"Alright, Zhou Hong, as a man, you shouldn't be so fixated on matters of the heart. Your feelings are appreciated by Xiao Yu. When people from the Qiao family in the capital arrive, you should go back with them." Qiao Wanli persuaded again, his eyes also welling up with tears.
"Grandpa, I, Zhou Hong, will never go back unless it's with Xiao Yu." Su Dan Novel Network
"Zhou Hong, why do you have to do this? Even if you can bear the infamy, Xiao Yu cannot. Nor can Xiao Yu's parents."
"Aaaargh!" Zhou Hong roared in anger.
"Just consider it my plea, Zhou Hong. If you continue to be with Xiao Yu, it will only bring us harm, not good."
"Impossible." Zhou Hong stopped wasting words and turned to leave.
Zhou Hong left the Qiao residence, feeling incredibly frustrated. Why did such a melodramatic situation have to happen to him?
"Hey, Liu Hua, where are you?" Zhou Hong called Liu Hua.
"I'm practicing martial arts in the park. What's up?"
"Come out and have a drink with me."
"Uh!"
"Hurry up."
Half an hour later.
Zhou Hong and Liu Hua were in a bar, drinking in silence. Liu Hua already knew what had happened to Zhou Hong.
"Zhou Hong, do you want to hear my opinion?" Liu Hua said.
"What opinion? Tell me."
"Actually, I can understand how you feel. However, do you think Qiao Wanli might also wish for you two to not be together?"
Zhou Hong's brow furrowed slightly.
"What do you mean?"
"From what you just said, he seems to really hope you and Xiao Yu break up and become siblings. Don't you think that under normal circumstances, he should have firmly stopped this? I feel like Qiao Wanli might have ulterior motives."
"What ulterior motives could he have? What benefit is there for him if Xiao Yu and I become siblings?" Zhou Hong didn't understand at all.
"You're too close to the situation to see clearly. For the Qiao family in the capital, they definitely don't want two people of the same lineage to be together. They will surely compensate Qiao Wanli for this."
Zhou Hong's expression changed.
"Moreover, Xiao Yu now has martial arts talent, and not a weak one. If Qiao Wanli has any thoughts of returning to the family, it's not impossible. Plus, if you also return to the family, you can help. If I were Qiao Wanli, I would also hope you two wouldn't be together. It truly only has disadvantages and no advantages."
"Impossible. Qiao Wanli doesn't have that many schemes. He definitely wouldn't want us to break up." Zhou Hong glared at Liu Hua.
"Haha, I'm just guessing. But I feel like you and Qiao Xiao Yu don't have much of a chance to be together anymore. Although it's hard to let go now, with your excellence, there are plenty of beautiful women who can replace Qiao Xiao Yu."
"I'm not interested." Zhou Hong's heart was filled only with Qiao Xiao Yu now.
That night, Zhou Hong and Liu Hua drank themselves into a stupor. It was the first time Zhou Hong had ever drunk so freely, consuming ninety-one bottles of Maotai, priced at two to three thousand per bottle.
Fortunately, Zhou Hong wasn't short of money; he could afford to drink a hundred thousand bottles.
It was late into the night, but Zhou Hong hadn't left the bar. He seemed to be waiting for something.
However, he never received a call from Qiao Xiao Yu asking why he hadn't come home yet.
Zhou Hong desperately wished she would call him like she used to, rushing him home when she found out he was out late.
Zhou Hong felt a deep sense of loss.
Had Qiao Xiao Yu truly given up on him? Would she from now on be his cousin?
"Zhou Hong, let's go. Let's go back," Liu Hua sighed deeply.
Just then, a girl appeared at the entrance of the bar. Zhou Hong looked up and saw it was Qiao Xiao Yu.
"Xiao Yu!" Zhou Hong was overjoyed. He had thought she had given up on him and no longer cared. To his surprise, she had still come looking for him.
"Xiao Yu," Zhou Hong immediately rushed forward and hugged Qiao Xiao Yu tightly.
"Zhou Hong, why have you drunk so much? It's so late, and you haven't come home," Qiao Xiao Yu said with a choked voice.
"If you didn't come to find me, and didn't call to urge me, how could I have come back?"
"Silly boy, if I don't look for you, you won't come home? Come on, let's go back."
"Okay."
Qiao Xiao Yu helped Zhou Hong into a car, and they left the bar, heading towards Tianhe Residential Area.
As soon as they entered the house, Zhou Hong suddenly kissed Qiao Xiao Yu.
Qiao Xiao Yu struggled for a moment, but in the end, she didn't push Zhou Hong away. Instead, she let Zhou Hong kiss her like raindrops, and finally, she allowed Zhou Hong to press her onto the sofa.
Madness, utter madness. Zhou Hong just wanted to vent his frustrations.
It was unclear how many times they were intimate that night. Zhou Hong only fell into a deep sleep, completely losing consciousness, after he was utterly exhausted and dulled by the alcohol.
At nine o'clock the next morning, Zhou Hong suddenly sat up on the sofa.
Seeing where he was, at home in Tianhe Residential Area, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought everything last night was just a dream, but it wasn't. When he was drunk and groggy, Xiao Yu had indeed come to pick him up.
However, at that moment, Zhou Hong suddenly saw a piece of paper on the coffee table, seemingly left for him intentionally.
Zhou Hong had a bad premonition. He hastily picked up the note and read: "Zhou Hong, when you see this letter, I will have already left Jinzhou City. Perhaps only by leaving is it best for you. Don't ask me where I'm going; I don't know myself. Thank you for giving me such a beautiful love once. But it's time for all this to end. I have no regrets. Perhaps you don't care, but we can't only consider each other's feelings. I believe that in the days without me, you will surely live better. And I firmly believe that in the near future, you will find a girl more worthy of your love. She is surely waiting for you now. I also thank you for helping me transform from an ordinary woman into one with martial arts talent. I also want to venture out on my own, perhaps to have a different tomorrow. I hope when we meet again, everything will be well with you. Qiao Xiao Yu."
Zhou Hong looked at Qiao Xiao Yu's letter, his heart filled with immense pain.
"Xiao Yu, why couldn't you just break through the conventional thinking? Regardless of what others think, why couldn't you steadfastly stay with me?" Zhou Hong said, his spirit dejected.
Zhou Hong immediately got up and called Qiao Wanli, asking if he knew where Xiao Yu had gone. Perhaps he knew.
Just then, Qiao Wanli's call came through.
Zhou Hong was slightly startled and immediately answered.
"Hello, Zhou Hong, is Xiao Yu with you?" Qiao Wanli asked after the call was connected.
"What? I was just about to ask you, and you're asking me?"
"What do you mean? You don't know where she is either?" Qiao Wanli said with some anxiety.
"She was with me last night, but I was too drunk. When I woke up, I only saw a letter she left. She said she left Jinzhou City. I was about to ask you all where she went."
"How could this be? A girl like her..." Qiao Wanli immediately became anxious. It was clear that he also didn't know where Qiao Xiao Yu had gone.