Chapter 74
"I lied to you before." Xia Meng blinked and said with a smile, "I've never been in a relationship."
Li Zhou was stunned, and his subconscious reaction was that it was unlikely.
She is such a wonderful person.
Funny, lively, kind and gentle.
It is perfectly normal to fall in love with her as long as you have come into contact with her.
How could she have never been in love?
"Why else..." Xia Meng smiled at his dazed look, "Same reason as you."
Because it was him, I was moved and had this thought.
If I have to give a reason, it's because he's good enough.
Xia Meng raised her hand and pinched his chin: "So you don't have to be so stubborn, and you don't have to do everything perfectly."
Anyway, it's their first time being in love, so it's normal to feel awkward.
Li Zhou couldn't help but lean over and kiss her.
After the kiss, she mumbled, "...I always feel like you're comforting me."
Xia Meng laughed. "If I must compare, I'd say you've always been the one giving so much for me. You've protected me wholeheartedly, cooked for me, and helped me get familiar with the whistle. It seems I haven't done anything for you."
Li Zhou: "How is that possible? You've done enough for me."
Xia Meng was stunned: "What do you mean?"
She wasn't being polite; she truly felt she had done nothing for him.
Li Zhou said solemnly, "Meeting you is the best thing that has ever happened to me."
He said this sincerely.
During this time with her, he had many new experiences.
For example, wanting to protect someone wholeheartedly.
For example, the feeling of liking someone.
For example, he understood what friends and family meant... These were what he felt from her and the people who were attracted to her and surrounded her.
All of this made him feel very good.
She is beautiful.
It's also beautiful to like her.
He even liked himself who liked her.
Thinking of this, Xia Meng looked up at him.
He put down what he was holding as if he had realized something, walked around the counter and walked towards her.
The two kissed naturally.
He picked her up and she hung on him.
He held her slightly higher than him, so she lowered her head slightly and held his face in her hands.
The lips and tongue are warm and soft.
He pushed forward and she pushed back.
Then entwine together.
Take from each other and give to each other.
At this moment, there is no need to talk about skills or lack of skills, or proficiency or lack of proficiency.
Purely instinctive.
Xia Meng felt him holding her and sitting her on the island counter.
His hand seemed to reach into his clothes and move up along the skin of his back.
By the time Xia Meng came to her senses, she had already unbuttoned three or four of his shirt buttons.
The two of them separated slightly, and Xia Meng looked at her hands that seemed to have self-awareness and laughed.
Li Zhou also came back to his senses.
His hand froze on her back, then he pulled it away guiltily and carefully pulled her clothes up.
He stood up straight, pressed his forehead against hers, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that."
In fact, Xia Meng didn’t have one either.
Unfortunately, the body reacts faster than the brain.
This kind of thing is not impossible.
After all, they are both normal adults with normal body and mind, and it is normal for them to fall in love and do anything.
Besides, now that we live together, it is only reasonable to have some more joyful exchanges that unite our souls and bodies.
She didn't reject this, and she didn't reject doing it with Li Zhou.
But now is not the time.
I just don't know what Li Zhou is thinking...
Their bodies were pressed tightly together, so she could certainly feel some normal physiological changes taking place somewhere in his body.
Li Zhou also reacted.
Now I feel a little embarrassed even to look into her eyes.
He tilted his head and buried it in her shoulder, hugged her, and said shyly: "I didn't mean to do that, I just... couldn't control myself."
Xia Meng nodded with forced composure.
I understand, I totally understand, it's a normal physiological reaction.
She raised her hand and touched the back of his head out of habit, trying to comfort him, but the next second she found that his whole body was frozen.
Xia Meng: “…”
Li Zhou snorted: "Don't touch my head..."
Xia Meng quickly raised her hands, as if surrendering to the police.
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, okay, I won't move, you take your time."
It took a while for Li Zhou to return to normal.
Li Zhou finally let her go.
When I stood up straight, my eyes were a little wandering and I felt a little embarrassed.
Xia Meng thought he was so cute and couldn't help teasing him: "Actually, it's not impossible for you to continue if you want to."
Li Zhou glanced at her.
He obviously also felt that she was joking and teasing him on purpose.
Li Zhou raised his hand and pinched her nose, saying unhappily, "Don't tease me on purpose."
She probably didn't understand how hot-blooded and vulnerable men in their twenties were.
In other words, they were bullying him because he was just beginning to fall in love and had only just come to his senses a few days ago. The software loading progress was a little slow, and he lacked a little courage to make a final move.
Besides, today is not the right day.
A lot of things happened today, and he knew she still had a lot of emotions that she hadn't had time to process.
He felt sorry for her.
Especially the look in her eyes when she was standing in Luo Xunfei's ward.
I feel so helpless and frustrated.
It's like a little animal abandoned by the whole world.
Xia Meng smiled and said, "I didn't tease you."
Li Zhou: “…”
He had no choice but to change the subject: "Let's have dinner first."
Fortunately, I turned off the induction cooker just now.
Otherwise the steak will burn.
He turned around, took out the steak and borscht in bowls and plates, and brought them to the dining table.
Xia Meng felt that Li Zhou's cooking skills were becoming more and more perfect.
The ingredients used are good and the frying and grilling techniques are also good.
The top-quality fillet is fat and lean, and the aroma of butter is just right, with a rich creamy aroma.
Medium rare, melts in your mouth.
Xia Meng ate to her heart's content.
Seeing her satisfied look, Li Zhou couldn't help but smile.
