Chapter 105 Dead Dog (Two in One)

There are lights all around the city, and a river of stars in the center of the water.

The night sky was particularly clear today, with stars shining brightly. When Li Zhuangsheng reached the gate of the community, he looked up at the vast starry sky and felt relieved that it was finally over.

But after the long-lasting depression dissipated, he felt a little chest tightness again, just like when he watched the last episode of "Heaven's Lost Property" on a pirated website and felt as melancholy as the yellow leaves flying in the autumn wind.

Before the end, he was eager to see the ending, but after the end, he was reluctant to let it end like this. But he understood that this was the best ending. It was better than the next door "The World God Only Knows".

Now that he had calmed down completely, thinking back to Hu Mengdie's crying face, Li Zhuangsheng felt that his tone seemed too harsh and he should have spoken more tactfully, at least not today.

Moreover, what is the first surprise, the first heartbeat, the first throbbing? Isn't this a typical otaku delusion? Don't you feel ashamed?
I always fantasize that I can do nothing and have a beautiful girl who only has eyes for me save my life from mediocrity... I am really a typical 90s otaku. People born in the 00s have started to like toilet paper dragons, and they directly ask people which stick they like.

This kind of self-awareness and alternative self-importance is a typical characteristic of the second-year syndrome. Li Zhuangsheng thought he had graduated from the second-year syndrome a long time ago, but now it seems that it was just lurking in his body.

Hu Mengdie's pain also tortured him. He really shouldn't harm girls in real life. In fact, Li Zhuangsheng couldn't tell what he really wanted. The opposite sex he liked only existed in the fake second dimension. Li Zhuangsheng looked up at the starry sky with a blank look in his eyes.

He used to stare at the sky like this when he was in high school, wondering when his angel, his Ikaros, would fall from the sky amidst the starry sky.

"Come out..." A faint voice suddenly sounded in my ears.

Li Zhuangsheng jumped up in fright out of nowhere. He calmed himself down and looked carefully. It was a familiar face.

"Zhu Zhixue, why are you here?" Li Zhuangsheng patted his chest.

"I also live in this community..." Zhu Zhixue pointed at the man lying on the ground like a dead dog.

"This is you..." Li Zhuangsheng hesitated, "Father?"

"Well, he got drunk outside, so I came down to pick him up." Zhu Zhixue nodded, pulled him hard, and made him lie against the wall.

Li Zhuangsheng's face was covered with cold sweat. He laughed dryly and said, "Well, then you take him back. I will go back too."

Zhu Zhixue said quietly: "I saw you two."

"What?" Li Zhuangsheng paused and spoke in a dumb voice.

"You and Hu Mengdie." Zhu Zhixue continued.

"You must have seen it wrong, why didn't I see Hu Mengdie?"

"Then I'll go back to school and say..."

Li Zhuangsheng quickly grabbed Zhu Zhixue and said, "Hey, stop!"

Zhu Zhixue pursed her lips, stared at Li Zhuangsheng fiercely and asked, "Are you admitting it now?"

A cool breeze came from somewhere and passed through their bodies. Li Zhuangsheng shivered and then he remembered that Hu Mengdie had not returned his coat.

"You, what did you see?" Li Zhuangsheng asked tentatively.

"Hu Mengdie is pregnant!" Zhu Zhixue said viciously.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense!" Li Zhuangsheng hurriedly denied it and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that she did not hear the specific conversation between the two.

Zhu Zhixue's face was full of doubt: "She's really not pregnant?"

Li Zhuangsheng was helpless and met Zhu Zhixue's gaze firmly: "She doesn't even have a boyfriend, how did you imagine that she was pregnant?"

"Then I saw you two sneaking around together so late at night, and she was crying so hard and even vomited..."

"She just vomited because she couldn't breathe because of crying... She still has her first kiss, don't make wild guesses, she is a pure little girl!"

Zhu Zhixue's expression eased a little, but she snorted again, "Innocent? With you?"

Li Zhuangsheng pretended to be calm: "Otherwise, you don't think there is something between me and her, do you? How could she be interested in me? She just had a conflict with her family, and I happened to pass by, so I comforted her."

Zhu Zhixue smiled coldly, with a look of grievance in her eyes: "I thought we were best friends, well, it turns out that I have been overthinking it all the time!"

"We are indeed..." Li Zhuangsheng paused and said quickly, "best friends!"

"Then how long are you going to lie to me? Have you ever told me the truth since we met?" Zhu Zhixue glared at him and said angrily, "I heard everything you said. Hu Mengdie doesn't have a boyfriend and you don't have a girlfriend either! You are innocent! If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Go home!"

