He turned away not because he wanted to show off then escape.
His main concern was that Ye Qingqing hugging him and clamoring for him not to leave her was simply too intimate.
If he continued to stay there, what if Uncle Ye misunderstood something and forced him to marry his daughter? Wouldn't that be a huge loss for him?
After all, although he had a fairly decent impression of Ye Qingqing, they were from different social backgrounds and without any emotional foundation...
What's more important was that if Ye Qingqing's family thought he and Ye Qingqing were becoming friends, they would consider Chen Hai one of their own in their eyes.
By that time, wouldn't all Chen Hai's efforts have been in vain? Would they still pay him for the talismans he drew?
Originally, when he came to go to college, he felt that having several thousand yuan meant money was not an issue for him!
However, since meeting Ye Qingqing and Liu Chang, he realized he was still poor.