Liang Zhirou came down quickly.

The girl, carrying a canvas bag, descended the stairs one step at a time under his gaze, opened the car door, and got into the car.

"Why is it so bulging? What's inside?"

"These are from Aunt Wu."

Chen Lu didn't ask any more questions. After helping her fasten her seatbelt, he started the engine and began driving seriously.

There were very few people on the roads in the small county town, and only this one car was winding around on the mountain road, looking all alone.

"This doesn't seem to be the way back."

After a while, Liang Zhirou suddenly said softly that although she was also a bit bad at directions, she was not completely unable to find her way around.

“Since we’re already here, let’s go see Uncle.” Chen Lu continued driving attentively, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. “It’s been so long since we last came. I think we should pull some weeds. Let’s do more now so that Auntie won’t have to work when she goes to see Uncle again.”

"......"

Liang Zhirou remained silent for a long time, then blinked hard and asked softly, "Do you want some pomelo?"

Chen Lu swallowed quietly. "Forget it, I still have to drive. Eating that stuff is too much trouble."

"I peeled it especially for you." The girl broke off a small piece and held it to his lips. "Ah~"

Chen Lu's expression changed instantly. He turned around and took a bite without any politeness.

As he was chewing, he suddenly froze, and asked seriously, "Why are your eyes so red?"

"You've mistaken me for someone else..."

Liang Zhirou quickly turned her head to look out the window, quietly observing her reflection in the car.

She was somewhat surprised that she could have such a complicated look in her eyes.

The mountain roads were difficult to drive, and Chen Lu ultimately had little experience driving on such roads, so he didn't dare to take a moment to check on Liang Zhirou's condition.

"By the way, we didn't buy any pomelos," Chen Lu suddenly remembered.

"It was given to me by Aunt Wu. She said that if I didn't take it, she wouldn't accept the gifts we gave her."

"She's actually a really nice person."

Liang Zhirou continued to feed Chen Lu diligently, asking, "Why did you buy so much stuff?"

"No one dislikes feeling valued. These things may seem like a lot, but they don't even amount to two hundred yuan at most. The actual benefits they bring are far greater than two hundred yuan can buy."

It's inconvenient for us to come back, and if Aunt Xiao needs anything unexpected, we'll still have to trouble her. Offering to bring her something reminds her of our kindness.

Chen Lu raised an eyebrow at her and teased, "Don't you understand? This is all about social etiquette. Watch carefully and learn well. You're with me every day, but I haven't seen you remember anything."

Hmph, you silly goose, you can't even remember to send me something.

How could a simple frog compare to Master Chen's attention to detail?

Liang Zhirou was stunned, then nodded repeatedly in agreement, lowering her eyes and muttering softly:

"My mind is filled with thoughts of you every day, I can't remember any of this..."

Chen Lu always says he'll eat anything, but in reality he's incredibly picky. He'll only eat a couple of bites of food he doesn't like and then refuse to eat it.

She has a very bad memory; she's exhausted just remembering Chen Lu's things every day, and doesn't have time to remember anything else.

"You...I..." Chen Lu hesitated for a long time without saying a word, and finally turned around and drove away silently.

After the two finished weeding, Liang Zhirou stayed for a while to chat before driving home.

Chen Lu felt something was off. Liang Zhirou might be a bit slow-witted, but she was much more efficient than him when it came to getting things done.

As a result, she's been absent-minded the whole time, only moving when told to do something, and when she's not being asked to do something, she just sits there in a daze, like a wooden doll.

It was past 10 p.m. when I got back to my rented room.

Duoduo was still awake at this hour. When I opened the door, it was lying on the automatic feeder, trying to get some more snacks for itself.

Seeing the two return, it slowly walked to the entrance, raised its head, and meowed.

"Are you hungry?" Liang Zhirou squatted down and scratched its chin.

Duoduo has now learned to act cute, lying on her back on the ground and letting her be rubbed all over.

“Even if you’re being cute, you didn’t get an extra meal. Eating too much isn’t good for your health,” Liang Zhirou continued.

"Meow?"

Chen Lu was too lazy to even change his clothes. He swayed to the sofa like a walking corpse, collapsed onto it, and stopped moving.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Lu was awakened by a strange noise and groggily opened his eyes.

The living room lights were off; only moonlight and the glow of outside lights shone in, making it possible to vaguely see things.

He lowered his head slightly and saw Liang Zhirou lying on top of him. The girl was very light and didn't feel heavy when he held her; he just felt warm and cozy.

"fraud."

Liang Zhirou buried her face in his chest, her small hands clenched into fists, and weakly pounded his chest.

"Big liar..."

"How am I a liar?" Chen Lu was completely confused.

"You deliberately kept this from me for so long, you bullied me..."

Chen Lu's heart skipped a beat. "What?"

"About the 100,000 yuan."

"Didn't I tell you before? It's impossible..."

Liang Zhirou's light punch was slightly forceful. "My mother told me herself."

This man is always lying to her, and he's still trying to argue his way out of it.

"......"

Chen Lu had already prepared his sophistry, but suddenly all of it got stuck on his lips, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Who can I complain to about this?

The enemy is inside!

Looking at Chen Lu's astonished expression, Liang Zhirou suddenly felt that everything made sense.

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