Honey, Open The Door. I Want To Give You The Room Key - Chapter 41.1

Liu Yu had never brought anyone here before, and she rarely came here herself. There was a painting, of a…

Liu Yu had never brought anyone here before, and she rarely came here herself.

There was a painting of a beautiful mother holding her child with a gentle expression, her eyes filled with the most tender love in the world.

That affection could be felt through the painting; just standing there, you felt as if you were being watched by her, as if she were releasing her love toward you.

Lou Qingshuang looked at the child in the woman’s arms and, by some strange stroke of intuition, felt that the child looked a bit like Liu Yu.

Liu Yu looked at the painting and said softly, “This is a self-portrait my mother painted while looking in the mirror.”

“The child is me. Every time I stand here, I feel as if my mother is looking at me,” Liu Yu said softly as she walked toward the painting.

The child in the painting smiled with innocent loveliness, small hands chasing a butterfly, with paint still staining them.

Liu Yu looked at this painting with a tenderness and nostalgia she had never shown before.

Lou Qingshuang looked through the paintings one by one; almost all the paintings here were of Liu Yu and her mother, with no paintings of anyone else.

There weren’t even paintings of Liu Yu’s other mother or father; it seemed no one had ever mentioned the affairs of the Liu family.

Liu Wen’s marriage was kept secret from the public, and now, information about the older generation of the Liu family was almost impossible to find online.

Lou Qingshuang felt a bit of curiosity—had there ever been a change in the power structure of the Liu family?

Perhaps the person who did it was even one of Liu Yu’s relatives.

Liu Yu looked for a long time before finally withdrawing her emotions and hiding them away.

“Finished looking? There’s a flower room here as well; do you want to go see it?” Liu Yu asked, regaining her normal smile.

“Let’s go back and rest.”

“Alright.”

At night, Lou Qingshuang was no longer feverish. She lay in Liu Yu’s room sleeping, wearing silver pajamas; a single movement of her long legs would reveal her fair, slender limbs.

She leaned against the window holding a glass of red wine, admiring the bright moon outside. With a tilt of her head, the red wine slid smoothly into her mouth, her curly long hair swaying with her movements.

Lou Qingshuang gazed at the bright moon; she had actually been suffering from insomnia for a long time.

Ever since leaving that building, she had begun to lose sleep.

Perhaps the only time she had slept well was a few months ago in Liu Yu’s arms; every time she thought of this, her heart trembled.

If Shen Yue’s betrayal was the beginning of her loss of trust, then Liu Yu was the beginning of her pride being crushed.

Liu Yu had personally shattered her expectations back then; agreeing now was nothing more than repaying a debt of gratitude.

With a hint of intoxication and coldness in her eyes, Lou Qingshuang gently swayed her body in the room, enjoying this rare tranquility.

Liu Yu, staying in the room next door, was also looking at the bright moon outside. She made a call to Shang Qing. “Rare to hear from you, busy person,” Shang Qing said.

Shang Qing had just finished overtime at the hospital when she received Liu Yu’s call. She was wearing a white shirt with sleeves rolled up to her forearms, revealing lean arms, her long hair tied messily at her back, laughing nonchalantly.

“You just got off work?” Liu Yu asked.

“Yeah, a big boss like you wouldn’t know the suffering of us workhorses,” Shang Qing teased.

“Heh, were your wages too low or your dividends too small?” Liu Yu asked, leaning against the window.

“Speak up, what’s the matter?” Shang Qing wouldn’t admit that receiving the dividends made her very happy.

“I met a girl with a 100% pheromone match with me,” Liu Yu said softly, looking at the moon.

“Is it that little Omega? Then go pursue her quickly!” Shang Qing’s eyes lit up with excitement; Liu Yu’s broken gland could finally be treated.

“I… seem to have done some things that hurt the other party.” This was the who-knows-how-many-th time Liu Yu had wondered if she had hurt Lou Qingshuang; she was somewhat confused.

Liu Yu recounted the events between her and Lou Qingshuang. “I don’t know how I should treat her now.”

Especially the words spoken that night; Liu Yu had always felt she hadn’t said anything wrong, but when she learned that Lou Qingshuang extremely loathed being marked, she felt a pang of sadness, as if she had touched someone’s most painful spot.

She truly did not understand love.

“You’re a bit of a scumbag—no, you’re not just a bit scummy, you’re a major Scumbag Alpha! An Omega comes to find you of her own accord, and you crush her dignity into pieces, yet she’s still willing to help treat that wretched pheromone gland of yours—she’s too kind!” Shang Qing said, unusually agitated, her hands moving with excitement.

“Your heartless exploiter, can you only think of using money? Where is your heart, Liu Yu?” Shang Qing asked directly.

That one sentence, where is your heart? made Liu Yu snap back to her senses. Where was her heart?

