Chapter 1149: Does My Girlfriend Have This Right?

Chapter 1149: Chapter 1149: Does My Girlfriend Have This Right?

Li Xiaoyun hadn’t finished speaking, just started to say a few words, and Zhao Dingli thought he might have guessed it right.

Li Xiaoyun left because of what happened last night.

Otherwise, she couldn’t have been fine before.

But today she suddenly moved out.

"Did I scare you last night?" Zhao Dingli asked.

"No, of course not." Li Xiaoyun shook her head, firmly denying it, "You didn’t go on a drunken rampage; you were quite restrained."

It was rare that Zhao Dingli finally felt a bit guilty and self-conscious towards Li Xiaoyun.

Because he wasn’t drunk at all.

Li Xiaoyun even praised him this way, making Zhao Dingli feel a bit overwhelmed despite his thick-skinned nature.

"I’ve thought it over; you never considered moving back before, and today you suddenly did. Apart from last night, I really can’t think of another reason."

When he said that, Li Xiaoyun’s face burned even more.

"You see, you also mentioned that I never thought about moving back before. If I hadn’t snapped out of it, my skin would’ve been thick enough to almost treat your place like my own home," Li Xiaoyun said.

Zhao Dingli thought, that’s how it should be.

"No matter how good friends you are, it’s still different. Even with Ye Fei, she’s so close to me, like family, I never thought about staying at her place for a long time, let alone yours," Li Xiaoyun said.

Those words made Zhao Dingli a bit uncomfortable to hear.

What does "let alone him" mean?

How is he any worse than Ye Fei?

Why does he still seem lesser than Ye Fei in Li Xiaoyun’s eyes?

"That’s the crux of the matter; I can’t take living at your place for granted," Li Xiaoyun said, "It’s fundamentally not my home."

"Yes, you said you don’t mind, your place is open to me, that I shouldn’t feel constrained and just treat your place like my own home. But you can say that, yet emotionally and rationally, I can’t do that."

"Why should I occupy your home and live with you? No matter how you put it, it doesn’t make sense," Li Xiaoyun said.

"You’re more knowledgeable than I am, have more experience, and are smarter than me. If even I can come to realize these things, I don’t believe you can’t understand them," Li Xiaoyun said.

"You said I never thought about it before, and today suddenly did. In the past, I was too thick-skinned, taking things for granted. But today, the fact that I thought about it does have something to do with last night."

Li Xiaoyun averted her gaze, not daring to meet Zhao Dingli’s eyes directly.

"It’s related to last night, but it’s not about you doing anything wrong; it’s about me doing something wrong," Li Xiaoyun sighed.

"Last night, I was worried you’d be lazy about applying medicine or might forget, so I checked in with you via WeChat. Later, I went directly to your room."

"Then I realized how inappropriate my actions were. No matter how close we are, I shouldn’t invade the room of someone from the opposite sex at night. In the past, I never would have done such a thing."

"But last night I did it, and I realized I wasn’t treating you as an outsider. Or perhaps the attitude we’ve shared all along made me forget the cautiousness I should have had. I realized that I had crossed the line," Li Xiaoyun’s gaze drifted.

"I crossed a boundary named propriety," Li Xiaoyun took a deep breath and exhaled deeply, "I think if I stay any longer, I’d completely lose my sense of propriety."

More so, fearing she might hold onto some unrealistic notions.

"So I had to move back," Li Xiaoyun said.

It was indeed related to last night, but not in the way Zhao Dingli imagined.

"You said you aren’t qualified to live in my house, then what defines having this qualification?" Zhao Dingli asked.

Li Xiaoyun wanted to say, of course, it would be his family who qualifies.

Members of the Zhao Family, his girlfriend, his wife, all have the qualification.

Only she does not.

As this thought fell, she heard Zhao Dingli say: "Does my girlfriend have this qualification?"

Li Xiaoyun was stunned, only feeling her head buzzing, her whole being feeling dazed and unsteady.

Her feet felt soft, as if stepping on cotton, completely lacking any sense of reality.

Is this what she... what he means?

Seeing Li Xiaoyun’s frozen expression, Zhao Dingli stepped forward, coming extremely close to her: "Tell me, does my girlfriend have the qualification to live with me?"

"Yes... she does..." Li Xiaoyun’s mind was buzzing, leaving her unable to think clearly.

But brushing aside those distractions, a girlfriend naturally has the qualification to live with Zhao Dingli.

Before Ye Fei married Zhao Gushen, while they were still dating, didn’t they live together?

It’s a perfectly reasonable thing for lovers to live together.

"Then... do you want to be my girlfriend?" Zhao Dingli asked.

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

Her mind, although unable to move at the moment, her mouth could.

By some divine intervention, her mouth spoke, without her brain’s involvement: "You’re willing to sacrifice yourself to such an extent just to let me live with you?"

Zhao Dingli: "..."

What kind of logic is this!

"What nonsense is this?" Zhao Dingli couldn’t resist but complain.

He didn’t even know how to explain it to Li Xiaoyun.

What was her mind filled with at the moment!

"How could being my girlfriend be a sacrifice?" Zhao Dingli found Li Xiaoyun’s comment absurdly full of loopholes.

"Do I need to wrong myself just to have you live with me? Not at all, being my girlfriend is not a sacrifice for me; I’m eager for it," Zhao Dingli felt like his head was about to explode.

Li Xiaoyun’s comment not only had too many loopholes but was also incredibly convoluted.

Zhao Dingli decided to end this topic.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He spoke seriously to Li Xiaoyun: "I like you, and I want you to be my girlfriend. Haven’t you realized it? Everything I’ve done has been to pursue you, to bring our relationship closer."

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

She opened her mouth but couldn’t speak.

Her heart was pounding very fast.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

The sound was very loud, like beating a drum.

"You think, I’m really so kind-hearted that anyone in difficulty can come live at my house? Don’t mention someone of the opposite sex; it wouldn’t even happen with someone of the same sex."

"There are many ways to protect someone. And this intimate protection, it’s only for you," Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun’s mind was now completely flooded with the phrase "intimate protection."

"You think, I’ve been trying every method to keep you at my house, not wanting you to leave, because of what?"

"It’s because I like you, because I want you to get used to my presence. Initially, I was afraid of scaring you, so I thought, to ease you into it, we might as well start as friends, to first reduce your guard."

"Because when we first started interacting, you acted very distant towards me, as if constantly reminding yourself to keep your distance from me."