Chapter 914
IF19
The following morning, we did exercises during the long break between classes.
Li Zhuangsheng listlessly wandered around the playground, still unable to stop thinking about Hu Mengdie.
It's so baffling of her, so baffling.
He listened to Hu Mengdie and deleted the photos, even though he felt that Hu Mengdie might have been acting out of spite. However, he really had no reason to keep the girl's photos.
He looked up at the dynamic figure on the platform, found it a bit dazzling, and quickly turned his face away.
As the bell for morning exercises gradually stopped ringing, the instructors were supposed to leave. But suddenly, Li Zhuangsheng noticed Hu Mengdie on the stage making a small gesture. She pointed in his direction and seemed to say something with a smile. This caused a small commotion in the audience.
"Was Hu Mengdie pointing at me just now?" As they lined up, the boy behind Li Zhuangsheng asked.
"Ah...maybe it refers to someone else too," Li Zhuangsheng mumbled in agreement.
"I felt like she was pointing at me; her eyes were fixed on me the whole time."
"……Oh."
Li Zhuangsheng didn't know what to say. Despite the lack of evidence, Li Zhuangsheng still felt that the other party's last little interaction was referring to him.
But who knows? Just maybe.
If that's the case, then is Hu Mengdie no longer angry, or has her anger subsided?
That's right, she had no reason to be angry in the first place!
Thinking of this, Li Zhuangsheng's lips curled up slightly, and a strange sense of joy welled up in his heart.
It's a pity about that photo; it probably wasn't necessary to delete it.
On the way back to class, the group gradually became disorganized. Zhu Zhixue walked quickly to Li Zhuangsheng's side. Due to the exercise just now, her body was covered in fine sweat, and the outline of his vast body was vaguely visible under her white T-shirt school uniform.
A line of poetry involuntarily came to Li Zhuangsheng's mind: "The vapor rises from the Yunmeng Marsh, the waves shake Yueyang City."
But he didn't dare say it.
"Who was Hu Mengdie pointing at just now?" Zhu Zhixue asked, pouting.
"I don't know," Li Zhuangsheng shook his head.
"Isn't it you?"
"What are you pointing at me for?"
Zhu Zhixue looked at Li Zhuangsheng suspiciously, then quickly shook her head: "Hey, Liang Shuang's boyfriend cheated on her yesterday."
Li Zhuangsheng sighed, "It's so tragic."
Zhu Zhixue gritted her teeth and cursed, "That scumbag! Liang Shuang was so good to him!"
Li Zhuangsheng echoed his sentiments with two sentences.
Although they were in the same class, he wasn't familiar with Liang Shuang and didn't know anything about their relationship.
"Let me tell you, do you know why that scumbag cheated on his girlfriend?" Zhu Zhixue lowered her voice.
"Why?" Li Zhuangsheng asked casually.
"Because that guy wanted to go to bed with Liang Shuang, but Liang Shuang refused."
Li Zhuangsheng was stunned for a moment before he realized what it meant, and he was immediately filled with righteous indignation.
"Oh, I see. That guy is such a jerk!"
“Yeah, that’s why I said he’s disgusting. If you don’t want to date, just break up. Cheating is the most tasteless thing!” Zhu Zhixue said, then nudged Li Zhuangsheng’s arm, her eyes half-smiling. “Hey, do you guys only think about doing that kind of thing?”
"Anyway, I'm not that kind of person!" Li Zhuangsheng said righteously, denying it outright. "I'm very innocent, okay!"
"real or fake?"
Zhu Zhixue straightened her chest.
"...Of course it's true!"
Li Zhuangsheng glanced at it subconsciously, then spoke with righteous indignation.
"Hehe, I don't believe you for a second!" Zhu Zhixue couldn't help but laugh. She could naturally sense Li Zhuangsheng's furtive glances at her, and felt a little smug. "If you're in a relationship, you won't want to do it?"
"I think that kind of thing should be saved for after marriage!"
"You're quite traditional!"
"Of course, I'm a conservative and innocent person!"
"That's hard to say."
Zhu Zhixue hummed and casually straightened Li Zhuangsheng's collar.
Li Zhuangsheng felt a sweet warmth in his heart and turned his face slightly away.
"By the way, are you thirsty? I'm going to the shop anyway. Would you like something to drink? I'll get you a bottle!" Li Zhuangsheng said.
"No need, I'm not thirsty..." Zhu Zhixue waved her hand subconsciously, "Never mind, if you really want to bring one, just bring me a bottle of mineral water, I want Master Kong brand!"
Li Zhuangsheng nodded and strode towards the campus shop.
"Oh, you only want Master Kong mineral water?" After Li Zhuangsheng left, Yao Xingyu stepped forward and took Zhu Zhixue's arm, teasingly saying, "I don't think Li Zhuangsheng is short of money. Do you really need to be so frugal every day?"
