"To die in the height of love means to avoid the heartbreak and betrayal that follow."
Cen Yu: "..."
Big brother, you?
He couldn't help but turn his gaze to Chu Yichen on the other side, eager to know what this person had gone through to make such an explosive statement.
Pei Heng probably didn't expect that Chu Yichen, who looked so handsome with thick eyebrows, had such extreme thoughts in his mind, and he was speechless for a moment.
Fortunately, the incense in the incense burner burned out again. Before Chu Yichen could get up, Cen Yu simply went over and lit three more incense sticks... When he looked down, Pei Leyun in the black and white photo still had that smiling expression.
Perhaps because he knew the other person would definitely become a ghost, Cen Yu always had an indescribable feeling when looking at this photo.
It's like when you look in the mirror, you see yourself and you look exactly the same, but perhaps the slightest difference in your expression can give you a chill down your spine.
That's how Cen Yu felt when she looked at this photo.
He looked at it carefully for a while before he finally realized what that sense of incongruity was.
In the photo, Pei Leyun's smile seemed even bigger than when he first met her.
Even if he wanted to tell Pei Heng about this odd thing, Pei Heng would most likely say that he was seeing things... Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Cen Yu sat back down on the futon.
"Xiao Yu," Chu Yichen suddenly spoke again as Cen Yu sat down, "Why were you with Xiao Le back then?"
Why else could it be? Cen Yu thought to herself, the original owner must have been with Pei Leyun for money.
But these words definitely couldn't be said aloud, otherwise Pei Heng would surely make him go and die with Pei Leyun in the next second.
“…I like his innocence and kindness,” Cen Yu said softly, head down.
Anyway, that's how it's written in the original text: Pei Leyun is foolish yet kind-hearted, full of expectations for love, which is why she fell for Cen Yu's scheme.
This cunning poor man was particularly adept at dealing with naive and carefree rich young masters like Pei Leyun.
"Is that so?" Chu Yichen said again.
"We like Xiao Le precisely because he's innocent and kind," the cunning poor man began, trying to drag everyone down with him again. "Don't you all think the same way?"
Chu Yichen didn't speak, but Pei Heng frowned after hearing it, "Smooth talker."
"He's just naive and inexperienced, that's why he fell for your trick."
"Senior," Cen Yu ignored Pei Heng and continued talking to Chu Yichen, "I didn't even know you and Xiao Le were childhood sweethearts?"
In the original work, when Cen Yu was trying to please this senior, he was completely unaware of the relationship between the other party and Pei Leyun, otherwise he would not have been so blatant.
"Yes." Chu Yichen wasn't very interested in the topic. "We haven't been in touch for many years."
"It's normal that you don't know."
Cen Yu noticed that Chu Yichen's attitude was somewhat subtle when he said this. It didn't seem like he was talking about someone he had a crush on, but rather someone he wanted to avoid at all costs.
Pei Heng, perhaps annoyed by their reminiscing, spoke up, "Be quiet."
Cen Yu sat there and said to Chu Yichen, "Senior."
Chu Yichen looked over.
“We’ve known each other for so long, and you’ve never called me Xiao Yu.” Cen Yu looked at him. “Who exactly are you?”
Perhaps the information revealed in those words was too great, because Pei Heng paused in his act of throwing paper money. He slowly turned his head, unsure whether he should look at Cen Yu or Chu Yichen first.
Chu Yichen smiled and said, "I don't understand what you mean."
A brazier sat before them, inside which paper money was burning.
The firelight cast its glow on Chu Yichen's face, and with each flicker of light, his smile widened. "Xiao Yu," he said, "is there a problem with that way of addressing me?"
Even Pei Heng noticed that something was wrong with Chu Yichen.
Cen Yu immediately went to check the incense burner and found that the incense was almost burned out—he realized that strange things always happened when the incense burned out.
"Stop him!" Cen Yu immediately ran towards the incense burner. "I'm going to offer incense!"
Pei Heng was also surprised that Cen Yu was so "good at commanding," actually sending him directly to face that strange thing... Chu Yichen seemed to have realized their intentions, and the smile on his face widened.
"What's wrong?"
Why is everyone staring at me?
He touched his face. "Am I smiling strangely?"
Cen Yu arrived at the incense burner, and by then the last bit of ash had fallen—the smoke in the incense burner had completely died out.
The lighter had malfunctioned just moments before, and Cen Yu, holding three incense sticks, rushed towards the ever-burning lamp in the corner of the coffin. The only remaining sources of fire in the room were this spot and the brazier in front of Chu Yichen and Pei Heng, the latter of whom would absolutely not go there—
"Dad, hang in there a little longer," Cen Yu called out half-heartedly.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two shadows appear behind Chu Yichen. He didn't dare to look any longer and could only run towards the location of the ever-burning lamp as quickly as possible.
Upon hearing Cen Yu's voice, Pei Heng almost burst into a tirade of curses.
He realized that when Cen Yu had a bad idea, he would pretend to respectfully call him "Dad".
Chu Yichen naturally noticed Pei Heng's nervousness.
He reached out and touched the two shadows behind him. "What's the tension?"
"Isn't Chu Yichen here?"
Pei Heng took the yellow paper and put it into the brazier beside him to start a fire... The flames burned on the yellow paper in his hand, and he immediately reached forward and said to Cen Yu, "Hurry up!"
Chu Yichen was also startled by the sudden appearance of the flame.
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