Chapter 24 Love Moon 024 Lips brushed...
know?
He Chuyue looked towards the kitchen. The people there didn't know what was happening here.
She shook her head: "He only told me that his family introduced him to a blind date once, but he didn't tell me who the other person was."
Zhang Ling said, "Sister Zhou, your teacher's wife, didn't know who Zhiyan was at first. She wanted to introduce a date to her daughter and later found my old Xu. However, Zhiyan was busy going abroad at that time and refused directly."
She smiled: "Of course, it may not be about going abroad. Zhiyan is not like other male classmates. He is calm and focused on experiments and classes. His teacher and I are worried about this child's future life."
He Chuyue smiled, having already guessed what was going on.
Zhang Ling continued: "Later I heard that the two parents met at a party. When they asked about the children's similar age, they thought about meeting each other. It was only after meeting that they knew it was Zhiyan. Sister Zhou was so happy. Isn't that a coincidence?"
He Chuyue felt the tea leaves were bitter. She placed the cup on the table, pursed her lips, and smiled a little forcedly: "It's quite a coincidence."
"But no matter how coincidental it is, it's not suitable. You are destined to be together but not meant to be. When you asked me to introduce them to each other, I felt that they were not the same kind of people." Zhang Ling looked at He Chuyue with eyes full of love, "I knew it as soon as I saw you. This is right. You and Zhiyan are destined to be together and are a good match. This is called a good match."
He Chuyue pursed her lips slowly, not really noticing but not refuting: "Zhiyan...has a very good personality and is very tolerant of me."
"No." Zhang Ling said firmly, "It's that you tolerate each other."
He Chuyue was completely confused, but Zhang Ling smiled and glanced at the kitchen, lowering her voice: "Otherwise he would remember what you like to eat, and you are afraid of causing trouble for him, so aren't you two just considering each other, tolerating each other, and thinking about each other?"
"this--"
"You are in me, I am in you, this is the secret to a long-lasting marriage. It is a blessing for Zhiyan to find you, and his teacher and I can rest assured."
He Chuyue didn't know how she got to such a high level. She thought Zhang Ling had misunderstood her. She wanted to explain but didn't know where to start.
"Teacher, you are too kind. We are just living together."
Zhang Ling thought she was just shy and waved her hands, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Eat some fruit and try Teacher Xu's cooking later. Look how thin you are."
Zhang Ling stuffed another plum into her pocket and let her watch TV. As expected, she didn't say anything else. However, He Chuyue suddenly felt unreal that she had guessed the whole time and got full marks. She just hoped that Xiao Zhiyan would stop peeling the mango and come back quickly.
...
The dining table was filled with aromas of Beicheng home-cooked dishes, which He Chuyue liked very much.
After becoming pregnant, in addition to her mood swings, her taste in food was also different from before, but she still hated the foods she hated, such as celery.
How in the world does celery exist?
He Chuyue stared at the meat in the bowl and thought silently,
Because it was picked out of celery and had a disgusting taste.
It was not right to eat it, but it was also not nice to leave it there without eating it, so Zhang Ling picked it up for her.
Finally, the opportunity came.
The doorbell rang, and Xu Qinglin asked a few people to sit down and opened the door himself. Before leaving, he asked Zhang Ling to give him some documents as he wanted to send a courier. For a moment they were the only ones left in the seat.
He Chuyue was about to find some paper when a bowl suddenly appeared in her field of vision.
Only half of the rice in the bowl was eaten, and the rest was still neatly placed in its original place, as if it was full at the beginning.
She was puzzled, and Xiao Zhiyan said succinctly: "If you don't want to eat, you can give it to me."
hesitate--
She had touched it when Zhang Ling handed it to her.
"It's okay." He seemed to know what she was thinking.
He moved the bowl in his hand forward again.
The door to the entrance was already closed, and He Chuyue didn't care about anything else. She quickly put the "hot potato" into his bowl and pretended nothing had happened.
"Hey Chu Yue, don't just eat rice, eat more meat."
As Zhang Ling was about to reach for the dish of fried celery and pork, Xiao Zhiyan put the shrimps he had peeled into the bowls of Zhang Ling and Xu Qinglin.
"Master's wife, you and the teacher should eat more shrimps, it's good for your health. I'll be here for the first month."
Seeing that there was no food in He Chuyue's bowl, Zhang Ling tried to get some for her, but Xu Qinglin patted her hand lightly, "Let the young couple do it themselves, why are you, an old woman, interfering?"
He Chuyue's hand holding the meatball shook, and the meatball slipped off the chopsticks and fell into the bowl.
