In fact, Su Zhiyi wasn't short; it was just that he was too tall. Combined with his frequent workouts, he could hold both of Su Zhiyi's slender wrists in one hand. The difference in their body sizes was quite noticeable.
At this moment, those beautiful eyes were completely filled with him. He could see his reflection in them, and only his reflection.
He was momentarily dazed, his heart stirred by this. Several questions that had once troubled him, born deep in his heart, arose once more, and at this moment he answered them one by one.
First question.
Did he like Su Zhiyi?
Yes.
As the second young master of the Si family, since childhood, many people had tried to build a relationship with him, and he had never lacked admirers.
The Su family and the Si family were roughly equal in status in A City and could be considered well-matched.
As the only daughter of the Su family and the future heir, Su Zhiyi didn't need to fawn over him like the smaller families did.
Moreover... Su Zhiyi was exactly his type—he couldn't like her more. He fell for her at first sight.
Second question.
Did Su Zhiyi like him?
Because he had previously been uncertain about this question.
Now he was no longer uncertain. The pointer in his heart that wavered between "Su Zhiyi likes him" and "Su Zhiyi likes Song Lian" now firmly pointed to his name.
Unconscious glances and actions don't lie.
Everything Su Zhiyi said and did around him told him that Su Zhiyi liked him, that Su Zhiyi loved him.
He hardly hesitated and, as Su Zhiyi wished, fished out the princess bear doll she wanted from the claw machine.
Su Zhiyi's slender arms hugged the princess bear. With her other hand spread flat on the transparent glass of the claw machine, she gazed longingly at the dazzling array of dolls inside.
Si Yanjing asked softly, "Is there anything else you want?"
Su Zhiyi hummed in acknowledgment, turned her head to meet Si Yanjing's eyes.
Then she pointed at the prince bear doll inside the transparent glass and gave Si Yanjing a radiant smile, like a blooming peach blossom.
Her voice carried a hint of the peach blossom's sweetness.
"Yanjing, look, there's a prince bear inside too."
"Without the prince bear, the princess bear would be lonely."
Si Yanjing was instantly hooked. He poured game coins into the machine as if they cost nothing, catching dolls one after another.
But every time he caught a doll, it wasn't the prince bear doll Su Zhiyi wanted. So he had to give away the extra dolls to the kids in the game arcade.
These kids were sensible. They accepted his dolls and didn't forget to give him a blessing he liked.
"Thank you, big brother and big sister. Wishing you a hundred years of happy marriage!"
"Big brother and big sister look so good together~"
"Are big brother and big sister a couple?"
Si Yanjing spent several hundred game coins. On his eighth try, he finally caught the prince bear doll.
Like a victorious general, Si Yanjing's handsome face was full of pride and joy.
He raised his chin proudly, handed the prince bear to Su Zhiyi, and spoke with confidence and arrogance.
"Here, the prince bear you wanted. I caught it for you."
"Catching it was easy; there were just a few dolls in the way."
But his eyes said to Su Zhiyi:
Praise me. Hurry up and praise me. Tell me I'm amazing!
"Hey, it was buried so deep and you still caught it! Amazing!"
Su Zhiyi naturally understood what Si Yanjing wanted to hear, so she went along with him, satisfying his little desire for praise.
"Whatever I want, you give it to me. Why are you so good to me?"
"It's just catching a doll. Simple."
Si Yanjing was clearly pleased with Su Zhiyi's praise.
His confidence grew even more. Looking at the claw machine still full of dolls, his palms itched, and he was eager to try again. His words became even more arrogant.
"Is there any other doll you want? You could even clear out all the claw machines in this game arcade."
Si Yanjing's words sounded arrogant, as if he were joking.
Su Zhiyi knew well that his words weren't a joke.
With Si Yanjing's wealth, to win her favor, if she said she wanted to clear out all the dolls in the arcade, he would do it in a heartbeat.
If she said she wanted a game arcade, Si Yanjing wouldn't even blink; he would just throw money to buy this arcade or build a new one for her.
Truly, only the wealthy have the confidence to say such things...
Su Zhiyi didn't want all the dolls in the arcade. If she put them in her rundown rental apartment, they definitely wouldn't fit.