Lu Shao is cunning; Miss Nan has fallen for his tricks again.

Chapter 205 Lost Love
"What's wrong?" Mo Jingyu asked with heartache, reaching out to wipe away Yan Xiaoxiao's tears.

"Nothing much." Yan Xiaoxiao slapped away the outstretched hand and got up from the ground.

An awkward atmosphere filled the air, and neither of them wanted to speak. Finally, Mo Jingyu broke the strange silence.

"You clearly like me too, so why did you push me away? If you just say you love me, I'll pretend none of this happened."

Mo Jingyu was practically humbled to the dust. He didn't know what kind of magic Yan Xiaoxiao possessed, but he just liked her.

Based on just a few meetings and physical intimacy, he was absolutely certain that he had fallen in love with Yan Xiaoxiao.

“I…” Yan Xiaoxiao’s eyes were filled with tears.

What if this was just a passing fancy by Mo Jingyu? She was five years older than Mo Jingyu and was more easygoing, but she really couldn't handle any more shocks related to love.

She should have learned her lesson three years ago. How could someone like her possibly get love?
She is sensitive, selfish, prone to overthinking, and often goes crazy; no one could stand someone like her.

Even if she gets Mo Jingyu now, she will lose her in the near future.

Rather than repeatedly losing and falling into self-doubt, it's better to have never had it at all.

"Because my feelings for you were just a passing fancy, and now I've had my fun and don't want to keep getting entangled with you!"

Mo Jingyu felt as if countless hands were tightly gripping and kneading his heart. His breath hitched. "You really think that way?"

"Yes!"

Mo Jingyu mocked himself, realizing he had been delusional and shouldn't have turned back.

Without the slightest hesitation, he strode out, but this time he didn't look back.

Perhaps Yan Xiaoxiao's words really hurt him deeply.

Yan Xiaoxiao looked out the window at the tightly closed villa gate, her heart filled with conflicting emotions and sadness. Mo Jingyu was truly gone this time, and she should be thankful for her departure.

At least for now, this seems to be the best outcome for them.

An unexplained one-night stand is destined to be absurd.

Rather than letting him relentlessly pursue thrills and lose himself, it's better to nip it in the bud early on.

Reeking of alcohol, Mo Jingyu pushed open the dormitory door with a gloomy expression, startling Yan Yixu, who had just come out of the bathroom.

"Who, who?"

The person on the other end remained silent.

Yan Yixu rubbed his eyes and recognized the person who came in. "Jingyu? Why are you so late?"

As he was about to leave, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol. He took two steps back and waved his hand in front of his nose. "How much have you been drinking?"

Yan Yixu's voice was quite loud, immediately waking up Wang Heqing and Yu Jing.

Yu Jing fumbled around by the bed for a while before finally turning on the small nightlight. The light was very small and the brightness it emitted was barely enough to provide any illumination.

"Why are you so late? You smell like alcohol, and there's no hot water in the bathroom at this hour."

“Yeah, I called you tonight but you didn’t answer. You ran off as soon as you finished your exams, and even your counselor couldn’t find you,” Yan Yixu chimed in.

Mo Jingyu lifted her heavy eyelids, glanced at Yan Yixu, and walked straight to her bed.

Picking up her change of clothes from the bed and heading towards the bathroom, Yan Yixu reminded her, "Didn't you hear what Yu Jing said? There's no hot water left. Are you going to take a cold shower? It's winter!"

“If I don’t shower, the smell of alcohol on me will bother you.” Mo Jingyu’s voice was hoarse, as if she had been crying.

Yu Jing threw off the covers, got out of bed, poured himself a glass of water, and gulped it down. "So what if it's a hangover? We've all had hangovers before, what's there to be afraid of?" But Mo Jingyu still went into the bathroom anyway, and Yan Yixu closed the dormitory door.

“It’s three degrees below zero today, are you really going to let him take a cold shower?” Wang Heqing asked.

Yu Jing glanced at the bathroom and shook her head. "What can we do? He won't listen to us..."

What if he catches a cold or gets a fever?

"What can we do? Just take care of him. He's always taken good care of us anyway," Yu Jing said casually.

Yan Yixu felt it was inappropriate. "Why don't we go to the hot water room and get him some hot water to rinse off? We don't want him to really catch a cold."

"That works too." Yu Jing picked up the thermos from under the table and walked out.

Wang Heqing hurriedly threw off the covers and got out of bed. "Wait for me, I'm coming too."

A short while later, the three of them returned carrying three full thermos flasks of hot water.

Wang Heqing, wearing shorts and with snot running from the cold, handed the thermos to Yan Yixu as soon as he entered the door, saying, "Dude, go deliver this, I'm freezing to death."

Yan Yixu knocked on the door. "Jingyu, have you started showering? We've prepared hot water for you. Just dilute it with some cold water and rinse off. Don't catch a cold."

Mo Jingyu paused as he took off his clothes in the bathroom, his eyes dim and lifeless. After a moment's hesitation, he opened the bathroom door.

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it, we're all brothers." Yan Yixu put a thermos in each hand into the bathroom. "Hurry up and take a shower, don't catch a cold. I'm going back to sleep now."

"Ah."

It was almost midnight when Mo Jingyu came out in her pajamas. Looking at the three sleeping soundly, a warm feeling welled up in her heart.

In the following days, Mo Jingyu continued as usual, except that she no longer liked to go out for walks. After class, she would go back to her dormitory or go to the stadium to play ball.

Wang Heqing and Yu Jing, who were in the dormitory, were looking out over the balcony at the stadium with their thermos cups in their hands.

Mo Jingyu, dressed casually, was shooting a basketball.

"Hey, haven't you noticed that Jingyu has been acting a bit strange these past few days? He stays in his dorm or on the basketball court after class and doesn't go out of school anymore," Yu Jing said, taking a sip of hot water.

Wang Heqing nodded. "I've noticed. He used to run around whenever he didn't have classes, but these past few days he's been calming down and has actually started preparing his graduation thesis."

Upon hearing this, Yu Jing clicked her tongue and said, "What are you talking about? He didn't used to like going out much; he only started doing it recently. And have you noticed that he hasn't been in a good mood these past few days?"

"Then, then I've definitely figured it out. Why do you think he's become like this? Is it because he broke up with his girlfriend?" Wang Heqing joked.

Heartbroken? How could that be?

Yu Jing shook his head with a smile, but the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off. It seemed that Mo Jingyu had become like this after meeting Yan Xiaoxiao.

Mo Jingyu is an upright person who is generous to his friends and cautious in everything he does.

If the other person were an ordinary girl, given Mo Jingyu's personality, she would never have been dumped, and thus wouldn't have experienced heartbreak.

But... if it's Yan Xiaoxiao, then it's hard to say.

Yan Yixu's family is wealthy, so Yan Xiaoxiao is even more so. She is rich, beautiful, and capable, and is an exceptionally outstanding rich and beautiful woman.

If Yan Xiaoxiao really wants to play around, then playing with Mo Jingyu is just like playing with a dog.
No one knows what happened while they were out that day.

Thinking this, Yu Jing shook his head. A doctor cannot heal himself.

(End of this chapter)