Chapter 261 Supplement
Perhaps frightened by Li Zhuangsheng's appearance, Li Xiuyu was stunned and stared at him blankly.

This appearance is so different from the Li Zhuangsheng she knew in the past. Wasn't he dating that Zhu Zhixue? Why did he look so miserable?

"What happened?"

Li Minghua and Chen Lanying were both startled by Li Zhuangsheng's roar and hurried out of the room to check the situation.

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Xiuyu wiped her tears and waved her hands as if nothing had happened. "We were just chatting normally... Don't worry about it, go back to your room!"

"No, you..."

Chen Lanying could tell something was wrong, but when she was about to speak, she was stopped by Li Minghua. Li Zhuangsheng and Li Xiuyu had been close friends since they were young, and Li Xiuyu was more suitable to talk to Li Zhuangsheng than they were.

Let the two siblings talk first. There are some things that siblings are better people to talk to than parents.

Li Minghua held Chen Lanying's hand and winked at her, and Chen Lanying sighed softly. After talking about some things, there is nothing to worry about.

"Then let's go back first. Let's talk it over nicely. There's no need to argue..." Chen Lanying muttered and followed Li Minghua back to the house.

Li Xiuyu looked down at Li Zhuangsheng, who was looking away and about to cry, and felt a pain in his heart: "Hey, you have..."

"Xiu Yu, I was wrong, please don't force me, okay..." Li Zhuangsheng whispered softly, tears streaming down his cheeks, "I don't know why it turned out like this, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't want to..."

"Don't be like this, don't cry... Hey, I'm here, tell me what you have to say!"

Li Xiuyu quickly embraced Li Zhuangsheng in her arms. She had just come out of the warm air-conditioned room, wearing only a tight sweater on her upper body, without even underwear. But at this moment, she didn't care about being shy, she just supported Li Zhuangsheng's head with her chest and comforted him gently.

The grievances that had been suppressed for a long time, the pain that no one could tell, the disgust towards oneself, and the confusion in the whirlpool of emotions, were finally vented out in Li Xiuyu's arms!
Li Zhuangsheng buried his face in Li Xiuyu's arms and cried silently, like a newborn baby, facing this disturbing world in confusion, instinctively longing for his safe place.

Li Xiuyu bit her lip lightly. All her resentment and anger turned into heartache and pity. She hugged Li Zhuangsheng quietly and let him vent, then rubbed her chin gently on his head.

"It's okay, it's okay... Tell me what happened. If I can't solve it, there are still parents... I was just teasing you, I'm not angry... We are friends!"

After crying silently for a long time, Li Zhuangsheng finally finished venting. He gently broke away from Li Xiuyu's arms, thinking back to how he had cried so hard in his sister's arms, he felt ashamed again.

This was the first time he looked so embarrassed in front of Li Xiuyu, just Li Xiuyu.

"Tell me, what happened." Li Xiuyu sighed softly and held Li Zhuangsheng's hand helplessly.

"Aren't you cold? You're not wearing any clothes." Li Zhuangsheng said softly.

"Now that you remember I'm cold?" Li Xiuyu was annoyed and pulled Li Zhuangsheng up, "Then come back to my room and tell me!"

No matter what, the first thing he did after crying was to care about whether he was cold or not, which shows that he is still the gentle Li Zhuangsheng. Li Xiuyu thought to himself.

The two came to Li Xiuyu's bedroom, where the air conditioner was never turned off.

"Do you want to go to bed and lie down for a while?" Li Xiuyu tilted his head.

"No, I have to go out soon..." Li Zhuangsheng sat on the edge of the bed.

The two sat opposite each other in silence for a long time. Li Xiuyu helplessly held Li Zhuangsheng's hand and said, "Speak up, what happened? Aren't you in love with Zhu Zhixue? What's there to cry about? I won't say anything to you in the future. You don't cry either, okay?" Li Zhuangsheng licked his lips, still not knowing where to start.

"Don't you know how to say it?" Li Xiuyu sighed, "You probably don't like Zhu Zhixue, right? Who forced you to date her?"

Li Xiuyu also thought calmly for a long time. Although Zhu Zhixue was shameless to Li Zhuangsheng, she did not notice that Li Zhuangsheng had any special feelings for Zhu Zhixue on weekdays. Instead, he was very attentive to Lin Yuehua.

Why is he suddenly dating Zhu Zhixue now? There must be something strange.

Li Zhuangsheng looked at her inexplicably and did not answer, which was considered as half-acquiescence.

"If you are unwilling, who can force you?" Li Xiuyu frowned slightly, "Did Zhu Zhixue tell you that if you don't talk to her, she will die in front of you?"

Li Zhuangsheng's mouth twitched slightly, and he finally knew how to start:
“That’s not the case…”

"Why don't you tell me first, what did you do last night? Did Zhu Zhixue get into any trouble?"

Li Zhuangsheng was silent for a moment, took a deep breath and said, "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else."

Li Xiuyu immediately raised his hand: "Okay, I swear to keep it a secret for you! I will never tell anyone else!"

"Zhu Zhixue's father owed a lot of gambling debts. Yesterday, on New Year's Eve, someone came to their house to collect the debt..."

"Being asked to pay off debts during the Chinese New Year? Is it gangsters?"

"Why do you think it's called 'New Year's Eve'... They're not gangsters, just a few hooligans. When they were collecting debts, they wanted to bully Zhu Zhixue. Because Zhu Zhixue had texted me about it before, I arrived in time and stopped them..."

Li Xiuyu remained silent. Li Zhuangsheng used the word "bully" lightly, but Li Xiuyu vaguely guessed the meaning.

"I called the police and had those bastards and her father taken away. Then she said she was scared and asked me to stay with her..."

"Isn't this... moral kidnapping?" Li Xiuyu was furious, but she was worried that Li Zhuangsheng would be upset because of her attitude, so she could only suppress her anger, "Her father is in jail, where is her mother?"

"Her parents are divorced, and her mother has long since stopped caring about her..."

"You can bring her to our house!"

After Li Zhuangsheng said this, Li Xiuyu felt that Zhu Zhixue seemed a little miserable, but he was still resentful in his heart.

"She didn't want to come because of face issues... Who wants to hide in someone else's house during the New Year?"

"But..." Li Xiuyu scratched his head and gritted his teeth, "Then she took advantage of her pity to confess to you, and you couldn't bear to reject her at that time, so you got together with her?"

"She is ten times more miserable than you think..." Li Zhuangsheng smiled bitterly, "I am the only one she has. She regards me as her only ray of light. I can't just leave her alone."

"Besides, if I had rejected her at that time, she would probably have given up on herself and fallen into depravity..." Li Zhuangsheng added with a miserable smile.

(End of this chapter)