Because Li Xi just said that he was afraid to confess his feelings because he had no emotional basis, Hai Ling directly excluded this definite answer from the "reasons" Li Xi mentioned, and finally guessed the lowest number - two.

Including the reasons determined previously, there are three reasons in total.

Li Xi's body trembled slightly. She looked at Hai Ling's calm demeanor. Guessed? How could she have guessed? Could she have guessed so accurately? Could she have guessed with such force? Could it be that... Hai Ling already knew everything I was thinking? Now... was she trying to get me to speak up?

Thinking of this, Li Xi took a deep breath and nodded: "Then... I tell you, don't tell them."

"it is good."

Chapter 350 Be obedient and let me have some fun

"Actually, I feel... I can't compare to Aine's other girlfriends." After a moment of inner struggle, Li Xi slowly said, "So, I'm afraid."

"Are you afraid of failing to confess your feelings because of this?" Hai Ling frowned slightly. She looked Li Xi up and down, not finding any obvious shortcomings. "You...what do you mean by inferior?"

"Su Shi, Mu, and Xiang Zi's family backgrounds are better than mine, Chu Hua is more talented than me, and Deng's emotions are more delicate..." Li Xi lowered his head, his voice fading, "That's why I say I can't compare to them..."

Are you trying to find fault on purpose?

Hailing looked at Lixi quietly. At this moment, she was not sure whether Lixi was being pretentious or whether he was really feeling inferior.

Compare your family background with Su Shi, Xiang Zi, and Mu, your talent with Chu Hua, and your emotions with Deng?

What was this? Using my own weaknesses against their strengths?

However...compared to Li Xi's Versailles, Hai Ling was more inclined to believe that it was a sense of inferiority that was at work. After all, with Li Xi's emotional intelligence, she should not be able to think of such a "high-level" trick as "Versailles".

Hailing continued to glance at Lixi: "If you say that, then can I also understand that you have talents that are not inferior to Sushi, Mu, and Deng, family background that is not inferior to Deng, and a figure that is not inferior to any of them?"

As she spoke, Hailing walked behind Lixi with an expressionless face. She raised her delicate fingers and gently placed them on Lixi's waist: "Don't you have a good figure?"

Just as Hailing placed her fingers on Lixi's waist, the latter distanced himself from Hailing as if he had been electrocuted. He turned around and looked at Hailing in surprise, with an inappropriate blush on his face: "What...what are you doing?"

"I just want to tell you that your strengths are no worse than theirs."

Although Hailing's expression looked very serious, Lixi didn't notice it. She stared at Hailing intently: "Really? Then why don't you just say it directly? Why are you still touching me?"

Hailing did not choose to answer Lixi's question. She continued, "In my eyes, you are not much different from them."

Seeing that Hailing chose to skip this topic, Lixi sighed and stammered, "Even if you say so... I..."

"Do you know what image you have in Aine's eyes?"

Li Xi shook her head. She hadn't really thought about this question before: "Maybe... they're just good friends who bicker all the time?"

Hearing this completely unconvincing answer, Hailing shook her head helplessly: "You don't even know what image you have in Aine's eyes..."

At this point, Hailing turned and looked out the window, her arms resting on the windowsill. "There's nothing wrong with having a little confidence in yourself."

Looking at Hailing's back, Lixi was stunned for a moment. Yes, that guy encouraged me so much at that time. Obviously, I have become more confident. When facing Xiangzi and my sister, I no longer have the inferiority complex of the past...

As a result, now... it seems that I have let that guy down.

She was the one who pulled me out, but when I wanted to express my feelings to her, I became so timid. This is not me.

There was no movement behind her. Hailing turned around and saw Lixi lowering his head in thought. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly. It seemed that Lixi was thinking carefully.

After a long while, Hailing said softly, "Have you thought about it?"

"Yeah." Li Xi nodded, "I should talk it out with that guy, but... I don't think it's time now."

"Why?" Hailing was stunned. She thought that after thinking for such a long time, Li Xi would directly decide to confess his feelings to her. This answer was obviously not what Hailing expected.

Seeing that Li Xi showed no sign of answering, Hai Ling continued, "Is it because of another reason?"

