Chapter 3

Su Yu did not wake until after nine in the morning. When he went downstairs, he found quite a few books on the coffee table in the living room. Confused, he heard Gu Lin's assistant explain, "President Gu prepared these for you."

What?

Why had Gu Lin prepared books for him?

Su Yu casually picked one up... A textbook?

A high school chemistry textbook?

Looking down, he saw English as well. And exam papers?

Had he transmigrated into a melodramatic rich-family novel, or Five Years of College Entrance Exams and Three Years of Practice Tests?

The assistant said, "President Gu prepared all these test papers for you. If you can't sleep at night, you can try doing them."

The assistant had assumed Gu Lin had instructed him to deliver these papers and textbooks to make things difficult for Su Yu. After all, he had heard that the Su family's youngest son had terrible grades and had even bought his way into college.

Sure enough, the Omega before him seemed to have reddened eyes, probably from anger. But that was not the case. Su Yu was tearing up with gratitude.

It had been a long time since he had done practice questions. With these, he would surely fall asleep quickly at night.

This CEO was a keeper.

Gu Lin's assistant could not understand his sign language, and the auntie was not around either, so Su Yu typed out a line on his phone.

[I'm not really fond of English. Can you replace it with advanced mathematics?]

The assistant was a little frazzled. Was Madam really going to do the questions? Advanced mathematics, too? Hadn't he bought his way into college?

But he quickly recovered and said, "Understood. I'll bring them over this afternoon."

Su Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Over the following week, Gu Lin did not return home. The assistant explained that he was on a business trip. Su Yu looked miserable on the surface, but inwardly, he was overjoyed.

Although he had already signed a divorce agreement with Gu Lin, they could not make their divorce public for the time being, so he still had to live in the villa for a while. However, Su Yu had been rebellious since childhood. On the third day Gu Lin did not come home, he could no longer resist leaving the villa and returning to his own apartment, where he stayed for three or four days.

Before marrying Gu Lin, he had always lived in the apartment he rented. He could not stand the Su family, so he had moved out during his second week after transmigrating. Later, he moved back into the Su family home two days before the arranged marriage.

He had left in such a hurry that he had not packed anything, thinking he was only going home for a visit and would soon return. He had not expected to be gone for more than two weeks.

"You haven't come home for so many days. I was really worried."

Waiting for the elevator, Su Yu turned around. The speaker was a young man in a wheelchair, about twenty years old. He was thin and frail, with a sickly air about him. His skin was very pale, but his lips were red, like a vampire from a Western tale. His eyes were as black as ink, and when he looked up at Su Yu, a faint smile rested on his face.

"It's you. Long time no see. Want an apple?"

This person was Lu Heyun, his neighbor who lived directly across from him. On the day Lu Heyun moved in, many people had come to help him unpack. Everyone seemed to be there to help, yet not a single person paid him any attention. He had sat alone in his wheelchair from morning until noon, and no one had said a word to him.

At the time, Su Yu had thought he looked pitiful sitting alone in that wheelchair all morning, so he went over to speak with him and even invited him to his place for lunch.

Only after spending a few days together did he learn that Lu Heyun was still in college. His parents had divorced and started new families, neither willing to take him in, so they had arranged for him to live here. Usually, the bodyguards around him took care of his daily needs.

Speaking of bodyguards, Su Yu seemed to remember that the person standing beside Lu Heyun last time was not this one. Had he been replaced, or was Su Yu remembering wrong?

Lu Heyun accepted the apple Su Yu handed him. The bright red apple in his hand was particularly eye-catching, much like the Omega before him. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Where did you go these past few days?"

Su Yu only answered vaguely, "There were some matters at home, so I went back for a while."

Lu Heyun lowered his head slightly and softly said, "Sorry." Then he added, "I didn't mean to pry into your affairs. I was just worried about you."

Su Yu had not thought of it that way at all. He froze for a moment and saw that Lu Heyun had already lowered his head, as though he were afraid Su Yu would get angry.

This child of divorced parents looked both sensible and pitiful, timid as a little white rabbit.

"It's fine. I didn't mean to blame you."

Lu Heyun still did not look up. His fingers pressed against the apple in what seemed like an unconscious, nervous gesture. Then he asked, "Then why didn't you even reply to my messages?"

If Lu Heyun had not mentioned it, Su Yu would have nearly forgotten. On the day he returned to the Su family home, his second brother from the Su family had run over his phone with a motorcycle and broken it. Afterward, the man had not apologized and had even had someone dispose of the phone.

Later, his eldest brother had someone buy him a new phone. The original owner had reacted as though he had received an enormous favor. Heaven knew how badly Su Yu had wanted to smash that new phone in the Su family's faces.

One day, he would smash that bastard second brother's precious motorcycle right in front of him.

Su Yu explained, "I lost my phone, so I got a new one. I haven't had time to add a lot of people's contact information yet. Let's add each other again."

Only then did Lu Heyun relax a little. He smiled and nodded.

When the elevator doors opened, Lu Heyun's bodyguard pushed him inside. Su Yu followed right after and pressed the button. On the way back, Lu Heyun shared some things about school with him, but Su Yu never heard him mention any other classmates. It seemed like he did not have many friends.

Then again, Su Yu did not have many friends either. Because of his work, he rarely went out and did not interact with people much.

Lu Heyun suddenly mentioned that he had seen someone pick Su Yu up downstairs last time, then tactfully asked what his relationship with that person was.

"Family. My eldest brother."

Su Yu's eldest brother actually knew perfectly well what kind of life he led in the Su family, but he did not like Su Yu, so he never involved himself in his affairs. To Su Yu's eldest brother, he was nothing more than a stranger. Yet the original owner had liked his eldest brother very much, something Su Yu could not understand no matter how hard he thought about it.

Lu Heyun nodded thoughtfully. "I see."

Before they parted, Lu Heyun smiled and said goodbye to him. But after Su Yu turned and entered his apartment, the smile vanished from his face. He stared at the tightly shut door, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Young Master Lu? Young Master Lu?"

Lu Heyun came back to his senses, his eyes faintly listless. He warned, "I heard you. Don't call so loudly."

The bodyguard hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes. I'll be sure to watch it next time."