Shen Huaiyu nodded, "Thank you for your trouble."
Yan Heqing then looked at Chu Ziyu, Chu Ziyu grinned, revealing her white teeth, "Hey, I know, Old Vinegar is looking for you! Go on!"
Yan Heqing's expression turned complicated for a couple of seconds upon hearing "old vinegar," then he couldn't help but smile. "I'm going downstairs. You get some rest."
Yan Heqing then went downstairs.
Chapter 145 [ Chu Ziyu's Memories] End
After Yan Heqing left, Chu Ziyu's smile disappeared. He looked at the face so close to his own, suddenly slapped Shen Huaiyu's hand away, rolled over, and crawled into the blankets to the other side of the bed.
The next second, it popped out again, glanced at Shen Huaiyu, then shrank back under the covers, and glanced again.
After several attempts, Shen Huaiyu simply took off his shoes and got into bed, intending to pull the person out of the covers, saying, "Washing your face will make you feel better."
These words seemed to trigger a circuit; Chu Ziyu misheard it as "taking a bath," and poked her eyes out from under the covers, slurring her words as she insisted, "I only take baths at my own house!"
Shen Huaiyu didn't explain that he meant washing his face, but simply picked him up and carried him, asking, "You stayed at Lu Lin's house for a week and didn't take a shower?"
On that rainy night after the college entrance exam, he followed Chu Ziyu to a garden villa. Chu Ziyu wiped away her tears and took out her phone to make a call.
A moment later, a boy came out with an umbrella to open the door.
Shen Huaiyu hid behind a sycamore tree, and despite the heavy rain, he still recognized the boy at a glance.
Lu Lin.
He saw Lu Lin at Chu Ziyu's doorstep during the day.
He stepped out of the gleaming black luxury car and took the gift the driver took from the trunk; the exquisite packaging made the gift he was carrying seem inadequate.
He worked part-time throughout his three years of high school, giving two-thirds of his monthly salary to his mother to pay off debts, and keeping the remaining third for himself. Last week, he spent his three years' savings on a new game console, leaving him with 100 yuan. He didn't tell Chu Ziyu, but took a taxi to Chu family, wanting to give him a surprise.
The Chu family's gate was filled with luxury cars, and the faces coming and going were all familiar from television.
Then there's Lu Lin.
Almost the moment Lu Lin got out of the car, Shen Huaiyu knew that he was Lu Lin.
The gift he gave away might have been just someone else's lunch.
Shen Huaiyu the strap tightly, feeling resentment for the first time over why his father had gone bankrupt and why he had fallen ill and left them.
He knew it was wrong, but he couldn't stop the thought from growing uncontrollably.
He was so ugly.
Shen Huaiyu stood at the door until all the guests had gone inside, then he finally turned and left.
"You're pursuing me because you like me?" He pinned Chu Ziyu, and in that instant, he made a shameless decision.
Before leaving, he wanted to indulge himself one last time and kiss his sun.
His cold fingers probed into her delicate, soft skin. He closed his eyes, knowing that there was no longer any possibility between him and Chu Ziyu.
From the beginning, he knew that he and Chu Ziyu in two different worlds.
He crossed the line; he couldn't control his feelings.
The parallel lines that briefly intersected due to a mistake are now returning to their original directions.
The moment Chu Ziyu made a move, he forced himself to step back, withdrew his hand, and said insincerely, "You don't like men at all."
"I refuse."
Shen Huaiyu watched as Lu Lin took the soaking wet Chu Ziyu inside.
Chu Ziyu stayed at Lu Lin's house for a week, and Shen Huaiyu also waited outside for a week until someone from the Chu family came to pick up Chu Ziyu before he left.
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Upon hearing Lu Lin's name, Chu Ziyu's mind went completely blank.
What does his taking a shower have to do with Lu Lin?
Chu Ziyu racked his brains, but before he could speak, Shen Huaiyu carried him into the bathroom.
Shen Huaiyu to pull the blanket away to get the person out, but Chu Ziyu noticed and grabbed the blanket tightly to prevent him from doing so.
Shen Huaiyu had to support Chu Ziyu with one hand, and after a brief struggle with Chu Ziyu using the other, both of them were panting. Chu Ziyu, still curled up in the blanket, smugly declared, "I'm not washing!"
Shen Huaiyu's eyes flickered slightly. He stepped directly into the bathtub and put himself and the blanket in. Before Chu Ziyu could react, he pulled off the blanket and threw it onto the chair.
Chu Ziyu stopped moving, curled up on her side, and buried her face in her arms.
Shen Huaiyu immediately noticed something was wrong. He leaned over and turned Chu Ziyu's face around, only to see that Chu Ziyu's face was completely red, and his eyes were also extremely red and swollen.
Chu Ziyu's vision was blurry, everything seemed to be pixelated, except for Shen Huaiyu, who was always perfectly clear in his sight.
Chu Ziyu, who had endured grievances for over a decade, could no longer hold back at this moment.
" Shen Huaiyu, why do you always bully me?"
Shen Huaiyu as if his throat was stuffed with cotton. He gently wiped Chu Ziyu's reddened eyes with his thumb and whispered, "I was wrong."
Chu Ziyu fell silent.
Shen Huaiyu continued, "I'm not married. Eleven years ago, I was prepared to live a solitary life."
He knew Chu Ziyu was still drunk and might forget everything by tomorrow morning, but he still lowered his head, pressed his forehead against Chu Ziyu's, and gently touched his nose to Chu Ziyu's. "My mother passed away the year before last, and I paid off all of the family's debts last year. Now I have the ability to let you continue to live a comfortable life. Give me another chance, okay?"
Chu Ziyu couldn't understand Shen Huaiyu's words at that moment; he only felt wronged.
He still doesn't understand. He was just chilled by Shen Huaiyu's fingers. He's very sensitive to the cold. How could Shen Huaiyu assume that he doesn't like men and reject him without giving him a chance to argue?
What he likes.
He really liked Shen Huaiyu; he liked him from the very first time they met.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and Chu Ziyu suddenly pushed Shen Huaiyu away. Caught off guard, Shen Huaiyu hit the edge of the bathtub on the back of his head, wincing in pain. Before he could even get up, Chu Ziyu pounced on him, biting his lip. "I came to find you, but your uncle said you moved away... Shen Huaiyu ... I've been pursuing you for a year. Even if we're just friends, you can't just leave without saying goodbye..."
The remaining sounds were drowned out by their pressed lips. Shen Huaiyu protected Chu Ziyu's head and turned the tables, kissing Chu Ziyu.