Not in Love

I'm not in Love

"I don't love him like that!" Yibo said seriously with a stoic face.

"What do you mean, Yibo?" Xuan Lu asked, shocked at the revelation.

"I mean..I'm not in love...not the kind of love you think anyway" Yibo replied calmly

"And what kind is that?" Xuan Lu countered

"You know what I mean, Jiejie"

"No Yibo.. I don't.. please do explain so the dumb me can understand. All this time, you have been following him around like a puppy, spend all your time with him, treat his things like your own, fight with him and even flirt with him...and after all this you mean to say that this is not Love?" she couldn't believe what Yibo was telling her.

"Well..yes..I was just being...myself..my true self with Zhan ge...and..I never flirted. I was just being friendly.. just like any other co star would. I guess everyone misunderstood our friendship. It was never like that Jiejie..never more than friendship. Zhan ge knows that and he feels the same...I hope" he added slowly

Xuan Lu remained silent, unable to tell him the truth. It was not her place to tell, but her heart ached for Xiao Zhan. She knew he will be devastated and somehow she felt responsible...responsible for making Zhan see the non existent love in Yibo's actions. Zhan was always confused and unsure of Yibo's feelings..of his own feelings...but she was the one who assured him up that Yibo probably loved him as much as he did..that he might also be protecting his career and reputation and hence not openly expressing his love. She was wrong.. she was so wrong about everything and she hurt Xiao Zhan unintentionally. Nevertheless she hoped that Zhan never finds out about this. It's better for him to be oblivious and not be crushed over the unrequited love.

"Jiejie...what's wrong?" Yibo's words snapped her out of her thoughts and she walked away without another word to Yibo.

"Jiejie wait!" Yibo called but Xuan Lu was gone in an instant.

She went looking for Xiao Zhan in the party. She had to stop him before he put their plan in motion. Last month when the three Untamed siblings met up for a late night dinner, Zhuocheng and Xuan Lu said they've had enough of Xiao Zhan pining over Yibo and encouraged him to finally confess. It had been more than a year already and Zhan still couldn't stop talking about Yibo every time they met. So it was decided that Zhan would confess to Yibo that night.. at the success party of the show.

Zhan had been a nervous wreck since then. But this isn't how she expected the night would turn out to be. She has to protect Zhan tonight from heartbreak.

When Xuan Lu found Xiao Zhan, he was talking to Zhuocheng. Zhuocheng was planning the after party hoping Yibo will join Zhan finally as a couple. Zhan simply nodded along agreeing with his plan.

"ZhanZhan..about that...may be you should do this some other time. Tonight.. I just want it to be the three of us.. just the Jiang siblings for one more night" she tried to steer them away from the idea.

"JieJie, what are you saying.. we waited whole month for this..no way..we can't back out now" Zhuocheng protested but Xiao Zhan could see the concern in his face.

"It's fine, we can do this some other time" Zhan said rather coldly.

"I'm So.." Xuan Lu was about to apologize when she was interrupted.

"Zhan ge!" Yibo called out and joined them before she could finish

"Oh! hey Bo di" Xiao Zhan gave Yibo a faint smile.

"Zhan ge.. this party is boring now.. shall we go back to your place and play video games whole night. I don't have to fly out until noon tomorrow" Yibo pulled on Zhan's arm teasingly