For regular women, they’d take it badly enough if their boyfriend forcibly moved in with them, but if the boyfriend was incensed by them taking in a relative and called them arrogant because he was pampering her……, most people would probably cough out blood, right?

But Cheng Xi knew that the words Lu Chenzhou spoke were truly what he thought. He could learn to love and pamper her, but only her.

Cheng Xi didn’t cough out blood; in fact, when she heard him say this, she even felt at ease, as if the other shoe had finally dropped.

“I’m sorry. I should have asked you before I made that decision. But Lu Chenzhou,” Cheng Xi apologized as she gripped his hand hard, making him listen to her words, “he’s not an outsider. He’s like a brother to me, and if he’s in trouble, then I have a duty to help him. I know that you don’t like troublesome things, and I promise that he won’t affect you, alright?”

“You’ll accompany me rather than him?” He struck at the core of the problem.

Cheng Xi fell silent,...