"Why should we spend other people's money..." Zhu Zhixue coughed softly.
"Is that 'someone else's' money? That's not your boyfriend's..."
"Hey, don't talk nonsense!"
"Haha, she's blushing! Zeng Chen, Zeng Chen, come and see!"
"Ugh, you guys are so mean! I don't want to talk to you anymore!!"
……
"Here, your water." Li Zhuangsheng bought bottled water and handed it to Zhu Zhixue, along with a small pork floss bread. "This bread is quite delicious, you should try it!"
"Li Zhuangsheng, may I ask why there's only Zhu Zhixue's name and not mine?"
Yao Xingyu suddenly appeared from behind Li Zhuangsheng, speaking in fluent and clear Mandarin.
"Huh?" Li Zhuangsheng's face flushed slightly, and he looked somewhat flustered. "This, you, you didn't ask me to bring it for you..."
"If I don't tell you, you won't bring it. Then next time..."
"Alright, go away!"
Zhu Zhixue glared at Yao Xingyu, clearly displeased with his teasing of Li Zhuangsheng. "Li Zhuangsheng is mine; only I have the right to tease him!"
"Here you go!" After shooing away the troublemaker Yao Xingyu, Zhu Zhixue pulled an Alpenliebe lollipop from under the table.
"OK, thanks!"
Li Zhuangsheng reached out to take it, but Zhu Zhixue held onto the lollipop and wouldn't give it to him.
"Open your mouth, and I'll tear it open for you," Zhu Zhixue said with a smile.
"No need..."
"Open your mouth, ah—"
Zhu Zhixue didn't allow Li Zhuangsheng to refuse. She bent down, tore open the packaging, and held the lollipop to Li Zhuangsheng's mouth.
Helpless, Li Zhuangsheng could only blush slightly and open his mouth to take the lollipop.
He felt a little embarrassed. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that although most of his classmates didn't seem to care about what was happening, a few eyes were still glancing over.
He didn't linger, and with a lollipop in his mouth, he returned to his seat at lightning speed.
The urgent school bell rang. Li Zhuangsheng quickly chewed the lollipop, took out the stick, but didn't swallow it immediately, instead keeping it in his mouth. "Sigh, when will we get a holiday?" Zhang Qixiang sighed.
"There are still ten days left," Li Zhuangsheng sighed.
I really want a vacation so I can have plenty of time to watch anime!
I wish I could wake up one morning and the college entrance exam would be over. I wish these monotonous and tedious days could end as soon as possible.
However, I'm sure I'll miss high school life once I graduate.
Just like how much I used to miss elementary and middle school.
He recalled an article written by Xin Yiwu, in which there was a sentence:
You know you can't go back; youth is now just a memory.
Although objectively speaking, he is in the prime of his youth, he still feels inexplicably sad every time he thinks of this sentence.
It's like holding a handful of fine sand that's slipping away.
Of course, this inexplicable sadness during adolescence is always temporary, not even an interlude, but just a rather inactive note in a symphony.
Will I see Hu Mengdie again at noon today?
……
"Li Zhuangsheng!" Hu Mengdie appeared in front of Li Zhuangsheng once again.
"You're here again?" Li Zhuangsheng was no longer surprised and felt a little happy.
Hu Mengdie pouted: "What do you mean I'm here again? Do you own this shop? You're not allowed to come here?"
Li Zhuangsheng quickly waved his hand and smiled apologetically.
"I treated you to milk tea last time, when are you going to treat me?" Hu Mengdie asked with a smile.
"What kind of milk tea would you like?" Li Zhuangsheng reached into his pocket and pulled out crumpled change.
"I don't drink it, I'm controlling my weight." Hu Mengdie tossed her ponytail lightly, smiling radiantly. "Just owe me for now, you can keep it in your heart."
"oh oh……"
Li Zhuang thought to himself, "This doesn't make sense. You gave it to me because you didn't want to drink it anymore. How did it become something I wanted?"
Never mind, it's just a meal. Hu Mengdie certainly wouldn't go so far as to charge me a meal out of her own pocket.
Besides, why not just invite her? After all, she's Hu Mengdie. Countless guys would love to invite her to dinner but never get the chance!
He originally thought Hu Mengdie was the "solemn and quiet" type, but after getting to know her, he found that she was quite sunny and lively, not just a typical artistic goddess.
"By the way, is the chicken rice at this shop really that good? I see you here every day." Hu Mengdie blinked.
"Uh, it's alright." Li Zhuangsheng coughed lightly. "The main thing is, there's a wife in this house."
"Wife?" Hu Mengdie blinked, a strange smile instantly appearing in her eyes. "You mean wireless network, WiFi, right?"
“Ah…” Li Zhuangsheng was stunned, and his face turned red instantly.
Actually, he originally wanted to say "wireless network", but in front of Hu Mengdie, he couldn't help but have a bit of a show-off mentality and wanted to show off his English. Unexpectedly, he didn't show his face but instead showed his backside!
