Be jealous of him
The next afternoon, Luffy and the Zhuang brothers and sisters arrived in Nanjing.
Zuo Xiao went to the airport to pick someone up on crutches. Her foot injury hadn't healed yet, so she followed the doctor's orders, never letting her right foot touch the ground except for rehabilitation training.
Arriving at the hall, Luffy hugged her tightly as soon as they met, and kissed her on the face again and again. After he finished kissing, Zhuang Jinghao came over, and Zhuang Yu'an followed silently behind.
They went to the hotel first, and then Zuo Xiao took them to eat duck and beef pot stickers. Although she had difficulty walking, she mostly took taxis on the way, which was not bad.
Despite the crowds during National Day, a visit to Nanjing wouldn't be complete without a stroll along the Qinhuai River. Zuo Xiao led them to the Confucius Temple, then sat in a drinks shop, letting them explore on their own. After dinner, he took them on a nighttime boat tour of the Qinhuai River, admiring the water, the lanterns, and the crowds.
In front of the two siblings and tourists from all over the country, Luffy kept hugging and kissing her. Zuo Xiao thought he was too clingy and unsightly, so she whispered a few words into his ear, but she didn't expect him to get angry.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the Zhuang brothers and sisters returned to the hotel first. Luffy hugged her and sat by the river. Zuo Xiao guessed that he had something to say and waited silently.
After a long time, he finally spoke: "Sometimes I feel that you don't treat me as your boyfriend."
Zuo Xiao frowned and pushed him away: "I don't treat you as my boyfriend, so I'll let you touch me and sleep with me?"
The words were rough, but the truth was there. She didn't know what was wrong with Luffy, how could he say such a heartless thing?
Luffy stared at her for a while with a gloomy expression, and suddenly said, "Do you feel that Zhuang Yu'an treats you differently?"
Zuo Xiao originally thought he would at most blame her for not being intimate enough with him, but she didn't expect him to bring Zhuang Yu'an into the matter. Displeased, she said coldly, "What does what's between you and me have to do with him?"
"You've actually figured it out, haven't you?" Luffy said coldly. "He's always on your side, even coming all the way here to visit tourist spots and count people with you."
Of course Zuo Xiao knew it, but she could only pretend to be ignorant.
God is my witness. Although she knew Zhuang Yu'an's feelings for her, she had no intention of kicking Luffy out and being with him. She even planned to introduce the high school beauty to him this time!
From a friend's perspective, Zhuang Yu'an was simply amazing. He was kind, righteous, and considerate, and she didn't want to lose such a friend, especially since he was Xiao Jinghao's biological brother.
"He's here with his sister. What are you imagining?" Zuo Xiao said, "I think you're a little delusional."
Luffy said nothing, a mocking smile on his lips. Zuo Xiao felt guilty that he had seen through her pretense, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry, and subconsciously wanted to confront him.
"Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush." She said in a firm tone.
Luffy's expression changed again and again, and after a while he said, "Can you keep your distance from him?"
Zuo Xiao found this ridiculous. Very ridiculous.
"How can I keep my distance from him?" she scoffed. "Did I kiss him or touch him? Or was I alone with him? Or should I send him to Mars?"
Luffy also got angry, and his tone was obviously sharp: "Please put yourself in my shoes. If there is a woman who is obviously interested in me, and I am still unclear about her, how would you feel?"
The word "unclear" stung her. Zuo Xiao was furious and raised her voice: "What do you mean by unclear? How could I be unclear with him?"
Luffy's face was filled with disdain, his eyes cold. "You know it clearly, why do you have to ask me to break it down and explain it to you?"
Zuo Xiao felt a tightness in her stomach and continued to argue with him: "I'm sorry, I really don't understand." She sneered, "Please give me some advice."
Luffy finally couldn't hold it in. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and there was fire in his eyes.
"Didn't you let him hold you and live in his house?"
