The girl's words were barbed, striking directly at the man's heart.
"You're still playing the part of the rental boyfriend, huh?"
But it was only when he saw the calm in the girl's eyes and her serene face that Han Luoli realized his pain had turned to panic.
"Xiao Er, I can explain! There was never a sugar daddy, okay?"
"And can you explain this?"
In Gu Xiaoer's hand was a diamond-studded hair clip with a strand of a woman's fine hair on it. Clearly, it didn't belong to Gu Xiaoer, but to another woman.
When Han Luoli had hugged her, she felt something poking in his pocket and pulled it out, only to find it was a woman's possession. They say a woman's intelligence surpasses that of Holmes when catching a man cheating, and even she had keenly sensed something this time.
She felt she shouldn't be so sentimental, or question him like a resentful wife catching a cheating husband, especially since they had nothing but a contract between them.
At most, she should just scold him with, "Taking secret jobs behind my back, unprofessional!"
But seeing that diamond hair clip, she still felt bad, couldn't help herself. The feeling was even stronger than when she had first seen Lu Tianze and Lin Kexin rolling in the sheets.
Han Luoli stiffly took the hair clip, his eyes revealing a turmoil, probably already figuring out what had happened.
Explaining, it seemed, wasn't going to work at that moment.
He briskly got out of bed, his eyes carrying a resolute air, and his long legs took him out of the bedroom in just a few strides.
Startled by Han Luoli's swift actions, it was Gu Xiaoer who became confused, staring with wide eyes, not knowing what he intended to do.
Was he caught red-handed and now too lazy to even bother explaining?
Then why did he just look so earnestly wronged, with that 'I'm so innocent' face!
Soon, the sound of something hitting water followed by a flush resonated from the bathroom.
Gu Xiaoer suddenly realized what Han Luoli had done, and without even bothering to put on her shoes, she jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom door, her face ashen.
Just as she had suspected, Han Luoli had flushed the diamond hair clip down the toilet!
Her head throbbing, Gu Xiaoer managed to squeeze a question through clenched teeth, "I just want to ask, was that diamond real or not?"
"..." Han Luoli was utterly defeated.
"The diamond...," Gu Xiaoer couldn't understand why she felt such pain, staring at the spotless toilet, her heart aching, "A real diamond, it could have been sold!"
"..." You've got a big blue diamond in your drawer, which I've never seen you fuss over!
Gu Xiaoer hugged the toilet, whispering low, "You've already got someone else, why bother coming back? What am I to you, that you cling to me? Don't you know, I waited for a long time that day, until finally, I felt like a duped clown..."
Her voice was fragmented, choked with anger and repression, and also with grievance.
The erratic thoughts of these past few days had tormented her, and when she saw him return, she admitted she was overjoyed, but that very joy also angered and frustrated her.
Angry at his unexplained disappearance, and at her own emotional turmoil.
Especially seeing another woman's mark on him, she couldn't control herself.
"Xiao Er! There is no one else, never has been!" Han Luoli, distressed, moved forward and, following Gu Xiaoer's lead, crouched in the bathroom with her, and gently held her in his arms.
"Really?"
"How could I lie to a jealous you?"
Han Luoli lowered his head and captured the girl's pouting lips.
Just now, was clearly a little girl's show of jealousy. With a slight smirk, he felt unexpectedly happy at that moment.