Chapter 342: Lovers? Good Friends!

The next morning, Li Luo's alarm clock rang on time.

When Li Luo was awakened by the alarm clock and was about to reach out to turn it off, he found that he seemed to be sealed.

Yan Zhusheng was half lying on Li Luo at this time. He opened his eyes drowsily, reached out to help him get the phone, and then skillfully turned off the alarm clock.

Li Luo felt the smooth touch on his thighs under the quilt and couldn't help but sigh.

"Get up." Li Luo patted Yan Zhusheng's head, "It's time to go for a morning run. Go call Xixi."

"You set the alarm so early." Yan Zhusheng looked at the time. It was only six in the morning. He couldn't help but close his eyes again. He leaned against Li Luo's arms and found a comfortable position. He muttered, "Don't we wake up at seven during the summer vacation?"

"Today is your birthday, why don't you have some fun for a while longer?"

"What if I go and wake Xixi up and she wants to go out and play with us later?"

"Um...what do you mean?"

"Xixi has classes in the afternoon, so let her rest for a while."

"…You are the birthday girl, so whatever you say today is right."

"Forget it." Yan Zhusheng thought about it, then got up from the bed and walked obediently towards Ying Chanxi's bedroom, "I'll go call Xixi."

Li Luo blinked while lying on the bed, not understanding what had happened to Yan Zhusheng. He could only watch her as she walked out of the room.

Soon, he vaguely heard the sound of the door of the next room being opened from the corridor.

In the bedroom on the other side.

Ying Chanxi was sleeping soundly.

Yan Zhusheng walked to the bedside and gently woke her up: "Xixi, do you want to get up? Get ready to go downstairs for a morning run."

Ying Chanxi had been sleeping soundly until he was woken up at six o'clock in the morning. He frowned immediately and opened his eyes with difficulty, still half asleep and half awake.

Last night she read the novel that she had saved for more than half a month, because in addition to the long-term preparations for Mo Qinghan to participate in the "I Am a Singer" program, Li Luo also did a short-term plot for the filming of a TV series targeting Shen Dongdong.

So when Ying Chanxi saw this part last night, he couldn't help but watch it for a while longer, and ended up working until the early morning.

Especially after watching Mo Qinghan sing "Hollow", the protagonist Li Yang strolled to the film and television base to continue filming the TV series starring Shen Dongdong, and there was another kissing scene, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep.

However, due to the requirements of the location and camera for the kissing scene, all the relevant staff could not be completely dismissed.

So due to Shen Dongdong's shyness, Li Yang moved the kissing scene to the end.

When Ying Chanxi saw this, he felt really disappointed.

Just let others see it! What's there to be shy about?

It's just a kiss, it's not like we haven't kissed before. You just want more people to see it so that everyone knows how important you are in Li Yang's heart!

She is really so stupid!

Ying Chanxi became more and more anxious the more he watched, and just wanted to quickly turn to the subsequent clips of the two of them filming the kissing scene.

Before I could even turn the page twice, a page popped up on my phone screen, indicating that the latest chapter was currently displayed and that further updates would be continued...

This made Ying Chanxi so angry that he almost threw his phone.

If she had known that this plot had not been completed, she would not have read it.

It would be better to save up for a few more days.

Now, Ying Chanxi was halfway through reading when he suddenly couldn’t see the subsequent chapters, and he couldn’t fall asleep even more.

She remembered that Li Luo had some subsequent manuscripts saved.

But it was already past two in the morning, and Li Luo must have fallen asleep. Ying Chanxi felt embarrassed to wake him up so late, so he could only lie on his bed and sigh, then pull the panda doll over and punch it twice.

As a result, he was woken up by Yan Zhusheng after sleeping for less than four hours. Ying Chanxi immediately groaned in bed and mumbled in a daze, "What time is it?"

"Six o'clock."

"…Isn't it usually seven o'clock? Let me sleep a little longer."

"Oh." A hint of joy flashed in Yan Zhusheng's eyes, and then he nodded. He also considerately tucked in the quilt for Ying Chanxi, turned around and walked out of Xixi's bedroom, closing the door quietly.

Li Luo was washing up in the bathroom at the moment. While washing his face, he felt someone walk in and gently touch his thigh with his butt.

"Xixi or Zhusheng?"

"you guess."

"Where's Xixi?" Li Luo knew who the voice was as soon as he heard it. He reached out his hand and touched the table a few times, but didn't find a towel. Then the person next to him handed a towel to him and he wiped his face. "Is she up?"

"No." Yan Zhusheng shook his head. "Xixi said she was too sleepy, so let her sleep a little longer."

Li Luo glanced at Yan Zhusheng a little suspiciously, but thinking that she was the birthday girl today, he didn't ask any more questions. After nodding, he gave up the seat in front of the sink.

