"Your subconscious still associates entertainment with doing bad things."

Chen Lu leaned down and rested his chin on the girl's shoulder. "The time when you had to shoulder everything is over. You have to constantly remind yourself that you have no worries now, and you're just a girl who just turned nineteen."

Honestly, even if you find working tiring and don't want to work anymore in the future, I can support you like it's nothing.

"I don't want that," Liang Zhirou shook her head.

"I know you don't want that, I'm just saying it to make you understand that you have the means to enjoy life."

Liang Zhirou pouted and said "oh" like a primary school student being criticized.

"You have one more question."

"What problem?" Liang Zhirou was somewhat shocked. Did she really have so many problems? She had never been associated with being a problem child before...

"You're reluctant to spend my money. When we first got together, you didn't ask me for money when your mother had surgery, which I understood. Now, why are you still unwilling to use my money?"

"We're not married yet. I'm still your girlfriend, I can't spend so much of your money."

Chen Lu pointed to the DSLR camera on the coffee table, "But the DSLR you bought for me cost more than ten thousand yuan."

"It's different..."

"What's different?"

Liang Zhirou pursed her lips. "You've been so good to me, that's what I should give you. I haven't been good enough to you yet."

She's not a good girlfriend yet.

"Do you really think we won't make it to the end?" Chen Lu didn't understand, but he was used to this simple-minded guy's peculiar thought process. He just couldn't approach it with normal logic.

I really want to...

Liang Zhirou's answer was extremely straightforward, without any hesitation.

"That settles it then." Chen Lu couldn't help but poke her head hard. "What's the difference between spending it early or late? To put it bluntly, I earn money for you and my parents to spend."

Liang Zhirou was getting confused by his words, so she decided to keep quiet and keep her mouth shut.

This was an experience she had learned from being scammed many times. Chen Lu usually wouldn't take advantage of her directly, but would first trick her into signing a "contract of servitude" before taking advantage of her with a clear conscience.

This guy really likes to find legitimate excuses for his thuggish behavior.

The more you say, the more mistakes you make; this is the safest approach.

At this moment, Chen Lu casually patted her on the shoulder and said, "Go wash some grapes for me. There should be some left from the ones we bought earlier."

"good."

As soon as Liang Zhirou entered the kitchen, Chen Lu quickly hid several first-person shooter games and short films.

Damn it, I almost ruined my reputation.

After a while, Chen Lu moved a chair from the dining table and sat down to watch Liang Zhirou play games.

He never expected that this silly guy would choose Plants vs. Zombies.

The Steam version of this game is entirely in English, but that poses no obstacle for Liang Zhirou.

"Is there no Chinese?" Liang Zhirou asked, turning her head.

"This doesn't need to be in Chinese, right? I could play with English when I was a kid, around the age when I first met you."

The girl blinked and praised, "You're so amazing..."

Chen Lu smirked. Of course, he was just bragging. He used to be much more naive and figured out the general meaning of each button by trial and error.

Back then, many games didn't have Chinese language support, so we figured it out by trial and error.

Even CS.

However, there are always exceptions. There was a game called "Alien Shooter" that he got stuck at the very beginning. Later, as he got older, he started playing Red Alert and StarCraft, and never opened that game again.

Even though the zombies inside were made to look as harmless as possible, and the plants were quite cute, Liang Zhirou was still very nervous and only dared to play if she held Chen Lu's hand with one hand.

Chen Lu suddenly realized that teaching this simpleton to play games was much more fun than playing them himself. Especially since Liang Zhirou could play even a casual game with such gusto, it was incredibly interesting.

"Is it fun?"

After a while, he spat the grape seed from his mouth onto a tissue and asked softly.

"It's fun."

Liang Zhirou focused intently on placing the sunflowers in the back row, and was reluctant to use nuts as meat shields, which was very... typical of a girl's gaming style.

Chen Lu was very satisfied, thinking to himself, "Such a great game, how could it not attract you, you silly fool? Just obediently let yourself be corrupted by the greatest entertainment of the 21st century, Liang Zhirou."

In the future, when I have more free time, I can take her on a trip, and there are many other things we can experience together.

He reached out and gently stroked the girl's soft hair, from the top of her head to the ends.

There's still a long way to go.

......

The two played for almost an hour, until 2 p.m.

Suddenly, Chen Lu's shout came from the living room: "Put a plant out for the zombies to eat, buy some time! Your cherry bomb will be ready soon."

Liang Zhirou bit her lower lip, then released the mouse and said resolutely, "Let the zombies eat me, don't eat them..."

Chen Lu stared at her, mouth agape, "...Awesome."

"Let's play for another half hour, then we'll go to the amusement park."

He couldn't help but chuckle as he spoke, and just then, the phone on the table rang.

Liang Zhirou consciously turned off the computer sound and quietly watched him.

The call was from Wang Xiaoxia.

"Hello, Mom."

Do you have anything to do at the company this afternoon?

"The company? The company is fine." Chen Lu waved to Liang Zhirou to continue playing. He hadn't had enough yet and didn't have time to think about it further.

"Then come back this afternoon."

Chen Lu nearly dropped his phone. "Something came up at work! I just remembered, I have a meeting."

"You decide what to do."