“Liu Yu, you can’t keep living while clinging to that past. You should move on; your aunt told you to let it go before she left,” Shang Qing sighed and said earnestly.

“It’s very hard in this life to meet a true lover, let alone a lover with a 100% match. Even if you don’t like her, you shouldn’t hurt her. Liu Yu, you really are a bit subhuman,” Shang Qing scolded heavily.

Listening to Shang Qing’s agitated voice, Liu Yu couldn’t help but laugh; if Lou Qingshuang were here, she probably wouldn’t be able to resist hitting her.

“I don’t know what my feelings for her are, but I think I won’t let her go again,” Liu Yu reached out toward the moon.

“This is a society ruled by law; don’t say such pathological things. Liu Yu, she is a person with her own thoughts and her own dignity. You shouldn’t use her kindness to trap her,” Shang Qing analyzed rationally.

“Then what should I do?” Liu Yu’s brow furrowed slightly; she didn’t want to repeat the same mistakes.

She had called Shang Qing precisely because she wanted to clear her own train of thought.

Standing by her car, Shang Qing rolled her eyes hard and said crossly, “What to do? Pursue her, of course! Show your sincerity, show your initiative. You, Liu Yu, have so much money; as long as you’re willing to put in the effort, she will definitely be moved.”

“Wait, next time you do something like this, can you tell me first? Before, I thought you were pursuing her; I didn’t expect you to play that game. We’re good youths, we don’t do those things,” Shang Qing said.

Lying in bed and smelling Liu Yu’s scent, Lou Qingshuang slowly closed her eyes, completely unaware that Liu Yu next door was humbly learning how to pursue her.

“Maybe you should watch more TV dramas and learn how to be ‘love-brained,'” Shang Qing sincerely suggested that Liu Yu learn the “love-brain” mentality.

“Even though dramas are very melodramatic, they manage to capture the essence of emotions; you’re just missing that string.”

“Even if you don’t learn how to be in a relationship, at least learn how an Alpha loves their partner,” Shang Qing was worried sick for her friend.

She was truly afraid of missing out on a girl as foolishly kind as Lou Qingshuang; Liu Yu would regret it for a lifetime.

Liu Yu listened to Shang Qing’s words and pondered. She recalled Lou Qingshuang from a few months ago; she would smile and talk to her, and also complain with disdain.

At some unknown point, Lou Qingshuang had become silent.

Liu Yu had been thinking that if she could make their interaction better, then naturally there would be no need to use other means to keep the person by her side.

Liu Yu thought of that relief agreement; perhaps she should treat that relief agreement as a romance agreement.

Although Liu Yu’s mind couldn’t quite make that turn, she didn’t want to face Lou Qingshuang’s silence anymore.

“Fine, I’ll study some TV dramas,” Liu Yu agreed.

Because she agreed so readily, Shang Qing was actually somewhat taken aback.

She was someone who had witnessed why Liu Yu had become the way she was; for Liu Yu to say such a thing surprised her.

“Don’t… don’t force it too much, or it might backfire,” Shang Qing said hesitantly.

“Just learn normally; don’t learn those overly exaggerated things,” Shang Qing said, fearing Liu Yu would learn from soap operas.

“I’ll send you a few classics; learn from those first.” After thinking about it, Shang Qing sent some romance films she had watched with her little girlfriend to Liu Yu.

“Thanks, I’ll treat you to dinner another day,” Liu Yu said.

“Just heal your collapsing gland soon so my life isn’t so bitter,” Shang Qing complained about her bitter fate.

She was currently researching literature night and day, flying everywhere for exchange and study, all to slow down the speed of Liu Yu’s pheromone gland collapse. Now that they finally found a 100% match, Liu Yu was being so difficult.

“Thank you.” Liu Yu thanked her very sincerely.

“It’s fine, how many times have you bailed me out? It’s fine for me to bail you out once. Liu Yu, go enjoy yourself for once; you don’t have to be an ascetic monk.” Shang Qing’s voice was a bit low; she felt sad for her friend.

Liu Yu looked at the bright moon rising high outside. “I’ll try.”

The two hung up the phone. Liu Yu used her computer to click on the movies Shang Qing had sent.

Suddenly, a wave of pheromones seeped in from under the door, curling around Liu Yu’s fair and sexy ankles.

Liu Yu looked down at her ankles. Her own pheromones also spilled out uncontrollably. Liu Yu peeled off her pheromone blocker and released her scent to soothe the rose fragrance climbing up her ankles.

“Are you very sad?” Liu Yu felt the weeping of the rose. Her heart trembled, and she asked in a low voice, “Is it because of me?”

“No one is allowed to come to the second floor,” Liu Yu said to the young butler on night duty.

“Understood, Chairperson,” the young butler immediately responded and instructed the others not to go up to the second floor.