Chapter 79 Chapter 79 Negotiation.

Ji Maili, who had been full of energy since childhood, ultimately couldn't withstand the chaos and turmoil. Before falling asleep, Ji Maili heard Chen Lu say "Happy Birthday" in his ear.

Ji Maili said dazedly, "I'm not happy at all. My face hurt that day."

It was already evening when Ji Maili woke up. He glanced at Chen Lu who was still sleeping beside him, and his eyes gradually portrayed the face in front of him that was so familiar. Thinking of the expression he had just suppressed, Ji Maili's heart was moved... Damn, how could it be so beautiful!

He secretly kissed Shen Lu on the lips, and before he left, he heard the sleeping person laugh.

Ji Maili was startled: "Are you pretending to sleep?"

Shen Lu didn't open his eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm not asleep, I'll lie down with you."

Ji Maili listened to his nonsense and said, "Then why are you lying there with your eyes closed?"

Shen Lu opened his eyes: "You have been looking at me for too long, my eyes are a little sore, close your eyes and rest for a while."

Ji Maili: “…”

Shen Lu pulled him into his arms and put his hand on his lower back: "Does it hurt?"

Ji Maili wanted to say, "It hurts nothing," but the facts wouldn't allow him to be stubborn: "Why don't you try it?"

Chen Lu refused bluntly: "No, I'm afraid of the pain."

Ji Maili never doubted that Chen Lu was afraid of pain. Even though he had seen how fiercely Chen Lu fought, to him, Chen Lu was still the one who needed his protection.

Ji Maili suddenly remembered that when Chen Lu had teased him just now, he seemed to have tied something on his foot. He lifted his foot and looked at the chain on his ankle: "What is this?"

Shen Lu supported his head with his hands, lying on his side and looking at his ankle: "Birthday present."

Ji Maili had a hard time lifting his feet, and sitting up wasn't easy either. After searching for a long time, he finally felt the thing on his ankle. He asked Chen Lu, "Could this be gold?"

Shen Lu watched him touch the anklet on his foot in a weird posture: "Hmm."

Ji Maili glanced at him and asked, "Are you unsophisticated?"

Chen Lu said, "I can't help it. I don't have as many artistic talents as you. I can only be rustic."

Ji Maili shook his feet and looked at Chen Lu: "It must cost a lot of money, you are not afraid that I will lose it."

Shen Lu: "Well, it cost a lot of money, so don't lose it."

Chen Lu is no match for Ji Maili in gift-giving. From childhood to adulthood, Ji Maili has always been very attentive in giving him gifts, but Ji Maili never cares what Chen Lu gives him. Even if he just gives him a workbook, he will be happy for several days.

Ji Maili lay down and shook his feet: "I like it."

Shen Lu looked at Ji Maili and asked, "Do you like this one or the other one?"

Ji Maili looked over in surprise: "Another one? Is there anything else?"

Shen Lu: "Why, you forgot right after you collected it?"

Ji Maili was stunned for a moment: "Just finished collecting?"

Shen Lu pinched his waist: "Me."

It only took Ji Maili a second to react. At that moment, he felt that he was much smarter than Chen Lu. At least he didn't have to say "I, I" several times.

Ji Maili said disdainfully: "Why are you imitating me?"

Shen Lu said shamelessly: "Follow Teacher Mai Mai's pace closely, how is it, are you satisfied?"

Are you satisfied?

What are you asking?

Ji Maili was smart for once and immediately realized the pitfall of the question.

Ji Maili pretended to say, "It's okay."

The two laughed at each other for a while, and Shen Lu pinched his chin and looked at his face: "Uncle Ji is really cruel. It's only been a few days since this face was made into a landscape painting."

Ji Maili said nonchalantly, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Shen Lu didn't know whether he was in pain or not, but Shen Lu saw that it was painful: "Don't you want to go abroad?"

Ji Maili was in a bad mood when talking about this. He said, "I don't want to think about it. You left less than two years ago and you already have so many friends around you. I'll be gone for several years now, and you'll have to make a whole United Nations for yourself."

