Liang Zhirou didn't say anything more, reached out to adjust the hat on her head, and turned her head back.
Chen Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It scared him to death.
This simpleton is clever, but not entirely clever.
Fortunately, he was more skilled.
After walking a few steps, it began to get dark.
Chen Lu exhaled a breath of hot air, watching it dissipate in the air, then turned to look at the roadside, observing the passing vehicles.
Cars flashed past his unfocused gaze, turning into clusters of red and white lights.
After staring for a while, my view was suddenly blocked by a long-haired girl.
Liang Zhirou had already walked up to him without him noticing, and reached out her hands to gently press his brows.
"I told you before, frowning all the time will cause wrinkles..."
"I will remember what happened today," Chen Lu said solemnly, holding the girl's slightly cold hand.
Liang Zhirou tilted her head. "But I'm very happy. This is the first time I've done something like this with you."
She put her hands behind her back again, saying, "I'm happy as long as I'm with you."
Chen Lu paused for a moment, then realized he might have made a mistake.
This simple-minded person's ideas have always been so straightforward.
She didn't care about any targeting, harassment, or grudges.
She's happy as long as she's with me.
Chen Lu's feelings suddenly became complicated.
Liang Zhirou gently bumped her forehead against Chen Lu's chest. "I feel like people will use my status as a top-tier artist to mock me in the future."
"Don't worry, nobody will remember this."
Chen Lu pulled the girl's hand into his pocket, squeezing it inside, and continued walking with her, saying, "Besides, my girlfriend will definitely be a top artist in the country in the future."
"I...I will try my best." Liang Zhirou seemed very determined, but she still sounded nervous. "And what about you in the future? Will you become a leader of a Fortune 500 company, like Miaomiao said?"
In fact, to her, Chen Lu was already an incredibly capable person.
Chen Lu looked at her like she was an idiot. "You'll be the top artist in the country by then, and I'll just stay home and loaf around."
"Okay." Liang Zhirou's answer was always so unexpected.
"Your reaction is strange, Liang Zhirou. Don't normal people complain that their boyfriends aren't ambitious enough?"
"It's not that I'm the one who's wrong, it's that they're the ones who're wrong. I'll be making so much money by then, why should I let you go out and suffer?"
Chen Lu nodded and asked her in return, "That's right. So your boyfriend is now the boss of a company, why do you still need to work so hard?"
Liang Zhirou paused.
"Hmm? Why aren't you saying anything?" Chen Lu continued to ask.
"say what?"
"What were we talking about just now?"
"I...I didn't hear you clearly..."
As Liang Zhirou spoke, she quietly pulled her hand out of Chen Lu's pocket and then ran away.
"If you won't learn the good things from me, then don't run away!"
Liang Zhirou was weak and couldn't run fast. She was arrested on the spot by Master Chen after only a few steps.
Chen Lu hugged her from behind, pinching her cheek with his right hand, "So you've learned to play dumb now, huh?"
Liang Zhirou sighed and gave up struggling.
"Chen Lu..."
"Um?"
"I really want to be rich."
Before Chen Lu could speak, she corrected herself, "No, I'm really scared of not having money..."
Chen Lu was excited, thinking to himself, "Do you know how much I've lost... no, how much sense of accomplishment I've lost because of your incorruptible character?"
He quickly pulled out the text message showing his bank card balance, as fast as he could, as if afraid Liang Zhirou would change her mind.
Do we look like we're short of money?
Liang Zhirou was stunned for a moment, then smiled sweetly and shook her head.
“That’s not what I meant,” she said softly. “I don’t feel secure because I didn’t earn it. Is that hard to understand?”
"Are you afraid I'll change my mind?" Chen Lu frowned.
Actually, he always found it quite strange. Although he thought it was a good thing that his girlfriend wasn't greedy and didn't care about money at all.
But Liang Zhirou's approach was really a bit extreme.
I'm afraid most girls, if their mother needs surgery and their boyfriend has the funds and is willing to support it, would choose to borrow their boyfriend's money.
Or, to put it another way, pay off the debt first.
They had both already decided that the other was the person they wanted to spend their lives with, so there was no need to be so particular.
While Chen Lu was still wondering, the girl held his fingers and shook her head again, saying, "I'm different from you. I truly believe you will always love me."
"I just can't get over this in my mind."
Under Chen Lu's questioning gaze, the girl walked slowly while speaking at a leisurely pace.
"My mom and I are doing well now, but have you ever thought about what would have happened if I hadn't met you?"
Chen Lu looked up and thought for a moment, then decided against it, saying he didn't dare to think about it.
Liang Zhirou seemed to see what Chen Lu was thinking and said softly, "It's terrible, isn't it? So thanks to you coming to my side, we're all doing well now. But I still have to work hard myself; it's something I swore to do when I knelt in front of my father's grave when I was a child."
Chen Lu didn't speak, but listened quietly.
After all, Liang Zhirou had never talked this much, even in front of him.
He always felt that Liang Zhirou was revealing the last bit of what she had been hiding in her heart to him.
"Chen Lu, being broke is really scary."
Actually, when Dad was first diagnosed, he could have lived for a long time.
But it's incurable; we don't have the money.
My dad suddenly told me to take good care of my mom, but he stopped halfway through his sentence.
Then he changed his words and said, "Daughter, you must be happy from now on."
He probably wants me to support the family, but he doesn't want me to suffer.
I was too young to understand what he meant at the time. Later, when I was a few years older, I agreed to his request at his grave.
So if I can't prove it, I can cure my mother's illness and give her a good life on my own..."
The girl still had a faint smile on her face, and her eyes were curved, but Chen Lu saw a tear hanging in the corner of her eye, which was particularly noticeable under the streetlight.
"How useless I am as a daughter."
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