You Claimed You Didn’t Love Me, So Why Cry Now That I’m Engaged? Chapter 54

Chapter 54: I Will Be Scared

With the arrival of the Chen brothers, the apartment instantly became lively. Chen Zirui and Chen Xialin were like natural-born enemies, bickering all the way from downstairs to upstairs, their mouths never stopping.

“Yo, you even washed fruit to entertain us.” Chen Zirui plopped down on the sofa and ate a strawberry from the fruit basket. “Pretty sweet. Did your hourly cleaner buy these?”

“Something like that,” Gu Huaiye answered vaguely.

“Brother Gu, come eat some cake.” Chen Xialin kicked Chen Zirui’s shin and winked at him. “Scoot over a bit; Brother Gu almost has nowhere to sit.”

“Tsk, you aren’t even married yet, and your heart is already biased like this.” Chen Zirui stood up and lifted his chin toward Gu Huaiye. “You guys sit together. It’s more appropriate for a third wheel like me to stand.”

“No need.” Gu Huaiye pulled over a chair. “I like sitting alone.”

Chen Xialin whispered a complaint to Chen Zirui, “It’s all your fault. You made it so I couldn’t sit with Brother Gu.”

Chen Zirui replied in a lowered voice, “Who told you not to seize the opportunity yourself?”

“If I can’t get married, you’re done for. I’ll stay at home and torment your wife to death.”

Chen Zirui laughed and pinched Chen Xialin’s cheek.

“Your wishful thinking is wrong. Your brother here doesn’t plan on getting married in this lifetime.”

Chen Xialin: “…”

“You guys play here.” Gu Huaiye suddenly stood up. “I still have a report I haven’t finished.”

Seeing he was about to leave, Chen Zirui immediately stepped forward to block his path and pressed him back onto the chair.

“How long has it been since we hung out together? I’m starting to not recognize you. You’re going to lose friends easily like this.”

Chen Xialin was also worried Gu Huaiye would leave and hurriedly chimed in, “Yeah, during New Year’s in the past, we used to watch movies together all the time. Now you barely come to the Chen family house.”

The three of them had known each other since childhood.

Gu Huaiye and Chen Zirui had compatible personalities and were the little tyrants of the villa district. They caused trouble everywhere every day, running away immediately after stirring up a mess; they were at the level where even dogs would bark at the sight of them.

Chen Xialin, relatively speaking, had a softer personality. With snot running down his nose, he would tag along behind them eagerly.

Later, Gu Huaiye and Chen Zirui differentiated into Alphas, while Chen Xialin differentiated into an Omega.

Chen Xialin was forced to learn flower arrangement and art, so he rarely followed them to cause trouble.

However, it was also after differentiating into an Omega that Chen Xialin developed feelings for Gu Huaiye.

Especially when he learned their compatibility was extremely high, he began fantasizing about Gu Huaiye being his future husband every day.

“Let’s just pull an all-nighter watching movies tonight.” Chen Zirui held up three fingers and guaranteed, “After tonight, I won’t come to disturb you for the entire winter break.”

“Fine.” Gu Huaiye’s attitude softened. “It’s not that exaggerated. During New Year’s, I still have to go to the Chen family to pay respects, so we’ll still see each other.”

Chen Xialin’s eyes lit up. “Then can I ask you for a New Year’s gift?”

Afraid he would ask for something weird, Gu Huaiye quickly refused, “I’m not very good at preparing gifts. I’ll give you a big hongbao (red envelope) then; you can go buy whatever you like.”

Chen Xialin pouted in disappointment. “Alright.”

“Let’s watch a movie.” Chen Zirui picked up the remote. “How about a horror movie?”

“Ah—no! I will be scared!”

Chen Zirui: “…” Hearing his own brother act coquettishly was scarier than a horror movie.

“Enough, stop teasing your brother,” Gu Huaiye said. “Just pick anything.”

In the end, they found a comedy they had watched N times and could recite the lines from.

The Chen brothers stared intently at the TV, laughing occasionally, but Gu Huaiye’s mind wasn’t on the screen.