Zhang Ling finally reacted and nodded, saying yes. She looked at the two of them with a smile, "I'm confused, I'm confused. Look at me, my memory is really bad now. Let's eat."
"Let's go out and play mahjong when we have time. You stay at home watching TV all the time. When your son comes home at the end of the year and asks you what music you played in the square dance, you won't know."
"Okay, it's your birthday. I'll listen to you."
He Chuyue smiled as she listened to the two bickering, then looked down and saw a plump, whole shrimp in the bowl...
After dinner, He Chuyue and Xiao Zhiyan helped to clean up. Finally, Xiao Zhiyan was called to the study by Xu Qinglin. The two talked about the experiment, while He Chuyue followed Zhang Ling to look through the photo album.
"Look, these are all group photos of your teacher Xu with students from each class. Here, they are from Zhiyan's class." Zhang Ling pointed to a photo in the lower left corner of the album and turned to the next page. "These are all photos of Zhiyan winning awards when he was an undergraduate."
In the slightly oxidized high-definition photo, Xiao Zhiyan is holding a trophy in his hand, with his slender figure standing in the center of the stage, and his immature facial features are clearly visible.
He seemed to be forced to take the photo, his smile was forced and frozen in the snapshot.
He Chuyue smiled.
In the next photo, Xiao Zhiyan was obviously much calmer. Although the light was shining from above his head, the shadow just happened to outline his indifferent brows and a gentle smile hanging on the corners of his lips. His dark eyes looked towards the camera, as if penetrating the rings of time and looking into her eyes.
My chest felt like it was possessed, and my heart was beating uncontrollably.
Speed up, speed up again...
He looked away and almost ran away.
Zhang Ling didn't notice anything unusual and said with relief, "Zhiyan is very good. I still remember the night when the new students entered the school, your teacher Xu came back very excited and said that he hadn't seen such a smart student in all these years. He was so happy that he could laugh out loud in his dreams."
"I thought he was exaggerating at the time, but later I found out that he was the one who won provincial and regional awards, so I didn't think it was exaggerating anymore." She suddenly realized, "You guys didn't date in college, did you?"
He Chuyue waved her hand, "No, Master's wife, we just met and started dating recently. If we get along well, we can look at everything."
"I see. But you were both very popular in college. Did you ever think about dating each other?"
then......
He Chuyue recalled that period of time.
She had just learned that Xiao Wei had a girlfriend and was making her bed in a listless state when her new roommate asked to add her on WeChat. Her roommate’s ID was “Xiao Zhiyan’s Little Sweetheart”, and she even asked if it was a celebrity. Her roommate explained to her, and He Chuyue then found out that it was a classmate from the School of Biochemistry. Because he helped her at the welcome party and said "be careful", he captured the heart of this roommate.
Later, for some unknown reason, the roommate changed his ID and forbad anyone in the dormitory to mention the name "Xiao Zhiyan". He Chuyue no longer paid attention to him and her impression of him was that he was a very handsome and excellent classmate, nothing more.
She was honest, "I was busy memorizing the regulations at the time and didn't pay much attention to it."
Zhang Ling nodded: "Indeed, I still remember that you were the best student in your class. Professor Su from the Law Department still often mentions you."
"It's better now. It's better to meet each other when you are mature in thought and economy than when you are just starting out in life and are unstable. Everything is the best arrangement."
The best arrangement?
As a materialist, He Chuyue never looks back. Her attitude towards life is to go with the flow.
But this time, she actually wavered at the outermost edge of the boundary line.
If she hadn't liked Xiao Wei first, she might have been like those girls, attracted by the star-studded Xiao Zhiyan as soon as she stepped into university.
after all.
She likes people who are strong and stable inside.
Xiao Wei used to be such a person.
...
On the way back, they were silent all the way. Gazes from the side appeared in the rearview mirror from time to time. He Chuyue moved and turned around.
"At the teacher's house, you poured tea and asked me if I wanted to eat mango. Was that intentional?"
Xiao Zhiyan opened his lips, but He Chuyue's voice came first.
She crossed her chest and said in a nonchalant tone, "There's nothing hidden about talking to my teacher's daughter. Why didn't you let me know?"
He corrected: "No discussion, just cooperation."
He Chuyue stared at him: "Aren't we also cooperating?"
Xiao Zhiyan pursed his lips.
Leaning back again, she refused to communicate anymore and looked out the window. She felt dizzy and extremely upset by the night scene flashing by so fast.
The car stopped at the community garage, and He Chuyue got out, limping.
