Han Luoli rushed to Bai Xiaoyu's apartment straight after getting off the plane.
When the two brothers met, there was an inexplicable tension between them.
"Why is she here?"
Bai Xiaoyu shrugged, "She came to me for something. About her graduation project."
Han Luoli looked at the young woman asleep on the bed, his eyes growing more dangerous.
He knew what kind of person Bai Xiaoyu was, but just the thought of Gu Xiaoer spending the night at another man's house made him very uncomfortable.
"Here's what happened," Bai Xiaoyu explained, "The results of the competition were announced this afternoon, and there was a strong suspicion of plagiarism on her part. So she came to Shenghan to find me and waited until after nine in the evening. It was the security who told me she had fainted. That's when I knew it was her, and I brought her over. A cleaning lady changed her clothes, and when I was giving her medicine, water got everywhere."
Bai Xiaoyu explained everything in one breath. It was all true, so he had no need to hide anything.
Han Luoli nodded his head. Although he was irritated, he knew very well what kind of person Bai Xiaoyu was. Until now, he had even doubted his sexual orientation.
"Xiao Er, let's go home."
Han Luoli took off his own clothes and wrapped Gu Xiaoer up in them.
"Hey, it's so late. Wouldn't taking her out make things worse?" Bai Xiaoyu didn't know what came over him, but he just let out a remark when he saw Han Luoli prepared to leave with her.
Han Luoli didn't respond and simply packed up Bai Xiaoyu's blanket as well.
Bai Xiaoyu knew Han Luoli was determined to leave and finally spoke softly, "About the issue of her suspected plagiarism, how are you going to handle it?"
After all, Shenghan was Han Luoli's, and he had to ask for his opinion.
"I saw her draw it with my own eyes. Do you think there's a problem?" Han Luoli, holding Gu Xiaoer curled up like a Swiss roll, stared at Bai Xiaoyu for a while.
"Then she should have come directly to you, not to me."
"She doesn't know my identity."
"So... are you planning to make your relationship public? And then vouch for her innocence?"
Bai Xiaoyu laid out all the possibilities he could think of.
Han Luoli did not deny it.
Bai Xiaoyu shook his head, "That's not a good solution. The President of Shenghan being with a female university student is already a controversial topic. If you use the identity of the President of Shenghan to prove her innocence, it will only plunge her into deeper disputes. There's no benefit for you."
Actually, the last sentence was the key point.
"Then let the voices of doubt shut up," Han Luoli said with a steely voice, "Get to the bottom of this matter."
With Bai Xiaoyu's abilities, Han Luoli wasn't worried.
Having said that, Han Luoli left.
Bai Xiaoyu watched his back and nodded.
The next day, Gu Xiaoer woke up to find herself at home, with an icy man standing by her side.
"Da Luoluo, how did I get home?"
Han Luoli furrowed his brow, listening to her somewhat hoarse voice, feeling even more frustrated, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Gu Xiaoer tilted her head, "Tell you what?"
"Why didn't you tell me about the plagiarism?" Han Luoli was indeed a bit angry. In front of her, he had always been accommodating—even a wooden block should have come to its senses by now.
But this confused girl never seemed to have any expectations of him.
Gu Xiaoer pursed her lips in hurt, "What's the use of telling you..."
"Gu Xiaoer, in your eyes, am I really such a useless person? So useless that I don't even have the right to listen to your complaints?"