Chapter 104 A Perfect Match
Mu Yan looked at him with quiet and sincere eyes, like a clear pool of water, making one almost willing to drown in it.
Seeing He Fan somewhat stunned, Mu Yan took his hand again and slowly wrote in his palm, "It's okay if you don't want to agree now. How about I pursue you instead? You said you need flowers to confess your love. What kind of flowers do you like? I'll buy them for you in a bit."
He Fan was stunned. Even in the most absurd erotic dream when he was eighteen, Mu Yan would never say such proactive things to him.
He remained silent for a moment, not answering immediately, his lowered eyelashes obscuring his eyes.
Mu Yan finally realized that something seemed off about him, and tilted her head slightly, looking at him with a somewhat bewildered expression.
For someone who has already been hurt a lot in relationships, He Fan knows better than anyone how difficult it is to get Mu Yan to overcome those obstacles and take that step to give his heart to someone again.
At the age of eighteen, He Fan finally got what he wanted.
“Brother,” 22-year-old He Fan gently grasped Mu Yan’s hand and said with difficulty, as if pronouncing a death sentence, “I can’t… be with you.”
Mu Yan was stunned.
Although he had sensed something from He Fan's reaction, he still felt at a loss when He Fan actually said the words of refusal.
But just a few days ago, He Fan said she liked him and wanted to be with him. She even took a picture of him when the Ferris wheel reached its highest point and gently put her arm around his shoulder in the crowded throng to protect him from being pushed by the crowd.
He Fan said she had liked him for many years, but so quickly... she stopped liking him?
“When you and Lu Chong had been together for a month,” He Fan bit her lip and paused when she mentioned Lu Chong, “you two had a fight because you smelled of alpha pheromones on you. You thought you picked them up at the library or while you were working, and you thought Lu Chong was being unreasonable, but actually… it was me who deliberately put my pheromones on you.”
"Later, after graduation, when I took you home during his sensitive period, I deliberately released pheromones to upset him and make him lose control and lash out at you."
Mu Yan shook his head. This was nothing. The conflict between him and Lu Chong was not something that would have been resolved if He Fan had released pheromones once or twice, or if he hadn't released pheromones at all.
Even without He Fan's pheromones, Lu Chong would still be suspicious and angry at strangers who kindly offered to take him home.
“In April of your junior year, I accidentally spilled milk tea on the bed and asked if I could sleep in your bed. That time, I did it on purpose.”
Mu Yan blinked, as if he was stunned for a moment, then curled the corners of his mouth and smiled gently.
He Fan was much taller than him. Mu Yan moved closer and put his arms around his neck, causing He Fan to involuntarily lower his head.
“It’s nothing,” Mu Yan whispered in his ear, as if in a secret, “It’s scheming for an annoying person to do something like this, but you’re not.”
The warm breath felt incredibly real against my ear, tickling and tingling, lingering and ambiguous.
He Fan almost subconsciously tilted his head slightly, bringing his lips close to Mu Yan's lips.
But just as their lips were about to touch, he tilted his head slightly, avoiding the kiss that was about to happen.
He suddenly closed his eyes, as if trying to make a decision.
"...I've gone to so much trouble and schemed so much, but to you, I'm just an important person. But back then, Lu Chong didn't have to do anything, and you just liked him."
“I’ve thought about where I’m inferior to him… He’s not taller than me, not better looking than me, and I think my personality is better than his. His family is indeed better off than mine, but I know my brother doesn’t care about that.”
Mu Yan was slightly taken aback. Was He Fan dissatisfied with him because he had a past relationship?
But didn't he always know? Why is he only saying it now?
"My brother's feelings for me aren't just liking, but because he cares about me, because I'm an important person to him, and because he's with me. It's different from when you agreed to be with Lu Chong...."
Mu Yan was slightly taken aback, but... what difference did it make?
He will treat He Fan better, even better than he treated Lu Chong before.
“It’s just different,” He Fan said softly. “I want my brother’s affection. I’m jealous of Lu Chong, so jealous that I’m going crazy.”
“I’m not as good as you think,” he said with a wry smile. “I’m petty and scheming. And the person who kidnapped you is my half-brother. He hates me because when I was twelve, I pushed him down the stairs, leaving him paralyzed for life.”
Mu Yan shook his head vigorously.
If He Fan is saying all this now in an attempt to get Mu Yan to accept him in advance, then Mu Yan doesn't really care.
Using your charm on someone you like isn't a tactic, and it's normal to have possessiveness towards someone you like. As for his half-brother, Mu Yan had met him before, and he was a villain who treated human life like dirt. He Fan must have suffered some injustice at his hands before he had no choice but to do what he did.
Mu Yan's eyes were brimming with tears, and He Fan could inexplicably read many emotions in them: heartache, understanding, but no disgust or fear.
