Chapter 249

Director Yan took everyone away, and the whole house suddenly became empty.

Li Zhuangsheng looked around and found that the place was no different from the last time he came. There were only messy footprints on the ground and cheap melon seeds and candies on the empty TV table.

"It's okay, everyone has left..."

Li Zhuangsheng patted Zhu Zhixue on the back, and she stopped sobbing at some point. The empty house was silent, with only the sound of fireworks and firecrackers everywhere.

However, Zhu Zhixue still held on to Li Zhuangsheng tightly, her face still buried in his arms, as if his arms were the warmest pile of sand for an ostrich. She was still in shock, so she held on to the only life-saving straw.

With a light sigh, Li Zhuangsheng could only let her continue to hug him. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket with difficulty and replied to Li Xiuyu's message with one hand, letting her know that he was safe and saying that he might go back later.

I don’t know how much time had passed before Zhu Zhixue finally raised her head and revealed her tear-stained face.

She took off the torn down jacket, stood up silently, picked up the broom, gently swept away the fluff on the ground, then took out the mop, and silently mopped the dirty tiles again.

The whole process was carried out in silence.

Li Zhuangsheng looked at the shoes on his feet and thought they were not very clean, so he got up and went to the door to change his shoes.

However, this action caused Zhu Zhixue to misunderstand. She immediately rushed over and grabbed Li Zhuangsheng's hand, her eyes timid and her voice pleading:
"Don't go, okay..."

Li Zhuangsheng waved his hands quickly and forced a smile: "I'm not leaving, I just plan to change my shoes!"

"No need to change, no need to change!" Zhu Zhixue shook her head desperately.

"You mopped the floor so clean, if I step on it again and make it dirty..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhixue walked to the door in two steps and came back with a pair of slippers.

Seeing this, Li Zhuangsheng sat back on the sofa and smiled: "Okay, then I'll change here."

However, Zhu Zhixue walked straight forward, half-knelt down, lifted up Li Zhuangsheng's legs, and took off his shoes.

"I can just do it myself..."

Li Zhuangsheng felt flattered and even a little uneasy. He wanted to stop Zhu Zhixue from doing so, but the other party turned a deaf ear to him and insisted on taking off Li Zhuangsheng's shoes and then gently put on slippers for him.

After doing all this, Zhu Zhixue stood up with confidence, but she suddenly felt dizzy and stumbled down.

"Are you okay?" Li Zhuangsheng quickly caught Zhu Zhixue and asked nervously, "Should we take you to the hospital?"

"It's okay..." Zhu Zhixue lay in Li Zhuangsheng's arms, a rare hint of redness appearing on her pale face.

Li Zhuangsheng reminded: "Your hands are so cold, go get a down jacket and put it on..."

However, Zhu Zhixue just shook her head and smiled at Li Zhuangsheng, but it was unclear what she meant.

In desperation, Li Zhuangsheng had to take off his down jacket and gently cover Zhu Zhixue with it.

It's so cold... The moment he took off his down jacket, Li Zhuangsheng shivered slightly. He thought to himself, I feel cold even with the super warm cashmere sweater underneath, so she must be even colder.

Covered by Li Zhuangsheng's down jacket, Zhu Zhixue still looked at Li Zhuangsheng and smiled, without saying a word. She buried her face in his arms again and rubbed it gently.

Li Zhuangsheng suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, as if it was heading in an uncontrollable direction, just like seeing a gray rhino in the distance. "Come to my house tonight." As if to avoid the gray rhino in the distance, Li Zhuangsheng hurriedly invited, "Li Xiuyu is here too, we can play cards, watch TV, play computer games, play chess... anything together tonight! When you get tired, you can sleep in the same room with the school hunk... or you can sleep in my room."

If you sleep in my room, I can just sleep on the sofa, Li Zhuangsheng added.

However, he did not say this half sentence, as if he secretly hoped that Zhu Zhixue would misunderstand him this time.

He hoped that Zhu Zhixue could go home with him, or at least not be alone like this. Now he felt an invisible pressure that made him feel a little depressed.

"I don't want to..." Zhu Zhixue finally spoke softly, "I don't want to see anyone... I want to be in my own home."

At least during the Chinese New Year, I don’t want to run away to someone else’s house like a stray dog, and be talked about by others in their hearts.

Li Zhuangsheng was slightly startled, hesitated for a moment, and then suggested: "How about I take you to your mother's place?"

"I don't want it..." Zhu Zhixue said again.

She was afraid of her stepfather's increasingly hot and greedy eyes, and she didn't want to meet her mother's bored and wary eyes again. She knew what each meant.

"then you……"

Li Zhuangsheng was very conflicted. Did he have to leave Zhu Zhixue alone at home?

As if sensing something, Zhu Zhixue suddenly raised her head and tremblingly grabbed Li Zhuangsheng. Her eyes were filled with fear, like a child who was afraid of being abandoned. Tears flowed down her face again: "I, I'm scared... Please don't leave tonight, okay? I beg you..."

Li Zhuangsheng was a little confused. His mind told him that he should not agree, but the atmosphere at the moment did not allow him to refuse.

"Well, okay, I won't leave." Li Zhuangsheng smiled bitterly in his heart, but he could only bite the bullet and agree again.

He seemed to see the gray rhino walking towards him.

"Seriously, why don't you just come to my house tonight? It's the same there. There's no one else at my house. Just go into my room and no one will disturb you!" Li Zhuangsheng suggested unwillingly.

"It's too cold outside, come into my room." Zhu Zhixue grabbed Li Zhuangsheng's hand, "You probably didn't see it last time."

Zhu Zhixue turned off the lights in the living room, locked the door, and pulled Li Zhuangsheng back to her bedroom.

At this moment, her mental state was not like that of a normal person. She seemed to be extremely tense. If she exerted a little more force, it would break immediately. Li Zhuangsheng could only follow Zhu Zhixue stiffly and step by step.

Zhu Zhixue's room is very clean and tidy, with light purple walls and a layer of gauze inside the curtains, making it look full of girlish charm.

Li Zhuangsheng stood there somewhat uneasily. Zhu Zhixue opened the only small sun, aimed it at Li Zhuangsheng, then pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit on the edge of the bed.

"I do not need……"

Before Li Zhuangsheng finished speaking, Zhu Zhixue had already taken off her down jacket and put it back on the man. Then she stared at him blankly.

"What's wrong?" Li Zhuangsheng asked stiffly.

Zhu Zhixue opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but couldn't speak. She pursed her lips again and smiled at Li Zhuangsheng.

"I believe you, you will definitely come to save me... Just like all the times before, you will definitely appear every time..." Zhu Zhixue smiled, her voice trembling, and slowly hugged Li Zhuangsheng, "I believe you, I always believe in you."

(End of this chapter)