Back at the penthouse, Cheng Yu was still on his extended leave. Having suffered a serious injury, he needed time to heal his heart and mind.

With the exception that every time he looked at Chen Hua, the disabled girl would avert his gaze. Only to occasionally get caught shyly peeking at his face.

It was true that over the few weeks, their relationship had improved from being complete strangers to awkward friends. Were they friends? He himself was uncertain. 

Despite having lived with her for a period of time, her actions still greatly intrigued him.

At times the girl would do things deserving of harsh rebuke. She would make crass jokes and ogle the bodies of female celebrities on television. But other times, she would be thoughtful of people other than herself, occasionally whipping up meals deserving of praise for the two of them.

The girl who was freeloading off him expressed herself freely without a care in the world.

When she was happy, she smiled from ear to ear illuminating the world around her.

When she was angry, she threw cushions and hurtled vulgarities towards his direction.

When she was sad, her face scrunched up and her eyes glistened with tears.

Whatever she did, Cheng Yu couldn’t help but seem to be pulled into her rhythm. But he couldn’t reach her.

Held back by a shadow of his past and shackled by guilt from taking advantage of her pitiful situation for monetary gain. How could someone like him deserve to have someone as pure as her?

But like a moth to a flame and edged on by the girl’s sensual antics. He was unable to control his lust and forced himself on top of her.

Fortunately, the girl’s actions had brought him to his senses. But he was already addicted to the taste of her tender lips after having just savoured it once.

Was Ruiyang’s advice wrong? Was she not inviting him at that time? None of it mattered anymore. The damage had already been done.

Stolen novel; please report.

Since then, whenever either of them tried to initiate a conversation, there was an awkward silence between them. The happenings on that night were still fresh in their minds. Gradually, there was an uncomfortable distance between the two of them.

While lost in thought, Cheng Yu received a call. It was from his parents.

A female voice that was surprisingly energetic from the person who had raised Cheng Yu up emanated from his phone. “Xiao Yu! We’re coming over to visit you!”

“Oh. Sure. When are you coming over?” Cheng Yu indifferently responded.

“Today!” Cheng Yu’s mother exclaimed.

Cheng Yu almost dropped his phone when he heard that his parents were going to be dropping by without any warning prior to today. It was too unexpected!

“We saw that your girlfriend is injured so we’re voluntarily going over to take care of her!”

“Girlfriend?” Cheng Yu scratched his head in confusion, wondering if he even had a girlfriend to speak of.

“You don't need to lie to us! Everyone on Weibo already knows you have a girlfriend! Anyways, we’re already on our way over! Goodbye!”

“What video? Hello? Hello?!” Pacing back and forth on the spot, Cheng Yu desperately tried to get an answer. But the call had already ended. Thus, all he could do was look up Weibo and find the video his parents were referring to.

It wasn't difficult. Since the video involved a scandalous fight between a handsome man and a rising celebrity, it caught people's attention and became viral extremely quickly. Cheng Yu could feel a headache coming his way.

…

Chen Hua was fooling about on his phone as per usual when Cheng Yu received the call.

He was in a forum thread on Weibo where people were discussing the hottest celebrity news.

[I heard Tang Yuan was seen leaving an apartment in New World District while crying!]

Chen Hua couldn’t help but mischievously brag about his recent exploits. [Ehehe! You heard right my brothers! Her body was banging! I even touched her hand!]

[Person upstairs is full of shit! No one rich enough to live in New World District would be in this chat! Only us fellow degenerates are in this chat!] Eventually that reply got so much traction that Chen Hua’s own post was buried underneath it.

Che! Can’t refute that logic. But it really happened! Aiya! This is an achievement I shall take to my grave! Chen Hua lamented that no one in the thread would believe in him.

At that moment, he overheard Cheng Yu shouting on his phone.

“Cheng Yu are you okay?” Chen Hua couldn’t help but be concerned. It took a lot to get Cheng Yu to raise his voice.

With a grim look on his face, Cheng Yu quietly uttered, “My parents are coming over right now. Please pretend to be my girlfriend.”