Su Bairui had a thousand thoughts in his mind, but he didn't dare show them on his face. He was even afraid that Cheng Ye would be angry with him, and then he would really have to be a student sponsored by the Qin family for the rest of his life.

Even if I could use other means to get close to Brother Su, I would not be qualified to stay by his side.

Su Bairui carefully pulled Cheng Ye's hand and asked flatteringly, "Ye Zi, your head injury is much better now. I came here just to check on you. I apologize to you. I was indeed a little emotional at the time. Let's just let that matter go, okay..."

666 sneered, defending the original owner and saying, "Little Bailian still wants to act pitiful, but her face is not as white as Big Leaf's! How can you let someone get away with nearly falling to their death?!"

"I was scared that day and went back directly. I haven't slept well during this period..." Su Bairui lowered his head, his voice full of guilt. He bit his lower lip, and tears welled up in his eyes. If someone broke in and saw this scene, they would probably think that he was severely bullied by Cheng Ye. "We are friends. How could I hurt you?"

That hypocritical look is really disgusting.

Cheng Ye shook his head: "It's okay, don't worry, I told my brother that I accidentally fell from the upstairs."

"...Ye Zi." Su Bairui breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Cheng Jinran had a good impression of him, but he also knew that Cheng Jinran was a complete brother-con.

He remembered that someone in school had gossiped about Cheng Ye, and then no one had seen that student since then, not in the school, but in the entire city.

The student and his family moved out of City X overnight.

That wasn't all. Three days after the move, news broke that the student's father had embezzled public funds, and that the beauty salon run by his mother had used illegal products, causing many people to have facial allergies, and in severe cases, even disfigured.

Su Bairui despised Cheng Jinran's behavior. Although the other party did violate the law, he couldn't let the other family be harmed in vain just because of his brother!

But this has nothing to do with him, Su Bairui thought, if Cheng Ye didn't complain, it means he still cares about his friend.

That's right, Cheng Ye has a weird personality and is moody. Apart from his family being rich, he has no other advantages. Apart from himself, he has no one else to whom he can even speak the truth.

He must be reluctant to lose his friend.

Su Bairui felt confident and no longer felt as guilty as before.

Cheng Ye pursed his lips, brushed past Su Bairui, walked to the coffee table, poured a glass of water and took a sip. He said quietly, "Xiaobai, let's end that matter here. It's impossible for me to completely forgive you. After all, you made me lie in bed for so many days. I feel uncomfortable in my heart."

Didn't they already agree that he rolled down the stairs on his own? Why did he still say without hesitation that it was his fault? Su Bairui looked around anxiously, afraid that someone would hear him.

Cheng Ye seemed to be completely oblivious to the change in his expression and continued to speak: "But I can tell you clearly that the reason I quarreled with you that day was not because I felt that you were stealing Brother Qin from me. After all, I am the young master of the Cheng family, and you can't compete with me. I just felt that you can't be so shameless. Even if I don't like Brother Qin, he and I are engaged after all. You can't covet your friend's fiancé, right? If this gets out, you will be shameless, but I also feel ashamed, right?"

"What will outsiders say? Two good friends turned against each other just because they liked the same person? Or is it that Young Master Cheng didn't judge people well and stabbed his friend in the back and took away his fiancé?" Cheng Ye pursed his lips. The water stains made his small mouth look even more red, a bit like a cherry dipped in water, but every word he uttered was like a sharp knife stabbing Su Bairui's heart.

Su Bairui's face turned pale and he looked at Cheng Ye in shock, as if he didn't expect the other party to say such hurtful words.

"Leaf...I..."

"Tsk." Cheng Ye was impatient and didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He interrupted him directly to prevent him from saying anything disgusting or disgusting. Besides, if he wasn't allowed to speak, how could he pretend to be pitiful? If he dared to interrupt him, it would be inconsistent with his character!

Cheng Ye even turned her head away, completely ignoring his pretentious face, and pretended to be ignorant and said her own: "Even if our marriage is just a business one, Qin Su has been stamped with Cheng Ye's seal. Whether your feelings for him are love or gratitude, it is not allowed and cannot be seen in public, do you understand?"

Even the blood color on Su Bairui's lips faded away. He clenched his fists and dug his nails into his palms.

Why? You can get divorced after getting married. Now you are just a piece of paper. Why should Brother Su be bound by you? Su Bairui lowered his head, hiding the anger in his eyes. He was shaking with anger but did not dare to refute.

He cannot reveal his feelings for Qin Su now, otherwise he will be ordered to move out of the Qin family.

However, it is not Cheng Ye who owns Brother Su. Brother Su will definitely like him more than Cheng Ye, the naive second-generation rich kid... When he becomes Brother Su's beloved, he will definitely get back all the grievances he suffered today!

Su Bairui took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. He felt that it was best for Cheng Ye to be like this. The more possessive and unreasonable he showed, the more Brother Su would hate him.

Thinking this way, Su Bairui was not as angry as before. He even wanted Cheng Ye to be more excited and angry. It would be best to question Brother Su now.

Su Bairui's eyes turned and he came up with a brilliant idea.

"My dear, Su Bairui's favorability towards you has suddenly increased a lot!" If it wasn't still very low, it would have worried that Xiao Bailian had considered Daye as a reserve candidate for the harem.

"!" Cheng Ye narrowed his eyes into a slit, obviously thinking about this possibility.

