Hidden Gem

It took Dai Zhiqiang a few good seconds before he fully understood her meaning.

"Are you going to visit my brother again?"

"Yes! I noticed you have always visited him while you were still in your uniform, so you must have gone there straight after school, right? Since we are going to the same place, anyway, why don't we go together?"

Dai Zhiqiang did not answer immediately. It would not be a good idea if those loan sharks knew Li Caiyi was close to him. They might target her, or worse, do something terrible to her as well, just like what they did to Dai Shenqiang.

Words of refusal had already been on the tip of his tongue when he recalled the scene of Li Caiyi and his little brother hugging each other.

It would be a lie if Dai Zhiqiang said he did not want to get closer to her, but if that chance came at the risk of her safety….

"Let's just go separately. I still had something I needed to do in school after this."