Chapter 911
IF16
"Your expression looks really strange."
In the afternoon, Zhu Zhixue sat down in front of Li Zhuangsheng with a complicated expression.
What's wrong with me?
"The regret of winning 500 yuan but missing out on 5 million yuan."
Li Zhuangsheng tilted his head and blinked. He thought the other person was quite right.
Li Zhuangsheng eventually drank the milk tea that Hu Mengdie had given him. Deep down, he was a good kid who would never waste food or litter. Besides, it was the milk tea that Hu Mengdie had drunk from.
Even though he threw the straw away, he still felt a little ashamed. He felt somewhat uneasy.
"I don't understand what you're saying," Li Zhuangsheng shook his head, feigning ignorance.
"Hey, I heard that someone saw you outside." Zhu Zhixue pouted.
"What do you mean 'outside'?"
Where were you at noon today?
"I work at that shop across the street that sells chicken rice and milk tea. I go there all the time."
"So who are you with?"
"It's just me."
Zhu Zhixue's face grew increasingly displeased, and she bit her lip, looking angry: "Really, it's just you alone?"
Li Zhuangsheng tilted his head: "Then who else could it be?"
"You big liar!" Zhu Zhixue snorted, got up and left. "I'm not talking to you anymore!"
"what?"
Li Zhuangsheng stared blankly at Zhu Zhixue's figure. What does this mean? Where did I offend her?
"Sigh, a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea," Zhang Qixiang said wistfully.
Li Zhuangsheng glanced at him and nodded in deep agreement.
Suddenly, it occurred to him that Zhu Zhixue might be talking about Hu Mengdie. But Hu Mengdie only stayed there for three minutes! Could she really be talking about Hu Mengdie? There couldn't be anyone else besides her.
Li Zhuangsheng wanted to talk to Zhu Zhixue to make things clear, but he felt that he had no valid reason to do so.
Why bother explaining this specifically?
Never mind, never mind, let's talk about it next time we chat.
Zhu Zhixue was genuinely angry and ignored Li Zhuangsheng for the entire afternoon. Occasionally, their eyes would meet, but he would quickly look away.
It seemed that Zhu Zhixue disliked him. Li Zhuangsheng thought sadly, feeling uneasy, but he did nothing.
As usual, I went to the bike shed to wait for Li Xiuyu to get out of school that evening. After returning home, I stayed in my room and watched a few episodes of anime. The next morning, Li Xiuyu woke me up early. I rushed to school, still half asleep, and then spent my time in class dozing off while secretly looking at my phone, occasionally spacing out.
Li Zhuangsheng actually disliked himself very much. He could feel his grades were declining, and the assignments that he used to be able to do easily were becoming more and more difficult... His weekly test scores also proved everything.
But he still didn't change, perhaps he was just too lazy to change, or perhaps he felt there was still plenty of time in the future.
"Hi!"
Hu Mengdie gently patted Li Zhuangsheng's shoulder.
Li Zhuangsheng looked up, feeling surprised yet somewhat used to it.
"Hello." Li Zhuangsheng carefully put away his phone.
Having learned from his previous experience, he is now only reading comics, though these comics aren't exactly wholesome; one is called "****".
"You're alone again today," Hu Mengdie said.
"Ah...you too?" Li Zhuangsheng nodded and smiled apologetically.
"I just came out to relax a bit," Hu Mengdie said with a smile.
"What do you mean by 'relax'?" Li Zhuangsheng asked curiously.
Hu Mengdie tilted her head, looking at Li Zhuangsheng with a half-smile: "Did you drink the milk tea yesterday?" Li Zhuangsheng's face flushed, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. If he said he did, wouldn't that seem creepy, like he was deliberately trying to crave the milk tea she had drunk? But if he said he didn't drink it, wouldn't that be lying? And saying you didn't drink it after all would be even worse...
"This, uh..." Li Zhuangsheng's mind was a little foggy, and after blushing for a while, he stammered, "You mean milk tea... Oh, I remember now, uh, I had a little, right?"
Well, people always like to compromise. Although Li Zhuangsheng didn't understand what the point of self-deception and compromise was in this situation.
"Why didn't you finish it? Did you think it didn't taste good?" Hu Mengdie pursed her lips. "Oh, I know, you're upset that I drank that milk tea?"
"No, no, no..." Li Zhuangsheng shook his head so hard it looked like a rattle drum!
"Forget it, stop talking. I know you look down on me!"
"No, I really didn't!"
"Really?"
"Really, I swear!"
Hu Mengdie raised the corners of her mouth slightly and lifted her slender chin: "Then prove it to me."
Li Zhuangsheng asked in bewilderment, "How can I prove it?"
Hu Mengdie picked up the half-empty bottle of Master Kong mineral water from Li Zhuangsheng's table, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip right in front of Li Zhuangsheng, leaving him dumbfounded.
"This water..."
"What, you won't even let me have a sip of your water?"
"No, it's not..."
I drank this water, and you actually drank it... Isn't that an indirect kiss? Don't you care?
You guys who are into real-life relationships, pay a little more attention to yourselves!
"Now, prove it to me."
Hu Mengdie handed the water to Li Zhuangsheng again, her eyes filled with scrutiny.
“(⊙o⊙)…?”
Li Zhuangsheng took the mineral water bottle, at a loss for what to do.
What's going on here? What is Hu Mengdie doing? Is it necessary to verify this kind of thing?
Li Zhuangsheng's mind and heart were in turmoil.
My brain felt like it was glued together, making it impossible to think, while my heart was pounding wildly, like a wild horse running rampant on the prairie.
He stared blankly at the bottle opening, which glistened slightly, unsure whether it was mineral water or Hu Mengdie's saliva. Completely bewildered and speechless.
"It seems you still dislike me." Seeing that Li Zhuangsheng didn't move, Hu Mengdie's voice grew increasingly displeased. "Do I have a contagious virus on me?"
"No, no...that's me..."
"Then drink it!"
Hu Mengdie urged him on, secretly suppressing a laugh as she looked at Li Zhuangsheng's face, which was as red as a monkey's bottom.
"me……"
Li Zhuangsheng was flustered and anxious, and was also being urged on by Hu Mengdie. He had no idea what to do, so he instinctively followed his heart, picked up the mineral water, took a big gulp, and then choked and coughed repeatedly.
"Cough cough cough... cough cough..."
Li Zhuangsheng coughed violently, head bowed, gripping the table so his head was below the surface, tears streaming down his face. In reality, he wasn't that badly hurt; he was just using the coughing as a cover for his embarrassment.
"Oh dear, are you alright?"
Hu Mengdie got up and walked to Li Zhuangsheng's side, gently patting his back. Li Zhuangsheng, however, couldn't see the sly and satisfied smile on her face.
"This counts as an indirect kiss..." Hu Mengdie whispered in Li Zhuangsheng's ear with a chuckle.
"what?"
Li Zhuangsheng trembled, like a startled rabbit, his face flushed crimson, yet the intense turmoil in his emotions was still palpable. (End of Chapter)