Lu Mingxu pleaded repeatedly, "No, no, no."

"Brother, Hu Shi, Brother Hu, please don't!"

"Speak properly, why did you call Pei Zhi?"

“Talk to me. I burned down your house. What kind of compensation do you want? Just tell me.”

Hu Shih's expression softened considerably upon hearing Lu Mingxu's conciliatory words.

Is this about apologies and compensation?

"When I was decorating this house, I put a lot of thought into it, talked to several designers, and discussed countless plans."

"And you, you just set it on fire."

"You didn't even say hello, did you?"

Hu Shi could easily see through Lu Mingxu's little scheme. "You just want Pei Zhi to stay at my house, don't you?"

"There are plenty of ways to solve this, why did you burn my house down?"

Now he has nowhere to stay tonight. How could Hu Shi not be angry?

Lu Mingxu no longer dared to speak toughly to Hu Shi.

"Yes, yes, you're right. I was rash. I was wrong. I apologize."

"It was my thoughtless act that led to this. Please forgive my rudeness."

Hu Shih sighed deeply, and in the end, he could only accept his fate.

"You burned down the house, so you need to find a way to restore it to its original state."

Lu Mingxu immediately assured him, "Don't worry, I will definitely restore it to be even better than your previous house."

“I own several properties in this city. I’ll have my assistant send you the floor plans and addresses to your phone in a bit. You can choose any one, and I’ll transfer the ownership to you so you’ll have a place to stay for a while.”

Lu Mingxu wanted compensation, and Hu Shi was not going to be polite.

Moreover, Lu Mingxu burned down his house, so he should have been compensated.

After hanging up the phone, Hu Shih received photos from the property management company.

His villa was burned black, and the flowers and plants in the whole yard were also blackened.

This fire looks pretty big.

Having already accepted compensation from Lu Mingxu, Hu Shi was unwilling to pursue the matter any further.

But seeing his beloved house burned to the ground, Hu Shi couldn't help but call Pei Zhi directly.

Pei Zhi sounded quite surprised: "What? The house burned down?"

How could a perfectly good house be burned down?

Hu Shih said sarcastically, "Yes, you tell me how unlucky I am, don't you think?"

Pei Zhi asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"I'm not home, but I'm fine. It's just that I can't live in the house for the time being."

Pei Zhi comforted Hu Shi, saying, "As long as you're alright, houses and such are just external things."

Because of the brotherhood he shared with Lu Mingxu over the years.

Although Lu Mingxu was a scoundrel, he burned down his house.

Hu Shih still did not sell Lu Mingxu out.

"I've been having some bad luck lately, and so have you. Be careful of the petty people around you; you can know a person's face but not their heart."

Pei Zhi was somewhat puzzled, but she assumed that Hu Shi's house had been burned down, which was why he was talking nonsense in anger.

Chi Xiuwen overheard Pei Zhi making the phone call.

Whose house burned down?

Pei Zhi replied, "Hu Shi's house burned down today."

Chi Xiuwen was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Pei Zhi asked, "His house burned down, what are you laughing at?"

Chi Xiuwen coughed twice. "I just thought it was a bit absurd, that's why I laughed."

Chi Xiuwen truly hadn't expected Lu Mingxu to be so... impulsive.

He asked Lu Mingxu to come up with a solution, and that's exactly what Lu Mingxu did.

Although the process was somewhat... tortuous, the goal was achieved nonetheless.

"You definitely can't stay at Hu Shi's place anymore, so why don't you stay at my house?"

Pei Zhi: "Stay at your house?"

Chi Xiuwen said enthusiastically, "Yes, you see, my house is right in the city center, so it's very convenient for you to go anywhere."

"The environment here is also very good. There are parks nearby, and the view of the river is right outside the window."

"If you don't like it here, I also have a villa."

Pei Zhi interrupted Chi Xiuwen's enthusiastic sales pitch, saying pointedly, "Tell me, how come Hu Shi's house burned down so just in time?"

"I only slept at your house for one night, and his house burned down?"

Chi Xiuwen's smile was somewhat stiff. "Perhaps his family didn't take proper fire prevention measures."

Pei Zhi glanced at Chi Xiuwen's house; it was indeed quite nice.

Pei Zhi was too lazy to bother anymore. "Fine, then I'll bother you for a while."

"No problem, no problem," Chi Xiuwen quickly said. "There are plenty of your clothes at home. See if you need anything, and I'll take you to the mall to buy some."

Pei Zhi opened the wardrobe this morning and thought that he was living in a girl's room.

The dressing room was huge, filled with women's clothes, all purchased to fit Pei Zhi's figure.

Chi Xiuwen's clothes only occupied a small part of the corner.

Why do you have so many women's things in your house?

Girls' clothes, girls' shower gel, toiletries.

Even skincare products and a whole range of other small items are readily available.

Chi Xiuwen said gently, "Pei Zhi, if there are some things you don't want to hear, then don't ask."

Chi Xiuwen did not want to force Pei Zhi to give him an answer.

Why are there so many girly things in his master bedroom?

Besides Pei Zhi, who else would he prepare for?

Chi Xiuwen didn't feel that preparing these things was hard work; he only felt happy.

Every year when the seasons change, Chi Hsiu-wen would personally go to the boutique to select the latest styles for Pei Chi.

Every season, a new batch will be introduced.

I bought them, cut off the tags, washed the underwear, and hung up the outerwear according to color.

Every time he did these things, he believed that he was doing them for Pei Zhi.

In the years that Pei Zhi was away, he found that everything he did for Pei Zhi made him happy.

While preparing daily necessities and clothes for Pei Zhi, Chi Xiuwen was thinking about it.

If Pei Zhi were to return one day, there would be no need to buy these things temporarily.

Pei Zhi is fine; she's comfortable living here.

Chi Xiuwen's only worry was whether Pei Zhi had lost weight during the years she had been away, and what if her clothes didn't fit her anymore.

Fortunately, after ten years, Pei Zhi is still the same as before, without any change.

Moreover, he was not deceiving himself.

Pei Zhi used everything he had prepared.

Therefore, everything he did was worthwhile.

People always need something to look forward to in order to survive, that's what Chi Hsiu-wen's psychologist told him.

Chi Xiuwen used to think that he didn't need Pei Zhi's sympathy or pity; that wasn't love, that it wasn't pure.

But now Chi Xiuwen thinks he was too foolish back then.

Whether it's out of pity, sympathy, or something else.

Isn't it enough that Pei Zhi stays by his side?

Therefore, Chi Xiuwen doesn't care even if he's with others.

Compared to those things, what Chi Xiuwen found even more unbearable was the days without Pei Zhi by his side; it was too painful.