hotmtlnovel 067 Taking a walk
067 Taking a walk
Chu Zihang thought about it seriously for a moment.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with it," he said.
Susie's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Chu Zihang was also a man who relied on his partner, willing to let down his guard in front of his girlfriend and allow her to take over his vulnerable side? Susie couldn't help but let her mind wander, and her face gradually turned red.
"I used to take care of my mom the same way," Chu Zihang said.
Susie felt relieved again.
"I used to take care of my mom. She wouldn't put on more clothes on her own, and she would still wear a summer jacket when it got cold. She couldn't cook or do housework. She was like a girl who never grew up," Chu Zihang said. "Now I call her every week. If it gets cold, I'll remind her to heat up the milk in the microwave, because she won't do it if I don't tell her."
what……
Susie opened her mouth and looked at Chu Zihang as if he were an alien.
"Some people don't know how to take care of themselves. If you ignore them, you're letting them hurt themselves," Chu Zihang said. "So I can understand what Ling did; she did the right thing."
After he finished speaking, he glanced down at his watch and prepared to return to his dormitory.
Susie looked at his profile.
The streetlight shone from behind, highlighting his sharply defined features, the beautiful curve of his jaw, and the small shadow cast by his eyelashes beneath his eyes. This face had garnered countless love letters from girls back in Shilan High School, and even at Kassel College, it remained captivating.
But this person just spent a full three minutes earnestly explaining to her that his mother can't cook.
She asked, "What do you think about girlfriends taking care of their boyfriends?" He replied, "How do I take care of my mom?" He answered the question seriously, but he didn't understand the second meaning behind it at all.
Susie suddenly felt like laughing, but also a little like sighing.
"Chu Zihang, your mother must be very happy," she said.
"Thanks."
Hey……
The two finished their last lap, and the number of people on the playground gradually decreased. In the distance, a pair of figures were walking towards the girls' dormitory. The shorter one was walking in front, and the taller one was following behind, about half a step apart. It was as if they had done something wrong and were carefully apologizing.
"Let's go back," she said.
"Okay," Chu Zihang said, "Get some rest."
"Okay." Susie turned around, took two steps, then stopped. "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow," Chu Zihang said.
Susie left the playground, looked at the lights on in the dormitory ahead, and sighed inwardly.
How can someone so handsome be such a blockhead?
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As Chu Zihang walked along the outer edge of the playground toward the dormitory, he noticed a couple who looked familiar, one tall and one short. He went over to take a look and found out that it was Lu Mingfei and Ling.
"Senior Brother Chu." Lu Mingfei saw him first and greeted him as if he had been granted a pardon.
Ling stopped, glanced at Chu Zihang with her icy blue eyes, and nodded slightly.
"A walk?" Chu Zihang asked.
"Being taken for a walk," Lu Mingfei corrected.
Zero didn't respond, but he didn't deny it either.
Chu Zihang began to prepare his opening remarks.
Last time, Chu Zihang's conversation with Caesar went awry because of braised pork, so this time he chose a safer topic.
"You haven't been going out much lately," Chu Zihang said. "Your words are very powerful, but you shouldn't neglect your physical training. I told you last time we went running that your hip joints aren't open enough, and this problem won't get better on its own without training."
"Ah, Senior Brother Chu, don't worry, I've been training," Lu Mingfei said. "I've been playing fighting games in my dorm lately, which has been very helpful for my reaction speed and distance judgment."
Chu Zihang thought for a moment. The frame rate judgment in fighting games and the sense of distance in real combat should not be the same. However, if the window for judging game actions is small enough, it may be a low-cost method for reaction training.
He decided to give it a try when he had time.
"But games can only train your reaction time," Chu Zihang said, "you still need to move your body."
"I know," Lu Mingfei gestured with his chin towards the girl next to him, "that's why I'm here now."
Lu Mingfei does want to meet his online friends in person. Whether it's Lao Tang, Little Yellow Duck, or Giant Tortoise, he can always find genuine connection online.
After the opening remarks, Chu Zihang had prepared a backup topic about the library, which he had been worried would be uncooperative like Caesar, but now it was no longer necessary, and he simply continued on.
"You haven't been going to the cafeteria lately," Chu Zihang said.
"Zero cooked for me," Lu Mingfei said, glancing at Zero before adding, "and it was delicious."
"Really?" Chu Zihang looked at Zero. "Three meals a day?"
"Yes," Zero said.
"It's very tough," Chu Zihang said.
"It's not hard work," Zero answered readily. "He doesn't eat anything."
"I ate it, I just forgot," Lu Mingfei said softly, wanting to explain, but he fell silent after seeing Ling's gaze and dared not argue anymore.
Great, the topic has been started.
Chu Zihang nodded, and then they got down to business.
"Lu Mingfei," Chu Zihang said, "you and Ling are not quite the same as before."
Lu Mingfei was taken aback. "What happened before?"
"Before, when she was in charge of you, you accepted it, but there was always something awkward about it," Chu Zihang said carefully. "Now it feels natural."
"Well, I wasn't used to being managed before, and it made me uncomfortable, but now I'm used to it," Lu Mingfei said softly, "and... I enjoy it."
Chu Zihang looked at Lu Mingfei and Ling. Although he felt that Lu Mingfei was avoiding the question, Ling was satisfied with the answer, so Chu Zihang nodded and did not ask any further questions.
After a few seconds of silence, Lu Mingfei suddenly asked, "Senior Brother Chu, why are you asking this?"
"I'm considering inviting you to join the Lionheart Society," Chu Zihang said. "Understanding the status of core members is the president's job. If Ling is willing, he can join us too."
"Huh?" Lu Mingfei hadn't expected the Lionheart Society's president to be so concerned about his subordinates' lives. "I thought..."
"What do you think?"
"It's nothing." Lu Mingfei waved his hand. "I'll think about it some more. Didn't I already have Susie ask Zero?"
"Well, I just happened to run into you guys, so I came over to ask you myself," Chu Zihang said.
The three of them stood there for a while longer, the night wind rustling the leaves of the ginkgo trees by the playground.
"It's getting late," Zero said. "Lu Mingfei should go back and rest."
Lu Mingfei said to Chu Zihang, "Senior Brother Chu, let's go for a run together another day."
"Okay," Chu Zihang said.
Lu Mingfei walked Ling towards the girls' dormitory, the two of them holding hands and shoulder to shoulder.
Chu Zihang turned and walked back to his dormitory.
The entire conversation was never interrupted, and none of the alternative topics were used. He had prepared enough to deal with three Caesars, but Lu Mingfei didn't let him use any of them.
The problem was indeed with Caesar.