Liang Zhirou was surprised that Chen Lu still remembered this. She was taken aback at first, then smiled at him and said, "I've brought you back here, how could you not guess?"
She tiptoed again, brought her mouth close to Chen Lu's ear, and whispered in a slightly playful tone:
"Master Chen?"
Chen Lu looked embarrassed and muttered, "There's no such thing as Master Chen. It's just a frog's fantasy before it gets boiled."
Liang Zhirou was amused by his words and giggled. She held his arm tightly and continued walking slowly.
She deliberately slowed her pace, hoping to make time move slower as well.
As she looked at the clouds and mist on the mountaintop, all the events of the past few years flashed before her eyes.
In the blink of an eye, both children have achieved success in their careers, and Yunqi has even started a family at a young age.
Liang Zhirou suddenly felt a little dazed; how could time have passed so quickly?
I remember her still outsmarting Chen Lu in that old rented room.
He tricked her into wearing the drama club costume when they first met, then coaxed her into tutoring Xiao Mo to earn living expenses, and then secretly took the money his mother needed for surgery.
The first time we went to the movies, I tricked her into holding my hand, coaxed her to take a nap at the rented apartment, and then slowly tricked her into sharing a bed with me.
...Thinking about it carefully, how come this person has been lying to her all along?
I'm so annoyed.
Then, her world's smartest Mu Zhimu was tricked into giving birth to twins, a boy and a girl, by a slight mistake.
Two sensible and promising children.
Liang Zhirou's eyes suddenly curved into a smile.
Although she's been fooled quite a few times, she's truly happy.
Compared to these, the suffering I endured before was nothing.
Now it's so blurry that I can't even remember it.
During her most painful time, this man suddenly ran over to her and said: Life is actually very beautiful, I want to take you to see it.
When Chen Lu waved his hand, it was as if he wanted to encompass all the world's splendor.
He did it.
Chen Lu gave her all the good things in his life, and she gave all the thrills of her life to this man.
"Can I kiss you?" Liang Zhirou asked with a smile.
"shameless."
After saying that, Chen Lu took off running, leaving Liang Zhirou chasing after him. Seeing that the silly boy was about to pounce on him, he quickly pointed to the distant mountains and shouted, "Look, there's a little deer!"
He's getting old; he really can't handle that level of rocket header anymore.
But he just couldn't resist showing off.
Liang Zhirou turned her head to look, momentarily forgetting that she was chasing someone, and threw herself into his arms.
"What's wrong?" Chen Lu asked when he saw Liang Zhirou's brows furrowed slightly.
"I think I twisted my ankle," Liang Zhirou puffed out her cheeks. "But it seems okay."
"I told you not to chase after her." Chen Lu shrugged and helped her to sit down on a bench.
"Why don't you just let me bump into you quietly..."
"Human language?"
Chen Lu returned after borrowing medicine from the staff, and a group of young people also arrived at the top of the mountain—clearly, they had also given up.
"Let me apply it for my mom," Chen Yunqi said, seeing Chen Lu squat down to apply the medicine for Liang Zhirou.
"Get out of here, only your dad can do this job, no one else can."
Chen Lu waved to him and looked down to check Liang Zhirou's ankles for any redness or swelling.
"Then Jiang Nan and I will go to that temple to pray for a grandson for you soon!"
As soon as Chen Yunqi finished speaking, Jiang Nan, whose face was flushed, pinched him hard.
"Go, go, this place is very effective."
Liang Zhirou said with a light smile, completely forgetting that she was now half injured.
"I'm telling you in advance, don't expect your mother and me to help you take care of the child."
Chen Lu muttered coldly, then suddenly gave Liang Zhirou a mischievous grin, "Your mom is busy enjoying some alone time with me."
Liang Zhirou turned her face away in embarrassment. She was too old to be talking to a child like that.
While she was thinking this to herself, the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up in a smile.
"Got it!" Chen Yunqi smiled and glanced at his wife. Jiang Nan wanted to complain, but she just smiled when she saw him.
Seeing the two young people running away hand in hand, Chen Lu turned his gaze back to Liang Zhirou, carefully applying the medicine to her ankle, and muttered to himself:
"You'll be a grandparent in a few years, and you'll still be so stupid and clumsy."
Upon hearing this, Liang Zhirou felt even more aggrieved: "It's all because you lied to me and said there was a deer over there. I got excited and ran fast..."
"I never imagined you'd believe that." Chen Lu suddenly burst out laughing.
"I definitely believe you."
Seeing his smile grow even brighter, Liang Zhirou couldn't help but pout and say in a wronged tone, "You've been lying to me for most of my life...you bad guy."
Chen Lu raised his head and gently pinched her cheek as a threat. Liang Zhirou narrowed her eyes and indeed became obedient.
Life wasn't kind to this simpleton at first, but time has been exceptionally kind to her. She seems to never grow old, and even now she still has a beautiful face... only a single white hair at her temple reveals the fact that she is no longer young.
Chen Lu silently pulled out the white hair, watched it being blown away by the breeze in his palm, and then let out a helpless sigh.
Mingming always felt that the day the two of them climbed Mount Tai together was not long ago, but now that she thinks about it carefully, it was more than 20 years ago.
They were still naively dating back then, but now their children are either married or have established their own careers...
"What are you thinking about?" Liang Zhirou asked.
"I'm thinking..."
Chen Lu shifted his gaze back to Liang Zhirou's face, and when he saw those clear, jewel-like eyes, he froze in shock.
A gentle breeze swept through the mountains, softly ruffling the girl's bangs. Even after so many years, her innocent eyes remained clear and beautiful, just as he had seen them that evening when the wind blew her bangs aside.
Chen Luxin jumped twice, and in a daze, it seemed as if she had returned to that night when the two first met.
That night, he saw skyscrapers, a sky full of stars, and himself in Liang Zhirou's eyes.
Now, it seems as if he sees his younger self again in the girl's clear and bright eyes.
Liang Zhirou's eyes were already a little moist, and her pupils trembled slightly, clearly indicating that she had also recalled the same thing.
This time, Liang Zhirou spoke first. She slowly reached out and gently stroked Chen Lu's cheek with her palm.
"You said... if only time could slow down a little."
Loving someone like this, a lifetime is really too short.
Chen Lu simply raised the corners of his mouth and quietly met her gaze.
A moment later, Chen Lu snorted coldly and said with a wicked smile, "Whatever, I'll lie to you again in my next life anyway."
Liang Zhirou was stunned for a moment, wiped away her tears and smiled, then suddenly threw herself into his arms.
"rogue!"
Thank you... for once again accidentally entering my life on that early spring night.
(The End)
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