Chapter 230: Kissing (Two in One)

The first time she learned to cook was in the fourth grade of primary school. Under her mother's guidance, she proudly served the prepared meals on the table.

The whole family laughed happily, and although the meal was not delicious, her parents and grandmother praised her cooking skills. She was so ambitious that she said shamelessly that she would cook for her parents and grandmother more often in the future.

Unfortunately, children's enthusiasm comes and goes quickly. After that, Lin Yuehua never cooked again. Naturally, her family would not really want a child to cook for them.

Until my parents died one after another.

Lin Yuehua had never thought that such a day would come. She had always thought that her tall father was just suffering from a minor illness. His back was like a mountain. How could he be defeated by a minor illness? Didn't he say that he would be cured soon and take her to KFC when he was discharged from the hospital?
My mother was so normal when she left home in the morning. She even said that she would buy a cake for me and go to the hospital to celebrate my birthday with my father. How could she die without any warning? Isn't she omnipotent? How could she die?
After losing both her parents in just a few days, Lin Yuehua was already numb and confused, not daring to believe the fact, as if everything was fake. It didn't matter whether she believed it or not, she couldn't even remember what happened in the days when her parents died.

The only thing she remembered was that she forgot to shed tears when she was outside. When she returned home and looked at the empty room, she realized that her parents seemed to be really gone, so she burst into tears.

The house they lived in before was rented. After her parents passed away, she and her grandmother moved here.

After that, Lin Yuehua started cooking again, although it was her grandmother who did it most of the time. But her grandmother was old and she couldn't rely on her for everything.

She must learn to be independent and rely on herself. If you rely on mountains, they will fall; if you rely on people, they will run away. They may all leave early, and only when you are strong can you be real.

In her first year of junior high school, a teacher from Peking University was invited to give a speech at the school, so Lin Yuehua set a goal for herself that she must be admitted to the best university in China.

She must cross that dragon gate.

People often say "Tsinghua or Peking University". Since Tsinghua comes first, it must be better. When she was a child, she acted like a spoiled child in her mother's arms. Her mother jokingly asked her whether she would go to Tsinghua or Peking University in the future. She tilted her head and thought for a long time, and firmly chose Tsinghua.

The word "Peking University" is too rustic, not as good as "Tsinghua University". Besides, there is a small hospital called "Peking University Men's Hospital" in the county, which has the name of Peking University and should be opened by Peking University. For a period of time, it often distributed suspicious pamphlets on the road, which was really embarrassing.

She actually had no knowledge of cooking, she just wanted to fill her stomach, as long as the food was not too salty, too bland and not too unpalatable. After her parents passed away, they left behind a lot of debts, and with her family's financial situation, they could only eat meat a few times a month.

Originally, she could have gone to the county middle school with her high school entrance examination results, but her class teacher, who learned about her family situation, recommended her to Xingpeng. Her results were only excellent in the county middle school, but at Xingpeng, she would be a top student who was trained with emphasis, and her future might not be worse than in the county middle school.

After hesitating for a moment, she decisively gave up the county school and came to Xingpeng.

In fact, what really touched her was the promise of Xingpeng school that not only would it waive her tuition and miscellaneous fees for three years but it would also give her a scholarship and even guarantee that she would have a place in all future national scholarships and grants.

She and her grandmother are overwhelmed by life, and this money can greatly alleviate their current predicament.

But despite this, she didn't feel too grateful to Xing Peng. She felt that all this was the result of her own strength. Xing Peng gave her these preferential treatments because she had good grades, and as long as she maintained her excellent grades, it would be an equal exchange.

No one owes anyone anything.

Similarly, she did not interact with her classmates. She felt that it was unnecessary. They just happened to be in the same class. After completing the tasks assigned by the school class, they could just study on their own.

When someone came to ask her questions, she would answer them because she was a "classmate", but she was reluctant to do so because it meant sacrificing her study time. She just wanted them to leave as soon as possible and her attitude was very impatient.

She doesn't need friends, all she has in her eyes is rivals. Nothing else matters, only the scores on the test papers and the ranking after each exam.

She originally thought that she would continue like this, without any distractions, working hard for three years in exchange for a chance to cross the goal line.

As a result, she met Li Zhuangsheng.

At first she didn't think much about it, just that Teacher Fan asked her to "look after" the other person. But she thought, "looking after" was nothing more than helping to answer questions, and although it was a bit troublesome, it was not a big deal.

Maybe the other person, like everyone else, would be quickly discouraged by her attitude and would never bother her again.

Unexpectedly, the other party did not back off because of her cold attitude, but instead took the initiative to stick to her.

