"What's the matter with you all this time? Is there really no problem with your body?"
Mr. Lu sat on the sofa with a serious face, but he couldn't hide his concern when he looked at his grandson.
Lu Zhenduan sat across from him with a light expression: "I'm sorry, Grandpa, it's alright."
"Nonsense!" Old Man Lu scolded and stomped the pear tree crutches in his hand, "Is there anything you can judge? It should be checked by a doctor!"
Lu Linyuan, who was sitting on the side, hurriedly came out and said, "Dad, don't worry - A Zhen is already so old, he knows his own situation well."
Old Man Lu is also concerned and chaotic. Lu Zhen has been excellent since childhood, and he has fully met his expectations and requirements for future heirs.
Lu Zhen sat quietly across from him.
From this angle, he was turning his back to the light, his cheeks were blurred in shadows, and he couldn't see clearly. The youth's clean black hair grew a little longer, and a few strands of broken hair fell between his eyebrows, looking a little messy and casual.
It was still the cold and noble young master of the Lu family, but the old man Lu looked at him, not knowing why he always felt that his grandson had become different.
Lu Linyuan explained several sentences for him, and Mr. Lu finally snorted coldly: "Is it really okay?"
Only then did Lu Zhen raised his head slightly and smiled lightly: "It's okay, Grandpa."
… He won't let anything "work" anymore.
Lu Linyuan coaxed the old man back to the room, and then went back to the living room. He patted Lu Zhen's shoulder jokingly: "You kid, this time with such a big battle, I didn't know that you thought you were broken up."
Lu Zhen raised his head slightly, Crow's black pupils were calm, stayed on Lu Linyuan's gentle smiling face for two seconds, and then moved away.
He raised his lips and smiled silently: "How come."
Predicting the trajectory of the second half of his life in advance, even if the pain makes him heart-wrenching, it is not entirely without benefits.
... At least 17 years old, he finally sees the heart.
Lu Zhen took on his own faults in the previous life and the torture of the truth, but at the same time he took over the experience, skills, knowledge... everything of the previous life.
The lesson learned in Lu Linyuan's smile, he will come back with his own hands in this life.
And his most important person will not let him touch a single point.
Lu Linyuan smiled teasingly: "Is there anything I'm ashamed to say to me? For children of your age to be like this, it's probably a matter of love."
Lu Zhen lowered his eyelashes slightly and didn't make a sound.
Lu Linyuan continued: "Let me guess... Is it the girl I've met a few times? Don't say it, she must be the school girl of your school, she's really pretty."
Lu Zhen suddenly laughed, and the smile grew bigger and bigger on his lips, making Lu Linyuan feel a little hairy in his heart.
"Uncle, why didn't I know before that you have such a good imagination."
He didn't realize in his last life that Lu Linyuan had set his sights on Chu Yin so early.
Lu Linyuan raised his brows, then smiled, "It's not because I care about you, so I'm so perceptive."
Lu Zhen hooked the corners of his lips and nodded: "But you guessed wrong—Chu Yin, she looks pretty, but I'm not interested."
Lu Linyuan's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes narrowed without a trace: "Oh? How could it be."
Lu Zhen's heart rolled over with sourness, and then he leaned back, his tone indifferent: "If you like, you can do whatever you want."
Lu Linyuan was stunned for a second before he regained his senses. He laughed: "Are you kidding me? How old are you guys, take your uncle as a beast?"
Lu Zhen also smiled cooperatively.
The dark eyelashes covered the icy pupils, filled with icy sarcasm.
After laughing for a while, Lu Zhen raised his eyes and said lightly, "It's all trivial matters - uncle, let's talk about the land in the south of the city."
Lu Linyuan smiled slowly: "Oh, okay."
Since Chu Yin met Lu Zhen that morning, the dog man has not appeared for a long time.
He was probably still in school, but he stopped leaning in front of her. It took about ten days and a half for the two to meet by chance.
