Chapter 131: I Don’t Want to Lie to You

Living alone has its perks. You can’t be this cozy and affectionate at the office or at home.

Chen Lu pinched the girl’s cheek, “Aren’t we already together?”

“Yeah, so I just want to be together like this all the time.” Liang Zhirou said softly.

She looked up and saw Chen Lu smiling at her, “You’re so pathetic, you have no ambition.”

The girl was unhappy and stood up, “Say it again, I, I’ll bump into you!”

“If you bump into me again, I’ll kiss you.”

Threatened by Chen Lu, Liang Zhirou lost her momentum and timidly moved to the side, looking around before finally entering the kitchen.

“What are you doing?” Chen Lu asked curiously.

“I’m checking if you’re missing anything.” Liang Zhirou poked her lips with her index finger, seeming to be thinking about something, “I forgot to buy MSG and cumin last time.”

She still remembered to come and cook for Chen Lu every noon, otherwise he would be too busy to eat properly.

It wasn’t without precedent. Even though he could cook, Chen Lu would often order takeout or just skip meals.

“Really, you can stay here every noon after school. Anyway, I don’t always come back at noon.” Chen Lu followed her to the kitchen and said seriously, “Otherwise you won’t even have a place to take a nap. It won’t always be summer, you’ll catch a cold if you sleep in the gazebo.”

He was really serious. If Liang Zhirou was afraid of being bullied by him, he could completely stay at the company and not come back at noon.

“It’s too early…” Liang Zhirou was a little embarrassed.

“It’s a nap, not cohabitation!”

Chen Lu continued to try to change her mind, “Just come here for a nap, what are you afraid of, we’re clean and innocent?”

“Can couples be clean and innocent?”

Liang Zhirou was stunned. How could Chen Lu be so good at twisting words? Could it be… could it be that you have to have children before you can be considered not clean and innocent?

“We’re just kissing and hugging, we haven’t done anything else, of course we’re clean and innocent couples.”

Chen Lu spread his hands, “Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste to rent this two-bedroom apartment? That’s money, this is a house near the school, the rent is very high.”

Chen Lu, who was just showing off that he could earn tens of thousands a month, suddenly started to feel sorry for the money.

Liang Zhirou was taken aback, somehow she felt that Chen Lu made sense, “Then, then okay. I’ll lock the door…”

Although she liked Chen Lu very much, there were still some bottom lines that needed to be kept. What if they were ready to have children before they even got married?

Chen Lu’s hands were always restless whenever he kissed her, forcing her to hold his hands all the time. She didn’t believe Chen Lu was a gentleman.

She was willing to believe every word Chen Lu said, except that he was a gentleman.

Humph, a hooligan.

“Which room do you want to sleep in?” Chen Lu continued to ask. Actually, the master bedroom and the guest bedroom were about the same size. The only difference was that the bed in the master bedroom was bigger and of better quality.

The two bedrooms were next to each other, separated by only a wall. Liang Zhirou walked to the middle of the two bedrooms, suddenly embarrassed to go in and take a look, she turned and asked, “Which room are you sleeping in now?”

Chen Lu pointed to the room on the left, “I’m sleeping in the guest bedroom.”

The master bedroom is reserved for you.

“As long as you cook for me every noon, I won’t charge you rent, isn’t that a good deal?” Chen Lu smirked, his abacus clicking.

Once this silly girl’s heart had the slightest bit of hesitation, she was destined to fall into the pit Chen Lu had dug for her.

If they really lived together, even if it was just for lunch, they had to treat each other well. So the two of them seriously cleaned up the house, putting everything in order.

It somehow felt more like they were living together.

Then they cleaned until dusk.

……

Because it had been cloudy lately, the sky, which should have been bright at this time, was already dark enough to turn on the lights.

“I’ll go back after I finish making dinner for you, otherwise you’ll definitely order takeout again…”

A soft voice came from the kitchen.

“Okay.”

Chen Lu said, then stretched and walked to the balcony. The sudden white light in front of him made him startled.

A few seconds later, he heard a clap of thunder.

Raining again? How many days has it been?

Not long after, the scene outside became even more spectacular.

Thunder and lightning raged outside, and those who didn’t know would think someone was going through a tribulation. The frequency of the flashes was like a broken light, terrifyingly fast.

At first, the raindrops were blown by the wind like bullets, hitting the window densely, then they turned into a curtain of water, completely blurring the vision.

Liang Zhirou didn’t seem worried at all. She walked slowly to Chen Lu, “Be careful on your way back later.”

“……I don’t have a car.” Chen Lu looked at the pouring rain outside, his eyes blank.

Both of them were stunned.

He really didn’t have a car right now. Jiang Chao’s car suddenly stalled and went to get repaired, and he took Chen Lu’s car away early in the morning.

“Do you have an umbrella?” The girl asked with a pursed mouth.

Chen Lu blinked, “No.”

Never expect a guy to keep an umbrella at home. For guys, going out in the rain is just as good.

They might even find it more enjoyable.

Liang Zhirou didn’t want to say something like ‘why don’t you ask your dad to drive you back’, so she could only sit on the couch dumbly, her hands tightly clutching her knees.

Weak, pitiful, and helpless.

This rain was ridiculously heavy. If she went out and took a taxi, she would get soaked all over.

“I’ll call Jiang Chao and ask him to drive my car back.” Chen Lu said as he dialed the other party’s phone.

The other end answered quickly.

“Hurry up and drive my car back, I have to send Liang Zhirou home.” He urged, “It’s so late.”

“Okay, you wait…… Damn! It’s raining so hard?!” Jiang Chao paused, “My aunt’s mother-in-law’s nephew’s aunt’s son had a car accident, I have to go to the hospital, I really don’t have time to send your car back.”

“……Do you even know what kind of relationship that person has with you?” Chen Lu said coldly.

“My phone is running out of battery, I’ll hang up first. Bro, I’m sorry! I’ll definitely return the car tomorrow at the latest!”

Jiang Chao hung up the phone after he finished speaking, and then he couldn’t be reached anymore.

It seemed like his previous sentence “It’s so late” created an ambiguity, and since then, the two of them were no longer on the same page.

Damn sea king, I thank your whole family.

Chen Lu muttered in his heart.

He was thinking about whether to call Chen Guanglin to come over, while taking out two bottles of drinks from the refrigerator.

No, he couldn’t call. If he did, even if the truth was that he was a righteous gentleman wanting to send Liang Zhirou home, his ambition of renting a two-bedroom apartment would be revealed.

Chen Lu gulped down two large mouthfuls, feeling refreshed. Ice Coke was still the best.

“Do you want some?” he asked the girl.

“I… I’m on my period.” Liang Zhirou hugged her knees, her fingers intertwined, and said softly, “But it’s still too early… Don’t you think?”

??

Chen Lu tilted his head, feeling a circle of question marks popping up beside his head.

He then realized and quickly shouted:

“I swear I didn’t mean that! Who taught you all this nonsense?”

“Miao Miao, she said when you hand me the ice water, you must say ‘I can’t drink cold things, I’m on my period’, otherwise you’ll take me to a hotel…”

“……”

Chen Lu had never been so wronged in his life. This Lin Miao Miao had never been in a relationship, how come she knew more theory than anyone else?

Where did she learn it from?

“But you didn’t say it like she taught you.” He asked curiously.

Liang Zhirou seemed to be really scared, her eyes were watery as she looked at him, but she still said in a trembling voice; “Because I don’t want to lie to you…”