Translated by Eve

　　Edited by Juurensha, Sora, Serefina

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　　Huo Ke and Eason had a talk. Sui Yuan used this time to research the plot and catch up on sleep, only waking up on the dawn of the second day. Upon waking, Sui Yuan suddenly discovered that the world had changed, making him feel that it had become a bit unfamiliar.

　　Sui Yuan blinked a few times, shocked in his heart. On the outside however, he looked at Huo Ke who had taken the initiative to come find him with joy and curiosity. He asked, puzzled, "Ah Ke Ge, what's the matter?"

　　Huo Ke looked at the pet.i.te youth. He appeared to be pure, as if untouched by even a speck of dust while sitting cross-legged on the bed. For a moment, he felt that he didn't recognize this person, who had been a thorn in his side in his last lifetime.

　　Every single one of the youth's actions carried a natural loveliness that wasn't at all fake. Clearly, his sitting posture was a bit graceless, but when he sprawled out, it was pleasing to the eye, to the point of making people unable to conjure up any bit of discontent. When he thought of the long talk he had yesterday with Eason, Huo Ke inhaled a deep breath, "I know of the matters between you and Eason. He…told me everything."

　　Sui Yuan shouted 'here it comes!' in his mind. He took the initiative to enter acting mode. His innocent and cheerful smile suddenly looked a bit guilty and unnatural, "What are you saying, Ah Ke Ge…I don't understand…."

　　"You and Eason are together, aren't you? The evening before yesterday, I saw the two of you kiss in the kitchen," Huo Ke hit the nail on the head with his words. Carrying a bit of a teasing tone, he didn't give Sui Yuan a chance to put on a show, "You want to say that the kiss was all a misunderstanding or an accident, right?"

　　The youth's fair cheeks flushed red, his limpid eyes glazed over. His entire person had sunk into shyness after having his love affairs exposed. He was nervous, even uneasy, "…I'm sorry, Ah Ke Ge. Eason Ge and I hadn't wanted to conceal this from you. It's just that…to say this kind of thing out loud wouldn't be good.…"

　　"Then, had he ever told you that up until yesterday…" Huo Ke's tone was cold and detached, "…We had been dating? We had been lovers for two years already."

　　Sui Yuan's eyes widened. His originally flushed cheeks turned pale once more, as if he doubted whether or not what he heard was an illusion.

　　——Of course, according to his character settings, he was just putting on an act. Li Kun, who Sui Yuan was playing, had known a bit of what had been happening since earlier. However, to maintain his 'white lotus' facade, he had to pretend that he had no idea.

　　"I… I didn't know… you and Eason Ge… I always thought that the two of you got along well, but not that it was because…" Sui Yuan's voice sounded particularly dazed. He put on a profound, extremely detailed act of being a 'no matter what I do, it's completely not my fault' white lotus. It was so convincing that Huo Ke involuntarily doubted himself. Perhaps Li Kun really didn't know anything at all—at the very least, he hadn't known until now.

　　This was the grievances that h.o.m.os.e.xual lovers had. Even if they lived in the same apartment, they still had to tenaciously conceal their affairs and pretend that it was all just feelings of pure friends.h.i.+p. No one dared to reveal the truth to anyone else.

　　The personality that Sui Yuan's role, Li Kun, put on display, was especially pure and free-flowing. At times, he makes jokes that are unscrupulous, or he speaks without thinking. Eason and Huo Ke both have taken him in as a little brother that they need to take care of. Naturally, they were afraid that this unreliable little brother would let the cat out of the bag in front of others, and it would be discovered by certain ambitious people. So, they kept him in the dark the whole time.

　　Therefore, before the band dissolved, and before Li Kun and Huo Ke wanted to tear into one another, he could completely dump all the blame on Eason. He himself could become an innocent victim who had been deceived.

　　"Eason and I were lovers until yesterday," Huo Ke shut his eyes and repeated himself.

　　Since he couldn't tell whether Sui Yuan really hadn't known or was just pretending, Huo Ke restrained himself from venting all his anger onto the possibly 'innocent' Sui Yuan.

　　After all, he had once considered Sui Yuan a little brother who he had to take care of. Moreover, the framing behind his back that had occured in his last life had yet to happen. Right now, the one sitting before him was probably still a pure child who had never hurt him.

　　Although he couldn't let his past grievances go, Huo Ke also could not impose revenge on the 'innocent'.

　　Sui Yuan lowered his head under Huo Ke's ice-cold gaze, his pearly white teeth tightly biting down on his lower lip. He looked so fragile, as if a single touch would break him into pieces. Even the words "white lotus" wasn't enough to describe his explosive acting that was as powerful as a hurricane at this moment.

　　——A crystal doll? Or maybe a gla.s.s doll? 5237 skipped over a long string of adjectives that made people feel as if they suffered a huge blow to its mind. It restrained its urge to give a 'like', afraid that it would affect Sui Yuan's performance and causing him to fall out of character. In its mind, it admired its foresight.

　　It just knew! Sui Yuan was particularly well-suited to play a 'white lotus'. He was simply an outstanding talent amongst white lotuses! No one could compare!

　　5237 was bewitched by Sui Yuan's acting. Even Huo Ke, who was facing him with a heart as cold as steel, couldn't endure and softened. He relaxed his tone, "Eason broke up with me yesterday. He said that he only likes you right now. He can't control his feelings for you, so he can only apologize to me. He said that everything is his fault, and that you didn't know anything. So if I wanted to take revenge, then I could enact it on him all I wanted, but I shouldn't harm you."

　　Sui Yuan's eyelashes quivered lightly, and his sharply contrasting eyes could not conceal his astonishment.

　　The astonishment in his eyes were Sui Yuan's real feelings because he knew that according to Eason's sc.u.m gong character settings, he would never personally say such a thing to Huo Ke. Eason would be just like Li Kun and would push all the blame onto the other man. He would try his best to wash himself clean of all responsibility and would not take on all the blame himself. So, the one who said this definitely was not Eason!