Heartthrob, Your Ima Chapter 257: Do You Want to Break Up With Me?

Suzhou was a bit cold after the rain. Zhou Yuwen took Lu Lin to book another room at the nearby Hilton hotel.

They had been caught in the rain earlier when leaving the spicy hot pot restaurant, so taking a hot bath at the hotel made them feel much better.

Actually, during the afternoon, Zhou Yuwen and Lu Lin had been quite in the mood, truly wanting to experience the thrill of a secret affair in the newly booked room on the seventh floor.

But after Zheng Yanyan caused a scene, all of that mood was completely ruined.

Lu Lin was wearing three layers of clothing today.

The first was a shirt.

The second was a T-shirt.

And underneath the T-shirt, she wore a small black camisole. She had a slender and tall figure.

After taking a shower, she walked out of the bathroom while drying her long hair, wearing only that small black camisole paired with a pair of small white panties.

Her slender, long legs were exposed, giving off the strong, innocent vibe of a pure high school girl.

Zhou Yuwen had already showered and was lying on the bed playing with his phone. Seeing Lu Lin co out like this, he could not help but chuckle. "Stop wearing these cheap, ten-yuan panties from now on. You already got laughed at by Yanyan."

Lu Lin finished drying her hair and casually tossed the towel onto the sofa.

Then she straddled Zhou Yuwen before rolling over to the inner side of the bed.

Lu Lin was incredibly thin, so when she straddled him, there was a visible hollow on her inner thighs.

"I like it this way," she said. "Those panties you bought

aren't comfortable at all."

"Besides, if I wore those and she saw them, who knows what she would think."

Lu Lin seed exceptionally clingy today. Usually, if Zhou Yuwen did not tease or initiate things with her, she basically would not bother him.

But today, she unexpectedly lifted Zhou Yuwen's arm on her own accord.

Then she nestled into his embrace, rested her head against his chest, and closed her eyes.

She looked like a docile little kitten.

She seed genuinely exhausted.

"Writing your novel again?" Lu Lin asked, noticing that Zhou Yuwen seed to be typing away on his phone.

"Yeah," Zhou Yuwen nodded.

"What kind of novel is it?"

"Male-oriented fantasy."

"Is it profitable?"

"Not at the mont."

Lu Lin let Zhou Yuwen hold her as she stayed nestled in his arms. From her position, she could see what he was writing, but after just reading a single paragraph, she did not find it particularly appealing.

She remarked that it was hard to imagine him being a novelist.

Zhou Yuwen replied that there were many things he knew how to do.

"You just don't know

well enough."

"That's true. Your ex-girlfriend doesn't know you, and your current girlfriend doesn't know you. I'm not even considered the other woman, so how could I possibly know you?" Lu Lin murmured softly from his embrace.

Zhou Yuwen found her words amusing. With a quick roll, he half-pinned her underneath him.

Lu Lin looked up at him.

Zhou Yuwen leaned down and gave her lip a gentle bite.

Lu Lin stuck out her soft, warm little tongue and licked his lips in return.

Zhou Yuwen smacked his lips.

He placed his phone on the nightstand, then turned off all the lights in the room. Sliding under the covers, he gathered Lu Lin's entire delicate body into his arms. "Let's go to sleep," he whispered.

Being held by Zhou Yuwen like this made Lu Lin feel incredibly secure, yet she still asked, "Are you really not going back tonight?"

"I'm not."

"Aren't you afraid Yanyan will suddenly rush over and trap us in the room? We really wouldn't be able to hide this ti," Lu Lin said.

Zhou Yuwen let out a light chuckle and asked her why they needed to hide.

Lu Lin thought for a mont but remained silent.

Honestly, she was truly happy that Zhou Yuwen was staying with her tonight.

It felt as though she had been firmly chosen.

The pitch-black room was incredibly quiet.

So quiet that only the sound of their steady breathing could be heard.

Lu Lin told Zhou Yuwen that if they were ever truly caught one day...

"Just tell her that I seduced you."

"Why would you say that?"

"Because it's the truth."

Zhou Yuwen pressed Lu Lin's head deeper into his chest. "That day will never co. Just go to sleep peacefully."

Lu Lin lifted her head to glance at him.

Seeing that his eyes were closed, she felt she understood the underlying aning in his words.

In truth, she had wanted to plead for leniency on behalf of Zheng Yanyan.