How embarrassing!
Li Zhuangsheng, who failed to show off and was even corrected by Hu Mengdie, wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into on the spot!
"Oh, so your wife is here. Where is your wife? Where is she?"
But Hu Mengdie didn't let Li Zhuangsheng off easily. Instead, she deliberately put on a surprised expression and looked around.
"Li Zhuangsheng's wife, are you there? If you are, please say something!"
Li Zhuangsheng covered his face, feeling utterly ashamed and indignant. He couldn't understand why Hu Mengdie was so fixated on his minor slip of the tongue, relentlessly lashing out at him.
Don't push your luck!
"No wonder you spend all day here, so your wife lives here—"
Hu Mengdie drew out her words, harping on Li Zhuangsheng's minor mistake. Li Zhuangsheng, unable to bear it any longer, looked up at her reproachfully.
However, he saw that Hu Mengdie's face did not show any mockery, but was filled with a happy smile, looking like a bright moon, so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
Li Zhuangsheng's initial slight embarrassment and anger vanished instantly, and he even started laughing foolishly along with them.
"Is it really that funny..." Li Zhuangsheng muttered, looking down.
"Well, since your wife is here, you should stay here." Hu Mengdie couldn't help but reach out and pat Li Zhuangsheng's head.
Li Zhuangsheng was powerless to resist, and then Hu Mengdie took his phone.
"What are you doing?" Li Zhuangsheng was taken aback.
"Since we're so destined to meet, let's add each other as friends!"
As Hu Mengdie spoke, she quickly entered her QQ number, but upon glancing at it, she noticed a strange friend name.
"Who is this lonely Xiaoyue?" Hu Mengdie asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Ah? She, she's my sister..." Li Zhuangsheng became nervous.
"Li Xiuyu?"
Hu Mengdie smiled and didn't click into the chat to look at other people's privacy.
Li Zhuangsheng quickly changed the subject: "Hey, by the way, how did you know my phone password? Did Li Xiuyu tell you? But she said she's not very familiar with you!"
"Nobody told me, I just guessed." Hu Mengdie smiled and winked. "So, am I clever?"
"Uh, you actually guessed that right?" Li Zhuangsheng asked in surprise.
"Yeah, I don't know why either. I just randomly entered a few numbers based on my gut feeling, and it opened unexpectedly." Hu Mengdie stretched her neck and leaned closer to Li Zhuangsheng. "Don't you think this is fate?"
Li Zhuangsheng's face flushed slightly. He pursed his lips and couldn't help but smile: "This, this... it seems we're quite destined for each other."
It's incredible how he could guess the password just by randomly typing it in! It's so coincidental that even Li Zhuangsheng couldn't believe such a thing could happen in the world!
But what other reason could there be besides this one?
Hu Mengdie smiled without saying a word, exited QQ, and was still a little uncomfortable about Li Xiuyu's picture still being on her phone's home screen. So she opened Li Zhuangsheng's photo album to see if Zhu Zhixue's photos had been deleted.
I was so unhappy yesterday, he must have already deleted it!
Hmph, you're smart enough to know what's good for you! But I didn't tell you to delete it, you deleted it yourself... Hmm?
"Huh? Where are my photos?"
Hu Mengdie scrolled through the photo album from top to bottom and found that not only were Zhu Zhixue's photos still there, but her own photos were gone!
“Deleted it…” Li Zhuangsheng blinked.
"Deleted?" Hu Mengdie's forehead veins bulged, she slammed her hand on the table and stood up, her face showing disbelief. "You deleted my photos?"
Li Zhuangsheng was startled and said timidly, "Isn't this what you asked me to delete?"
Hu Mengdie was furious. Her chest heaved violently, and she was so angry that she felt like a Buddha was born, two Buddhas ascended to heaven, three sheep brought prosperity, and all four seasons were auspicious.
"Who told you to delete them!" Hu Mengdie's voice grew louder and louder, her teeth clenched. "You dare delete my photos!"
"It wasn't you..."
Li Zhuangsheng was about to explain something when he suddenly realized something from Hu Mengdie's expression. Could it be that what she said yesterday was that she deleted Zhu Zhixue's photo?
Li Zhuangsheng shrank back weakly, looking at Hu Mengdie's "ferocious" anger, and became even more certain of his guess.
It turns out I misunderstood... But anyone would misunderstand, right? She didn't explain clearly... The main thing is, what does Zhu Zhixue's photo have to do with her... How am I supposed to know which one she's talking about!
"Yes, I'm sorry, I thought you meant..."
"You, ha... good... um... huff... hehehe, hehehehe!"
Hu Mengdie was so angry that her face turned red. She pointed at Li Zhuangsheng, unable to say a word for a long time, and finally burst out laughing.
So it turns out that people can actually laugh when they're extremely angry and speechless. She thought to herself. (End of Chapter)