Chapter 109 Death (Two in One)

Why can she eat so much?

Li Xiuyu signaled to Li Zhuangsheng with his eyes, but the other party ignored him.

"I ordered too much, you should eat more and don't waste it." Li Zhuangsheng said to Lin Yuehua with a smile.

Anger gradually appeared in Li Xiuyu's eyes.

She was fooled!

Before leaving in the morning, Li Zhuangsheng told Li Xiuyu that he would treat her to breakfast as an apology. Li Xiuyu readily agreed, thinking how much would breakfast cost for three people?
Who knew that Li Zhuangsheng was waiting for her here!

She sipped the porridge and glanced at Lin Yuehua from time to time. She had already finished a whole basket of steamed dumplings, a basket and a half of soup dumplings, two fried dough sticks, a glutinous rice ball, and a bowl of spicy soup. She devoured them all in a flash.

It’s hard to imagine that Lin Yuehua’s thin body actually has such a huge appetite!
"Are you full?"

After all the food on the table was finished, Li Zhuangsheng handed Lin Yuehua a tissue.

"I'm not completely full, but that's enough." Lin Yuehua wiped her mouth.

Li Zhuangsheng nodded and signaled Li Xiuyu to pay. Seeing Li Xiuyu stand up, Lin Yuehua showed some doubts in her eyes.

"She paid today. How useful is it to just say sorry?"

Li Zhuangsheng smiled, feeling quite proud that he could make Li Xiuyu suffer a loss. Lin Yuehua nodded silently and pursed her lips, as if she regretted eating too much.

The three of them returned home and studied as usual. Lin Yuehua taught Li Zhuangsheng, while Li Xiuyu did his homework or listened in. Sometimes he couldn't help but laugh at Li Zhuangsheng and called him a fool.

Li Minghua and Chen Lanying both smiled with satisfaction when they saw the brother and sister taking the initiative to study. Especially Chen Lanying, seeing Li Zhuangsheng's well-behaved appearance in front of Lin Yuehua, an inexplicable smile appeared on her lips.

At about 11 o'clock in the morning, the morning English class ended. Li Zhuangsheng stretched lazily, thinking that time passed so quickly.

"Son, are you cooking today? Dad has never eaten the food you cooked!"

At noon, Li Minghua did not go out. He walked over with a smile on his face and an expectant look on his face.

"Oh, son, you've been studying for the whole morning. What are you going to cook? Take a rest today and let mom do it!" Chen Lanying slapped Li Minghua in an angry tone.

Because she was worried about disturbing Li Zhuangsheng and others' studies, Chen Lanying just prepared the dishes and didn't cook.

"It's okay, I'll do it!" Li Zhuangsheng stood up.

"That's right, let Li Zhuangsheng do it. You always cook the same few dishes, and you don't even know how to make cola chicken wings!" said Li Xiuyu.

"You, you are so rebellious! You dislike me, don't you? Who cooked and fed you until you are this big? You dislike me now, will you just throw me out when I get old?"

Chen Lanying denounced the unfilial daughter in front of her with tears in her eyes, calling her names one after another.

Li Xiuyu was angry and helpless: "Can you not go so far? I didn't say anything. Didn't I let you rest?"

"You think my cooking is not delicious and that I am useless as a mother... Son, you heard me, I can't count on your sister anymore, so you can't be as unfilial as her..."

"That's what you'll do!"

Chen Lanying pretended to cry, Li Xiuyu was furious, and Li Zhuangsheng and Li Minghua were laughing on the side, as they were used to such conversations.

Lin Yuehua looked at the lively atmosphere, lowered her head, and smiled silently. Their family is really nice.

"Li Xiuyu, come and cook the rice!" Li Zhuangsheng shouted.

"I don't want it, just cook it!" Li Xiu Yu said lazily.

"Then I'll cook." Lin Yuehua took the initiative to walk towards the kitchen.

Li Xiuyu was stunned and said quickly: "Oh, no need——"

Chen Lanying also said: "Little classmate, you are a guest, so don't be busy!"

Lin Yuehua shook her head and forced out an awkward but well-behaved smile: "I can also cook at home."

"Let her come, she is not an ordinary guest!" Li Zhuangsheng also said.

Lin Yuehua walked into the kitchen and washed the rice skillfully. Li Zhuangsheng chuckled, "It's a good thing you came. I almost forgot that Li Xiuyu can't cook."

"Cooking is not difficult." Lin Yuehua said lightly.

"You don't know, she cooked it once when she was a child, not only did she put less water, she also added orange juice which was unnecessary." Li Zhuangsheng had an indescribable expression on his face.

Lin Yuehua was stunned: "Can I eat it?"

Li Zhuangsheng shrugged, "Of course I couldn't eat it. I threw it all away... You didn't see how Li Xiuyu cried when she threw the food away, as if no one respected the fruits of her labor and insisted on eating it herself. But she vomited it out after taking a bite, and then she never cried again."