It's not his fault. Xiao Bailian is a charmer and likes to charm everyone. Everyone wants to get involved with her. Fortunately, he has his own halo and has not been defeated.

However, Cheng Ye himself was seasick, and he didn't want to enter the harem of Xiao Bailian's iron chain boat, so he quietly retreated and put some distance between them.

"Ye Zi, I..." Su Bairui hesitated for a long time, tears suddenly falling from his eyes. He choked and said, "Ye Zi, I didn't want to tell you that at first, I only felt grateful towards Brother Qin, but now, now, I'm not so sure. Ye Zi, I didn't mean to compete with you, I just... I just couldn't help myself..."

“Snap—”

Su Bairui covered half of his face and looked at Cheng Ye in disbelief.

Cheng Ye rubbed his palms, tears welling up in his eyes. "Xiao Bai, what kind of mood did you have in your heart to say you liked my fiancé in front of me? Even if we don't have any feelings for each other, but - but you are my best friend after all! How could you do this? Don't tease your friend's wife. Do you still have a conscience?!"

Su Bairui was stunned, especially when he saw his slightly red eyes and the tears that were about to fall. His mouth trembled but he couldn't say a word.

He originally wanted to play pitiful and let Cheng Ye go to confront Qin Su, but he didn't expect Cheng Ye to get angry at him directly. His slightly red eyes turned red in an instant, because this slap... was really painful.

Cheng Ye also felt pain. He watched as half of Su Bairui's fair face quickly became red and swollen, and felt bursts of stinging pain in his palms. He secretly sighed that it was not easy to be a bad guy. No wonder people in ancient times always slapped themselves in the face!

"This slap is my recompense for the days you pushed me downstairs and left me lying on the bed. Before, I thought you did it unintentionally, but now it seems you did it on purpose. Are you jealous of me?"

Although his palms hurt, Cheng Ye felt relieved when he saw the shock, shame, humiliation and various complex emotions in Su Bairui's eyes, and saw the mist gradually rising in his eyes. He let out a long sigh of relief from the depression of the past few days, and tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.

"I didn't push you down the stairs on purpose!" This crime could never be admitted. Su Bairui gritted his teeth, regretting confronting Cheng Ye. In the past, Cheng Ye would never get angry with him, but today he actually hit him! He might have said it too directly. He should have hinted at it in a roundabout way. Anyway, Cheng Ye was too stupid to hear it. When he was with Brother Su, he could still say that he had told him that he liked Brother Su a long time ago, and it wouldn't be considered stealing his friend's fiancé.

Su Bairui regretted it so much in his heart, and his face was full of grievance. His nose was sore and tears were falling. As expected of a white lotus, his tears emitted crystal light under the warm sunshine.

He looked at Cheng Ye with grievance, his fair skin shrouded in a soft glow, a typical Mary Sue!

666 hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, Big Leaf, your White Lotus buff is much brighter than his White Lotus halo!"

The thought of colorful tears and skin as white and almost transparent as a gem instantly came to mind—Cheng Ye shuddered. This kind of aura was really unnecessary! !

"I don't want to hit you either, but if I don't do it, someone else will." Cheng Ye paused for a moment, looking deeply at Su Bairui, "Those people are blind and don't know how to handle the consequences. I..." He took a breath and said reluctantly, "You are my friend, and I don't want them to take revenge on you for me. Let's forget about pushing me down the stairs!"

His expression of "I hit you to save you" made Su Bairui's teeth ache. He wanted to stand up and smash his head off on the spot, but unfortunately he couldn't. He could only look at Cheng Ye with tears in his eyes.

"I didn't push you, I really didn't push you, at that time..."

"It's all over now, and we don't have any surveillance cameras at home. I can't possibly have just rolled down here and framed you, right?"

Why couldn't you have accidentally stepped on air and rolled down?! Why did you have to include me in this? Wouldn't it be explained if you just took me out?!

If you don't find a good reason to explain it to them, they definitely won't believe you! You'll just end up blaming yourself!

Su Bairui roared inwardly, but when he looked up at Cheng Ye's slightly cold expression, half of his face was still burning with pain, and the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

"Xiao Bai, I have a headache. I'm going upstairs to sleep first." Cheng Ye didn't dare stay downstairs any longer. Xiao Bailian's logic was touching, but if he stayed any longer, his logic would be useless. He took two steps back and suddenly looked up and said, "I won't tell anyone that you like Brother Qin, but the marriage is not something I can decide, and Brother Qin's thoughts are certainly not something I can influence. This matter...you're on your own."

After saying that, he closed his eyes, looked at Su Bairui deeply, and slowly went upstairs.

Su Bairui was still immersed in the grievance of why Cheng Ye was so cruel to him today. He was obviously his only friend, but he insisted on pushing him away.

Su's logic was touching. Bai Rui covered his still aching cheek, stood there at a loss, and did not move.

Cheng Ye was halfway up the stairs when he stood at the corner where the original owner had rolled down the stairs. He turned around and gave a cold look at the distraught Su Bairui, then went back to sleep.

He was no longer afraid that Su Bairui would complain that he had beaten him. After all, as long as Su Bairui dared to admit that he had beaten him, he would dare to exaggerate the reasons why he had beaten him.

Isn't it just a white lotus pretending to be pitiful? Who wouldn't do that? She has been bedridden for more than a week, so no matter how you look at it, she is the one who is more miserable.

The author has something to say: The peak showdown between white lotus and white lotus~