Yan Zhusheng took out the toothbrush and cup he had just brought from the bathroom on the other side, picked up the toothbrush and handed it to Li Luo: "The birthday boy needs toothpaste now."

"...Are you the birthday girl? You're probably a little brat." Li Luo laughed and squeezed some toothpaste for her. "Do you still need to be served like this?"

Yan Zhusheng didn't say anything, but put the toothbrush into his mouth with a happy look and started brushing his teeth.

Li Luo turned and walked out of the bathroom, changed his clothes, waited for Yan Zhusheng to finish washing up and go to the bedroom to change clothes, and then the two of them went downstairs together for a morning run.

After running around the Bi Hai Lan Ting community for a few laps, both of them felt slightly hot.

After more than a year of morning jogging, this amount of exercise is nothing to Li Luo now.

After all, when he was reborn, he was at the age when his physical functions were at their peak. Now that he keeps exercising, this peak state can obviously be maintained.

Unlike the feeling of weakness after waking up at the age of 35, I would feel sleepy, my eyes would be sore, and my back would ache after sitting in front of the computer for a while.

Li Luo now feels healthy and energetic. Even if he sits in front of the computer for a long time, his brain remains active, his waist and legs don't hurt, and he feels very energetic.

My thoughts are particularly clear when I am typing, and with the memory palace at hand, I rarely get stuck.

Now, whenever Li Luo thinks back to his physical and mental state in his thirties and compares it with his current self, he always feels emotional.

When I was young, I really wasted too many of my best years!

When his body and mind were at their peak, he completely wasted his youth on some meaningless things in his previous life.

But after thinking about it again, Li Luo felt relieved.

One cannot have youth and the feeling of youth at the same time.

Likewise, people cannot relive their youth while realizing its value.

It was just that Li Luo was lucky enough to have experienced such a miraculous miracle. He couldn't ask too much of himself in his previous life.

"Li Luo, what are you thinking about?" In the breakfast shop, Yan Zhusheng looked at Li Luo who was suddenly in a daze with his head down, raised a spoon to Li Luo's mouth, and reminded him softly, "Ah~ open your mouth."

Li Luo came back to his senses at this time, opened his mouth subconsciously, and then felt a spoon stuffed in his mouth, and ate a delicious wonton.

Then his eyes fell on the spoon in front of him. He watched Yan Zhusheng take it back and put it into the soup bowl. He also scooped out a wonton and slowly blew it cool under Yan Zhusheng's mouth. For a moment, his eyes were a little dazed.

"What's wrong? Do you want more?" Yan Zhusheng saw that he was staring at his spoon, so he handed the spoon to him again.

Seeing this, Li Luo quickly waved his hand and said, "No, you can eat. I just suddenly thought of something."

"What did you think of?" Yan Zhusheng asked curiously.

Li Luo watched Yan Zhusheng put the spoon that had just entered his mouth back into her thin lips. He was stunned for a moment, then laughed and shook his head: "Nothing, I just suddenly felt a little emotional and felt that I should cherish the present."

"Yeah." Yan Zhusheng nodded gently, took a sip of the spoon and savored it carefully, "I will also cherish what I have now."

Li Luo knew, of course, that Yan Zhusheng didn't fully understand what he meant, but he didn't want to explain further. After all, some things were really hard to understand before one reached that age.

Today's task is to accompany Yan Zhusheng on her birthday and make her happy.

Looking at the girl in front of him, although her temperament was quite similar to Yan Zhusheng from the previous life, Li Luo could clearly feel that there was a big difference between the two.

If we say that Yan Zhusheng in the previous life was like an ice lake frozen on a snowy mountain when we first met, it would never melt all year round.

Yan Zhusheng, who first appeared in this world last year, was more like the river flowing down from the snow-capped mountains. Although it was equally cold, it could be warmed and had not yet completely solidified into ice.

In his previous life, Li Luo did not meet Yan Zhusheng when he was young, although during their working relationship of more than half a year, he could clearly feel the kindness Yan Zhusheng showed him.

But compared to today, there is obviously a huge gap.

With the help of the memory palace, Li Luo could still clearly remember the last time he met Yan Zhusheng. She said calmly, "I had a heart attack and I have to go abroad for treatment for a while."

"How long are you going?"

“It’s uncertain, maybe one year, maybe ten years.”

"So I'm fired?"

"Well...or I can hire you to go abroad? If you don't mind."

"Overseas? Forget it... I wish you a speedy recovery."

"...Okay." Yan Zhusheng pursed his lips, "No one lives in this house for the time being. If you need, you can continue to live here. Otherwise, I will have to hire someone to come and clean it regularly."

"Isn't this...not good?"

"It's ok."

At that time, Lin Xiuhong was already ill and needed someone to take care of her.