But after thinking about it, she could not bring herself to speak the words.

She did not know if it was just her being selfish.

Lu Lin felt that Zheng Yanyan was sowhat unsuited for Zhou Yuwen.

Perhaps breaking up would be for the best.

With these thoughts in mind, Lu Lin wrapped her arms around his waist. Pushing away all other worries, she drifted into a peaceful sleep in his embrace.

Lu Lin was genuinely exhausted today. After hearing Zheng Yanyan say such ugly things, she did not kick up a fuss because what Zheng Yanyan had said was the truth, but that did not an she wasn't hurt.

She was a bitch; she had seduced her bestie's boyfriend.

However, she honestly had never intended to steal Zhou Yuwen away from her.

In no ti at all, Lu Lin fell into a deep slumber against his chest.

It was a rare, incredibly sweet sleep for her.

anwhile, Zhou Yuwen was not asleep. His phone was set to silent, but WeChat notifications kept popping up endlessly.

They were almost entirely ssages from Zheng Yanyan.

Zheng Yanyan wrote: "Hubby, when are you coming back?"

"Has Linlin forgiven ?"

"I sent her so many ssages, but she hasn't replied to a single one. Hubby, you have to help

apologize to her. I really know I was wrong (Pleading face)."

The reason Zheng Yanyan kept bombarding him with ssages was that she was genuinely panicking. In reality, there was absolutely no need for soone in her current position to act so subservient.

Zhou Yuwen had not done anything with Su Qing, but the fact that the two of them had been alone in a room together could not be erased.

From Zheng Yanyan's perspective, Zhou Yuwen could not be considered a complete scummy man, but he was absolutely not the flawless, perfect man she had envisioned either.

Her subservience stemd from the sudden realization during Zhou Yuwen's radio silence that their relationship had hit another severe crisis.

Her earlier behavior had indeed crossed the line. Not only had she cursed at Lu Lin, but she had also yelled at Zhou Yuwen, even demanding to know if he was doing right by her.

If Zhou Yuwen really wanted to break up with her...

Wouldn't that just be handing Su Qing a massive victory?

She had noticed Su Qing earlier in the living room. Su Qing seed genuinely happy right now, giggling with Shen Yu just from watching television.

If only to wipe that smile off Su Qing's face, Zheng Yanyan refused to break up with Zhou Yuwen.

Furthermore, she had already announced that she was going to move out and cohabit with Zhou Yuwen.

If they broke up now, wouldn't she beco a complete laughingstock?

Honestly, ending her friendship with Lu Lin wasn't a big deal.

But if she truly broke up with Zhou Yuwen, everything she currently had would vanish into thin air.

Tao Tian practically never showed her face at the Arts Departnt anymore. All the girls in the departnt knew it was because Tao Tian had offended her, and her boyfriend had stepped up to avenge her.

Everyone treated Zheng Yanyan with utmost respect. Even a few of the senior sisters in the departnt had half-jokingly ntioned grooming her to be the next head of the Arts Departnt.

If Zhou Yuwen broke up with her now...

How would all those girls at school view her?

Zheng Yanyan constantly sought out Zhou Yuwen, framing her inquiries around Lu Lin.

But in reality, she was constantly testing his attitude toward her.

She called him Hubby.

And he kept accepting it.

That ant she still had a place in his heart.

But the mont he stopped replying...

Zheng Yanyan would be plunged into crippling anxiety, wondering if he had lost his feelings for her.

Was he going to break up with her?

She could not bear to think about it. Just the re thought made her heart palpitate wildly.

Staring at the endless stream of ssages from Zheng Yanyan...

Zhou Yuwen finally replied, "It's raining pretty hard outside. I booked a new room for Linlin, and she's already asleep."

"Oh, oh, right! The rain is really heavy outside. Finding a hotel to rest is totally understandable." The second he sent his text, Zheng Yanyan replied instantly.

If this had been the past, she definitely would have demanded, "Booking a hotel?"

"Where are you?"

"We're so close by, why on earth would you need to book a hotel?"

But now was clearly not the ti to be interrogating him.

Instead, Zheng Yanyan only asked cautiously, "Are you still coming back tonight?"

"I'm not going back. I'm exhausted too."

When he sent that, Zheng Yanyan fell silent for several minutes. Tears were already welling up in her eyes. A lone man and woman, right down the street. Yet Zhou Yuwen refused to return and was staying outside with Lu Lin instead.