Sure enough, just as Hailing thought, after Lixi said this, there was an obvious fluctuation on his face.

"It seems so." Hailing walked to Lixi's side, "Tell me about it?"

Li Xi shook her head slightly and clearly rejected Hailing's request. Although the reason just now was difficult for her to say, it was still okay to tell Hailing.

But the last reason, no! No one can tell!

Hailing was a little surprised. This was the first time that Lixi rejected her so bluntly. However, since he could reject her so bluntly, it meant that the reason was very serious, right?

"Is it because of ALS?" Hailing expressed her guess.

"Huh?" Li Xi looked at her blankly.

It seems that I am right, it is related to ALS.

Hailing gently placed her hand on Lixi's shoulder, as if silently encouraging her: "Yes... Are you afraid that Aiyin's surgery will fail, so you have been suppressing yourself?"

"Hailing..." Li Xi trembled all over. It was just as he thought. Hailing knew all his reasons at some point.

Hailing gently patted Lixi's shoulder: "Lixi, you have to think about it, do you really want this to happen?"

"What do you mean?" Li Xi turned her face away. Although she asked this, she knew very well what Hai Ling meant, but she just didn't want to accept it.

"Will you really not regret it in the end?"

"No." Li Xi shook her head stiffly, trying her best to deny every word Hai Ling said. "Hailing, you don't have to say it. I...I won't."

Do you regret it? Of course I do, but...if I really lose her, I won't be able to bear the pain...so, let's not get too deeply involved.

"Your eyes and actions have already betrayed you." Hailing said lightly, "Do you think that if you deceive yourself and don't confess, you won't feel pain later?"

"Eh?" Li Xi was stunned. She opened her mouth, but no words came out of her throat.

"I know you're worried. Of course, this is your own choice, and I won't force you." Hailing walked to Lixi's side, "But I hope you won't regret it later."

"After all...opportunities are fleeting."

After saying this, Hailing walked past Lixi and walked towards Xiangzi and the other person who had been watching from a distance.

"I..." Li Xi turned around slowly. Hailing had already walked a few meters away. She looked at Hailing's back quietly, her fists clenched unconsciously.

What? You're talking about such a grandiose thing, saying that opportunities are fleeting... I, I...

Li Xi wanted to refute, but he couldn't say anything. However... Hai Ling seemed to be right. The opportunity was fleeting. That guy...

Lixi lowered her head. She knew that every operation was a life-and-death struggle.

The guy is fine this time, but what about next time... I really want to confess my feelings, but I'm also more afraid of losing her... What should I do?

Li Xi bit his lower lip tightly, and a fishy and sweet taste came from his mouth.

Am I really deceiving myself like Hailing said? Thinking that if I don't confess, I won't feel any pain?

Chapter 351: Be alert and don’t lose face

The moon hangs high in the sky.

In the dark room, the clock ticked.

Lixi was lying in bed alone, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She had been lying in bed since ten o'clock, and it had been more than three hours now.

She hugged the quilt, her mind full of the conversation with Hailing during the day - did she think that if she didn't confess, she wouldn't feel pain?

Li Xi loosened the quilt and lay down on the bed. In the moonlight, she looked at the ceiling, unable to help but feel a little absent-minded.

Hailing was right. I had indeed been deceiving myself, thinking that if I didn't confess my feelings, I wouldn't be in pain later.

But...is this really the case?

It's impossible. No matter how much I deny it, my heart will always be with that guy. So... even if I don't confess, if something really happens later, the pain will definitely come...

Li Xi turned over, slowly curled up, and muttered to himself: "Looking at it this way... I might as well confess..."

Thinking of this, Li Xi suddenly sat up from the bed. She looked at her slightly trembling hands and said, "Confess... to me?"

Xiangzi said that guy already knows my feelings for her... Then, will she accept it?

Wouldn’t that be a bit awkward?

"Really!" Li Xi lay back down. "Relationships are so troublesome. Why are they so complicated?"

"Then...why don't we ask Hailing?" Li Xi took the phone from the pillow and opened it. The time on it showed that it was a little after one in the morning.

Regardless of whether Hailing was asleep or not, Li Xi called Hailing directly.

