Chapter 376 I advise you to think it over again and again.
Huo Huai'an never imagined that he would one day be able to discuss marriage with the woman he liked.
Having lived to this age, I've witnessed both beautiful and tragic endings. On one hand, I worry that I won't meet someone as good as that, and on the other hand, I worry that due to various incompatibilities, things will end without a trace, wasting both of our time and adding to our sadness.
In his own view, the reason why Huo Huai'an broke up with his ex-girlfriend was ultimately because they were incompatible in one way or another.
That happened during my freshman year of college.
With Xu Dantong.
At that time, Gu Suixing and Lu Fengqing were deeply in love. They were inseparable except when they were in class. They were even more like conjoined twins. There was no room for even a fly to squeeze between them, let alone Huo Huai'an, a living person.
The trio that once walked together has now become adults, leaving him all alone.
After feeling lonely, empty, and cold for a while, Huo Huai'an decided to start a relationship.
He had never pursued a girl before, didn't know how to do it, and didn't know who to pursue, so he simply picked one from a bunch of girls who liked him.
Xu Dantong was one of the many girls who pursued him.
Although Huo Huai'an and Xu Dantong were both Xie Qinglan's classmates, they didn't know each other at all before going to university.
Huo Huai'an and Xie Qinglan attended the same school and were in the same class in kindergarten. When they went to junior high school, they went to S City. It was then that Xu Dantong met Xie Qinglan, so the two had no interaction at all.
The reason we met after entering university was naturally because of Xie Qinglan.
University A has two campuses, a South Campus and a North Campus. Huo Huai'an, Gu Suixing, and Lu Fengqing are all on the North Campus, while Xu Dantong and Xie Qinglan are on the South Campus. The two campuses are not particularly far apart, and it takes about ten minutes to travel back and forth by bus.
The two campuses shouldn't have any interaction.
But Xie Qinglan is such a jerk. He always feels like he has nowhere to use his charm, so he wanders around like a peacock spreading its tail feathers all day long. He even said that the basketball court in the South Campus is incompatible with him and that he can only play basketball in the North Campus.
Xu Dantong was curious about just how shameless Xie Qinglan was, so she went with her to the North Campus. It was at that time that Huo Huai'an met her.
In terms of beauty, Xu Dantong is definitely not the prettiest one in the school; the prettiest one is already taken.
But if we're talking about special, Xu Dantong is indeed a bit special.
Even after many years, Huo Huai'an still remembers how Xu Dantong confessed her feelings to him.
She said, "Huo Huai'an, I like you. Let's date, and I'll buy you breakfast every morning from now on."
Honestly, this was the first time Huo Huai'an had encountered such a good thing in his eighteen years of life.
Just when I was thinking about starting a relationship, my girlfriend showed up at my door, even offering breakfast as a bonus.
Huo Huai'an had a pretty good impression of Xu Dantong—mainly because they shared the same opinion that Xie Qinglan was a lunatic.
But this positive impression wasn't enough for Huo Huai'an to accept her confession.
Regardless of whether Xu Dantong was Xie Qinglan's friend, Huo Huai'an felt that he couldn't deceive girls.
He refused.
Xu Dantong asked, "Is it because you don't like me?"
Seeing Xu Dantong's straightforwardness, Huo Huai'an also said directly, "...Yes."
Xu Dantong: "It's okay. You can try dating me for three months. If you still don't like me after three months, we'll break up, and I won't pester you."
"..." The girl had already said so much, what could Huo Huai'an say?
Looking at Xu Dantong's confident expression, Huo Huai'an felt both curious and amused, so he agreed.
Of course, he also had the manners of a gentleman: "You don't need to buy me breakfast, we can just date normally."
Xu Dantong smiled happily.
However, she didn't agree to buy him breakfast. They weren't on the same campus, and when she said she would buy him breakfast, she really just wanted to see him at least once a day.
Both of them were dating for the first time. Although Huo Huai'an was very skilled, he knew he shouldn't let his girlfriend bring him breakfast.
Seeing that persuasion was ineffective against Xu Dantong, on the third day of their relationship, Huo Huai'an got up early and went to the South Campus to deliver breakfast to her.
After a few days of this, Xie Qinglan found out about their relationship.
Xie Qinglan pointed at Huo Huai'an and asked Xu Dantong, "Do you even know what kind of person he is, yet you're with him?"
Huo Huai'an was furious. "If I'm not a piece of trash, then what are you?"
Xie Qinglan: "I'm nothing, at least I don't harm the people around me."
Huo Huai'an: "She wasn't one of my people before I made my move."
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Xu Dantong quickly stopped them, "Alright, stop arguing. Xie Qinglan, have you had breakfast? If not, let's go eat together."
Since someone was offering to treat her, Xie Qinglan had no reason to refuse. "Okay."
The three of them went to the cafeteria on the south campus together.
Not many students came for breakfast in the morning, and soon Huo Huai'an and Xu Dantong brought the breakfast over.
Xie Qinglan looked at Huo Huai'an as he brought her breakfast, her face full of disbelief: "How can you two blind people not invite me to a Michelin-starred restaurant for a big meal? Instead, you give me steamed buns and mantou? Huo Huai'an, there's a limit to how stingy you can be!"
Huo Huai'an sneered: "Looking down on steamed buns and mantou?"
"I look down on you." Xie Qinglan scoffed, then turned to Xu Dantong and said, "I advise you to think it over again. This stingy guy isn't right for you."
Xu Dantong, munching on a steamed bun, mumbled, "It's alright."
He's not particularly stingy; at least he'll buy her breakfast.
As for giving gifts, they're only in a "probationary period"; she hasn't been officially hired yet, so they'll talk about it later.
Huo Huai'an had no intention of hiding his relationship with Xu Dantong. He felt that he and Xu Dantong were getting along quite well and that they might actually be able to continue their relationship. Since Xie Qinglan had already seen it, he might as well find an opportunity to tell Gu Suixing and Lu Fengqing as well.
But Gu Suixing is unusually difficult to ask out since he got a girlfriend.
After starting university, Gu Suixing stopped living on campus and rented a small house outside the school. Since they were in different departments, Huo Huai'an had to make an appointment at least two days in advance every time he asked Gu Suixing to come out, and he was not sure if he could get an appointment. So Huo Huai'an called Lu Fengqing directly.
"Hey, Lu Nian—"
Before I could finish speaking, I heard a sob coming from the receiver.
Huo Huai'an paused, his smile fading, and asked in a deep voice, "Who bullied you?"
Lu Fengqing cried for a long time before choking out, "Huai'an, Xingbao is leaving."
Huo Huai'an: "...Where are we going?"
“Going abroad,” Lu Fengqing said, crying. “His grandfather wants to send him abroad.”
Huo Huai'an had never heard Gu Suixing mention this matter.
"Don't cry. Let me ask."
Huo Huai'an hung up the phone and called Gu Suixing.
“Sui Xing, Lu Nian, she…”
Before Huo Huai'an could finish his sentence, he heard Gu Suixing's icy voice.
"We broke up."
Huo Huai'an was completely stunned.
On the very day he planned to tell his best friends that he was in a relationship, both of his best friends broke up.
Those words asking for blessings stuck in his throat, and he could no longer say them.
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