The light returned, and Zhou Li saw Jiang Mingzhu holding the cake more clearly.
The cake is not big, but it is small but very delicate. The decoration on it is very beautiful. It seems that it must have been ordered in advance.
Thinking again about Jiang Mingzhu's insistence on having dinner together since get off work, Zhou Li suddenly realized.
After staring at the cake for a few seconds, he raised his head and looked at Jiang Mingzhu.
Jiang Mingzhu smiled so hard that her eyes widened: "Do you like the surprise I gave you?"
Zhou Li: "My birthday has already passed."
Jiang Mingzhu: "But I haven't been alone with you yet. Can't I make up for it?"
She put the cake on the table, turned back and pulled him to sit down.
Only then did Zhou Li notice that dinner had been prepared on the dining table, with candles and roses placed in the middle.
Zhou Li: "When did you prepare it?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Secret."
Zhou Li: "..."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Do you like it?"
She had already asked this question once before, but Zhou Li didn't give an answer, so she started asking again reluctantly.
Zhou Li looked at her expression of eager anticipation, and finally nodded under her gaze.
Seeing him nod, Jiang Mingzhu was very satisfied.
While eating, Jiang Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and said to Zhou Li, "If you were my boyfriend, you would have surprises like this from time to time."
Zhou Li: "Oh."
Jiang Mingzhu: "...Why are you so cold?"
Zhou Li: "What do you want me to say?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "You obviously know that."
"Jiang Mingzhu." Zhou Li suddenly put down the fork in his hand. He didn't raise his head and stared at the plate at hand. He said in a low voice, "Some things should not be started unless you can do it for a lifetime."
Otherwise he will get used to it.
Like today's surprise.
Jiang Mingzhu immediately understood the meaning of Zhou Li's words: "You haven't tried it, how do you know I can't do it for the rest of my life?"
Zhou Li remained silent this time.
He kept his head lowered, and his silence this time seemed lackluster.
It's not because you don't want to pay attention.
Jiang Mingzhu could see the lack of confidence, loss, and deep depression from her lowered eyes.
You don't need to think about it to know that it's because of what happened before.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay, I won't force you to believe me, but I will always do this to you."
She held her chin and looked at the man opposite her seriously, "Zhou Li, I like you very much."
After Zhou Li heard Jiang Mingzhu say this, his shoulders visibly stiffened.
After a few seconds, he looked up.
Zhou Li picked up the wine next to him, filled the glass in front of him, and then drank the glass of wine in one gulp.
Jiang Mingzhu didn't stop him.
After drinking, Zhou Li stood up and walked towards the floor-to-ceiling window.
Jiang Mingzhu felt that he was not in a good mood, so she immediately stood up and followed him.
She just stopped in front of Zhou Li and only moved her lips. Before she could make a sound, she was suddenly pulled over by him and pressed against the glass to block her lips.
This kiss was fierce and urgent, containing too many complicated emotions. He had always been strong in this kind of thing.
In less than a minute, Jiang Mingzhu felt difficulty breathing, her vision turned black, and her chest kept heaving.
The feeling of suffocation made her step back subconsciously.
However, Zhou Li seemed to be stimulated after feeling this action, and pressed her shoulder firmly with one hand, not giving her any space or room.
The pain from her lower lip made Jiang Mingzhu frown, and she groaned in her nose.
The kiss lasted for three or four minutes and finally ended.
When they separated, Jiang Mingzhu's lips were bitten with blood again by Zhou Li.
Their bodies were pressed tightly together, breathing each other's breath.
As soon as Zhou Li lowered his eyes, he saw the wound on Jiang Mingzhu's lip.
He raised his hand to touch it, and his fingertips slowly brushed against it.
"It hurts." Jiang Mingzhu complained aggrievedly.
After Zhou Li heard her speaking in this tone, his hand movements slowed down a lot: "Do you regret it?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "If you want to test me in this way, you are looking down on me."
She touched his face and said, "Are you in a bad mood?"
Although Zhou Li usually has such an awkward temper, his behavior at the dinner table just now was different from usual.
Jiang Mingzhu guessed what happened——
After thinking about it, it might have something to do with the phone call he received.
Zhou Li did not answer Jiang Mingzhu's question, but held her in his arms and touched the back of her head.
"Sorry." He apologized to her, "I wasn't in a very good mood just now."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I know, I'm not angry."
She hugged his waist with her backhand, "I just want to know why you are unhappy. Are you willing to tell me."
Zhou Li fell into silence again this time.
Jiang Mingzhu did not rush him, but patiently leaned on his shoulder and waited.
After almost a minute, Zhou Li finally spoke: "Xu Yingfei called just now."
Zhou Li used a few words to explain clearly the ins and outs of Xu Yingfei drugging Jiang Jin and returning to the United States alone.
No need to explain in detail, Jiang Mingzhu had already guessed the reason for his bad mood: "You remember the past."
Zhou Li didn't answer.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay, I've explained to you several times what happened at that time, and it sounds like quibbling if I talk too much... But you have to believe me, I won't do that again in the future."
Zhou Li stared at Jiang Mingzhu's eyes for a long time.
She said this sincerely and calmly, and it was hard not to believe it when looking at her expression and demeanor.
But she has too many criminal records.
Zhou Li pinched her chin and after hesitating for a long time, he finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most.
"How did you recover from your illness?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I had surgery."
Zhou Li: "I'm not talking about stomach cancer."
Jiang Mingzhu suddenly realized.
When she mentioned the psychotherapy episode, her expression couldn't be as relaxed as before.
It was a painful and difficult memory.
"I started seeing a doctor for treatment after the operation." Jiang Mingzhu licked her lips, "I was not in good condition when I came out of the operating room. I was in a coma for more than a day before I became conscious."
"When I woke up, I saw my father and my mother crying." Thinking of that scene, Jiang Mingzhu's eyes turned red, "I have never seen them like this."
At that moment, the words Xu Siyan once questioned her suddenly flashed in Jiang Mingzhu's ears.
And what he said about "selfishness" and "cowardice".
She felt that what she said was worse than what Xu Siyan said.
Jiang Mingzhu was touched by this scene and started treatment for bipolar disorder a few days after the operation.
She couldn't take medicine and relied on psychological intervention.
Qin Mingli happened to be on a business trip in Berlin at that time. After she was discharged from the hospital, Qin Mingli often took her to participate in some outdoor activities.
Jiang Mingzhu always felt that Qin Mingli played an important role in her recovery process.
Zhou Li listened to Jiang Mingzhu's words carefully.
But when she talked about intervention and treatment, she suddenly stopped.
Zhou Li: "Why don't you say anything?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "...You have to make sure you won't get into trouble after listening."
Zhou Li: "Huh?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "You should have found out, right? Qin Mingli was in Berlin for a long time after my surgery."
Sure enough, Zhou Li's face turned dark for a second.
