But when he saw Li Yu's pale, delicate face, he froze completely.
Only then did he remember that Li Yu had a key to his place—one he’d given her himself—and they’d broken up without him retrieving it. Li Yu’s eyelids drooped as she gave him a dismissive glance.
Li Yu stood at the doorway, setting down the pile of gifts he carried as if he never intended to come inside. He sneered coldly.
"With such nice weather, I figured you'd be out on a date. I'm just here to drop off what my dad asked me to bring. I'll leave them and go."
Jian Suiying was furious. "Who wants your junk? Your brother sent you to apologize, and this is how you do it?"
Li Yu glared at him. "I came here to give you a way out. Don't push your luck."
Jian Suiying snorted. "If you're so tough, you shouldn't have come at all. Now that you're here, what's with all this damn airs?
? Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"
This hit Li Yu right where it hurt, making him grind his teeth in fury.
Ever since the night before last, he'd been consumed by the urge to teach Jian Suiying a harsh lesson.
Chasing after him like a duckling while parading around with that boy, flaunting their affection everywhere—it disgusted him to the core. Jian Suiying's so-called affection felt cheap and hollow.
Ever since he'd known Jian Suiying, she'd shown him nothing but unabashed affection. He'd never imagined such a thing was possible—
was that Jian Suiying could be like this with many people.
He felt utterly deceived, and this realization ignited a fierce anger within him.
And what he found even more unbearable was the fact that he had actually begun to see Jian Suiying in a slightly different light.
When he woke up that day and realized he'd missed an important match, he suddenly remembered with crystal clarity
Why had he taken up boxing in the first place?
It was because he had seen the weak and pitiful Sui Lin being bullied by his own brother until he cried. So he swore that one day, he would knock that damn brother down hard.
That had been his attitude toward Jian Suiying since childhood. Those senseless, chaotic, and frenzied six months had been nothing but a mistake.
Seeing him silent, Jian Suiying crossed her arms, chin lifted haughtily. " "
?"
Li Yu shot him a cold glance before swiftly backing out the door and slamming it shut.
Jian Suiying froze for a moment, then hurriedly opened the door to chase after him. But then he thought it would be too embarrassing to chase after him barefoot,
so he could only shout through the door: "Li Yu, you bastard! Aren't you afraid I'll tell your brother on you?"
No response. Li Yu was waiting for the elevator.
"Li Yu, you come back here!" Jian Suiying kicked on her slippers and ran out.
The elevator dinged open. Just as Li Yu stepped inside, Jian Suiying lunged forward, grabbed him by the collar, and yanked him back.
slid deftly under Li Yu's arm, then clamped his hand around Li Yu's neck, pinning him against the wall. Li Yu, refusing to be outdone, clamped his own hand around Jian Suiying's neck.
Both glared furiously at each other, faces flushed crimson from oxygen deprivation, neither willing to let go.
Finally, both nearing suffocation, they instinctively released their grip simultaneously, gasping for several deep breaths.
Li Yu shoved him aside, trying to enter the elevator just as the doors slid shut with a "ding." Jian Suiying lunged forward, blocking the elevator entrance to prevent him from leaving.
Li Yu gritted his teeth. "What exactly do you want?" "Cook me a meal," Jian Suiying blurted out. Li Yu stared at him in surprise.
Jian Suiying looked slightly embarrassed. "Just make that noodle dish you used to make... I'll consider it your apology." Li Yu snorted with a laugh: "And then dump it on me again after you're done?"
For him, that undefined relationship wasn't really dating, so there was no question of breaking up—it was simply time to end it.
But seeing the hurt Jian Suiying couldn't hide beneath her anger stirred something unusual within him.
Jian Suiying snapped, "Fine, I don't want it. Tomorrow I'll take all your stuff back to your place and give it to your dad in person." Li Yu's expression shifted slightly. "I'll make it for you."
Jian Suiying's mouth twisted into a smile as she turned and walked inside.
Jian Suiying sat at the dining table, propping her chin as she watched Li Yu enter the kitchen. He retrieved the items he needed from the refrigerator and cabinets and efficiently getting to work.