Blossoming Flowers

Chapter 108 - Condemned By The Masses

Fortunately, Yu Xiulan was not standing next to Jiang Yingyue. Instead, she was glancing at Han Qingshan with her big sparkling eyes and a slight blush on her face.

Han Qingshan found her appearance rather annoying, and he could not explain why. When he saw her blush, he was annoyed. However whenever he saw Jiang Yingyue blushing he found it endearing.

However, he would rather have Yu Xiulan blushing at him than blushing at Jiang Yingyue, so he said nothing.

Jiang Yingyue noticed the change in Yu Xiulan too. She had seen through her last time, and now it seemed that she had given up on her endeavor of using her to make Han Qingshan jealous and getting closer to the young master.

Yu Xiulan took a few steps towards Han Qingshan. Her small hands reached out and grabbed his arm, and she somehow managed to wiggle her entire body around, so that she was hugging his arm intimately.

Han Qingshan's face instantly turned solemn and unhappy. He extricated his arm from her grip and took a few steps away, his usual sunshine expression turning grave.

"I... I am sorry," Yu Xiulan said, stunned when she saw his reaction, "I was just so happy to see you again, I did not think that I would lose control of myself."

She looked pitiful with tears welling up in her eyes. Anyone who looked at her would feel an urge to protect her and make her feel treasured, but Han Qingshan was different. Although he was friendly and gentle towards all, he was only genuine to a limited few, and behind the friendly and gentle exterior was a cold, hard beast, filled with ruthlessness.

Having seen Yu Xiulan cling onto Han Qingshan, Jiang Yingyue had a bit of pain in her chest, and she felt stuffy and unhappy. However, when she was feeling down, she suddenly felt a warm hand wrap around her slender fingers, squeezing tightly, letting her feel strong again, and when she looked at Han Qingshan a splendid and brilliant smile grew on her face, blinding everyone present, men and women alike.

Sensing her happiness, the gloom in Han Qingshan's heart dissipated like dew in the sun, and soon after his face also shone with a brilliant smile.

"Miss Yu, I am sorry, but what is your purpose here?" Han Qingshan, who had been smiling brilliantly at Jiang Yingyue frowned as he turned around and looked at Yu Xiulan instead. The tenderness and affection in his eyes suddenly vanished and were replaced with a bit of impatience and annoyance, which he did not even bother to hide.

Yu Xiulan was shocked and felt saddened, but also frustrated. She had not believed that Han Qingshan was gay, and even if she considered that he had started these rumors to get rid of annoying women, she had realized that it was not the case in the moment she saw his brilliant smile.

That smile had been filled with love and affection. Even she, who was just observing, felt her heart beat rapidly; it was impossible to say how Jiang Yingyue, who was the direct recipient of the smile, must have felt.

Jiang Yingyue was indeed shocked and bashful. Her heart was beating rapidly, her eyes widened with shock, and her face was so flushed that she was unable to control it.

Lowering his head, Han Qingshan impatiently waited for Yu Xiulan to answer, but she was saying nothing. Her face was pale, and she bit her lip slightly, shocked by what she had seen and unwilling to accept it.

Her initial plan of using Jiang Yingyue to get close to Han Qingshan seemed ridiculous now, and she was suddenly filled with anger and indignation, alongside shame.

Seeing that Yu Xiulan was incapable of saying anything, her manager took over at the right time, her voice professional and calm.

"Xiulan felt worried about you and her new friend Mister Jiang," the manager explained. "She heard about the unsavory rumors that are currently discussing the two of you and your relationship, tainting your friendship and making it seem like something dirty," the manager continued, trying her best to make it seem as if a male and male relationship was completely frowned upon by all, that it was disgusting.

"Since she cares about both you, Young Master Shan, and views Mister Jiang as her newfound friend, she obviously had to come and check how the two of you are doing."

The manager succeded to condemn a gay relationship, but also paint Yu Xiulan in a great light, making it seem as if she was a saint that was worried about her friends.

Unfortunately, the more she spoke, the darker Han Qingshan's face became. Eventually he was so furious that even Yu Xiulan felt worried.

In truth, her heart was rejoicing. She wanted her manager to sacrifice herself for her, and she wanted the manager to make Han Qingshan know that the common people would never accept a same-sex relationship, that there really was no way for him to be together with Jiang Yingyue.

Unfortunately, Han Qingshan was not the common person, and he did not care at all about what anyone thought. He wanted to be together with Jiang Yingyue, and anyone who got in his way was his enemy.

Jiang Yingyue, who had been standing on the side, was observing everything with a bit of curiosity. She had calmed down, and she had started to accept her feelings towards Han Qingshan.

She could easily see through Yu Xiulan, who was half-heartedly trying to stop her manager.