Chapter 236 Secret
"It's just so-so!" Hu Mengke said modestly, but his nose was so high that it seemed to reach the sky. "Let me tell you, the first and second female lead's families gave money to the director! Our family didn't give any money!"

"Well, just think of it as going to summer camp." Li Zhuangsheng smiled and advised, "Don't take it too seriously. You will still be a student in the future."

Hu Mengke's face was full of imagination: "Hey, tell me, will there be a big director who will take a fancy to me and let me play the leading female role, and then I will become famous all of a sudden!"

"You've made progress. You have a keen eye and can say idioms now. But you also said that the leading actress has to pay money, so don't let your imagination run wild now." Li Zhuangsheng interrupted Hu Mengke's fantasy calmly, "Didn't I tell you that if you really want to be a star, you should study hard first and then apply to the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy."

"Yeah, I want to study hard and become a big star!" Hu Mengke encouraged himself, then turned on the little sun and pointed it at Li Zhuangsheng, "Brother-in-law, are you still cold now?"

"Just take the photo of yourself." Li Zhuangsheng moved forward with a smile.

"It's okay, I'm just like Kong Rong giving up his pears, respecting the old and loving the young!"

"How old I am!"

"Humph, I'm telling you, my parents are just partial!" Hu Mengke complained to Li Zhuangsheng with a bitter look on her face, pouting, "My sister's room is much bigger than mine, and it has air conditioning, but my room is so small, and it doesn't even have air conditioning, so I can only use the sun!"

Li Zhuangsheng smiled and touched her head, but he could only comfort her: "The layout of your room is indeed not easy to install an air conditioner... How about this, you study hard, and if you can get into No. 1 Middle School, your brother-in-law will give you an air conditioner."

"Really?" Hu Mengke was surprised.

"Really? A gentleman's word is as good as his bond!"

Li Zhuangsheng stretched out his hand, and Hu Mengke smiled happily and clapped his hands vigorously.

"What are you talking about?"

The door was opened and Hu Mengdie walked in lightly carrying a fruit plate.

"Nothing, she was telling me about the special effects drama she acted in. I said, she's such a good actress, don't really think she's a villain."

Li Zhuangsheng smiled, intending to remind Hu Mengdie not to forget Hu Mengke's "school bullying" after school starts.

"Oh, how could that be? Acting is acting!"

Hu Mengke had a smug look on her face and didn't take Li Zhuangsheng's words to heart at all. She didn't know what she was about to face. She just felt that since she was on TV, she would definitely be envied and even admired by her classmates after school started.

Hu Mengdie naturally heard the hidden meaning of Li Zhuangsheng's words, nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "Come and have some fruit before you continue your study."

Hu Mengke picked up a toothpick, poked a piece of apple, and said deliberately in front of Hu Mengdie: "Brother-in-law, ah——"

"I can just do it myself."

"By the way, is Lin Yuehua's grandma okay?" Hu Mengdie asked lightly, sitting beside the bed.

"Hmm...it should be fine." Li Zhuangsheng was stunned for a moment, turned his face away slightly, and chewed the apple slowly, "We invited experts from Nanjing to come here to throw knives."

"Oh, I see." Hu Mengdie smiled gently, "You are still so gentle, caring about her grandmother as much as you do Mengke."

She was referring to the future Hu Mengke, and Li Zhuangsheng naturally understood. He felt a little uncomfortable. Although Hu Mengdie's words were gentle and innocent, Hu Mengke was his real sister-in-law after all, and he cared about her as much as his classmate's grandmother... and it seemed like there was something else in it.

"I think..." Li Zhuangsheng couldn't help but speak, but then closed his mouth again.

"Whose grandma? Is she sick?" Hu Mengke didn't know what was going on, and looked confused. "It's okay, it's my classmate's grandma. Eat quickly, and then take out the test paper and show it to your brother-in-law."

"Then go out and don't disturb us from studying!" Hu Mengke snorted and drove Hu Mengdie out.

After making sure that he had left, Hu Mengke took out the Chinese test paper and handed it to Li Zhuangsheng, and complained to him with a gossipy look on his face: "Brother-in-law, is the coat hanging in my sister's room yours?"

"Why are you talking about this suddenly?" Li Zhuangsheng did not answer directly.

Speaking of which, the coat that she lent her during the National Day holiday has not been returned yet. Hu Mengdie has not thought about returning it, and it is not convenient for her to ask for it now.

"Is it really yours?" Hu Mengke asked in surprise, and then a strange look appeared on his face, "Brother-in-law, let me tell you, my sister is a pervert!"

Li Zhuangsheng glanced at her and said, "Why are you abnormal? Is it because I'm strict with you?"

Hu Mengke shook his head like a rattle, looking as if he wanted to say something but couldn't: "No, no! She... do you know how perverted she is?"

"I don't know, so don't tell me."

Li Zhuangsheng lowered his head to look at Hu Mengke's composition. He didn't want to hear about Hu Mengdie at the moment. He would only add to his regrets if he heard about it. It was really unnecessary.

"No, I want to say that you can never imagine how perverted she is!" Hu Mengke's face flushed slightly, "I saw it with my own eyes that day, she was not wearing anything inside, she was just wearing your coat, rolling around on the bed..."

"Ah?" Li Zhuangsheng was stunned. Looking at Hu Mengke's blushing face, he also felt a little embarrassed and ashamed.

"You... this is your sister's business, don't get involved in it anymore." Li Zhuangsheng lowered his eyes, "You saw this a long time ago, don't spread it to others."

"It wasn't that long ago, it was just when she had her holiday!"

"Winter vacation?" Li Zhuangsheng was surprised.

Hu Mengke thought for a moment and said, "Yes, the second day of winter vacation..."

"No..." Li Zhuangsheng was stunned, and almost couldn't hold the test paper steady. "Are you sure?"

"I am sure!"

"This is..." Li Zhuangsheng was stunned for a long time, and suddenly asked with a strange look, "Did your sister ask you to say that?"

"No, absolutely not. How could she let me say that?" Hu Mengke was anxious and almost swore, "She also made me swear not to tell you, saying that if I told you, she would break off relations with me!"

Li Zhuangsheng had a strange look on his face: "Then you, are you still telling me?"

Hu Mengke choked, "I'm not afraid of her. She won't let me say it, but I'll say it anyway. Brother-in-law, I'm telling you this in secret because you're my brother-in-law! Just keep it to yourself, don't tell my sister about it!"

If you are so afraid of your sister, don't tell me! You are such a coward, your sister deserves to beat you up... Li Zhuangsheng felt helpless. Hu Mengke was not good at playing dumb, so he could believe her words.

But this gave rise to another question. Didn't Hu Mengdie and him forget each other? Why was he still... playing such a perverted game?
What is Hu Mengdie thinking about?
Today, Li Zhuangsheng feels that he can no longer understand her. But then again, he never fully understood Hu Mengdie, who was very good at hiding her feelings under that faint smile.

(End of this chapter)