Lin Yuehua couldn't help but burst out laughing, but soon calmed down again, like a flower that shyly bloomed halfway and then closed silently.

"You must have been very young at that time, right?" Lin Yuehua said.

"I was very young, maybe in the second or third grade. I still remember that the rice cooker was a Triangle brand one."

"My rice cooker is also a Triangle brand one now."

"Triangle is a big brand. I feel like every household has used it..."

"I bought this pot many years ago..."

The two were chatting and laughing in the kitchen, while Chen Lanying was watching them outside with a smile on her face.

"What are you looking at?" Li Xiuyu seemed to sense something and poked Chen Lanying unhappily.

Chen Lanying frowned and lectured Li Xiuyu: "Look at yourself, and then look at how sensible he is."

After a pause, Chen Lanying asked softly, "Hey, do you know what Lin Yuehua's family does?"

Li Xiuyu bit her lip: "Why are you asking this?"

"I'm just asking... Hey, I was originally worried about how your brother would find a partner in the future since he's so dumb. Haha, I think Lin Yuehua is pretty good."

"What are you thinking, how could she like Li Zhuangsheng?"

"I can go home and teach him. I think there's a chance... But this girl's grades are too good. Your brother has to take action as soon as possible!"

"You, you're just teaching him to fall in love early, right?"

Chen Lanying said confidently: "If he keeps company with the good, he will be good. If studying with Lin Yuehua can help him improve, I hope he will fall in love sooner!"

Li Xiuyu was cautiously angry: "He fell in love early, so I fell in love early too!"

"You dare? You're so rebellious!" Chen Lanying glared at him, "If you dare to fall in love too early, I'll break your legs! Why would a girl fall in love so early?"

Li Xiuyu denounced Chen Lanying's double standards on the surface: "Then don't you want Li Zhuangsheng to date other girls?"

Chen Lanying didn't care: "She is she and you are you. Anyway, our family can't suffer any loss! Actually, I think Hu Mengdie is pretty good. She is beautiful and well-educated... It's a pity that she has a boyfriend... Zhuang Sheng Mengdie, tut tut, what a pity!"

"Actually... Hu Mengdie doesn't have a boyfriend!" Li Xiuyu couldn't help but blurt out. "What? Didn't you say you had one?" Chen Lanying was surprised and delighted.

Li Xiuyu said stubbornly, "I said that because I was afraid that you would talk nonsense in front of others and match them up randomly!"

Chen Lanying twisted Li Xiuyu's ear in annoyance: "You stupid girl, you even lied to your mother!"

After saying that, Chen Lanying sighed and fell into deep thought.

"Lin Yuehua is a nice person, but her grades are so good, it's hard to say whether she can go to college... Hu Mengdie is even better, but she is so beautiful, I'm afraid your brother can't seduce her..."

You think Li Zhuangsheng is so popular that women are all vying to pursue him! The more Li Xiuyu listened, the angrier he became.

Suddenly I thought of the legendary Zhu Zhixue. Hu Mengdie also said that she had seen the two of them holding an umbrella alone... This is outrageous!
Although Li Zhuangsheng said something like not dating or getting married last night... But he also said shamelessly that he never watched that kind of movies, and he secretly downloaded a lot of them from the E disk "An Lushan Rebellion"! When he was in kindergarten, he said he wanted to marry me as his wife, but now I don't know where he has forgotten about it!

"Hey, Hu Mengdie and your brother have a good relationship, right? Try to match your brother up!" Chen Lanying urged, "I'm not asking your brother to do anything with her. Your brother is a nerd, and he'll be miserable if he can't pick up girls in the future!"

"Okay, let's match them up, for sure!"

Li Xiuyu felt resentful and thought to himself, this is what you said!
She knew that Hu Mengdie had a lover, and for this lover, Hu Mengdie explicitly rejected all suitors. Let Li Zhuangsheng pursue Hu Mengdie, just wait for him to get hurt!

However, if Li Zhuangsheng could really persist in pursuing Hu Mengdie, she would feel a lot more at ease.

Chase, let him chase! Not only will I let him chase, I will also create opportunities for him! Li Xiuyu said viciously in his heart, anyway, it wasn't me who called!

In the evening, it was almost nine o'clock when I finished studying.

Lin Yuehua was packing up to go home when Li Xiuyu stopped her and took down the school uniform that was drying on the balcony: "Don't forget your clothes."

Before Lin Yuehua could ask doubtfully, Li Zhuangsheng quickly took it, stuffed it into Lin Yuehua's hand, and winked: "This is what you lent me yesterday. I washed it and I'm returning it to you!"

Lin Yuehua frowned slightly, but seeing Li Zhuangsheng's look, she could only say "Oh" and accept it temporarily.

"Let me take her there today, so you don't have to go." Li Xiuyu picked up the car keys.

"Let's go together. I'll go out for some fresh air, too."