Seeing it, the eyes met, and then they each left.
All the communication between the two of them in this life was originally maintained by Lu Zhen unilaterally. Now that he was cut off by him, Lu Zhen really seemed to have quietly retired from her life.
Chu Yin was skeptical at first. After all, the memory of the previous life is too deep, if the dog man really changed his sex, it would be a little suspicious.
But she waited and watched for many days and read several pages of the script. She couldn't find any events that could explain Lu Zhen's behavior. In the end, she had to come down to it—maybe the dog man had thought about it.
If there is no obsession, then Lu Zhen in this life may really not be like that again.
But... Chu Yin was inexplicably concerned about Lu Zhen's tears that morning.
Although it was only a flash, she still saw it clearly.
His expression didn't look like giving up, but more like... some kind of gray despair.
This kind of emotion appeared in the high-spirited eldest young master, it was simply abnormal. It makes people look... not very comfortable.
Chu Yin walked away for a while, before pulling her mind back and continuing to read the exercises in front of her. After doing the next two courses, she still had a little lack of concentration, so she simply put down the pen and took the cup to collect the water.
Holding the cup and walking out, many classmates in the corridor came up to greet her.
Now that Chu Yin has gradually adapted to her position in the school, she has been able to pamper her students who are overly enthusiastic. After all, in this novel world, it is not incomprehensible for everyone to be exaggerated.
Since the city's joint entrance examination, Chu Yin's name of the god of learning has been resounding throughout the city, not only in Huiwen and No. Make him wipe the school gate of Huiwen for a month.
-Sa is just one word!
In this battle, Chu Yin has also won glory for Huiwen, and now he has become a precious seedling that the school leaders need to focus on protecting - after all, they have already inquired about it in advance, Chu Yin has no plans to go abroad, and is preparing to take the college entrance examination!
This result, the provincial champion of the college entrance examination can fight for a fight, absolutely must take good care of it!
Even the teachers who are now leading the third year of high school are required to be patient as long as Chu Yin needs it! careful! Be careful! To answer for her, must not be perfunctory!
As a result, when Chu Yin goes to the office now, there are even three or four teachers discussing the topic she asked.
… is also quite exaggerated.
"Sister Yin, I just have to pick up the water, do you want me to pick it up for you?" Someone asked in the corridor.
Then there were several voices immediately: "I can do it too!"
"I'll pick it up for you!"
Chu Yin: "No need, thank you...!"
She hurriedly accelerated her pace, but turned around and suddenly caught sight of Lu Zhen, who had not been seen for a long time.
He seems to have grown a little taller, the facial features under the eyebrows are deeper, and his temperament seems to be a little darker. He was standing with Song Zhaolin, bowing his head and saying something.
Chu Yin's footsteps paused, then changed direction, intending to go around silently.
Song Zhaolin just raised his eyes and howled happily: "Yeah, Sister Yin!"
Lu Zhen raised his eyes instantly.
Not far away, the girl shrank her shoulders slightly, in a gesture of wanting to slip away.
There was a hint of smile in Lu Zhen's eyes, and then it was quickly drowned in the dark pupils, and bitterness appeared in his mouth.
The little girl in this life is amazing. No one will ignore her, and no one will look down on her. She really didn't need him.
That day, Lu Zhen recalled the events of his previous life for the first time. The 27-year-old himself told him to die in a dream.
He finally understood what he meant.
When he died, Chu Yin was happy. She can have nothing to do with him, and... no longer need to bear any burden for his love.
So he stood outside Chu Yin's house until dawn, took one last look at her, and told himself not to shamelessly disturb her life.
All her life she was clean and ignorant. Don't remember that she was trapped by his side, don't remember the days and nights she fought for freedom, don't remember her hatred and anger.
- So Lu Zhen didn't have a chance to explain.
Those absurd world rules, he can't speak, and no one can believe them.
