Qi Ruixi was stunned again. After a long while, with glistening tears in her eyes, she finally spoke, "Yes, rationally I know it, but emotionally it's hard for me to accept."
As she spoke, she looked at Xu Tingyu with a troubled expression. "Sister, do you think this Zou Yu is a block of wood?"
When exactly did she start to have different feelings for Zou Yu?
At first, she treated Zou Yu just like all the other bodyguards in the family.
Moreover, because he was following Xu Tingyu closely at that time, she even felt a bit disgusted with him.
However, no matter what sarcastic remarks she made to him, he always kept silent.
At first, she thought his silence was due to his fear of her status.
But later she found that this man didn't look down on others out of disdain; instead, he was just unperturbed by worldly affairs.
In his world, there seemed to be only work orders and their execution.
So Qi Ruixi started to tease him through work.
Unexpectedly, as she did so, she herself developed different feelings.
The first time she realized that she might have a crush on him was on a chaotic day.
On that day, Qi Shifeng had a serious car accident. He broke a rib and two fingers.
The front of the car was completely destroyed, and the driver was left disabled for life.
Qi Shifeng was lucky to have survived.
This was no ordinary car accident. It was a deliberate rear - end collision, but the perpetrator died on the spot, and nothing more was found out later.
After the car accident, according to the situation, Zou Yu should have stayed in the hospital with Qi Shifeng to prevent any secondary harm.
But Qi Shifeng was more worried about Youyou at home, so he asked Zou Yu to lead a team to protect Youyou at home.
Qi Ruixi was also worried and went with them.
Youyou was less than two years old at that time. He needed to talk to his father before going to sleep at night.
But Qi Shifeng had many abrasions on his face and it was very difficult for him to speak, so he could only send voice messages for Youyou to listen to.
Youyou seemed to sense something and became very uneasy. His big eyes were full of tears, but he didn't cry out.
He just sat there silently on the sofa, looking lonely and vulnerable.
When Qi Ruixi came out of the bathroom, her heart ached.
Just as she was about to go over and pick up Youyou, Zou Yu, who was closer, got there first.
He sat down on the sofa, picked Youyou up and sat him on his lap, speaking in a very gentle tone.
"Youyou, don't be afraid. Uncle and aunt are here."
As he spoke, he gently patted Youyou's back to comfort him.
Youyou had been holding back for a long time. After being comforted like this, he threw himself into Zou Yu's arms and cried silently.
Zou Yu showed no impatience at all. Instead, he comforted him softly and even promised to take him to see his father in a few days.
Finally, Youyou fell asleep in his arms. Zou Yu carried him back to his room, covered him with the quilt, and stayed there for a long time.
In fact, that night, he slept on the floor in Youyou's room.
Qi Ruixi even asked him if it was really necessary to stay in the same room just for protection. Did he think that bad guys would break into the room directly?
The security facilities of this villa were very good, and the public security was also guaranteed. There were other bodyguards patrolling outside. How could there be such audacious bad guys?
Zou Yu just tidied up his sleeping bag and said softly, "I'm worried that Youyou will be scared if he wakes up and doesn't see anyone."
Just this simple sentence suddenly hit Qi Ruixi's heart like a meteorite.
It was the first time she re - evaluated this man, and also the first time she heard her own rapid heartbeat.
Later, she asked herself countless times if it was because she lacked love that she was so easily attracted.
But every time she saw Zou Yu, the unconscious smile on her lips made her realize that sometimes love just came without any reason.
After realizing that she liked him, Qi Ruixi didn't hide her feelings. She directly launched an offensive.
When she was in school, she had had a short dating history.
Each relationship was very short because she couldn't establish a trusting and intimate relationship with anyone.
She felt uncomfortable whenever her boyfriend got too close to her.
In the end, her boyfriends were all hurt, thinking that she just looked down on them.
After that, she simply stopped dating.
Now that she had met Zou Yu, she found that she didn't reject physical contact with him.
In fact, she really liked being with him.
But Zou Yu was just a block of wood. He remained unmoved by all her hints of affection.
Once, she even took the initiative to kiss him while drunk, and he responded. But afterwards, he didn't admit it.
Over the years, one chased and the other avoided, and they actually developed a very strange way of getting along.
"Sister, do you think I'm terrible? Why doesn't he want to be with me?"
After Qi Ruixi finished speaking, she asked Xu Tingyu with teary eyes.
Xu Tingyu was actually still in shock from the news of Qi Shifeng's serious car accident. It took her a moment to come back to her senses.
So the car accidents he mentioned were real.
"Of course you're not terrible. Have you asked him the reason?"
This wasn't the time to dig deeper into Qi Shifeng's situation. It was better to comfort Qi Ruixi first.
Qi Ruixi angrily wiped her face and said, "I've asked many times. He always says he's not good enough for me, but I don't believe it."
The tip of her nose was a bit red, looking so pitiful.
"Am I some kind of princess? How could he not be good enough for me? I'm just an ordinary person. What right does he have to say that he's not good enough for me?"
As she spoke, she burst into tears again.
Xu Tingyu didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment.
She felt like laughing a bit, and also felt sorry for her. More than anything, she was curious about these two people.
"Do you really think he's not unworthy of you?"
She asked.
Qi Ruixi was the ideal daughter - in - law for many powerful families in the capital.
She was the apple of the Qi family's eye. The Qi family was a well - known old - money family in the capital.
Now her two elder brothers were doing very well in their careers, and there were no messy rumors about them.
Even though the relationships among the Qi family members were not very close, they were still blood relatives. This alone was enough for her to act boldly.
Apart from that, she was young, beautiful, with an outstanding temperament, a high education, intelligence, and good abilities.
In terms of personality, she was also very cute and charming.
She was the top choice for a wealthy family marriage and was always invited by the ladies of various families when they held banquets.
In comparison, Zou Yu had an ordinary background. His parents had passed away one after another when he was young, leaving him nothing.
Just in terms of family background, he was far inferior to Qi Ruixi.
Moreover, he worked for the Qi family. In a way, Qi Ruixi was his employer.
A person who was not a match for her in terms of family background, education, and future development.
Did she really think he was not unworthy of her, or was it just a temporary infatuation?
But Qi Ruixi nodded affirmatively, with a bit of shyness.
"Yes. He has achieved everything on his own, while I'm just lucky to be born into a good family."
"Besides, he's loyal, reliable, considerate, and so handsome. He's a perfect match for me."