Volume 1 Сhарtеr 25: Yоur Love Is So Сhеap
Fu Нuaixu wаs tаkеn аbасk for а mоmеnt, then quiсkly stоod up аnd оpеned thе dооr. “Jiaоjiаo.”
Оutsidе, Jiаng Хining wаs hоlding а pillоw, loоking bоth aggrieved and рitiful. She whisрerеd, “Хingхing, I’m а little cоld. Can I slеер with уou?”
Shе absоlutely rеfusеd tо аdmit shе was а bit scared.
Тhе villа hаd сentral heаting аnd wаs spеciаlly equiрреd with а centrаl tеmperаture cоntrоl sуstеm. Evеn if it wеre twenty or thirty degreеs belоw zеrо оutsidе, it wouldn’t bе cold inside.
Fu Нuaiхu knew this stаtemеnt wasn’t true, but no matter what, he couldn’t refuse. His low voice carried a slightly husky, tingling quality.
“Come in first.”
Jiang Xining happily ran inside and, just like when they were children, placed her pillow next to Fu Huaixu’s, patting the bed like a seal clapping.
“Xingxing, come to bed quickly!”
Fu Huaixu feared he might have lost too much blood and was already experiencing a delusional, extravagant hallucination.
Jiang Xining waited for a while but didn’t see Fu Huaixu get into bed. Instead, she saw him open the closet and take out another blanket.
“Xingxing, what are you doing?” A flicker of confusion passed through her eyes. Was Xingxing cold too?
Fu Huaixu said hoarsely, “I’ll sleep on the floor…”
“But…” Didn’t they used to sleep together when they were little?
Before Jiang Xining could finish her sentence, Fu Huaixu chuckled softly. “I don’t sleep well. If I kick Jiaojiao off the bed later, you’ll definitely be mad at me tomorrow.”
“I wouldn’t!” Jiang Xining pouted. She wouldn’t get angry for no reason.
Besides, she couldn’t even feel pain.
Fu Huaixu adjusted Jiang Xining’s pillow, tucked her in properly again, and spoke gently as if coaxing a child. “Be good, Jiaojiao. Go to sleep… I’ll be right by the bed. I won’t go anywhere.”
The blanket carried Fu Huaixu’s scent—warm and pleasant.
Jiang Xining could see Fu Huaixu just by turning on her side, and the little fear in her heart disappeared.
“Then I’m going to sleep!”
With that, she curled up under the blanket, snuggling like a little squirrel. “Xingxing, go to sleep soon too. If you’re cold, come up. I saved a spot for you.”
“Okay…”
The room fell silent again, except for the soft, shallow breathing of another person.
With Fu Huaixu by her side, Jiang Xining slept soundly all night.
Only someone else lay awake, silently tracing the contours of her figure with his gaze, over and over again.
He didn’t sleep a wink all night.
…
“You see it too. A cold-blooded snake can never be tamed.”
The once clean and tidy home looked as if it had been ransacked by robbers, with things scattered messily everywhere and even a few drops of bloodstains.
Su Qianxun sat amidst it all, her face weary. “Do you still think helping them back then was the right thing to do?”
Fu Jinghao hadn’t expected that the once kind and amiable faces would turn into such hateful expressions after he stopped the financial support.
They even showed up in the middle of the night, spewing vile curses, with words unfit for parents.
“I’m sorry, A’Xun. I didn’t know…”
“There’s a lot you don’t know.” Su Qianxun said indifferently. “I’ll move out of here tomorrow. There’s no need for you to keep having people watch me. It makes me feel suffocated. I don’t like it.”
He had arrived only half an hour after the Su family yesterday. Su Qianxun knew that from the moment she returned to the country, she had been living under his surveillance every moment.
Fu Jinghao had stayed up all night, dark circles of exhaustion under his eyes.
“It’s not surveillance. It’s protection…”
“Protection?” Su Qianxun said. “I don’t need this kind of self-righteous protection.””Ah Xun…” Fu Jinghao’s tone was laced with pain, “Even though I made some mistakes after being apart for so many years, do you have to be this cold to me?”
Not a single gentle word.
Although Ah Xun was widely recognized as B University’s aloof goddess, after they confirmed their relationship and started dating, he had been her one and only exception.
She wouldn’t get close to any other man, nor would she give them a friendly look. Fu Jinghao had once loved her aloofness, but now, with that same coldness directed at him, he finally understood how painful it truly was.
Su Qianxun looked at Fu Jinghao seriously. After all these years, they had both changed.
The reckless yet sincere young man from her memories had been replaced by the hypocritical face of the scumbag before her.
They had been together for a while, but they had parted amicably. Why did he insist on clinging to her, flaunting his so-called love here? It only made her feel disgusted.
“You still love me?”
Fu Jinghao grew somewhat agitated and answered without hesitation, “Yes.”
“Then why didn’t you wait for me? I didn’t die abroad, and I never said I wouldn’t come back. Is it really that far from China to the U.S.? Or could it be that you, the esteemed Young Master Fu, couldn’t afford a plane ticket? On one hand, you’re getting engaged, and on the other, you’re pining for an old flame…”
Su Qianxun’s expression turned bone-chillingly cold as she sneered, “Wanting to have your cake and eat it too—your love is truly cheap.”
Fu Jinghao’s face instantly flushed with a mix of green and red, and he stammered, “I…”
“You know I don’t like listening to excuses. If you don’t have a reason that can convince me, I can’t be bothered to hear it.”
Fu Jinghao clutched his hair in agony. “Ah Xun, even though I was born into the Fu family, I have uncles, aunts, cousins, and countless others eyeing my position. If I don’t scheme and plan carefully, I could be pushed aside tomorrow. I really did my best…”
“No one in this world has it easy.”
Su Qianxun pointed at the mess scattered across the floor. “After a full day of surgeries, coming home to this—do you think it’s easy for me?”
“You were born at the pinnacle of the pyramid. The pocket money in just one of your cards is more than what ordinary people earn in a lifetime. You and I are from completely different worlds. Marriage might be a bargaining chip for you, but not for me. I can’t help you with your grand ambitions, and you shouldn’t add trouble to my life either.”
Su Qianxun sighed. “Cherish the person in front of you. We really are in the past now.”
The person in front of him…
Fu Jinghao suddenly remembered—yesterday was Jiaojiao’s birthday, and he seemed to have left her alone at the restaurant!