God gave him a new life, but asked him to remember, to repent, to suffer alone, and to use silence to protect her innocence in this life. This is his punishment.
Lu Zhen knew that he should be more conscious.
… but he was like a piece of shit after all, and it was hard to control himself.
Obviously I no longer need to come to school, but I can't help but walk in again and again.
Even if you can't get close, you may meet by chance.
Maybe in the corridor, on the playground, in an unknown corner, he saw her.
Song Zhaolin had already jumped over and said with a smile, "Sister Yin, didn't you see us?"
Chu Yin: "..."
She turned around helplessly and saw Lu Zhen standing a few steps away. His eyes met hers indifferently, and then turned away casually, like a stranger.
Chu Yin was suddenly relieved, and slowly unloaded her tensed shoulders - since Lu Zhen had let go, there was no need for her to do so.
She nodded generously towards Song Zhaolin: "I just saw it."
Song Zhaolin was taken aback: "What! We are so big and handsome standing here, you didn't see it at first sight!"
"No," Chu Yin waved him away, "Get out of the way, I'm going to pick up the water."
"Oh." Song Zhaolin moved away obediently.
Lu Zhen didn't speak from the beginning to the end, his fingers hidden in his trouser pockets trembled a little.
A few seconds of contact was enough for him to reminisce for many days.
Song Zhaolin turned his head and saw that Lu Zhen's eyes were flushed, and said in surprise, "Brother Zhen, are you still not sleeping well recently?"
Lu Zhen let out a low "Ah". Suddenly I want to smoke.
"Don't be too busy, you are still young, why did you take over the family so early?" Song Zhaolin rambled, "The old man is still so healthy, and if it doesn't work out, isn't there a capable uncle above you? Don't let yourself be so tired!"
Lu Zhen smiled lightly. Song Zhaolin has not changed.
After listening to his nagging, he suddenly asked, "Song Yanchuan has been busy recently?"
Song Zhaolin: "Yeah! I'm too busy to touch the ground. I don't know how big a business my family thinks!"
Lu Zhen looked at his innocent face, and after a while, he suddenly raised his hand and patted Song Zhaolin's shoulder.
Sandwiched between his brother and his own brother, he was forced to make a choice in his last life. In the end, Song Zhaolin would rather have nothing, and never felt sorry for him from the beginning to the end, Lu Zhen remembered it all.
"This time I won't let you be in a dilemma again." Lu Zhen said softly.
Song Zhaolin blinked his big innocent eyes.
What? What's the dilemma
Life seems to have calmed down.
Chu Yin attends classes, studies, receives tutoring every day, and continues to study after school to improve herself.
Without the Sergal man, after pulling the line of Lu Zhen out, life became very simple.
On this day, Chu Yin came home from school and saw Chu's father and Chu's mother who had been very busy recently.
This time, they couldn't even wait to go back to the room, so they started talking in the living room - it was still a "New Town" project.
It has been a while since I heard about this last time, and it seems that the marriage between the Chen family and the Chu family did not save this matter. Father Chu's expression was obviously anxious, and Chu Qiuqiu sat on the side, his expression even more broken down.
Seeing Chu Yin entering the door, Chu Shi took her by the wrist and led her upstairs: "Yin Yin go back to the room first, and I'll call you for dinner later."
Chu Yin nodded: "...Oh."
Before closing the door, she vaguely heard Chu Qiuqiu shouting, "If I do this, I can't even lift my head up in front of everyone!"
Father Chu's voice was even more anxious: "What else can I do!" "The Chen family will stop cooperating now!" "... The Chu family is over!"
Chu Yin suddenly realized that in silence—
The timeline has advanced.
Bankruptcy, which would have occurred more than a year later, is now imminent.
What caused the change in the timeline? Did something happen in the plot that she didn't know about
Is it related to the previous special fluctuations? …
Chu Yin is not afraid of the bankruptcy of the Chu family. She has saved some money with various bonuses and the living expenses of the Chu family, which is enough to live on. For her, this home was originally just a place to live.