It would be fine if she used other means, but the other party actually treated her to delicious food, including chicken legs, chicken fillets, vermicelli, meat floss bread, cola, spicy strips... It was so abominable, how did this guy know her weakness!

Humph, don’t think you win like this!

She vaguely realized that the other party might be kind to her because he knew her family situation. But she couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. She thought, as long as she used snacks to teach the other party, it would be an equal exchange, right?

This guy has lost his memory and can't do anything. There's really nothing I can do. Since you treated me to a meal, I'll try to help you, this piece of mud, climb the wall!

This is an equal exchange, and no one owes anyone anything, Lin Yuehua thought.

Originally, it was like this.

As time went by, she found herself caring more and more about Li Zhuangsheng.

The other person is like a little sun, his smile is so warm that people long for his presence.

Although her grades were not good, she still had many advantages. The parents always gave her a lot of things without taking care of her face. Not only delicious food, but also practical and necessary gifts such as stationery, tea cups, gloves, etc.

Sometimes she would be horrified to find that she was getting more and more used to Li Zhuangsheng's kindness. She would accept Li Zhuangsheng's invitation to dinner without a care, would take bread directly from Li Zhuangsheng's table, and would even accept gifts that she considered "expensive".

Simply "teaching him to learn" was no longer enough to anchor an equal exchange. This discovery made her a little flustered, but if this was still normal, then what made her even more uneasy was that she seemed to care more and more about Li Zhuangsheng:
I always think of him when I go home. I will be unhappy when I see Zhu Zhixue talking and laughing with him at school. I usually hope he can be closer to me, and I will even take the initiative to get closer to him.

The tone of my voice became more and more coquettish, and when I was teaching him, I couldn't help but deliberately get closer to him. But if I got too close, my heart would start pounding, and I would shyly keep a distance from him.

Sometimes I would chat with him during breaks. Obviously the topics were meaningless and it was clearly a waste of time, but I still enjoyed it.

Lin Yuehua knew that she had changed.

She originally had no special feelings towards school. It was just a place to learn knowledge and get out of school and go home normally.

But gradually, she would get up in the morning with great anticipation, because she would soon see Li Zhuangsheng. She would be reluctant to leave after the evening self-study get out of class, because it was time to say goodbye again.

She told herself that she shouldn't be like this and shouldn't rely on others, but another voice insisted that she didn't rely on him and that we were just normal friends. She said that students shouldn't fall in love too early, but another voice said, can't there be pure friendship between men and women? We can't just be good friends!

Yes, we are good friends, Lin Yuehua comforted herself.

But he doesn't like Zhu Zhixue, nor does he like Hu Mengdie. Who does he like? Why do I feel so sad when I feel that he is not looking at me?
Why does he always appear beside me? Don't you trust anyone? Everyone will leave.

But if that person is Li Zhuangsheng, can we trust him a little? No, we can't trust him.

I like him, I like him, I like Li Zhuangsheng! He has done so much for me, so he must like me a little. After December 12, Lin Yuehua could finally be honest with herself.

Grandma Lin quietly told her not to care too much about the money Li Zhuangsheng lent them, and to treat it as the other party's future betrothal gift, and she wouldn't need to charge extra money when the time comes. But how could she just ignore tens of thousands of dollars? She had to pay it back, at least first.

Boys can get married at the age of 22. She hopes to pay off the debt before Li Zhuangsheng turns 22, and then... at least pay off the debt first, so that neither of them owes anything.

Is it true that they owe nothing to each other? How could they not owe each other anything? She just didn't know how to repay it now. She remembered the TV series she watched when she was a child, where she could not repay the great kindness and virtue, so she could only repay it with her body.

It seemed that she had no choice but to do so. So she had to pay off the debt as soon as possible and save up some money for her dowry... If he still liked her and wanted her, she would marry him and spend her whole life with him.

Lin Yuehua had never thought about the future before. Her furthest goal was the college entrance examination. As for the long life after the college entrance examination, she only started to think about it recently.

"Try to be brave enough to at least get a bachelor's degree..."

Lin Yuehua walked into the bedroom carrying a bowl of rice and saw Li Zhuangsheng still sleeping soundly. She couldn't help but smile. He looked quite cute when he was sleeping.

"Forget it, you idiot. It might be too hard for you to pass the undergraduate exam... If you fail, I will punish you by not allowing you to like others."

Lin Yuehua bit her lip and could not help but kiss Li Zhuangsheng gently on the cheek. It took her a moment to realize what she had done, and she felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest.

Her face flushed, and she quickly covered her mouth and stepped back. She felt a surge of regret, but also secretly delighted as if she had gotten a huge advantage.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!"

Lin Yuehua apologized softly to Li Zhuangsheng, then took a deep breath and reached out to fan her hot little face.

