He subconsciously reached out and tightly gripped Pei Ran's wrist.

"It's not..." Luo Qingshan struggled to organize his words, speaking incoherently, "It's not what you saw, listen to me, Babe... You mean last night, last night, you were there too... I drank a lot, my head was a little dizzy..."

"So you kissed someone else," Pei Ran finished for him.

"Yes... no, that's not it," Luo Qingshan said hurriedly. "He kissed me, it had nothing to do with me. There's absolutely nothing between us..."

Pei Ran said, "I asked Lin Kang. For a while after you came back to the private room last night, you were still playing dice with them."

Luo Qingshan was cut off, only able to look at him in a helpless daze.

"You even got someone drunk in the middle of it. Getting so drunk that you were spouting nonsense and acting crazy happened later," Pei Ran stated calmly. "So when you kissed Su Nian, you weren't dead drunk. You had more than enough strength to push him away."

Luo Qingshan was going crazy, "It was really an accident! I didn't expect him to kiss me, I didn't even have time to react before it was over!"

Pei Ran pressed his lips together, "Su Nian's Moments are full of your photos."

"That's just him being delusional! I never accepted his confession!"

Hearing the word 'confession', Pei Ran lowered his eyes.

So after Su Nian's confession, not only did Luo Qingshan not distance himself from him, he even invited him to his own birthday party, and they were alone together.

Perhaps because the shock from last night was too great, he actually felt much calmer now.

"Luo Qingshan." Pei Ran sighed. "Luo Qingshan, let's break up."

Luo Qingshan's eyes instantly reddened.

He clenched his teeth and was quiet for a long time before he said, "No, Pei Ran."

"You can't break up with me over something so small," Luo Qingshan murmured. "I turned gay because of you. You're the one who made me like men. You can't break up with me."

Pei Ran's back stiffened.

"For you, to get into the same university as you, I studied my ass off. I rejected so many girls, and I even broke a finger for you."

The image of Luo Qingshan's hands covered in blood flashed through Pei Ran's mind, and his face instantly turned pale.

Pei Ran didn't listen closely to what Luo Qingshan said after that. It took him a great effort to pull himself away from that bloody scene.

"Pei Ran... I really like you," Luo Qingshan said. "I know I was wrong last night, I was drunk, please don't hold it against me... I won't be like this again. I'll go back and block Su Nian, and I won't touch alcohol anymore. Forgive me, okay?"

Pei Ran stared at him without a word.

Just as Luo Qingshan thought he was about to soften, Pei Ran abruptly averted his gaze and tied the plastic bag in front of him into a tight knot.

"Back then, when you helped me chase those people away, I was really grateful to you," Pei Ran said slowly, word by word. "I'll pay you back five times the medical fees, okay?"

"Or if you need help with anything in the future, you can always find me. I'll help with whatever I can. You can even borrow money from me," Pei Ran's tone was very gentle. "Let's break up, Luo Qingshan."

Luo Qingshan bought a dozen beers and returned to his dorm.

As he opened the third can, his roommate finally shot him a look.

Yan Zhun closed the PUBG interface, got up, and placed a gift on Luo Qingshan's desk. He said flatly, "Happy birthday. This is for you."

"Thanks," Luo Qingshan answered in a muffled voice. His eyes swept over the box—a certain fruit company's new model of earphones. Not cheap.

He was a little surprised. After all, his relationship with Yan Zhun wasn't particularly good. He hadn't expected the guy to give him such an expensive gift.

Luo Qingshan took another swig of beer. He wiped his mouth and suddenly asked, "Lin Kang said you and Pei Ran left together last night? Was he... in a bad mood? Did he say anything to you?"

Yan Zhun stopped in his tracks. "Why do you ask?"

Luo Qingshan felt his head was fuzzy. Yan Zhun and Pei Ran were practically strangers. With Pei Ran's personality, it was impossible that he would have said anything to him.

"Forget it, it's nothing." Luo Qingshan leaned back and let out a long sigh.

Yan Zhun: "What's wrong."

Luo Qingshan didn't notice the abnormality in his roommate's concerned question at all.

"Pei Ran and I had a fight," Luo Qingshan said with a scrunched-up face. "He even brought up breaking up... Fuck! It's all Su Nian's fault!"

Yan Zhun raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly. After a long moment, he said, "It's fine. The next one will be better."

"There is no next one," Luo Qingshan said irritably. "I'll wait for Pei Ran to cool down, then I'll go apologize to him."

Yan Zhun said no more. He returned to his computer and clicked on the WeChat message he had just received.

[Bu Zhongyao: Dad, are you really not playing anymore? Alright then, let's play together next time, carry me so I can rank up.]

[Bu Zhongyao: No! Next time you're online, call me! I'm on call 24/7! Dad!]

[Zhun Le: Invite me, haven't logged off.]

[Bu Zhongyao: ???]

[Bu Zhongyao: Didn't you say you were done playing, Dad? I'll invite you right now.]

[Zhun Le: I'm happy. I'll carry you for a couple more games.]