After Differentiation, I Marked My Arch-nemesis - Chapter 89

Jiang Youli finished shouting her true feelings to Lu Yaoyi’s back.

She suddenly felt a special sense of relief and joy.

The sincerity that she had been selectively avoiding was now fully exposed in front of the person she liked. She no longer had to hide anything from Lu Yaoyi.

She liked Lu Yaoyi.

No matter what answer she got next,

She would accept it.

The setting sun’s glow scattered over the two of them, creating a golden and magnificent halo.

The gentle breeze stirred the hem of her skirt.

Lu Yaoyi slowly moved and turned to look at Jiang Youli.

In an instant,

Jiang Youli looked at Lu Yaoyi’s slightly red, tear-filled eyes, feeling a little lost. For a moment, it was as if she had gone back to the night when Lu Yaoyi questioned her if she really liked Pei Jingning. The way she looked now, as if she was about to cry at any moment, was identical. She was surprised and didn’t understand why Lu Yaoyi was like this.

Why was Lu Yaoyi crying…

Lu Yaoyi moved forward and slowly walked to Jiang Youli, facing the breeze.

Their eyes met.

Jiang Youli looked down at Lu Yaoyi’s tearful eyes. “Lu Yaoyi…”

Lu Yaoyi: “What did you just say?”

Her voice was a little choked up.

Jiang Youli obediently answered Lu Yaoyi, “I said I like you.”

Lu Yaoyi: “Say it again.”

Jiang Youli: “I like you.”

A crystal-clear tear slid from the corner of her eye down her pale cheek.

Lu Yaoyi: “It’s not enough… Say it one more time.”

Jiang Youli looked at Lu Yaoyi’s expression and couldn’t help but feel emotional. It was as if a silver thread was pulling her heart, and every time she saw Lu Yaoyi cry, she felt like crying too. She calmed her emotions and stared deeply into Lu Yaoyi’s eyes.

Her eyes were filled with love.

Her voice was extremely gentle.

“Lu Yaoyi, I like you.”

“As long as you’re willing to listen, I’ll say it to you, no matter how many times.”

As soon as she finished speaking,

Lu Yaoyi grabbed Jiang Youli’s collar and pulled her close.

Then she stood on her tiptoes, lifted her chin slightly, and kissed Jiang Youli’s lips.

The four lips were pressed tightly together.

The warm breath and the fragrant hyacinth scent instantly rushed toward her.

An incredibly familiar scent.

Jiang Youli felt the softness on her lips and her eyes widened in surprise. A hot sensation surged up from her heart to her head. Her heart, which had been beating in her chest, suddenly lost its rhythm and started beating faster and faster. She stared at Lu Yaoyi, who was so close, in disbelief.

Lu Yaoyi… actually kissed her first…

Their breaths intertwined.

Lu Yaoyi raised her arms and wrapped them around Jiang Youli’s neck. She had waited for so long and finally got to hear Jiang Youli’s true feelings. She could no longer restrain the longing she had for Jiang Youli after being apart for so many days. She let go of her pretense and passionately kissed Jiang Youli’s lips with force.

It was as if she was pouring all the love she had hidden for years into this kiss.

Jiang Youli was gradually overwhelmed by Lu Yaoyi’s passionate kiss.

She smelled the constant hyacinth scent from Lu Yaoyi and once again felt that long-lost and familiar sense of security. Her nose felt sour, and her eyes gradually became misty, blurring her vision. It was true that she only felt at ease when she was with Lu Yaoyi.

She closed her eyes and eagerly and greedily absorbed Lu Yaoyi’s scent.

Then she started kissing Lu Yaoyi back with force.

Their warm breaths mixed together.

A sensual and romantic atmosphere suddenly arose in the air.

Slowly,

Jiang Youli wrapped her arms around Lu Yaoyi’s slender waist and boldly deepened the kiss.

She gently opened Lu Yaoyi’s lips with her tongue. Her agile tongue entered Lu Yaoyi’s territory and went straight in, taking over. She intertwined her tongue with Lu Yaoyi’s soft one in a sweet and passionate dance. Her entire chest felt hot, and she couldn’t get enough of kissing her.

The two of them kissed passionately in the sunset.

Their breaths gradually became ragged.

