Chapter 136 Untitled
The memories of the past came back to her mind, and Hu Mengdie was filled with mixed emotions.

"I do not quite understand you……"

Li Zhuangsheng still tried to play dumb. He was not sure what Hu Mengdie was really thinking.

"You don't have to hide it for her. I know she confessed to you that day. She told me in advance."

Hu Mengdie smiled faintly, with an indescribable expression on her face.

"what?"

Li Zhuangsheng was stunned on the spot.

"I'm sorry, I never had the chance to tell you." Hu Mengdie stuck out her tongue, "Meng Ke seduced you, so I agreed."

Li Zhuangsheng was a little confused. He thought for a long time before pointing at himself angrily: "You, you colluded with each other, are you testing me?"

"Do you think I'm that boring?" Hu Mengdie smiled bitterly. "This kind of thing, whether it succeeds or fails, will not benefit me."

"No, then you guys..."

"It was Meng Ke who asked me to give her a chance. She likes you. Didn't you notice it before?"

Li Zhuangsheng's mouth twitched slightly: "To be honest, before that, there really wasn't any!"

Hu Mengdie rolled her eyes at him: "Then you are stupid, she is so good to you, she gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for you, always cooks your favorite dishes for you, and prepares clean clothes for you..."

Hu Mengdie thought to herself, she washed your underwear by hand, and you never noticed it... I don’t know whether to say you are careful or careless.

Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head awkwardly: "I thought she felt that she was dependent on others, so she wanted to please me..."

He deliberately did not compete with Hu Mengke for some housework, for fear that the other party would feel insecure about being "not needed".

"You're so nice to her, isn't it natural for her to like you?"

"I wasn't very nice to her, mainly because..."

Hu Mengdie smiled and continued, "It's mainly because she's very pitiful, and she's my sister."

Li Zhuangsheng nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, I really don't have any bad thoughts about her!"

"I believe you on this."

Hu Mengdie thought, but you are so gentle. You were there when she was humiliated in the hospital, you were there when Xuanxuan was sick at night, you were there when she was abandoned by her parents... You were there when she needed you, you took good care of her self-esteem, and gave her gifts equally during festivals. Isn't it natural for her to fall in love with you?

"Putting aside other things, I don't quite understand why you agreed to this."

Li Zhuangsheng looked at Hu Mengdie in surprise and thought to himself, you don't look like you have any minotaur fetish.

"She's my sister. She even knelt down and begged me. What can I do?"

Hu Mengdie sighed helplessly, and her smile became more bitter.

Hu Mengke was very stubborn. Ever since she fell in love in high school, Hu Mengke had never said a soft word to her. Even when the other party was in financial difficulty, he never bowed his head to her or asked for a penny.

That was the first time in ten years that Hu Mengke had begged her in such a humble manner. Combined with the other party's miserable reality, Hu Mengdie felt indescribable entanglement and distress in her heart.

"Even so..." Li Zhuangsheng still found it hard to accept.

"If it was your sister, what would you do?" Hu Mengdie asked. This question stumped Li Zhuangsheng. He imagined that the future Li Xiuyu would suddenly kneel in front of him crying and saying, "Brother, my sister-in-law smells so good, please let me sleep with her for one night..."

That’s not it either… No, no, no, how can it be the same?

"Wait a minute, my mind is a little confused..." Li Zhuangsheng covered his forehead, "You said, she begged you to allow her to... confess to me, and you agreed?"

"correct."

"And then? Are you going to divorce her and let her be with you?"

"I made a bet with her. If she fails in seducing me, she will behave herself from now on. If she succeeds..." Hu Mengdie raised the corner of her mouth, "Then I will allow you two to have an affair."

Li Zhuangsheng was stunned for a moment, then he asked in surprise: "Are you crazy? How can you agree to this?"

Hu Mengdie lowered her eyes and said calmly, "So it's a gamble, so you have to accept the loss."

Li Zhuangsheng shook his head in disbelief and took a deep breath. His head had not yet recovered from the shock. "I am really impressed. I don't know what you think. Even if that is your sister..."

Hu Mengdie teased frivolously: "Do you regret rejecting her? You were so close to having both of them. A wife and a sister-in-law, this is your man's dream, right?"

"Don't joke about that..."

Fantasy is fantasy, reality is reality. Although Li Zhuangsheng likes this kind of plot when watching anime, he has never imagined the real Hu Mengke, because that would be too disrespectful.

"Actually, I believe you won't be seduced by her, so I dare to make this bet." Hu Mengdie smiled slightly, "She likes you, but I can't be by your side 24 hours a day. If she really wants to make a move on you, she will always find a chance. It's useless even if I disagree. Instead of being worried all day, it's better to solve it all at once."

"What if I couldn't resist the temptation?" Li Zhuangsheng asked unhappily.

Hu Mengdie spread her hands: "Then I can only accept the loss. I am unlucky in this life. I was badly tricked by you two... But in the end, I won the bet, didn't I?"

Li Zhuangsheng was speechless for a moment.

"In the final analysis, you are just too gentle. You treat her so well. Have you ever thought that she might fall in love with you?"

Li Zhuangsheng looked puzzled. "I don't think she really likes me. She likes handsome guys like Zhang Xu... She likes me just because of the suspension bridge effect. She didn't have a good life before, so she thinks she likes someone who is a little gentle to her. But essentially it's just because she lacks a sense of security. If she calms down, she won't like me anymore."

Hu Mengdie frowned when she heard this: "I don't understand what your definition of this kind of love is..."

She really couldn't understand Li Zhuangsheng's twisted entanglement, but she knew that the other party thought so about Hu Mengke, and would also think so about her. Why did she always feel that others didn't like him!
But before he could finish his words, Hu Mengke's door opened.

"Brother-in-law, what are you doing?" Hu Mengke came out, his eyes red, and walked quickly to Li Zhuangsheng, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him, "Why did you write such a tragic story!"

"Don't take stories seriously, they're all fake." Li Zhuangsheng glanced at Hu Mengdie.

After hearing Hu Mengdie say that she knew Hu Mengke liked him, he became a little restrained. In front of Hu Mengdie, he didn't know how to approach Hu Mengke.

"Then go into the room and teach her how to write. I won't bother you for now." Hu Mengdie smiled, then turned her face to Hu Mengke and said, "Listen to your brother-in-law, or I'll tell Dad!"

Hu Mengke shrank back in fear and nodded hastily.

Li Zhuangsheng blinked. Although he had heard from Hu Mengdie that his former father-in-law was very strict in disciplining his daughters, he could not have any practical experience of it.

In Li Zhuangsheng's impression, although his father-in-law had a stubborn temper, he had a gentle personality. At least he was very kind to him. During the Chinese New Year, when he went to pay New Year's greetings to his father-in-law, he stuffed a big red envelope into his hand, saying that it was New Year's money for his future grandson.

When he first came to visit, his father-in-law bought Maotai to entertain him, so that Li Zhuangsheng, who never drank, also drank two small cups with great trepidation.

(End of this chapter)