Chu He clenched her fists and shouted at his back view, “Don’t worry, I will sleep on the sofa tonight and not dirty your bed!”


  Gu Jinglian halted before he continued walking. “Suit yourself.”


  With that, the bedroom door shut with a bang!

  Chu He cursed silently before she took her pajamas from the closet and headed into the bathroom.

  Naturally, she could not bear to throw her clothes away. She did not have many clothes. To be precise, she only had five sets of clothes that she wore on rotation.

  There was still a long way to go before her pay day. She had no money to buy clothes!

  Hence, she threw the clothes into the laundry basket, took a quick shower with some shower gel and settled the matter!

  Chu He was not as obsessed with cleanliness as Gu Jinglian. After taking a shower, she changed into her pajamas and walked out. She then looked at the bedroom door, which was tightly shut. She could not be bothered if he was already asleep, and lay down on the sofa. The phone in her bag gave off an alert, as if a message had come in.

  She took out her phone and saw that it was a message from Li Xiaofeng.

  “Chu He, I’m sorry! I drank too much today, so I lost my composure! I said a lot of things I shouldn’t have! But I still think that you won’t be happy marrying a man whom you have no feelings for!”


  “Be with me! I can definitely give you happiness! I don’t mind that you have a child. I won’t mind your past! I can be a good husband and a good father! I just hope that you can give me a chance!”


  “Chu He, won’t you consider me? I’m serious! All these years, I’ve never been interested in other girls. The first time I saw you, you gave me a special feeling! You’re brave, tenacious, but my heart also aches for you! A girl is born to be loved by a man. You don’t have to be so strong! I’ll protect you! Are you willing?”


  …


  This man was really persistent.

  Chu He frowned and was about to reply, “Apologies, I’m not willing.”


  However, she only managed to type one word “hug” [the first character in the Chinese term for “apologies” has the same meaning as ‘hug’], before sleepiness overwhelmed her. Unable to keep her eyes open, she fell asleep with her phone in her hand.

  Just as she fell asleep, her grip loosened and the phone fell to the ground. The screen slowly dimmed and faded to black.

  …


  The first rays of sunlight flooded the room.

  Gu Jinglian’s biological clock was extremely punctual. When the sun shone on him, he woke up and turned around, noticing that the space next to him on the bed was empty.

  This woman really did not sleep in the room!

  To begin with, he already woke up angry. When he thought about how this woman would rather sleep on the sofa than in the bedroom, he blew his top.

  Gu Jinglian got off the bed, opened the door and walked out. He saw Chu He lying on the sofa with her legs propped on the armrest and one arm supporting her head. Most of her blanket had fallen to the ground.

  Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw the cell phone on the ground. He walked over and picked it up. Because of the movement, the screen lit up automatically. There were more than ten unread messages on it.

  He scrolled through the screen. There was no password lock on the phone. The first thing he saw was a text message dialog box.

  “Chu He?”


  “Are you asleep?”


  “Are you still unwilling to give me a chance?”


  “Chu He, I really like you!”


  “Chu He, I thought about it for a long time after I got home. My feelings for you will not change…”


  Gu Jinglian frowned as the corner of his eye twitched and his expression darkened……