Fu Yan was angry, but he still cooked dinner as usual. However, he always waited for Xiao Xin to finish eating before he sat down to eat.

Neither of them spoke or asked about the other, like strangers living under the same roof, creating an awkward and uncomfortable atmosphere.

Fu Yan no longer needs him to pick her up and drop her off at school, so Xiao Xin is happy to have some free time.

But soon, he felt unwell all over.

In the past, Xiao Xin would ask Fu Yan to do any small things for him, and Fu Yan could be said to have taken good care of him inside and out.

But now that Fu Yan is not speaking, Xiao Xin is too proud to speak first.

Every time the word "puppy" was about to come out, I had to swallow it back down.

Every day, watching Fu Yan treat him like a stranger, waving around in front of him, and since he couldn't speak, Xiao Xin felt an unbearable itch all over his body.

Xiao Xin and Fu Yan continued their cold war for five days. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and had nowhere to vent, so he had to call Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke happened to be on vacation, so the two arranged to meet at a coffee shop near the club. Cheng Ai also came with Cheng Ke.

With a lollipop in her mouth, Cheng Ai saw Xiao Xin sitting at the table with a gloomy expression, and plopped down in the chair opposite him.

He looked at Xiao Xin with a playful expression and boldly guessed, "Brother Xin, are you and Young Master Fu really together this time?"

Xiao Xin glared at him: "Who's spreading rumors about me again?"

Cheng Ai raised an eyebrow and smiled: "Your videos with Young Master Fu have been all over the internet. The evidence is conclusive. The videos are even 1080P high definition. Who would dare to spread rumors?"

Xiao Xin's heart skipped a beat. Could someone have secretly filmed him and Fu Yan kissing passionately on the playground and posted it online?

"What video?" Xiao Xinqiang suppressed his unease and asked calmly.

Seeing his face freeze instantly, Cheng Ai guessed the truth pretty accurately.

Fearing that Xiao Xin wouldn't believe him, he took out his phone, found a video of the two of them that had over a million likes, and handed it to Xiao Xin.

Xiao Xin took it and looked at it. When she saw that the scene was not what she had imagined, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The background of the video is a large auditorium, and Fu Yan is holding Xiao Xin's wrist, waving goodbye to the audience.

This time, only Fu Yan showed his face, while Xiao Xin only had a side profile.

Xiao Xin handed the phone back to Cheng Ai, looking calm: "Isn't this video perfectly normal?"

Cheng Ai smiled and handed another video to Xiao Xin.

Xiao Xin's heart suddenly raced as she watched Fu Yan in the video.

Fu Yan on stage possessed an extraordinary air about him, exuding nobility in every gesture.

But the look in his eyes as he gazed at the audience was ambiguous and entangled, and combined with his singing, it was just like a peacock spreading its tail feathers to woo a mate.

The person Fu Yan was staring at was none other than himself.

Xiao Xin: "..."

As an observer watching the video, he also noticed the unusually ambiguous atmosphere between the two.

It's understandable that people speculate, even though that's exactly what happened.

But he just didn't want it to be widely spread.

Given his current situation, he's likely to attract those debt collectors again.

Cheng Ke interjected at this moment: "So, Brother Xin, your little lover is really Young Master Fu?"

Xiao Xin took a sip of coffee and looked out the window without saying a word.

Cheng Ke took this as a tacit agreement and, not wanting to make a fool of herself, changed the subject: "So, what problem did Brother Xin encounter this time when he came to see me?"

Xiao Xin turned to look at him, her expression serious. "Actually, it's nothing. I've just been feeling down lately and was thinking of getting you guys out to cheer me up."

"Is it related to your little lover?" Cheng Ke asked with a half-smile.

Xiao Xin glanced at him: "Stop calling me 'little lover' all the time, we're just friends."

Cheng Ke immediately sensed something amiss in his words, "You get upset about your friends' affairs?"

Xiao Xin clenched his back teeth, remaining noncommittal.

He thought for a moment and asked in return, "Why can't I be bothered by my friend's affairs?"

"Am I your friend?" Cheng Ke asked.

Xiao Xin nodded.

"What could I do that would affect your mood?"

Xiao Xin suddenly realized something, but felt even more annoyed.

Because of this bastard, he was in a terrible mood, and even had the urge to kill.

Cheng Ke explained, "You wouldn't take Cheng Ai's suggestion, play around with someone, and then not want to take responsibility, would you?"

Xiao Xin glanced at him: "Is that the kind of person you see?"

But it seems that what Cheng Ke said was true. He and Fu Yan were just temporarily getting what they needed, but he didn't expect Fu Yan to have plans to investigate further.

Cheng Ke sighed and took a sip of coffee. "Brother Xin, your sense of boundaries is too weak."

Listening to their conversation, Cheng Ai was completely confused. She looked up at Xiao Xin and asked, "Brother Xin, you didn't sleep with an innocent young virgin, and now he's demanding you take responsibility, did you?"

Xiao Xin frowned: "It was just a kiss, it's not that serious."

Cheng Ai pointed at Cheng Ke and herself: "Would you kiss us too?"

Xiao Xin shook his head.

Cheng Ai slammed her hand on the table: "That's it!"

Then he asserted definitively: "You just don't want to take responsibility for people, but they keep pushing you to take responsibility, and then you have a falling out, so you're upset, Brother Xin."

Xiao Xin rested her chin on her hand, unconsciously biting her nails, and nodded: "I guess so."

Cheng Ke saw right through him and pretended to be profound, saying, "Brother Xin, you're just so conflicted. You like her but you're afraid to take responsibility for her."

Xiao Xin glanced at him, "But..."

What if he develops a further relationship with Fu Yan, and then Fu Yan regains her memory?

Cheng Ai: "But what but? If you like each other, just be together! Life is only a few tens of thousands of days long, so live for the moment, don't you understand?"

“We can’t be together,” Xiao Xin said.

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