After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

Suddenly, while Gu Qingze was eating, he seemed to remember something. He slowly lowered his eyes and put down the chopsticks in his hand with a slightly depressed mood.

"...Have you not eaten the morning glory yet? How about I serve it up to share..."

As soon as he opened his mouth and before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chu Lingxiao.

"She has already eaten, and she ate very well. My brother Jinnian assigned a cook to Ye Li at that time. After my special request, he now prepares two meals a day, one for Ye Li and one for Jinluo."

"Oh, then..."

Gu Qingze wanted to say something but stopped himself, as the words were stuck in his throat and he didn't know how to start.

Chu Lingxiao instantly understood his thoughts, patted his shoulder gently, and spoke in a gentle voice.

"The interval is too short. It is not wise for you to go to Jinluo's room at this moment."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingze forcibly suppressed the thoughts in his mind, nodded slightly, and picked up the chopsticks again.

But he was not in a very good mood, as if he was just repeating the actions mechanically, purely to kill the long time.

Chu Lingxiao looked at him like this and unconsciously clenched his fists tightly. Qingze was too easily influenced by others...

This is his valuable quality, that he can deeply empathize with others, but it is also his fatal weakness, as he can easily fall into endless self-consumption.

"Hey, Qingze." He waved his hands vigorously in front of his eyes, "At least smile a little, is the time you spend with me so painful?"

When Gu Qingze heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and spoke anxiously.

"Of course not, I am very happy to be with Ling Xiao, but..."

"Qingze...don't take everything on yourself."

Chu Lingxiao shifted his gaze from the table full of sumptuous food to Gu Qingze, looking at him firmly and directly.

"You are not at fault in this matter, and from a certain perspective, it is not an exaggeration to call you the savior of Tilbury Turtle."

"She found it hard to accept it for a while, and it was entirely her own problem."

"You never made any promises casually, such as saying you would live with her. It was her understanding that was different from your original intention."

"Given her deep feelings for you, this cannot be determined by your deliberate avoidance or euphemism. No matter what you say or what story you tell her, I think she will show such emotions."

"I even think that even if you tell her in person that you are a man dressed as a woman, she will not give up... As long as you fail to say what she wants, she will react like this."

"So, why are you acting like you've hurt her?"

Chu Lingxiao spoke these words in one breath like a string of cannonballs, without any pause or stutter.

He had wanted to say these words to Qingze for a long time, but he had never spoken out loud before because he just hoped that Qingze could understand and digest it on his own. But at this moment... he suddenly changed his mind.

After all, even when he and Qingze were having "sweet time alone", Qingze was distracted and thinking about other monsters instead of thinking about himself wholeheartedly. When he thought of this, he found it hard to accept.

"I know... but even if I understand it clearly intellectually, it's still hard to let it go emotionally."

Gu Qingze stared into his deep, pure black eyes and spoke seriously.

"If I had been able to notice her feelings earlier and had nipped them in the bud, perhaps Chrysanthemum wouldn't be so heartbroken."

After hearing this, Chu Lingxiao curled his lips and said in a sarcastic tone.

"Then according to Qingze's argument, if you have suitors and reject them, causing them to be sad, then it should be blamed on you for not realizing those feelings in time, and it's all your fault, right?"

"How is this possible?" Gu Qingze couldn't help laughing at his absurd and bizarre remarks. "I haven't reached that point yet."

"The reason I do this is because morning glory is special." Gu Qingze explained seriously.

"Wow." Chu Lingxiao heard this and said with no emotion to express his surprise, "What do you mean by 'Chunluo is special'? It sounds like a passionate love statement."

"What is Ling Xiao thinking about?" Gu Qingze knew that he was jealous again, so he smiled helplessly and explained, "What I mean by 'special' is her life situation."

As he spoke, Gu Qingze regained his serious expression.

"As far as she can remember, she was mercilessly sent to a brothel, facing only endless love and desire every day."

"So when someone shows a little concern for her, she will naturally think in these directions. She may not even know whether she really has those feelings."

"I feel sad, but regret is the main factor. Most other people can clearly distinguish between their feelings. Even if they can't completely distinguish, they can sense that something is wrong."

"But what makes Chrysanthemum so special is that she can't tell the difference clearly. I feel sorry for her because I could have guided her more when we were together in the flower house..."

"It would have been fine if Qingze hadn't explained it. Now that he has explained it, it sounds really selfless and great."

Chu Lingxiao held his chin and sighed expressionlessly.

"But it's of no use at all." He looked at Gu Qingze, as if he knew the matter well and was used to it.

"A person's ideas are formed gradually from childhood to adulthood in daily life and are deeply rooted. The same is true for monsters."

"You are really overestimating your ability by trying to change the ideas she has developed since childhood in just one month."

"Just like Ye Li, it seems that because of a month's hard work, her cognition has become much more normal, but that is only a surface phenomenon."

"If we want to achieve a complete recovery, the road ahead will be long and arduous."

"But...Tianluo did change because of my persuasion. For example, she escaped from the brothel, stopped being her family's 'blood sucker', stopped paying off her family's debts, and started a new life."

Gu Qingze tried to find concrete examples to refute his point of view.

"That's because Jinluo's own concept is to desire love. She selflessly paid off the family's debt before in order to gain the illusory love of their family. In essence, she is extremely lacking in love."

"She may not agree with your point of view that it is right not to repay the family debt. She just decided to go with you because you are the one who made this suggestion and she found someone who may give her more love."

Gu Qingze: “..........”

Gu Qingze no longer refuted. Through all the subtle details in his memories, he understood that what Ling Xiao said was most likely true. Even if it was not, it was very close to the real thoughts in Qinluo's mind.

Chu Lingxiao saw that he was obviously wavering and knew that he would no longer carry all the responsibility on himself.

But he didn't show any joy because of this. This time Qingze let him go and stopped blaming himself, just because everything he said and advised made sense. But what happened afterwards...

Chu Lingxiao actually wanted to hold his cheeks, let Qingze look straight at him, and then directly say to Qingze, why should you pay attention to other people, isn’t it good enough to just care about him?

If he only focused on him and didn't think so much, Qingze wouldn't have such drastic mood swings due to excessive empathy for others, and he wouldn't have so much boredom and sorrow.

But he still forced himself to suppress the impulse in his heart, because Chu Lingxiao knew that if he really said that, Qingze would only look at him with concern and encourage him to have more contact with the outside world and make more friends.

...Wouldn't that kind of reaction be like treating him as someone who needs special care and is mentally unstable?

Chu Lingxiao sighed deeply. Since he had already anticipated Qingze's reaction, it would be better not to say anything, so as to avoid getting that helpless look again.