Chapter 315 Taoyao (2/7)

The afternoon sun shone brightly into the quiet room. A breeze blew in, ruffling the girl's hair, and the air was filled with a warm and light fragrance.

Li Zhuangsheng slowly opened his eyes, and Zhu Zhixue gently stroked his cheek with her hair.

"Awake?" Zhu Zhixue said with a smile.

"Well, what time is it..." Li Zhuangsheng slowly sat up.

"It's almost five o'clock. Get up and get ready. You'll be going to class soon." Zhu Zhixue kissed him on the face, and then coquettishly rubbed Li Zhuangsheng's cheek, "Really? Every time you say you want to kiss for half an hour, you end up falling asleep after you're full!"

"I'm sorry. Every time I come to your room, I feel very relaxed. I don't know why, but I just want to sleep." Li Zhuangsheng rubbed his eyes and said apologetically, "After the junior college entrance examination, let's go for an outing together."

Li Zhuangsheng was a man of such a nature that he was very particular about his bed, or rather, he was very alert to danger. If Li Xiuyu had not been by his side, it would have been difficult for him to sleep peacefully in a hotel, but now, he could actually sleep peacefully in Zhu Zhixue's bed.

When he was dating Hu Mengdie, Li Zhuangsheng once half-lay on her bed to rest, but he couldn't fall asleep at that time. Even though he was very sleepy at that time, he couldn't fall asleep at all.

Li Zhuangsheng has been thinking about the reasons these days. Of course, one reason is that he is too tired on weekdays, but more likely it is because there is a gap in sense of security.

He felt extremely safe next to Zhu Zhixue. He knew that Zhu Zhixue loved him, loved him unconditionally and purely. No matter what he became, this feeling was even greater than his feelings for Zhu Zhixue. He believed in his heart that even if an asteroid hit the earth while he was asleep, Zhu Zhixue would still hold him in her arms as his last line of defense.

Perhaps it was because of this kind of trust in his subconscious that Li Zhuangsheng could fall asleep peacefully next to Zhu Zhixue... It was definitely not because there was Da Lailai for him to touch while he slept!

By the way, after his rebirth, Li Zhuangsheng also dozed off on Hu Mengdie's bed when he was tutoring Hu Mengke in composition at Hu Mengdie's home. He also thought about the reason for this. In addition to the familiarity of sleeping in the same bed, there was also Hu Mengdie's persistent love for him.

Although Li Zhuangsheng had clearly rejected her before and shamelessly expressed his thoughts, he still had a lot of things to figure out at that time and was still somewhat immersed in the complacency of Hu Mengdie's pursuit of him... Of course, it is not ruled out that she might have secretly used him to test drugs at that time.

But it was also on that day that Hu Mengdie said she loved him, and after he immediately refuted her, he figured it out himself.

Li Zhuangsheng gave himself a wake-up call.

After talking with Hu Mengdie, Li Zhuangsheng began to doubt whether he had really "loved" Hu Mengdie, and whether he was attracted by her because of her sex or because of his "husband's responsibility".

He became increasingly vague about the word "love" and no longer had much trust in Hu Mengdie.

According to legend, in the past, when going down a mine, the two-person team had to be a father and son, and the father had to hold his son's safety rope on the shore, not the other way around.

Li Zhuangsheng's subconscious trust in Hu Mengdie has not yet reached the level of "going down the mines". He should have had that trust before, but it was more like he was blinded by her "beauty".

By the way, Hu Mengdie once complained that Li Zhuangsheng trusted Li Xiuyu too much. Even if Li Xiuyu put drugs in his cup in front of him one day, he would drink it happily. I don't know if this sentence was jealous, but Li Xiuyu has nothing to do with the word "trust".

The relationship between the two cannot be described by the word "trust" at all, or rather, it would be inaccurate to summarize it with any word.

After all, it is still very strange to say that “oneself” trusts “oneself”.

Even if Li Xiuyu swung a knife at Li Zhuangsheng one day, he would think that the other party was joking with him... Of course, it was different with punching, because Li Xiuyu really knew how to punch.

Li Zhuangsheng has realized that this extraordinary distance is a bit abnormal, and the reason why the two are inseparable is unlikely to be natural... it should be acquired. He can't remember when this feeling came about, perhaps it was accumulated over time. However, his relationship with Li Xiuyu is the simplest, so there is no need to worry about it.

Li Zhuangsheng now felt both envious and ashamed of Zhu Zhixue. Although Zhu Zhixue could not clearly explain what "love" was, at least she could firmly say that she loved him. Li Zhuangsheng envied her for being so clear, but when he said "love" to Zhu Zhixue, he felt somewhat guilty.

So he often felt ashamed, as if he was only accepting Zhu Zhixue's love unilaterally and was unable to return equal feelings.

But what is "love"?

Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t understand now, even though he once firmly told his first love Hu Mengdie that he loved her.

When he was in high school, he followed a public account called "Daily English" on QQ Space, which would always post some inspirational articles in both Chinese and English, and he would forward them. But now he has long forgotten most of the inspirational articles, and only remembers the sentence "People always encounter the most beautiful love at an age when they don't understand love."

It seems that the younger you are, the truer your love is; the simpler it is, the truer your love is... I don't consider anything else, I just simply like him. This seems to be the stupidest and most beautiful first love in my school days.

This is what Li Zhuangsheng guessed.

After all, he didn't experience this kind of thing in high school.

"Outing, great! Should we prepare something for a picnic?" Zhu Zhixue hugged Li Zhuangsheng and cheered.

"Forget about having a picnic. It can easily cause a fire. I'll bring some snacks." Li Zhuangsheng said with a smile.

"That's fine! You don't have to carry too many snacks. I'll prepare the meal in advance and bring the lunch box with me!" Zhu Zhixue's eyes were full of anticipation, "Let's eat together outside!"

Li Zhuangsheng agreed with a smile. As a otaku, he had no idea what was fun about an outing. The only benefit was probably walking around and breathing the fresh air of nature.

But he knew that Zhu Zhixue would agree. No matter what he proposed to do, as long as the two of them were together, Zhu Zhixue would be sincerely happy.

"Let's go see the peach blossoms." Li Zhuangsheng said with a smile.

"Okay, the peach blossoms should be in bloom by then... I've never properly seen peach blossoms before! It feels so romantic!"

Zhu Zhixue looked up, imagining with great anticipation that she and Li Zhuangsheng were strolling under the peach trees.

"The peach tree is young and lush, and its flowers are bright and beautiful..." Li Zhuangsheng said suddenly.

Zhu Zhixue was stunned at first, and then a charming blush appeared on her face, as if peach blossoms had bloomed on her face in advance, extremely attractive.

"……Um."

Zhu Zhixue buried her face in Li Zhuangsheng's arms.

(End of this chapter)