Luo Yu almost laughed when he heard that Jiang Qi wanted to buy Su Jiawen from him.

　　It was Zhou Zihao who made the call as the intermediary.

　　Zhou Zihao's father had some cooperation with Zhen Ting, so Jiang Qi asked him to be the mediator.

　　Zhou Zihao first asked Luo Yu if he wanted to go out to sea again.

　　Last time, he almost lost his underwear and he needed a chance to make a comeback.

　　Luo Yu responded confidently, "Let's talk after Shen Qinyin arrives in Ping City." Zhou Zihao then chatted for a while and realized Luo Yu's impatience, so he got to the point: "Boss Luo, is that boy you brought out still with you?" Luo Yu didn't answer and asked directly what he wanted.

　　After Zhou Zihao hesitated for a while, he finally revealed his purpose.

　　Jiang Qi offered five million, and Luo Yu laughed on the spot when Zhou Zihao mentioned the price: "Jiang Qi sent a beggar?" However, Zhou Zihao felt that although five million might not be enough to catch Luo Yu's attention, it was more than enough to buy Su Jiawen.

　　He had also advised Jiang Qi that Luo Yu was fickle and might release Su Jiawen soon, so there was no need for such a roundabout method.

　　Moreover, there might be someone competing with Luo Yu for Su Jiawen, and if that happened, Luo Yu might refuse to release him.

　　But Jiang Qi insisted, saying that Su Jiawen was his teacher's child and his teacher had been kind to him.

　　He had to rescue Su Jiawen from the fire pit.

　　Zhou Zihao reluctantly made the call to Luo Yu after being urged by his father several times.

　　After hanging up the phone, Luo Yu called Lu Yi and asked him, "Did Jiang Qi say in front of you that he wanted to send Su Jiawen a flower vase?" Lu Yi paused before answering yes.

　　Luo Yu asked, "Do you think Su Jiawen doesn't know Jiang Qi?" Lu Yi recounted what happened that night and emphasized, "Mr.

　　Su doesn't seem to know Jiang Qi." Jiang Qi's background was clearer than Ruan Zheng's.

　　He was from Ping City and had been a thug in the Xibang since he was fifteen or sixteen.

　　One winter, he suddenly disappeared from Ping City and reappeared three years later as Zhen Ting's deputy, handling tasks for Ruan Zheng and gaining great fame.

　　Upon hearing Lu Yi's account, Xing Lizheng immediately began to investigate.

　　It was true that Jiang Qi had some relationship with Su Jiawen; Su Jiawen's deceased father was Jiang Qi's high school homeroom teacher.

　　Su Jiawen's father had a good reputation when he was alive and might have treated Jiang Qi kindly.

　　Jiang Qi was considerably older than Su Jiawen, so it was not certain whether he had seen Su Jiawen when he was a child.

　　Su Jiawen's appearance had not changed much from his childhood, and he was good-looking, so it was not difficult to recognize him.

　　However, the accumulation of all these "coincidences" made people inevitably suspicious, which Xing Lizheng immediately conveyed to Luo Yu.

　　Although Luo Yu didn't take it seriously at first, Zhou Zihao's actions made him think about it.

　　Luo Yu made a phone call back home to ask the butler what Su Jiawen was doing.

　　After the butler went to check, he said, "Mr.

　　Su is reading a book." Luo Yu closed his eyes and thought about how Su Jiawen looked when he stayed in his house, and he decided not to ask any further.

　　Su Jiawen was simple and alone, weak and unable to even kill a chicken.

　　Besides walking the dog every day, all he did was read books.

　　He had been lying in his bed for so long; if there was anything he wanted to do, he would have done it by now.

　　It was pointless to continue suspecting Su Jiawen.

　　That evening, Luo Yu skipped a wine and meat gathering and instructed the driver to go home directly.

　　The city center was under road construction, so the driver took a detour and passed by a flower shop that Luo Yu had never seen before.

　　Luo Yu happened to look up and saw it."

　　He asked the driver to stop, and the driver pulled over to the side.

　　Luo Yu got out of the car and walked into the flower shop.

　　The flower shop girl, wearing an apron, greeted him and asked politely, "Sir, what do you need?" Luo Yu asked her politely, "Can you help me make a bouquet of tulips?" "Of course," the girl put down the water jug in her hand and said, "What colors do you want?" Luo Yu pointed at a bunch of white ones and said, "Just this color."

　　When he got home, Luo Yu gave the flowers to Su Jiawen.

　　He wasn't used to personally buying gifts, so it felt a bit awkward.

　　Su Jiawen was very happy to receive them and held the flowers, saying, "I just don't know where to put them." Luo Yu thought of the silver vase and was about to speak, but Su Jiawen said again, "I wonder if there's any aspirin in the medicine box." "What do you need aspirin for?" Luo Yu asked him.

　　"Aspirin soaked in water can prolong the life of flowers," Su Jiawen said.

　　He held a large bouquet of flowers and searched the house, struggling to find a place due to his limited mobility.