"Did you book two rooms?" Unable to hold back, she finally asked.

"No, just one," Zhou Yuwen replied.

"A standard double room is great! One of you is my bestie, the other is my boyfriend. You're practically family anyway. Booking one room saves money (Facepalm emoji)," she texted back.

Zhou Yuwen did not respond to that.

After a little while, Zheng Yanyan sent another ssage: "But now I won't have my Hubby holding

tonight (Bitterly crying emoji)."

"I can't sleep (Bitterly crying emoji)."

Zhou Yuwen suggested, "Go sleep in Su Qing's room then."

"I don't want to. Su Qing, that little bitch..."

She typed that out almost reflexively, but after a mont of hesitation, she deleted it.

"I don't want to. Su Qing will just bully ."

Zhou Yuwen gave a simple affirmation: "Then just tough it out. It'll be fine once we head back."

Those words seed to imply that Zhou Yuwen was not actually angry.

Zheng Yanyan imdiately perked up.

"Mhm mhm! Even though my Hubby isn't by my side, my heart is still completely full of you (Shy emoji)."

Zhou Yuwen told her to get so proper rest, as they would be heading back tomorrow morning.

Zheng Yanyan said okay (Cute emoji).

Then she bombarded him with a barrage of adorable emojis, basically conveying how obedient and sensible she was being.

Seeing that Zhou Yuwen still hadn't replied...

She couldn't help but send another text: "Hubby, could you say goodnight to ? (Awkward emoji)"

"Otherwise, I'll just feel super weird about it all (Awkward emoji)."

Only after reading that did he finally reply with a "Goodnight."

To be honest, Zhou Yuwen's feelings were quite complicated that night.

His relationship with Zheng Yanyan had started purely because she was gorgeous. He had never dated soone like her in his past life, so having a goddess-level beauty actively pursue him in this new life naturally made his heart flutter.

At the ti, he had still been sowhat hazy and lacked a concrete grasp on the entire concept of his rebirth.

But now, having gradually adapted to university life and sowhat established his own career, Zhou Yuwen genuinely felt that he and Zheng Yanyan were definitively unsuited for each other.

Just as Lu Lin had pointed out—they might not see it now, but sooner or later, they would realize it.

Given Zheng Yanyan's personality, who knew how disastrously awkward things could get in the future?

His principle had always been to never willingly give up on any girl.

But the reality of the situation was that she simply was not fit to be his official girlfriend.

In truth, he shouldn't be pursuing an exclusive relationship at all.

To be completely honest, he had no shortage of won around him.

Why bother tying himself down with a girlfriend?

When morning ca the next day, Zheng Yanyan had already sent him nurous ssages.

Texts like, "Good morning, Hubby."

"I dread about you again last night (Cute emoji)."

"You're so amazing even in my dreams (Shy emoji)."

Zhou Yuwen replied with a single text: "Lu Lin and I are heading back to Jinling first today. You three can take the chartered bus back. I've already cleared it with Teacher Sun."

Upon seeing that ssage, Zheng Yanyan felt as if the sky was caving in.

She had actually had a premonition last night about what was happening, but she had stubbornly refused to accept it, desperately trying to salvage things instead.

Even now, she still refused to admit defeat.

"Oh, alright, okay."

"Where are you guys now?"

"Are you already back in Jinling?"

Zhou Yuwen was currently packing up and getting ready to drive, so he definitely had no ti to reply to her anymore.

"Yanyan?"

Just then, Shen Yu ca over and knocked on her door.

Zheng Yanyan asked her what was wrong.

Although she tried to hide it, her entire face was deathly pale, looking as if she had committed a terrible cri and was terrified of being found out.

Shen Yu found her expression deeply peculiar. "Zhou Yuwen said that he and Lu Lin left first and told us to take the school bus," she said. "But then I figured, we aren't really close with his classmates anyway. Why don't we just spend the day exploring Suzhou and take the high-speed rail back tonight?"

"Okay," Zheng Yanyan agreed chanically.

"Are you alright?" Shen Yu couldn't help but ask.

"No, I'm fine."

Originally, Shen Yu had intended for them to have fun for another day. High-speed trains from Suzhou to Jinling ran practically every hour anyway. However, given Zheng Yanyan's current ntal state, she was in no mood for sightseeing at all, obsessively checking her phone every ten minutes.

