Coming home after a long day of work and no longer seeing Pei Yang's beautiful face, drinking the tea he brewed by hand, or feeling his vibrant heartbeat made Song Yixiao feel as though he had lost all motivation to earn money.
After learning that Pei Yang had transferred to Headquarters, he spent a week staking out the group's office tower, but never caught sight of him once.
All he could do was pin his hopes on the dog they had raised together again.
Song Yixiao barely dared to blink, his eyes bloodshot. He had no idea how long had passed before the passenger door opened. Turning his head, he saw Xia Jingmo standing there with his arms folded, staring at him expressionlessly.
"What are you doing here?" Song Yixiao frowned.
"What do you think?" Xia Jingmo's face darkened. "Weren't you busy? Working overtime? Instead of staying home with me on a Sunday, you came to a pet hospital to see a dog?"
Song Yixiao took a breath in and let it out. So fucking demanding. Yangyang never policed where I went.
"Xia Jingmo, do your eyes have nothing better to do than watch me twenty-four hours a day?"
"I quit my job for you! Of course I can only watch you when I have nothing else to do!" Xia Jingmo glared viciously at Song Yixiao. "You're my boyfriend now. Am I not allowed to keep tabs on my own boyfriend?"
"..."
Just bringing it up made Song Yixiao regret it. After several days of coming home without seeing Pei Yang, even the apartment had begun to feel empty and desolate. Living alone in that rented place was unbearable. In his crushing loneliness, he had desperately needed someone to replace Pei Yang, and Xia Jingmo had happened to be there.