Guilt

Lu Xiye kept pestering her, and Jiang Zhizhi finally had to give him a light kiss on the face before she was free.

After Jiang Zhizhi left, Lu Xiye rolled around on the sofa excitedly for a few rounds. Finally, he couldn't help himself and ran to the bed where Jiang Zhizhi had slept last night to catch up on his sleep.

The quilt was filled with Jiang Zhizhi's scent, and it was warm. He was not sleepy at all, but in such a comfortable space, fatigue suddenly came over him. He quickly relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, it was completely dark.

He was the only one in the empty hotel room. Lu Xiye felt an irresistible sense of emptiness. He held the quilt in his arms, which no longer had the scent of Jiang Zhizhi. After thinking for a while, he picked up his mobile phone and opened the search software.

How to please your girlfriend?

"You're so shameless, you're clinging to her..."

Hmm... Lu Xiye nodded, agreeing with this statement.

"Most girls say one thing and mean another. If she says 'I don't want to see you', it means she needs you to be by her side..."

Lu Xiye thought about it and didn’t know whether Jiang Zhizhi was suitable, but he could take her into consideration.

“Learn to hug…”

Yeah, I learned it, this is good.

"A little surprise?"

Lu Xiye sat up suddenly.

Yes, that's it.

But what surprise should he prepare?

I always feel like Jiang Zhizhi isn't interested in anything...

By the way, she likes reading very much.

But giving her books didn't seem to be very original. Besides, she had already read the entire Nanshi Library, and Lu Xiye seriously doubted whether there were any books she hadn't read.

Suddenly, Lu Xiye had a flash of inspiration...

Got it!

*

Jiang Zhizhi had just attended school for two days when her peaceful life was disrupted again by Lu Xiye.

He drove his eye-catching McLaren all the way to the teaching building, causing a lot of discussion among his classmates.

However, last Saturday, when Jiang Zhizhi got into his car, it caused an uproar in the school forum.

After all, Jiang Zhizhi had just completed a heat load experiment that shocked the entire school and was now very popular in the school.

When Jiang Zhizhi and Qiu Han came back from the classroom together, they saw Lu Xiye leaning against his McLaren in the flower bed in front of the dormitory and browsing his phone.

He was wearing a black short jacket, which made him look slim and long-legged. The wide collar revealed his muscular wheat-colored collarbone. The metal necklace hanging around his neck had a bit of a mechanical punk feel. Coupled with his handsome face with a bit of wildness and cynical coolness, the girls passing by almost always turned their heads to look at him.

Qiu Han's attention was immediately drawn to him. She grabbed Jiang Zhizhi's sleeve and exclaimed, "Oh my god, there's a handsome guy downstairs in our dormitory!"

Jiang Zhizhi looked over. Although she usually thought Lu Xiye was very handsome, today it was obvious that he had dressed up specially.

Jiang Zhizhi was a little embarrassed. She knew that Lu Xiye came to see her, but this was at school. Couldn't he be more low-key?

It was so conspicuous that she wanted to pretend she didn't know him.

But it was too late. Lu Xiye saw her and his lazy eyes suddenly lit up, "Jiang Zhizhi!"

Qiu Han looked at Jiang Zhizhi in shock, "No way? Are you here to see me again?"

Jiang Zhizhi smiled awkwardly and said stubbornly, "Well, he's my friend."

Lu Xiye had already arrived in front of Jiang Zhizhi at this moment, and he was very dissatisfied when he heard her words.

"What friend? Correction: boyfriend!" Lu Xiye pulled Jiang Zhizhi in front of him and declared his sovereignty to Qiu Han, "Remember, my name is Lu Xiye, and I'm Jiang Zhizhi's boyfriend."

He even raised his voice deliberately, so that any students passing by who were not deaf would definitely have heard it.

Jiang Zhizhi wanted to shout for help.

Qiu Han gave Jiang Zhizhi a meaningful look. With just this one look, she had already thought about how to interrogate her after returning to the dormitory.

But speaking of it, Jiang Zhizhi's romantic life is really prosperous. Xu Qingbo, Qingtian Guang, and now Lu Xiye, each one is more handsome than the other.

She laughed, "Zhizhi, then you guys go play, I'm going back to the dormitory first."

Qiu Han slipped away tactfully.

"Shall we go? I have a surprise for you." Lu Xiye winked at Jiang Zhizhi, indicating her to get in the car.

"Let's go."

She just wanted to get out of here quickly.

After Jiang Zhizhi got in the car, Lu Xiye handed her a cup of milk tea and inserted a straw. "I don't know what flavor you like, but this one is very popular right now. Want to try it?"

"Thanks."

"I also bought a few other flavors as backup. If you don't like this one, you can change to something else." Lu Xiye pointed to a tray of milk tea in the back seat, and there were six more cups...

He looked at Jiang Zhizhi proudly, with a look on his face that seemed to be asking for praise.

Jiang Zhizhi could still feel the heated and gossipy gazes outside the car, and said uncomfortably, "This is great. Let's go."

"Then kiss me."

He put his big face forward and offered his cheek.

“…”

Jiang Zhizhi slapped him in the face and pushed his face to face forward.

Only after leaving school did Jiang Zhizhi finally breathe a sigh of relief.

An hour later, Lu Xiye took her into a villa area. Jiang Zhizhi was a little confused. As the car entered the underground garage, they stopped in front of an elevator.

"Why did you bring me here?"

"I told you, I have a surprise for you."

Jiang Zhizhi had no choice but to follow him into the elevator.

