Guo Xuyang was good, but what was the use of being good when so many women surrounded him every day?
Ever since they had been intimate that time, he hadn't sought her out again.
It was no wonder everyone called him a scumbag, yet they were unwilling to leave him.
He possessed an inexplicable charm that attracted these people.
Lin Ziqi's words, she couldn't agree with. If it was merely about intimacy, it wouldn't require so much effort, anyone could do it.
She felt Lin Ziqi was a bit obsessed, getting stuck in a rut.
If she didn't jump out in time, her mental state might be affected.
As she was thinking, she saw Guo Xuyang push the door open and walk in.
"What are you doing here?" Lin Ziqi asked.
"Isn't it New Year? I came to see you all."
"We don't need you to see us, we're all fine. Go back."
"Are you really asking me to leave?" Guo Xuyang asked with a half-smile, looking at Lin Ziqi.
"Leave, as if I care that much."
Guo Xuyang turned and opened the door to leave.
"Are you really leaving?" Lin Ziqi quickly called out.
"Didn't you ask me to leave? My coming here was a superfluous act."
Lin Ziqi jumped off the sofa, came over, and tightly hugged his waist, resting her head on his back.
"Do you dislike me that much?"
"No."
"Then why didn't you answer me at noon?"
"How could I tell you with so many people around?"
"But, but..."
Lin Ziqi stammered for a long time without finishing her sentence.
"I told your sister. In the past, I wronged you and caused you so much suffering.
That's why I could never face you. Every time I saw you, I was filled with self-reproach.
If it weren't for my youthful ignorance, you wouldn't have been unable to go to university, entering society so early and suffering so much."
"It's not your fault. I was the one who didn't want to go to school, it has nothing to do with you. I don't want you to treat me like a stranger."
"No. You are my friend, and even more so, my first love. No matter what problems you have, I will help you solve them."
"Then I want to be like them, your girlfriend."
"Like them? Are you sure? If you become my woman, you can't go looking for boyfriends anymore."
"I never intended to look for a boyfriend.
Since arriving in the provincial capital, apart from business dealings, I haven't interacted with any other men."
"What's so good about me that you all remember me like this?"
"I don't see anything bad about you, except for the many women. Everything else is good."
"You don't happen to have eyes on my fortune, do you? If so, I can give you ten billion.
You can use that money to find other men."
"I don't want your money. The dividends from these few times and my salary from the shop are enough for me. I don't lack money."
Guo Xuyang turned around and looked into Lin Ziqi's eyes.
Lin Ziqi was not afraid and looked directly at him.
"Are you sure you won't regret it?"
"I don't regret it."
Guo Xuyang stopped talking and directly scooped Lin Ziqi up by the waist, placing her on the bed.
Seeing this, Lin Zixuan quickly pulled the door open and walked out.
Lin Ziqi, unable to withstand Guo Xuyang's onslaught, fainted.
Guo Xuyang, still full of vigor, had to go to Lin Zixuan's room again.
Only when Lin Zixuan's legs convulsed and straightened did Guo Xuyang give up his charge.
This New Year passed with the sisters constantly fainting and waking up.
When Li Minxi returned home, her father Li Shengyun had not yet returned. Only her mother Xu Yifan and elder sister Li Minyu were home making dumplings.
"You finally know to come back? What time is it now?" Xu Yifan said angrily upon seeing Li Minxi.
"Mom, I came back and made you angry again. Isn't it for your own good?"
"If it's for my own good, why did you come back? You don't answer your dad's calls, have you grown some backbone?"
"You know I'm quite afraid of my dad, and besides, wasn't I busy outside?"
"I heard you found a guy, when are you bringing him home to see us?"
"Mom, it's too early to say. I'll bring him when the time is right."
"Mom, don't listen to Minxi talking nonsense. She's living at someone's house in the provincial capital now, she's even started calling their mother 'Mom'," Li Minyu said from the side.
"If you don't say anything, no one will think you're mute," Li Minxi said resentfully.
"Oh, Minxi, you've grown capable. You're rushing to get married? You've even started calling their mother 'Mom'?"
"Mom, don't listen to her nonsense. She doesn't know the situation at all."
"Then tell me, what is the situation?"
"I said his mother, not that I called her 'Mom'. My sister is deliberately misinterpreting."
"Fine. Even if your sister misheard. Then what's the deal with you living at their house?
You're not married yet, what does it mean to go live in a man's house?"
"I'm just staying at his place temporarily, and I'm not the only one."
"Can't you afford a hotel or a guesthouse? You have to go live at someone else's place?
Minxi, you've never made your parents worry less since you were little, but you haven't fallen to this point, have you?
I remember you always stayed at home.
You only stopped coming home after you had that falling out with that boy surnamed Lin, right?
Did you get involved with this person back then?"
"That's not true, Mom. I'm just partnering with someone in the jade business, that's why I moved out.
I've been living in Kyoto Baihuan Garden, which is close to Panjiayuan, so I haven't returned."
"Then what's the situation with you living at someone's house in the provincial capital that your sister mentioned?"
"One of my friends is about to give birth, and it's not appropriate for us to live outside.
Coincidentally, that friend had a spare room, so I went to stay there."
"Then why didn't you answer your dad's calls?"
"It's just that I was afraid of being criticized. You know, I've always been quite intimidated by my dad.
If my dad tells me to go east, I dare not go west; if my dad tells me to hit a dog, I dare not chase a chicken."
"Alright, stop being so glib. Hurry up and wash your hands, then come help make dumplings."
"Okay, Mom. Let me go upstairs to change, I'll be down in a bit."
Li Minxi quickly ran upstairs to change into a loose-fitting loungewear and came down.
She was also afraid of her mother discovering she was pregnant.
If she were discovered, she wouldn't have a peaceful New Year.
That night, her father Li Shengyun didn't return either, as he was accompanying his superiors. She narrowly avoided disaster.
On the morning of the first day of the New Year, Guo Xuyang returned home refreshed.
He first knelt before his parents to kowtow and wish them a Happy New Year, then kowtowed twice to his aunt and uncle before running back to eat dumplings with everyone.
Little Guo Yishun had also changed into a festive little quilted jacket and put on a landlord's hat, carried down by Wu Shangqing.
The weather outside was cold, and the child was small. Iliana and Wu Shangqing, and Guo Yuyu could only watch TV in the living room.
Guo Xuyang, however, took Guo Xuyang, Ye Zi, and Yu'er to the street.
Lin Ziqi and Lin Zixuan were still sound asleep in their room. They hadn't expected Guo Xuyang to be so formidable, nearly torturing them to death.
Because it was New Year, the streets were decorated with lanterns and streamers, but there were very few people. They had come out a bit early.