Tao Zhi hesitated for a few seconds without speaking.
Fu Si Heng: “Hm?”
“He wanted me to toy with your emotions.” Tao Zhi’s voice was very soft.
Very, very soft, but Fu Si Heng still heard it clearly.
Thanks to Tao Zhi’s good memory, he recalled Fu Zheng’s original words almost verbatim.
Recalling as he spoke: “Seduce you, play with you, then dump you, and after that have me steal your business secrets. He wants to seize power, make you step down…”
After finishing: “…”
Oops, forgot to sugarcoat it.
“Ha.” Fu Si Heng couldn’t help but laugh out loud this time.
Good.
His idiot brother really didn’t disappoint him at all.
Coming up with such a stupid plan.
And Tao Zhi had actually gone along with his nonsense to carry out Fu Zheng’s rotten idea.
However.
“You succeeded in the front part, so Fu Zheng picked the right person.” Fu Si Heng looked at Tao Zhi and asked, “What about the latter part? Why didn’t you steal?”
Tao Zhi: “Fu Zheng said the plan was terminated…”
Fu Si Heng: “Hm?”
“I don’t know why either.” Tao Zhi really didn’t know about this; he only knew that after winter break, Fu Zheng told him to stop.
Tao Zhi scratched his head.
Honest kids had no ulterior motives. Thinking that he had already said this much, he might as well spill everything and lay it all out: “Fu Zheng didn’t know about the later dating stuff.”
“Fu Zheng said he wanted me to make breakthrough progress with you during New Year’s break, so I-I went and sat on your lap.” Tao Zhi felt very embarrassed saying this and lowered his head, looking at his fingers. “But after I sat and we confirmed our relationship, he said no need.”
“He didn’t know about dating you afterward.”
“Because I was afraid he’d make me steal files during finals week, I kept it hidden first.” This part was pretty complicated. Tao Zhi had wanted to come clean with Fu Zheng several times but chose not to because he didn’t know where to start.
But now, he found that saying it out wasn’t as troublesome as he’d imagined; it actually went pretty smoothly. “I was planning to tell him after winter break, but when school started, he told me no need.”
“That’s how it was. You know everything after that.” After finishing, Tao Zhi sneaked a peek at Fu Si Heng’s expression, thought for a moment, and added, “So the responsibility between me and Fu Zheng is…”
Tao Zhi gave what he thought was a fair assessment: “Fifty-fifty.”
After saying it, he waited for Fu Si Heng’s judgment.
While confessing these things, Tao Zhi felt an indescribable tension in his heart—not just guilt and fear toward Fu Si Heng, but also… some other emotions he couldn’t name. Not understanding what it was, Tao Zhi temporarily suppressed that strange feeling.
He looked nervously at Fu Si Heng.
Fu Si Heng looked back at him, pondering for a moment.
“Oh, so everything was fake?” Fu Si Heng asked.
“Uh…” Tao Zhi swallowed, nodding guiltily.
“So what are your plans next?” Fu Si Heng asked him.
“My plans next… Huh? Me?” Tao Zhi was puzzled.
He had thought he was waiting for Fu Si Heng’s punishment. Why was Fu Si Heng asking about his plans?
Handing the choice to him, Tao Zhi was bewildered for several seconds and asked again, “Me?”
Fu Si Heng hummed in affirmation.
How magical…
Tao Zhi thought for a bit, then his tone suddenly firmed up. “I-I plan to pay back the money I owe you first. It might take a while, but I’ll work hard.”
“No rush on that.” Fu Si Heng didn’t want to see Tao Zhi working everywhere or borrowing from Fu Zheng.
That would go against his original intent.
Mm.
Rejected.
Tao Zhi thought again.
Couldn’t think of anything; it was a bit awkward. He looked at Fu Si Heng, as if hoping for a hint.
Fine.
Fu Si Heng caught his gaze and gave the hint as desired. “What I mean is, what about my girlfriend?”
Tao Zhi: “?”
Ah???
Wh-Why was he asking for a girlfriend again?
Tao Zhi’s eyes panicked for a moment. “Th-There’s no more…”
“No can do without one.” Fu Si Heng’s tone was calm.
“I had one yesterday, and none today—that’s not right. I can’t accept it.”
There was a faint hint of madness in those words.
Tao Zhi: “…”
Fu Si Heng: “Hm?”
Although he was asking Tao Zhi, Fu Si Heng had already made up his mind.
Earlier, he had been provoked by Tao Zhi defending Fu Zheng, jealousy flaring up, wanting to tease and bully him a bit to satisfy himself. Now that Tao Zhi had confessed about Fu Zheng, his jealousy had mostly dissipated, and everything was back on track.
Tsk, too bad he didn’t get to eat him.
But his current goal was to have Tao Zhi continue being his boyfriend.
Fu Si Heng knew clearly that after exposing Tao Zhi, he couldn’t just kiss him whenever he wanted like before.
But without exposing him, Tao Zhi wouldn’t take the relationship seriously.
This was a necessary step.
Unbelievable, the little fool still thought he was straight.
If he were bent, he’d have been fully devoured by now.
“Th-Then what should we do?” Tao Zhi really didn’t know what to do. “Or do you want some other compensation?”
Hm? Other compensation?
Fu Si Heng paused slightly, his gaze naturally glancing at the maid outfit on the bed, then back to Tao Zhi. His expression was calm, but his eyes burned hot.
“No no no!” This immediately panicked Tao Zhi. He waved his hands frantically to stop Fu Si Heng’s idea.