After taking the elevator to the first floor, as soon as the elevator door opened, Jiang Zhizhi's sight passed through the entrance hall and saw the wall of bookshelves that almost completely surrounded the living room.

Moreover, the wall of bookshelves is not just in the living room, it extends all the way to the stairs. The side of the stairs against the wall is also filled with bookshelves of various new and old books.

This place doesn't look like a residential house, but more like a small library.

Lu Xiye took out a beautifully wrapped gift box and opened it in front of Jiang Zhizhi.

Inside were the house's key, door card, and a six-digit password token. The key also had a beautiful purple gold crystal keychain on it.

"What's this?"

"This is the secret base I gave you."

"?" Jiang Zhizhi frowned, "Did you buy it?"

"Yes, I originally wanted to buy a house and prepare everything in it myself, but I happened to come across this private library for sale. I came to take a look and fell in love with it at first sight, so I bought the house and the books inside."

Jiang Zhizhi was shocked. "Where did you get the money?"

Houses in Jinghai are very expensive. Although Lu Xiye is rich, it is still too exaggerated for him to buy a library-sized villa without saying a word.

"When my mother passed away, she left me all her inheritance, which included 20% of my father's company shares. Over the years, a lot of dividends have been deposited into my account every year. I haven't really counted them, but it's quite a lot." Lu Xiye did not hide anything from Jiang Zhizhi, "It seems that my father has made a lot of money over the years..."

“…”

Indeed, even Jiang Zhizhi knew that since Hengshan Real Estate went public and changed its name to Hengfeng Real Estate six years ago, Lu Hengshan had placed his focus on Jinghai.

In the past few years, Hengfeng has been showing signs of becoming a leading domestic real estate company, and Lu Hengshan has been extremely busy and rarely returns to Nanshi for a year.

The relationship between Lu Xiye and him became increasingly distant.

"None of this matters. Come on, I'll take you upstairs. I've prepared a room just for you..."

He grabbed her hand and took her to the third floor without saying anything.

The third floor is a large attic. As soon as you enter, you will see a huge skylight. A black and white metal astronomical telescope is right below the skylight.

Various pictures of the starry sky and the universe are hung on the walls, echoing the dark blue carpet.

"Time is tight, so the decoration isn't completely finished yet, but I couldn't wait for you to come over and see it. I thought it would be more meaningful to decorate it with you rather than arranging everything by myself. I remember you said before that you like the starry sky, so the first thing I thought of when I saw this place was..."

Seeing how expectant and excited he was, Jiang Zhizhi felt a little regretful.

She shouldn't have proposed a three-month trial period. If she continued like this, their entanglement would only deepen after three months, and it might be even more difficult to let go.

"Lu Xiye, there's no need for you to be like this. We only have three months." Jiang Zhizhi deliberately poured cold water on him and said coldly.

Lu Xiye was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Jiang Zhizhi's reaction to be so cold. A hint of loneliness flashed across his eyes for a moment, but he soon regained his composure. He held Jiang Zhizhi's arm tightly and said, "If I die in three months, perhaps these three months will be the most important in my life. They are very precious to me..."

"Don't keep saying things like that. How could you possibly die in three months?"

"Why is it impossible? People are always facing death. Even if I am standing in front of you now, I may die in the next second." Lu Xiye was silent for a moment, and then said, "Because you only gave me three months, I have to express my infinite feelings for you in this limited time. Do you think I should do nothing, watch these three months pass in vain, and then wait for you to reject me? If so, then what kind of love is that..."

His words left Jiang Zhizhi speechless.

"I'm sorry." She said guiltily.

This time she really felt guilty.

"Don't say sorry to me, you know that's not what I want."

He sat down on the sofa nearby.

The two of them were silent together.

This feeling is suffocating. Lu Xiye can't understand why Jiang Zhizhi is so avoiding feelings.

Originally, he knew that Jiang Zhizhi had avoided him after knowing Xu Qingbo's true feelings, and he was very happy in his heart, but at this moment, he felt that it would soon be his turn.

He is not an exception, he is the same as Xu Qingbo.

If things continue like this, Jiang Zhizhi will definitely shrink into her snail shell and never give him any chance.

Just like she treated Xu Qingbo.

Thinking of this, he fell on the armrest of the sofa with a cry of "Ouch" and groaned in pain.

Jiang Zhizhi was just thinking about how to end the three-month trial relationship she had impulsively proposed when she was suddenly startled by Lu Xiye's cry. She subconsciously asked with concern, "Lu Xiye, what's wrong with you?"

"My stomach hurts." Lu Xiye covered his chest and gasped with difficulty. "It might be acute gastroenteritis. My sleep and rest have been too irregular recently..."

"What should I do? I'll call 120 for you."

Jiang Zhizhi hurriedly took out her cell phone.

"No...it's okay, I have medicine...Come here, I'll tell you..."

He stretched out his hand tremblingly towards Jiang Zhizhi.

Jiang Zhizhi hurried over. As soon as she reached Lu Xiye, before she could ask where the medicine was, he pulled her onto the sofa and leaned her into his arms.

His breathing returned to normal all of a sudden. He hugged the girl tightly in his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder, and whispered, "Jiang Zhizhi, you are my medicine. Don't leave me. I will die if you leave me."

"you……"

Only then did Jiang Zhizhi realize that she had been cheated.

But before she could get angry, Lu Xiye quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have bought this house, shouldn't have given these gifts, and shouldn't have put any pressure on you. I was wrong, please give me another chance..."