My Childhood Friend Kissed His First Love to Tears in His Rental Apartment

Chu Xiuyuan is Lu Suisui’s closest friend. But in high school, he suddenly began avoiding her. He wouldn’t answer her calls or go out with her, and even coldly turned down the drinks she offered him. She couldn’t take it anymore. “I don’t need you as a friend! If you don’t want me around, I don’t want you around either!” She resolutely went abroad to study, and over the next four years, their relationship grew ever more distant. She thought that was the end of them. Who could have guessed that not long after she returned, both the Lu and Chu families would come under investigation? When she was down on her luck and couldn’t even afford a hotel, he said: “Don’t be down. I can support you from now on.” And so, they moved into a rented apartment together. … To keep his promise, the man who had once carried himself with pride shed his suit, hopped on a secondhand electric scooter, and started huffing and puffing his way through food deliveries. No matter how tired he was, he wouldn’t let her do any housework, and he even sent her money every few days. Even after four years, he still remembered: She needed ginger tea when she had cramps, her milk had to be warm, and she didn’t like cilantro, among other things. He had clearly made supporting her his top priority. She thought he was only being so good to her because of the bond between their families. Until one day, she happened to find that yellowed love letter. … After reading it, she did exactly what he expected: she ran. Unfortunately, she didn’t get far before he caught her and brought her back. He pinned her against the wall, his voice dangerous. “You’ve seen, touched, and kissed every inch of me. You want to run? Too late.” Lu Suisui refused to back down. “If you hadn’t deliberately seduced me, do you think I’d care about your lousy body?” “Lousy body? You didn’t say that that night. Want me to refresh your memory?” As he spoke, he took her hand and lifted the hem of her clothes…