　　He refused to put the flowers down and finally, after twenty minutes, managed to find three different colored vases in the storage room.

　　The nanny helped him arrange the vases on the coffee table, and he squatted in front of the table, gesturing.

　　"Mr.

　　Luo," he turned his head and called Luo Yu, "which one do you think looks nicer?" "You should eat first," Luo Yu regretted bringing the flowers for him.

　　Su Jiawen hesitated, perhaps wanting to choose the vase together with Luo Yu, before finally putting down the flowers and coming over to eat.

　　Halfway through the meal, Luo Yu casually brought up, "Why didn't you accept the vase from Jiang Qi that day?" Su Jiawen looked up at Luo Yu blankly for a moment before saying, "I didn't think it was good." "Why not?" Luo Yu asked again.

　　Su Jiawen shook his head and said, "I can't explain it.

　　He seemed really scary." Jiang Qi did have the appearance of someone from the underworld, Luo Yu smiled and reassured him, "If something like that happens again, have the courage to accept it." Su Jiawen hesitated for a moment before nodding.

　　"He asked someone today to offer me five million to buy you," Luo Yu observed Su Jiawen's expression and slowly said.

　　It took Su Jiawen a few seconds to understand the meaning behind Luo Yu's words.

　　Once he realized, his face turned pale, and he stammered, "Is that so?" Su Jiawen looked at Luo Yu with a direct gaze, as if waiting for his judgment.

　　Luo Yu couldn't bear to see him like this and said, "Ruan Zheng probably doesn't think highly of him, he's just a poor guy." Su Jiawen continued to look at him, holding the chopsticks in his hand but not eating anymore.

　　He was both nervous and scared.

　　He wanted to ask Luo Yu if he had been sold, but he didn't dare to ask.

　　"I didn't agree," Luo Yu breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to pick a piece of spare ribs for Su Jiawen, "After eating, I'll accompany you to choose a vase." Su Jiawen lowered his head and nodded, saying "Hmm," but his emotions were no longer as high as when Luo Yu gave him the flowers.

　　Luo Yu joked with Su Jiawen a few more times, but he didn't laugh and found it uninteresting.

　　He casually pointed at a vase for Su Jiawen before going upstairs.

　　When he returned to his room, Su Jiawen was sitting on the edge of the bed in his pajamas, searching through the medicine box.

　　"Looking for aspirin?" Luo Yu took off his tie and threw it aside, unbuttoning his shirt.

　　Su Jiawen moved a vase of tulips to his foot and found a pack of aspirin, putting one in the vase.

　　He looked up and asked Luo Yu, "Mr.

　　Luo, where should I put the vase?" "Wherever you want," Luo Yu said.

　　Sujia Wen is not in a good state, maybe he was scared by Luo Yu during dinner, feeling a bit down.

　　He pretended to be calm and told Luo Yu, "I wanted to put it in the dining room, but it's the same color as the tablecloth, so it doesn't match, so I brought it up first." He mentioned about seven or eight places where he wanted to put flowers and analyzed the pros and cons of each location.

　　Luo Yu found it amusing to listen to Sujia Wen talking so much today, but he understood that it was out of a compensatory mindset, so he didn't ask.

　　He sat on the sofa and listened to Sujia Wen talk about his arrangement experience.

　　"So the bedroom is still the best," Sujia Wen concluded his words when Luo Yu was getting sleepy.

　　"Can it be placed here?" Luo Yu watched him struggle to move the vase and walked over to help him lift it up and place it on a low rack beside the sofa.

　　"Here?" Sujia Wen asked, smiling at Luo Yu.

　　Luo Yu walked a few steps away to admire it and indeed, it looked good.

　　He approved Sujia Wen's request and then went to the bathroom.

　　After taking a shower and coming out, Sujia Wen went downstairs to sneakily drink milk again.

　　Luo Yu walked downstairs to look at him as Sujia Wen held a cup and drank happily.

　　The scene was harmonious, but there was a burnt smell coming from the kitchen.

　　"What's that smell?" Luo Yu frowned and asked him.

　　Sujia Wen nervously replied, "What smell? I didn't smell anything." Luo Yu walked over and saw two milk pots placed in the sink, with one of them blackened at the bottom.

　　He asked Sujia Wen, "Did you burn the milk?" "No," Sujia Wen denied while looking around.

　　Luo Yu bent his finger and tapped Sujia Wen's forehead, then walked down to the wine cellar and picked up a bottle of wine before coming back.

　　"Drink something with alcohol instead of milk," Luo Yu said as he opened the bottle and poured two glasses.

　　He handed one to Sujia Wen and said, "Adults should drink something with alcohol." Sujia Wen put down the milk and took the glass, taking a sip.

　　Seeing Luo Yu also drinking, he took a big gulp.

　　Sujia Wen couldn't handle alcohol well and his face turned red after just two sips.

　　He had a flushed face and his speech was slurred, his steps light and unsteady.

