Fallen for Someone Else

He Li'an had noticed before that Yu An cared a great deal about him not remembering the name of that blond male classmate, so he changed the way he referred to him on the spot.

"Yeah." Yu An glanced at him in surprise. He had finally stopped calling Song Yuechi "that blond male classmate."

He Li'an asked casually, "What have you two been eating?"

At the mention of delicious food, Yu An's eyes immediately lit up. "We ate lots of really delicious dishes."

At first, he and Song Yuechi had indeed done as they had agreed, taking turns eating along with the other for a day. But later on, he no longer wanted to eat at light-meal restaurants.

It really was like eating grass. Tasteless.

For the past week, Song Yuechi had been taking him to different restaurants to try different dishes.

"Oh, right." As Yu An spoke, he got up and rummaged through his backpack.

He Li'an's gaze followed him. When he saw Yu An pull out a meal card, his expression darkened.

"Here, give this back to you." Yu An came back and held the meal card out to him.

He Li'an did not take it. "Why are you giving it back?"

Yu An found the question strange. "Because it's your meal card."

It was He Li'an's meal card. If he did not return it to him, who else was he supposed to return it to?

He Li'an's grip on his chopsticks tightened and tightened. "How are you planning to eat at school from now on?"

Not long ago, Yu An had needed to watch him eat first before daring to try other dishes. Yet, without him knowing, Yu An had already gotten used to eating dishes he had once been afraid to try with someone else. Then came moving out and returning the meal card.

Had he really fallen for someone else so quickly?

Yu An answered seriously, "I'll put money on my own meal card."

When he had decided to move out, he had gone over his current situation from beginning to end.

Zhu Wen had mentioned from the start that many people had approached He Li'an for money. That was also why Zhu Wen had been so hostile toward him at the time.

And he had been eating He Li'an's food and living in He Li'an's home. There was not much difference between him and those people, so naturally it would be difficult for him to "hook" He Li'an.

So, he had decided to adjust the nature of his relationship with He Li'an and end his dependence on him in both daily life and finances.

He Li'an did not even glance at the meal card. "I don't go to school often. I have no use for a meal card."

Yu An exposed him right to his face. "You obviously go every day."

"..." He Li'an choked on that. "Anyway, even if you give it back, I'll just leave it at home to grow mold."

This version of He Li'an looked a little unreasonable.

Yu An did not understand why he was acting this way, but he did not plan to ask, because He Li'an seemed a little angry too.

He Li'an finished his meal with a sour expression. After cleaning up the dishes, he reminded Yu An again to carefully check the doors and windows before going out and before sleeping.

After going downstairs and getting into the car, He Li'an called the school.

The other party answered respectfully and asked what he needed. He said unhurriedly, "I would like to sponsor the university division's scholarships for the next four years, including this year. Raise the amount to eight hundred thousand."

The other party asked tentatively, "Wouldn't that be too much?"

He Li'an paused before saying, "More is better."

The other party heard the smile in his voice and was puzzled, but did not foolishly press further. "Understood."

After ending the call, He Li'an looked up through the car window.

But Yu An lived too high up. From down here, all he could see was a small window identical to those of every other apartment.

After a while, he instructed the driver, "Go."

As the car window rolled up, He Li'an lifted his wrist to check the time. He calculated it and realized that even without traffic, it would take an hour to get home.

So far away.

He Li'an found it a little irritating.

When he entered the house, Zhu Wen came up to him. "Have you finished helping Young Master Yu An organize everything?"

Like He Li'an, he thought Yu An was a child who needed a great deal of care, so he had instinctively assumed that He Li'an had returned so late because he had helped Yu An organize his room.

He Li'an was already irritated. Hearing that, he found Zhu Wen even more of an eyesore. He merely gave Zhu Wen a look and left him to figure it out himself.

Zhu Wen immediately understood what He Li'an meant and wisely changed the subject. "Does Young Master Yu An's room need to be tidied up?"

Generally speaking, once a guest had left, the room needed to be cleaned and restored to its original state.

But Zhu Wen believed that Young Master Yu An was different. The young master would probably prefer the room to remain as it was.

"No."

"Understood."

Zhu Wen secretly made a victory sign in his heart.

As expected, he was the butler who understood the young master best in the entire world and had the greatest professional integrity.

As He Li'an went upstairs, he unknowingly made his way to Yu An's room.

Yu An had a very quiet personality. When he lived here, he never made much noise. Now that he was gone, the room felt even emptier.

He Li'an walked over to the desk and discovered the drawing Yu An had left behind.

The moment he saw it, his heart inexplicably skipped a beat. He sat quietly at the desk for a moment before reservedly picking up the drawing and examining it closely.

Was this how he looked in Yu An's heart?

This was the first time he had seen someone draw him. He truly had no way to objectively judge how he looked in the picture.

It looked like it had been drawn recently. Yu An had still been drawing him before moving away. Did that mean Yu An had not fallen for someone else?

If only he had known...

Forget it.

Yu An busied himself alone in his own little home until evening before he finally finished organizing everything.

He sat down to rest and admired the results with satisfaction when his phone rang.

Song Yuechi was calling him on video.

"Let me see your new home."

Yu An adjusted the camera and walked around the apartment, carefully showing Song Yuechi every corner of it.

"Wow! It looks so cozy! Wow! You have everything! Wow! It's so neatly organized..."

"I organized it myself."

"Wow! Just as expected of you, Yu An!"

Yu An blossomed with delight at the praise. "Come over to my place when you have time."

When he had lived at He Li'an's house before, Song Yuechi had needed to ask He Li'an for permission even to come pick persimmons. Now, if Yu An wanted someone to visit his home, he could simply invite them.

This feeling was wonderful.

Song Yuechi said, "I'm free tonight."

Yu An said, "Then come over tonight."

Song Yuechi said, "Yay!"

An hour later, Yu An received another video call from Song Yuechi.

"Baby, come downstairs and get me! There's too much stuff, and it's hard to carry it all by myself."

"Okay."

Yu An changed his shoes and went downstairs.

From a distance, he saw Song Yuechi squatting beside a cardboard box twice his size, furtively looking around like a mouse.

Song Yuechi did not even notice when Yu An walked over.

"What are you looking at?"

Song Yuechi screamed in fright and jumped straight up.

Once he saw it was Yu An, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he said in alarm, "I keep feeling like someone with really strong killing intent is watching me from the shadows."

Yu An looked around and confirmed, "There's no one."

"There is, there is!" Song Yuechi still looked terrified.

Yu An observed Song Yuechi and noticed that even his face had gone pale. He realized Song Yuechi had not said it for no reason.

Yu An looked around again, this time focusing on the vehicles.

After scanning the area, he turned around and looked calmly at the car nearest behind him. "There really is."