"Is it unnecessary? After all, I am also your pawn. You used me to break off the engagement you didn’t want..."

Chu Xiaoge bit her teeth, stating her own value of use.

Shang Dongyuan hid his intentions too well. If not for Alan telling her, she might never have known even when she left that Shang Dongyuan was using her and Chuchu for such a thing.

Saying she wasn’t angry would be a lie.

But Chu Xiaoge didn’t have much of a stance to be angry about this matter anyway.

She knew right from the beginning, it was just a transaction, wasn’t it?

Facing Chu Xiaoge’s accusations, Shang Dongyuan remained silent for a moment.

He didn’t look at Chu Xiaoge, leisurely laying down on a bed that wasn’t luxurious or high-end in the slightest.

With his hands under his head, his deep gaze vacantly fell on a spot on the ceiling, as if looking at the patterns above, or beyond them, seeing something else.

"Rather than saying I used you, it’s more accurate to say I happened to meet you at this time." Shang Dongyuan spoke slowly, void of the usual certainty and ruthlessness, but with a sense of calm and ease.

In front of Chu Xiaoge, he could always relax easily.

He himself couldn’t understand why he felt this way.

As for Chu Xiaoge, she indeed looked good and had a nice figure.

But she had a child before, and just this point alone, would make her an impossible choice for Shang Dongyuan.

No one would have thought that Shang Dongyuan actually chose her...

Even Shang Dongyuan himself hadn’t expected it.

He truly marveled at the wonders of the world.

"You don’t need to worry about Lou Xinyu."

With this final sentence, he gave a definitive answer.

Shang Dongyuan meant very simply that he didn’t want to talk more about it, and didn’t want Chu Xiaoge to concern herself with it.

All this talk, and he didn’t tell Chu Xiaoge everything, not because he thought it unnecessary, but because he didn’t want her to be troubled.

In fact, he cared about her more than he imagined.

Chu Xiaoge listened to his words, secretly sighing in her heart.

Right, who was she to be jealous here?

The one who should be jealous was probably that woman he had kept in his heart for years, right?

She really wanted to know, what kind of woman could make him think of her for so many years.

That must be a beautiful and kind woman, right?

A woman to be envied.

Chu Xiaoge stood there for a while, and Shang Dongyuan patted the bed beside him.

"Come lie down for a bit."

...

Chu Xiaoge blinked and obediently walked over, lying down next to him.

The moment she lay down, the restless figure beside her turned around, an arm wrapping around her shoulder, pressing his face into the crook of her neck.

Chu Xiaoge’s body stiffened, tense.

Shang Dongyuan noticed, but he did nothing, and after a long while, he spoke again.

"I’ll sleep here tonight."

Softly... a pleading tone.

It was the first time Chu Xiaoge heard Shang Dongyuan’s helpless and longing tone, she almost thought she had heard wrong.

"You... won’t go back?"

"It’s too quiet at home." He answered, his lips moving, occasionally brushing against her neck, a ticklish sensation.

And the warm breath, one after another, purely teasing her nerves!

Moreover... Chu Xiaoge held her breath, listening around, realizing her old neighborhood was also deathly quiet.

"It’s quiet here too..." she expressed her deep confusion.

Why did she always feel that Shang Dongyuan’s words held deep meanings?