The caller ID on the phone startled Lu Rui for a long time. Feeling a little guilty, Lu Rui answered the phone, "Hello? Mom?"
"Hey, who are you calling? My little darling!"
Hearing Wang Shiyu's voice on the other end of the phone, Lu Rui almost threw his phone away. He immediately realized that Wang Shiyu had gone to his house to get Li Fengying's phone to call him!
Lu Rui rolled his eyes in anger and yelled into the phone, "Wang Shiyu, what are you doing at my house?!"
Lu Rui's roar woke An Qianbai, who was still sleeping. She looked at Lu Rui with a resentful expression. Gu Liyan, who was standing next to her, also frowned: Could it be that something big has happened again?
On the other end of the phone, Wang Shiyu, with an air of fearlessness, glared at Lan Yu beside her and snorted coldly:
"Hmph, if I hadn't come to your house, I wouldn't have known you were driven away by some arrogant little girl! You're really useless, having to give way to others on your own turf. You just casually let someone else wear the shoes I gave you? You've got some nerve! Come back here right now!"
"You, you're the one who got angry and left! My family has too many people and nowhere to live, so I moved out with my friend! The shoes you gave me are mine, and it's none of your business what I do with them! Don't bother my mom, I'll thank you for eight generations of your ancestors."
After saying all that in one breath, Lu Rui hung up the phone without hesitation, muttering, "Do you think I'm stupid? You could pinpoint my location in less than a minute!"
Looking at Lu Rui's angry expression, Gu Liyan asked curiously, "Whose call was that?"
"Who else could it be? An annoying, clingy person!" Lu Rui said irritably.
He didn't understand why that woman had fallen for him; they had only met a few times, yet she was such a persistent pest.
Seeing Lu Rui's expression of unspeakable suffering, Gu Liyan couldn't help but laugh:
"Haha, although I don't know what happened between you two, I still have to remind you: although you can see other people's luck and marriage lines very clearly, sometimes you forget to pay attention to your own marriage line."
Gu Liyan was naturally well aware of the fact that his eyes possessed the Eyes of a Painter.
While the Painter's Eye can reveal the fortune of others and the threads of fate between people, as well as the threads of marriage between lovers, those who possess the Painter's Eye cannot see their own fortune or marriage.
Perhaps it's because even they themselves can't be sure of their own destiny in marriage.
Or perhaps, only by steadfastly protecting that one's beloved with vows and even one's life, like Gu Liyan, can one grasp this red thread!
Hearing Gu Liyan's words, Lu Rui felt a sense of confusion. To be honest, Wang Shiyu's personality was just a bit short-tempered and a little willful. Sometimes she was quite unreasonable, but the only thing she was good about was that she never spoke ill of others behind their backs, because she usually took revenge on the spot!
Thinking of Wang Shiyu, her heavily made-up face became deeply etched in his memory. Lu Rui hurriedly shook his head. "No, I... I still think we're not suitable for each other. We're at most good buddies, nothing more! I don't want another person restricting my freedom!"
Upon hearing the word "freedom," Gu Liyan thought of the past, of the warm and welcoming Thousand Absolute Mountain!
Although it wasn't a cage, it was worse than one. Even if all the birds flew away and all the people disappeared, he would still have to stay there...
Gu Liyan smiled bitterly, "Yes, being restricted in your freedom is really painful! I can understand what it feels like to lose your freedom."
Upon hearing Gu Liyan's approval, Lu Rui nodded hurriedly.
“But Lu Rui…” Gu Liyan looked at Lu Rui with a serious expression and said, “A person’s life cannot be lived for oneself. Sometimes you have to consider many things. In your life, your relatives, friends, and even your future lover will force you to grow up, to give up your pride, give up your freedom, and take on the responsibility of your family.”
Upon hearing Gu Liyan's words, Lu Rui froze on the spot. How could the intelligent Lu Rui not understand what Gu Liyan meant?
Even though he is now mature and has the same discerning eye as Gu Liyan, he is still imperfect. With limited abilities, they are not yet capable of taking on responsibilities.
Gu Liyan spoke these words because the world was slowly changing his mindset. People in this world, regardless of good or evil, are all struggling, growing, and surviving through perseverance, trials, sacrifice, and despair.
Interests are important, dreams are important, but you must first learn how to survive.
This is the life trajectory recognized by the world, and it cannot be changed!
He Gu Liyan understood.
Lu Rui also realized it.
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Wang Shiyu stared at the disconnected phone, remaining silent for a long time. Li Fengying spoke up instead, "Um... Xiaoyu, did Xiaorui say when he's coming back?"
Wang Shiyu sniffed, handed the phone to Li Fengying, and turned to leave without saying a word or even saying goodbye.
Thud—
Wang Shiyu slammed the door and left. Lan Yu was immediately displeased. She pouted and put on her 30,000 yuan slippers, saying, "So arrogant, she has no manners at all!"
Li Fengying could no longer hold back and yelled at Lan Yu, "Shut up, you idiot!"
"Do you know who she is? Her father is a major general! Her mother is a successful businesswoman. Going back dozens of generations, no one in your family would dare to challenge her!"
Upon hearing Li Fengying's words, Li Jun and Li Xiu, who were about to offer their advice, immediately shut their mouths.
Seeing that no one could explain, Lan Yu's eyes reddened with grievance, and she snorted coldly before sneaking into Lu Rui's room to play on her phone.
Li Jun didn't care about Lan Yu's grievances, but instead said happily, "Hey Auntie, that girl was pretty good-looking, wasn't she? Is she dating Xiao Rui? You should try to set them up!"
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