"My foot was injured at the time, there was nothing I could do!" Zuo Xiao argued. "Besides, we weren't even together then, so why are you bringing up the past?"
"Not together? You call that not together?" Luffy's voice trembled with anger. "If that's not together, then aren't we together now?!"
Zuo Xiao's mind buzzed. She had always assumed Luffy's understanding of their relationship was the same as hers. Before he returned from his hometown, they had been tacitly engaged in a sexual relationship, not a mutually recognized couple. Could there have been some misunderstanding? Did he think she mistook him for her boyfriend?
"I think you might have some misunderstanding." She forced herself to calm down. "We weren't together before you returned to Beijing from Shanxi. Don't tell me that in your concept, sleeping together means being boyfriend and girlfriend."
Luffy seemed to find her words extremely ridiculous. He laughed twice before saying, "Didn't you just say that if you didn't treat me as your boyfriend, you wouldn't let me touch you or sleep with you?"
Zuo Xiao's throat suddenly tightened. How could he use her words as a slap in the face?
She was speechless for a moment, and after a while she gathered her strength and fought back: "Then you dare to say that you consider all the girls you have slept with in your life as your girlfriends?"
It was Luffy's turn to be speechless. He looked at her angrily, and suddenly pressed forward.
He clasped the back of her head with his hands, pressed his lips against hers, and used his tongue to pry open her teeth. Zuo Xiao was shocked and angry, and tried to push him away, but she realized the difference in their physique and strength. She was so anxious that she felt dizzy and breathless, and a rapid groan came from her throat.
Suddenly, I tasted blood in my mouth and realized that I had bitten him.
Taking advantage of her moment of distraction, Luffy's tongue forcefully pressed in, entwining itself tightly around her. His hands had already bound her, his fingers digging into the soft flesh of her arms and waist.
The confrontation quickly took a turn for the worse. Somehow, Zuo Xiao went from a desperate resistance to a passionate kiss.
When they finally separated, her heart was pounding and she was panting heavily. Luffy hugged her and nuzzled her ear.
After a long moment, his breathing gradually calmed down. He said, "I'm sorry. I won't bring up the past again. Will you forgive me?"
In the middle of the night, the two checked out of the hourly room, and Lu Fei took a taxi to take her to the gate of the community. He wanted to take her downstairs, but she refused. Lao Zuo went to bed late, and if he was seen, it would be a disaster.
The next day, Chen Liqing drove to the hotel with Zuo Xiao.
He returned last night, and Zuo Xiao asked him to accompany her all day. He got a wheelchair from somewhere and let her sit in it when he got out of the car.
As soon as they met, Zhuang Jinghao's face flushed with joy, but in front of her brother, she didn't even dare to look at Chen Liqing for two more seconds.
During breakfast, she said she didn't want to visit crowded tourist spots anymore and wanted to visit the school Zuo Xiao attended and the places she often went to. Luffy immediately voted in favor, and Zhuang Yu'an didn't hesitate either.
Zuo Xiao had no choice but to change the itinerary and took them to walk around the streets, to the old streets, markets, and parks that she used to go to often. She told them many interesting stories from the past. They ate and drank in inconspicuous restaurants and roadside stalls, but they enjoyed the shopping very much.
Arrived at the school gate at dusk.
Zuo Xiao attended both middle and high school here, and lived in the nearby staff housing complex. She was apprehensive, fearing she'd run into Old Zuo. She had no choice but to sacrifice Zhuang Jinghao's well-being and send Chen Liqing home first. She herself hunched over in her wheelchair, her hat pulled low. This way, even if she did run into her father, he might not recognize her.
Zuo Xiao took them around the campus and came to the milk tea shop at the school gate.
While drinking milk tea, her eyes suddenly lit up and she pointed to the street corner outside the glass wall: "Wow, that Grandma Zhang is still there!"