She no longer had the energy to wait. Whenever she thought of Aine's appearance, Lixi felt itchy in her heart.

After making two calls, the third call was finally connected.

A lazy and complaining voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hey, why are you calling me so late at night?"

"I... have thought it through." Li Xi's voice trembled slightly.

"Huh? What?" Hailing yawned and asked again.

"I've thought it through. I want to talk to Aine tomorrow."

After Li Xi finished speaking, the other end of the phone fell silent, but soon, Hailing's voice was heard again.

However, this time Hailing's voice was no longer lazy, and she was obviously awakened by Lixi's words.

"Have you thought it through?" Hailing sat up from the bed, curled up, chin resting on knees, and said with a hint of surprise, "Tomorrow... oh no, today?"

The moonlight shines through the window onto Hailing's pajamas, and the cartoon pattern printed on them is coated with a layer of cool silver edge.

"Yes." Li Xi nodded. "You're right. I shouldn't have that kind of thought. Even if I don't confess, I will definitely regret it if something unexpected happens later."

"Is that so? Then just think it over." Hailing yawned. "Anything else?"

"Will you go with me tomorrow?"

"?" Hearing this, Hai Ling frowned slightly. "Why did you call me to confess your feelings? Do you want me to come over and take a picture of you as a souvenir?"

"I... am unsure."

Li Xi's weak voice reached Hai Ling's ears, and she sighed: "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow, go to sleep."

"Um, Hailing...thank you."

Hailing didn't say anything else, but just hung up the phone silently. After chatting with Lixi for a while, she was no longer sleepy. She lay on her side and looked at the screen of her phone. She began to look through the contacts...

Early morning, NCNP inpatient department.

Li Xi came to the ward with Hai Ling with dark circles under his eyes.

After the phone call in the early morning, Hailing sent a few messages and then fell asleep in a daze. As for Lixi, she had a lot to think about, and because of all the thinking, she didn't fall asleep until after four o'clock.

Eight o'clock was the time the two agreed to meet in front of the hospital.

"What time did you go to bed yesterday?" Hailing glanced at Lixi's dark circles.

"It's a little after four o'clock. I got up at seven o'clock." Li Xi yawned loudly.

"Really..." Hailing nodded gently, "Then can you still make sense of what you're saying later?"

Li Xi nodded, his tone firm: "Of course."

"Come in." Hailing gestured to Lixi to open the door and go in.

Seeing this, Li Xi didn't say much and reached out to open the ward. However, the moment her eyes fell on the ward, she was a little surprised. The scene inside was completely different from what she had imagined.

She thought that Xiangzi and the others would have arrived by now, but in fact, there was no one inside except Aiyin who was sitting and reading a book, including Aiyin's mother.

Did I sleep too late and have hallucinations?

Thinking of this, Li Xi reached out and pinched his thigh. It hurt! It seemed that it was not an illusion. Aine was really the only one in the ward.

"By the way, Hailing..." Li Xi turned around, only to find that the door of the ward had been closed at some point.

Eh?

Hailing's voice came from outside the door: "Lixi, come on, I'll be waiting for your good news outside."

After talking to Lixi in the early morning, Hailing found the chat interface of several other people and sent them a message in advance: Lixi wants to confess his feelings today.

The result was naturally in favor, and they also wanted to know, what interesting things would happen from this stupid confession?

After Hailing finished speaking, Xiangzi and others walked out from the side.

Deng asked worriedly, "Isn't it a bit too much to treat Li Xi like this?"

Su Shi shook her head: "Xiao Deng, you don't want to see Li Xi and Aine-chan bothering about this, right?"

Mu nodded: "I agree with Su Shi's opinion."

Miao Meng also got up early to come to the scene to eat melons. She had a sly smile on her face: "Well done, Xizi, keep it up. We are all drummers by background, so we must not lose face."

Xiangzi walked to the front of the ward and said softly: "Yes, Rikki, cheer up."

Chuhua nodded. What interesting things would Lixi say?

When Li Xi in the ward heard the noise outside, his whole body was shaking. Of course, it was not because of shyness, but because he was angry. He actually fell into the trap of this group of people!

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