Chapter 263, ah?

The moon is bright in the sky, the stars are twinkling, and the evening breeze blows on people's cheeks.

Cool breeze.

The moonlight slid down the mountain ridge like a wild cat, bringing all the sounds into the canyon, and snoring sounds began to sound at the foot of the mountain.

The night was very quiet. I sat on the ground, walking from south to north, my thoughts unable to stop.

Zhuo could feel Ling's body on his chest, and felt her real presence; but he was also worried about what happened on the beach just now, and about the uncertainty of the future...

After a while, Ling pulled away from his arms. Although she was still crying, Zhuo could see her calm emotions from the corners of her mouth. Although she couldn't laugh, she could feel it.

This also made Zhuo feel a little relieved.

She pulled Zhuo up and wiped her face.

"Go in and eat something first, and then go back tomorrow."

"Okay, but I just ate a lot of snacks, so I'm not very hungry." Compared to eating, Zhuo wanted to chat with her more. He wanted to tell her about his experiences during this period, share his recent wandering mood, and complain that he had lost a lot of weight because of her absence.

Zhuo also wanted to explain to her his previous "temperance" at the foot of the mountain, but this probably wouldn't work.

One of the conditions for Zhuo and Lu Mingze is to establish a positive image for Lu Mingze.

Forget it, let’s do this for now.

Zhuo thought about it and stood up.

Ling nodded, took Zhuo's wrist and walked into the restaurant they had been to before, then walked towards the kitchen.

But Ling would look back at him every few steps, and look back again every few steps... Finally, when they reached the kitchen, he looked at him when he took the bowl, looked at him when he finished washing the plates, and even looked at him in between servings of rice.

Zhuo didn’t know what Ling was worried about, so he could only smile helplessly, fearing that she might have an accident.

"I'm going to the bathroom to wash up first. After we finish eating, I'll tell you about what's happened recently."

She seemed to have noticed her own abnormality. Her little face under the bright ceiling light was actually a little pink. After agreeing, she began to concentrate on the things at hand.

That night, Zhuo's supper was particularly sumptuous, with fried eggs, sausages, vegetables, and cream soup, all in a big, colorful bowl.

Zhuo thought to himself: Fortunately, I spit out the mung bean cake in the end, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to finish any of this big bowl of food.

While eating, Ling was still absent-minded as usual. He would stare at himself in a daze after taking a few bites.

Zhuo was stuffing rice into his mouth desperately, puffing out his cheeks and raising the corners of his mouth to respond to her.

At this moment, I finally felt the warmth I had missed for a long time.

After dinner, Zhuo took the initiative to wash the dishes. Ling couldn't grab him, so he had to go to the corridor and do something unknown.

After everything was ready, Zhuo returned to the huge living room and sat on a chair. He tidied up the table in front of him and poured himself a glass of water.

It wasn't long before Zero came back.

When she came back, she still felt a little unnatural. Should I say she felt awkward? The reason she wasn't sure was because it was difficult for Zhuo to associate the word "awkward" with Ling.

She stood there, frowning and hesitating for a long time before she sat down on the sofa, and she actually sat quite far away on the opposite side.

"Sanwu is afraid that you hate her and despise her, so she doesn't dare to get so close to you." But the first sentence she said was not hers.

Su Enxi walked out of the corridor yawning, turned back to close the door, stretched out her hand to say hello "Good evening", and then sat down on the sofa at the side as if nothing had happened.

Zhuo was stunned when he heard this.

Only then did I finally understand why Zero had always been so cautious, afraid that he would suddenly disappear, or afraid that all this was just a dream.

Ling was feeling guilty and afraid for leaving without saying goodbye and not giving any news for so many days. Perhaps Zhuo was taking it for granted. Because he had never thought of blaming Ling, he naturally hadn't thought of this possibility.

Zhuo was thinking about how to explain these things.

…Then Jude Mai also came in.

She waved lazily and sat on the last sofa with her legs crossed.

Zhuo looked at the four people sitting in a circle facing each other... well, there was a table on all four sides, except for a set of mahjong.

However, the scene in front of him made Zhuo feel a little funny. It was a bit like the behavior of an ordinary girl who, because of fear and shyness, would bring her best friend along to give her courage when meeting a boy.

Could it be that Ling would also do such a thing? Zhuo thought to himself.

There was another moment of silence.

No one spoke first.

after that……

"Ah~ Your Highness Utsunomiya, whose strength is greater than that of Jizo and whose wisdom is greater than that of Manjusri, can you tell us how you won this dangerous battle that caused the earth to collapse, the sea to dry up, the rocks to crumble, and even the egg yolks to scatter?"

Su Enxi supported herself on the armrest with one hand, put her fist under her chin, and spoke in a congratulatory tone.

wash:"?"

Zhuo looked at Su Enxi, who had half her eyes closed, looking very sleepy - it seemed like she was talking in her sleep just now. "What are you looking at? Hurry up and finish your talk so we can go back to sleep... I don't want to talk to you guys, what does your business have to do with us? You are sleeping soundly but you have to wake us up to listen to others talk about their recent achievements." Su Enxi suddenly glared at him and said angrily.

