Chapter 290 (Additional chapter for the reader "和誠子")
"I study for myself, not for anyone else," said Li Zhuangsheng.

"Do you think I believe it?" Li Xiuyu sneered, "Why didn't I see you studying for yourself before?"

Li Zhuangsheng sighed and said no more, feeling inexplicably melancholy.

"...Where's Hu Mengdie?"

After a while, Li Zhuangsheng asked again quietly.

"what?"

"Didn't you say that both Lin Yuehua and Hu Mengdie are suitable for me?" Li Zhuangsheng said, "You only mentioned Lin Yuehua, why would Hu Mengdie be suitable for me?"

"If you were with Hu Mengdie, you would definitely... definitely treat her like a goddess and give her whatever she wants. She wouldn't have to ask for anything. You would definitely study hard and create a better future for her!"

"Hehe, am I such a bootlicker?" Li Zhuangsheng laughed twice and felt like an arrow hit his knee.

The reason why the royalties jumped from four figures to five figures was really because of Hu Mengdie. Li Xiuyu was indeed his half-brother.

Li Xiuyu sneered: "The word licking dog is good, it suits you very well! Well, it really suits you very well. If you want to be with her, I'm afraid you won't dare to touch her actively. As it happens, she also said..."

After a long silence, Li Zhuangsheng asked casually, "What did you say?"

"I won't tell you, you licker!"

"How am I a dog licker? She's the one who's been chasing me all along!"

"But I feel like you don't dislike her, you're just afraid of her... Anyway, it's very strange, it seems like you're avoiding her?"

"I declare that what you said is nonsense. You don't understand me at all!" Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand. "Okay, I have to study. Don't bother me. I have school tomorrow and an exam in two days. Are you ready?"

"The entrance exam isn't important. Besides, I'm definitely better than you!"

"That's not necessarily true. My grades were much better than yours back then!"

"When you were in elementary school, right?"

"The same is true for the first and second year of junior high school!"

"Don't dwell on past glory. First, improve your grades to the top 100 in the liberal arts."

Li Xiuyu snorted and lay on Li Zhuangsheng's bed playing with his cell phone.

"Go back to your room!" Li Zhuangsheng drove him away with some shame and anger.

"It's freezing cold, can't I stay here with the air conditioner for a while?"

"You don't have air conditioning in your room?"

"It takes a lot of electricity to run two air conditioners. Do you know how to save electricity? How much smog is produced by one kilowatt-hour of electricity?"

Li Xiuyu rolled around on Li Zhuangsheng's bed in boredom: "I'm so annoyed. School starts tomorrow. I really don't want to go to school!"

Li Zhuangsheng suddenly became curious. If he were to date someone else, how would Li Xiuyu evaluate his compatibility with Zhu Zhixue?

But in the end he didn't ask any more questions. There was no practical point in asking about hypothetical things.

Li Xiu Yu rolled around behind Li Zhuangsheng, played with his cell phone, read some books...but he didn't disturb Li Zhuangsheng from studying.

Unconsciously, the darkness in the sky swallowed up the last ray of sunset. Li Zhuangsheng was still immersed in his studies and did not even notice that Li Xiuyu turned on the light for him before dark.

"Hey, I'm hungry!" Li Xiuyu kicked Li Zhuangsheng in the cheek.

"what time is it?"

Li Zhuangsheng glanced at his cell phone and realized it was indeed getting late.

"You are so devoted, do you want to starve me to death?" Li Xiuyu kicked Li Zhuangsheng's waist again. "If you are hungry, just tell me earlier. I really don't care about time." Li Zhuangsheng smiled and said, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"You said you were going to cook noodles? Then go ahead and cook the noodles. Remember to peel the tomatoes!"

Li Xiuyu said lazily.

Mr. Li Zhuang went to the kitchen. Li Xiuyu was indeed easy to feed and would eat whatever was given to him.

When he was in college, Li Zhuangsheng earned several thousand yuan a month in royalties, which led him to spend lavishly every weekend. He would often spend all his money in the first three weeks, and had to live frugally in the last week. Li Xiuyu didn't mind, and when they had no money, they would go to a roadside stall and eat sausage fried rice for six yuan.

Once, Li Zhuangsheng misread the price of the cake, which not only caused his manuscript fee to run out early, but also cost Li Xiuyu's living expenses. Finally, the two of them calculated the travel expenses to return to school, and found that the remaining money was only enough to buy a meat bun. So they bought a meat bun together for dinner, squatted on the stone pier, and took turns to eat a bite. After eating, they went back to school.

But Li Zhuangsheng still feels that Li Xiuyu ate more buns than him! Damn it, I paid one yuan for the buns, but she only paid fifty cents!

Li Zhuangsheng hummed as he cooked noodles, feeling more and more unbalanced the more he thought about it... He could actually think of such a trivial matter.

Because Li Xiuyu had been by his side the entire afternoon, his depressed mood actually relaxed again. It seemed that nothing serious had happened.

After dinner, Li Zhuangsheng prepared to go to bed early because he had to go to school the next day, but it was late at night and he couldn't fall asleep.

As soon as I closed my eyes, it felt like someone was strangling my neck and a huge rock was pressing down on my body, making it hard to breathe.

Just as he was tossing and turning, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Li Xiu Yu tiptoed in and went straight to his bed.

"Why are you coming to my room so late?" Li Zhuangsheng asked quietly.

"Wow!" Li Xiuyu was startled and took two steps back. "You haven't slept yet? Didn't you go to bed a long time ago?"

"I'm not asleep yet." Li Zhuangsheng turned on the light irritably. The sudden brightness made him squint his eyes. "Why are you here so late at night?"

Li Xiuyu took a deep breath and said, "My pen seems to have been left on your bed. I came here to look for it."

"Pen? You lost it somewhere!" Li Zhuangsheng lifted the quilt and fumbled around, wondering, "...I don't have it. Are you sure you left it on my bed?"

"I think so...if not, forget it." Li Xiuyu said.

"Then let's look for it tomorrow." said Li Zhuangsheng.

He doubted Li Xiuyu's explanation. Why was she looking for a pen in the middle of the night? And she had obviously thought he was asleep. How could she find it in the dark?
But Li Zhuangsheng was too lazy to think about Li Xiuyu's motives. Anyway, he would not want to do anything to him while he was asleep... But he might want to secretly open his computer and copy his movies while he was asleep.

Copying the film at this time, you must not be planning to do good things! Doing handicrafts late at night, wow, sister, you are really energetic!
You are indeed a young man!

Fortunately, he discovered it himself, otherwise, who knows how many of his treasures would have been destroyed by the cutting maniac!
"Okay, go to bed early and go back to bed. Don't catch a cold." Li Zhuangsheng turned off the lights again.

"Why are you still awake so late?"

Li Xiuyu did not leave, but sat beside the bed, showing some concern.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little excited thinking about seeing my dear classmates tomorrow."

"You're talking nonsense right now. I see you've been worried lately. What are you thinking about?"

Li Zhuangsheng turned around and faced Li Xiuyu: "I'm not thinking about anything. Go back and have a rest early. Don't be late for the first day tomorrow. I'm still waiting for you to wake me up!"

Li Xiuyu was silent for a moment and stood up.

Following a burst of footsteps, the door was gently closed. However, before Li Zhuangsheng could turn around, light and quick footsteps were heard again in the room.

Li Zhuangsheng was startled, and then he heard a rustling sound behind him.

"Go, go, go inside and save some room for me. I'll sleep here tonight!" Li Xiuyu pushed Li Zhuangsheng.

(End of this chapter)