Chapter 223 Collapse Again
Downstairs in Building A of Xinhang Apartment, Lin Lu originally held her milk tea in one hand, but now she holds it with both hands.
Her heartbeat was slightly faster now.
The voice actor girl didn't think that Cheng Zhu developed this roasted brown sugar bubble milk tea because he knew that she liked pearls.
After all, business is business, and she understands that market considerations should be prioritized.
But he knew I liked pearls, so he brought me a cup today, and it was the first time he made it himself and served it to others!
She hasn't even had the milk tea yet, but she already tastes a hint of sweetness.
"Let's give it a try." Cheng Zhu said.
Lin Lu nodded vigorously, then took a long, deep breath.
Cheng Zhu didn't know what she was thinking. Why would she take such a big sip just to taste something?
Several brown sugar pops were sucked into the straw and then into her mouth, slightly puffing up her right cheek, which was quite asymmetrical and cute.
After taking a sip of the milk tea and brown sugar boba, Lin Lu instantly understood why Cheng Zhu said that the taste was different from those on the market.
It’s really different!
Delicious!
"How is it? Does it taste okay?" he asked.
"I think it's delicious!" Because her mouth was stuffed with a bunch of brown sugar popsicles, her lips were pointed when she spoke, like a round-faced chubby chicken.
"That's fine. Your cup is lighter than mine. Mine is sweeter and I think it's a bit greasy, so I made your cup a little lighter."
"Huh? The taste is different."
"What? You want to try them separately?" Cheng Zhu smiled and raised his cup, then fed it into her little mouth.
Unexpectedly, Lin Lu actually subconsciously opened his lips slightly.
Cheng Zhu's hand hovered in the air and he grinned: "It seems that you like to eat imported food?"
Lin Lu was stunned for a moment before realizing his subtext, and was so angry that he wanted to hit him twice.
"You're crazy! I won't drink the milk tea you've drunk!"
"Then why are you still opening your mouth?"
“I’m breathing!”
"Okay, okay." Cheng Zhu didn't argue with her. Instead, he was very mean and put the straw of the milk tea into his mouth in front of her and took a big gulp.
The two chatted for a while downstairs and then parted ways.
"Let's go." Cheng Zhu waved.
"Okay, bye!" Lin Lu also waved at him.
She stood there thinking for a while, and was too lazy to go upstairs, so she decided to drive directly home.
After getting in the car, she first sent a WeChat message to Shen Qingning: "Ningning, I'm going home directly."
"Okay." Shen Qingning replied.
On the way home, Lin Lu would take a sip of milk tea from time to time.
She was in a good mood and even hummed along with the music in the car.
After arriving home, the voice actor girl walked into the living room and saw Lin's mother sitting on the sofa watching TV, still an idol drama.
As mentioned before, Lin Lu's personality is partly derived from her mother.
Lin's mother usually gets along with her son and daughter like friends.
Just then, she saw Lin Lu holding a cup of milk tea in her hand and asked, "Why didn't you ask me if I wanted to drink it before going home?"
"I didn't know you were at home." Lin Lu replied.
"Huh? That's right!" She did get off work early today.
She looked at her daughter who was sitting opposite her, sipping her milk tea with her head down, and wondered, "What kind of milk tea is this? Why is the cup so plain? Is it not branded?"
"I didn't buy it. A friend of mine is going to open a milk tea shop, and this is a new product that the shop is currently testing. It's not available on the market, and it tastes very good!" She gave Cheng Zhu a five-star rating.
"So powerful? Then give me a sip." Lin's mother joked.
As a result, the forest deer behaved unusually protectively of its food!
"NO! NO! No, no!" She refused decisively and ran away: "I'm going back to my room first. Call me when it's time for dinner."
Mother Lin looked at her daughter's back, feeling a little puzzled.
"Isn't she the kind of person who likes to be persuaded and promoted?" Lin's mother is indeed young and even knows how to be persuaded and promoted.
"In the past, if there was anything delicious or drinkable, even if I told her I didn't want it, she would still force me to try it."
"Today is really strange."
Inside the room, Lin Lu put the milk tea on the table.
I don’t want to share it with you. Even mom can’t drink it!
This was made specially for me by Cheng Zhu, and I can enjoy it alone!
After saying goodbye to Lin Lu, Cheng Zhu did not go directly back to his house in Building B.
He walked straight through a corridor in the middle and went to the store across the street to buy cigarettes.
His smoking addiction in this life is not as strong as in his previous life, and he only smokes a few cigarettes a day.
But he thought it was troublesome to run around to buy cigarettes, so he would always buy two packs at a time.
Moreover, he now has three adopted sons in his dormitory, and there are so many employees in the game studio, so cigarettes are often distributed.
It's also quite expensive to smoke.
"Boss, take two black benefits." Cheng Zhu said to the owner of the convenience store.
The cigarette he was most used to smoking was still Haley.
"Okay." The boss stood up and got a cigarette.
When he returned to the apartment, he stopped beside Shen Qingning's Land Rover Range Rover.
