Liang Zhirou was clearly stunned when she heard this, and it took her two seconds to realize what Chen Lu meant.
She poked Chen Lu's cheek with her index finger to stop him from getting closer, and said in a very gentle voice, both angry and amused, "Aren't you, Chen, supposed to be upright and have a strong moral compass?"
Chen Lu just spoke with such righteous indignation.
It's like...it's like she offered to help solve it...
The girl's eyes remained bright in the darkness. Chen Lu stared at her intently for a moment, then looked away. "People's bottom line is always lowering; it's an inevitable phenomenon brought about by the development of the times. So my bottom line is very flexible."
"But that's not my bottom line!"
Liang Zhirou said very seriously that she has always been a person with strong principles. She doesn't need to elaborate on this with others, but even with Chen Lu, she... she has her principles...
Compared to how she treats others, her bottom line is only slightly less firm when she's with Chen Lu, just a tiny bit.
Does Mu Zhimu seem like the kind of person who would be tempted by Chen Lu?
Chen Lu ignored her words, gently bit her outstretched index finger, and whispered with a smile, "Zhirou, I like you, so much so that I'm willing to do anything for you."
"I...I am too..." Liang Zhirou's breathing became a little rapid. She turned her face away shyly and looked at the night outside the window.
"Then?" Chen Lu reached his hand into the gap of the girl's shirt and let it wander over her slender waist.
Liang Zhirou suddenly snapped out of her reverie and quickly shook her head, "Not now!"
When is that possible?
"Wait a little longer..." Liang Zhirou felt guilty instead, looking at him apologetically.
...
After a while.
After washing her hands, Liang Zhirou returned and stood by the bed, buttoning up her shirt. She first glared at Chen Lu angrily, then snuggled into his arms like a cat.
"You're acting like a little kid. You're such a grown-up..." the girl muttered under her breath.
"You are insulting me."
Chen Lu felt that his experience of slowly boiling Liang Zhirou could even be compiled into a book, titled "On the Broken Window Theory - A Special Attack on Liang Zhirou", or "My Twenty-Six-Year-Old (crossed out) Twenty-Year-Old Silly Girlfriend".
He never actually intended to discuss the so-called great harmony of life in the first place, but as soon as he brought up something more serious, this simpleton was immediately willing to compromise.
If he doesn't even know what the frog's weaknesses are, wouldn't his title of "frog-boiling master" be undeserved?
Thinking of this, he whispered to the girl in his arms with a mischievous grin, "Why don't you write a book?"
Liang Zhirou blinked in confusion. "What book?"
"I've already thought of a title for the book: 'The Bottom Line'."
Seeing Liang Zhirou slowly sit up in the night, Chen Lu realized that it was too late for him to run away.
After a few groans, Chen Lu lay sprawled on the bed, reached up and touched his forehead, feeling as if the ceiling above him was spinning.
"Um...actually, I can help you too."
I've heard that girls have needs too, otherwise why would there be a meme like "Come on, come inside with me"?
“I don’t need it!” Liang Zhirou said, blushing.
......
February 13th.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and there was still no movement from the court. However, Chen Lu was not idle. Although he still went to Professor Yin's place, he also began to contact other professors and senior students who were well-known in the industry.
Privately, Jiang Chao was asked to investigate the Lin Group's background. After all, Jiang Chao's status and connections made him an expert in this field.
The sheer number of crimes Chen Guanglin rattled off on the night of the Lantern Festival was terrifying enough.
The scariest thing is that all of this seems to be true.
When these problems are exposed, it often means that the company is really not far from its demise.
Workers don't really have a sense of belonging to their company, but if the company really goes bankrupt one day, Chen Lu wouldn't mind opening his arms to welcome those "homeless" people from the branch office.
Then there's no need to worry about the company's next expansion.
These are all things to be discussed later; there's no rush to resolve them.
Liang Zhirou stayed at Yihe Yayuan for two days because school was starting in a couple of days, and only returned today.
That morning, Chen Lu sat at his computer desk, glanced down at Liang Zhirou's message "Almost home," and quietly fell into deep thought.
The world is constantly changing, from the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies that are about to merge, to the atoms around it and the cells in its body; nothing is static.
Naturally, this includes people.
Liang Zhirou has changed a lot in the past year.
She used to not even know how to smile, but now she often gives him a sweet smile, and even just snuggling in his arms makes her look like a little kitten with a satisfied smile.
They can even occasionally pick up on his jokes.
Although she is still socially awkward, she can now communicate normally while holding his hand, and she can even negotiate prices more smoothly than he can.
The two went from being complete strangers to now living together every day.
Chen Lu was very happy because it meant he was a very good boyfriend.
But this silly guy has been acting really strange lately.
If Liang Zhirou's fear of ghosts during those days was exactly the same as his state after watching a horror movie when he was a child.
These past few days have been a complete replica of the time when he first opened the door to a new world.
For example, the study materials that are still on his computer, and the brand-new headphones on his desk.
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