304 Not ready

Yitian quickly quickly got up when he saw Liying. Both of them kept on staring at each other without saying anything. The tension between them was evident, it wasn't hard for Ning to guess that something was wrong.

Smiling at Liying, Ning quickly invited her in. "Welcome, Yitian never told me you are coming." Getting up, she quickly excused herself. "You both should talk, I'll get some refreshments for you."

Awkwardly clearing his throat, Yitian remarked, "You could have called me if you wanted something, why did you take all the trouble to come here?"

"It's alright." Giving him a book, she added, "You left your book in the cafeteria, I just wanted to return it to you."

"Oh." Taking the book, he stated, "You could have given it to me tomorrow, it wasn't that important anyway."

"Why? You didn't want to see me?" Without waiting for his reply, she added, "Don't worry, I'll leave soon."

"It's not like that, I—"