The sunlight fell from behind Shen Yanxing, brightly filling Lu Shien's vision.
She just looked at Lu Shien with calm eyes, not knowing if it was because the light was too warm that it slightly diluted the coldness on her face.
Her long straight hair fell neatly on her shoulders, with a satin-like luster.
A simple reminder came out from her slightly pursed lips, and her drooped eyelashes revealed a hint of beauty that Lu Shien had never noticed in the past.
Her eyes flickered, and Lu Shien reached out and took the milk that Shen Yanxing handed to her: "Thank you."
"No need." Shen Yanxing said and sat next to Lu Shien.
She glanced at the flower whose petals had been plucked off by Lu Shien, and said calmly: "You can say what you are unhappy about. Flowers are innocent too."
Lu Shien then stopped drinking milk, turned around and looked at Shen Yanxing, and said angrily: "What does this have to do with you!"
"Isn't it my business?" Shen Yanxing asked calmly, his tone unusually calm, "You took my milk, I thought you wanted me to accompany you."
"Who wants your milk?" Lu Shien said, and wanted to return the milk in her hand to Shen Yanxing.
However, Shen Yanxing showed no intention of taking it, and reminded: "Miss Lu, you have already drunk it, why are you forcing yourself to quit?"
When Lu Shien never said anything about Shen Yanxing, he snorted and simply ignored Shen Yanxing.
Shen Yanxing still calmly glanced at the sullen and angry girl beside him, and then said with ulterior motives: "Since you must be angry after coming here, you might as well not have come in the first place. But why did you rush to find me and ask me to bring you here?"
When Lu Shien heard Shen Yanxing's words, he paused.
The situation at that time was exactly as Shen Yanxing said, but she really didn't understand why she would be so worried about Lu Shizhen after hearing that she was in trouble. She answered without any hesitation: "I just don't want my project to fail before it even starts, so I came to see if she is still alive."
Shen Yanxing, however, was different. He used a businessman's mindset to analyze for Lu Shien: "In fact, if Teacher Sixteen died in this accident, public opinion would build momentum, and your joint work, as her posthumous work, would sell particularly well."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yanxing felt like a cold arrow was shot at him from the side.
Lu Shien just glared at her fiercely without saying a word.
Shen Yanxing immediately acted innocent: "What? You, Miss Lu, can yell at Teacher Sixteen, but you can't allow me to make such an assumption? Are you a little protective..."
"What are you protecting?" Shen Yanxing was interrupted by Lu Shien before he could finish his words. He tried to cover up something, which made it even more obvious, as if he was afraid of being exposed.
Before he finished speaking, Lu Shien took advantage of the situation and continued to criticize: "I just don't like you businessmen who are full of the smell of money. For the sake of money, you can lose your conscience."
Shen Yanxing didn't mind Lu Shien's straightforward indignation, and asked again: "But if Sixteen really died, you wouldn't have to worry about your sister being replaced by someone else, right?"
Maybe it was because the word "death" was too heavy and vicious, or maybe it was because of some reason that even Lu Shien herself didn't understand, but she didn't want to associate this word with the woman who had the same name as her sister.
Don't be awkward, Lu Shien finally uttered two words from his mouth: "No."
"Why?" Shen Yanxing continued to ask.
"Because she's a good person." Lu Shien blurted out, "She helped me so much this time, staying up late and working overtime to finish the joint draft. She shouldn't..."
Before he could finish his next words, Lu Shien paused as if he was braking.
She looked at Shen Yanxing in surprise, and then she realized that she had been fooled by this man.
—This person is clearly using sarcasm to provoke me and make me speak out my true thoughts.
But the more this happened, the more Lu Shien felt like he was standing on a shaky bridge.
She kept repeating "but" and "but" but couldn't come up with a reason for the turn.
It's like two owners put a puppy in the middle of the road and then run in different directions to see who the puppy will follow.
Lu Shien felt that if she accepted Sixteen, she would be sorry for her sister. Her sister had been so good to her, especially in the last six months.
Her sister is the best sister in the world.
"My sister will definitely come back, and I will protect her position for her." Lu Shien said this to Shen Yanxing stubbornly, and it seemed like he was hinting to himself over and over again.
However, this is not a multiple-choice question where you can go east and not west.
Shen Yanxing lowered his eyes slightly and said calmly: "But, no matter now or in the future, no one can replace your sister's position."
"Lu Shizhen will always be your sister, and she will always be your mother's daughter." Shen Yanxing said in a flat tone, "Auntie is just simply concerned about Sixteen. Lu Shizhen is the child born from her body. How could she find someone to replace her? No one can replace her."
"Things like chemistry are quite mysterious. You can't describe it. It's not like your program. Once you figure it out, you'll understand it completely."
As Shen Yanxing spoke, he turned his head calmly and looked at the little girl sitting next to him.
Those brown eyes seemed to have a magical power to calm people down. It was as if they tapped Lu Shien's forehead and suddenly stabilized the suspension bridge where Lu Shien was standing.