Jiang Youli tightened her arms around Lu Yaoyi’s waist as if she wanted to melt her into her own body. She pulled Lu Yaoyi’s tongue out little by little and sucked on it, continuously stealing the little air left in Lu Yaoyi’s chest.

Lu Yaoyi was kissed so much that she became dizzy and limp in Jiang Youli’s arms.

She opened her mouth, letting Jiang Youli possess her.

She felt like she couldn’t breathe and was about to suffocate.

After an unknown amount of time,

The two of them, who had forgotten themselves in the passionate kiss, finally came to their senses and slowly let go of each other.

The four lips, which were reluctant to part, finally separated.

Their breaths moved away.

Lu Yaoyi left Jiang Youli’s embrace, her cheeks a deep red.

Jiang Youli suddenly felt like she had just woken up from a dream.

She blinked and stared blankly at Lu Yaoyi in front of her, unconsciously savoring the passionate kiss they just shared. The heat climbed from her neck to her cheeks, and she suddenly felt very embarrassed.

“You… we…”

She just kissed Lu Yaoyi?

Lu Yaoyi held back her intense shyness and met Jiang Youli’s gaze.

“Are you curious about why I kissed you?”

Jiang Youli nodded. “Mhm…”

Lu Yaoyi: “Because… I like you too.”

The gentle and melodious voice entered Jiang Youli’s ears and went straight to her heart. The simple words “I like you too” made her mind go blank. For a moment, she thought she was hallucinating because of her wishful thinking, but Lu Yaoyi immediately said another thing.

“Jiang Youli, I like you.”

Jiang Youli’s breathing hitched.

She stared at the slightly flushed Lu Yaoyi in disbelief. “You… like me?”

Lu Yaoyi’s eyes were filled with endless gentleness. “Don’t you believe me?”

“I… of course I believe you,” Jiang Youli had never thought that Lu Yaoyi would like her. In her eyes, it was a miracle that Lu Yaoyi didn’t hate her. “It’s just that everything happened so suddenly. I… you need to give me a moment…”

Lu Yaoyi smiled without saying anything.

After a few seconds of silence,

Jiang Youli, with a nervous heart, couldn’t help but confirm with Lu Yaoyi.

“Lu Yaoyi… do you really like me?”

Lu Yaoyi stood on her tiptoes and kissed Jiang Youli’s lips, proving with her actions that she wasn’t lying and was being sincere. “Do you still not believe that I like you?”

Jiang Youli’s heart felt warm.

Her clear eyes couldn’t hide her joy, but she held back her excitement because of Lu Yaoyi’s attitude when they met earlier today and how cold she had been to her just now. “Then why were you so cold to me today?”

Lu Yaoyi told her the truth. “Because I was waiting for you to come and talk to me.”

For the past year and a half, Jin Rubing had been giving her updates on Jiang Youli.

She had already known about Jiang Youli’s feelings for a while.

But Jiang Youli didn’t know that she had been sold out by Jin Rubing, and she also didn’t know that she wasn’t sad anymore and had already forgiven her. In order to not expose the fact that she knew everything, she could only pretend to be cold and wait for Jiang Youli to come and talk to her.

She didn’t expect Jiang Youli to misunderstand her relationship with Tu Yimo.

From the moment Jiang Youli appeared in the academic affairs office, she understood that Jiang Youli’s heart had always had her in it. If Jiang Youli misunderstood, then she might as well let her continue to misunderstand. The reason she was so cold was to force Jiang Youli to confess to her.

It proved that,

Jiang Youli, this tsundere, really needed to be forced to be honest.

“Then…” Jiang Youli said, “Tu Yimo…”

“Tu Yimo is a friend I met at Capital High School,” Lu Yaoyi looked at Jiang Youli and answered calmly. “She transferred to Jiangcheng No. 1 High School to find her girlfriend.”

Jiang Youli: “She came to find her girlfriend?”

Lu Yaoyi: “She’s a junior, and her name is Qi Shiman.”

When Jiang Youli heard this, she remembered the junior she had never seen before at the cafeteria during lunch. Her confusion from the whole day was finally cleared up, but she still found it unbelievable that Lu Yaoyi liked her.

She thought about it and couldn’t help but ask, “Do you really like me?”

Lu Yaoyi cupped Jiang Youli’s face and answered seriously and firmly, “Yes.”

Jiang Youli, I’ve liked you for a very, very long time.