Shen Lu: "I thought you couldn't let me go, but it turns out you're worried about me. Do you think I'll hook up with someone else?"

"You won't, but there's no guarantee that others won't hook up with you." Seeing him keep saying this, Ji Maili glanced at him and asked, "Did my sister say anything to you? Did she threaten you? Did she ask you to persuade me to go abroad?"

Shen Lu rubbed the back of his head soothingly, smoothing down his fur that was about to explode: "You didn't threaten me, but you did want me to persuade you. Sister Huan is right. There's nothing wrong with going abroad. It's only for a few years. I'll wait for you to come back. Or do you not trust yourself and are afraid that you won't be able to control yourself if you go out?"

Provoking someone always worked for Ji Maili, but this time it didn't work: "I'm not going."

Chen Lu pressed Ji Maili into his arms. Ji Maili listened to his unusual heartbeat and said in a muffled voice, "You don't want me to go either, do you? Your heartbeat is messed up."

Chen Lu sighed. He really didn't want Ji Maili to go. He said those things just to tell him that he would be there whether he went abroad or not, just to give him another choice.

Shen Lu tightened his arms and hugged the person in his arms: "I don't want to, I'm afraid you will meet someone better outside and change your heart."

Ji Maili wasn't good at studying, but he had a strong associative ability: "So you gave me the anklet to tie me down, and you gave yourself to me as a gift?"

Chen Lu: "Didn't you tie me up first?"

Ji Maili looked up at him and said, "Then let's tie each other up tightly and not let the other run away, okay? I won't go abroad, and you won't listen to my sister's instigation. Are you better off with me or with my sister? How can you listen to her?"

Chen Lu never struggled with choosing A or B for a question. He kissed Ji Maili on the tip of her nose and said, "I'm with you. I'll go home with you tomorrow. Hiding all the time isn't a solution."

Ji Maili said, "Let's go buy a bed tomorrow. This one creaks so much I'm afraid it'll fall apart. Let's get one that can fit both of us."

Ji Maili had gotten used to Chen Lu not prioritizing things. He said he would go home with him, but he said he wanted to buy a bed.

Shen Lu: "I'll go home with you first, and then go buy it."

Ji Maili shook his head: "I'll go home, you go buy it."

Shen Lu looked at him: "You want to go back by yourself?"

Ji Maili nodded: "Well, I'll go back by myself. It feels like a provocation if we go together. Don't worry, I won't be beaten again. If my dad hits me again, I will run away. Last time was an accident. I didn't expect him to hit me, so I didn't have time to hide."

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The next morning, Ji Huan received a call from Chen Lu saying that Ji Maili had returned home, so she quickly asked for leave to go home.

Arriving at the door and seeing Shen Lu standing there, Ji Huan honked the horn in the car. She lowered the window: "Why are you standing outside?"

Shen Lu bent down and looked at Ji Huan in the car: "Mai Mai said he would handle it himself, but I was worried so I didn't leave. Sister Huan, please go in and keep an eye on him. He's not serious. I'm afraid he'll say something to make uncle and auntie angry."

Ji Huan got out of the car: "You are afraid that he will be beaten, don't worry, it was an accident last time, and my dad was stunned for several days after he beat him."

Shen Lu smiled bitterly: "I also want to be at ease, but he said he wants to go back to negotiate. I don't know how he plans to talk, and he won't let me follow."

Ji Huan was stunned: "Negotiate? He must be sick!"

Ji Huan said as she walked in. When she reached the door, she suddenly remembered something. She took out her cell phone and called Shen Lu. Shen Lu looked at her blankly.

Ji Huan said, "Take it and listen carefully. If he fails in the negotiation, you can come in and rescue him."

...

Inside the room, Ji Huan walked in and saw Liang Lin and Ji Kai sitting on the sofa. Ji Maili did not treat himself badly and moved a stool to sit opposite them across the coffee table with a suitcase beside him.

"There is still a year left. From today on, I will let Shen Lu tutor me until the college entrance examination. I will try my best to study. If I can pass the exam with my own ability, you can't force me. If I can't pass, I will listen to you and study abroad."

