Gu Qingyuan realized that he might be destined to be a loser like Lu Xiao, which is why deep down he felt a profound unease.
This unease led him, unknowingly, to entertain other ideas.
Why did Gu Qingyuan have to do this? What reason did he have? These all came with possibilities and opportunities.
Shen Biran hadn't outright said she didn't want to see him, which meant that Shen Biran might want to return to their previous stage, even if not as a couple, but they could still be friends.
But if the two of them cannot even be friends, then in the future, they might completely lose all opportunities.
Gu Qingyuan clearly understood his current situation. His situation wasn't good, and now he constantly had to be wary of Lu Xiao.
Gu Qingyuan could also guess the kind of person Lu Xiao was, the kind of man who made Shen Biran pretend to be in a vegetative state rather than confront him.
