Chapter 1322 - 1329 Helana’s Trick (3)
After finishing, Xiang Caiwei nodded to her subordinates and strode away.
"Miss, let’s reconcile the accounts," she said.
Zhao Yun, her cheeks flushed, tried to disguise her embarrassment with work.
Cai Wei looked at Zhao Yun’s flushed cheeks, laughed, and said, "Zhao Yun, your face is red."
Zhao Yun, awkwardly turning her head away, replied with embarrassment, "Miss, stop joking, let’s get on with the accounting quickly!"
Zhao Yun diverted the topic, still unwilling to directly confront her own feelings.
Although Tuoba Liang treated her extremely well, he had raced on horseback day and night for her, fought to the death with Liaodan’s dead men for her, and was willing to sacrifice his own interests to let her run the profitable business, all for her. He had even put aside the dignity of a Young Prince to please her...
But she still couldn’t accept his feelings. She was afraid, afraid that after giving her sincere heart, she would be betrayed; afraid that he was pursuing her on a whim rather than truly loving her; afraid that their emotional entanglement would interfere with their careers, which would be a disservice to the trust and cultivation she had received from her miss...
So, even though her heart was shouting to open up to him, and the tough shell around her soul was slowly melting for him, she still stubbornly resisted, not allowing herself to sink into these emotions...