Pei Yang unconsciously rubbed the hem of his shirt between his fingertips. After hesitating for a while, he decided to say it.
He pretended to glance casually at Feng Wanting, cleared his throat, and said, "I ran into Lin Wen and Gu Shiqiao while I was out on assignment today."
Feng Wanting lounged against the headboard with a book, one leg bent and the other stretched out. At his words, he lifted his eyes to show Pei Yang he was listening. "Who's Gu Shiqiao?"
"Gu Xin's older brother." Pei Yang's throat tightened. He had assumed all these wealthy heirs knew one another. After a pause, he asked, "You don't know him?"
Feng Wanting tapped his long fingers against the edge of the page, searching his memory. It took him a while to answer. "I've met him a few times, I think. I don't know him well."
Distracted, Pei Yang put together Feng Chuxun's Lego castle incorrectly. When Feng Chuxun pointed it out, he murmured, "Sorry," and began taking it apart. "He and Lin Wen seem to be... hooking up."
"'Hooking up'?" Feng Wanting asked. "What kind? The kind we have, with no label or commitment, or the kind where they're actually in a relationship?"
"..."
Feng Wanting seemed incapable of going a moment without a veiled jab.
Pei Yang turned his face away and rubbed the tip of his nose. "I don't know. Anyway... there's definitely something going on."
They had gone pretty far, too, so impatient they had started right there in the restroom.
"Since when were you such a gossip? What does it matter to you if they're together?"
"Lin Wen likes you so much," Pei Yang said tartly. "He was willing to fall out with his family over you and bear all that condemnation for having feelings