After pushing Xie Rong down the stairs, even He Qingyun and Xie Chen thought he was an oddball. When he was alone in China, a psychotherapist would visit him twice a month.
It took He Fan five years to create the illusion in front of his therapist that he had gradually recovered from antisocial personality disorder to a normal person. However, He Qingyun was still skeptical and would still urge He Fan to see the psychological specialists she recommended every six months.
Mu Yan is so stupid.
He believes everything others say; no wonder he's always bullied by so many people.
"And that time..."
"When you asked me to borrow 150,000, I actually saw the message immediately."
He Fan slowly lowered his eyelashes, knowing that once those words were spoken, there was no going back.
"It's not that I couldn't raise the money..."
It's not that he couldn't raise the money.
When he came of age, he began to take over some of the Xie family's less-than-honorable businesses in China. The Xie family originally started by running casinos in Country A, and many of the shady mahjong parlors and similar establishments in City A were owned by the Xie family.
Even without considering his available cash, Xie Chen and He Qingyun never shortchanged him on his six-figure monthly allowance.
He even knew exactly how much Lin Guojun gambled, how much he gambled, and how much money he owed.
When Mu Yan messaged him, he wasn't sure if Mu Yan and Lu Chong had completely broken up.
He Fan knew very well that if they could get through this crisis together, and once Lu Chong made some achievements and returned to the Lu family, they would be a couple who had gone through thick and thin together. Lu Mingzhang would marry his omega secretary, so it was unrealistic to expect the Lu family to make any substantial objections.
He had to make sure that he was the one to get through this crisis with Mu Yan.
If Mu Yan and Lu Chong haven't completely broken up, then this is just a minor setback in Mu Yan's life, and I'm just a kind friend who happened to lend a helping hand.
He doesn't want to just be friends.
Simply planting the seeds of trouble is far from enough for Lu Chong and Mu Yan. Mu Yan has a tolerant personality, and there are very few things that would make him truly harden his heart and leave. Once Lu Chong's career is successful, he will be even more able to pretend to be a respectable person.
It might not be accurate to call it an act; people tend to present different faces in different environments, and it seems that everyone does this.
Just like He Fan himself, no matter how dark and world-weary he was, he would still unconsciously smile when he saw Mu Yan.
"I...I don't know if you and Lu Chong have broken up yet, I just wanted to wait until you've completely broken up before giving you the money..."
"I never imagined you would know Shang Qiyue, I never imagined you would go to see Shang Qiyue..."
He Fan couldn't continue speaking, while Mu Yan stared at him blankly, as if she had guessed something but couldn't believe it.
He was kept as a mistress, coerced into being marked, forced to develop a heart condition and a fake pregnancy, imprisoned... Almost all of his misfortunes stemmed from Shang Qiyue.
It turns out that all of this could have been avoided.
But what can he blame He Fan for? Can he morally blackmail him and blame him for not helping?
There is no such logic in the world.
"I..." Overwhelmed by emotion, Mu Yan's voice seemed to regain its slightly hoarse quality. He said with some difficulty, "It's not your fault..."
"You're willing to talk to me... about this?" Mu Yan said anxiously, grabbing He Fan's hand and writing directly on his palm. "I know you won't do it again, right? From now on, I'll treat you like family. I'll be good to you, so please don't do this anymore. Let's live a good life together. No matter what happens to either of us, we'll be together..."
Mu Yan continued writing, and he wrote quite quickly. He Fan was so focused on watching him that he could only read the sentences in general terms.
Mu Yan lowered his eyes slightly, his loose black hair partially obscuring He Fan's view of him. The gauze on his forehead had not yet been removed; it was an injury inflicted by Xie Rong on Shipton Island.
Because of the days of running around and being frightened, Mu Yan's face was somewhat pale and haggard, but the healthy rosy color of her lips was somewhere between that of a sick person and a completely healthy person.
He Fan used to always think about how to get him, but now he suddenly understands.
Would it have been better if he hadn't gotten that calico kitten in the first place?
The fact that Mu Yan is still alive is more important than anything else.
In fact, he didn't care about what Xie Chen said to him at all. If he cared about morality and ethics, he wouldn't be the He Fan he is now.
As for Xie Chen's concessions and threats, he could easily ignore them if he wanted to. Xie Chen is ultimately a man of principle and cannot do anything too outrageous.
But then he suddenly realized something.
She is gloomy, stubborn, psychologically unhealthy, and calculating; she is certainly not a good match.
Mu Yan is as good as the moon in the sky; no matter who he is with, everyone will fall in love with him and bring him happiness.
He grabbed Mu Yan's hand, stopping him from writing any further.
"Mu Yan."
"Don't give me another chance..."
Don't give me another chance, before you fall in love with me.
"If you just forgive everyone who has hurt you like this, then what about all the grievances you suffered in the past?"
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