Getting Outsmarted By The CEO

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Ruan An’an now highly doubted whether this theory still held water.

Why don’t I ever get tired of this person’s face?

Why is it still as amazing as the first time?

Ruan An’an greeted him, feigning calmness, and then blurted without any thoughts, “I find that you seem to like this shirt.”

“Huh?” Gu Jue was still leaning against the wall and lightly tugged his collar.
The action appeared to be inexplicably appealing.
“This one?”

Ruan An’an nodded.

He was wearing the same white shirt when she first met him.
It was inexplicable that he could look so handsome in such a simple shirt.

Gu Jue smiled.
He did not refute nor affirm the statement, but took out a piece of candy from his pocket and tossed it on Ruan An’an’s table, “For today.”

Ruan An’an was also used to this routine.

After the last mint candy incident, Gu Jue began handing her a piece of candy every single day of various brands and flavors—all of which turned out to be delicious.

Today’s candy was strawberry flavored.

Ruan An’an popped the candy into her mouth and started the conversation according to her plan, “I just remembered… I had a friend before.”

Gu Jue was taken aback at first, but then he responded extremely cooperatively, “Well, what’s wrong?”

“She has a childhood sweetheart who grew up together with her.
The two were neighbors.
My friend realised that she liked him in the first year of junior high, but she never confessed – because the boy seemed to be interested in her too.
So she always thought that their feelings were mutual.”

“Then she didn’t go to the same senior high school as he did, and it didn’t take long for the boy to fall in love with someone else.”

“My friend always thought that the boy was in love with her, but in fact, the boy never was.”

“So later, when the boy said he only thought of her as a friend, she became angry and also sad…”