Chapter 456: The Old Water Blue Star 9
Mai Dongzi is a very principled and determined person, and often conflicts with Li Ruiyou's desire for control. However, Li Ruiyou never confronts her head-on, and always achieves his goals in a roundabout way without making a sound.
It's not that Mai Dongzi doesn't know his methods, but as a family member, she is Xiaofu, and she is still a university student, so she shouldn't know so much.
In order to prevent Li Ruiyou from suspecting her, she had to pretend not to know even when she knew.
Li Ruiyou picked up a professional book to read. After Mai Dongzi sat down, he habitually came over and read the book she chose with her.
When Mai Dongzi first opened the novel, she was a little careless, but gradually she became absorbed in it. She didn't know why, but she always felt that the heroine Lucy in the novel touched her heart and she liked this heroine very much.
Li Ruiyou is usually not interested in entertainment novels. Occasionally, when Mai Dongzi is reading, he will come over to take a look, then he will lose interest and continue reading his own book.
But this time he was so absorbed in it that he gently pulled the book towards him and read it with Mai Dongzi.
Mai Dongzi reads very fast, basically reading one line at a time. She was worried that Li Ruiyou could not keep up with her reading speed, but she didn't expect that he could keep up with her.
The two of them watched it for more than two hours, and they were only halfway through it.
When Mai Dongzi came back from the bathroom, he saw Li Ruiyou reading the ending of the novel.
"This novel is a tragedy. Prince Arthur died along with the main force of the Goyan people for the sake of the Dagula galaxy," said Li Ruiyou.
He seemed to be somewhat affected by the tragedy in the novel, and his mood was a little low. But not only him, but also Mai Dongzi felt a little sad when he heard the ending.
"Prince Arthur is a heroic figure, very positive," Mai Dongzi commented.
As a soldier, Mai Dongzi thinks Prince Arthur's values are very positive.
"The times create heroes. His status determines his behavior. For the sake of his people, he made such a sacrifice," said Li Ruiyou.
Mai Dongzi didn't quite agree with his words. Many people are in a position of power but do nothing. Prince Arthur did this because he had a strong sense of responsibility. With his status, if he was a little more selfish, he would not sacrifice himself for the sake of the people.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening. It would take at least two or three hours to finish reading the book, so the two packed up and went back.
Mai Dongzi was about to borrow the unfinished novel back to her dormitory to continue reading, but when she went to check and complete the borrowing procedures, the administrator said that the book was not registered and she had to check and complete the borrowing procedures before she could borrow it.
Mai Dongzi had no choice but to leave the novel there and told the administrator to leave the novel for her, saying that she would definitely come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
The librarian agreed, but Mai Dongzi had a feeling in her heart that she would never see this novel again.
That night, Mai Dongzi had the same dream he had had since childhood.
When she woke up from this dream again, she remembered that she hadn't had this dream for a long time since she and Li Ruiyou were together. She used to have this dream at least once or twice a month.
Mai Dongzi recovered her mood and looked at the time. It was almost time to get up, but her roommate hadn't moved yet. Not wanting to wake her roommate up, she lay back down and prepared to get up at the appointed time.
After lying back in bed, she thought about her dream again.
In her dreams, she had never been able to see the faces of the woman and the young officer clearly, and she didn't feel much about it. But this time, she suddenly felt that the young officer gave her a familiar feeling.
If the only thing she saw clearly in her dream was the young officer's blue eyes, Mai Dongzi would have thought that the young officer was somewhat similar to Li Ruiyou.
Mai Dongzi was thinking about the novel, but unfortunately she was not free that day, and she did not go to the library until the afternoon of the third day.
Her feeling was proved to be correct. When she looked for the book in the library, the librarian told her that the book did not exist.
Mai Dongzi was unwilling to give up and told the librarian about what happened the day before yesterday, but the librarian had no recollection of what happened at that time and did not remember at all what she had said to Mai Dongzi the day before yesterday about registering the novel.
Mai Dongzi could feel that the librarian was not lying to her, she really didn't remember it.
Lee Seo-woo shared the same view: "Unless there is something serious about this novel that was dealt with by the school and we students cannot know about it, the librarian would lie to us. Otherwise, it is just an entertainment novel, there is no need to lie. Besides, she doesn't look like she is lying, she really has no impression of it, as if it never happened."
Because this incident was experienced by two people together, Mai Dongzi and Li Ruiyou both felt that this incident was a bit fantastic. Li Ruiyou was more careful than Mai Dongzi. He wrote down the novel and the author of the novel at that time. After he couldn't find the novel in the library, he mobilized some forces to look for the novel outside.
As a result, no such book was found, so the two had to let the matter go. However, this matter remained a suspense in their hearts.
In mid-December, on Professor Li's birthday, Li Ruiyou took Mai Dongzi to G City to meet his parents.
Mai Dongzi was happy about the hope of further developing the relationship with Li Ruiyou, but at the same time, he was heavy-hearted because of the relationship between the two.
Li's parents are both university professors. They are both very elegant and have a very good attitude towards Mai Dongzi.
Both of them had actually watched the video of Mai Dongzi's brave act and were very impressed by her courage.
Professor Li also said a few words, teaching Mai Dongzi what kind of posture he should use to fall to the ground to protect himself from injury when his body became unstable after kicking the gangster.
When Mai Dongzi heard this, he knew that Professor Li also had some skills.
She fell down deliberately and let it happen naturally, which was why she fell so hard. But she couldn't say to them, so of course she looked like she was being taught a lesson.
Although Mai Dongzi was with Li Ruiyou, she was very careful about the boundaries of their relationship and never agreed to spend the night with him.
As a girl, it is not wrong to be so reserved.
But this night, the two of them inevitably had the opportunity to be alone together. When Mai Dongzi was held in Li Ruiyou's arms, she was determined not to spend the night with him in the same room, and he did not insist, but chose to respect her.
After he held her for a long time without moving, he suddenly asked, "Shiqi, I think I have shown great sincerity, but you are still not very confident in our relationship. Why?"
Mai Dongzi was slightly startled. She knew that Li Ruiyou was very sensitive. She thought she had kept her feelings well hidden, but she didn't expect that he saw through her.