Chapter 12: You’re Different

Lin Miaomiao rolled her eyes at Chen Lu and didn’t say anything more.

Chen Lu propped his chin on his hand, both angry and amused. “Liang Zhirou, are you a cow? Don’t you know how to rest?”

Hearing this, Liang Zhirou, who had been hesitating about how to greet him, was inexplicably relieved. “I’m not tired.”

He actually started by mocking me, now I don’t have to think about how to say hello.

I could directly hold Lin Miaomiao’s arm, but, but Chen Lu is a boy…

Liang Zhirou thought to herself, when a drop of sweat slid down her delicate cheek and dripped onto her high chest.

She wasn’t lying, after seeing Chen Lu, she really didn’t feel tired.

“You call this not tired?” Chen Lu complained.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Lu noticed that Liang Zhirou’s eyes were a little red.

He looked at Lin Miaomiao, whose expression was a little guilty, and was even more confused.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Lu walked in front of Liang Zhirou, leaning slightly and looking at her eyes hidden behind her hair.

Liang Zhirou wanted to take two steps back, but she felt it wasn’t good to do so to Chen Lu. Her brain hadn’t had time to think before she froze in place.

She could only shake her head vigorously.

“No, nothing.” Liang Zhirou’s voice was very soft, making Chen Lu’s heart inexplicably sweet.

You don’t look like you’re okay…

But Chen Lu quickly figured out how to deal with it. He put on a serious face and asked, “Aren’t we friends? You won’t even tell me this?”

Then he sighed, looking very disappointed. “Forget it, I was being too presumptuous. It was all my fault.”

Lin Miaomiao thought there was nothing she couldn’t tell Chen Lu, so she simply snorted. “Who are you?”

She deliberately repeated what Chen Lu had said to her earlier, very vengeful.

Liang Zhirou had never seen these two people act like this before. A layer of mist suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and she blurted out everything, her tone becoming very urgent.

“Because… because I spent too much money on lunch…”

Halfway through her sentence, she was gently pushed onto a chair by Chen Lu.

Lin Miaomiao used the fan she used for cosplaying to fan her.

This treatment made the girl feel a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Liang Zhirou, like a child who had done something wrong, lowered her head and repeated, the members of the drama club weren’t very exclusive. At lunchtime, they insisted on taking her along.

Because they all knew she was Lin Miaomiao’s friend, she was afraid that eating white rice and potato shreds would make Lin Miaomiao look bad, so she didn’t buy the cheapest dishes as usual.

Then, her lunch inexplicably cost over thirty yuan.

She had been carefully picking out the cheapest things to buy, but she was still startled by the number on the card when she swiped it.

Even when she ate with her mother, the cost of each meal never exceeded five yuan…

She needed to save the money for her mother’s treatment…

She didn’t dare leave any of the food she bought, even though she felt like vomiting.

When she was praised for her large appetite by the drama club members, she didn’t know what to say.

Thinking back to all this, Liang Zhirou felt even more like a wicked person who was enjoying life with the money she was supposed to use for her mother’s treatment, tears welling up in her eyes again.

Guilt filled the girl’s heart, making her feel suffocated.

Looking at Liang Zhirou, who was holding back tears, and Lin Miaomiao, whose eyes were also a little red, Chen Lu stood aside helplessly and scratched his head.

“What a bunch of fools.” Chen Lu said helplessly.

“Everyone was just being kind, it’s all my…” Liang Zhirou softly retorted, then felt a little embarrassed.

She didn’t feel good being contradicted, so she didn’t want to contradict others.

Especially Chen Lu.

Chen Lu glanced at her and smiled. “You’re the dumbest one, and you’re so kind-hearted. No one can surpass you in being a fool.”

Liang Zhirou blushed and pursed her lips slightly, lowering her head even further.

But she didn’t dislike Chen Lu saying this about her, she actually liked listening to his voice.

Especially when Chen Lu spoke with a light laugh, the sound made her heart feel warm.

He became a little curious. “Why didn’t you cry when you treated me to dinner that time?”

“You’re different.”

Liang Zhirou lowered her head, her hands crossed, speaking very seriously.

This time, it was Chen Lu who was caught off guard and didn’t know what to say. It’s fine if you treat me to expensive food, but it’s not okay if you treat yourself?

The corners of Chen Lu’s mouth inexplicably curved upwards.

It’s kind of an honor.

After a while, seeing that Liang Zhirou’s mood had calmed down a lot, and the shame of revealing her heart to him was replaced by annoyance, Chen Lu turned his head to look at the distance.

In the distance, the drama club members were still bustling about, and several people were flipping through the script, discussing something together.

From time to time, students wearing sportswear ran past Chen Lu, and many people were attracted by Lin Miaomiao’s attire when they ran past.

One idiot wearing blue sportswear had already run five or six laps, and he would look at her every lap, even though he was about to collapse from exhaustion.

Psychopath.

When I was licking someone’s boots, I wasn’t as abstract as you.

Chen Lu looked up at the sun hanging high in the sky, squinting his eyes from the stimulation.