If she was worried that her brother would be affected, she could use her authority to protect him - as for the parents and her fake sister, Chu Yin would not care about them.
It's just that Chu Yin thought of another thing.
... The bankruptcy of the Chu family seems to have nothing to do with Lu Zhen.
So... those plots after bankruptcy in the last life, won't they happen again
Chu Yin thought for a moment in silence, it seemed that it was time to leave this family.
The one-month period for the betting contract has finally expired.
During this period, Chang Jinggeng stayed on the door every day and came to wipe Huiwen's iron gate every day, almost rubbing the iron sheet bald.
It became a great talk of Huiwen for a while.
He was often asked, "How do you keep your word?"
Chang Jinggeng was ashamed and angry.
- He doesn't want to wipe at all, okay? But every day after school, my hands unconsciously lift the bucket, put on the rag, and my feet don't obey!
What else is there to wipe this door? ! After wiping for a month, there is not even a single dust, and it is as clean as new!
But no one knew about Chang Jinggeng's psychological state. The students of the two schools were terrified, thinking that although Chang Jinggeng lost to Chu Yin in terms of grades, he still proved himself in terms of personality!
When Chu Yin was out of school, he happened to see him packing up the rags, and when Chang Jinggeng saw her, he was even more ashamed and angry.
"I've been rubbing for a month!" he growled.
Chu Yin: "? Do you want to come back for another month?"
Chang Jinggeng shut up.
Everyone knows the bet between the two university tyrants, and now the two have finally appeared in the same frame again, and there are many people watching at Huiwen and No.1 Middle School.
Chang Jinggeng respectfully said, "I made a mistake in the last maths paper. I recognize you as an opponent."
Chu Yin looked indifferent: "Whatever."
Chang Jinggeng was about to say something else, but suddenly there was a commotion from the direction of No. 1 Middle School. Someone shouted, "God Geng let go first!", and then pushed a boy out of the crowd.
"Chu Yin, Wei Heming has something to tell you!"
"Hahahaha very important words!"
A bunch of people came to No. 1 Middle School, as if to cheer the boy up.
Seeing this situation, high school students all understand - come to confess.
Wei Heming is a senior in the third year of high school. He is tall, thin and fair, with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he looks very gentle.
"Sister Chu Yin, I..."
He had always looked at him from a distance before, but this was the first time he had stood in front of Chu Yin. Glancing at her bright black eyes, he felt that his heartbeat was unbelievably fast.
"I'm Wei Heming from the third year of special training in No. 1 High School. Now I have signed a contract with Q University. I... I just want to tell you that I have always liked you very much. I have been following you since you came to No. 1 High School to participate in the English speech contest... "
The school gate was crowded.
A handsome and gentle senior who stopped the outstanding and beautiful junior girl from the opposite middle school.
Everyone was booing.
Song Zhaolin stood on tiptoe and looked at the center of the crowd: "Oh! I can't see it! What are you talking about! Damn that guy is quite handsome! Did Sister Yin agree?!"
He was so anxious that he couldn't help but turn his head and said, "I can't see it! I'm so anxious!"
Lu Zhen stood a few meters away, pursing his lips tightly.
The corners of the lips were a little white because of the force.
He used his life's self-control to keep himself from rushing up and kicking the man away.
Even violently wanted to smash him.
Lu Zhen almost sincerely hoped that Chu Yin only likes to study and has no intention of falling in love.
Then he can lie to himself for a few more years, and after he has dealt with everything, if she is still alone... Then he can still come to her and ask for another chance.
But she is so good that a man would like her.
The girl he hugged tightly does not belong to him, she has the right to choose.
She can like... someone else.
Lu Zhen's fingers touched the lighter in his trouser pocket, trembling slightly as if he had been scalded.
