Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

He fished out his cell phone from his down jacket and looked at the time. It was already past three in the morning.

Hu Mengdie and Hu Mengke sent him messages, but Li Zhuangsheng just swiped away and didn't want to read them.

On QQ, a friend with the ID name "Cun Chief Chu" also sent him a private message at night.

[I will arrive tomorrow afternoon, where will you pick me up? 】

Li Zhuangsheng thought about it for a while. The other party said before that he would take the high-speed rail from Hangzhou to Nanjing, so the next step should be to take a long-distance bus to their county.

[Just wait for me at the bus terminal]

After Li Zhuangsheng finished replying, he sent a text message to the unit leader in the middle of the night:

[Director Jiang, I have a fever, maybe the flu. I hope to take a day off tomorrow. Please approve it. 】

Then, he sent another message to Hu Mengke, but this time, he deleted, deleted, and revised it many times:

[The party was delayed too late, and I didn’t feel well, so I fell asleep in the study. You don’t have to call me tomorrow morning. You’ll go out on your own when you wake up.]

Clicking send, Li Zhuangsheng seemed to have completed some complicated work, and threw the phone away feebly, as if a big burden had been lifted off him.

But just for a moment, he picked up the phone again and entered Li Xiuyu's chat box from the top of WeChat.

My finger hovered over "Video Call" for a long time, but I still didn't press it.

It's too late, go to bed.

Li Zhuangsheng turned his cell phone to silent and gently placed it next to his pillow.

……

As expected, no one disturbed him the next morning. After Li Zhuangsheng woke up, he picked up his cell phone and saw that it was almost eleven o'clock.

Hu Mengdie and Hu Mengke both sent him messages of concern. Li Zhuangsheng didn't know what to say, so he just crossed them out.

In addition, "Village Chief Chu" also sent him a message; [Si Pengjie, I will arrive in your county in two hours, remember to pick me up. 】

Li Zhuangsheng rubbed his eyes and replied well to Village Chief Chu.

After thinking about it, he replied to Hu Mengke: [I'm fine]

"Brother-in-law, are you awake?"

After a while, Hu Mengke knocked on the door.

Li Zhuangsheng reached out to unlock the door, and just as he squeezed out a smile, before he could say anything, a warm palm touched his forehead.

"Are you catching a cold?"

Hu Mengke's voice was concerned, and Li Zhuangsheng's head didn't seem to be hot when she touched it. However, she was still worried and gently pushed aside Li Zhuangsheng's bangs and pressed her forehead against it gently.

Li Zhuangsheng was slightly startled. He had already smelled the fragrance of the other party mixed with the smell of milk. He quickly closed his mouth and nose and did not dare to move.

"It's not hot..."

After letting go of Li Zhuangsheng, Hu Mengke breathed a sigh of relief, his face flushed slightly, and he sat on the edge of the bed, staring closely at Li Zhuangsheng: "Brother-in-law, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"I'm fine!" Li Zhuangsheng moved his butt back slightly, "I caught a little cold yesterday, but I'm fine after a good sleep."

"That's good, that's good..." Hu Mengke patted his chest lightly and pursed his lips, "Brother-in-law, if you feel uncomfortable in the future, you must tell me. I just... I care about you very much. !”

"I'm fine, it's just a little cold!" Li Zhuangsheng smiled absently, "You go out first, I need to get dressed."

"Okay, then I'll go cook first!" Hu Mengke nodded repeatedly, "My sister said she would be back at noon today..."

"Tell her not to come back. I have something to do at noon and I have to go out soon." Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand quickly.

He doesn't want to see Hu Mengdie now... It's not that he doesn't want to, but he doesn't know what kind of expression he should use to face her. He thought he would feel better after sleeping, but his chest was still tight, as if there was a stone pressing on it.

"What do you want? Let's go out after lunch."

"I have a friend who wants to come to my place to play. He is from Hangzhou and will be here soon..."

Hu Mengke tilted his head, slightly surprised: "Your friend, met online?"

Based on her understanding of Li Zhuangsheng, he was a nerd who was too lazy to socialize, and his only friend was probably Zhang Qixiang. Even the married man's family only had relatives and no classmates. Zhang Qixiang and his cousin sat at the same table.

"He is an old reader of mine. He has been a reader for many years... and he has also tipped me a lot of money." Li Zhuangsheng explained simply.

"Then you can call him to your house to have dinner together..."

"No, no, he made a special trip from Hangzhou. I'll take him to the hotel first."

Li Zhuangsheng shook his head quickly and took the time to get dressed, hoping to leave before Hu Mengdie returned home.

After dressing and washing, Li Zhuangsheng changed his shoes and was about to go out when he was stopped by Hu Mengke again.

"Your hair is too messy." Hu Mengke said with a smile, "Wait for me."

After that, she turned and walked into the bathroom. When she came out, her hands were wet and she was still holding a comb.

"Let me clean it up for you."

Hu Mengke reached out and gently scratched Li Zhuangsheng's upturned hair, and combed him with a comb before showing a satisfied look.

"Okay, he looks much more handsome now!" Hu Mengke smiled.

"Okay, thank you, thank you..."

Li Zhuangsheng felt that Hu Mengke seemed a little strange, but he had no time to think about it at the moment, so he thanked him and left.

As the door closed gently, Hu Mengke slowly walked into the kitchen, silently counting the steps in his heart, and then looked down from the window, and saw Li Zhuangsheng coming out of the stairs.

She stared at the other person's figure, smiling and waving goodbye as always, until the other person completely disappeared from her sight.

……

Li Zhuangsheng quickly walked out of the community and walked to the bus terminal.

I've gained a lot of weight recently, so I try to lose weight by walking more. Li Zhuangsheng said heartily.

According to Village Chief Chu, he probably just set off from Nanjing, so Li Zhuangsheng has more than enough time, even enough for him to finish dinner at home before going out. It's just that he doesn't want to stay there for a moment now, even though he was still full of attachment to that home before yesterday.

Li Zhuangsheng's mind was very confused and he really wanted to be alone for a while. However, Village Chief Chu was different from others. He could only suppress the irritability in his heart for the time being and wait until the reception was over.

Others only know that Village Chief Chu is Li Zhuangsheng's rich reader, but the relationship between the two is actually much more than that.

The other party has been pursuing Li Zhuangsheng's books for a long time. Although he is not among the earliest ones, he is also one of the "veterans" who entered his readership in the second year after he wrote the book. At that time, Li Zhuangsheng was still an out-and-out transparent person. He only had about one or two hundred students studying, and there were only a few dozen people in the group.

In addition to daily rewards, Village Chief Chu is also quite active among readers. In the first few years, Li Zhuangsheng liked to talk wildly to readers in the group. He would chat for hours. When he got too excited, he would stop updating on the same day, which attracted a lot of scolding from readers.

Village Chief Chu is Li Zhuangsheng’s most frequent chat companion when he chats in the group. Of course, he is also the one who complained the most after the update was discontinued, as if Li Zhuangsheng’s update interruption had nothing to do with him.

But if that's all, Village Chief Chu is just the "more familiar" brother on the list. The most special thing about the other party is that he is the financial sponsor who has truly "supported" Li Zhuangsheng.