So when faced with the invitation to go abroad, Li Luo naturally refused. Besides, the other party might just be being polite, so Li Luo did not take the opportunity to climb up the ladder.

During that half year, the monthly income of nearly 20,000 yuan was a timely help to him.

He didn't dare ask for more.

But faced with the temptation of free accommodation, he still accepted Yan Zhusheng's kindness.

There was no other reason, just because at that time, in order to pay for Lin Xiuhong's medical treatment, Li Guohong had sold his family's store and used the house to pay off debts.

It is really important for him to have a temporary free place to live, as it can save him money on rent.

But Li Luo probably never imagined that after his rebirth, he would have such an encounter with Yan Zhusheng.

And he turned me into what I am now... "Li Luo, eat."

Yan Zhusheng scooped another wonton for him and stared at him expectantly.

Li Luo opened his mouth and ate the food given by the birthday boy. Looking at Yan Zhusheng in front of him, he couldn't help but smile.

At least, compared with her previous life, Yan Zhusheng is not as cold as before. Instead, she has gradually become more naive and silly, and is getting further and further away from the cold and aloof beauty in her previous life.

Thinking of this, Li Luo couldn't help but ask curiously: "Zhu Sheng."

"Ok?"

"Do you think your personality is better now, or the personality you had before you met me?"

Yan Zhusheng was stunned for a moment, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then asked back: "Which one does Li Luo like? Do you think that the way I am now is not good?"

"Well... don't think about me. I like whatever your personality is. I'm asking about your own feelings."

"What did you say?"

"I said, I'm asking about your own feelings."

"The previous sentence?"

"I like you no matter what your personality is?" Li Luo looked puzzled. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Yan Zhusheng ate wontons with a smile on his face, and then said happily, "I'm fine now. My personality was different before, but I didn't know how to get along with others."

"Because I always make others angry, I just don't interact with them. This way I won't hurt others and won't make myself feel bad."

"But whether it's you, Xixi, Senior, or Huanhuan, I don't have such concerns or worries."

"That's good."

Li Luo felt happy after getting Yan Zhusheng's answer.

"That's good."

After finishing breakfast, the two came out of the breakfast shop.

Because it was not yet half past six, Yan Zhusheng suggested not to buy breakfast and take it back, otherwise it would disturb Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu's sleep.

So the two of them simply didn't buy anything and went shopping directly.

But it’s so early in the morning, normal shops would not open so early.

But Yan Zhusheng didn't care. She quietly put her little hand into Li Luo's palm, and just walked aimlessly from the gate of Bihai Lanting community and strolled on the street.

Walk along Ningshan Avenue, pass the gate of Qianjiang University, pass through the Ningshan Tunnel, and arrive at Qiushan Street.

It happened that the nearby Yinjiang Science and Technology Museum was open, so Li Luo took her in for a walk.

When I came out again, it was almost eight o'clock in the morning.

So the two of them strolled all the way to the Intime Department Store building. Li Luo took her upstairs and took a look at the women's clothing store.

Yan Zhusheng is not like other girls. She is not obsessed with buying clothes. In summer, she basically wears a white T-shirt and cropped jeans.

When she went shopping with Ying Chanxi, Xu Youyu and others in the past, they were picking and comparing, and Yan Zhusheng was watching them and just picked up a solid-colored piece of clothing at random.

In Li Luo's impression, Yan Zhusheng in his previous life was similar. He didn't have much pursuit for clothes. Like most boys, he was satisfied as long as he could wear them.

But with her figure, as long as the style does not require undulating lines, she is almost a perfect clothes hanger and looks good in anything.

So Li Luo took the initiative to help her pick out clothes, tried four or five sets for her, and finally selected two.

Pack up one set and take it away, and change into another set right away.

Looking at Yan Zhusheng, who was wearing a white floral miniskirt, Li Luo couldn't help but be dazzled.

To be honest, this was probably the first time in his two lifetimes that he saw Yan Zhusheng wearing a skirt.

Unlike some girls who make their legs look short when wearing knee-length skirts, Yan Zhusheng, who is just over 1.7 meters tall, looks taller after putting on this floral dress, revealing a pair of slender calves.

Looking at her beautiful calf lines and her slender waist, Li Luo couldn't help but admire her and said, "I should have bought you a skirt earlier. It's very beautiful."

"Does it look better than wearing pants?" Yan Zhusheng asked with a blink. She was still not used to this feeling. Her legs were pressed together, and she couldn't take big steps when she walked, as if taking a big step would easily lift up the hem of her skirt.

It is far less comfortable than wearing pants.

Moreover, this gust of wind can blow my thighs under my skirt, which always feels weird.

However, after hearing Li Luo's praise, Yan Zhusheng felt that the skirt was not bad and tried hard to adapt to it.

