"Her Story"

"Yes. We are friends, " Zhao Yang answered without hesitation even though deep inside, he felt a bit guilty. 

'Though, at first...I didn't consider her a friend. I thought we aren't close enough to be friends. But, thinking again…' 

Zhao Yang recalled all the things he did with Lai Jiayi– starting from involving her in Zhao Yun's kidnapping incident, playing in the amusement park, going to dinner, lunch, and such...until drinking alcohol with her. 

Those things wouldn't happen if the girl weren't a friend. 

Realizing this fact, Zhao Yang slowly recognized the girl as his friend even though the barometer showed that the girl was still in an admired person area, not as far as a friend. 

For Zhao Yang, a friend was something hard to find. He admired people often, but to consider one as a friend, that was on another level.