The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Because she liked Shen Qinghuai so much, she couldn't help but draw him a lot. She used despicable means to get this relationship. Even though she didn't understand anything, she still tried to use ZA to increase his affection for her. She would listen to Shen Qinghuai, be willing to change herself, and say thank you to others.

Why is Lu Sui, who is so good, always getting hurt?

Unable to control his emotions, Shen Qinghuai sat on the floor with his eyes red and swollen. He covered half of his face and was very quiet in the room except for the sound of his tears falling onto the tiles.

Lu Sui woke up two hours later. He propped himself up and sat up. His stomach no longer hurt, but his legs were weak. Even so, he didn't call for Shen Qinghuai. Instead, he rubbed them awkwardly. He put on his slippers and hadn't taken more than a few steps before kneeling on the ground. Last night's exercise had been a bit too much for him, and he couldn't recover.

His knees slammed heavily into the ground. Lu Sui frowned and swallowed a muffled groan. He heard footsteps beside him. He looked up and saw Shen Qinghuai coming out of the dressing room with red eyes. His fingers, which were bracing against the ground, suddenly tightened. His chest heaved, but he had already regained his indifferent expression when Shen Qinghuai squatted down in front of him.

"Where did you fall?"

Shen Qinghuai's voice still had a nasal tone. He tried to pick Lu Sui up, but Lu Sui dodged away, his voice cold and indifferent, "You saw everything. Who gave you permission to go in?"

Shen Qinghuai looked at Lu Sui's eyes, which had instantly turned red and his gaze had gone dull for a moment. He reached out and hugged him, one arm around his waist and the other rubbing the back of his neck. "It was wrong of me to pry into your privacy, but if I didn't do this, I wouldn't know why..."

"Lu Sui, I like you. It's not the revenge Lu Huai Ren mentioned. Although you kidnapped my grandmother, you had her taken very good care of. You are a very loving person. You won't imprison me like he did, because you can't bear to. But I treated you like he did. I'm so sorry—"

"Don't touch me."

"Okay, I won't touch it." Shen Qinghuai released his hand, looked down at Lu Sui, "I'm not a busybody, but the way you look at me is so heartbreaking." It's like a stagnant pool of water, lifeless.

"You were trembling the whole time when I picked you up. Although you acted fiercely, you couldn't help but stick close to me. You seemed very insecure."

"You were so small, all covered in blood, nestled in my arms. I didn't dare put you down because I thought that if I held you, you would feel better and less scared."

"I never expected that Lu Huai Ren would beat you up like that. I thought you were just an ordinary family's child. When they took you away, no one stopped them. I couldn't understand their eyes at the time, but now that I think about it, they all seemed to be watching the show..." Disdainful and contemptuous.

Shen Qinghuai's voice was soft, yet clear enough to be heard, "Lu Sui, do you understand? I'm the one who's taking you away. It's not like I'm listening to anyone else."

His actions were a salvation for Lu Sui, which is why Lu Sui was so hesitant to confirm them.

"I won't take revenge on you. Our relationship will only evolve from liking to love."

Seeing Lu Sui lower his head, Shen Qinghuai tentatively cupped his face, only to find his eyes even dimmer. He wanted to touch him but dared not, and grasped his fingers, repeating his words, "I like you. There is no revenge involved. My picking you up was not arranged by Lu Huai Ren. He sponsored me because my father died at his construction site. Although I only just found out the reason, I will not blame you for it."

"Xiao Bao, can you say something? If you really don't want to see me anymore, then let's separate for a while longer." Shen Qinghuai added, "Just separate, not break up—"

"I'm a bad seed," Lu Sui said. "I hurt you."

When Shen Qinghuai heard Lu Sui say this about him, her eyes were filled with heartache that almost overflowed. She hugged him, crying and laughing at the same time, "He's not a bad seed, he's a good baby."

"You didn't hurt me, it was Lu Huai-ren who hurt us."

"He hurt us."

"I hurt you too..."

"Brother Chen, how about we go check on the boss?" Jiang Xiu snatched the cigarette from Chen Jingmo's mouth. "Smoking will get you killed."

Chen Jingmo lit another cigarette and bit it into his mouth. "Who the hell are you cursing? I'll live to be a hundred! My father's father will live to be a hundred and fifty!"

Jiang Xiu said, "Haven't you seen those videos of people imitating smoking with water-filled bottles? The water turned yellow! And the ones where they puff out a cigarette onto paper, and the paper turned yellow too!"

"...Take back what you just said, and I'll pretend I didn't hear it." Chen Jingmo lit a cigarette with a lighter, trying to convince himself that he hadn't seen anything.

Jiang Xiu's lips twitched. He put the cigarette pack in his pocket, and after being glared at, he put his hands on his hips with a straight face. "I'm doing this for your life and safety. I don't want you to be eating in the cafeteria with your ashes in the future."

"..." Chen Jingmo kicked him, muttered a few curses, and then took a few more puffs, saying in a trembling voice, "Your boss smokes too."

"I know, but he smokes cigarettes with the lowest tar content, and I've only seen him smoke once, while you've smoked three, four, five, six, seven, or eight times! You reek of smoke. I have to stay away from you. Experts say secondhand and thirdhand smoke are the most harmful!"

"No, I only smoke fruit-flavored cigarettes. You're like a wild boar that can't stand fine food!"

"Even if I were a wild boar, I wouldn't care."

"...Jiang Xiu, how did you become as infuriating as Lu Sui? Damn, I really want to beat you both up until you're black and blue."

"So, should we go find the boss or not?"

"What are you going there for! To watch them kiss! Shameless!"

"Why are you like a firecracker, always going off and going off? I didn't say I wanted to see them, you know."

Chen Jingmo finished his cigarette, threw it on the ground, stomped it out, picked it up, and tossed it into the trash can. He then clenched his fist, tilted his head from side to side, raised an eyebrow, and sneered, "You wicked little ginger, I've noticed you're getting bolder and bolder lately. What makes you so arrogant? You won't feel right until you get a beating today, will you?"

Jiang Xiu smiled broadly, cupping her face in her hands, "Of course it's because you're so good to me! You can't bear to see me isolated, and you almost cried when I got hurt. And—"

"Alright, alright, alright! I can't argue with you!" Chen Jingmo touched his ear and walked forward. "They're in the process of repairing their relationship. Going there would only make me a third wheel."

"Yeah, right." Jiang Xiu followed Chen Jingmo, and threw the pack of cigarettes into a trash can as they passed. Chen Jingmo turned around and saw it. "Jiang Xiu! I spent two hundred yuan on that!"

"What? Two hundred for cigarettes? Are you robbing me?"

Jiang Xiu was given a beating, and with his frizzy hair still on, he continued to follow Chen Jingmo. After taking two steps, he took out his phone, turned off the screen, and slapped it in the face. He angrily spat at Chen Jingmo twice. The screen lit up, and he stopped and opened it.

It was the same account that posted the video again. The background was a somewhat dilapidated sports equipment room. Lu Sui was straddling Shen Qinghuai's lap and kissing him. His face wasn't blurred, only covered by a cloud sticker. It couldn't cover anything, but his legs were blurred, deliberately leaving people to imagine. The title was "Are gay men so unconcerned about being seen these days?"

Jiang Xiu got annoyed and held up his phone, calling out to Chen Jingmo, "Brother Chen!"

"What are you doing?"

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I hate Mondays...