The temperature in May was unpredictable.

He patted Liang Zhirou’s head, glanced at Lin Miaomiao, and then walked towards the drama club members.

“Go rest, I’ll go help.”

Looking at Chen Lu’s back, Liang Zhirou quickly stood up.

“I’ll go too.”

Unexpectedly, Lin Miaomiao pressed her down again. Seeing Liang Zhirou’s puzzled look and slightly furrowed brows, Lin Miaomiao snorted with both anger and amusement. “He’s helping his friends in the student union. You can’t help with what he’s helping with.”

Liang Zhirou’s slightly furrowed brows finally relaxed, and her eyes blinked as she looked at Chen Lu, who was smiling and talking to the drama club members.

Soon, a small circle of people gathered around him, and they were laughing and talking, not knowing what they were discussing.

Someone even handed Chen Lu the script.

Completely different from his silence at lunch, Chen Lu seemed to be able to talk to anyone, and others were willing to listen.

At the school gate, he solved my problem with just a few words.

So amazing…

At this time, Chen Lu pointed back at them from a distance. Seeing this, Liang Zhirou quickly lowered her head.

“Yes, the girl just now had low blood sugar, and you guys know better than me that Lin Miaomiao is unreliable.” Chen Lu put down his hand pointing at Liang Zhirou and continued, “If she comes to help again in the future, just let her do something with Lin Miaomiao and then let her go wherever she wants.”

“No wonder she looked so miserable.”

One of the boys understood, obviously believing Chen Lu’s lies.

“It turns out that people with low blood sugar can eat a lot.” A girl who didn’t seem very smart nodded.

Chen Lu smiled. “I’ll just tell my friends about the rest of the problems. Even if you lack some props or costumes that the school can’t provide help with, you don’t need to pay for them yourselves.”

Everyone who heard this was stunned, then they all beamed with joy.

Not all of them were freshmen, and they knew that if it hadn’t been for Chen Lu, this kind of good thing might not have fallen on them.

After all, the answer was always “limited funds”.

“Thank you so much!”

Chen Lu sighed helplessly. “If you want to thank someone, thank those two girls. They kept urging me to death.”

Anyway, Chen Lu wouldn’t have any interaction with these social phobic drama club members, so he simply passed the favor on to Lin Miaomiao.

After a while, Chen Lu returned to the parasol.

He now understood why Li Sinian liked to hang out in the student union so much, it was purely a case of relying on someone else’s power.

This feeling, you know, you really can’t say.

College is a small society, it’s not just a saying.

“Are you done?” Lin Miaomiao asked curiously.

Now she was sitting on the chair, and Liang Zhirou was leaning against her side, memorizing English words.

Only in the second semester of her freshman year, she was already preparing for the CET-6 exam.

Seeing Chen Lu come back, Liang Zhirou also looked at him, took out a bottle of mineral water from her bag, and asked softly, “Are you thirsty? Do you want some water?”

She usually didn’t dare to buy mineral water, this bottle was given to her by the drama club.

“I don’t like drinking water, real men drink Pepsi.” Chen Lu yawned lazily.

“People drink toilet cleaner? Coca-Cola is the best in the world!” Lin Miaomiao said disdainfully.

Chen Lu grabbed her and lifted her up, sitting on the chair himself. “Coca-Cola? Dogs wouldn’t drink it.”

Lin Miaomiao bit her lip angrily. “Dogs wouldn’t drink it? Then would you drink it?”

Lin Miaomiao was so depressed.

This Chen Lu was completely treating her differently. She was sure that if it had been Liang Zhirou sitting there, he wouldn’t have taken her spot.

Seeing the two of them bickering, Liang Zhirou secretly smiled. This was the first time in her life that she felt like she was hanging out with a few friends.

Even though it was only two.

But it was so happy, it made her wonder if she was dreaming.

After all, she had always been the one watching others gather together and chat from afar.

Laughter and joy had never belonged to her.

“Should I go help?” Liang Zhirou looked at the time and asked.

“No need.” Chen Lu sat back in the chair and grabbed her arm.

The girl’s arm was the same as the one he touched that night, although thin, it was still soft, making Chen Lu unconsciously squeeze it gently.

Although Chen Lu quickly let go, Liang Zhirou’s face still turned as red as a small tomato.

She didn’t understand, and nervously said, “But I, I came to help…”

Liang Zhirou felt that the place where Chen Lu had held her arm just now was hotter than the burn she had gotten that day.

“We’ve already helped a lot. Even if we stay here and rest, they’ll still thank us.” Chen Lu didn’t want to explain. “You might as well help me fan me, your good friend needs your help too.”

Liang Zhirou nodded.

Not long after.

Chen Lu, who was napping with his eyes closed, felt a cool breeze constantly blowing on his cheeks.

He looked sideways and saw that Liang Zhirou was actually fanning him.

The girl seemed to think that Chen Lu wanted to sleep, so she controlled the force very carefully, and the wind she fanned out was very light and gentle.

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What kind of divine day is this?