A forensic doctor is reborn, sir, please don't bully me!

Chapter 242 Thank you

Bai Mengfei was a rather introverted person and rarely spoke her mind.

Yingying mistakenly thought that Xiang Yuntian had agreed to her request, so she abandoned her girlish reserve, got up and slowly walked to Xiang Yuntian.

She stood straight in front of Xiang Yuntian, making him stand up somewhat embarrassed.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Xiang Yuntian asked.

Yingying took a deep breath and suddenly mustered up her courage to ask, "Would you...would you be my boyfriend?"

Upon hearing these words, Bai Mengfei felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she had been stabbed.

She looked up at the two of them in surprise, but didn't get up, because at that moment she felt like an unwanted third wheel.

Xiang Yuntian was about to refuse, but he was worried about hurting Yingying's self-esteem and didn't know what to do.

"Does your silence mean you're thinking about it?" Yingying pressed.

Xiang Yuntian quickly said in a tactful tone, "No, what I mean is, we can start as ordinary friends. After all, becoming boyfriend and girlfriend requires an emotional foundation."

“I have feelings for you,” Yingying said earnestly.

Yingying was the girl Bai Mengfei had ever met who was most likely to threaten her relationship with Xiang Yuntian. At this moment, Bai Mengfei finally felt a pang of panic.

Seeing Xiang Yuntian blush, Bai Mengfei began to have doubts. She felt that Xiang Yuntian seemed to have some feelings for Yingying, especially since Yingying had saved his life.

She understood that for men, sometimes gratitude was more important than affection.

Seeing Xiang Yuntian's hesitation, Bai Mengfei didn't want to make things difficult for him, so she steeled herself and said, "Forensic Doctor Xiang, if you think it's a good match, why don't you try dating? You've always been single, do you intend to never date again?"

Xiang Yuntian immediately turned his head, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes, and looked at Bai Mengfei.

"Don't you like me?" Yingying asked cautiously.

Xiang Yuntian gently shook his head, politely declining, "You've been kind to me, how could I not like you? It's just that I feel you're more like a good older sister. In the future, if..."

Before Xiang Yuntian could finish speaking, Yingying, who was shy, realized that Xiang Yuntian was rejecting her, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

Actually, her mother had said something similar to her earlier and even told her to ask her herself.

Unexpectedly, the truth was just as her mother had said: Xiang Yuntian did not like her, which Yingying found hard to accept.

To preserve the last shred of dignity, Yingying shook her head, choking back tears, and said, "I know, I'm just a country girl, not good enough for you city people. My family is very poor, just as you see it, I understand. I shouldn't have had those kinds of fantasies..."

By the end, she was sobbing uncontrollably.

After saying that, she turned and ran into the yard, where she cried silently.

Xiang Yuntian stood there, at a loss, staring blankly at her departing figure.

"What are you doing?" Bai Mengfei stood up and said, "Go after her! Go comfort her. You hurt her pride, you know that?"

"I...I don't know how things turned out this way." Xiang Yuntian frowned, looking troubled. "I really didn't mean to."

"Then what are you standing there for?" Bai Mengfei urged.

Xiang Yuntian said, "But I really don't have those feelings for her; I just see her as an older sister. I'm afraid she'll misunderstand if I go after her. What should I do?"

Bai Mengfei thought Xiang Yuntian's words made sense, but she was worried that Yingying was too shy and might do something foolish, so she chased after her into the courtyard on Xiang Yuntian's behalf.

There was a locust tree and a dry well in the courtyard, and Yingying was standing under the old locust tree in front of the dry well.

Bai Mengfei walked over slowly and stood next to Yingying's shadow, saying softly, "Don't be too sad. Feelings need to be nurtured slowly. Besides, neither Xiang the forensic doctor nor I are the kind of people who are materialistic."

Upon hearing this, Yingying immediately turned around and explained, "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. I know you're not like that. I'm just too upset."

Bai Mengfei stepped forward, nodded, and said, "I can understand how you feel about being rejected."

Yingying asked curiously, "Have you ever been rejected by someone before?"

Bai Mengfei didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she just went along with it and said, "Yes, I was also rejected by Forensic Doctor Xiang before."

"Oh, I see. Actually, I can tell from your eyes that you like him. And I can see how much you care about him. But why doesn't Forensic Doctor Xiang like us? Is the person he likes really that great?" Yingying said softly.

To prevent Yingying from continuing to be sad, Bai Mengfei had to tell a lie, which included some truth. She said, "Yes, he used to like a forensic doctor named Bai Mengfei. She was Xiang's mentor and had a rather aloof personality. She was much older than Xiang, so she never accepted his feelings."

"And now?" Yingying was very interested in this topic.

Bai Mengfei took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and said, "She passed away a year or two ago. That's why Forensic Doctor Xiang doesn't want to find a girlfriend anymore. Do you understand?"

Yingying nodded as if she understood, but then asked, "Does that mean he no longer likes women because he was hurt?"

"Well, it's not that I don't like him, it's just that he's very loyal in relationships, and it's hard for me to explain this to you," Bai Mengfei said.

Yingying exclaimed in surprise, "Can men be this faithful?"

If Bai Mengfei weren't so strong-willed, she would have wanted to disappear into a crack in the ground.

Talking to a girl like Yingying, who is so naive, is quite difficult because she has experienced so little. In her world, there may only be flowers and plants, and she has no idea that the times are very different from the past.

Bai Mengfei pondered for a moment, and to comfort Yingying, she encouraged her, "So you really don't need to be too sad. There are plenty of people who have been rejected by him. He's just that kind of person, it's definitely not because of your background, understand?"

Yingying nodded slightly, then suddenly stepped forward and hugged Bai Mengfei, deeply moved.

She whispered in Bai Mengfei's ear, "Thank you, Zhang Ting, thank you for telling me all this. But I won't give up. He's the first man I've ever loved. I won't let him grow old alone. I'm sure I can heal his wounded heart with my love."

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