He checked his phone and opened his chat with Xie Miaohan.

The chat history was still stuck at dusk, when Xie Miaohan told him to go home early for dinner.

Gu Huaiye struggled internally for a moment, then sent a message to Xie Miaohan.

Gu Huaiye: [Did you manage to book a hotel?]

Usually, Xie Miaohan would reply immediately, but today, half an hour passed without any message coming through.

“Why do you have to handle work even while watching a movie?” Chen Zirui suddenly spoke up.

Gu Huaiye immediately turned off the screen and placed the phone on the coffee table.

“Fine, I won’t play on my phone.”

Xie Miaohan was an adult; he should be able to take care of himself.

After watching three comedies in a row, Chen Xialin couldn’t hold on anymore and fell asleep on the sofa.

Gu Huaiye brought a blanket from the bedroom and handed it to Chen Zirui. “Cover him up.”

Chen Zirui took it and said helplessly, “You two are going to get married sooner or later. Why are you still avoiding suspicion like this? When will you ever develop feelings at this rate?”

After Chen Zirui covered Chen Xialin, Gu Huaiye picked up his lighter and cigarette pack.

“Come to the balcony with me for a bit; let’s chat.”

Chen Zirui agreed, switched the living room lights to a warm dim setting, and followed him to the balcony.

“Cao, it’s cold.” Chen Zirui rubbed his arms, then took a cigarette and held it in his lips. “Are you still thinking about the engagement?”

Gu Huaiye blew out a smoke ring and sighed. “I’m too familiar with your brother; it’s really hard to generate romantic feelings. Are you sure letting us marry like this is really good for your brother?”

“But your pheromones are very compatible, aren’t they?” Chen Zirui lit his cigarette, took a drag, and said, “Didn’t your parents have an engagement set by elders? Their pheromone compatibility was as high as 99%. If your mom hadn’t… sigh… your dad hasn’t looked for anyone else to this day. How good was their relationship?”

“Look at that deadbeat old man of mine. Fell in love with my mom at first sight and married her completely disregarding compatibility. Now he has a pile of lovers outside and can’t control temptation at all. The moment his susceptibility period comes, he wants to go out and find people.”

Gu Huaiye frowned. “You can’t use that as an example.”

“Anyway, I think you guys are quite compatible.” Chen Zirui turned to look at Gu Huaiye and said earnestly, “Actually, I know what you’re thinking. Is it that you can’t let go of Xie Miaohan…”

Gu Huaiye interrupted quickly, “I haven’t.”

“Come on, Laozi has known you for years; you can’t fool me with these little thoughts.” Chen Zirui said, “I’m really not persuading you like this for Chen Xialin’s sake. I just can’t bear to see you find someone you can’t mark and live a life of pain and insecurity.”

“Besides, are you confident that when his susceptibility period comes, he won’t go out to find someone?”

Gu Huaiye fell silent.

In his previous life, he indeed had no confidence, so he made the wrong decision and took Xie Miaohan for surgery.

Mid-surgery, there was massive hemorrhaging, and Xie Miaohan almost died on the operating table.

At that time, Gu Huaiye regretted looking at the email advertisement and cried continuously while hugging Chen Zirui outside the operating room.

Fortunately, he was resuscitated in the end, and the surgery was successful. An artificial gland was installed, and he chose the pheromone scent.

He also settled down a lot at that time, believing Xie Miaohan truly loved him, and stopped tormenting Xie Miaohan.

Until Wen Xuyue’s appearance made him suspicious again.

Gu Huaiye moved his lips, about to say something, when a violent noise came from the living room.

They glanced at each other and immediately returned to the living room.

But after just two steps, Gu Huaiye’s face turned ugly, and his breathing became heavier.

Chen Xialin was sitting on the floor, clutching the back of his neck, looking at Chen Zirui while crying.

“Brother, what do I do? My heat… is here…”

Translator’s note: Feels so wrong, and so right for each other. Huhu. (biting my t-shirt neckline reading this novel)

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