Fearing that Li Xiuyu would ask Lin Yuehua about what happened last night, Li Zhuangsheng didn't dare to leave the two of them alone together.

Li Xiuyu carried Lin Yuehua, while Li Zhuangsheng rode alone, and they soon arrived at the Lin family's fruit shop.

On the old street, most of the shops have closed, only a single lamp is still on in front of the Lin family’s door, and the autumn wind is blowing.

"Why do you come back so late every day!" When Grandma Lin saw Lin Yuehua, she picked up a small stick and hit her lightly, and started to blame her.

"Hello, grandma. I'm Lin Yuehua's friend." Li Xiuyu hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her, "She is studying at my house. Don't blame her."

"Oh, you are Xiaohua's friend!" Grandma Lin noticed someone and quickly threw away the stick, showing a kind smile, "Has Xiaohua been visiting your house these days?"

"Yes, they all come to my house to study!"

"Where do you live?"

"xx Flower Garden."

"Oh, oh... that's good!" Grandma Lin smiled and grabbed an apple and stuffed it into Li Xiuyu's arms, "Classmate, have some fruit. Xiaohua didn't cause you any trouble, did she?"

“No, no…” Li Xiuyu quickly waved his hand to decline, “Lin Yuehua is here to teach me, I should thank her!”

"Is that so..." Grandma Lin seemed to understand, and nodded with a smile, "You high school students study too hard, and you can't even rest during holidays. Our Xiaohua is the same. She studies at your house during the day, and comes home to study until midnight at night!"

Li Xiuyu was slightly startled, but heard Lin Yuehua gently scolding: "Okay, you go to sleep first, I'll close the door in a while. I told you, you don't have to wait for me in the future!"

When Grandma Lin heard this, she slapped her thigh in excitement: "How can I dare to sleep if you don't come back? If something happens to you again, do you want me to take medicine?"

"Hello, pick some pears for me!" Li Zhuangsheng walked in.

Lin Yuehua glanced at him, tore off a plastic bag, and silently put pears in it for him.

"To be honest, your pears are delicious." Li Zhuangsheng smiled and whispered to Lin Yuehua, "I like pears, too."

After picking the pears, Lin Yuehua silently handed the plastic bag to Li Zhuangsheng.

"how much is it?"

"No money, I'll give it to you to eat."

"How can you not want money? You teach me for free, and you also want to treat me to pears for free? Am I your gigolo?" Li Zhuangsheng smiled and teased, handing it to Grandma Lin, "Grandma, please weigh it and tell me how much it is!"

……

The brother and sister rode their bikes in the gentle night breeze, the stars were twinkling, and the air was cool.

Li Xiuyu's expression flickered, and she had something on her mind. She had heard that there was nothing to worry about in the world, but mediocre people worry about it themselves. It was a joke to laugh at people who worry about nothing.

She had always understood that there was no future for her and Li Zhuangsheng. He would eventually date and marry another girl, and that girl would never be her.

Before this, she subconsciously believed that day would be far away, in the distant future, forever out of reach.

But Chen Lanying's words today reminded her that the future is not that far away.

A sense of panic and urgency swept through her body. She was so scared. Thinking that this might happen, she felt her heart was emptied. She didn't know what to do!
This kind of mentality is like when you were a child and couldn’t sleep at night, you were afraid of death and felt sad and desolate in your heart.

The way to relieve her fear at that time was to quietly climb onto Li Zhuangsheng's bed and squeeze together with him. She thought to herself that as long as she died with Li Zhuangsheng, she would not be so scared.

Well, when both of them become old men and women...If Li Zhuangsheng dies first, I will commit suicide. If I die first, I will kill Li Zhuangsheng right before I die.

Yes, when I was young, I was not afraid of death because I had Li Zhuangsheng. But if Li Zhuangsheng was no longer around, what would I do?
She couldn't face this result, and her heart ached when she thought about it.

"Hey!"

With an angry shout, Li Xiu Yu hit something with a "bang". She instinctively slammed on the brakes. When she came to her senses, Li Zhuangsheng had been knocked to the ground by her.

"Are you OK!"

Li Xiuyu hurried forward and helped Li Zhuangsheng up.

"Are you crazy? Didn't you see a car coming in front of you?" Li Zhuangsheng clutched his waist in pain, angrily, "If I hadn't avoided you, you would have crashed into it!"

"I'm sorry..." Li Xiuyu apologized subconsciously.

"You were distracted while riding your bike on the street and you even dared to run a red light. You really are courting death!" Li Zhuangsheng was still furious and continued to scold loudly.

"Sorry……"

Li Xiuyu cried.

Li Zhuangsheng was stunned for a moment, and his momentum quickly weakened. He sighed and rubbed his waist helplessly: "I don't want to scold you, but it's very dangerous for you to ride a bike like this. I'm afraid that you will have an accident in the future..."

"What do you think of Hu Mengdie?" Li Xiuyu asked, biting his lip.

(End of this chapter)