Although the relationship between the two is unclear, looking at the distance and atmosphere between them, one can tell that it is not an ordinary relationship.

Li Zhuangsheng was speechless and wanted to leave, but he was worried that Zhu Zhixue would spread the news when she got to school. The other party was popular and had many friends, so it would be easy for her to spread the news. Li Zhuangsheng himself didn't care, but he was worried about Hu Mengdie's reputation and was afraid of bringing trouble to her.

Seeing that Li Zhuangsheng stayed where he was, Zhu Zhixue's expression looked better.

"What happened between you two?" Zhu Zhixue asked.

"This... is someone's privacy, please don't ask and don't make it difficult for me." Li Zhuangsheng smiled bitterly.

Zhu Zhixue was silent for a moment: "Is Hu Mengdie pursuing you?"

Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head: "It can't be considered as chasing..."

"You didn't agree?"

"Anyway, we can't be together."

"why?"

“It just doesn’t fit.”

"Then why did you say that if she doesn't want a relationship, then you won't want a relationship either? You've already rejected her, so what do you want to say? Do you want to get a chastity certificate?"

Zhu Zhixue was so angry that she couldn't help but punch Li Zhuangsheng.

"I was just saying it casually... Well, I just wanted to comfort her because she was so sad..."

Li Zhuangsheng hung his head helplessly, regretting saying this in his heart, as if he had vomited and given her some hope that she shouldn't have. But seeing her crying so sadly at that time, he was really confused.

Zhu Zhixue's momentum weakened, and her eyes became angry, but in the end, it turned into a helpless sigh: "If you do this, won't she misunderstand you... Why are you so gentle to everyone!"

Don't be so gentle to everyone, okay? Do you know that you are going too far? Zhu Zhixue wanted to twist Li Zhuangsheng's ears and scold him. But no matter how much she thought in her heart, she didn't open her mouth.

Everyone can say this, except her.

Li Zhuangsheng smiled bitterly, thinking that there was no possibility of misunderstanding. He had already made everything clear just now. When she calmed down, she would know that this was just out of sympathy.

"Then what are you going to do in the future?" Zhu Zhixue asked unhappily.

"What do you mean?" Li Zhuangsheng was puzzled. "Are you really going to waste time with her? If she doesn't find a partner, you won't find one either?" Zhu Zhixue was so angry that she wanted to grab Li Zhuangsheng's collar and shake him. "I'm telling you, you don't understand girls. Girls are all like this. They cry, make a scene, and then hang themselves. They use their tears to get men's sympathy. They are especially good at pretending to be pitiful. Don't be fooled. It's time to find a partner! Don't bother with her!"

"Oh, you are talking about this." Li Zhuangsheng said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about me about this. I am not doing this for her. I have no intention of finding a partner in the first place."

Zhu Zhixue was stunned: "What?"

Li Zhuangsheng spread his hands and said, "Why would a high school student fall in love?"

"But, you..."

Zhu Zhixue blinked, took a deep breath, frowned, and was speechless for a long time.

"You, if you don't want to talk, then I—"

"You what?"

"No...you are sick!" Zhu Zhixue stomped her feet in anger, feeling angry and embarrassed.

"High school students should focus on studying. They cannot let premature love affect their studies!" Li Zhuangsheng couldn't understand what was wrong with his logic.

"You..." Zhu Zhixue was short of breath. Li Zhuangsheng was on the moral high ground, so she couldn't hold his head down and say he was wrong. She could only blush and say, "Who said that falling in love will affect your studies? Look at Wang Aiwei, isn't he also in a relationship? He's still number one in the grade!"

Li Zhuangsheng shook his head: "He is him and I am me. Anyway, I won't talk about it."

Zhu Zhixue pouted and asked unwillingly, "What if you graduate from high school and go to college? What if Hu Mengdie has a boyfriend?"

"Actually...it has nothing to do with whether Hu Mengdie has a boyfriend or not. I have already decided that I will never fall in love again, ever, not with anyone."

Li Zhuangsheng thought for a long time, pursed his lips, and spoke word by word.

Zhu Zhixue was stunned.

"You're just talking nonsense... Haha, who doesn't find a partner in their lifetime? Why don't you get married?" Zhu Zhixue laughed dryly and squinted, trying to persuade him.

"Well, I'm not getting married. You don't understand now, but you will in the future. There are actually a lot of people who don't want to get married... Love is not a necessity in life. If you don't have it, then you don't have it. I don't want it either. Oh! Why am I telling you this? Hahahaha, you'll understand in ten years."

Li Zhuangsheng smiled.

This was not a whim on his part, but a decision made after careful consideration. Of course, Hu Mengdie's crying was the finishing touch.

