Chu Li's first reaction was to hide in the toilet. As soon as she jumped off the sofa and spread her legs, she was dragged back by the collar by Zhuo Chuan: "Why are you hiding in the toilet when you have your own room! Get out! Close the door! Don't come out if you hear any noise!"

Chu Li asked reflexively, "What could possibly happen? Are you and Jiang Yucheng going to kill someone or do something shameful?"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Are you going to hide from me?"

"Why are you hiding? Just tell them that I'm here to watch over you during your book pre-sale tonight, and be ready to deal with any unexpected situation at any time..." Chu Li grabbed Zhao Chuan's sleeve with her backhand, with a look on her face: Oh my God, how could I be so smart.

Zhuo Chuan glanced at her. Her face was still red after she cried, and the water droplets on her eyelashes were not shaken off. She looked a little proud... His eyes darkened, and he moved his gaze from her face to her smooth and white shoulders: "It's going to snow outside in a few days, and you are wearing this nightgown and waiting for the pre-sale of "Luohe Divine Book" with me in my house? You might as well tell me that Jiang Yucheng and I have been married for a long time and have a son, a daughter and a dog..."

"Where is my son?"

“Boarding school.”

"Where is my daughter?"

"With her brother."

“…”

Chu Li looked at the man speechlessly, and was about to make a sarcastic remark with his lips, but at this moment he heard a creaking sound from the gate of the yard, followed by Ergou's cheerful barking and Jiang Yucheng's voice of "I'm coming in". The two people in the room exchanged horrified glances: only now did they realize that the useless nonsense they said together was always a bit too much.

Zhu Chuan regretted raising a stupid dog whose only skill besides eating was opening the door for strange people. If Chu Li ran upstairs again, the creaking stairs in the attic would reveal everything. In a hurry, Zhu Chuan had to grab her wrist and drag her to his room on the first floor, open the closet door, and directly stuff the person in his arms inside...

Just about to close the closet door.

Suddenly, the person sitting on the stacked quilts reached out and grabbed his wrist. Just as Zhuochuan was about to close the closet door, he paused and raised his head to meet a pair of dark eyes.

"..." Chu Li stared at her fingertips that were clasping the man's wrist. After a moment's hesitation, she loosened her grip a little, "Zhu Chuan."

The man did not take his hand away. He held the closet door with one hand, and Chu Li held the other hand in his palm. He half-bent his waist and stood in front of the closet like a small mountain. He stared blankly at the person in the closet who was looking up at him for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Why don't you call me teacher? I just noticed that you keep calling me Zhuochuan... You sold me a big book and this is how you act. Are you so arrogant?"

The tone of his speech was still nonchalant.

Chu Li pursed her lips and said, "Did you really not hear what I said just now?"

Zhaochuan was silent for a moment, and this silence made Chu Li feel very uncomfortable.

At this time, the sound of Ergou's paws tapping came from outside the door. The door was opened and Jiang Yucheng stood at the entrance and shouted, "Zhechuan, where are your slippers? The last time I came, they were on the second layer of the shoe cabinet... There are no slippers. Has no one ever visited your home? Do you have no friends?"

"I put the guest slippers on the third floor when I cleaned the house last time." Chu Li retracted her hand from the man's wrist and said in a low voice, "My shoes are on the first floor of the shoe cabinet. Don't let Jiang Yucheng open it and see them... You can't wash them away even if you jump into the Yellow River."

Zhao Chuan nodded silently, stood up, opened the closet door, turned around, walked away, opened the door and yelled to the person outside: "Prepare slippers for a friend like you? After wearing them, I will have to disinfect the remaining scum bacteria, which is not worth it...

What am I doing in the shoe cabinet? Let go, the slippers are on the third layer!"

Chu Chuan's voice seemed to come from far away. When the last beam of light disappeared from her sight, Chu Li hugged her knees and silently looked at the dim light of the floor lamp in Chu Chuan's room through the gap in the closet.

The fingertips still retained the remaining warmth of his arm.

Chu Li could vaguely hear the sound of conversation coming from outside. He slightly tightened his arms around his knees, curled up in the small closet, put his head on his knees, and stared blankly.

I don’t know when Teacher Jiang Yucheng will leave.

He probably came here at this time to check out the pre-sale of Chu Chuan. To be honest, he doesn't want to spend the night here, right?

Then I have to stay in the closet all night? What should I do if I have to pee urgently in the middle of the night?

The closet was filled with the scent of Chuan Chuan, which made me feel a little dizzy.

Chu Li's head tilted, and it hit the wall of the closet with a "bang" -

Teacher Jiang Yucheng, you came at the perfect time.

I was just about to...

He was daydreaming when at this moment the door of the closet in front of him was suddenly pulled open. Chu Li was startled and shrank back. He raised his head and found that the person standing outside the closet with an expressionless face was Zhuo Chuan, who had walked away and then turned back!

"Teacher?"

Chu Li blinked in surprise.

"He went to the bathroom," the man put his hands on the edge of the closet, bent over and leaned half of his body into the closet, his voice low, "You just asked me if I heard what you said when the doorbell rang, I really didn't hear it, if -"

[Ah Chuan!!! Ah Chuan!!! Where is the toilet paper in your house!!! Slippers don’t have toilet paper and you don’t have the paper you usually use to wipe your butt with your hands!!!]

The roar coming from the toilet made Zhuchuan's eyebrows raise. He wiped his face speechlessly, turned around and shouted to the outside: "Just use your hands!!!"

Twist your head again.

Chu Li's lips twitched, and all the sadness in her heart disappeared. She raised her head and stared at Zhu Chuan blankly. She heard the man say in a faint voice: "If it's important, then you can tell me again later."

Chu Li: "..."

Chu Li: "Actually... it's not that important."

Chu Li stared into Zhu Chuan's eyes and moved his hands on his knees: "Teacher, how much is the pre-sale?"

"More than 50,000." When talking about his book, Zhuo Chuan's expression softened a little. "I really want to thank you this time. You did a good job. From what you said in the cinema that day, it seems that you really intend to do more than just talk... If you want the novella serialized on Weibo, just take it."

"Really?"

The last word "slippers" can make people feel ecstatic.

A clear smile was visible on Chu Li's face, but in the dark closet, her eyes seemed to be filled with crushed starlight because of the man's compliment.

Zhuo Chuan also laughed and reached out to ruffle her hair: "Do you really have nothing else to say to me?"

Chu Li shrank his neck, and as Jiang Yucheng was yelling hysterically outside the door, "Alpaca Achuan, your legs are going numb from squatting to get me some paper," he smiled and said, "I'll tell you later."

"What?"

"I'll tell you when the time is right," Chu Li stretched out her hand and closed the closet. "Not now. I'm too impatient..."

"I'm curious now that you mention it."

"What the hell are you curious about..." Chu Li closed the closet with a "bang", "Goodbye."