Chapter 109 Staying at someone else's place

Lu Fengqing could guess why Gu Suixing couldn't say those words.

The two were too familiar with each other. Some things are easy to say to others, but difficult to say to each other.

Just like her, she had said those words more than once in front of her elders, but she just couldn't bring herself to say them when facing him.

It's like some people can spend money and effort to give their parents gifts on Father's Day and Mother's Day, and can write long posts on social media to tell them about their parents' hardships, but they can never properly say "I love you" or "Thank you for your hard work" to their parents in person.

Knowing is one thing, wanting to hear is another, and Lu Fengqing wanted to hear him speak.

However, Gu Suixing didn't say those words until she left the restaurant.

Lu Fengqing was very angry. "I don't want to see you. Go and stay in a hotel by yourself."

Gu Suixing: "..."

And so, after a seven-day separation, she finally returned, but the Crown Prince was driven away before he could even hold her.

Gu Suixing didn't dare to actually go to a hotel alone. Knowing Lu Fengqing as he did, if he really went, he would only be able to stay in hotels from now on.

So Gu Suixing went to Huo Huai'an's residence.

The reason Huo Huai'an doesn't go home often is that he has a house outside, but like his apartment, it's a one-bedroom studio apartment.

Huo Huai'an was taken aback when he saw Gu Suixing approaching. "Why are you here?"

The young lady is back, isn't she? Hasn't she managed to appease him yet?

Gu Suixing: "May I stay here?"

Huo Huai'an: "..."

It seems I really couldn't appease them.

Huo Huai'an pressed further, "Wasn't Qin Xuan's matter resolved? Have you offended the young lady again?"

Gu Suixing didn't answer, but suddenly asked, "How did you manage to win over your first love back then?"

"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Huo Huai'an asked, puzzled, but still answered, "Just send her flowers and gifts every day, and once she agrees to go out with me, take her out to eat and watch a movie, and find an opportunity to formally confess your feelings... What kind of look is that?"

Gu Suixing: "It must have cost a lot of money. Don't you feel bad about it?"

"..." You really know how to have a conversation.

Huo Huai'an frankly said, "Thinking about it now, it really hurts. It's less like dating and more like paying money to suffer. I'd give her a bag worth tens of thousands of yuan, and she'd only be nice for a few minutes before throwing a tantrum. You might not believe it, but in the month we dated, the most intimate thing we ever did was hold hands."

Huo Huai'an sighed, "I feel like a huge victim."

Gu Suixing: "Remove the word 'like'."

Huo Huai'an: "..."

Huo Huai'an said sincerely, "So, be content, Lu Nian is lucky."

No matter how much the young lady acts up, she can't outdo his ex-girlfriend.

Huo Huai'an was genuinely curious about what could have caused the young lady to kick her ancestor out. "You still haven't told me, what exactly happened between you and Lu Nian?"

"Nothing much," Gu Suixing said. "She asked me to confess my feelings."

Huo Huai'an nodded. "And then?"

Gu Suixing: "I can't say it."

"What's so hard to say..." Huo Huai'an looked incredulous. "No, you're with her, and you've never even said 'I like you' to her?"

Gu Suixing remained silent.

Huo Huai'an was utterly impressed. Saying "I like you" or "I love you" is just a matter of opening one's mouth; what's so difficult about that?

Gu Suixing seemed to read his mind and replied, "It's difficult."

Huo Huai'an humbly asked, "Where is the difficulty?"

Gu Suixing: "Can you tell your uncle 'Father, I love you'?"

"..."

Huo Huai'an immediately understood, "It's hard to bring up something when we're too familiar, right?"

"Then how did you dare to lay a hand on Lu Nian back then?"

Gu Suixing: "..."

Huo Huai'an patted his shoulder and finally spoke up for his cousin, saying something sensible: "It's okay if you can't say it now. Try to overcome it as soon as possible, and don't wait until you're not familiar with each other before you speak up."

To support his cousin in pursuing a wife, Huo Huai'an called his younger sister, intending to ask her for some novel resources.

Huo Huai Sui readily agreed, "Twenty yuan for the plain ones, ten yuan for the colored ones. Which do you want?"

"?" Huo Huai'an asked almost instinctively, "What kind of nonsense have you been watching?"

Huo Huaisui was silent for two seconds, then shouted at the top of his lungs, "I'm busy, hang up if you don't want to."

Huo Huai'an: "...Why are the ones without colors twice as expensive as the ones with colors?"

Huo Huaisui: "Because products without color are more likely to receive negative reviews."

"..." is reasonable and well-founded, making it convincing.

Huo Huai'an coughed lightly, "It has color."

"Eek!" Huo Huai Sui let out an eerie sigh, packaged the resources and sent them to Huo Huai An. Before hanging up, she said in a brotherly tone, "I'll give you a 5% discount for our sibling relationship. You're welcome. After you've finished reading, hurry up and find me a sister-in-law."

A 5% discount on ten yuan makes it nine yuan and fifty cents, which is fifty cents cheaper.

Huo Huai'an thought to himself, "Do I need 50 cents?" and then actually sent Huo Huaisui a red envelope containing 9.5 yuan.

The resource package sent by Huo Huaisui was a full 1TB. Huo Huai'an forwarded it directly to Gu Suixing's email, so that Gu Suixing could learn how domineering CEOs pursue their wives.

Gu Suixing accepted the gesture and then told him to go home.

This is a classic case of using someone and then discarding them.

Huo Huai'an said irritably, "It's not like we haven't slept together before!"

Gu Suixing: "Have some shame. Fine, we'll sleep together then. Who's ever slept with you before?"

"..." Who is shameless here?

There was only one room and one bed in the apartment, and Huo Huai'an didn't intend to squeeze in with him. He took his car keys and left.

The younger brother is heartless, but the older brother cannot be indifferent.

Huo Huai'an sent Lu Fengqing a crying emoji.

[Lu Nian: What are you crying about, uveitis?]

Huo Huai'an choked, feeling as if he had been hurt by ten thousand points.

[Huo Huai'an: Sui Xing occupied my house and kicked me out.]

[Lu Nian: Your studio apartment?]

Before Huo Huai'an could type, Lu Fengqing replied again.

[Lu Nian: That's right. You're all grown up now, don't sleep with a man who already has someone else in his heart.]

[Huo Huai'an: ...]