The Reborn Aristocrat's Daughter-Chapter 902 - 422

"Xiao Xuyang, you don’t need to do this," Lu Xinyi said, lowering her head. It took her a while before she finally looked up at Xiao Xuyang. "Both of us can be considered victims." Although Lu Xinyi was very upset, and had locked herself in her room for a whole day after returning from the hotel, she knew clearly that it wasn’t Xiao Xuyang’s fault.

So, from the beginning, she never blamed Xiao Xuyang for what happened. Perhaps if it were a different woman, knowing that she had been with the Second Young Master Xiao, she would have been overjoyed, crying tears of happiness, and then throwing herself into his arms. And if this Second Young Master Xiao was willing to take responsibility, that would have been even better.

It was the first time Xiao Xuyang found out that someone didn’t care about his identity as the Second Young Master Xiao at all. At this moment, he didn’t know whether to be happy or to cry.

And Lu Xinyi took Xiao Xuyang’s words to pursue her as nothing but his sense of responsibility towards her after what had happened. She would not conceitedly think that Xiao Xuyang actually liked her and that’s why he wanted to pursue her.

With Xiao Xuyang’s status, there were all sorts of beauties around him, so how could he take a fancy to a plain Jane like her?

"When I say I want to pursue you, it’s not solely because of this matter. I do want to take responsibility, but if I didn’t have any feelings for you, I wouldn’t force myself to pursue you, saying that I want to be responsible. As you said before, we are both victims," Xiao Xuyang said more calmly, able to read Lu Xinyi’s thoughts from her expression.

Thus, he quickly sorted out his thoughts and found a new direction. "So, let’s set aside everything that happened before, as if we are just getting to know each other today. I am simply one of your suitors."

Although it was only after their encounter that Xiao Xuyang started to notice Lu Xinyi, how he began to like her didn’t matter to him at all.

What mattered was that now he had fallen for Lu Xinyi, had feelings for her. He wanted to win her over and walk the path of life together with her.

The three siblings of the Xiao family, influenced by the emotional bond between their parents, had their own scales when it came to romantic relationships and marriage.

They were clear in their hearts that their parents’ love was something they envied but also knew that they were not as fortunate as their parents. However, all three siblings had their own standards for their future partners and marriages, unwilling to settle for a merely respectful marriage.

Lu Xinyi was a bit stunned. What Xiao Xuyang had said was completely unexpected to her. In her eyes, she and Xiao Xuyang were from two different worlds. Just like how she had always been clear-headed and rational, so when everyone in class tried to flatter or befriend Xiao Shiyao, only she kept her distance from Xiao Shiyao.

Because she had always known her place, never daring to covet what was never meant for her. That’s why in all the time she shared a class with Xiao Shiyao, the number of words they had exchanged could be counted on one hand.

"I’m a bit confused," Lu Xinyi said honestly.

What Xiao Xuyang said was beyond her expectations, and she couldn’t bring herself to believe that Xiao Xuyang could really take a fancy to an ordinary girl like her.

Xiao Xuyang knew this wasn’t something to rush. Lu Xinyi wasn’t like those girls who liked to hover around him. The words he said might be hard for her to accept all at once, but he wasn’t in a hurry. He had the patience.

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Xiao Shiyao was extremely curious. She didn’t know what her Second Brother had with Lu Xinyi.

Seeing Lu Xinyi return to the classroom, Xiao Shiyao had to restrain her curiosity several times from approaching and asking Lu Xinyi. freēnovelkiss.com

However, she still knew her limits.

She was also aware that Lu Xinyi was different from the other girls in the class, not the kind who valued money and social status highly. She was afraid that if she approached Lu Xinyi rashly, it might ruin her Second Brother Xiao Xuyang’s good fortune.

Touching her chin, Xiao Shiyao thought to herself: "If Lu Xinyi turns out to be my future sister-in-law, that wouldn’t be so bad." After all, she didn’t dislike Lu Xinyi at all.

Xiao Shiyao, with her curiosity burning inside, informed Xu Haoyang after class that she had something to do that evening before calling her Second Brother. Later, she met up with him outside. When her Second Brother Xiao Xuyang told her they had arranged to have dinner together outside, she wasn’t surprised at all.

Once Xiao Shiyao arrived at the place she had arranged with her Second Brother, she hardly sat down before she eagerly asked, "Second Brother, what’s going on between you and Lu Xinyi? I mean, how come you know her?" This question had been gnawing at her all afternoon, especially because the other person involved was right in front of her, yet she couldn’t ask. Who could understand such agony?

Xiao Xuyang, fearing that his sister might startle Lu Xinyi, hurriedly asked, "You didn’t go asking Lu Xinyi, did you?"

"Second Brother, why are you so nervous? Of course, as long as you satisfy my curiosity, I won’t go asking Lu Xinyi. But if you can’t satisfy it, who knows? After all, we’re classmates; it’s quite convenient to talk about anything, isn’t it?" Xiao Shiyao was blatantly threatening him.

Listening to his sister’s words, Xiao Xuyang felt an itching in his teeth out of annoyance, but he had no way to deal with this girl. After all, everything she said was the truth.

However, Xiao Xuyang still had his own measure in his heart about what could and could not be said. "It was a while ago, at a social event, where I saw Lu Xinyi. When I went in, she was the first person I noticed. She was different from the others, out of place among the people there. That’s why, after paying a little more attention, it grew on me. I’m pursuing her now. The key is that she couldn’t care less about me," Xiao Xuyang said, mixing truth and fiction in his words.

However, it was obvious that Xiao Shiyao believed what he said.

"Given Lu Xinyi’s personality, she really might not be interested in you. Your status as the Second Young Master Xiao may be a treasure to other women, but to Lu Xinyi, it could be a burden, and it’s quite possible that even if she does like you as a person, she would keep you at arm’s length because of your status," Xiao Shiyao said understandingly. Though she didn’t have much interaction with Lu Xinyi, she knew her quite well. "And from what I know of Lu Xinyi, she’s not particularly fond of our kind of status. You have no idea, I’ve been her classmate for so long, yet she always avoids me whenever she can."