Chapter 89: We’ll Take It Slow

Liang Zhirou was stunned and quickly pulled out a tissue to wipe Lin Miaomiao’s tears.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao smiling while crying, she felt like crying too.

“You should be happy too.” Liang Zhirou found it strange. She didn’t understand what Lin Miaomiao meant and replied blankly.

These words were also from her heart.

Lin Miaomiao chuckled and found her silly, “Alright, alright.”

“You two must be happy.”

She knew Chen Lu was more thoughtful and capable than her, and he would definitely do better than her, her best friend.

……

“Why haven’t they come out yet?”

Jiang Chao got bored with his phone and looked up.

Chen Lu was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the scenery outside. He shook his head, “How would I know?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the door slowly opened.

“Had enough of the view?” Chen Lu smiled at the two girls, “If you’ve seen enough, let’s go.”

Liang Zhirou hummed and obediently stood beside Chen Lu.

As soon as they stepped out, they saw a guy with square-framed glasses and messy hair walking past.

Chen Lu just turned around when he heard him ask, “Are you new here? What do you do?”

“We make games.” Jiang Chao replied cheerfully.

The guy nodded slightly, naturally shifting his gaze from Jiang Chao, “Who’s the leader?”

“Me.” Chen Lu turned back, extending his hand while sizing up the other guy, “Hello, I’m Chen Lu, a junior.”

The other guy shook his hand, “I’m Hong Wenjie, a year older than you. You’re the one who won the first prize, right? That’s why I recognize you.”

“Do you also make games?” Chen Lu asked.

“Yes, we should talk more in the future.” Hong Wenjie smiled at him, then turned and left.

The group fell silent for a while.

“Wow, there’s a fellow game developer.” Jiang Chao exclaimed.

Then he looked at Chen Lu and noticed his slightly furrowed brows, so he asked, “What’s wrong? Is this bad news?”

“After all, the resources the school can provide are limited.”

Chen Lu paused, “Regardless of whether others have any intentions, getting a head start on understanding the ecosystem of this circle won’t hurt us.”

Jiang Chao nodded solemnly, “You two can do whatever you need to do. I’ll take Lin Miaomiao back.”

He wasn’t that stupid. He could vaguely guess why Chen Lu called Lin Miaomiao here.

Since Chen Lu considered this girl a core member, he definitely had to show he valued her too.

“You’re a smart kid, your dad didn’t bring you here for nothing.” Chen Lu joked.

……

“Where are we going?”

Watching the two leave, Liang Zhirou asked timidly.

She initially thought they were just coming to accompany Chen Lu on a tour of the entrepreneurial base, completely unaware of the current situation.

Being alone with Chen Lu made her even more nervous. She hadn’t fully adjusted to her role yet.

Chen Lu turned his head to look at her, a faint smile on his face, “What do you want to do?”

Liang Zhirou thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something else. She took out the bracelet from her pocket and handed it to Chen Lu.

“Here’s your bracelet back.”

Chen Lu took it and examined it carefully.

Unlike before, it was now wrapped with many black hairs, making it look more like a hair-wrapped bracelet.

He was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of it.

“You… you don’t mind?” Liang Zhirou’s voice grew quieter, lacking any confidence.

“This will ward off bad luck for you.” She clasped her hands together and explained in a low voice.

The girl didn’t dare to say everything. She didn’t mention that in her hometown, the girl who gave this bracelet would ward off bad luck for the boy.

This was the result of her hard work, braiding it until 3 am last night. If she said it out loud, Chen Lu would definitely not accept it.

“Superstition.” Chen Lu smiled and pinched her cheek, “Why would I mind? Thank you.”

Liang Zhirou didn’t dodge, allowing Chen Lu to pinch her cheek.

Their faces were close together, the girl’s bright and beautiful eyes gazed at him, lovely and charming.

As a boy in his prime, it would be abnormal not to have some urge at this moment.

Chen Lu swallowed and slowly lowered his head, wanting to kiss the girl’s forehead.

But just as he was about to kiss her, he was suddenly pushed away by the girl. He almost fell because he wasn’t prepared.

She realized what she did and immediately became teary-eyed, her eyes filled with regret and guilt, “Sorry, sorry… I, I didn’t react in time. I didn’t mean to push you away.”

“It’s okay, I was too hasty.” Chen Lu chuckled softly, his rationality taking over again. After all, they had only been together for two days.

Liang Zhirou took a few deep breaths, “Again, do it again.”

“Are you sure?”

The girl bit her lip and nodded, then closed her eyes tightly.

Although the atmosphere was completely gone, Chen Lu still honestly continued to lower his head.

He was about to kiss her again when he was stopped by the girl. He was puzzled, only to see the girl taking deep breaths, her whole body trembling, looking very painful, even sweating on her forehead…

He found it strange and reached out to wipe the sweat off her forehead, saying apologetically, “Maybe I scared you.”

Hearing Chen Lu’s apology, Liang Zhirou became even more anxious. Her mouth kept opening and closing, not knowing what to say. In the end, she couldn’t say anything.

She could only cry anxiously.

……

A while later, in the quiet stairwell.

Chen Lu pulled Liang Zhirou to sit on the stairs, quietly comforting the girl.

The girl’s tears had stopped, and she sat there without saying a word.

“Am I a bad girlfriend?”

After a long silence, the girl asked in a choked voice, her voice trembling.

She looked up at Chen Lu, her eyes slightly red, her pupils still shimmering with tears, constantly trembling.

It was heartbreaking to see.

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Chen Lu gently brushed the girl’s hair behind her ear. It seemed she was still okay with this for now.

Liang Zhirou remained silent for a while, then said, “I, I’ll try my best, I won’t make you wait forever.”

“You silly girl, every couple has their own way of getting along. We’ll take it slow.”

Chen Lu guessed that the girl’s rejection of this might be for the same reason as her long bangs.

She was afraid of these things.

On the other hand, she might not be ready yet.

Her suppressed emotions had completely overcome her rationality that night, and she confessed.

For her, this was a huge step taken with great courage. There were many more “difficulties” waiting for her.

The rationality she had cultivated for so many years, the thinking that had helped her persevere until now, was now tormenting her constantly.

She hadn’t learned to enjoy life yet, nor was she willing to.

Maybe she would only consider other things when she had no worries left.

After figuring this out, he said again:

“We can take it slow, but there’s something you need to know.

I’ll be by your side for the rest of my life. Since we’re together, we’re one. There’s nothing you have to bear alone. Your difficulties are my difficulties, and vice versa. We’ll definitely encounter other problems in the future, and we need to bear them together, solve them together, and finally enjoy peace together.

That’s what it means to share the good times and the bad times.”

The girl was quiet for a while, then Chen Lu scratched his head, “Maybe I was being too serious. After all, we’re just boyfriend and girlfriend now. But in the future, I really want to marry you…”

Chen Lu was interrupted by Liang Zhirou before he could finish, “You, close your eyes.”

“It’s okay, I said no rush.” Chen Lu said softly.

Liang Zhirou, with tears in her eyes, stubbornly shook her head, as if afraid that Chen Lu would think she didn’t like him that much, “I want to prove how much I like you, close your eyes…”