"Why would I go to your house?" Liang Zhirou didn't quite catch up with Chen Lu's train of thought.

Moreover, the way Chen Lu was looking at her at that moment was like a big bad wolf looking at a little white rabbit, making her feel uneasy.

Chen Lu said calmly, "You'll catch a cold if you sleep here. Since you don't want to go home, you can sleep at my place."

"No need, I'm not going to sleep..." Liang Zhirou rubbed her eyes and looked at him with her big, bright eyes.

"Look, I'm not sleepy at all."

Chen Lu chuckled, then suddenly said in a serious tone, "What's there to be afraid of? My parents aren't home."

Liang Zhirou breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this.

etc,

That doesn't make sense.

Does this have anything to do with whether you're home or not?!

"It's not appropriate for me to go to your house alone," Liang Zhirou quickly declined. What kind of girl goes to a boy's house to sleep?

"What does it matter? We're such good friends."

Before she could speak, Chen Lu continued, "You still have to tutor Chen Mo tonight, so just consider it an early start."

"We'll sneak around, no one will find out. As long as you're not in my room when Chen Mo comes back, it'll be fine."

He looked at Liang Zhirou, who was fiddling with the paper in her hand, her expression extremely serious.

This silly girl really needs rest. He bet Liang Zhirou is in a state where she can fall asleep the moment her head hits the pillow.

"Don't say things that are so easy to misunderstand..." Liang Zhirou finally realized that something was wrong with what he said and scolded him in a low voice.

"Then I'll take that as your agreement. Let's go."

As Chen Lu spoke, he began to pack Liang Zhirou's canvas bag. Even though Liang Zhirou didn't know how to refuse, he was willing to do things according to her wishes.

But this won't do. This silly girl is born in the Year of the Ox; if I don't give her a little push, she'll exhaust herself sooner or later.

"I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself." Liang Zhirou once again gave up all resistance in front of Chen Lu and obediently put all the books on the stone table back into her bag.

I can't sleep in front of him again...

The girl thought to herself.

But I wasn't planning on sleeping at all, so how did I fall asleep as soon as I lay down...?

Chen Lu watched Liang Zhirou carefully tidying up the books and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Jiang Chao, asking him to check out the situation at the computer science department next door. With Li Sinian's connections as a student council member, this should be relatively easy.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Liang Zhirou, holding her bag in both hands, quietly move outside the pavilion.

"What are you trying to do?" Chen Lu looked at the girl and felt both annoyed and amused.

Liang Zhirou paused for a moment after hearing Chen Lu's voice, then slowly turned her head and said, "I... I want to go home."

Good grief, you think you can sneak away? You think I'm stupid?

Chen Lu walked over and poked her forehead. "Anything is fine, as long as you go to sleep quietly."

After saying that, he checked the time again; it was already 3:20 PM.

"Fine, I've changed my mind. You'd better come with me." Chen Lu took her bag and put it on his back. He thought about it and still felt he couldn't put this silly girl back. "By the time you get home, it will be past four o'clock. You won't be able to sleep for long before you have to come over."

"And I reckon you won't go back and sleep peacefully. You'll definitely be preparing lessons for Chen Mo behind my back."

Liang Zhirou lowered her head and remained silent, clearly having had her thoughts read, and could only obediently follow behind Chen Lu.

"Isn't it normal for good friends to take a nap at each other's houses? I've slept at Jiang Chao's house many times."

Chen Lu continued to defend himself.

But despite saying that, he secretly snorted in his heart, thinking, "Who's innocent with you?"

You silly frog, just stay here and soak in the warm water!

And so, the naive girl was lured home by Chen Lu.

......

"Are Uncle and Aunt really not home?" Liang Zhirou was still reluctant to go in when she reached the door, and asked Chen Lu in a low voice.

She knew she couldn't run away anymore, and could only hope she wouldn't actually be seen, otherwise she wouldn't be able to clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

Liang Zhirou had prepared herself mentally for a long time, but she felt a little more at ease when Chen Lu showed her his chat history with Chen Mo and saw that Chen Mo told her to go to her room.

Over time, her relationship with Chen Mo had grown increasingly closer. Although it was Chen Mo who was always the one initiating the conversations...

Chen Lu nodded, then slowly opened the door. "Don't worry, I saw my mom's post on WeChat Moments. They're having a romantic time at the movie theater right now, and they'll probably eat out tonight."

After opening the door, Chen Lu deliberately peeked inside. He was still a little afraid that his mother would misunderstand, after all, she liked Liang Zhirou so much.

I might actually get hung up and beaten badly.

Just as he expected, the house was quiet, and the afternoon sun shone in from the balcony, spilling onto the clean floor.

Chen Lu took out the slippers that his mother had specially bought for Liang Zhirou from the shoe cabinet and bent down to hand them to her.

“My mom bought this for you separately. You can wear this when you come to tutor.”

"These shoes are only for you."

He felt that he had inherited a lot of his personality from his kind-hearted mother, but he wasn't as violent.

Chen Lu started boiling water on the coffee table, then led Liang Zhirou to the door of Chen Mo's room.

"You won't be nervous sleeping in a girl's room, will you?" he said with a light laugh.

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