Gu Ziyou chuckled, "Go away, I don’t need anything right now."

"Alright, drink some tea." Xue Mengmeng put away her joking tone and said, "Actually, there is indeed a necessity for you to move out. But if you say Shen Lingfeng didn’t ask you to stay, maybe he just respects your wishes? Haven’t you noticed that he agrees to all your requests?"

"But I don’t want it this way."

Xue Mengmeng suddenly said, "But you agree to all his requests too. You never thought about whether he really wants this or not."

Gu Ziyou grabbed this statement like grabbing at a lifeline and, holding her arm, said, "Mengmeng, are you saying that Shen Lingfeng is like me, agreeing to everything because he likes me too much?"

"..." Xue Mengmeng hesitated, "Uh... I don’t know."

She wanted to say yes, and she hoped it was true.

But if it wasn’t, she’d be heartbroken.

The disappointment would be too great.

"You don’t need to say it, I know the answer." Gu Ziyou leaned her head back against the sofa, feeling utterly hopeless. "Because if it were me, and we were living well together, and he suddenly wanted to move out, even if I didn’t ask for clarity or forcibly refuse, I would definitely try to persuade him to stay. I wouldn’t agree the moment he mentioned it."

Xue Mengmeng didn’t know what to say, so she just sighed and let her vent and torment herself.

Although they couldn’t express much about the moving issue, talking about it seemed to lighten her mood significantly.

As usual, Shen Lingfeng came to pick her up in the evening. When Xue Mengmeng sent her out, she noticed that Shen Lingfeng’s expression hadn’t changed at all.

She gave him a complicated look and finally just said, "I’ll leave Youyou in your hands for now, make sure to take her home safely."

These things between lovesick men and women are truly hard to understand.

Back at the apartment, Gu Ziyou stood in the elevator without moving.

Usually, Shen Lingfeng would press the elevator, and he would just need to press the top floor.

This time, she quietly observed his actions. When she saw him pressing the button for his floor, her faint hope was dashed.

When the elevator reached the floor, Gu Ziyou quickly walked out, afraid that if she delayed any longer, she wouldn’t want to leave.

"I’m here, you should head back. Goodnight." Turning to give him a smile, Gu Ziyou immediately went back into her room, resisting the urge to look back.

Shen Lingfeng stopped his half-step forward, watching her walk into the dimly lit hallway.

After a moment, the elevator doors automatically closed.

*

In the past few days, other than living in her house, Gu Ziyou acted as usual.

She didn’t show any signs of something being wrong, nor did she notice anything amiss with Shen Lingfeng.

When the weekend arrived, she suddenly received an unexpected call.

"Fancy that, you actually had time to call me at this hour?" Recently, Gu Ziyou had been somewhat downcast. Hearing from an old friend made her smile, "Not busy lately, huh?"

Li Chaoxi’s voice was smooth and cheerful. "The promotion period is almost over, so I haven’t taken on any roles for now."

"No way, you’re such a big star, there’s a time you don’t take roles? You’re so popular lately, you shouldn’t be this free. Has Uncle Bai gone easy on you and stopped exploiting you?"

"Stop teasing me, I need a little break too," he said with a smile, "I have an ad to shoot in Hai City soon."

"Really?" Gu Ziyou’s eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "Let me know when you arrive. No, no, don’t call me; last time I almost got into big trouble with you. Going to Mengmeng’s house and all, you really are too famous."