Zhou Li's hand stopped in mid-air, looking a little embarrassed.
After seeing Jiang Mingzhu's reaction, he suddenly regretted asking the question just now.
What He Chuyan said is right.
The last time he told Jiang Mingzhu that he liked her, the reason why Jiang Mingzhu's reaction was not so exaggerated was because she didn't take him into consideration at all.
At that time, all her energy was aimed at avenging Pei Ye.
Now that Zhan Yubai has been arrested, this question is no longer a hypothesis for her.
Jiang Mingzhu would push him away because she had already thought about it——
Just like He Chuyan said, no matter what the reason, it is an indisputable fact that Pei Ye's kidney is in Jin Rou's body.
Zhou Li clenched his fists and took a deep breath: "You pretend I didn't ask."
"Let's go, I'll take you back."
Jiang Mingzhu nodded and walked back to the parking lot with Zhou Li, in a state of fugue all the way.
When she walked to the car door, Jiang Mingzhu almost bumped into her, but fortunately Zhou Li held her arm.
"Be careful." Zhou Li opened the door for her.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Oh."
She got into the car immediately after answering, but she forgot to fasten her seat belt because she was in a hurry.
After Zhou Li saw it, he suddenly approached her, put one arm on her leg, and the other arm pulled out the seat belt and buckled it for her.
Jiang Mingzhu felt his arm pass through her chin, and the familiar smell of his body entered her nose. She suddenly remembered the night before leaving southern Yunnan.
My ears and neck are feeling hot.
This feeling is so unfamiliar to Jiang Mingzhu.
Jiang Mingzhu has always felt that she is very thick-skinned. She used to sit on Zhou Li and seduce him without being shy, but now she is feeling hot all over and her heart rate is increasing even though she has done nothing.
Zhou Li’s voice flashed through my mind——
"Do you like me at all?"
Jiang Mingzhu suddenly came back to her senses, and before she had time to take a deep breath, she met Zhou Li's bottomless eyes again.
The seat belt was fastened, but he remained motionless in the same position, his eyes fixed on her.
The ends of his eyes were a little red, and there was a turbulent undercurrent buried in his eyes, like light penetrating the darkness, leaving people with nowhere to hide.
Jiang Mingzhu's ears felt even hotter. For the first time, she wanted to avoid being looked at by Zhou Li.
But Zhou Li didn't give her this chance.
He grabbed her chin, leaned forward and kissed her.
His kiss was impatient and suppressed, as if he was trying to retain something through this action.
Jiang Mingzhu's mind went blank after being kissed by him, and she didn't make any move for a long time. When she regained consciousness, her body was already limp.
Zhou Li's kiss moved from his lips to her ear. He held her head with one hand and ran his fingers through her chestnut hair.
"I'll take you back." When he spoke, his voice was as hoarse as if he had held sand in his mouth.
——
When Jiang Mingzhu lay on the bed after taking a shower, Zhou Li's question was still echoing in her ears.
And that kiss in the car.
Zhou Li didn't explain what it meant, but Jiang Mingzhu could probably guess it.
The problems she had avoided countless times now had to be faced.
Jiang Mingzhu raised her hand and touched her heart, feeling her accelerated heartbeat in her palm.
As I listened, my eyes suddenly felt sore, and tears flowed into my ears when I closed my eyes.
Zhou Li.
Why is it Zhou Li?
Jiang Mingzhu didn't sleep well at night and had a nightmare, with Pei Ye in her dream.
Different from the warm dreams in the past, in today's dream, Pei Ye was extremely indifferent to her.
"I'm disappointed," he said.
He asked: "Zhuzhu, why don't you come to me?"
"I'm so cold. You said you wanted to stay with me, didn't you?" His tall body blocked the way.
In front of her, "You can't let him go, can you?"
In the dream, she denied it repeatedly as if her foot had been stepped on.
Pei Yehu held her in his arms and patted her shoulders like he did when he was a child, but his words were no longer gentle.
He said, "He was also the murderer who indirectly killed me. Have you forgotten?"
Jiang Mingzhu immediately denied it.
Pei Yegu said disappointedly: "You fell in love with him, and you are going to betray me for him."
The dream came to an abrupt end. Jiang Mingzhu suddenly sat up from the bed, soaking her pajamas completely with the cold sweat on her body.
Jiang Mingzhu touched her heart, and there seemed to be pain still there.
And she kept repeating that sentence in her ears——
You fell in love with him.
You fell in love with him.
...Zhou Li.
Jiang Mingzhu clutched the quilt tightly, her knuckles turning white.
It shouldn't be like this.
She didn't even know when she fell in love with Zhou Li. There was nothing about him that she would like.
A knock on the door interrupted Jiang Mingzhu's thoughts.
"Zhuzhu, are you awake?" It was He Chuyan's voice.
Jiang Mingzhu came to her senses and said, "Wake up."
She had not yet been freed from her emotions, so her voice was hoarse when she said these two words, and He Chuyan could hear them clearly.
He Chuyan opened the door and saw Jiang Mingzhu's pale face and cold sweat on her forehead.
Her expression was a little worried: "Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I had a nightmare."
He Chuyan: "It's all over, wash up and go downstairs to eat. Mom made French toast."
——
Jiang Mingzhu was still absent-minded after breakfast.
He Chuyan and Gu Shu could see her condition, but they couldn't tell her why.
He Chuyan and Gu Shu arrived at the terrace, sat down and asked her, "How is she doing now? Can you tell?"
Gu Shu shook her head. Jiang Mingzhu was probably the most difficult patient she had ever encountered so far.
He Chuyan: "Let me contact Yuanye."
Gu Shu: "That's fine."
After thinking about it for a while, she made a suggestion: "In addition to the wilderness, we should also find something for her to do. She will have something to look forward to in life and a goal to strive for so that she will not keep thinking about the past."
He Chuyan touched Gu Shu's words and said, "You mean to let her go out to work?"
Gu Shu: "You don't have to go to work, you can do other things you want to do - or, let's take her out for a walk?"
While He Chuyan and Gu Shu were chatting on the terrace, Fu Xiaozhi arrived in a hurry.
She was holding several shopping bags and a folder in her hands. After changing her shoes, she sat down next to Jiang Mingzhu.
"Zhuzhu, please help me take a look at this cultural shirt?" Fu Xiaozhi took out the T-shirt from the bag and showed it to Jiang Mingzhu.
The white T-shirt has a LOGO printed on it and has a sun element.
"It's beautiful." Jiang Mingzhu asked, "Where is this used?"
Fu Xiaozhi: "Didn't I say I wanted to set up a foundation before? My brother helped me find some manpower. Now it's almost done. I'm going to do the first event on May Day."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Where to go?"
Fu Xiaozhi: "We are going to a special education school in the north of the city. Will you come with us?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Is it okay?"
Fu Xiaozhi: "Of course, I wanted to invite you to join!"
Jiang Mingzhu agreed without saying a word. She needed something to divert her attention now——
Fu Xiaozhi: "Then I'll take you to the new office!"