　　At this moment, when he looked at Luo Yu, he couldn't hide his feelings anymore, he liked Luo Yu, truly and genuinely.

　　Luo Yu also had a vanity and naturally enjoyed Sujia Wen's admiring gaze.

　　He knowingly asked Sujia Wen, "Jiawen, would you like to go with Jiang Qi?" Sujia Wen curled up on the single sofa, raised his head at the words, and cautiously said, "No." "Why don't you want to?" Luo Yu gently coaxed, "Didn't you even accept Shen Qi Yin's business card?" Sujia Wen replied, "I don't want to follow Shen Qi Yin either." "Why?" Luo Yu's face turned serious.

　　Sujia Wen put down the wine glass and leaned his body towards Luo Yu.

　　They were sitting on two sofas, with Sujia Wen's upper body leaning forward, his hand supporting the edge of the sofa as he reluctantly moved closer to Luo Yu.

　　He whispered to Luo Yu, "Because I like you." His confession came without any preamble or fancy words, straightforwardly telling Luo Yu.

　　"What do you like about me?" Luo Yu asked.

　　Sujia Wen couldn't find the words to answer, so he audaciously placed his hand on Luo Yu's shoulder and moved closer to him, finally touching his lips.

　　Sujia Wen's breath carried the smell of alcohol as his soft lips pressed against Luo Yu's, rubbing against them a few times before pulling away.

　　With his beautiful and moist eyes fixed on Luo Yu, he said again, "I like you."

　　"Luo Yu looked at Su Jiawen's serious expression, and his heartbeat unknowingly accelerated a bit along with him.

　　He couldn't help but ask Su Jiawen, 'How much do you like her?' After a while, Su Jiawen finally described, 'I can do anything for her.' 'What if I ask you to sleep with Jiang Qi?' Luo Yu pinched Su Jiawen's chin, making him look up.

　　Su Jiawen's eyes had already become hazy, and when Luo Yu wasn't paying attention, Su Jiawen tilted his head and fell asleep.

　　Luo Yu looked at him and felt complex emotions.

　　Because he realized that he actually let out a sigh of relief when Su Jiawen fell asleep without answering, which meant that he didn't need to hear Su Jiawen's answer.

　　He himself brought up the question but didn't want to hear the answer.

　　Su Jiawen was curled up uncomfortably on the sofa while sleeping.

　　In the past, Luo Yu might have just thrown Su Jiawen or anyone he had slept with onto the couch and gone upstairs to sleep by himself.

　　But this time, Luo Yu didn't.

　　He picked up Su Jiawen horizontally and carried him back to the room, placing him on the bed and embracing him as they fell asleep together.

　　In the morning, Su Jiawen surprisingly woke up earlier than Luo Yu and squatted by the low table, looking at his tulips.

　　When he heard Luo Yu getting up, he turned around and nervously said, 'One of the petals seems to be withering, and I was thinking about what to do.' 'If it withers, then it withers.

　　What do you mean by "seems to be"?' Luo Yu walked over and didn't notice anything different.

　　Su Jiawen anxiously fiddled with it and said a tongue twister-like sentence, 'Aspirin is not effective.' Luo Yu smiled, rubbed Su Jiawen's head, and said, 'If it withers, I'll buy you another bunch.' However, Su Jiawen still reluctantly studied his flowers and turned to discuss with Luo Yu, 'Mr.

　　Luo, if I were to leave in the future, can the vase be placed here?' He asked the question clearly and objectively, but Luo Yu didn't like to hear it.

　　Luo Yu looked down at Su Jiawen expressionlessly, deliberately misinterpreting his meaning, 'Are you thinking of seeking refuge with Jiang Qi?' Su Jiawen was blocked from speaking and hung his head.

　　Luo Yu asked him, 'Which flower exactly withered?' 'This one.' Su Jiawen pinched one of the flower branches and pulled it out slightly to show Luo Yu, 'This petal.' Luo Yu reached out and plucked the flower, throwing it into the trash can, then walked into the changing room.

　　Annoyed, Su Jiawen stomped his foot behind him and said, 'Why did you throw it away so casually!' Luo Yu stopped and turned around to look down at him.

　　Su Jiawen again shrunk and didn't say anything, but his expression was still indignant.

　　'You have a temper too?' Luo Yu asked him.

　　'I dare not.' Su Jiawen kicked the trash can with his tiptoe and ran downstairs to have breakfast.

　　During breakfast, Su Jiawen noticed a dish that the cook had made.

　　'Aunt Liu, how is this made?' Su Jiawen called out to the passing cook and asked her, 'My dad used to make this for me when I was little, but I haven't had it since then.' The cook took a look and said, 'This is a pickled dish from our hometown, not commonly seen in the city.' Su Jiawen said that he wanted to learn, and Luo Yu poured cold water on him, saying, 'Someone who can even burn milk wants to learn how to cook.' But Su Jiawen still wanted to try, so Luo Yu went along with him.