When I got home, I checked my phone and realized that Lu Huai had called me more than twenty times.

I ignored it and saw Jiang Xu's update.

"Look up, romance is playing."

There were two photos, one of a sunrise, and the other was of me.

Just by looking at the photos and the caption, his nonchalant face seemed to appear in my mind.

Just as I was about to comment, Lu Huai's voice startled me.

"Do you know how many calls I made to you? Why didn't you answer?"

He leaned against the wall with both hands, as if enclosing me in his arms, and questioned me in a tone I had never heard before:

"Did you go to watch the sunrise with Jiang Xu?"

He probably saw Jiang Xu's update as well. I made a sound and was about to leave, but he pulled me back, staring at me intently.

"How far have you two developed? Did he kiss you?"

"You've only known him for less than a day, and you spent the night with him?"

His grip was tight, and his eyes were gloomy.

"Chen Xiaoxiao, are you being too casual?"

This sour tone and expression from him were unfamiliar to me, but I didn't want to dwell on it.

I raised my head and met his gaze, with no room to retreat in the narrow space.

"Lu Huai, you introduced him to me as a boyfriend."

"Boyfriend or girlfriend, what does it have to do with you?"

Suddenly, Lu Huai paused, and a blank expression flashed across his face.

His attitude quickly softened, coaxing me.

"Xiaoxiao, I was wrong."

"If you don't like Jiang Xu, you don't have to force yourself. I'll talk to him."

"After all, whether Xiaoxiao likes it or not is the most important."

If he had thought this way from the beginning, he wouldn't have pushed me to someone else without asking for my consent.

And now he appeared as a good person after the fact.

What is this supposed to be?

Give a sweet date after a slap?

Lu Huai seemed confident that I wouldn't like Jiang Xu, his calm eyes revealing his usual certainty.

I shifted my body slightly, creating some distance between us.

"No need."

A moment of panic flashed across his face. "What do you mean?"

"Do you really like him?"

At that moment, a voice came from the corner of the stairs.

"Lu Huai, do you have disposable toothbrushes and towels at your place?"

Hearing the voice, Lu Huai instinctively let go of me and took two steps back.

Before my eyes, Zhong Wannian approached wearing my pajamas, with a smile on her face, looking like a hostess.

I watched the sunrise with Jiang Xu, and he called me casual. But he brought his girlfriend home to spend the night on the day of his confession. Isn't that being hypocritical?

I tugged at the corner of my mouth, mocking expression on my face, and Lu Huai instinctively started to explain.

"Xiaoxiao, between her and me..."

I suddenly found it hilarious and burst out laughing.

"Lu Huai, you don't need to explain to me."

What he does with Zhong Wannian doesn't interest me.

Lu Huai's expression was somewhat bewildered, as if he didn't know what he was doing either.

After a while, he finally regained his composure and affectionately kissed Zhong Wannian on the face, speaking in an intimate tone.

"I'll go get them for you."