Zhuo couldn't figure out what was going on for the moment and didn't know how to retort, so he pretended not to hear and lowered his head to take a sip of the hot soup.

He took the opportunity to secretly wink at Zero, asking what was going on.

As a result, Ling handed over a handkerchief from across the table: "There are oil stains on your face~ It will damage your dignity when you speak later~"

"Uh..." Zhuo took the handkerchief and wiped the marks on his mouth in confusion. But he took this opportunity to blink his eyes and think about it, and roughly figured out the situation.

It should be that what he originally said to Zero about "chatting about recent events" seemed to be misunderstood, making Zero think that he wanted to explain his great achievements in previous battles, so he pulled Su Enxi and Jiude Mai out of the bed to listen together.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and secretly glanced at the dissatisfied Su Enxi, and Jiude Mai who had already put his chin on his head and started to kowtow.

Su Enxi and Jiude Mai were obviously forced to come here, and now, if I say that these are all misunderstandings... they won't rush over to beat me, right?
Zhuo thought about it and began to prepare his words in his mind - but he was discovered by Ling, who was insightful and had been paying attention to him.

I don’t know what Ling said to the two of them afterwards. Jiude Mai was okay, but Su Enxi glared at him angrily and then left.

Wait until the two of them leave.

There were only him and Ling left in the huge living room. It was empty, lonely and quiet.

This kind of atmosphere is really suitable for "talking about what happened recently" - but when the time comes, Zhuo doesn't know where to start.

Should I start with Kazama Ruri and Uesugi Eri? ——Obviously it's not appropriate. It's not that I can't tell her that 'they moved into Zhuo's house', but Ling happened to leave that day and didn't reply to the message. When I bring this up, there's always a sense of settling a score.

Start from the time when Kazama Ruri and Uesugi Eri left? --To be honest, the memory of that time is very vague. Looking back now, those days seemed to have entered the fast lane, the scenery on both sides was rapidly receding, but he didn't see anything clearly and didn't remember anything.

Did it start from when I was blocked? ——It’s hard to say. Because I was in a very bad situation at that time, hiding here and there, which damaged my glorious and majestic image (serious face).

Furthermore, Zhuo also wanted to know if Ling had heard what happened at the foot of the mountain just now... Was it Lu Mingze's empty city plan, or was it really the same as he thought? If it was the same as he thought, what was Ling thinking now?

He wanted to know.

So Zhuo looked at the cream soup on the table without saying anything.

Ling looked at Zhuo's face and said as if he had been waiting for this peaceful moment.

"…Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, that's not it... Uh, how should I put it? A lot of things happened and I don't know where to start."

"Did something nasty happen?"

"Yeah, that's about right, but it's no big deal, don't take it to heart."

Seeing Ling's inquiring eyes, Zhuo shook his head gently and did not mention the incident at the foot of the mountain that had been bothering him for a long time.

Zero is smart. She has always been very perceptive, but she doesn't care about anything.

The only one who was treated slightly differently was Zhuo.

Even so, there were many times in the past when as long as Zhuo showed a little that he didn't want others to touch him, she would instantly understand the situation and back off.

Given their relationship, Zhuo wasn't worried that Ling would think that he had 'suddenly become inflated after gaining power'. It was just that no matter whether she heard those things or not, he couldn't explain to her that it was Lu Mingze's scheme, that he was a green tea... these words couldn't be said.

Ling seemed to realize that Zhuo was not going to say it out loud, so she looked up at Zhuo straightly, neither angry, sad, nor embarrassed.

Zhuo felt very embarrassed being stared at by those clear blue eyes, but Ling was still staring at him, as if he didn't care about Zhuo's mood at all.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just saw that you looked very sleepy, and your hair seemed a little messy, so it would be best to tidy it up before going to bed. I'm pretty good at these."

"what?"

"Whether it's getting her to sleep or fixing her hair."

"?"

Zhuo was fully prepared to answer Ling's inquiries or questions, but she suddenly started talking about completely irrelevant things for no apparent reason, and Zhuo couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

He thought that even if Zero didn't hear those words, he should still ask some questions, but Zero talked about two things that had nothing to do with each other: hair and coaxing the baby to sleep.

When Zhuo was confused, Ling was still looking at Zhuo's hair with the same expression as usual.

"Can I touch it?"

"..." Although it was inexplicable, Zhuo Dao would not care about such a small matter and nodded, "What's the matter? This is... If you want to touch it, then go ahead. It's nothing."

"Well, then please come over."

After saying that, Zero stood up and sat down in the corner of the sofa, then patted his thigh.

Zhuo uttered "Ah?" again.

　1. The level of reading is basically revealed. In the future, I will try to write more directly, more brainless, and more easy to understand, and write out the inner drama word by word. The foreshadowing is said directly, without hiding or evading, and pointed out.

　　2. Thanks to brother Yu Suyun for the 1000 points reward.

　　
　
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