Chapter 1 The Birthday He Skipped
It was almost eleven at night. Gu Qunian still wasn't back.
I had sent him a lot of messages.
It was my birthday. I wanted him to come home early and celebrate with me.
I had cooked a whole table of food on purpose. Most of it was what he liked.
The food went cold, and he still didn't show.
Every message sank without an answer.
Gu Qunian and I had been together for two years. He had chased me first.
A long while later, a message from Gu Qunian finally popped up. "Not coming back today. All-nighter in the Laboratory."
I held down the ache and typed one word. "Okay."
I scrolled up. Most of the chat was from me.
Every day I shared my life with him and never got tired of it. What I did. What I ate.
He only replied once every few hours.
"Mm."
"Busy."
"Okay."
On normal days I could forgive him. But today was my birthday.
I had sent so many messages. It turned out he wouldn't even look.
For him, I had gone to learn cooking myself. I wanted to surprise him.
Once I saw that, I got mad and threw the cake straight into the trash.
I opened my phone and saw the messages my brothers had sent in the group.
"@Liao Xing, we set up a birthday banquet just for you today. The lead not showing would be wrong."
"Fu Jiye flew back from abroad just to celebrate your birthday."
"Our Xingxing can't forget the brothers just because there's a Boyfriend now~"
I sent, "Wait. There in ten minutes."
Once I knew Gu Qunian wasn't coming back, I put on a coat, walked out, and rode my new motorcycle to find them.
I reached the hotel they had booked and unexpectedly saw Gu Qunian in another private room.
The person who should have been experimenting in the Laboratory was eating at the hotel, with a crowd of handsome men and pretty women around him.
The room was lively. Gu Qunian had a smile on his face and was talking and laughing with them.
It was nothing like the cold face he usually showed me.
A beauty beside him blushed and confessed, "Classmate Gu Qunian, I've actually liked you for a long time. Will you be with me?"
Cheering rose all around.
"Say yes, say yes..."
"President, you've met a beauty like Li Yuqiu. Just marry her."
Handsome men and pretty women sat together. They were easy on the eyes.
Gu Qunian didn't refuse. He even looked pleased.
"Having a pretty good time."
I showed up at the wrong moment. Gu Qunian froze, and his eyes cleared at once.
"Liao Xing?"
"Why are you here?"
He looked shocked for a few seconds. Then it turned into anger. "You followed me?!"
I gave a cold laugh and looked at the people in the room.
The girl who had confessed to Gu Qunian stood up and greeted me on her own.
"Qunian, is this your friend? Come play with us."
Li Yuqiu was pretty, and she carried herself with ease. Her smile was especially bright.
If I looked at her that way, I would have liked her too. Too bad I was gay.
Then someone recognized me and spoke quietly in the corner.
"Isn't he just that guy from the second-tier college next door? Pretty famous, but his character isn't great..."
"People are always posting about him on the campus wall. He plays around a lot."
"How would the president know someone like him?"