Chen Lidian paused, he had indeed not thought carefully about this question—had she ever loved someone else? Huo Yinrong stepped forward, smiling with schadenfreude: 'Want to know?' Chen Lidian gave him a sharp glance. But Huo Yinrong smiled even happier: 'Then you go ask her yourself.' Chen Lidian arrived home a little later than expected, the war seemed to have already begun. Yu Qingwei sat on the sofa with her head lowered, silent, while Chen Hanxue was knocking on the coffee table loudly, clearly very agitated. He stood at the door, coldly observing Yu Qingwei, wanting to see how long she could hold out. 'This house is so good, the location, feng shui, environment, transportation, everything is top-notch. So many people have begged me... I couldn't even sell it to my friends, I sold it to you purely out of consideration for my relationship with Dongzi, what's there to hesitate about?' Yu Qingwei bit her lip, and although Chen Hanxue was so anxious she was about to jump up, Yu Qingwei remained calm. 'This matter still has to be decided by Lidian, I'll listen to him.' Yu Qingwei felt her head was going to explode, having just returned home from evening self-study when Chen Hanxue grabbed her. Chen Hanxue said she had a friend who was selling a house in the sixth ring road and strongly urged her to buy it. Although Yu Qingwei had never bought a house before, she knew that the location and the building area were not worth the five million Chen Hanxue mentioned, especially since Chen Hanxue kept emphasizing that this price was only available because of her, which was just to make her grateful and easier to manipulate in the future.

Don't say she doesn't have the power; even if she did, she wouldn't want to deal with Chen Hanxue, because if problems arose later, it would definitely be unclear who was at fault. However, Chen Hanxue wasn't so easily fobbed off. She had been sitting here talking for nearly half an hour, and Yu Qingwei had to keep bringing out Chen Liedong as a shield time and again. Chen Hanxue's eyes flashed; she hadn't expected Yu Qingwei, who usually seemed so meek, to be so difficult to handle. No matter how many kind words she spoke, it was like throwing pearls before swine. But this matter had to be settled before Dongzi came back. She continued to persuade, 'Don't you know how much our Dongzi likes you? As long as you say you like it, he will definitely buy it.' Her original plan was to coax Yu Qingwei into agreeing to buy the house first; once Yu Qingwei agreed, Liedong naturally wouldn't be able to object. But this stubborn girl refused to show her hand, and Chen Hanxue, frustrated, tapped the table again. 'What do you mean by this? Could it be that I, your elder sister, would cheat you?' When the hard approach didn't work, she had to try the soft one; she didn't believe that Yu Qingwei would really dare to offend her. 'Elder sister, you misunderstand. I think such a big decision like buying a house should be made by the man. Liedong is good to me, but I can't be unreasonable, so I still have to listen to him.' 'Can't you be a bit more assertive? If you say you want to buy it, do you think Liedong would refuse?' 'Then let's wait for Liedong to come back and discuss it with him.' 'You!' Just as the two were at an impasse, Chen Liedong finally decided to show himself. He casually said, 'What are you two talking about?' Seeing Chen Liedong return, Chen Hanxue immediately felt guilty and quickly seized the conversation, replying, 'Nothing much, just chatting.'

As she spoke, she also gave Yu Qingwei a meaningful look. Yu Qingwei confirmed her guess in her heart; Chen Hanxue was indeed acting somewhat strange. However, Chen Lidong said, 'Why do I feel like I heard you guys talking about a house?' 'This...' Chen Hanxue's gaze became fleeting, and she quickly changed the subject, saying, 'Where have you been? You reek of alcohol.' Chen Lidong sat down beside Yu Qingwei, who got up to pour him a glass of honey water from the kitchen. Chen Lidong curled the corners of his mouth: 'I had a gathering with Zhou Qun and the others.' Chen Hanxue retorted somewhat unhappily, 'Did you go out carousing with that prodigal son again?' Chen Lidong took a sip of the honey water; in fact, he wasn't too fond of sweet things, but this was Yu Qingwei's consideration after all. 'Why wouldn't I go if there's a benefit?' Chen Hanxue rolled her eyes: 'What benefit could he possibly offer you?' 'I heard that I got married, so he gave me a house as a wedding gift.' 'What?' Chen Hanxue was shocked; if Chen Lidong had a house, he definitely wouldn't buy another one. 'A three-bedroom, three-hundred square meter place on the third ring road. I went to check it out this afternoon, and it felt pretty good, so I accepted it.' Chen Hanxue had nothing more to say. After returning to the room, Yu Qingwei vaguely understood the ins and outs of the situation. She wanted to ask but was afraid she was being presumptuous. But she couldn't keep things to herself, and after following Chen Lidong around the room for a while, she finally asked, 'You actually anticipated that my sister would try to sell me her house when you asked me to choose a house at noon, didn't you?' If she had chosen a house in advance, she could have simply refused without worrying about offending Chen Hanxue.

No wonder he suddenly said that at noon. Chen Lidan did not deny it, and he said somewhat indifferently while unbuttoning the cuffs of his shirt: 'It's a pity that someone doesn't seem to appreciate it.' Yu Qingwei felt a bit embarrassed. Chen Lidan had good intentions for her, yet she didn't recognize a good heart; it was understandable that he was angry. She rubbed the tip of her toe on the carpet and murmured with her head lowered: 'I'm sorry, and also, thank you.'