Lihua and Wei stood at the bus stop with her craning her neck from time to time to glance at any incoming bus. She sighed.

  Wei blinked. "Are you in a hurry?"

  "There are assignments to do, and then I have to study too. The assignments take time especially…" she made a face, "the math part, so I want to get home quickly."

  He tilted his head to which Lihua couldn't compare that action to Wei. But she quickly snapped out. She forced herself to. "Do you find maths difficult?"

  Then Wei remembered that she had found understanding statistics challenging when she was presenting Jiang Fai's proposal. She looked cute with those confused question marks all over her head.

  Lihua sheepishly smiled. "Just a little bit…"

  "I see."

  He was in deep thought about something when a woman approached him. "Hello," she shyly smiled.

  Wei didn't respond.

  Wei's 'new face' was also decently handsome, definitely not comparable to his Godly handsome appearance but still fairly above average. It was a no-brainer that some women would find him attractive.

  The woman didn't get any response, so she coughed to get his attention.

  Lihua felt a little awkward, so she said, "Um, she is calling you."

  Lihua's sweet voice immediately broke him from his stupor. He looked down at her dotingly. "Yes?"

  "……I said she is talking to you."

  Wei blinked his eyes and turned to his other side. He saw a woman smiling at him, but it did not affect him.

  "Hey. I was wondering if you could help me with directions. I am new in the city…"

  Lihua coughed.

  It was clear that the woman was crushing on him. Lihua didn't want to give her any wrong signals that she was romantically involved with Huang Liangshi, so she promptly took two steps away from him.

  Which obviously Wei didn't like. He heavily frowned. "Why did you move?"

  "……"

  Both Lihua and the woman were in an awkward position.

  Di-didn't you understand the hint?

  Wei took two steps towards her and bridged the distance.

  She cleared her throat and moved a step away again. Wei closed the gap again by taking the same step towards her.

  "……"

  "Are we playing tag?" Wei asked.

  Her mouth twitched. Finally, she concluded that he might be a little slow in the feelings department. That's why he wasn't understanding the signals.

  Which again reminded her of Wei, and she silently clenched her jaw.

  She whispered. "That woman is interested in you. That's why she approached you."

  "So?"

  She was speechless. She didn't know how to respond to his 'So?'

  "Um…… maybe you should talk to her?"

  "Why?"

  "……"

  "Because……you might also get interested in her if you talk?" She didn't know how to explain this clearly to him.

  "I won't."

  "You won't know until you try-"

  "I won't," his voice was firm and resolute. It was as if there was no room for any doubt.

  The woman looked annoyed, feeling ignored, so she made a face and left.

  Hmph. What's the use of a handsome face like that?

  Lihua felt bad for the woman, but she couldn't do anything about it.

  She asked, "Why didn't you talk to her?"

  "I don't like her."

  "……Oh! Do you already have a girlfriend? In that case, it's understandable."

  Wei paused. Then he stared at her. "I don't have a girlfriend."

  "Ah? I was wrong?"

  He squinted his eyes and took a step closer to her, which narrowed the gap even more. Lihua almost felt her heart skip a beat, but she didn't know why.

  "But I do have a woman I like," he whispered in a breathy voice.

  She slightly shivered. "O-Oh…"

  Lihua lifted her gaze and found his eyes staring straight at her as if he would devour his soul. She felt her cheeks warm up for no reason, and she wanted to slap herself for it.

  What the hell is wrong with me!

  Wei gazed at the blush of her cheeks, and he had an urge to touch it. But then they heard the honk. The bus had arrived. He pursed his lips in disappointment and moved back.

  There was a rush entering the bus, and Wei couldn't help but widen his eyes. Even though it was crowded, Lihua was expertly gliding through it. But he got extremely anxious thinking of a potential accident.

  So Wei quickly walked behind her and made sure that nobody pushed her. Even if anybody tried to come anywhere near her, he would cast a cold glare at them, and they would back off in fear.

  Lihua let out another sigh when she saw how full the bus was.

  "Maybe we should have waited for another bus…" she mumbled to herself. But she knew the result would have been the same. The rush hour lasted for three hours. It was impossible to get a free bus.

  This was a completely new year experience for Wei. He didn't know that something could get so crowded because he compared the public bus to his private Limousine.

  Lihua held a pole and stood with her arm leaning on it for support. Wei stood near her and furrowed his brows. "Aren't you going to sit?"

  She looked at him, surprised. "The bus is full."

  "So ask someone to move," Wei innocently said as if it was so simple.

  She blinked. "But they came before me and found their seats. So I cannot tell them to get up for me."

  "Why not?"

  "First come, first serve?"

  Wei didn't like it.

  How can Lihua stand like this the whole way?

  "But it's dangerous to stand like this. What if you fell?"

  She smiled. "I will be fine. That's why I am holding the pole for support."

  He grimaced. The pole didn't look reliable. He looked around and saw a seat marked as for pregnant women. His eyes glinted.

  "Why don't you sit over there? It's for pregnant women."

  Lihua stiffened. Her jaw moved up and down, failing to gather her words.

  How does he know…?

  "Y-You you…What do you know?"