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Translated by Eve

Edited by Kara

Xiao Yuanmu’s eyes were dark, and his tone was unreadable. “You agree?”

“I agree.” Song Xuanhe seemed to have not noticed the other’s dark expression. He said in a casual tone, “I’ve never been one to do long-distance relationships. You’re also so busy, and it’s not like either of us went into this relationship thinking it’d be real. Things will get back on the right track if we break up now.”

“Back on the right track.” Xiao Yuanmu repeated his last few words, lips suddenly rising into an arc. Derision was written all over his face. “If us breaking up is ‘getting back on the right track,’ then what was I to you when we first got together?”

Xiao Yuanmu got up and walked closer to Song Xuanhe. His eyes were cold like a bottomless abyss. There was also a sinister gloominess constrained within them. His voice was cold as winter’s frost. “A substitute?”

Song Xuanhe didn’t panic when he saw Xiao Yuanmu walk over. He returned the other’s gaze calmly. But when he heard the word, “substitute,” he was still inevitably taken aback. He frowned. “What substitute?”

“The reason you had used the Director to threaten me to date you.” Xiao Yuanmu moved in closer, hands falling onto the back of the sofa behind Song Xuanhe. After trapping him, he continued in a low, frigid voice, “The reason you had wanted to act like a couple with me even though you don’t like me. The reason why you have never tried to do anything with me even after we had moved in together.”

Xiao Yuanmu’s black pupils were trained on Song Xuanhe, catching every single change in his expression. His lips curled into a ridiculing arc. “Am I right?”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Song Xuanhe’s eyebrows were furrowed tightly. He had already anticipated how Xiao Yuanmu would react when he had said that he wanted to break up. That had been why he didn’t panic upon sensing Xiao Yuanmu’s anger. But when he had heard the other randomly mention a “substitute” and saw the serious, dark look in his eyes, he knew that things were heading in an unexpected direction.

“What substitute?” Although he had a faint, bad premonition, Song Xuanhe didn’t feel afraid at all for some reason. Instead, he simply met Xiao Yuanmu’s eyes with his own pure, innocent ones. “Explain.”

Those pure eyes would make one unwittingly lower their guard and trust his every word. Even if you knew that he was clearly lying, you wouldn’t be able to help but try to find an excuse for him. You’d rather lie to yourself than to cause disappointment to appear in his eyes.

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How come he hadn’t noticed that Song Xuanhe had such good-looking eyes in his previous two lives? They were so good-looking that he was even willing to deceive himself now.

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The words Song Jiani had said to him at Xiao Nan’s banquet echoed in his ears. “Do you actually think Xuanhe gege likes you? The person he likes isn’t you but someone else. You’re nothing but a substitute!”

“Have you never wondered why Xuanhe gege wants to be with you or why he would threaten you with the Director but never formally introduce you to everyone else after you had gotten together?”