"Why is the tire flat?" He looked at the right front wheel of the car.
Cheng Zhu squatted down and shone the flashlight on his mobile phone under the car, and found a nail on the tire.
He took a picture and sent it to Shen Qingning.
"Your tire is flat. There's a nail in it," he typed.
"You're downstairs?" she asked.
"Yes, next to your car. Do you have a portable inflatable device in your car?"
If there is an inflation device, he can just inflate it temporarily and then go to repair the tire. If not, he guessed that she would not change to a spare tire, so he could change it for her himself.
"some."
"Okay then, remember to inflate the tire before you go fix it."
"good."
Speaking of which, although there was an intimate contact that night, didn't she take the initiative to characterize the matter in the end? Cheng Zhu just walked down the stairs to avoid the need to confirm the relationship immediately. The daily contact between the two returned to the starting point, and the frequency of chatting was not high.
The relationship is definitely uncertain now!
But if there is a chance to kiss again next time, I will kiss you again!
After going upstairs, Cheng Zhu sat on the sofa, picked up his mobile phone and started choosing a place to have a midnight snack.
"Why not just go to that barbecue restaurant?" he thought.
Yes, it was the barbecue restaurant he took Chen Jieyu to.
"Tomorrow is the day for the autumn outing."
"I don't know what the counselor is doing now?"
University of Science and Technology, faculty and staff dormitory building.
Chen Jieyu's good mood for the whole day was ruined by a text message.
The autumn outing was supposed to take place tomorrow, and she had been looking forward to it for over a week.
In the afternoon, she started packing her suitcase.
I put a set of underwear, clean pajamas, eye masks, facial masks, etc. in it.
She hasn't gone out to play for a long time. Although the destination this time is just a simple B&B, she feels that since this special boy Cheng Zhu is here, this trip should be quite interesting.
She hesitated for a moment, wondering whether she should bring a bottle of red wine.
She is a light sleeper and often suffers from insomnia, so she has the habit of drinking some red wine occasionally before going to bed.
But it's funny to say that she used to drink red wine from a wine glass, after all, she was very delicate.
But now when she drinks, she always uses the small wine pot and small wine glass that Cheng Zhu helped her get from the barbecue restaurant.
"Forget it, just take the wine with you." Concubine Chen finally made the decision.
If the bed and pillow are not very comfortable to sleep on, it will probably be even more difficult to fall asleep at night.
Well, I definitely don’t want to have a drink with Cheng Zhu.
She is actually a little afraid to drink with him now.
Concubine Chen was worried that something might happen.
Because she knew very well what was suppressed in her heart.
Those are things that are even a bit against public order and morality.
And just half an hour ago, she received a text message.
The content of the text message made her feel emo, and her mood suddenly became bad.
That was a text message of deduction of fees, an automatic deduction for insurance renewal.
She didn't buy insurance for herself. She didn't really need it. After all, she was a university counselor, right?
She bought this insurance for her mother and started buying it the year before last as a birthday gift to her.
According to the lunar calendar, her mother's lunar birthday is next week this year.
The total insurance cost is less than 1,200, which is not expensive.
But for her who is already living in poverty, this is undoubtedly adding insult to injury!
She had forgotten about this matter and did not notice the previous renewal text message.
She took a look at her bank card balance and found that there was only over four hundred left.
Going out to play tomorrow means another expense.
"And then comes the winter that I hate the most."
Winter is her least favorite season because it can easily widen the gap between people.
Winter clothes can easily show whether a person is poor.
Because winter clothes are expensive, much more expensive than summer clothes.
Many of her refinements will be cheaper to maintain in warmer weather.
But winter is different.
Winter clothes of better quality are not cheap.
If it's a little more upscale, the price will suddenly be higher.
She probably won't buy any new clothes this winter.
Chen Jieyu looked at the deduction information on her mobile phone and couldn't help but think of how she and that man had cheated her of her money.
She tried very hard not to think about this matter, because every time she recalled it, she felt very uncomfortable.
"More than 400, minus the cost of tomorrow's trip."
There is still some time before the next salary payment.
And remember, she lives in Hangzhou.
A worker in Hangzhou who only has a few hundred yuan in his card can feel seriously lacking in security.
It can be said that one can’t even afford to get sick!
“I would never do that.”
"It wasn't supposed to be like this at all."
Her income was not enough to allow her to live a wealthy life, but at least she would not be so miserable in this helpless city.
That deep feeling of fatigue came over me again.
She also doesn't know when her life will end.
Chen Jieyu wanted to live an effortless life, but it seemed that she couldn't even appear to live an effortless life.
She needs a stable job.
But a stable job also often means that family members can visit you at any time.
This is what Chen Jieyu is most panicked, afraid of and worried about.
She felt as if an invisible net was enveloping her.
The emotions that had become stable because of Cheng Zhu collapsed again at this moment.
At this moment, she deeply realized a sentence:
“The collapse of contemporary people is a more chronic collapse.
It means that one neither wants to live, nor dares to die. 】”
That thought came to my mind again:
"It would be nice if I could live a different life."
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