As Bitter as My Life

Bo Yanqi's temple twitched. "Kid, be reasonable. Who exactly should be blamed for this?"

Qi Si let out a long sigh.

"Blame me. Blame me for liking you too much and having no self-control around you."

After hearing that, Bo Yanqi wanted to say, You deserve whatever your brother did to you.

"Qi Si, do you spout nonsense like this to everyone?" Bo Yanqi asked with a half-smile.

"What do you mean, spouting nonsense? I mean every word from the bottom of my heart," Qi Si retorted.

Looking at Qi Si, who was clearly depressed yet still able to toss out lines so easily, Bo Yanqi truly had no idea how he was supposed to believe such completely insincere "heartfelt words."

"What did you tell your brother?" Bo Yanqi decided not to dwell on Qi Si's so-called sincerity and instead asked about the situation between him and Qi Wang.

"Don't worry. I told my brother I was the one pestering you, that none of it had anything to do with you, and that it was all my responsibility." So how was he supposed to coax him now?

Qi Si took a sip of the coffee in his cup. It seemed even more bitter than usual, and he set it down with a frown.

"What? Doesn't it taste good?" Bo Yanqi asked.

"Too bitter," Qi Si answered.

After a pause, he sighed again. "As bitter as my life."

Bo Yanqi: "..." What a drama queen.

"Enough. Your brother isn't here. He can't see you putting on that face."

"Can't I be putting it on for you?" Qi Si stared straight into Bo Yanqi's eyes, speaking with deliberately feigned grievance. "Don't you feel even a little sorry for me?"

Of course Bo Yanqi could tell he was faking it, but he still