Chapter 77: Our Encounter, Just in Time

The movie they were watching was “A Silent Voice,” an anime film.

It was just showing the part where the female lead arrives at the classroom and is constantly bullied, then her notebook is thrown into the pool.

Liang Zhirou watched intently, her eyes slightly reddened. Because of her family and personality, she was bullied and ostracized by the bad kids in her class.

This was especially true in middle school. Back then, Xiao Xunfang took her to rent a very dilapidated house in the county town so that she could have a place to study.

Those boys also wrote on the blackboard, because they knew Liang Zhirou didn’t have a father, they wrote “Where’s Dad?” Participants – Liang Zhirou.

That variety show was very popular back then.

Because Xiao Xunfang participated in the parent-teacher meeting in a wheelchair, they drew her mother in a wheelchair on the blackboard, and even specially drew a racing track.

They also threw her backpack around her head while she was sweeping the floor, watching her struggle to get it back, laughing at her frustrated and helpless appearance.

She often hid outside and cried alone until the swelling in her eyes went down before daring to go back, otherwise, Xiao Xunfang would also cry when she saw her crying.

She felt heartbroken for the female lead’s plight as she watched the movie.

Malice is like a murky and bloody liquid, it flows towards whoever is lower.

And Liang Zhirou, who was timid and self-conscious, and rarely spoke, naturally became the target of these malicious teenagers in their rebellious period.

Because she didn’t have many friends in class, the few who spoke up for her because of their straightforward personalities eventually became bystanders due to this “unpopularity.”

The experience in middle school made her speak and smile less and less, and the experiences she had after growing up made her bangs grow longer. All these hardships “shaped” her into who she is today.

Chen Lu’s only comment about the first half of the movie was:

“I really want to beat those people up.”

He really is that kind of person, otherwise, he wouldn’t have helped Liang Zhirou when they were complete strangers.

Chen Lu adjusted his sitting position slightly and complained, “Next time, let’s try the couple’s seats, how about it? This chair is really uncomfortable to sit on for long.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll keep a certain distance then, we’ll still be pure and innocent.”

His mind was never really on the movie, he had been looking at the girl’s profile the whole time.

Although it was dark around them, in Chen Lu’s eyes, the girl’s gem-like clear eyes shone with light.

“No…”

The girl shook her head, she felt that those tickets must be very expensive, and she didn’t know how Chen Lu would bully her later.

Most importantly, if they continued to be this close, how could she control her feelings for him…

Chen Lu leaned close to Liang Zhirou’s ear, his breath kept hitting her ear, making her body tingle and her whole body go limp, “Why not? So you dislike me?”

“I don’t dislike you.” Liang Zhirou had been tricked too many times, her sensitivity to Chen Lu’s traps had also increased, this time she reacted quickly.

But she couldn’t scold Chen Lu, so she pretended to be “fierce” and glared at him, who was taking advantage of the situation, “You’re so bad!”

She knew Chen Lu’s bullying was different from others, his starting point for many things was to make her happy.

Thinking about this, she “hummed” at Chen Lu again, protesting against his just-now act of taking advantage of her.

But that was all, she couldn’t bear to be angry with Chen Lu.

Chen Lu found Liang Zhirou’s feigned fierceness adorable, he chuckled and decided to stop there.

The firewood had been added enough, all that was left was to wait for the water temperature to rise.

He really had nothing to do, so he continued to watch the movie while feeding the girl popcorn.

Liang Zhirou would also stubbornly feed him some from time to time.

After a while, the girl leaned towards Chen Lu again, looking into his eyes.

“Thank you.”

She suddenly said in a low voice.

Chen Lu hadn’t even had time to swallow the popcorn, his face full of confusion, “Thank me for what?”

“Thank you for letting me meet you.” Liang Zhirou’s eyes were filled with tears, her voice trembling slightly.

This immediately sobered Chen Lu up. Every time the girl did this, it made him extremely worried. He thought the water temperature wasn’t high yet, so he quickly wiped the girl’s cheek, making sure the tears didn’t form a line before he felt a little relieved.

“Why are you crying?!” He asked anxiously.

Liang Zhirou sniffed, “You promised me, I can cry whenever I want…”

“Okay, okay.” Chen Lu smiled with a full of pampering, and continued to comfort the little crybaby in front of him in a low voice, “Then can you tell me why you’re crying? Why are you unhappy?”

He felt strange, wiping the girl’s tears while gently saying, “If you really want to thank me, you should smile instead.”

Then Liang Zhirou obediently squeezed out a slightly awkward smile.

Chen Lu reached out his right hand and gently rubbed her head, “That’s better.”

Liang Zhirou wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, the smile on her face finally became normal, “I feel like I can only cry in front of you…”

She felt a little embarrassed, she felt that all the strength she had built up over the years had inexplicably melted away.

“It’s okay, I told you, you can cry whenever you want in front of me.” Chen Lu didn’t mind, his mind was full of the night they first met, when Liang Zhirou was hiding in a dark corner and secretly wiping away tears.

To be honest, at that time, besides feeling pity, he didn’t have much of a feeling. But now, thinking back, his heart ached as if stabbed by a knife.

“If only I had met you earlier.” Liang Zhirou said in a muffled voice, like a child who had just finished crying.

She looked at Chen Lu’s shoulder, wanting to rest her forehead on it, but in the end, she only dared to lean against the edge of the seat.

The girl’s eyes were filled with tears, her right hand unconsciously clenched, how much did heaven and fate love to play tricks on her, making her grow up in such pain, and then making her meet the person she loved most in her life at the most useless age.

Just then, Chen Lu looked at her with a gentle smile, his eyes serious.

“Our encounter was just in time.”

I have to thank you too, thank you for bursting into my life when I was at my most painful.

The boy’s soft and magnetic voice echoed in her heart, like a stone falling into a calm lake, creating ripples.

The faint light reflected from the screen illuminated his face, making Liang Zhirou dazed.

“Really?” She asked timidly.

“When have I ever lied to you?” Chen Lu said seriously.

Then he quickly added, “Except when I want to bully you.”

The girl’s tearful eyes curved, and this smile was etched into Chen Lu’s heart, “You still know that.”

“You said you were willing to be tricked by me.”

Chen Lu said, pinching her cheek again.

Perhaps because they were in the cinema, their actions were a little more intimate than usual.

“I’ve always been willing.”

In the dim light, the long-haired girl in a light green dress smiled sweetly.

Chen Lu stopped his movements and nodded, pretending to be calm.

He almost got killed by this silly girl.

Then Liang Zhirou seriously continued to watch the movie, Chen Lu couldn’t watch it at all.

His heart rate didn’t go down either.

Damn, the stupid frog killed someone.