She is not used to wearing high heels for a long time. She only wears them when she is in court. She wears flat shoes or short thick heels to work.
She had been wearing it all day today, and her heels were already aching and her toes were numb.
Step onto the steps.
hiss.
She screamed internally.
It hurts so much——
"Chu Yue." Xiao Zhiyan called her from behind.
"what?"
He Chuyue had already raised her right foot and stepped down a step. She turned around and her left ankle suddenly shook, and her whole body began to sway.
"careful."
"Hmm."
Her lips were burning hot. He Chuyue hugged Xiao Zhiyan's neck, leaning against his ear and not daring to get up.
She just—
Kissed Xiao Zhiyan? !
…cheek.
cough.
He Chuyue's head was dizzy and she lost the ability to think for a moment, with all her attention focused elsewhere.
A hot and strong arm wrapped around her waist, in front of her was an unignorable heartbeat and chest, and the familiar scent of cedar.
Just now she didn't stand firmly, Xiao Zhiyan hugged her at the bottom of the stairs, but because of inertia her body couldn't stop falling, and then her lips brushed his cheek, it was a real kiss...
"Can you still stand on your own?"
His voice floated over with the cold wind, without the slightest fluctuation.
Yueyue's heart suddenly sank. He Chuyue let go of him and went to look at her ankle.
The cold wind was much stronger at night. It blew from her back and blew through her thin shirt which was soaked with sweat. The coldness that was rolled into the hem of her clothes penetrated her limbs, making He Chuyue feel even colder in her heart.
The depressed mood that she had been feeling all night seemed to show signs of coming out. She could not feel Xiao Zhiyan's fluctuations, and even her own mentality just now became ridiculous.
What qualifications does she have to think that she is different from others in Xiao Zhiyan's heart?
It's not that she didn't notice his emotions in front of the cake shop. He was the one who directly expressed his dissatisfaction with Xiao Wei, and he also said those ambiguous words to him. Now thinking about it, He Chuyue actually understood it.
The first time he cooperated with his teacher's daughter was because he wanted to use it to test whether the other path was suitable for him. When he found it was not suitable, he would stop the loss in time. Fortunately, the other party had no feelings so he could cut the Gordian knot quickly.
What if she fell in love, would Xiao Zhiyan still be so decisive?
The burning sensation of her lips seemed to be a reminder. He Chuyue realized that she was also in the “if” state and couldn’t help but laugh at herself.
It took her a moment to look up and she realized that she had thought about so many things in such a short time.
She looked at Xiao Zhiyan. His tall and three-dimensional facial features showed how handsome he was. Perhaps it was because his temperament was cool and gentle, which made him look more stable. However, when he raised his eyes, he showed no emotion, which made him look a little more unapproachable.
It was as if yesterday's "look at me" was just her illusion.
If he can cooperate with others once, he will do it a second time.
She was his second.
So it is clear why Xiao Zhiyan said such a thing.
Because she was pregnant with his child, the agreement was for three years, and he was reminding her not to break the contract.
Her fluctuating eyes dimmed completely.
"Is it twisted?"
Xiao Zhiyan raised his hand to help, but was pushed away.
He looked at He Chuyue's tense face, his palm remaining in the air was empty, with only his slightly curled fingers left.
After pushing him away, He Chuyue kept repeating the word "be careful" in her mind, as if it was bound to make her associate it with something.
She couldn't hear anything and just wanted to stay away from this hard mirror that could reflect her entire body, but she was unwilling to leave in such a cowardly manner.
"How many people have you told to be careful?"
"I--"
He Chuyue said this and quickly walked into the building in her high heels, leaving only one person standing there with a blank look in his eyes.
She quickened her pace, completely ignoring his red ears and stiff body that were hard to see against the light when he said his first sentence...
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After a few days of sudden temperature drop, there was finally a brief temperature rise, and even the signs on the roadside warning of slippery roads in snowy weather were removed.
Not only did the temperature return to normal, but it seemed that the relationship between He Chuyue and Xiao Zhiyan also returned to its original state overnight.
Even worse than before.
Their interactions these days are:
Xiao Zhiyan: "The washing machine is broken. It's too late today. I'll ask the technician to fix it tomorrow."
He Chuyue: “Got it.”
Xiao Zhiyan: "Is there not enough salt in today's meal?"
He Chuyue: "Not a small amount, thank you."
Xiao Zhiyan: "Don't forget to go to your aunt's house for dinner tomorrow night."
He Chuyue: “Yeah.”
"......"
"......"