Fortunately, it is winter and everything cools down quickly.

After thinking for a while, Lin Yuehua quickly pushed Li Zhuangsheng and said with a stern face: "Get up and eat, otherwise it will get cold soon!"

Li Zhuangsheng opened his eyes and yawned. Lin Yuehua turned away, not daring to look at him out of guilt: "I also cooked cornmeal porridge. I'll go get it. Wake up first!"

After she finished speaking, she quickly walked out of the bedroom without waiting for Li Zhuangsheng to speak.

Li Zhuangsheng nodded without saying a word and touched his cheek. Maybe it was because he was not actually asleep at Lin Yuehua's house. But now he would rather fall asleep himself.

"I just made something simple. It might not be as good as yours. Don't despise me." Lin Yuehua walked in carrying a pot full of porridge.

"How could that be? Your fried rice is so delicious!" Li Zhuangsheng said with a smile.

Lin Yuehua pursed her lips and smiled sweetly. She was nervous and afraid that she would mess up and make Li Zhuangsheng hate her, so she made her most common fried rice. For Li Zhuangsheng, she deliberately added a little more oil and beat two more eggs, and poured them into Li Zhuangsheng's bowl.

Li Zhuangsheng took two bites of rice and suddenly saw Lin Yuehua pouring cornmeal porridge into the fried rice and stirring it. He couldn't help but wonder: "What are you doing?"

"This mixture is delicious, would you like to try it?" Lin Yuehua recommended seriously.

Li Zhuangsheng followed suit and found it really different, so he praised: "I can learn from my master in my lifetime!"

Lin Yuehua smiled happily, but when she met Li Zhuangsheng's eyes, she couldn't help but think of what had just happened. She lowered her head shyly and ate her meal.

Li Zhuangsheng couldn't help but tease, "From your appearance, I really can't tell that you have such a big appetite. It seems that your future husband will have to work hard to make money, otherwise he won't be able to support you!"

"I can make money myself..." Lin Yuehua was stunned for a moment, and put down her chopsticks awkwardly, "Actually, I can eat less. I don't eat much."

"I'm just kidding. How much can a meal cost? I think girls who have a big appetite are very cute!" Li Zhuangsheng said quickly.

Lin Yuehua nodded, picked up her chopsticks and continued eating, but paid attention to her eating manners.

After the two finished their meal, it was time for Li Zhuangsheng to leave.

“I don’t feel pathetic.”

After sending Li Zhuangsheng to the roadside, Lin Yuehua suddenly said.

Li Zhuangsheng was slightly stunned.

"I feel I'm quite lucky. Some people are disabled, some are born with dementia, some die of illness... There are many people who are less fortunate than me. So, I don't feel I'm pitiful!" Lin Yuehua stared into Li Zhuangsheng's eyes, "Do you feel I'm pitiful?"

"I think... you are very good and amazing." Li Zhuangsheng affirmed with a smile.

"Well, I'm also very capable, but I just had bad luck before." Lin Yuehua stretched out her hand and pinched Li Zhuangsheng's face, pretending to be fierce, "So don't feel sorry for me anymore in the future!"

"Okay!" Li Zhuangsheng nodded vigorously.

Lin Yuehua smiled and reminded him again: "You must do the exercise book I bought for you. Don't just play during the New Year!"

“Is there a reward for doing it?”

"Then give you a kiss?"

"what?"

"Oh, I was just kidding! Ahem, there are rewards, there must be rewards!"

Lin Yuehua coughed quickly. Fortunately, the panic on her face was completely hidden in the dark night.

"Okay, I'll do my best if there's a reward!" Li Zhuangsheng smiled and got on the electric bike. "I'm leaving now, and you should go to bed early too."

"Okay..." Lin Yuehua nodded. Seeing Li Zhuangsheng turning the accelerator, she couldn't help but call out reluctantly, "Hey!"

"What's wrong?" Li Zhuangsheng stopped the car and turned around to ask.

"It's okay... Go ahead and be careful on the road." Lin Yuehua smiled.

Li Zhuangsheng smiled at Lin Yuehua, then stepped on the accelerator again and drove away slowly.

Lin Yuehua watched Li Zhuangsheng's back gradually disappear, biting her lip. She felt a little listless, and her heartbeat slowed down a lot.

She remembered a line of poetry she had read somewhere: There are thousands of thoughts about lovesickness, but there is no place for them in this world.

Li Zhuangsheng's figure completely disappeared from Lin Yuehua's sight. The cold wind blew into her neck, and she suddenly felt a little uneasy. It seemed that the money was going to be stolen.

--split line--

I'm following a book recently, it's so good that I can't stop reading...

(End of this chapter)