"You can be firm and unwavering, but you can also relax a little. A great river can only flow smoothly if new branches join in, right?"
Shen Yanxing asked back softly, and the flower held in Lu Shien's hand was spinning in the wind.
The two arms that were stretched out with a threatening look just now fell down, and he remained silent and calm, as if he was thinking about something.
I don’t know what she was thinking, but suddenly Shen Yanxing felt something falling into her hair near her ear.
Lu Shien turned her back to me, her hands empty, and stood up with her head held high, resuming her usual ladylike demeanor: "This is for you as a gift for accompanying me."
She just looked at Lu Shien's brisk steps from behind, and caught a glimpse of the flower that had been ravaged by Lu Shien out of the corner of her eye.
—She put it on her ear.
Shen Yanxing half-lowered his eyes, and the corners of his straight lips curved slightly without being noticed.
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Because Lu Shizhen redeemed the health recovery item in the system mall, she is now in better health than at any time in the past five years.
It was for this reason that if she continued to stay in the hospital, the truth would be revealed.
But Cheng Meiyan's desire to take care of Lu Shizhen was too strong. This was not the first time that Xu Shiyue had helped Lu Shizhen to cover up his crime. She simply suggested taking Lu Shizhen back to her home to take care of him, so that Cheng Meiyan could feel at ease.
The scenery in spring really changes every day. The lush green leaves sway in the wind, creating layers of waves like sea water.
Lu Shizhen took Xu Shiyue's car back to the villa where she used to live. Although it had not been long since she last stayed there, she still missed it.
"Go upstairs and have a rest. I'll call you for dinner later." Xu Shiyue put his arm around Lu Shizhen's waist without any concealment, speaking in an intimate tone.
I don’t know if it’s because my role has changed, or if the actions of the characters from the restaurant bar are too obvious.
Lu Shizhen looked at Aunt Sun not far away with some fear, turned his gaze back embarrassedly, and whispered in Xu Shiyue's ear: "I know, you also have to remember to pay attention to the impact."
Xu Shiyue glanced at Aunt Sun after hearing this, curved her eyes, and put her hand down: "Okay."
"Then I'll go upstairs." Lu Shizhen said, and prepared to leave.
But at the end, she deliberately called out to Xu Shiyue in a teasing voice: "Shiyue."
Xu Shiyue suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his ears.
When she reacted and wanted to catch the man, Lu Shizhen had already walked to the stairwell, and she couldn't catch him, which made the people who stayed there feel itchy.
Lu Shizhen's steps were indeed very fast, and it even felt like he was running away.
In just a few seconds, she was standing in front of the door of her old room.
A little solemnly, Lu Shizhen took a deep breath and then opened the door of his room.
What comes into view is just like this villa, time has stopped here, the furnishings in the room are all the same as before, spotlessly clean as if someone has always lived here, but because it is too tidy, there is no trace of anyone living here.
Lu Shizhen lay down on her bed skillfully, just like every time she returned to her room.
The soft mattress seemed to make her sink into it, but she could faintly smell a familiar smell that was different from the tone of the room.
It's faint, like the little white flowers budding in spring.
Hanging with dew, it carries a scent of its own in the wind.
This is the smell that Xu Shiyue left here.
In the past, she came to the room where she had lived, reducing the smell of her presence as much as possible, greedily and carefully letting the smell of the room surround her.
It's as if I've always been there.
Lu Shizhen sniffed Xu Shiyue's scent and drooped his eyelashes slightly.
She thought she needed to give Xu Shiyue some compensation, enough to make up for what she had done over the years.
Lu Shizhen sat up from the bed with some distress. She seemed to have thought of something during her brainstorming. She took out a tablet from her bag and secretly searched for something in this room where she was the only one in it.
Time passed slowly, and the afterglow of the sunset filled the entire window.
Lu Shizhen's face seemed to reflect the setting sun, with large patches of red.
“Dangdang!”
“Ouch!”
Just then, there was a knock on the door suddenly in the room.
Lu Shizhen didn't know what to do. She was so engrossed in what she was doing that she was frightened by the sound and accidentally dropped the tablet on her face.
The sound of unbearable pain rang out, and Xu Shiyue, who was outside the door, walked in directly with a fruit plate: "What's wrong?"
Lu Shizhen rubbed his nose in pain and said, "It's okay, I just got hit by the tablet."
"Why are you so careless?" Xu Shiyue was about to help Lu Shizhen put away the tablet in her hand, but she didn't expect Lu Shizhen to be guilty first and hurriedly said: "Don't-"
But it was too late. Xu Shiyue flipped over the tablet a second before Lu Shizhen made a covering move.
The words connected by ellipsis were reflected in her pupils in a disjointed manner, so fragmented that they could not even form a complete sentence.
Somehow, Xu Shiyue seemed to be very interested in this kind of literature, and smiled slightly with his eyes lowered.
Then, she placed the tablet in her hand on the bedside table beside her, leaned closer to Lu Shizhen and commented: "Teacher Sixteen is really smart. This way, we don't have to worry about the impact."
(End of this chapter)