"I won't cry," Chen Lu said with a light laugh.
“That’s not what I meant…” Liang Zhirou became a little anxious, not knowing how to explain.
Chen Lu looked at her amusedly, "I know, I was just teasing you."
Liang Zhirou puffed out her cheeks. She had just felt that Chen Lu was being particularly kind to her, and now this guy was starting to bully her.
That's too much.
I can't really get angry, so I can only protest like this to maintain the semblance of life.
Chen Lu didn't care about anything along the way; he just followed Liang Zhirou wherever she went.
Fortunately, Liang Zhirou knew the way well and quickly led him to a small mound.
She pursed her lips, suppressing her sadness, and stepped forward to pull up the weeds around the mound of earth.
"I'll help you."
Upon hearing this, Liang Zhirou looked up in a daze and saw Chen Lu squatting on the other side doing the same thing, carefully and efficiently.
She didn't say anything more, just sniffed, and continued to lower her head, trying to pull as fast as possible.
The girl knew she couldn't persuade Chen Lu, but she also knew that if she was quick, Chen Lu would have to do less work.
Time flies when you're busy, and before you know it, dusk has fallen and the sky is getting dark, which makes you feel depressed.
By this time, the two had cleared most of the weeds around the grave. Chen Lu stood up, clapped his hands, and said to the girl, "If you have something to say, I'll stand over there and wait a bit before coming over."
Liang Zhirou's gaze remained fixed on Chen Lu's mud-covered hands, and she nodded with a complicated expression.
He then took out the paper money he had bought from his canvas bag and drew a circle on the ground with his finger.
Chen Lu leaned against a tree in the distance, silently watching the girl.
A few minutes later, all that could be seen in his eyes was a ball of fire.
The flickering firelight illuminated the surroundings in the night, revealing Liang Zhirou's delicate and beautiful profile and the line of clear tears that kept sliding down her cheek.
......
Liang Zhirou's eyes felt dry from the high temperature, and she unconsciously closed them.
She knelt quietly on the ground, gently patting the soil with her hand, before speaking slowly in a very soft voice:
"Dad, I'm sorry..."
"I'm still slowly saving up money for my mother's medical treatment, but it looks like I'll have to wait until after graduation no matter what."
"I'm still as useless as ever, but I really tried my best."
"Oh, right, Dad, I found a boyfriend, and he's really, really good to me."
"I really like him."
"I really didn't neglect my mom while dating, please don't blame me..."
Perhaps because she had revealed her most vulnerable thoughts, the girl became somewhat choked up.
"If you're not angry with me anymore, come visit me in my dreams. You haven't come in so long."
"I've almost forgotten what you look like..."
As she muttered to herself, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure standing beside her.
He then lowered himself further until he was at roughly the same height as her, who was kneeling.
Chen Lu knelt down there with her.
His movements were swift and decisive, without any hesitation.
"Hello, Uncle, my name is Chen Lu."
Under the girl's shocked and stunned gaze, he said in a deep voice:
"Leave everything to me from now on."
Liang Zhirou's mouth kept opening and closing, but in the end, all the words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't say them.
Actually, she didn't know what she wanted to say.
He could only turn his head away and silently keep putting the paper money into the fire, watching it turn red and finally turn into ashes.
The firelight became incredibly blurry in her eyes, but she couldn't stop the two lines of tears streaming down her cheeks.
She was sobbing uncontrollably, and Chen Lu knelt beside her silently, keeping her company.
Liang Zhirou felt that if, many years later, someone asked her at what moment she started wanting to marry Chen Lu, she would be very happy.
She thought she might say she wanted to marry him every single moment.
But if you ask yourself the moment you most want to marry Chen Lu.
That must be now.
The wounds inflicted on her by all the hardships over the years began to heal gradually from this moment on.
......
"Walking in the mountains at night is really scary."
While complaining, Chen Lu gently wiped the girl's tears with a tissue.
The two sat in the car, and Chen Lu, unusually, turned on the car stereo.
Don't ask, I just suddenly wanted to listen to music, it has nothing to do with trying to boost my courage.
He only just realized that moonlight can also provide illumination.
Unlike in the city, here at night when there is no moon, it's truly pitch black.
There was no light at all.
"You're actually afraid of bugs?" Liang Zhirou said, her voice trembling with tears.
Chen Lu felt like dying. How could he ruin his lifelong reputation over a tiny bug? "Can we forget about this?"
"don't want."
A tear still clung to the corner of Liang Zhirou's upturned eye, but Chen Lu could tell that she was indeed smiling.
Looking at the girl, Chen Lu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Forget it, a lifetime of illustrious reputation is utterly useless.
As long as this silly guy is happy.
"Actually, I wasn't afraid of bugs when I was a kid," Chen Lu said with a helpless expression as he started the engine.
"It wasn't until later that I took a magnifying glass and observed their mouthparts, especially those of crickets and spiders."
He shuddered slightly. "I've been afraid of bugs ever since. I just can't stand them touching my skin."
Liang Zhirou felt a little uneasy at what he said. She rubbed her eyes and said softly, "Isn't it a bit unsafe for you to be so tired? Why don't you... why don't you just sleep in the car for the night?"
She mustered up the courage to make a suggestion that she would never normally make in her life.
"Sleeping in the car all night might suffocate you, silly." Chen Lu poked her head.
If it were just him, he might actually open the car window a little and make do for the night.
But I can't leave this silly girl with me; I'm really worried about not taking her home.
"Then you should take a nap," Liang Zhirou said softly, as if afraid that Chen Lu would disagree with her again.
Chen Lu was really tired; she could tell. The empty Red Bull cans next to her proved it.
As she spoke, she turned her gaze to the seats behind her.
"You can... sleep with your head on my lap."
The girl's voice grew softer and softer until it was completely inaudible.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Chen Lu immediately felt wide awake and became full of energy.
However, his remaining rationality prompted him to ask with a wicked grin, "We're in the middle of nowhere right now. You can scream your lungs out and no one will come to save you. Aren't you afraid I'll have ulterior motives?"
Liang Zhirou shook her head firmly, "Don't be afraid, you're not that kind of person."
"What if I am?" he asked, leaning closer to the girl with a mischievous grin.
The girl thought about it seriously for a while, looking both nervous and scared, but still spoke earnestly in a trembling voice:
"Then, then I like you too..."
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