So, as Si Hua’s voice gradually faded and she calmed down, He Ju patted her shoulder and said, “Sister Si Hua, I didn’t mean to dislike you.”

Si Hua leaned in his arms and refused to get up, but nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice.

He Ju wanted to say something, but Si Hua spoke first in a muffled voice, “I know, I was irrational. Don’t be embarrassed of me…”

Si Hua was extremely ashamed. He Ju never paid attention to her before, and she never cried.

Now, she was regressing more and more. If He Ju didn’t hold her, she would cry.

He Ju: “It’s okay, emotions need to be released. Keeping them in will only make things worse.”

Si Hua looked up, her eyes still swollen, and pitifully looked at He Ju, “Can I come find you if I want to cry in the future?”

He Ju was a bit speechless. The situation changed too quickly. He could hardly keep up with the pace.

But in the end, He Ju nodded, “You can.”

Si Hua immediately became happy at a visible speed. Before He Ju could comfort her again, there was a knock on the door.

He Ju and Si Hua glanced at each other. Who could it be at this late hour?

Soon, Zhang Da’s wailing voice rang out, “Ju Ju, open the door, open it quickly!!!”

Si Hua immediately bounced off He Ju and looked embarrassed.

He Ju was quite calm, “I’ll go open the door.”

Si Hua grabbed He Ju’s wrist, “He’s here to talk to you about something, should I avoid him for now?”

He Ju smiled, “No need, you have nothing to avoid.”

But Si Hua didn’t listen, and ran upstairs, “I’ll go upstairs to avoid him for a bit, don’t betray me.”

She had to avoid it. She had heard from Bai Yan about Zhang Da’s love history. He was here to talk to He Ju, it must be about emotions. Wasn’t she blocking his heart here?

Besides, Si Hua didn’t want to leave. She took this opportunity to take a good look at He Ju’s bedroom.

He Ju just followed Si Hua.

As soon as He Ju opened the door, Zhang Da started crying, wailing like a ghost and trying to hug He Ju.

He Ju was horrified and quickly backed away, “What’s wrong? Did something happen to your dad?!”

Seeing this, Zhang Da cried even more miserably, ran into the room, sat at the dining table, and started eating from the nearby rice cooker.

He Ju was dumbfounded, “Wait, what’s going on? The food is getting cold, let me heat it up for you.”

There was quite a bit of food on the table, and he had only been drinking, so he hadn’t eaten much. He Ju just went along with it.

He Ju poured a glass of hot water for him, then sat across from Zhang Da.

Zhang Da wolfed down the food, still with tears in his eyes, and looked at He Ju with a sad expression, “Xi Lan… wants to break up with me…”

As expected, He Ju couldn’t help but sigh. Before he could say anything, Zhang Da asked, “Who were you just having dinner with?”

He Ju was about to answer, but Zhang Da looked even sadder, “Sister Si Hua, right?”

He Ju nodded, and Zhang Da’s eyes started to tear up again, “Xi Lan is too cold. I used to deceive myself by saying it was because of her temperament, until I saw Sister Si Hua…”

Zhang Da bitterly smiled, “How ridiculous. She doesn’t even want to pretend with me now.”

Who really has a cold temperament? It’s just that she can’t be bothered with you.

How could He Ju comfort Zhang Da?

When he was heartbroken, he always licked his wounds alone in the darkness. The taste of realizing you still love someone after seeing them clearly is really hard to bear.

But…

He Ju: “It will get better. Da Ge, endure this period and don’t go looking for her. You will soon find peace.”

After eating and crying, Zhang Da’s emotions were released, and he had the mind to ask He Ju, “You were just having dinner, but the food is cold and hasn’t been cleared. What were you doing?”

He Ju hesitated to speak.

Zhang Da suddenly understood that although he was heartbroken, his brother’s love life was even more painful for him.

Zhang Da: “It seems like I’ve interrupted something good between you two. Is Sister Si Hua still here?”

He Ju really wanted to lie, but before he could deny it, Zhang Da asked in shock, “So soon? You’ve already won her over?”

He Ju: “I…”

Zhang Da stood up, “Don’t say anything, don’t say anything. Tonight, I’m just a joke, brother.”

So Zhang Da left, and as he left, he said, “Brother, you are a lucky man!!”

The door closed again, and Zhang Da was like a gust of wind, coming and going quickly.Si Hua also came downstairs: “You better go check on him; he doesn’t seem to be in a good state, and it’s not safe for him to be alone outside.”

He Ju nodded, as he had the same intention: “Then Sister Si Hua, you should go back and get some rest, good night.”

Si Hua nodded, and He Ju grabbed his coat and left.

Love, as absurd as it sounds to those who listen, is often most profoundly understood by those who have experienced it.

Both He Ju and Si Hua were people who had loved and lost, knowing all too well the pain that comes with it.

This was no small matter.

After He Ju left, Si Hua sighed: “Love, such a deadly game!”

Si Hua silently cleaned up the dishes and put them back in the kitchen.

While they were in chaos and disorder, a drama was about to unfold in a villa on the outskirts of the city.

Qiu Shaoze was drowning in a sea of tenderness when the door to the villa was pried open. Before he could react, he was dragged from his bed all the way to the living room, the glaring lights so bright he could hardly open his eyes.

The woman in the bed screamed in terror, only daring to shrink under the covers.

Qiu Shaoze, terrified, looked up to see his father, Qiu Rong, sitting in front of him with a face as dark as iron, flanked by two bodyguards. It was these two brutes who had rudely dragged him out, and he would remember that!

Qiu Shaoze didn’t understand what he had done wrong and cautiously called out, “Dad…”

Qiu Rong stood up, grabbed a stick nearby, and started beating Qiu Shaoze: “Don’t call me dad, you are my dad!! You are my ancestor!!! The Qiu family is on the brink of bankruptcy, and you’re still living it up?”

Qiu Shaoze dodged while crying out in pain: “Dad, why are you being so unreasonable? Even if you want to hit me, shouldn’t you at least tell me why?”

Qiu Rong, fuming with rage, barked: “Oh, you don’t know why? Don’t you know who you’ve offended?”

Qiu Shaoze was utterly baffled: “Who have I offended? I’ve been as meek as can be recently, pampering shareholders and clients like a grandson, who could I have possibly provoked?”

Qiu Rong: “The President of Starshine Group, President Si!”

What?

Qiu Shaoze’s eyes widened in shock; when had he ever provoked her?

The day that woman arrived in City A, the news had already spread in the circles, and Qiu Rong had repeatedly warned everyone that this woman was influential and not to be offended.

Qiu Rong’s gaze at Qiu Shaoze was as cold as ice: “Qiu Shaoze, I don’t know how you managed to offend her, but if because of you, the Qiu family can’t turn things around in City A, then you can get as far away from me as possible, you fool!”