Chapter 377 The Heart of the Older Brother

"We broke up..."

After being hung up on, Huo Huai'an murmured the same sentence over and over again.

Huo Huai'an grew up with Gu Suixing and Lu Fengqing, so he knew their relationship all too well.

After learning that they had talked about getting together, he had already figured out what kind of gift he would give them when they got married.

How could they have broken up so suddenly after such a short time?

Huo Huai'an understood them.

Even if they have a quarrel, it would never escalate to the point of breaking up.

The more Huo Huai'an thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

There's definitely something fishy going on!

Huo Huai'an had no classes in the afternoon, so after class at noon, he called Gu Suixing again and asked him to meet up.

That guy, now that he doesn't have a girlfriend, was easily invited out.

Presumably, the ancestor probably hadn't eaten lunch either, so for the sake of convenience, Huo Huai'an simply spent money to book a private room at a restaurant outside.

It's expensive and exhausting; it really breaks his heart.

"Tell me, what happened?"

The old man's face was stern and cold, and he repeated the same words: "We've broken up."

Huo Huai'an: "...Why?"

The ancestor's face darkened further, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "You've gotten too bold, daring to dump me."

"..." For some reason, Huo Huai'an suddenly felt like laughing, thinking, "Isn't it all your own fault for spoiling me?"

However, he knew this wasn't the time to laugh at Gu Suixing, so he coughed lightly, covered his mouth, and continued to ask, "Why...did she dump you?"

Gu Suixing: "I don't know."

Huo Huai'an: "..."

This ancestor wasn't someone who liked being kept in the dark; there's no way he didn't know, he probably just didn't want to tell.

Seeing that he was unwilling to talk about it, Huo Huai'an didn't ask any further. "So you're just going to let her...dump you?"

“What else can we do?” Gu Suixing said. “If we don’t agree, she’ll cry and whine. It’s so noisy.”

Huo Huai'an suppressed a laugh and asked, "So what are you planning to do next?"

Gu Suixing: "Go abroad."

Huo Huai'an was stunned.

Breaking up and then going abroad—Huo Huai'an couldn't see any necessary connection between the two things.

Gu Suixing added, "It's the old man's arrangement."

In a flash, something crossed Huo Huai'an's mind, and he seemed to know why they had broken up.

His uncle, Gu Suixing's father, was in a car accident while saving Lu Nian and became a vegetable.

To ordinary people, this matter has nothing to do with Lu Nian, and Lu Nian is also a victim, but the old man of the Gu family may not think so.

When his father was drunk and couldn't keep his mouth shut, he said some things about the old man in the Gu family, saying that the old man was autocratic and no good, that his uncle had become a vegetable in a car accident while saving Lu Nian, and that the old man was absolutely capable of breaking up the couple.

Knowing this is one thing, but no matter how dissatisfied Huo Huai'an is with that old man from the Gu family, he can't get involved in this matter.

Huo Huai'an: "So, you and Lu Nian, are you really just going to let it go like this?"

"Forget it?" Gu Suixing murmured, repeating it again, then suddenly let out a cold laugh, "Dream on!"

Huo Huai'an: "..."

Okay, he understands.

Even though they broke up, he's still his.

After they parted ways that day, Gu Suixing never came back to school, and Huo Huai'an never saw him again.

Gu Suixing was a prominent figure at school, and news of his plans to go abroad spread quickly.

Even Xie Qinglan, who was on the South Campus, had heard about it.

"Did you go abroad with Xing?" Xie Qinglan asked.

Huo Huai'an hummed in agreement.

Just this morning.

Gu Suixing probably didn't want anyone to see him off, and he didn't even tell Huo Huai'an the exact date of his departure. Huo Huai'an only found out about it around noon.

Xie Qinglan: "Why?"

Almost everyone who knew him would ask why, and Huo Huai'an's answer was always the same: "It was arranged by their grandfather."

Xie Qinglan thought for a moment, then said, "Alright."

People at the school always compared Gu Suixing from the North Campus and Xie Qinglan from the South Campus. After Gu Suixing left, Xie Qinglan became the most dazzling star in both campuses.

Xu Dantong saw through Xie Qinglan's thoughts at a glance and gave him a disdainful look.

After Xie Qinglan left, Xu Dantong asked Huo Huai'an, "Are you in a bad mood?"

Huo Huai'an glanced at her. "It's not very good."

Xu Dantong: "Because of that young master from the Gu family?"

Huo Huai'an shook his head. "Not really."

He's gone abroad, and with transportation so advanced these days, he can see her anytime he wants. But suddenly he has a feeling he can't quite explain.

Seeing that Huo Huai'an was unwilling to say more, Xu Dantong didn't ask any further. "They've added some new dishes at the third canteen. I heard they taste pretty good. Shall we go try them?"

Huo Huai'an wasn't really in the mood, but he still went along.

All the way, Xu Dantong kept comforting him: "Okay, don't be sad. It's not like you're not coming back. Besides, you can go see him when you have a holiday."

“I know,” Huo Huai’an said.

But actually, his bad mood wasn't entirely because of Gu Suixing being sent abroad by Old Master Gu.

Wherever that ancestor goes, there are plenty of people to protect and pamper him, so he won't be cold or starving. Huo Huai'an is actually more worried about the one who is left behind.

Thanks to his ancestors, he and Lu Fengqing were childhood sweethearts. Human hearts are made of flesh and blood; regardless of romantic love, after knowing each other for so many years, Huo Huai'an had long regarded Lu Fengqing as his younger sister.

Lu Fengqing cried so hard on the phone that day.

He had never heard her cry like that before, and it remains a vivid memory to this day.

Perhaps he owed them something in his past life, and deserved to worry about them in this life. Huo Huai'an thought about it again and again but still couldn't put his mind at ease. On his way back to the North Campus from the South Campus, he called Lu Fengqing.

"Where?" Huo Huai'an asked.

Lu Fengqing: "What are you doing?"

Thankfully, she didn't cry. Huo Huai'an breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when he thought that Lu Fengqing might not even know that Gu Suixing had left today, his mood suddenly sank again.

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Huai'an decided not to bring it up for now. He figured they could talk about it when they met. So he smiled and said in a relaxed manner, "Speaking of which, it's been more than a month since we last met. If you don't have anything else to do, come out. I'll treat you to something delicious."

Lu Fengqing paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "I heard that you have a girlfriend."