Ji Kai hesitated several times to speak. What he wanted to talk about now was not about going abroad, but about his relationship with Chen Lu!

Listening to him talking so eloquently, even after packing his luggage, he was still bargaining with him about planning his future. Ji Kai was furious: "What is your goal? Which university do you plan to apply to?"

Ji Maili said confidently, "Whichever one I can get into is better. Anyway, any one of them is closer than overseas."

Ji Kai was furious: "What's the difference between this and throwing it all away?"

Ji Maili said: "Of course there is a difference. If I really wanted to give up, I wouldn't come back to tell you all this."

Liang Lin was really anxious after knowing that Ji Maili had been away for several days and hadn't even contacted Chen Lu. She even regretted suggesting to send him abroad. Now, after hearing Ji Maili say that he was willing to work hard to avoid going abroad, he also took a step back and said that he was willing to go abroad if that didn't work out. Liang Lin knew that going abroad would not stop him from being with Chen Lu.

Liang Lin hadn't slept well these past two days, and her face looked a little grim: "Where are you going with your luggage?"

Ji Maili said: "Let's go to Shen Lu's house. I want him to give me extra lessons."

Liang Lin said, "If you want extra lessons, Mom can find a tutor for you. The college entrance exam is only a year away, and Xiaolu has to study too, so how can she take care of you?"

Ji Maili said: "I have to take care of him even if I can't. He is my boyfriend. If he doesn't take care of me, who will?"

Ji Kai slammed the coffee table and stood up. Ji Maili jumped up from the stool almost at the same moment his palm landed on the coffee table.

Ji Huan hurried over: "Dad, let's talk it over."

Ji Kai pointed at Ji Maili: "Listen, listen, does he sound like he's talking in a good tone?"

Ji Maili hid behind Ji Huan: "Why didn't I say it nicely? It's you who have a poor ability to accept it. What's wrong with Chen Lu? He's good-looking and good at studying. Don't you and my mom like him? Why can't he be my boyfriend? I have reason to suspect that you are targeting me! You despise me!"

Ji Kai took off his slippers and was about to hit him, but Liang Lin grabbed his arm and said, "Alright, last time I slapped you and you weren't satisfied, you brought a weapon with you this time!"

Ji Kai threw away the weapon in his hand and sat on the sofa angrily, not wanting to look at Ji Maili anymore: "Get out, get out, get out, and never come back!"

Ji Maili said "Oh", picked up the suitcase handle and moved silently towards the door: "Then I'm leaving, don't forget to give me my pocket money."

When Ji Huan heard this, he almost couldn't help but kick him.

Ji Kai's forehead veins popped out: "...pocket money? You still want pocket money?"

Ji Maili heard that he didn't want to give it, so she turned around and said, "You don't want to give it? Fine then, I can only eat and drink my boyfriend's food. I don't know how to make money. For the next year, we'll just eat instant noodles with books in our arms. Anyway, we're young and it doesn't matter if we lack nutrition. We won't die..."

He kept calling her boyfriend. Ji Kai felt that this wicked person had come back today just to piss him off. He pointed at Ji Huan and said, "Give it to him, give it to him now, and tell him to get out of here right now!"

When Ji Maili heard this, he quickly said, "Give me some more money to buy a bed. The bed at Chen Lu's house is too small and broken. I'll go stay there and pay to replace it!"

Liang Lin's sadness was completely wiped out by Ji Maili's nagging. She walked over and smoothed Ji Maili's hair, saying, "Come on, stop crying poor here. If you need anything, just come back and get it. No one is going to kick you out."

Ji Maili: "Why is there no one here? My dad has even told several people to get out, for fear that I haven't gotten out completely."

Ji Huan really couldn't stand it anymore. This person was not here to negotiate, but to piss off her father to death. With such a chatterbox, even if her father saw Shen Lu coming in with him, he probably wouldn't be as angry as he is now.

Ji Huan walked over and kicked him: "If you want to leave, leave quickly. Shen Lu is still waiting for you at the door."

Ji Maili was startled: "He didn't leave?"

Ji Huan: "You want to negotiate, and he doesn't know how you're going to negotiate. How can he dare to leave?"