Chapter 73: I Don’t Want to Be Friends Anymore

Liang Zhirou didn’t yell at him for being a pervert, she didn’t even dare to speak.

Chen Lu only then noticed that Liang Zhirou was blushing, biting her lip, and staring at him with tears in her eyes.

Seeing the girl’s aggrieved expression, Chen Lu didn’t need Liang Zhirou to condemn him anymore, he wanted to chop off his own hand.

He would wake up in the middle of the night, slap himself.

“It wasn’t intentional…” Chen Lu scratched his cheek with his index finger, “I was watching kids arguing.”

Liang Zhirou hummed softly in response, then quickly took a few deep breaths, feeling like her heart was about to jump out of her chest.

Even if she believed Chen Lu wasn’t intentionally doing it, their intimate contact just now was real…

Chen Lu breathed a sigh of relief, secretly complaining that these two little brats were really clueless, why did they have to argue, ruining his gentlemanly image.

Too little homework!

“It’s funny, actually.”

Chen Lu turned the steering wheel while chuckling, “When I was in school, I complained every day that the teachers were crazy for giving so much homework, I didn’t have time to go out and play.”

“Now I don’t have to do homework, and I think they should give these kids more, so they don’t run around disturbing the peace.”

“Maybe this is double standards, before I was an adult, I was afraid that the anti-addiction system would be implemented, now that I’m an adult, I’m just watching the fun.”

Liang Zhirou turned her head to look at him, her cheeks still slightly flushed, she curiously asked, “Were you a mischievous kid when you were younger?”

She couldn’t imagine what Chen Lu was like as a child, he was always tricking her in different ways, he must have been a mischievous kid who loved to cause trouble.

If she had met Chen Lu when she was a child, she would definitely have been bullied by him…

Thinking about this, Liang Zhirou looked out the window and secretly smiled, then she felt a little melancholy, as if she was feeling sorry for her younger self.

Back then, Liang Zhirou didn’t dare to cry in front of her mother who had lost everything, she could only hide in a corner and quietly wipe away her tears, she couldn’t even cry out loud.

“It’s okay, Liang Zhirou.”

The girl recalled the painful past, and said to her younger self in her heart.

“Someone will be with you, you’ll meet a boy as warm as sunshine, you can even cry on his shoulder if you’re a little bit naughty.”

“Although you’re still a bit useless, but as long as you work hard, anything can change.”

“You will definitely be able to tell this boy what you like out loud…”

If he’s still by my side then…

Liang Zhirou silently added a sentence in her heart, she never dared to have too high expectations for her own happiness.

Coming back to her senses, she continued to hear Chen Lu’s voice.

“I got beaten up a lot for being playful when I was a kid.” Chen Lu said, then fiddled with the navigation, “My family used to live near the People’s Hospital, you were hospitalized there last time.”

“There’s a park nearby, I went there every day when I was in elementary school, I beat everyone in any game they played.”

Chen Lu didn’t dare to say that he had to bribe others to play hide-and-seek, but he really couldn’t be beaten in games like King of Fighters in that area.

Liang Zhirou was stunned, “The one with the long bridge?”

Her memory of that park had become very blurry, but that long and crooked bridge was really unforgettable.

“You know that! Have you been there?” Chen Lu was surprised.

“I went there when I was a kid.”

The girl didn’t continue, she didn’t want to recall the past of losing her father.

She also didn’t want to remember the lonely self who squatted in the corner of the park.

Her way of letting go of the past wasn’t to be open-minded, but to hide it away and not think about it anymore.

Chen Lu nodded slightly, boasting, “If you saw a very handsome boy back then, it must have been me.”

Liang Zhirou looked at Chen Lu’s profile in silence for a long time.

Finally, she lowered her head in a somewhat dejected manner, secretly mocking herself.

That memory was too long ago, it was impossible to match up.

Besides, how could there be such a coincidence.

But girls are like this, she still didn’t want to give up this fantasy.

Heaven has treated her this way, why won’t it make her fantasy a reality?

If that was really Chen Lu, she would probably give him her life…

In a few minutes, Liang Zhirou threw her unrealistic fantasy aside and followed Chen Lu’s lead to talk about other things.

She never cared about what they talked about, as long as she could talk to Chen Lu, she was happy.

The car drove through the night, there were often roaring winds and other cars passing by outside, but the inside of the car was quiet and peaceful, Chen Lu had deliberately turned off the car stereo, only the sound of their soft conversation.

For Chen Lu, Liang Zhirou’s soft and slightly timid voice was much more pleasant than any song.

After a while, Liang Zhirou pursed her lips and asked in a small voice, “Do your parents pressure you to find a girlfriend now?”

Chen Lu was dumbfounded, “What kind of question is that, of course not.”

Only Chen Mo was constantly urging him, like he was urging him to die.

Liang Zhirou was relieved, the hand that had been tightly gripping her clothes finally loosened, she unconsciously mumbled softly, “That’s good…”

“What did you say?”

“Nothing! I didn’t say anything!”

Liang Zhirou quickly waved her hand.

Just when Chen Lu was thinking about what this silly girl was up to, if she had become even dumber, she asked again,

“Then when do you think your parents will urge you to get married?”

Chen Lu was speechless, he held the steering wheel with his left hand, stretched out his right hand and poked the girl’s not-so-bright head.

“I’m only twenty-one, I’m not even of legal age, it’s too early.”

Then he smiled, “When they nag me enough, I’ll bring you home.”

“Ah?” Liang Zhirou blinked in confusion, she didn’t understand for a moment.

“What ah, you don’t want to, then forget it. But if you’re not willing to help me, I’ll have to let them arrange blind dates for me.”

This made the girl panic, her voice was much louder than usual.

“I can help you!”

Then she added in a guilty voice, “After all, we’re good friends, right? You’ve helped me so much…”

The girl’s voice became quieter and quieter, until it was almost inaudible.

After she finished, she lowered her head in shame, feeling sorry for Chen Lu.

In her opinion, she was the only one who had broken the promise of being good friends.

She didn’t just want to be friends anymore…

She wanted to be with Chen Lu for the rest of her life.