What do you mean, “too”?
Could it be that she also lived in Linjiang Courtyard? Chen Luo remembered that on the day Xu Anping came to view the apartment, the landlord had told him that a beauty lived next door. Could the beauty the landlord mentioned be her?
Although Gu Qing certainly could be called a beauty.
No, wait!
She should be called a fairy-level beauty! The moment she enrolled, she became the campus belle of Jiangcheng University. Her looks, figure, and temperament were all flawless!
It was as if when Lady Nuwa created humans, she had carved her with a tiny knife stroke by stroke, while the rest of them were just mud dolls casually pinched into shape.
“Yes, I went in.”
Chen Luo steadied himself and replied.
Then he dragged his suitcase into his room, and the first thing he did was close the door behind him.
The door shut.
Chen Luo sat on the sofa with a grave expression. After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind and said in an extremely determined tone:
“As long as I’m not embarrassed, the one who’s embarrassed is her!”
“Well said!”
Upon hearing that, Xu Anping stood up with a smile and said, “Brother Luo, I have something to do, so I’ll head out first. I’ll treat you to a late-night snack tonight!”
After saying that,
Xu Anping walked out of the room, left the courtyard, went downstairs, got into his car, and floored the accelerator as he sped away.
“Totally unreliable!”
Chen Luo complained.
Then he started tidying his room. Of course, there was not much to tidy, because it looked as if it had just been newly renovated. All the furniture was fully provided.
Apart from a little dust, there were hardly any signs that anyone had ever lived there.
At first, Chen Luo thought it was a shoddy flip arranged by a black-hearted landlord. That day, Xu Anping had even brought a formaldehyde detector when they viewed the apartment, and the result showed that the house was completely fine.
Many of the pieces were even branded furniture.
So!
Even if the neighbor was his ex-girlfriend, Chen Luo would still have to grit his teeth and live here, because this place was truly amazing.
Of course.
Even an ex-girlfriend had to be judged by which one. If it were that psycho film queen, Chen Luo figured he would already be sitting in Xu Anping’s car by now… and running away with him!
“That psycho…”
“I heard she went abroad recently to shoot a movie. Jiangcheng should still be safe for now!”
During the past few years Chen Luo spent teaching in a mountain village, he also kept an eye on that psycho on his phone. After learning that she had been invited abroad to shoot a movie, he finally mustered the courage to return to Jiangcheng.
If his four ex-girlfriends were to be ranked, that psycho would definitely be S+!
“Stop thinking about that!”
“In the past, I had no choice… but now I want to be a good person!”
Chen Luo comforted himself.
After finishing the cleanup.
Chen Luo took out the contents of his two large suitcases. Clothes went into the wardrobe, toiletries into the bathroom, and fitness equipment into the living room.
He also put his basketball in the living room.
This time, after returning to Jiangcheng,
Chen Luo planned to look for a job as a basketball coach. In his free time, he would teach kids to play basketball and earn some living expenses. As long as he could make a living in Jiangcheng, that would be enough.
After all, Chen Luo had grown up in an orphanage since he was young.
He had no relatives around.
So he did not have the pressure of supporting his parents. Living alone, of course, meant taking it easy first.
There was one more reason.
Chen Luo especially liked playing basketball. Although he had majored in fine arts in college, and when teaching in a mountain village he had taught both art and Chinese.
Basketball was still his true hobby.
After putting away his luggage.
Chen Luo leaned back on the sofa lazily, spread his arms, and looked at his brand-new home, his heart full of anticipation for the future.
Just then.
A notification sounded from his phone, which had 20% battery left. Chen Luo took out the charger, plugged it into the socket, and inserted the connector into the phone’s charging port.
But the screen showed that it was not charging.
Chen Luo froze.
He pulled it out and tried again, but the phone still would not charge. So he unplugged the charger and plugged it into another socket.
Still no good.
“What’s going on? Is there a power outage?”
Chen Luo said in confusion.
He got up and tried the light switch in the room, only to discover that there really did not seem to be any electricity in the apartment.
After standing there for a few moments,
Chen Luo naturally thought of his neighbor, Gu Qing. It should be fine to ask her why there was no power, right? Besides, back then he and Gu Qing had broken up on good terms.
No big deal.
After giving himself a mental pep talk in the room, Chen Luo stepped out of the door and onto the balcony. Gu Qing was still lying in a chair reading a magazine. Looking at those legs, they really were beautiful.
Now that he thought about it, breaking up had been rather a pity.
But even if he could do it all over again, if Chen Luo had to choose once more, he would still break up with Gu Qing.
Back then, he and Gu Qing had a very good relationship. Chen Luo had thought they could go from campus to society and become husband and wife, but in the end they still lost to reality.
Gu Qing’s parents accidentally found out that she was dating someone.
After that,
Gu Qing confessed everything about Chen Luo to her parents. After learning that Chen Luo was an orphan, they demanded that Chen Luo marry into their family, and that any children they had would take Gu Qing’s surname.
At the wedding, they even wanted to find two strangers to play the roles of his parents.
Chen Luo did not agree.
Gu Qing could not bear to break up with Chen Luo. She was so foolish that she said she would have a baby for him. As long as her belly grew and she got pregnant, maybe her parents would relent.
Chen Luo remembered that it rained heavily that night.
He watched the heavy rain all night too.
At the time, he thought to himself:
If he could see the moon on a rainy night like that, he would agree to Gu Qing’s idea and throw caution to the wind. But it rained all night and he never saw the moon.
The sky was too dark, with thick clouds everywhere.
Just like the future he and Gu Qing had… there was not the slightest hope to be seen!
After dawn.
Chen Luo finally said those three words to Gu Qing.
“Let’s break up.”
…
“Gu Qing, why is there no power in my room?”
Chen Luo asked.
Gu Qing put down her magazine and looked at Chen Luo. After two and a half years, he was still just as handsome. Tall, well-proportioned, with sunny, handsome, and clear features.
Even after graduating from college, he still had a strong youthful vibe.
“There is road construction over there. The power probably will not come back until tonight at the earliest.”
Gu Qing said, turning her head toward the balcony not far away.
Following Gu Qing’s gaze,
Chen Luo finally noticed that the road not far from the courtyard was under construction.
“So your place has no power either?”
Chen Luo paused and asked.
“The whole area has no power.”
Gu Qing put down her magazine, sat up, and said, “Want to go eat across the street together? If we have a dining buddy, we can order a couple more dishes.”
“Sure.”
Chen Luo thought about it and replied.
He treated it as a casual meal with a neighbor. They went downstairs, left the courtyard, crossed the street, and found a large shopping mall on the other side.
Near the mall was a stir-fry restaurant.
Gu Qing knew the way very well.
It looked like she came here often.
Walking into the restaurant,
Gu Qing said to the proprietress at the front counter, “One minced pork with eggplant, one braised beef brisket, no cilantro, and one tomato scrambled eggs.”
“Sure.”
After writing down the dishes on the menu, the proprietress looked at Chen Luo behind Gu Qing and teased, “Little Gu, is this your boyfriend?”
“That’s in the past.”
Gu Qing turned back and looked at Chen Luo as she said it.
“Oh, have a seat!”
The proprietress was stunned for a few seconds before replying.
With a knowing smile on her face, she said that once a couple breaks up, they cannot be friends. If they can still be friends after breaking up… that means…
Unresolved Feelings!