He was too tired from his last relationship, and therefore he deeply understood his own shortcomings. A freak like him was not suitable for dating real women, and who knew what kind of disease he would develop.

Just buy a few more anime girl pillows, or silicone dolls if that doesn't work...

Besides, can people not live without love in this life? There will be so many leftover men and women in the future, and no one will have a partner, so what are you afraid of! He has so many readers, and most of them don’t have girlfriends.

Anyway, he is not alone. Instead of suffering from love, he might as well continue to live with Li Xiuyu. Anyway, she is not interested in men, so it’s up to the brother and sister to do whatever they want... Even if she comes out as a scumbag, she will not abandon him as a brother because of a weekly/monthly girlfriend.

At worst, I can go to Nanjing or Shanghai with her, find a job, use the money from stocks to buy an apartment, and turn a blind eye to the old couple at home. Besides, Shanghai and Nanjing are not far from home, so I can get home in half a day if anything happens.

As for what to do when you are old...why think about what will happen in 50 or 60 years? He believes that with the development of technology, the elderly can have a decent old age. All they need to do is save more money before retirement.

Thinking about it this way, it wouldn't be bad to become an old man and an old woman with Li Xiuyu. Before marriage, Li Xiuyu and I were quite happy together, not worse than after marriage, except that we didn't have a sex life... Anyway, we have been masturbating for more than ten years, so what's the harm in doing it for another ten years?

Zhu Zhixue stared at Li Zhuangsheng with a complicated expression. He seemed to be serious, not giving up on himself or joking.

"It's cold, it's cold..."

Just as Zhu Zhixue was struggling over how to continue persuading her, she heard a faint mosquito buzzing in her ears.

"It sounds like your father is talking." Li Zhuangsheng pointed at the dead dog beside him, "Let me help you take him home."

"No, no... I can do it myself!" Zhu Zhixue stepped forward and tried to help him up.

"It's okay, let me help you!"

Li Zhuangsheng smiled and helped Zhu Zhixue carry Zhu's father, and walked into the community step by step.

Zhu's father is not tall, probably less than 1.7 meters, and thin, but if he is not aware of it, his center of gravity will be unstable and he will feel very heavy.

"You usually drag him back like this..."

After walking a short distance, Li Zhuangsheng already felt a little tired. Dragging a drunk person was more tiring than carrying Hu Mengdie upstairs.

"It happens sometimes. In fact, he usually doesn't get drunk to this extent. Most of the time... he can still walk to the door of his house."

Since Li Zhuangsheng took on most of Zhu's father's gravity, Zhu Zhixue followed behind very easily.

"It seems that it is better to be half drunk. Tell your father not to get fully drunk in the future." Li Zhuangsheng joked.

It was so difficult for him, a boy, to get her father home alone. It was hard to imagine how Zhu Zhixue managed to drag her father back home.

"Being completely drunk is best, being half drunk is troublesome," said Zhu Zhixue.

Li Zhuangsheng felt a little confused and suddenly remembered the story Zhu Zhixue told him before his rebirth. He lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhixue's house was on the second floor. With the joint efforts of the two of them, Li Zhuangsheng successfully brought the drunk Zhu's father back home.

When he entered Zhu Zhixue's house, he was so tired that he was panting, and sweat soaked his back. Without resting, he continued to carry Zhu's father to the bed.

At this moment, Zhu's father suddenly felt nauseous. Zhu Zhixue quickly put the trash can in front of him. He was holding the trash can and vomiting.

Seeing a drunk man in real life for the first time, Li Zhuangsheng frowned subconsciously. He happened to have some tissues in his pocket, so he took them out and wiped the man's face.

"No need to trouble you, it's very dirty..." Zhu Zhixue said quickly.

"fine."

Li Zhuangsheng smiled and threw the tissue into the trash can with a bit of disgust. The strong smell of alcohol made him turn away immediately.

Hu Mengdie also vomited all over the place just now, but Li Zhuangsheng didn't show any disgust. I guess this is the difference between a beautiful young ex-wife and a middle-aged uncle.

Zhu Zhixue walked into the kitchen, picked up the kettle, poured a glass of water, and came back to feed it to Zhu's father. The father drank it in a daze, and then fell asleep again.

"Does your dad still gamble?" Li Zhuangsheng couldn't help but ask.

"How do you know...Actually, he hasn't been gambling much recently." Zhu Zhixue looked embarrassed.

Li Zhuangsheng also nodded awkwardly: "Oh... I guessed. It's not good to gamble. Gambling is not a good habit."

Zhu Zhixue covered his father with a quilt with a red face. Without saying a word, the two of them quietly left Zhu's father's bedroom.

(End of this chapter)