Chapter 130: Gift

It was the end of August, and school was about to start.

Chen Lu felt like the summer had flown by in a blink of an eye, as he had been busy with so many things.

Oh, he didn’t have a summer break anymore.

He suddenly felt like cursing. Humans are not naturally diligent creatures. Even if they start their own business, they still don’t want to work…

The older he got, the more he realized that childhood holidays were the best. After all, going to school was just the process of looking forward to winter break and summer break.

Besides the homework with the hypocritical name of “Happy Summer Vacation,” there were no worries at all.

It had been raining for several days in a row, and he had hardly seen the sun.

Chen Lu lazily climbed out of bed and wandered to the bathroom to wash up, looking like a zombie.

The studio wasn’t as busy these days, so he still stayed at the rental house. It wasn’t because he had a conflict with his parents; he just got easily annoyed if he stayed at home for too long.

The saying “distance makes the heart grow fonder” is not just a saying, even among family members.

Some things are just learned too late…

Ten minutes later, Chen Lu sat on the sofa, staring at the computer screen, studying recent program reports and revenue data.

Mini-games on WeChat were like that. The company could only get 30% of the profits, and it had to rely on Tencent’s face. It was really miserable.

When you earn 100,000 but only get 30,000, you probably won’t be happy that you earned 30,000. Instead, you’ll feel like you lost 70,000.

Chen Lu was feeling this way now, after all, he had to use 30% of the profits to support the entire company.

If he just wanted to make ends meet, then this kind of life was fine. But if he wanted to grow bigger, he had to consider a way out.

He still had to go through the official process of applying for a license.

Although earning tens of thousands of yuan a month seemed pretty good now, people are always greedy. When desires are satisfied, new desires arise.

He also wanted to give Liang Zhirou a better life, something better than just a few tens of thousands of yuan a month. If it were just him, he might just want to find a relaxing job that would ensure he could eat. But after being with Liang Zhirou, this thought suddenly disappeared without a trace.

“Let’s not rush it. Let’s eat up the current dividends first.”

Chen Lu muttered to himself. No matter what you do, thinking about swallowing a whole fat pig in one bite is a dangerous idea. People can’t earn money beyond their own understanding. Even if they get lucky and stumble upon it, they will eventually spit it back out because of their lack of ability.

At least in a while, he could make a fortune again by doing a good job of promotion.

Just as he was thinking this, the door was gently knocked twice.

He walked curiously to the entrance and slowly opened the door. He saw a long-haired girl in a long dress standing politely at the door, smiling at him.

If spring breeze and gentleness had a shape, it would be the girl’s smiling face.

“Who are you looking for, beautiful?” Chen Lu asked with a smile.

“A scoundrel.” Liang Zhirou lightly chided, walking into the house to change her shoes.

Both Chen Lu’s house and the rental house had special slippers prepared for her, which made her inexplicably touched.

No one would dislike this feeling of being put in someone’s heart. It was much more heartwarming than saying “You don’t need to change your shoes, just come in.”

“Then you didn’t find the wrong person, I am indeed a scoundrel.” Chen Lu suddenly hugged the girl from behind, smiling mischievously.

To be honest, he quite liked this position. He could rest his chin on Liang Zhirou’s shoulder and then gently kiss her neck.

Liang Zhirou was startled by him and flinched, putting up a symbolic resistance, “Don’t be silly, I haven’t finished changing my shoes yet.”

Anyway, she couldn’t run away, so she just put up a little resistance, just for show.

“Can we be silly after you finish changing your shoes?”

“……No.”

After showing off, Chen Lu returned to his normal appearance, walked to the living room, turned on the air conditioner, and went back to the sofa. But this time, he uncharacteristically crossed his legs.

It’s not good to be too young. He just hugged this silly girl from behind, and he already has a remote control for the air conditioner.

Liang Zhirou sat next to Chen Lu, looking at the computer with curiosity.

“Aren’t you busy accompanying your aunt with her rehabilitation these days? Why do you have time to come and play with me?” Chen Lu asked with a light smile.

“Because I miss you.”

Liang Zhirou closed her eyes and hugged Chen Lu, saying. She had been accompanying Xiao Xunfang in doing very low-intensity exercises these past two days.

