novelraw Chapter 275 : You couldn_t have been kept by a wealthy woman, could you_
Chapter 275 : You couldn_t have been kept by a wealthy woman, could you_
Chapter 275: You couldn't have been kept by a wealthy woman, could you?
Chen Fan glared: "Whatever? You were in there for almost a year, and the person you thought about day and night was her, wasn't it?"
Guo Shuai lowered his head and said in a low voice: "With how I am now, I can understand her making this choice."
"Understand your ass! Guo, don't forget how you ended up in prison?"
"You went to prison for her sake, and now she's with another man. Does that make up for the ordeal you went through this past year?"
"Your life was ruined by this woman, and yet..."
Guo Shuai raised his head and grinned at Chen Fan.
"Brother Fan, thank you for saying all that for me."
"Actually... when I did those things back then, I didn't expect her to do anything for me..."
"At the time, I really did love her. I did those things for her willingly."
"It shouldn't have become an obligation, a transaction. I..."
Guo Shuai opened his mouth as if to say more, but ultimately said nothing.
He looked over at Liu Lingling across the way one more time.
Guo Shuai smiled.
"Knowing she's okay, my heart is at ease."
"I wish her well."
He turned and said, "Let's go, Brother Fan, let's go back and keep drinking."
Chen Fan watched Guo Shuai's back, eventually sighed, shook his head, and followed.
Across the street.
The kiss ended, and Liu Lingling curiously looked up toward the darkness across the way.
For a moment just then, she felt like she had seen a shadow.
"What's wrong?" her boyfriend asked with a smile.
"Nothing, I just thought I saw someone over there."
"Someone?"
The guy turned to look, but the street across the way was empty. He joked, "You must be seeing things. There's no one there."
Liu Lingling smiled and shook her head. "I guess I was just seeing things."
She glanced across the street one more time, then looked away, not thinking about it further.
"Get in the car, let's go. I got two theater tickets for tonight. And I'll introduce you to some big shots, maybe I can get you into the theater to dance."
"Really?"
Liu Lingling's face lit up with delight, and she proactively planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Thank you, you're so good to me."
"Heh heh, I'm so good to you, don't you think you should reward me properly?"
As he said this, one of his hands groped at her chest.
Liu Lingling's pretty face turned a bit red, but she didn't get angry, instead saying coyly, "Aiya, you're so naughty."
"Heh heh, I just love that cute pouty look on your face."
As they got in the car, Liu Lingling's gaze turned back toward that spot across the street.
It was empty, without a single person there.
I guess I really was just imagining things.
...
Back at the hotel again, this time Guo Shuai was chattier.
He pulled Chen Fan along to keep drinking quite a bit more, and after that insisted on going for a soak in the bath.
Chen Fan smiled and joined in on his friend's antics.
Although Guo Shuai didn't say it, as brothers for so many years, Chen Fan could tell that this incident really hurt him.
But he didn't expect that on this matter, Guo Shuai could cut it off so decisively.
If this had happened a year earlier, Guo Shuai would probably have gone berserk.
It seems the year he spent in prison really did change some things about him.
Bath, sauna, massage... Chen Fan arranged the whole package for Guo Shuai.
In the end, this guy ended up passing out on the massage table, and Chen Fan had to support him back to the room.
After watching Guo Shuai lying face down on the bed, snoring loudly, Chen Fan took out a cigarette from his pocket and went out to the balcony alone.
He took out his phone and called Su Ruochu.
"Hey, evening self-study is over, right?"
"Yeah. We finished drinking. This buddy Guo is totally drunk and passed out snoring."
"I'm fine, cough cough... I've been a good boy, haven't messed with any of those sketchy women."
"Dear wife, let me tell you something, I won't be coming home tonight, going to stay and keep an eye on this guy."
"Mm-hmm. This guy's not in a great mood today..."
Chen Fan briefly told Su Ruochu about what had happened tonight.
Su Ruochu's voice came through the phone.
"Then you should comfort him and keep an eye on him, don't let him do anything stupid."
Chen Fan nodded: "Don't worry. I'll watch over him."
"Mm-hmm. Then I'll go wash up."
"Good night."
"Good night."
After hanging up, Chen Fan stood on the balcony, lit a cigarette, turned to look at Guo Shuai snoring loudly on the bed, and let out a soft sigh.
The next day, when Guo Shuai woke up, it was already bright out.
Chen Fan was boredly watching TV nearby.
"You're up? You drank yourself into a stupor last night, I could barely support you."
Guo Shuai turned over and got out of bed, rubbing his slightly throbbing head.
"What time is it?"
"Almost 10 am."
"It's been a long time since I slept that late."
Guo Shuai stretched lazily.
"Brother Fan, why didn't you go home last night?"
Chen Fan laughed and cursed: "I was afraid you'd do something stupid alone."
Guo Shuai was stunned, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"You mean Liu Lingling?"
"It's all in the past."
"She made her choice, and I respect her choice, so that's that."
Chen Fan laughed.
"Guo, to be honest, I really didn't expect you to react this way."
Guo Shuai smiled but didn't respond.
"Alright, let's put the romantic drama aside for now, hurry up and wash, we'll go eat in a bit."
Guo Shuai scratched his head.
"Don't feel like moving today, let's have the staff pack up the food and bring it to the room."
Chen Fan rolled his eyes.
"Forget it, I'll just go get it. You were out cold last night, you didn't see the way that staff member looked at me when we were in the same room..."
Guo Shuai laughed.
"You didn't take advantage of me while I was asleep, did you?"
"Get lost!"
Chen Fan threw a pillow at him, got up to put on his shoes, and headed for the door.
"Just hurry up and wash up."
Chen Fan went downstairs to get lunch and brought it back up, and the two of them ate a simple meal in the room.
After eating, Chen Fan tossed Guo Shuai a cigarette.
He lit it and took a greedy, deep drag.
"You don't know, this stuff was hard currency in there."
"Enough chit-chat. Let's talk business."
Chen Fan tapped his cigarette and looked up at Guo Shuai.
"So, what are your plans going forward?"
Guo Shuai hesitated slightly.
To be honest, in his current situation, it was basically impossible for him to go back to school.
His university days ended before they even began.
He wouldn't be able to get a graduation certificate, at most just a withdrawal certificate.
Still so young, unable to continue his studies, he'd probably have to go out and find a job.
Guo Shuai scratched his head: "Truthfully, I haven't really thought about it. Maybe I'll go back to Luocheng first..."
Chen Fan shook his head: "No need for Luocheng, I've got it all figured out for you, buddy."
"I may not be someone too capable, but I am a boss now, so arranging something for you is doable."
Chen Fan had no need to hide things from Guo Shuai.
"You've been to those two internet cafes before, if you're willing, I can hand one of them over for you to manage."
"And if you don't like that, I have a studio for developing game hacks."
"There's also an internet company, and a club that's being prepped to open..."
"What do you say, what would you like to do? There's bound to be something that suits you."
Guo Shuai stared at Chen Fan in shock and disbelief.
"Where did you get all this money?"
"Brother Fan, what have you been up to this past year?"
"You couldn't have been kept by a wealthy woman, could you?"