She said quietly in her heart.

Jiang Youli’s heart fluttered from Lu Yaoyi’s intimate gesture. Her cheeks were involuntarily tinged with a faint blush. She held back her jumping heart and asked nervously and eagerly, “Then… will you accept my confession?”

Lu Yaoyi took her hands back and refused without hesitation. “Not yet.”

Jiang Youli: “…”

She asked in confusion, “Why?”

Lu Yaoyi had a crush on Jiang Youli for so many years and had finally gotten the response she had wished for. Before she told Jiang Youli the whole truth about her crush,

Her selfish desire was to have Jiang Youli actively pursue her for once.

“You haven’t really pursued me yet.”

Jiang Youli smiled knowingly. “Then I’ll start pursuing you now, okay?”

Lu Yaoyi’s eyes curved, and she smiled as warmly and gently as a spring breeze.

“Okay.”

Night fell, and the stars were bright.

Since Lu Meishan and Guan Luyu’s flight was delayed, they would arrive in Jiangcheng late. Lu Yaoyi went to Jiang Youli’s house for dinner. When Li Henian came home and saw Lu Yaoyi, he understood everything, but he still intentionally asked during dinner.

“You two made up?”

The two girls stopped eating and smiled at each other.

“Mhm.”

“We made up.”

After dinner, Jiang Youli walked Lu Yaoyi home.

They arrived at Lu Yaoyi’s front door.

Lu Yaoyi slowly stopped and looked at Jiang Youli, who was by her side. She said softly,

“I’m home. You should go back.”

Jiang Youli was reluctant to leave. “Can I hug you before I go back?”

“No. I haven’t agreed to date you yet,” Lu Yaoyi’s eyes hid a smile with an unreadable glint. “So you can’t hug me yet.”

Jiang Youli respected Lu Yaoyi’s wishes and didn’t pester her.

She held back her thoughts and asked obediently, “Then can you add me back on WeChat now? I’ve been waiting for you to accept my friend request every day for the past year and a half.”

For the past year and a half, Lu Yaoyi had been holding back from contacting Jiang Youli.

Now,

She no longer had to force herself to endure the hardship. “Okay.”

Jiang Youli: “Then go inside. I’ll leave after I see you enter.”

Lu Yaoyi walked toward her front door under the moonlight.

Jiang Youli didn’t turn to leave until Lu Yaoyi closed the door.

The night was deep.

Jiang Youli finished showering, dried her hair, and walked out of the bathroom to sit on her bed.

She picked up her phone from the bed and opened WeChat. Lu Yaoyi had indeed accepted her friend request. The thought of Lu Yaoyi liking her made her unable to stop smiling. She excitedly lay down on her bed and sent Lu Yaoyi a message.

—Yaoyao.

Lu Yaoyi replied almost instantly.

—Mhm?

Jiang Youli was inexplicably touched to see that the reply was no longer a red exclamation mark.

From now on, she would definitely cherish Lu Yaoyi.

And never leave herself with any regrets.

—I think I forgot to ask you a question today.

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—What question?

Jiang Youli replied.

—When did you start liking me?

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—I won’t tell you.

Jiang Youli suddenly remembered how Lu Yaoyi looked that night when she questioned her. Was Lu Yaoyi crying because she confessed to Pei Jingning? If that was the case, then Lu Yaoyi must have liked her even earlier than she thought.

She thought about it and typed a question to Lu Yaoyi.

—Did you like me before you transferred?

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—I won’t tell you now.

Jiang Youli replied.

—Then when will you tell me?

Lu Yaoyi replied.

—I’ll tell you when I want to tell you.

Jiang Youli smiled affectionately.

Then she typed a reply.

—Okay.

—I’ll wait for the day you’re willing to tell me.

The next day,

As soon as Lu Yaoyi opened her door, she saw Jiang Youli waiting for her on the side of the road. The morning sun shone all over Jiang Youli’s body, and the gentle breeze blew her long, black hair that was scattered on her shoulders. Jiang Youli was sitting on a bicycle and smiled, waving at her.

“Yaoyao, morning. I’ll take you to school.”

Warmth grew wildly within her.

Lu Yaoyi couldn’t help but smile when she heard those words.

After a crush that lasted for so many years,

She had finally gotten what she wished for and waited for Jiang Youli.