His voice trailed off as the red light came on, the brake lights casting a crimson glow in the rain. His face was tense, and his Adam's apple bobbed as he uttered a string of sarcastic words.
Leng Yue's eyelashes trembled slightly as she watched Lu Qingzhou slowly recite the "Eight Honors and Eight Shames," a phrase he had deliberately arranged, with an air of unquestionable authority.
Especially the phrase "proud of being born brave," the last syllable still resonated with a tremor in her chest. She bit her lower lip, her fingertips unconsciously tugging at the hem of her skirt, trying hard to suppress the urge to laugh out loud, but when she heard "doing things blindly in the dark," she completely broke down, her body uncontrollably swaying forward and backward, the seatbelt digging painfully into her shoulders.
"Pfft, hehehe..."
Suddenly, suppressed laughter came from the back row.
Lu Qingzhou's "bold words" just now were truly ridiculous.
Chen Xiaoxi, who had been pretending to be asleep in the back seat, finally couldn't hold back. Her clear laughter instantly broke the atmosphere in the car.
Through the rearview mirror, Lu Qingzhou's astonished gaze met hers.
In that instant, Chen Xiaoxi felt incredibly embarrassed and cursed herself for being so weak: Why couldn't she hold it in!
She forced herself to remain calm, hurriedly propping herself up on the cushion, a forced smile still on her face, her voice carrying a deliberate lightness: "Just woke up."
She dared not meet Lu Qingzhou's gaze, afraid that his deep eyes would see through her act of pretending to be asleep.
A sense of relief welled up inside him—thankfully, he didn't seem to have noticed that he had been "eavesdropping."
She subconsciously smoothed the messy strands of hair from her forehead, trying to hide her inner turmoil, but her words were sharp: "You're shameless, how can you say such things? You're much worse than when you were in school."
As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted them. Her tone was overly intimate, like she was being coquettish.
Hearing Chen Xiaoxi's familiar teasing, Lu Qingzhou felt a warmth in his heart for no reason.
Memories of my school days flooded back, and a smile involuntarily crept onto my face, a roguish grin on my lips: "I was just telling the truth."
He wanted to say something more, but the words caught in his throat, and he could only use this nonchalant demeanor to hide the turmoil in his heart.
The two women simultaneously spat lightly.
Chen Xiaoxi laughed and scolded, "Like an old woman selling melons, praising her own wares."
She expressed her disdain verbally, but a gentle smile lingered in her eyes.
After Chen Xiaoxi 'woke up', the atmosphere inside the car became increasingly lively.
About ten minutes later, the car came to a steady stop in front of the clinic.
After getting out of the car, Lu Qingzhou took the keys from the driver. Just as they were about to step into the clinic, they bumped into two familiar figures.
Zhang Ruoshui and Old Man Chen walked over, chatting and laughing. The moment their eyes met, time seemed to freeze.
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