So far, Xiao Xunfang could already walk two steps without holding onto anything, even if it was only two steps, it still made her excitedly cry tears of joy.

In Liang Zhirou’s eyes, the time she was separated from Chen Lu was calculated in seconds. Two days apart was too long, too long.

She now understood how tragic the love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl was. They could only meet once a year…

No wonder it rains so often on the Chinese Valentine’s Day every year. If I were her, I would cry for a long time too.

The girl felt a strange sense of happiness, as if she was more fortunate than Zhinü (the Weaver Girl in the Chinese legend). She leaned closer to Chen Lu.

Chen Lu was looking at his computer while stroking the girl’s head, feeling like he was raising a cat.

“Isn’t Chinese Valentine’s Day coming soon?” Chen Lu suddenly asked.

Liang Zhirou was startled. Could this guy read minds?

The girl nodded slightly, “I think so.”

Chen Lu wrapped her hair around his finger, “Then I’ll clear my schedule that day, we’ll go out and have fun.”

“Okay.” Liang Zhirou replied happily.

Seeing her slightly more cheerful than before, he felt even more that this money was well spent. The silly girl finally shed her shackles and could do anything she wanted.

But now she seemed to only want to be with him…

Fine.

Chen Lu couldn’t help but curl his lips, a hint of contentment in his eyes, “Your boyfriend just made another tens of thousands, let’s go out for a nice meal to celebrate on Chinese Valentine’s Day.”

“Can I cook something delicious for you at home?” The girl looked up at him.

“Why?”

“……To save money.” Liang Zhirou felt a little embarrassed, “Going out for a meal would cost at least a few hundred.”

Chen Lu was speechless, he showed her his payment information, “Liang Zhirou, your boyfriend now makes at least tens of thousands a month, even if you eat every day, you won’t spend it all.”

He thought she would be surprised, but she just blinked and sighed softly.

Chen Lu was even more puzzled, his brows furrowed, “What are you sighing for?”

Well, showing off his income in front of this silly girl was pointless, she didn’t care about it at all.

It was great to have a girlfriend who didn’t care about his income, but… making money felt a little less fulfilling.

Liang Zhirou pouted, “If only I could make that much money, I could support you.”

“You can support me now, I’m easy to take care of.” Chen Lu said.

The girl was suddenly excited, she sat up straight and asked:

“Really? If I give you a gift, would you be willing to go home with me?”

She said, hugging her canvas bag.

Chen Lu leaned in curiously, “What gift?”

Liang Zhirou took out a medium-sized box from her bag, maybe afraid of dropping it, she wrapped it with a T-shirt.

“I… I don’t know much about this, Miaomiao helped me choose it.” The girl kept twisting her fingers, not daring to look at him, “I hope you like it…”

Chen Lu unwrapped the package, looked at the DSLR camera in his hand, his brows furrowed, his mood complex.

Maybe because she couldn’t pay back the loan early, this silly girl had bought the camera ahead of schedule. Chen Lu suddenly felt that if one day Liang Zhirou wanted his life, he wouldn’t hesitate for a second.

“This DSLR is worth tens of thousands too, you’re willing to buy this, but not willing to go out for a meal?”

“It’s different, I’m fine with anything to eat.” Liang Zhirou pursed her lips, earnestly.

Chen Lu didn’t say anything, looking at the nervous and stubborn girl in front of him, he leaned in again.

The living room, which had been filled with chatter, suddenly fell silent, only the occasional gasp could be heard.

After a long time, they parted.

Chen Lu lay on the sofa, looking at the girl who was lying on his chest, her face turned sideways, he asked softly:

“When you start school, won’t you be so busy with part-time jobs anymore? Just tutoring Chen Mo should be enough to pay back the loan, right?”

Liang Zhirou softly hummed, “Suddenly I don’t know what to do.”

She used to be like a wound-up toy, running nonstop every day, now the spring in her body suddenly lost its force, leaving her whole body stalled.

She even felt a little lost.

“Of course you should experience life. Find some hobbies or something, look at Lin Miaomiao, she plays games all day, that’s also a way to experience life.” Chen Lu said nonchalantly, “Don’t you have anything you want to do?”

“I do.”

The girl pressed her cheek against Chen Lu’s chest, a satisfied smile on her face, “I want to be with you.”