Chapter 56
Li Qingzhu returned to the room in slippers, frowning and cursing softly, "I'm so pissed! No wonder girls don't like you."
He even mocked her for meddling in other people's business. Couldn't she hear that? Humph!
Li Qingzhu lay on the bed angrily. She had just thought that tonight would be a good opportunity to get closer to him, but her own words or two ruined it.
"Forget it, forget it, don't be angry." Li Qingzhu took a deep breath, patted his face and comforted himself.
At this moment, Leng Qingxiu opened the door and walked in. He saw the face of the person on the bed was puffed up with anger, and asked, "Are you really angry?"
A minute ago, just as he was about to open the door, he heard someone in the room talking to himself. He happened to hear the last words Li Qingzhu said.
Li Qingzhu sat up immediately after hearing the sound and asked in surprise, "Why are you up here? Aren't you still sitting downstairs?"
How come this person made no noise when she went upstairs? Did he hear everything she complained about just now?
Li Qingzhu calmed herself down and comforted herself in her heart, forget it, forget it, he heard it, anyway, she didn't say anything bad. Although she was comforting herself, she still hoped that Leng Qingxiu didn't hear what she just said.
"This is my room too. You told me to go to bed early, so I should take a shower first, right? I'm here to get my clothes." Leng Qingxiu pretended not to notice Li Qingzhu's shocked expression and looked around. He saw that there was an extra TV and a sofa in the room. They were both chosen by him and Li Qingzhu at the mall today.
"Then you can't just come in without knocking, right?" Li Qingzhu stared at the man who didn't knock with wide eyes.
"Sorry, I forgot." Leng Qingxiu apologized immediately when he heard her tone was wrong.
Then he added, "After all, I've lived here for several years. I thought I was the only one in the room and forgot you were still here." After that, Leng Qingxiu left. After he left, there were bursts of knocks on the door.
It would have been fine if he hadn't said that, but once he said that, Li Qingzhu got furious. Because his words clearly implied that he didn't value her! No one likes being ignored, not even her.
Li Qingzhu had to admit that she really wanted to vent the anger she had just felt towards Leng Qingxiu, but she had to hold it back.
"Excuse me, may I come in?" Leng Qingxiu stood outside the door and knocked politely a few times. After he finished this action, he suddenly realized that his behavior was not right. Why did he listen to Li Qingzhu's words and go out?
He stood outside the door and didn't hear Li Qingzhu calling him, so he knocked again.
Li Qingzhu watched Leng Qingxiu come in and out just now, and she couldn't help but laugh in her heart. She was not a stingy person. She sorted out her emotions and shouted to the people outside: "Okay, come in."
She was angry at Leng Qingxiu's lukewarm attitude towards her, and also felt guilty for saying the wrong thing. Whatever the reason, the atmosphere that had just relaxed the two of them had been broken and could not be restored.
After getting permission, Leng Qingxiu opened the door and came in.
As soon as he came in, he saw Li Qingzhu staring at him. He looked over, and her eyes still didn't dodge, and she was still looking at him straight.
Leng Qingxiu frowned and subconsciously touched his face. He had just been out for a while, so why did Li Qingzhu's expression change so much? And why was she even smiling at him?
Sure enough, women change their minds faster than turning the pages of a book.
Li Qingzhu stared at Leng Qingxiu because she felt that he was acting strange tonight. Seeing his still slightly red cheeks, she sat on the bed and smiled, "Leng Qingxiu, have you been drinking, so your head is a little unclear?"
Just now, downstairs, she had thought Leng Qingxiu was normal. Even after drinking, he wasn't drunk, and he didn't stutter. But now she thought about it. Would Leng Qingxiu say these things to her when he was sober? Definitely not! So why would she bother with someone who was drunk and had lost his mind?
Although Leng Qingxiu seemed easy to get along with, she knew that he always had a defense line in his heart that would not allow anyone to touch it.
Seeing Li Qingzhu laughing at him, Leng Qingxiu's expression was a little uncomfortable, because he didn't know why she was laughing at him. So as to what Li Qingzhu was laughing at, he had no answer in his heart.
"Ms. Li, did you enjoy listening to my story just now?"
Li Qingzhu didn't know why he asked this question. She nodded calmly, "Yeah, I'm happy."
"Then I have a question I want to ask you, can you tell me?"
He hasn't forgotten the man in the parking lot.
Li Qingzhu was confused and asked, "What's the question?"
What questions do you have that you come here specifically to ask her to answer?
Leng Qingxiu stared at Li Qingzhu calmly and said quietly, "What's your relationship with the man we met in the parking lot today?"
Originally, Leng Qingxiu was not interested in Li Qingzhu's private affairs, but he told her so much tonight and always felt that he was at a disadvantage, so he had to dig into her story.
Leng Qingxiu raised his leg and walked towards Li Qingzhu. Originally, Li Qingzhu was looking at him straight in the eyes, but now she had to look up at him as the distance between them shortened.
He looked down at Li Qingzhu, then bent down and asked her in a low voice, "Can you help me solve this doubt of mine?"