There was a knife hanging above the heart, and the hilt was in Chu Yin's hand.
After an unknown time, there was a commotion among the noisy voices—
Song Zhaolin's surprised voice was caught in it: "Damn it! What did that man say! Sister Yin actually left with him?!"
- gone with him.
The sharp knife slammed down and cut through the flesh.
Lu Zhen closed his eyes exhausted.
Let's go.
…
The scandal between Chu Yin and the big guy next door quickly spread throughout the school.
Wei Heming, a science university tyrant who signed a contract with Q University early, is low-key, looks good, and seems to have no shortcomings.
Huiwen's students wiped their tears and said that although they didn't want to agree to this marriage, it seemed like a good choice.
Chu Yin herself was stunned when she heard the rumors - after school that day, it was because Wei Heming said that he had a stack of intensive mathematical knowledge frameworks that he could give her, and Chu Yin left with him.
How could it be rumored that they are about to get married?
Imagination really has wings.
However, she has made it very clear to Wei Heming herself that she just wants to study hard and pass the university entrance exam well, and has no plans to fall in love at present. Wei Heming respected girls and didn't force them, but said that he would always wait for her.
This kind of thing is very personal in the first place, and Chu Yin can't use the loudspeaker to clarify it to others, so she can only pretend that nothing happened.
After a few days like this, no one would take the initiative to ask her, but she often encountered some classmates who looked like their daughters were married.
Very ashamed.
In the evening self-study, Chu Yin went to the office to ask the teacher questions, and there were several teachers who asked about Wei Heming.
"No, not really, don't listen to that."
The teachers cheered: "We are not old-fashioned! It's nothing, that kid is really good! It's really delayed now, you can continue after college!"
"No need...!"
Chu Yin walked out of the classroom with slumped shoulders and sighed.
Wei Heming is very good, but she really has no interest in this kind of boy who is too good and too standard.
Chu Yin walked in the corridor for a while, and when he looked up, he suddenly saw Lu Zhen standing opposite.
For some reason, his eyes were dark.
Seeing her this time, his eyes stayed for a few seconds before slowly moving away.
Chu Yin paused for a second and had no intention of saying hello.
Thinking about it, Lu Zhen didn't react at all to this scandalous scandal. It seemed that he really let it go.
Chu Yin turned around and went upstairs from the empty stairwell.
Who would have thought that she had just walked one floor, and suddenly, with a "pop"—
The school was without power. Be caught off guard.
There was just no window in the stairwell, and the whole world fell into darkness.
Chu Yin stood on the stairs, her whole body stiffened instantly, her hand holding the notebook squeezed tightly.
She is afraid of the dark. Scared since childhood.
No one will pay attention to this kind of small fault, and she will not mention it hypocritically. Probably no one in this world knows that she is so afraid of the dark that she will even faint.
She was standing in a semi-enclosed position. The darkness plummeted, and a sense of dizziness struck. Chu Yin trembled and began to stagger.
In the darkness, eager footsteps could be heard downstairs.
Then, there was the sound of someone falling and hitting the wall.
Chu Yin had no time to take care of others and was dizzy, leaning back while leaning on the handrail.
— but she didn't fall.
Instead, he fell heavily into a person's arms.
In the darkness, the man's body temperature was scorching hot, and his palm habitually squeezed along her earbone, then stroked the back of her head and rubbed lightly.
"Don't be afraid." Lu Zhen's voice was hoarse.
Chu Yin's ears were ringing so badly that she couldn't hear the sound at all. Her head was buzzing, but she instinctively grabbed the corners of other people's clothes.
"...Don't go either." Lu Zhen's breathing was hot.
You are afraid of the dark and insects. If you eat cold, you will have dysmenorrhea, and if you eat in a hurry, you will have gastrointestinal discomfort. Like sweet, hate sour, like small flowers, but also like rivets.
"He doesn't even know... but I do."
Deep and hoarse, broken into silence.