"Then you..." He Lichen wanted to ask again, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by the behavior of the little girl in front of him.
Jian Yi suddenly stood up, looked at her uncle, mustered up her courage, and said to him, "Uncle, I have something to tell you."
"Yeah." He Lichen responded and listened.
"Uncle, I like you, and I love you." After saying it, Jian Yi simply broke the pot and continued to say the next words, "The like and love I am talking about are not the like and love between family and friendship, but the like and love between family and friendship.
It’s love’s fondness and love.”
"Uncle, I don't know when I started to like you and fall in love with you. Anyway, now, I just like you and love you."
Jian Yi finished saying this in one breath, then paused, stared at her uncle, and stopped talking.
He Lichen changed from surprise at first to confusion now. He looked at the little girl and asked her, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
I never thought that this girl would... have feelings for me that I shouldn't.
Although she is also very important in my heart, I know that there is an age gap between me and her, and we have a special closeness, so I cannot love her or... be with her.
"I know," Jian Yi replied firmly, "I know my heart very well, I just love you, uncle, I really love you."
"I can't bear to see you being nice to other women. I don't want other women around you. I just hope there is no one else around you except me. The kindness, care and love you treat me will not be given to anyone else.
But the other people I mentioned are except Sister Xiaomei and Sister Xiaoxi."
He Lichen could understand that the other people she was talking about were all women.
At this moment, He Lichen also guessed the origin of the little girl's words.
"Is it because of what happened to You Jia yesterday?" He Lichen asked her.
"Yes, I hate that woman You Jia. I don't want her to get close to you, and I don't want you to be nice to her." Jian Yi directly expressed her inner thoughts.
He Lichen also stood up at this moment, walked a few steps forward, stood in front of the little girl, and said, "Girl, you need to get used to these things."
"Even if it's not You Jia, there will be another woman by my side in the future, and I will...be good to her," He Lichen finished, and then added, "Also, it's impossible for the two of us...
."
She is still young and doesn't understand anything. She is willful and naughty. I can understand it, but I am not a child. I should be sensible and do things that I should be sure of. For example, I should speak clearly to her at this moment.
"Why is it impossible?" Jian Yi asked her uncle, "We are not related by blood, why...can't we be together?"
"Because you are already a family member in my heart," He Lichen said, "and the marriage partner in my heart is a mature woman."
The implication is that he is someone about the same age as himself.
Jian Yi shook her head, with tears in her eyes, and said loudly, "I am with you, we are also family."
"As for the mature woman you mentioned, I will change and become more mature." Jian Yi said.
"You don't need to change, just stay the way you are now." He Lichen said that she is special and simple in his heart. He doesn't need her to change. Instead, he hopes that she can continue like this. If possible, he will do his best.
Work hard to protect her innocence throughout her life.
Jian Yi had the urge to cry. When her uncle said there was no need to change, was he rejecting himself? Was he rejecting the love in his heart?
In the end, Jian Yi couldn't hold it back and shed a tear.
"Uncle." Jian Yi suddenly called out, her voice serious.
"Yeah." He Lichen knew she had something to say.
"Don't you love me?" Jian Yi asked him, staring into his eyes, waiting for his answer.
He Lichen couldn't answer.
Don't love her? How could you not love her? She is my favorite, but my love for her is not love in love, but special love.
Seeing the little girl's appearance and her persistence, He Lichen felt in his heart that she could not be allowed to be so stubborn. Her future was still very bright. At this young age, she would have a better life in the future, and...
…love, so…
"Yes." He Lichen replied.
Hearing her uncle's answer, Jian Yi swayed heavily and her expression suddenly fell into a trance.
Don’t love me? Yes.
This is my uncle's answer, this is... my uncle's thoughts.
Suddenly, Jian Yi turned around and ran out of the study crying.
"Niu'er, Yiyi..." He Lichen shouted from behind.
But Jian Yi had no intention of stopping and ran downstairs and out of the villa.
At this time, in the yard, He Zikai was watering the flowers with Nuo'er. Suddenly a figure ran past him. Both of them were puzzled. When they looked over, they saw that Yiyi had already run to the door.
"Yiyi, do you want to leave?" Cheng Nuo said.
"Probably," He Zikai replied, "But what did she and Lichen talk about, and why did she leave now?"
"Yeah, I was thinking about us having dinner together at noon."
He Zikai and Cheng Nuo were puzzled, but they didn't think much about it and continued to water the flowers.
On the second floor of the villa, He Lichen stood in front of the study window and looked at the road outside the villa as the girl drove away in her car.
He Lichen felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, all kinds of discomfort, and the image of the little girl was all in his mind.
…
In the next few days, He Lichen did not take the initiative to contact Xiao Niuer, and Jian Yi did not take the initiative to contact her uncle. Since the two were not in the same company, they had no chance to meet, and they just lived each other's lives.
On this day, after He Lichen finished his work, he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, looking at the scenery outside the window, thinking about the little girl.
I haven't contacted her in the past few days. She must have figured it out in her heart, right?
I hope she can think clearly about her relationship with her, and will not care about what she said at home that day. She will still love her and take care of her in the future. Her position in her heart will not change and will never change.
He Lichen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for an unknown amount of time. It was not until his cell phone rang that He Lichen recovered his thoughts.
Turning around and walking to the desk, He Lichen picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from You Jia.
He Lichen answered, "Yeah."
"Lichen, I didn't disturb your work, did I?"
"No," He Lichen replied, "Do you have something to ask me about?"
"It's nothing. I just wanted to ask you if you have an appointment tonight? Let's have dinner together," You Jia said, then continued, "I haven't seen you in the past few days. I kind of... miss you."
You Jia feels that since they have confessed before, they both know each other's feelings, so there is no need to hide their inner thoughts. (To be continued)