After dinner, Tang Qi habitually cleared away the dishes and went into the kitchen to wash them. Xue Xiaodie wiped the table, placed her laptop on it, and began to draw.

As for Lu Zhe, he sat on the sofa and, as usual, turned on the TV and game console. However, before he could choose a game, a beautiful figure sat down less than a meter away from him.

Lin Ruoyao smiled and asked, "Brother Lu Zhe, do you also like playing games?"

Lu Zhe glanced at her and nodded: "Yeah."

Lin Ruoyao: "That game console looks so professional, did you buy it?"

“No, it’s hers.” As he said this, Lu Zhe raised his chin, gesturing to Miss Tang, who was washing dishes in the kitchen.

Lin Ruoyao: "Oh, I see... By the way, I wanted to say this at the dinner table, but I was a little embarrassed. Brother Lu Zhe, your cooking is so delicious."

Lu Zhe: "Thank you. I'll ask you a question too."

Lin Ruoyao: "What's the problem?"

Lu Zhe: "Are you a reborn person?"

Lin Ruoyao: "?"

Lu Zhe: "So, you mean, are you someone who was reborn from the future?"

Lin Ruoyao looked bewildered: "How is that possible... Why would you ask that?"

Lu Zhe carefully examined her expression but found nothing amiss. Now, he was quite confident in his observation skills, and he could conclude that Lin Ruoyao was indeed not a reincarnated person.

With that in mind, Lu Zhe was completely relieved.

He calmly explained, "It's nothing, just a joke."

If Lu Zhe wanted to present himself in a more natural light, he could do it, but why bother? Since she wasn't a girl he was destined to have anything to do with, there was no need to waste his energy on her.

Lin Ruoyao frowned slightly, unable to help but wonder if there was any deeper meaning behind this 'joke'. But no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't figure it out.

Just then, Tang Qi finished washing the dishes, came out of the kitchen, and stood in front of the two of them.

"Ruoyao, do you want to go back? We'll take you to the subway station."

"It's okay, no need to see me off, I'll just go downstairs and take a taxi."

Tang Qi insisted, "Then we'll walk you downstairs."

Lu Zhe also said, "We're all classmates, no need to be so polite, let's go."

He had already realized that Miss Tang didn't want this student Lin to stay in the room for too long, and didn't want to see her spending time with him. Since that was the case, Lu Zhe certainly wouldn't be ungrateful.

He wasn't really in the mood to spend time with the girls outside of the love triangle.

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After leaving the apartment building, Lin Ruoyao took a ride-hailing car and left.

Lu Zhe was about to turn back when he suddenly felt his clothes being tugged. He turned his head and saw Tang Qi clutching the hem of his clothes with both hands, looking pitiful.

The petite girl whispered, "Sister Xiaodie is drawing, so... we won't disturb her."

Lu Zhe: "Hmm, it seems Xiao Die isn't wearing headphones."

Tang Qi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, she wasn't wearing headphones, and if we go back now we'll definitely disturb her."

Lu Zhe suppressed a laugh and asked knowingly, "Then what should we do?"

Tang Qi seemed to think seriously for two seconds, then raised her index finger: "I've got an idea. Let's get a room and rest for a while."

Lu Zhe couldn't help but laugh and said, "You've had a long day, you need to rest in a quiet environment, right?"

Tang Qi nodded vigorously: "Of course!"

Then, before Lu Zhe could say anything more, Tang Qi took his hand and pulled him toward the hotel not far away.

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As night deepened, the hotel room was filled with the vibrant colors of spring.

When the gentle spring rain finally stopped, Lu Zhe and Tang Qi wrapped themselves in blankets and embraced. In a daze, he suddenly thought of another girl.

With that girl's intelligence and sensitivity, she could probably guess what was going on.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhe sighed inwardly, his gaze towards the night sky outside the window filled with a sense of loss.

Tang Qi was facing away from him, being held in his arms. The slight reflection on the windowpane was naturally insufficient for her to see Lu Zhe's eyes clearly. But with a girl's intuition, she seemed to sense that something was amiss.

So Miss Tang couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about?"

Lu Zhe: "It's nothing, just enjoying the afterglow."

Tang Qi: "Are you really enjoying it? But you're not holding me tight enough..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhe tightened his embrace.

Tang Qi: "I can't breathe..."

Lu Zhe relaxed and sighed, "So many requirements?"

Tang Qi joked, "So you think I'm asking for too much?"

Lu Zhe: "No, absolutely not, these are all legitimate and reasonable requests!"

Tang Qi turned around with a grin, buried her face in his chest, and rubbed against him like a little pet.

As Lu Zhe stroked the young lady's head like he was petting a cat, looking at the window, a thought suddenly popped into his mind—at this very moment, was Xue Xiaodie also looking at the same night sky?

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For Xue Xiaodie, the late night before midnight was always a good time to draw her sketches.

The city is already quite quiet at this time of day; there's no noise from square dancing, and the traffic on the road is increasingly sparse. Moreover, there are lights outside the window, so it's not as desolate and unsettling as it is at two or three in the morning.

But tonight, Xue Xiaodie has no heart for work.

She sat on the windowsill, gazing at the night view outside.

The window in this bedroom is quite large, and the windowsill is only knee-high and more than half a meter wide, making it a perfect place to sit.

Xue Xiaodie was sitting sideways here, her legs flat on the windowsill, her back against the cool wall. Through the window glass, she could see the city night view high above, and because she was only inches away from the glass, it naturally added a touch of excitement; but the metal window frame also brought a sense of security, preventing her from feeling panicked.

The girl gazed quietly out the window.

The buildings outside, like countless bricks of different heights and shapes, stand blankly in the scattered lights, stretching from below to the horizon.

Xue Xiaodie wondered what kind of people lived in these buildings.

In a city with a population of tens of millions, there must be many men and women with different personalities. Among this vast sea of ​​people, is it possible that there is a partner more suitable for her than Lu Zhe? Logically speaking, and statistically speaking, there should be. But Xue Xiaodie simply couldn't imagine herself with another man.

"Damn it, you got off too easy..."

The girl muttered to herself.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the bedroom door opening from the entrance hall.

Xue Xiaodie picked up her phone and glanced at the time.

Including foreplay and afterplay, it's definitely time for these two to come back.

But Xue Xiaodie had absolutely no desire to open the door and go out to take a look.

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