Exclusive Love: Pampered by the Scheming Tycoon-Chapter 396 - 397: Not Just Wanting to Be Friends

Lin Banxia walked out carrying a tray with two cups of tea and saw Leng Weichen standing up, crouched beside a small pool watching the swimming fish inside.

"President Leng, come and have some tea!" Lin Banxia said softly.

Leng Weichen stood up, walked to the chair beside her, sat down, and took a cup of tea to drink.

Lin Banxia sat across from him, sipping her own cup of tea.

The two remained silent!

"This time, the online scandal targeting you is all my fault. If I hadn’t asked you to accompany me to that banquet back then, you wouldn’t have been caught up in this mess," Leng Weichen said guiltily.

Lin Banxia immediately shook her head. "No, it’s not your fault. In the end, I was the one who chose to go."

"Do you know who’s behind those attacks?" Leng Weichen asked in a low voice.

"I do!" The provocation was so obvious that not knowing would be foolish.

Leng Weichen’s eyes narrowed slightly. "Who is it?"

"Chu Tingting!" Lin Banxia sneered. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Same as I suspected. I also thought she might be responsible. Those online posts—I had someone take them down. You don’t mind, do you?" Leng Weichen’s expression darkened slightly.

"You were the one who removed them?" Lin Banxia’s stunning eyes showed a moment of surprise. She had always assumed it was Huo Yanting who helped her, but she hadn’t expected it to be Leng Weichen.

"It was." Leng Weichen chuckled softly and then joked, "Who else would it be?"

"No... I was just very surprised!" Lin Banxia didn’t dare admit she thought it was Huo Yanting who deleted them. Back then, Huo Yanting had said he would handle it for her, but in the end, it turned out to be Leng Weichen.

Leng Weichen saw through her thoughts, smiling faintly. "You didn’t think it might have been Huo Yanting, did you? Banxia, do you still have illusions about him?"

"I... don’t!" Lin Banxia didn’t want Leng Weichen to know that her relationship with Huo Yanting was currently intense and inseparable.

Their love was destined to be kept in secret, unable to see the light just yet.

Leng Weichen could tell from her hesitant tone that she undoubtedly still held hopes for Huo Yanting.

"Banxia, no matter what hardship or pain you’ve gone through in the past, people need to look forward. I hope the next time we meet, you’ll be a completely renewed version of yourself. Okay?" Leng Weichen truly felt heartache seeing this distracted and lost look of hers.

It was as if her soul had been extracted.

Lin Banxia raised her head and looked earnestly into his eyes, expressing her gratitude. "President Leng, thank you for your concern for me, and thank you for clearing those online attacks for me. But please don’t do these things for me anymore. I’m not worth you treating me so well."

"Whether it’s worth it or not, I know in my heart. Some things, when you want to do them, you just do. And some people, when you want to love them, you should love them." Leng Weichen’s burning gaze fixated on her delicate face. His words carried a meaning that was already unmistakable.

Lin Banxia’s heart trembled violently. Leng Weichen had hinted at confessing his feelings to her more than once now.

But how could she accept his feelings?

"President Leng, I don’t want to talk about romantic matters right now. Thank you for your appreciation. Maybe we can discuss it again when the time is right, okay?" Lin Banxia was truly afraid of him bringing up this topic.

Leng Weichen put down the teacup and stood up. "Banxia, I’ll take my leave now. I hope the next time I come, I’ll still be able to have tea brewed by your own hands."

"Of course, you said so yourself—we’re friends, after all." Lin Banxia smiled and nodded.

When he heard her utter the word "friends," Leng Weichen’s handsome face dimmed slightly.

"Yes, we are friends now!" Leng Weichen let out a somewhat self-deprecating chuckle and then turned to leave.