He could have lived like this forever.

Even if it's like this for the rest of his life, he won't have done anything wrong.

But with Liu Nian, he seemed to be wrong.

Liu Nian rubbed his fingers together, then looked at him and finally said, "Life is so long, it's normal to be sincere with a few people. Master Sen, haven't you ever been sincere with anyone?"

Sen looked at him with his eyes lowered, and then left on his own.

When they left, they slammed the door shut with a loud bang.

Liu Nian picked at his ear, then went about his business, muttering to himself, "Such a temper..."

Xiao Guai asked him worriedly, "Liu Nian, aren't you going to apologize to him?"

“It wasn’t my fault, why should I apologize?” Liu Nian said.

Xiao Guai: "Then, what if he gets angry and breaks up with you?"

Liu Nian's fingers twitched as he typed on the keyboard. He pulled his legs back up on the chair and said, "If he made a fundamental mistake in a relationship, do you think I wouldn't break up with him?"

"Huh?" Xiao Guai said, "You, you're going to break up with him?"

Liu Nian shrugged and said, "There's really no other way. Some things are just bad, and if you force yourself to eat them, it won't do you any good."

Little Darling: "Oh~"

Xiao Guai started to worry.

Jing Baisen committing fundamental transgressions in a relationship—isn't that something he could do in a heartbeat?

Liu Nian knew what Xiao Guai was thinking and said, "As long as I don't find out about him, there won't be any problem."

Xiao Guai: "...So when do you plan to 'discover' it?"

“I can’t secretly check his phone, I can’t follow him…” Liu Nian thought seriously for a moment, “If I want to ‘find’ him, then the truth will eventually come out.”

These past few days, whenever Jing Bolin sees Liu Nian, he starts to stammer.

Liu Nian was busy with his own things and didn't even glance at him. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Jing Bolin asked hesitantly, "Liu Nian, what happened between you and my older brother?"

“What can we do?” Liu Nian said. “Isn’t it always been the same?”

As they were talking, Fang Xiao came from the corner in the same direction. He ran quickly for a bit and caught up with the two of them. After catching up, he patted Liu Nian on the shoulder.

"Liu Nian—"

Before Liu Nian could react, Jing Bolin paused for a moment, his eyes scanning Fang Xiao from head to toe. After looking him over, he pulled Liu Nian to his side.

Fang Xiao looked at Jing Bolin, puzzled.

Jing Bolin has absolutely no respect for people. Right there on the street, he said to Liu Nian, "Liu Nian, don't pay any attention to him. He likes men!"

When Jing Bolin spoke, everyone around him turned to look.

Fang Xiao looked a little embarrassed as he stared at Liu Nian.

Liu Nian felt that Jing Bolin had gone too far, so he just looked at him with his eyelids slightly raised and said, "Don't I also like men? Aren't you? Aren't your whole family like men too?"

Jing Bolin choked on his words.

Fang Xiao was amused and, ignoring the stares of others, said directly to Liu Nian, "Liu Nian, Professor Shi must have something important to discuss with you."

Liu Nian abandoned Jing Bolin and left directly with Fang Xiao.

Jing Bolin stood there, feeling extremely aggrieved.

He was doing it for Liu Nian's own good. If his older brother found out that Liu Nian was still entangled with other people who might be interested in him, wouldn't his older brother be furious?

But Liu Nian: "..."

She seems different from his older brother's previous lovers.

Isn't Liu Nian afraid that his older brother will abandon him?

Or is it that something has happened between his older brother and Liu Nian?

Jing Bolin felt that this matter was serious, so he directly called his older brother.

After the call was made, he stammered and couldn't say anything for a long time.

But Jing Baisen guessed what was going on and hung up the phone immediately.

When Liu Nian went to see Professor Shi, he was immediately stunned by a piece of news.

Professor Shi had two exchange opportunities abroad; one was given to Fang Xiao, and the other was intended for him.

Professor Shi originally thought Liu Nian would happily agree, but Liu Nian said that he needed to think about it some more.

Fang Xiao guessed his concerns, so the two found a secluded spot and discussed it.

"Are you hesitating because... your boyfriend?" Fang Xiao tried to make the question sound as light as possible.

Liu Nian also confessed to him, saying, "Indeed, we haven't been together for very long, and it's really not appropriate for us to be in a long-distance relationship right now."

Fang Xiao: "It's only a year, and you should know how rare this opportunity is... Besides, it's just going abroad. You can come back when you have time, or have him fly over to see you. It only takes a little over three hours by plane."

After hearing this, Liu Nian laughed, rubbed his forehead, and remained silent for a long while.

Three hours?

Jing Baisen would definitely find it troublesome, so he simply went to find someone else.

Besides, round-trip airfare isn't cheap.

Long-distance relationships are not that simple.

"Anyway, there's still a month left," Fang Xiao didn't want to get too involved in their affairs, so he could only say, "You can have a good talk with your...uncle."

Only a handful of people knew that Liu Nian had secured this exchange opportunity to study abroad.

His roommates were genuinely surprised by Liu Nian's excellence. Although they weren't particularly close to him, they still offered their congratulations and urged him to seize this opportunity.

Jing Bolin had also heard the news, but he was quite confident, thinking that it was just a spot for an exchange program abroad, nothing compared to his older brother.

However, when Jing Bolin had nothing else to do, he still told his older brother about it.

After hearing about this, Jing Baisen began to observe Liu Nian as soon as he returned home.

He was becoming increasingly uncertain.

What's more, Liu Nian promised to buy him a tie clip, but he still hasn't bought it for him.

What, it's only 8,000 yuan, and you're still unwilling to spend it on him?

"You won a first prize in the individual competition?" Jing Baisen asked Liu Nian as he came out of the bathroom.

Liu Nian dried his hair and said, "Yes."

Seeing that he still wouldn't speak, Jing Baisen took a deep breath and finally suppressed his anger, then said, "Such a large competition must have some prize money, right? How much is it?"