curling his lips.

It's so easy for you to say that.

Yeah, of course you don't hear the gossip anymore.

Who dares to go to you as a cadre, and it is the cadre in charge of public security to gossip about you.

So Ding Qiunan raised his head and wanted to refute Li Ye's words, but hesitated for a while, and finally said nothing.

After all, so what?

What can be changed?

Of course, Li Ye saw that Ding Qiunan was not convinced by his words, so he put the candle in his hand on the window sill, took out a cigarette and lit it.

Looking at Ding Qiunan, he said, "What? Do you think I'm wrong?"

Li Ye's appearance of breaking the casserole and asking the end finally annoyed Ding Qiunan.

So Ding Qiunan raised his head to look at Li Ye, and said with a bit of aggrieved tone.

"Of course you won't be told by others. You are a man and a young cadre."

"As for me, an intern studying from another place."

"Have you ever thought about what others will say about me when I go back so late?"

Hearing Ding Qiunan's barrage of questions, Li Ye probably guessed why Ding Qiunan was so excited.

This girl was designated to be gossiped in the factory, otherwise she wouldn't have reacted so aggressively.

In fact, thinking about it, it's quite normal for Ding Qiunan to encounter such a thing.

Good-looking, soft personality, and not too gregarious.

Isn't such a girl a natural target to help others unite?

It's just that Li Ye guessed it, but he didn't plan to send Ding Qiunan back like this.

When there was no power outage just now, Li Ye might have agreed with her to go back.

But now that the black light is blind, it's hard to say when you meet someone else.

Who knows how many daring people gossip about Li Ye behind his back?

Not to mention, Li Ye looked at the charming Ding Qiunan in this dark environment.

Not really wanting her to leave either.

So Li Ye looked at Ding Qiunan and said, "Ding Qiunan, let me ask you now, is there someone in your dormitory who dislikes you?"

"Gossip about you often?"

Seeing that Li Ye had guessed her situation, Ding Qiunan didn't run away either.

He nodded directly and said, "Yes! Those colleagues in my dormitory said that I have talked with two people since I just came to the rolling mill."

Seeing that Ding Qiunan admitted it, Li Ye put a hand on Ding Qiunan's shoulder directly.

He said with emphasis: "Qiu Nan, don't worry, as long as someone talks about you tonight."

"Then you come to me and I'll handle it."

Hearing Li Ye's words, and seeing Li Ye's serious expression, Ding Qiunan suddenly felt.

It would be great if this man could always provide himself with shelter like this.

Ding Qiunan was so eager for this feeling of being protected.

Ever since he was a child, Ding Qiunan felt like a lonely boat in the wind and rain, like a migratory bird without a flock.

There is no harbor where she can shelter from the rain, nor an oasis where she can rest.

So in this atmosphere, Ding Qiunan didn't think about how Li Ye would deal with it, nor did he care about Li Ye's hand on his shoulder.

Instead, he nodded to Li Ye with eyes full of admiration.

And Li Ye, who was inflated by this look, immediately let go of his hand on Ding Qiunan's shoulder.

Then stick it on the back of Ding Qiunan's neck, apply a little force, and draw the distance between Ding Qiunan and himself a little bit closer.

After pulling Ding Qiunan to a distance of less than fifteen centimeters in front of him, Li Ye stopped.

At the same time, Li Ye's other hand was not idle, he put his hand on Ding Qiunan's head, and stroked Ding Qiunan's hair with his five fingers.

Then he twisted a strand of Ding Qiunan's hair, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently.

Then bent slightly, put his lips on Ding Qiunan's ear and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

"And, there is nothing between us."

"If someone talks nonsense, it's a rumor. In that case, I won't be polite to her."

Ding Qiunan felt Li Ye's strong masculinity, and heard Li Ye say that he should protect himself.

Immediately, I felt dizzy, and then my feet felt weak as if they were stepping on cotton.

But, even so.

As for Li Ye's sentence.

There is nothing between us, and we don't really agree.

Because Ding Qiunan asked herself, she couldn't say with a clear conscience that her feelings for Li Ye were innocent. (end of this chapter)