“Let us break up.”
Before the other party could reply, after typing out this string of words, Li Yu forcefully suppressed his reluctance, blocked the person in the chat box, and deleted them.
Li Yan watched Li Yu’s series of actions, his eyebrows arching upward in satisfaction. “Mhm, good boy.”
“I am tired, so if there is nothing else, I will head back to my room first.” Saying this, before Li Yan could speak, Li Yu dragged his heavy footsteps up the stairs.
Li Yan frowned with some displeasure, but a moment later smoothed his expression out, comforting himself.
Li Yu had already broken up with that person; from now on, by slowly nurturing the relationship over time, he would return to being as cute as before.
The next day, as soon as Li Yu arrived at the classroom and stepped through the door, he felt a wave of low pressure.
The whispered discussions of the people nearby also reached his ears.
Student A: “I do not know what is wrong with Lu-ge. As soon as he came to the classroom this morning, he kicked over a desk! The sound was so loud it startled me.”
Student B: “Ah, I thought Lu-ge usually had a pretty good temper, and was very gentle overall. How could he throw such a huge temper?”
Student C: “It is probably just a little lovers’ spat!”
As the voices trailed off, they all shifted their gazes in unison toward Li Yu.
Li Yu: “…”
Before long, Zhou Lu walked into the classroom with a jacket draped over his shoulder. Wearing a sports jersey, his hair looked as though it had been soaked, with droplets of water trickling down the tips of his strands. His gloomy gaze swept across the class.
Upon seeing this, the crowd immediately fell dead silent, not daring to speak a word.
Zhou Lu fixed his gaze unwaveringly on Li Yu, and with long strides, walked straight toward him.
“Stay after school.” Those simple four words left Li Yu’s heart in a panic. Li Yu opened his mouth to speak, but before any words came out, Zhou Lu had already returned to his own seat.
In the back row, Lin Ze watched this entire scene unfold in the classroom.
After school, following his usual daily habits, he grabbed his basketball early and headed to the court, but then suddenly remembering something, his footsteps halted.
His pupils dilated.
Li Yu!
Lin Ze immediately ran back toward the classroom. As soon as he reached the outside of the classroom door, he saw only Li Yu and Zhou Lu inside, both wearing cold expressions. He wanted to raise his voice and step forward quickly to pull his brother away.
Suddenly, before he could utter a sound, a pair of hands tightly covered his mouth. The person grinned and said, “It is just a little lovers’ spat, so let us not go up and disturb them.”
Unable to break free, Lin Ze could only glare furiously while making muffled groaning noises from his throat.
And thus, Lin Ze was wrapped around the waist by someone and forcibly hauled away.
Li Yu finished packing his desk and wanted to leave, but Zhou Lu intercepted him right at the front door.
With a cold tone, he asked, “Where are you going?”
Li Yu remained silent. Clutching his backpack tightly, he turned and headed toward the back door.
Before he could take a few steps, his wrist was firmly grabbed. With a forceful pull from Zhou Lu, Li Yu fell straight into Zhou Lu’s embrace.
Zhou Lu took the opportunity to sit down on the chair, wrapping his arms around Li Yu to hold him.
Under Zhou Lu’s direct gaze, Li Yu felt a chill run through his body, causing him to shiver slightly.
“You want to break up with me?”
“Mhm.” Li Yu nodded.
Zhou Lu let out a cold laugh. “Break up? Was this not just a trick used to fool Li Yan?”
“It is not a trick anymore. The breakup is real, and I am breaking up with you.” Li Yu said indifferently, avoiding his gaze.
Hearing this, veins throbbed visibly on Zhou Lu’s temples. He forcefully suppressed the raging fire in his chest, his fists clenching so tightly that they cracked.
“I do not believe it!”
“Believe it or not, today I am simply making the fact of our breakup clear to you. You are just a young master with no money and no power. Even if you have money, it is provided by your father, and if he stops giving it to you, you have nothing! If I do not listen to my Ge, I will have nothing either. If we run away together in the future, what do you think you can use to give me a happy life?”
Seeing Zhou Lu freeze into silence, Li Yu continued. “I have lived a pampered life for too long, and I do not want to go suffer hardships with you. Do you understand, Zhou Lu?”
Having been together for so long, no matter how angry Li Yu had been, he had never called him by his full name with such cold indifference. Facing Li Yu’s string of accusations, Zhou Lu’s heart had already been torn to pieces.
He opened his mouth, his lips moving as his voice turned somewhat hoarse. “I can give you a very good life. Really, trust me.”
Li Yu sneered. “Then wait until you actually have power and influence before you come talk to me!”
With that, Li Yu broke free from Zhou Lu’s embrace, stood up, and left without a single shred of hesitation.
Watching Li Yu’s retreating figure, Zhou Lu’s eyes turned hollow. He lowered his head weakly, and a single tear traced down his cheek.
He touched his cheek, looking somewhat astonished at the moisture on his hand, and then covered his face as a trace of bitter self-mockery emerged.
For so long, apart from the moment his mother passed away when he shed tears, the only other time he had cried was right now.
He had been unilaterally abandoned by Li Yu.