It was late at night, the white light in the room still on, and the wind outside whirred in through the cracks in the window. A deep voice came from the room, just like the voice of the anchorman on the TV news that Li Qingzhu had watched, rich and powerful, and even a bit alluring to her.
"What do you want to hear? The story between me and that man?"
When Li Qingzhu said this, she was indirectly telling Leng Qingxiu that she did know the man she met in the parking lot, and it was more than just acquaintance.
"Just say whatever you want to say. Actually, I'm quite curious about you." Leng Qingxiu sat down on the edge of the bed, unbuttoned the outer buttons of his black suit, and waited for Li Qingzhu to speak with a lazy look.
"You're quite free tonight." Li Qingzhu put on his coat and covered his legs with the blanket.
"Well, I'm free tonight." After all, he doesn't have to work overtime tonight.
There was a moment of silence in the room, and then a voice broke the silence.
"He was someone I liked before, but we didn't get together because of age." Li Qingzhu was thinking about how to start when Leng Qingxiu interrupted her, "I think he's quite old. There's a big age difference between you and him."
When Li Qingzhu heard this, her eyes stayed on him for a second or two.
"You're about the same as him."
Li Qingzhu: I am also in my thirties, not much different in age, and you still have the nerve to say that others are old.
"Really? Is it almost the same?" Leng Qingxiu didn't believe her.
Leng Qingxiu usually interacted with people of the same age, so there was nothing to compare them to. Besides, men wouldn't argue about age.
Li Qingzhu was a little surprised by Leng Qingxiu's tone. Afraid that he would be upset, she added, "Although you are already in your thirties, you don't look old. You look like a young man."
When Li Qingzhu mentioned her age, Leng Qingxiu thought about how old she was.
She's about twenty-five, maybe? A bit younger than him.
Seeing him silent, Li Qingzhu continued, "We were in an online relationship, or maybe not. It was just my unilateral view of it. He might have just seen me as a friend, but my intentions weren't quite so pure. Then, when we met in person, things fell apart. I lied about my age and confessed my feelings to him, but he rejected me and told me to study hard, and then we lost contact."
Indeed, when Deng Kangyu learned that Li Qingzhu was only 18, he told her to study hard and stop liking him. At that time, Li Qingzhu deliberately concealed her basic information online, but Deng Kangyu didn't hide much from her, at least not her age.
"How old were you at that time? How dare you fall in love online at such a young age?" The voice sounded a bit preachy.
Li Qingzhu looked at the serious face and spread her hands innocently. There was nothing she could do. Li Qingzhu was so bold at that time. She had a madness hidden deep in her bones that was unknown to those around her.
Seeing her indifferent expression, Leng Qingxiu didn't rush to say anything. He sat quietly and waited for her to explain.
"It happened when I was eighteen. Come to think of it, we're quite similar. We both confessed our feelings and got rejected."
Li Qingzhu noticed how similar her experiences were to Leng Qingxiu's, and couldn't help but sigh, "Isn't this a case of sympathy? Furthermore, we're quite predestined to be living under the same roof."
Thinking about it this way, they do have some similarities. At eighteen, they both confessed their feelings and were rejected, and after that, they stopped pursuing relationships. However, they also have differences. Li Qingzhu isn't with the person she likes, nor is she starting another relationship, while Leng Qingxiu constantly numbs himself with new relationships.
"Who is the same as you?" He would not fall in love with someone he had never even met.
At this moment, both of them were sitting on the bed, one with legs crossed and the other sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Okay, we are different." Li Qingzhu also felt that the way they dealt with feelings and their attitudes towards feelings were very different.
"How's it going? Has Mr. Leng's doubt been resolved?" Before Leng Qingxiu could speak, Li Qingzhu urged him to leave. "It's already past twelve o'clock. Go take a shower early. I'm going to bed."
Li Qingzhu picked up her phone and glanced at the time. Seeing Leng Qingxiu's sullen face, she actually felt happy. She felt relieved for what she had just done. She called out to him again, "Remember to close the door when you leave."
Before Leng Qingxiu could react, Li Qingzhu pushed him to his feet. He went to the closet to get his clothes. As he left, he saw her about to lie down and suddenly asked, "Are you feeling better?"
The two looked at each other for a moment because of this sentence.
Li Qingzhu met those eyes filled with alienation, and listened to the cautious tone because of making a mistake. She immediately understood in her heart that Leng Qingxiu asked her this question as a gentleman's courtesy to a girl.
He didn't think that he was the reason why she was angry. He just felt that girls should be given face, so his eyes and tone were not the same, which made people see his cautiousness.
She shook her head and smiled bitterly, "I'm not angry anymore."
After Leng Qingxiu left, Li Qingzhu threw off the small blanket covering her legs, got out of bed quickly, and walked over to lock the door without even putting on slippers.
Leng Qingxiu didn't walk far. When he heard the sound of the door being locked, he turned his head and looked at the door he had just left the room through.
Is this why she is no longer angry?
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