"Where, where?" Zhuang Jinghao stretched his neck to look. Zuo Xiao said, "That little cart selling plum blossom cakes. Let me tell you, Grandma Zhang's plum blossom cakes are incredible. I've been eating them since I was a child. I heard she got sick a couple of years ago, but I didn't expect her to be back."
Then he stood up and said, "I'll go buy a few for you to try."
Luffy held him down: "I'll go."
"Okay. The stinky tofu next door is also good. Give me two servings." She instructed, "Be sure to add chili!"
After Luffy left, Zhuang Jinghao whispered in her ear, "Brother Luffy seemed a little unhappy yesterday... Did you feel that my brother and I disturbed your world of two?"
Zuo Xiao scoffed. Luffy's jealous expression yesterday was so obvious that even the cutie could see it?
"It's all right now," she whispered, smiling. "It's none of your business. He was touching me in broad daylight, affecting the appearance of Nanjing. I gave him a few words of advice, and now you're behaving yourself today, don't you?"
"It seems so." Zhuang Jinghao covered his mouth and chuckled.
"Have you learned that?" Zuo Xiao whispered in her ear, "If you feel uncomfortable, you should speak up. You can't indulge a man. Understand?"
“Get!”
Zuo Xiao was chatting and laughing with her when suddenly his expression froze.
She saw her father standing outside the store, looking at her through the lenses and glass wall.
My heart skipped a beat: It’s over…
"Welcome."
Lao Zuo pushed the door open and walked into the milk tea shop, carrying the vegetables he had just bought.
He had just caught sight of a head of red hair and was thinking that little girls these days were really troublesome and their parents must be pissed off. Little did he know that the girl with red hair was actually sitting next to his own daughter. There was also a small, tall and energetic girl sitting next to her.
His eyes were sharp: Are these two the colleagues who came to play as rumored? I'm afraid it's not that simple... This little guy is similar to that erhu player Zhou Zhihui, isn't he exactly what my girl likes?
"Dad..." Zuo Xiao's mouth twitched in embarrassment. Zhuang Jinghao was obviously surprised and looked at the newcomer with wide eyes.
Lao Zuo stopped and said, "Colleague?"
"Yes." Zuo Xiao forced himself to remain calm. "Bring them here to have a look and eat some authentic food."
"Hello, uncle!" Zhuang Jinghao stood up quickly and bowed ninety degrees. "My name is Zhuang Jinghao. Nice to meet you!"
Lao Zuo was startled by her enthusiasm, and after a moment's pause, he smiled and said, "Hello, hello."
At this time, Zhuang Yu'an had also stood up and nodded respectfully, "Hello, uncle, my name is Zhuang Yu'an."
Both of them were surnamed Zhuang? Lao Zuo looked at one, then the other, wondering if they were siblings. If so, then the Zhuang guy could be Xiaoxiao's boyfriend.
He frowned unconsciously and looked at the other person more carefully.
As the saying goes, the more a father-in-law looks at his son-in-law, the more he dislikes him. He thought this little boy was well-proportioned and looked like an honest man, but wasn't Zhou Zhihui also a scoundrel in a human skin? Besides, Xiaoxiao had injured her foot, and he still asked her to accompany him to walk around the streets. How cruel!
Seeing this, Zuo Xiao hurriedly called out to chase them away: "Dad, go home and cook. We are leaving too."
His daughter's reaction confirmed his suspicions. Lao Zuo smiled and said, "Since you're here, why don't you come over and spend some time at my house? Let's go over to dinner."
How could Zuo Xiao agree to this? He glared at him and said, "Dad! We've already booked a table at the restaurant!"
Lao Zuo's face darkened. "What's wrong with reserving a seat? Can't I just call and cancel?"
During the stalemate, the doorbell rang again.
"Welcome."
Zuo Xiao turned around and saw someone looking at him suspiciously, holding a plum cake in one hand and stinky tofu in the other. Who else could it be but Luffy?
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