Translator: Helliot
Editor: P’Raikantopeni
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He hummed an indifferent response, a completely perfunctory answer.
All he could think of was Meng Fu, to the point where he was not even paying attention to what Shui Qing was saying.
Shui Qing tried to hide her disappointment. It was one day, she finally managed to get one day with him so she couldn’t let it go to waste.
“So, should we go to the movies now?”
Gu Ze frowned, but considering it would take an hour and a half for a movie to finish playing, that was a lot of time wasted, so his brows smoothed out again.
When the movie started, the light from the screen illuminated Gu Ze’s face, which remained gloomy from beginning to end. Next to him, when Shui Qing tried to put her hand on his arm, he moved it away without a sound.
The movie was boring.
The lead actress wasn’t even as pretty as Meng Fu.
Meng Fu… That name again. It never seems to go away.
Feeling annoyed, he couldn’t even bring himself to watch the movie anymore and stared down at his phone instead, playing a few rounds of his game before going through his photo album.
The face of a young man appeared on his screen.
It was a young man no more than 18 at the time who was just incarcerated.
Shui Qing looked over and leaned in, whispering to Gu Ze, “Gu Ze, what are you planning to do with Meng Fu?” She tried to make conversation with him.
Gu Ze’s finger paused on the screen, then he swapped back to his game. “None of your business.”
Shui Qing pouted but did not say more. Since Gu Ze wanted to play his game, she decided just to turn away. The only things that could enter his eyes were his games and those photos, never her.
The movie finally came to an end.
They went to eat before going shopping, then they visited an aquarium, but Gu Ze was getting impatient. He just wanted to end this and go home, but what could he do even if he went home? Meng Fu would only be thinking about Xie Zhenzhen.
And so, he spent the evening with Shui Qing completely vacantly.
When his car arrived downstairs at her house, he said, “We’ve arrived.”
However, Shui Qing did not move from his car. “You promised me a day. It’s not past midnight yet.”
Gu Ze shot her an amused glance. “What do you want, then?”
“Come have a seat at my place.”
After getting out of the car, she waited aside for Gu Ze, staring at him through the window. Get out of the car, Gu Ze. Keep me company tonight.
Gu Ze finally got out of the car and followed Shui Qing to her home.
One day, until midnight.
Since he owed her a favor, then he should just pay it back here.
Shui Qing made him a cup of tea before heading in to change her clothes. When she came out, she was wearing a thin silk organza slip, her breasts vaguely visible underneath.
Gu Ze smirked. This woman was trying to lure him to bed in the same way again, just like last time. Her methods never change.
With a tender smile on her face, Shui Qing said, “You left on my birthday, so make that up to me today, all right?”
She brought out a cake that she had prepared beforehand from the kitchen.
The lights were turned off, and the candles were lit.
The faint candlelight illuminated her pretty face.
“I didn’t know you could redo birthdays. It’s my first time hearing about this.” Gu Ze’s voice was gratingly sarcastic, as it usually was.
“I want you to celebrate it with me.” Shui Qing closed her eyes, made a wish, and blew out the candles before standing up and turning the lights back on.
However, when she turned around, Gu Ze was lying lazily on the sofa, messing with his phone without even sparing the cake a glance.
Shui Qing sat down next to him as if she did not hear his hurtful words, leaning close to him and rubbing his chest with her dainty hands.
She was seducing him.
Gu Ze knew it clearly.
Pretending to not notice, he continued staring at his phone, but inside, he had a vague hope that her seduction attempt would succeed, then it would prove that he did not like Meng Fu that much after all.
To prove that he just needed someone to vent his desires on.
To prove that he could simply hate Meng Fu.
Seeing that he did not stop her, Shui Qing took it as consent and took his phone away brazenly before straddling his thighs. Wrapping both arms around his neck, she let her hair cascade like a waterfall.
Gradually, she lowered her head and pressed her lips against Gu Ze’s.
She relished their kiss, even feeling the urge to cry. Gu Ze, I’ve never heard of any women being by your side through the past few months, so I’m still the special one, right?
You need a woman, don’t you?
Shui Qing’s tongue invaded his mouth in a bashful yet forceful manner. When her taste pervaded his senses, he tacitly consented to her actions and soon took the initiative to return the kiss.
He put his arms around her waist, hands running through her smooth thighs, slowly exploring upwards.
There was a hint of manic in his actions.
However, his eyes remained cold from start to end. He was forcing himself to accept a woman, forcing himself to forget about Meng Fu.
After taking off Shui Qing’s clothes, he looked at the beautiful body in front of him, yet all he could think of was the dimples on Meng Fu’s back, the prominent shape of his ribs, as well as the bite marks he left behind.
It was as if his heart was set ablaze.
Increasingly, he was welling with anger.
Hatred.
But also love.
He stopped moving.
Shui Qing looked at him in confusion, but she stubbornly pressed her soft body to his. “What’s wrong?” she went for another kiss.
Gu Ze did not move.
No matter how she tried to tease and seduce him, she could not get Gu Ze to move.
He turned away and avoided her lips. His voice was fiery, yet cold at the very same time. “Unfortunately, you don’t have that charm.”
He shoved Shui Qing away and stood up. Just as he was about to leave, Shui Qing’s tears poured out and she shrieked, “Gu Ze, you have another woman, don’t you?!”
Gu Ze cast her a sidelong glance.
“Am I still no match for a dead woman? What’s so good about her? What is so good about He Manyu? No… It’s someone else, isn’t it?”
Gu Ze couldn’t be bothered to respond.
Behind him, Shui Qing raised her voice again. “Am I not even worthy of being a sex friend anymore?”
The door was shut. Gu Ze left without even looking back.
Shui Qing fell a sobbing mess into the sofa, the fires of envy burning inside of her. Gu Ze, you have someone new in your bed, don’t you?
Gu Ze got back in his car. A sex friend? Anyone could do. He never lacked for partners all the past seven years, the only thing he missed was a lover.
Yet when he finally found someone to love, he couldn’t even bring himself to utter that word, “love”.
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Meng Yi tiptoed into Meng Fu’s room and shook Meng Fu. “Meng-Meng, you’re sleeping again?”
Meng Fu opened his eyes, feeling guilty. “I’m sorry for leaving you alone here for the past few days, Xiao Yi.”
“Meng-Meng, Big Brother was so scary when you left. He wouldn’t let me eat and shut me into my room!” Meng Yi complained poutingly to Meng Fu. “Big Brother isn’t a good person, he’s a big baddie.”
Meng Fu’s heart constricted. He never thought that Gu Ze would direct such cruelty to Meng Yi.
He thought that Gu Ze just had a nasty tongue. He promised to take care of Xiao Yi when he tried to commit suicide, but now he, even to Xiao Yi…
He felt even more guilt-ridden.
“I’m sorry, Xiao Yi. It’s all my fault…”
Meng Yi suddenly grinned like a child. “It’s okay, Meng-Meng. The door wasn’t locked so I snuck downstairs at night and ate some food. Aunt Zhang fed me in secret.”
“Big Brother will earn some money to buy yummy food for Xiao Yi, all right?”
“Yeah!” Meng Yi nodded.
Meng Fu smiled, but it was a troubled smile. Earn money? Even getting out of the house was difficult for him right now.