Just to see if Zhou Yuwen had texted back.

Even though she knew he was driving and probably couldn't look at his phone.

She still felt profoundly agitated and frantic.

Unable to bear it, she initiated another ssage: "Zhou Yuwen, I've thought about it carefully. I really was immature last night. I shouldn't have yelled at you."

"I know you and Su Qing used to date. It's totally understandable that you two might still have so lingering feelings. It's just that I like you too much, so seeing the two of you together made my blood boil."

"Don't worry, I'll control myself from now on. I promise I won't ever get angry again."

"I've already blocked Chang Hao on absolutely everything. I will never interact with him again. No, actually—Zhou Yuwen, other than you, I will never pay attention to another man again."

She had zero appetite for tourism. Before it even reached noon, she spoke up: "Let's just go back. I don't feel like playing around anymore."

And so, they went straight to the station and booked their high-speed rail tickets.

Even after boarding the train, Zheng Yanyan's face still wore an expression of intense anxiety. She constantly glanced at her phone throughout the journey back to Jinling.

For the entire ride, she tapped furiously on her screen. She had never been so hyper-focused in her entire life.

Sitting across the aisle, Su Qing could barely suppress the smirk tugging at the corners of her lips. She even nudged Shen Yu with her elbow to make her look.

Shen Yu felt that Su Qing was taking a bit too much pleasure in another's misfortune and shot her a reproving glare.

But Su Qing remained wearing an utterly smug and triumphant expression.

Zheng Yanyan was indeed fraught with anxiety. At eight o'clock that morning, Zhou Yuwen had announced he was heading back to Jinling.

It was eleven o'clock now.

No matter what, he should have arrived by now.

So why hadn't he replied yet?

Unable to endure the suspense, she finally cracked and flat-out asked if he was going to break up with her.

"I thought a lot this morning, Hubby, and I realized I really haven't been a good girlfriend. I'm bratty, willful, and sotis I do things that embarrass you. I throw tantrums over nothing, and you've always just tolerated . Hubby, do you know when I fell for you? Do you rember during military training, when I got in trouble for being greedy with food and talked back to the instructor? Everyone else was too scared to stand up for , but you stepped in. I thought you were so handso back then. I kept thinking, 'If only he were my boyfriend.' And I never expected it to actually co true. I was so happy every single day that I couldn't even sleep, and even when I did dream, my head was just filled with you."

"Hubby, I really hope we can always be like this, forever and ever."

"I'll be so obedient from now on. I'll be super quiet, and I absolutely promise I won't do anything to make you mad."

"Hubby... can we please not break up?"

She rapidly tapped out paragraph after paragraph. By the ti she finished typing, she had moved herself to tears just reminiscing about all the little monts she had shared with him.

Yet from beginning to end, Zhou Yuwen did not respond.

This made her even more convinced that a breakup was imminent.

Her nose tingled with an inexplicable sourness. The more she pictured a future without him by her side, the more excruciating the ache in her chest beca.

Just when she was on the absolute brink of despair...

Her phone finally buzzed.

It was a text from Zhou Yuwen.

"I was driving earlier. I didn't see your ssages."

"It's fine, it's totally fine! As long as you talk to , Hubby!" she scrambled to reply.

Zhou Yuwen's chat status showed typing... but then paused for a long while without anything coming through.

A mont later, the typing... indicator reappeared.

Zheng Yanyan waited in agonizing suspense, only to realize he still had not sent the ssage.

This struck her as rather odd.

After mulling it over, she decided to take the initiative. "Hubby, did you already drop Lu Lin off at school?"

Before the text could even send...

Zhou Yuwen's ssage finally arrived.

"I read all the ssages you sent earlier. Actually, I did a lot of thinking last night. I feel like our relationship might have been a bit too rushed. We hadn't even known each other for a month, and we didn't understand each other all that well before we hastily got together."

"You're a great girl, Yanyan. You're generous, cheerful, and you have a strong sense of responsibility."

"But I'm really not a very good guy. I've told you before, my mind is never settled. I always take things for granted, and I end up hurting a lot of people without even realizing it."

"I really thought about this a lot last night."

Reading up to this point, Zheng Yanyan's worst fears were practically confird.

"Do you want to break up with ?" she asked.

"It's not a breakup. It's just... I'm wondering if we both need a period of ti to cool off? Just to think things through and figure out if we're truly right for each other."