Driving eastward under the sun, He Chuyue dispelled her restlessness and answered Zhou Yu's car call.
"I'm on the bus to Lin City now. My boss has sent me on another business trip." Zhou Yu wailed, "I don't want to go, I don't want to go, I don't want to go!"
She turned a corner, her eyes focused on the rearview mirror, and raised the corners of her lips, "How many days will you be gone this time?"
Zhou Yu: "Half a month, it will be almost New Year's Day when I come back."
She remembered, "How are you and Xiao Xueshen doing? Why haven't I heard you talk about him recently?"
He Chuyue moved her hands on the steering wheel and opened the window a little to let the cool air in.
How to say it?
Are you saying that she is being too sentimental and can't look Xiao Zhiyan in the face?
Feeling bored, she said coldly, "That's it."
Zhou Yu keenly caught it: "What happened? Did you have a fight?"
He Chuyue: "No, it's fine."
Zhou Yu didn't believe it: "You're speaking in a good tone? Then when I said I didn't want to go on a business trip, I was speaking in a happy tone."
Sighing, He Chuyue suddenly asked: "...Do you still remember Huang Yuming?"
Zhou Yu: "Remember, in my sophomore year, there were too many people in our department so I was seconded to your dormitory. She didn't want to pick a fight with me. Hey, no wonder you didn't invite her to the reunion. With such a tricky personality, don't fight with the person involved. Why did you think of asking her?"
Waiting for the traffic light, she pointed at the steering wheel with her fingertips: "It suddenly occurred to me, what is she doing now?"
Zhou Yu dragged out the last word for a few seconds before saying, "I'm not sure. I heard that she got married two years ago. Her husband is the owner of a small business. He's quite rich, which fits her ambition to find a rich husband."
He Chuyue was stunned: "When did she make such a bold statement?"
Zhou Yu: "It was said by another roommate in the dormitory, Su Su. She said that she wanted to pursue Xiao Zhiyan in her freshman year because Xiao Zhiyan helped her hold her suitcase. In her sophomore year, she fell in love with a dark-skinned athlete from the sports college next door. In her junior year, she got together with the school hunk from the computer department next door. In her senior year, she got involved with the team leader of the internship company. When she failed, she cried and said she wanted to find a rich husband."
He Chuyue frowned, as if listening to astronomy, "Are these true events?"
Zhou Yu counter-accused: "Of course it's true. At that time, you were oblivious to what was happening outside. You were either working at the library or doing a part-time job. These are all gossips I heard in my spare time. I guarantee it's true."
He Chuyue's attention was not here, she murmured: "So, it's a small matter that can be done with just a little effort..."
Zhou Yu didn't hear clearly, she was very noisy over there: "I'm at the airport now, I won't talk to you anymore, I have to board the plane."
He Chuyue came back to her senses: "Okay, safe journey."
"drop--"
The horn from the car behind startled her, and then she realized that the green light would last for ten seconds, so she started quickly.
The fire in her eyes disappeared in an instant, and she gave a wry smile.
So what if it’s a small matter? They are in a cooperative relationship after all. What is she so upset about now?
The car was parked downstairs of the law firm. He Chuyue was sorting out documents for a meeting when she received a call from Dai Wenchun.
"Niuniu, your uncle-in-law and I decided to go to your house for dinner. Please tell me the password to the door so that you can go home directly after work to eat, instead of having to turn in and walk a little further."
He Chuyue took a few seconds to react: "Aunt, you guys——"
Dai Wenchun has already made a unilateral decision: "Your uncle-in-law and I have almost finished shopping at the supermarket. Do you want to eat anything else? Can we go back and buy what we haven't bought?"
He Chuyue randomly mentioned a few snack names and hung up the phone in a hurry. Then she checked the time and called Xiao Zhiyan again.
After several busy tones and no one answered the call, she decided to let He Wen explain the situation to the person involved on her behalf. She went home, closed the bedroom door, and came back.
Just as I was about to hang up and call He Wen, the call went through before I pressed the end button.
"Chu Yue." The elegant voice penetrated my ears, sweeping away my anxiety. "I was driving just now. What happened?"
She put aside her emotions, "Are you home?"
Xiao Zhiyan responded after a few seconds: "Soon, in the elevator."
"Then when you get home, take your things to the master bedroom first, and then clean up all traces of your separation! Sorry, if you just close the bedroom door, it will be too unnatural and will arouse suspicion."
Xiao Zhiyan was puzzled: "What doubts?"
She was a little short of breath because she spoke too fast, and said slowly: "Aunt changed the dinner address to our house..."
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