"Really?" The girl looked somewhat incredulous.

"But I feel like it's all thanks to you..."

Liang Zhirou lowered her head and muttered to herself. Ever since she met Chen Lu, her previously stagnant life seemed to have been turned on again.

It seemed like everything changed overnight.

She glanced at the two holding hands, then at the other couples strolling on the playground.

By this time, the sky had completely darkened, and twilight had descended, making it possible to vaguely discern the outlines of pedestrians in the distance.

This year, some people enrolled, some graduated, new students replaced old ones, and many things changed.

But the scene of couples strolling around the playground against the backdrop of the sunset has never changed.

It was the same thing she saw on her way to her part-time job, clutching a bunch of flyers.

She remembers it very clearly.

Although the girl was in a hurry, she kept telling herself that these things had nothing to do with her, that she didn't deserve to think about them, and that she had more important things to do.

But even as she ran, she couldn't help but glance in this direction.

At that time, her eyes must have been filled with envy.

They probably never imagined that a year later they would become part of this scene.

A year is actually a very short time. Many things that seem to have just happened may actually have been a year or two ago if you think about them carefully.

It was precisely in this short period of time that her life underwent a dramatic transformation.

Liang Zhirou was secretly smiling when Chen Lu's words interrupted her sweet thoughts.

"Is it really thanks to me? It's only slightly related to me, just a tiny bit." Chen Lu gestured with his finger to indicate a barely perceptible gap.

Liang Zhirou chuckled lightly, "I'm not stupid."

"In two weeks we'll have known each other for a whole year, so why don't you just consider this a surprise I've spent a whole year crafting for you..."

The silly girl is getting smarter and smarter. Chen Lu felt that there was no need to insist that it was all Liang Zhirou's own hard work. He simply raised an eyebrow at her and asked, "Do you like this gift?"

The girl looked around and, seeing that no one was watching, mustered up her courage, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him, even making a 'mua' sound in his ear.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

Chen Lu smiled with great satisfaction, "Can I request a one-year anniversary gift?"

"It should be a gift for our one-year anniversary, right? It feels weird to celebrate our one-year anniversary." The girl muttered softly.

She, perhaps, maybe, probably has already prepared a gift for our one-year anniversary...

But she really hadn't thought of a gift for their one-year anniversary; she'd never even heard of one.

"First of all, let me correct you on one point. That's not the anniversary of our first meeting, it's the anniversary of our reunion. How could you get that wrong... I even gave you a toy when we were little, and I got a beating from my mom for it. Sigh, in the end, I had to bear it all alone."

Chen Lu sighed dramatically, forcing a laugh as he spoke.

He's been talking like this more and more lately; the feeling of walking the path that girls take, leaving them with nowhere to go, is indescribably satisfying.

Anyway, Liang Zhirou would never talk to him like that in her life, so he might as well use this tactic a few times since it's just sitting there.

In most cases, it can directly overload Liang Zhirou's CPU, and it always works.

"I'm so sorry! I just blurted it out..."

As expected, Liang Zhirou hurriedly waved her hand and apologized, completely forgetting that it was Chen Lu himself who first brought up the phrase "one year since we met".

"Is an apology all it takes?"

"Then, what are you going to do?"

Chen Lu thought for a moment, then leaned close to the girl and whispered, "How about you..."

"......"

On the playground of Yuhang University, a boy suddenly appeared, running as fast as he could while wailing and fleeing for his life.

......

That night.

After taking a shower, Chen Lu came out shivering as usual, and saw Liang Zhirou holding her chin with one hand, staring intently at the computer screen.

The girl sat there motionless. If it weren't for her eyes moving in the dim light reflected from the screen, Chen Lu would have almost thought that time had stopped.

"What are you looking at?" he asked, leaning closer.

“I’m checking if today’s incident will leave a criminal record. I’m worried that you might be affected because of me…” Liang Zhirou’s expression remained serious. Seeing Chen Lu lying there with his hair still wet, she reached out and poked his stomach.

"You ran out without drying your hair properly! Sit down quickly, I'll help you dry it."

Liang Zhirou pouted. Taking a shower in the cold weather was like torture for her boyfriend. Otherwise, why would he be so lazy to dry his hair every day, and as soon as he finished showering, he couldn't wait to crawl into bed?

She made a point of showering first to warm up the bathroom, but Chen Lu was still afraid of the cold.

Chen Lu ignored this, saying, "Fine, so you actually trust Baidu more than your boyfriend."

"......"

Liang Zhirou felt that Chen Lu's way of speaking sounded familiar, a kind of familiarity etched into her DNA, but she didn't think about it too much, only whispering:

"No, it's because you're always lying to me..."

The girl stopped abruptly after speaking, her lips drooping and pouting as she looked at him with teary eyes.

It was obvious that this simpleton had suddenly started complaining about feeling wronged.

Chen Lu couldn't help but chuckle, feeling almost overwhelmed by Liang Zhirou's cuteness.

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!