Chapter 252 Silk Binding
The night was cold and the chill invaded the dark bedroom. Zhu Zhixue stared at Li Zhuangsheng blankly, her eyes like the bottomless lake in Xiangshan Park under the moonlight.

Li Zhuangsheng remained silent, not daring to look directly at her. Finally, he silently put his arms around Zhu Zhixue's waist and kissed her lightly on the lips.

It's over, he thought.

As the kiss fell, Zhu Zhixue's eyes lit up slightly, as if a fire was ignited.

She smiled contentedly, and her kisses rained down on Li Zhuangsheng's mouth, as if she was leaving him with her own mark.

"Li Zhuangsheng, Li Zhuangsheng, Li Zhuangsheng, Li Zhuangsheng... I am so happy that I am going crazy!"

Zhu Zhixue hugged Li Zhuangsheng and screamed happily. Li Zhuangsheng smiled silently, feeling as if he was entangled in spider silk, which was getting tighter and tighter and he could no longer break free.

He understood, she understood...they just kept it in their minds and pretended there were no obstacles.

Just like Zhu Zhixue would not mention Lin Yuehua at this time, nor would she mention that Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie had "slept together". These were the mountains and seas that separated the two of them in the past... No matter what, Li Zhuangsheng belonged to her now and would always be.

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Li Zhuangsheng was always jokingly called a "nerd" by his parents, not because he had good grades, but because he liked to read extracurricular books. Whether it was the weekend or a long vacation, other children liked to go out and play, but Li Zhuangsheng stayed alone at home or in a bookstore, holding an extracurricular book, reading all day long without eating or sleeping.

Rather than interacting and socializing with his peers, he was more keen on immersing himself in the world of books, imagining himself as the chivalrous young man in martial arts novels, or the brave and fearless protagonists in children's literature.

Someone in the class once said that he had no emotional intelligence, but he didn't think so. He always felt that he was unique and different. He insisted on doing the right thing, being straightforward, and saying whatever he thought. He was really cool because he was different from others.

It was a long time later that he learned about the term "Chuunibyou", but that's a story for later.

When he was promoted to the first grade of junior high school and arrived in a new environment, he quickly became familiar with his classmates, but Li Zhuangsheng was not good at this and never had any close friends. It was just that he was careless and did not notice this, and it usually had no impact on him.

One day, during the break before physical education class, Li Zhuangsheng went to the toilet and was going back to class to get his meal card. When he returned to the class, everyone had left except Wang Shuangmei, who was squatting on the ground, crying and picking up a pen.

Wang Shuangmei was the ugliest girl in the class. Not long after she entered school, some boys dubbed her "class beauty". Later, many girls followed suit.

Li Zhuangsheng felt that this nickname was really insulting, so he never called her that. But that didn't mean he didn't dislike her. When he was a kid, he watched the cartoon "The Eye in the Sky" and the character he hated the most was Zhen Meili.

Wang Shuangmei's pen seemed to have rolled to the ground and been stepped on a few times. She looked very sad. Her originally round body looked like a bloated toad after crying.

It was ugly, but Li Zhuangsheng felt that it was also pitiful.

From then on, whenever Li Zhuangsheng passed by Wang Shuangmei's seat, he would check to see if her stationery had fallen, and if so, he would help her pick it up. However, her stationery did not fall every day, so Li Zhuangsheng only picked it up a few times. That was the only communication between the two.

However, something that happened afterwards made Li Zhuangsheng feel a little guilty towards Wang Shuangmei.

At that time, a classmate bought an expensive fountain pen and lost it later. Wang Shuangmei happened to have an identical pen, so the boy immediately thought that Wang Shuangmei had stolen it. For Li Zhuangsheng, who grew up reading Pippi Lu, it was natural for him to stand up for justice when he saw a classmate being wronged. So he testified that the pen was bought by Wang Shuangmei's father.

The boy had no other evidence, so he had to put this farce on hold in disappointment, but from his expression he had not given up his suspicion of Wang Shuangmei.

Li Zhuangsheng lied that time. In fact, he did not see Wang Shuangmei and her father.

He knew where to buy that kind of pen. When he passed by the shop a few days ago, the proprietress recommended it to him, saying it was a Japanese pen and very easy to use. But the price was a bit expensive, six yuan a piece. Li Zhuangsheng was tempted, but after thinking about it, he decided not to buy it. A Mimica card was only ten yuan. Instead of buying a pen, he might as well keep it to charge Super Nono.

His favorite Morning Glory blue and white porcelain is only RMB 1.5, and the most expensive fountain pen he uses is the Morning Glory white signature pen which costs RMB 2. There is a long stainless steel strip on the pen cap, which can be used as a mirror to reflect sunlight when he is free.

To be honest, Wang Shuangmei looked shabby and her pencil case was even rusty. Li Zhuangsheng was also very surprised how she could afford such a pen.

But these are not important. Li Zhuangsheng is sure that Wang Shuangmei did not steal the boy's pen because he knows who the culprit is: Tian Tingting. He saw Tian Tingting steal the pen with his own eyes.

According to his view of right and wrong at that time, he should have stood up and pointed out Tian Tingting immediately. But he did not do so because he did not want to point out Tian Tingting. Tian Tingting was a beautiful girl who had lent her English homework for him to copy. Li Zhuangsheng had a vague affection for her.

He felt ashamed for this and blamed himself for not being able to completely clear Wang Shuangmei's name. He was not a qualified "messenger of justice", which was too shameful!

Later, he secretly wrote a small note and put it in Tian Tingting's desk, hoping that she would take the initiative to return the pen. I don't know whether she did return it in the end.

Wang Shuangmei was unlucky. During the first weekly practice, she happened to sit in front of Zhen Dongyang, who was the top student in the class. But there happened to be something wrong with Zhen Dongyang's answer sheet.

At that time, the answer sheets for each class were counted in advance and then distributed. The math teacher did not have any extra answer sheets, so he asked Wang Shuangmei and Zhen Dongyang to exchange.

Wang Shuangmei's grades were not important, they would remain the same whether she took the exam or not. Li Zhuangsheng understood this, but he was not convinced.

Does Wang Shuangmei have poor grades, so she is not eligible to use the answer sheet? Good and bad students should be treated the same, especially as a teacher, we should treat them equally!
Out of such indignation, Li Zhuangsheng stood up. His personality at that time was like that. He only recognized right and wrong. When he was stubborn, he would not give face to anyone and would make anyone lose face.

He saw the embarrassment and anger in the math teacher's eyes, and felt refreshed. By resisting authority and helping the weak, Li Zhuangsheng felt that he had done something very meaningful, just like the protagonist in the story.

It’s just that the subsequent costs will only be known after a long time.

Wang Shuangmei was really pitiful. She didn't know what to do when she had her period and no one helped her.

Li Zhuangsheng had read books like "Little Notes on Puberty" in a bookstore, and he had a wealth of theoretical knowledge. Students often talk about sex with fear, thinking it is a taboo that cannot be spoken of openly, and only tease it in private. But after reading these physiological books, the middle school student Li Zhuangsheng deeply agreed with the statements in the book, thinking that this is a normal physiological phenomenon, not something shameful, and there is nothing that cannot be spoken of openly!

Therefore, he took the initiative to help Wang Shuangmei, and pretended to relay the contents of the book to comfort her.

Originally, everything was going well.

(End of this chapter)