"Each of them is beautiful in their own way." Li Luo said, "It's just that I've never seen you wear a skirt before. This is the first time I've seen you like this, so I was a little surprised."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng happily put her little hand back into his palm, "Then I will wear it often for you to see."

"You have to like it yourself."

"I like."

"That's good."

The two walked out of the women's clothing store. Li Luo looked at the time and saw that it was almost nine o'clock, so he said, "You said last night that you wanted to watch a movie. How about taking you to the cinema upstairs?"

"Sure."

The two walked hand in hand towards the cinema on the fifth floor. After arriving at the lobby, Li Luo asked Yan Zhusheng to choose what he wanted to watch.

I originally thought she would choose a romance movie or something, but in the end she chose "Jurassic World".

"Nothing else to watch?"

"I want to see dinosaurs." Yan Zhusheng said honestly, "Li Luo doesn't want to see them?"

"I really want to see it."

Li Luo had seen this movie in his previous life, but it had been almost twenty years. Without deliberately mobilizing his memory palace, the impression would have been very vague. It wouldn't hurt to revisit it.

So the two of them went to the front desk to buy tickets.

Just when Li Luo was casting his vote, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He took out his cell phone and took a look, and found that it was Ying Chanxi calling.

Yan Zhusheng, who was standing next to him, also saw the caller ID, so he said very considerately, "I'll buy the ticket. You can talk to Xixi first."

"Row."

Li Luo walked aside and handed the task of buying tickets to Yan Zhusheng, while he answered Ying Chanxi's call in the corner.

"Hey?"

"Li Luo, where are you?" Ying Chanxi was still a little confused at this time. It was already past nine o'clock when she woke up. When she looked at Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng's bedroom again, they were gone, which made her dumbfounded.

"Ahem..." Li Luo coughed, then explained, "Zhu Sheng called you to get up this morning, but you said you were too sleepy and wanted to continue sleeping, so I didn't call you."

"Isn't today her birthday? You and Senior are going to sleep in, so I'll go out for a walk with her alone."

"After we finish playing with her, we'll be back at noon."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, as if she was digesting the news, or recalling whether Yan Zhusheng had come to call her in the morning.

After a while, Ying Chanxi asked, "Where are you now?"

“In the cinema.”

"You guys are watching a movie together?!"

"Hmm..." Li Luo looked at Yan Zhusheng who had already bought the ticket and came to find him, and replied to Ying Chanxi on the other end of the phone, "I just bought the ticket and will be entering soon."

Hearing this answer, Ying Chanxi pursed his lips and wanted to ask himself if he would still be in time if he rushed over now.

But when he thought about the possibility of missing the deadline, and that it would be a bit of a spoiler if he ran over, since it was Zhu Sheng’s birthday after all… Ying Chanxi could only whisper, “Then, then when will you be back?”

"The movie ends at 11:20." Li Luo glanced at the movie time displayed on the big screen, "It will be at least 11:30 before we can get home."

"...Okay." Ying Chanxi nodded sensibly, squeezed the Pikachu he had just held in his arms, took a deep breath and said, "Ask Zhu Sheng what he wants to eat for lunch, and I'll go to the market to buy some."

"Ah? That's not necessary. Zhu Sheng and I can just buy it back on the way."

"It's okay." Ying Chanxi smiled and said, "Today is Zhu Sheng's birthday, so it's only natural to buy some food."

After hearing what she said, Li Luo listed a few dishes that Yan Zhusheng liked to eat, and told Ying Chanxi to buy them according to his preference.

Then Ying Chanxi hung up the phone and gave the remaining time to Yan Zhusheng.

"Did Xixi say anything?" Yan Zhusheng asked curiously.

"She didn't say anything, she just asked what you wanted to eat and she would go buy it later."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded, "Xixi is so nice."

Li Luo smiled helplessly and then said, "Have you bought the tickets? Let's go."

"Ah."

Yan Zhusheng took Li Luo to the ticket gate, took out his movie tickets, and after passing the ticket check, he walked into Cinema No. 6.

But Li Luo, who was following behind Yan Zhusheng, was stunned when he saw Yan Zhusheng walking all the way to the back row. He then quickly asked, "Didn't you go the wrong way? Why did you choose such a far back position?"

"It's the very back row." Yan Zhusheng blinked and said calmly, then he took Li Luo all the way to the last row of seats and found their seats.

Looking at the large double sofa in front of him and the tall booth next to it, Li Luo fell silent for a moment.

"This thing... is called a couple's seat, right?" Li Luo curled his lips, "Why did you choose this seat?"

"The waiter said that during the summer vacation, couple seats are 20% off." Yan Zhusheng said seriously, "I think it's a good deal."

Li Luo: “…”

"And I asked the waitress." Yan Zhusheng said very seriously, "I asked her, can good friends also buy couple seats? She said of course they can. So I think this can also be called a good friend seat."

(End of this chapter)