Chapter 1241: Chapter 1241: Always Secretly Liked You Chapter 1241: Chapter 1241: Always Secretly Liked You Ruan Tianling didn’t know when she came back.

When she woke up, it was already past two in the afternoon.

Even if she didn’t dare to face him, she still had to muster up the energy to take care of him.

Jian Yufei washed her face and used ice cubes to soothe her eyes until it was not apparent that she had cried, then she headed towards the main house.

Upon reaching the living room, the butler saw her and nodded in greeting.

Jian Yufei asked him, “Is Ruan Tianling resting now or?”

“Miss Liu is here, she’s also upstairs.”

“…”

Jian Yufei hesitated for a moment, then quietly walked upstairs.

The door to the master bedroom was open, and as Jian Yufei approached, she heard Ruan Tianling’s cold voice–
“You don’t need to come here anymore, I have servants, I don’t need your care!”

Liu Qianqian said softly, “Brother Ruan, I think you might have misunderstood me.”

“Misunderstood?”

“Yes, you must think I have ulterior motives, right? It’s understandable, my feelings are so obvious, I guess everyone knows I like you.”

“Like? Do you know what liking someone means?” Ruan Tianling asked with a sneer, his voice mocking and piercing.

Jian Yufei leaned against the wall, gently biting her lip.

He wasn’t mocking Liu Qianqian, he was mocking the feelings between him and her…

“Brother Ruan, I really didn’t have any intention of using schemes to get close to you,” Liu Qianqian said dejectedly. “Maybe you won’t believe it, but I’ve liked you since we were young, always secretly.”

There are so many who like him.

He felt nothing when faced with such a confession.

“I don’t like you.”

“I know,” Liu Qianqian smiled. “When we were kids, Yueyue, Manman, and I were always together; we all liked you.

But back then, you only liked Yueyue. You seldom spoke with us and barely noticed our existence.

Manman complained to me, asking why you wouldn’t look at her and why you treated her as if she were invisible…

However, I felt quite the opposite. I was glad you ignored me, that way I could watch you secretly, and you would never notice.”

Ruan Tianling frowned in displeasure, “I’m not in the mood to listen to this, you should leave!”

“No, I want to say it all today. I don’t expect you to like me, and I know it’s hard for me to get close to you again, but I want to confess the feelings I’ve hidden for over a decade. I don’t want to die without ever having revealed my feelings to you.”

“I’m not interested in listening!”

“Brother Ruan, do you really dislike me that much?” Liu Qianqian asked sincerely.

“I haven’t done anything wrong, hurt anyone, or caused you any trouble… Please give me a chance to finish, okay?”

“…”

Ruan Tianling didn’t speak, he had agreed to her request.

Liu Qianqian joyfully said, “Thank you for giving me this opportunity…”

“Brother Ruan, you asked if I know what liking someone means.

I’m not sure about your definition, but all these years, I’ve only ever liked you.

I secretly liked you, not daring to hope that you would like me too. Seeing you with Yueyue, I felt no jealousy or dissatisfaction, I genuinely wished you happiness.

I won’t deny that during the years when Yueyue was gone, I did think about being with you, but you would never truly be mine because you married Jian Yufei, a woman none of us knew, someone we never expected.”