Her expression was the best reward for him.
After eating and drinking, Li Zhou went to wash the dishes very skillfully.
There was a dishwasher in the room, so he didn't have to use it.
After finishing her meal, Xia Meng strolled around the living room, watching the last bit of sunset light disappear over the horizon. She tilted her head and said, "Li Zhou, I really feel like I haven't done anything for you. How about today?"
Li Zhou washed his hands and turned around: "What about today?"
Xia Meng said seriously: "Enter your mental image and help you find your-"
The previous statement was to help him find his engraving guide.
But she knew very well.
What was more important now was that she had to confirm whether that person was her.
And...why do they have such a connection?
Li Zhou hesitated for a moment: "It might be dangerous, are you sure?"
Xia Meng nodded.
She was mentally prepared.
She had a hunch that she seemed to be able to find some clues in his mental picture.
I have to go no matter how dangerous it is.
Li Zhou seemed to have made up his mind and nodded.
"good."
…
The process of entering the spiritual picture is the process of guidance.
Given their relationship, they naturally didn't need to keep a distance like other people and sit at separate tables.
Li Zhou sat down on the sofa and patted his legs towards her.
Xia Meng couldn't help laughing again.
He almost had a gun go off accidentally once before, but this guy still hasn't learned his lesson.
Li Zhou's expression was as if it was a matter of course.
He looked at her innocently: "My mental picture is too dangerous. I need some extra comfort, okay?"
Xia Meng: “…”
Yes, of course.
He said it so pitifully, so we have to do it even if it’s impossible.
Xia Meng is also a brave person.
Just sit on it directly.
The two faced each other.
Xia Meng placed her hands on his chest, and her palms could feel the sound of his heartbeat inside his chest, thump, thump, thump, and it was quite fast.
He does seem a little nervous.
Li Zhou suddenly said, "There's one more thing. I may have mentioned it before, but I'll remind you again."
Xia Meng: "What?"
Li Zhou: "I can't enter my own mental picture."
Xia Meng nodded. She also remembered this incident: "I know."
She was mentally prepared.
Once she entered his mental picture, she had to rely on herself for everything.
In other words, Li Zhou could not give her any form of help, and she had to rely on herself for everything.
He frowned, still feeling uneasy: "I still think it's too dangerous, why don't you just forget it..."
Thinking of those guides who had confidently stepped into his spiritual picture before, they all failed without exception.
The power of the "nightmare" is so strong that almost everyone who enters it, regardless of whether they are injured or not, will be left with a psychological trauma that will be difficult to erase for the rest of their lives.
He didn't want Xia Meng to suffer like this.
He could only watch helplessly.
Xia Meng held his face and gave him a confident smile.
She tilted her head and looked at him: "Don't you have this little confidence in me? And you came to me in the first place because you were interested in my abilities, right?"
When she said that, he also remembered.
I remembered that I had come to her house, persuaded her to enter the Black Tower, and mentioned my spiritual vision to her for the first time.
At that time she asked him why he chose her?
How did he answer at that time?
It seems to be saying... because she doesn't look like she would die easily.
He never expected that the casual words he said at that time would lead to an arrow piercing his knee with a "puff" sound.
He pursed his lips in frustration.
Xia Meng stopped teasing him.
She stood up and got off his lap and sat next to him, shoulder to shoulder.
She stretched out her right hand and overlapped it with his left.
She tilted her head and rested it on his shoulder.
Mental power condensed from her palm little by little, and then flowed towards him.
She took a deep, quiet breath.
nightmare.
What kind of nightmare is waiting for her?
She closed her eyes.
She crossed his mental barrier in one step.
A thick fog dissipated before my eyes.
The sun shone brightly, caressing her face warmly.
Xia Meng opened her eyes and saw a field of swaying sycamore branches in front of her.
The breeze blew by, and the leaves made a rustling sound.
The sunlight fell dappled on her face.
Above her head was a tree.
Towering trees.
The tree canopy is not very lush, and from time to time golden and red leaves are blown off the branches by the wind.
It looked like a perfectly normal autumn day.
Is this... a nightmare?
She felt a little strange in her heart.
She turned over and climbed up.
Just as she raised her head and was about to look around, her gaze suddenly stopped at something not far away.
A few steps away stood a tombstone.
There was a man sitting next to the tombstone with his head bowed.
She knew it was Li Zhou's back at a glance.
Didn’t he say he couldn’t get in?
Why are you here now?
She walked quickly towards him.
She walked around in front of him and was about to speak, but the words were on the tip of her tongue when she suddenly froze.
The person before me...
With her years of medical experience and keen eyesight, she could tell at a glance that something was not right with him.
It's not like sleeping, nor like being unconscious, but——
She reached out cautiously and sniffed his breath.
No breath.
She hesitated, then reached out and touched his neck.
Not to mention the pulse, the moment she touched it, she felt the coolness on her fingertips.
Dead.
He has been dead for a long time.
What does this mean?
Is this her nightmare? ?
Xia Meng couldn't help but look at his face.
It was indeed her Li Zhou.
He leaned quietly against the side of the tombstone.
Close your eyes peacefully.
There was a deep gloom between his brows.
Xia Meng's gaze followed his face and gradually looked at the tombstone.
The tombstone is an anonymous one.
There is no name engraved on it.
But there is a totem mark engraved on it.
Xia Meng's gaze froze.
A totem with interlaced gold and silver.
Sun, moon, and stars.
Her tombstone...?
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