Chapter 314, Bottom Line

"You look very confused."

"I, I'm not doubting you. I just saw you guys having fun on the grass and I was curious about what game you were playing."

Sure enough, he felt uneasy when he was too close to other boys, even though those boys were just mingling in the crowd and trying to take advantage of the situation.

Ling didn't want to make Zhuo feel uneasy, and those students probably didn't think they were getting closer to him. But since Zhuo felt that way, he should reflect on it.

"I'm sorry for making you feel uneasy. I just felt that the grass was more comfortable to sit on, so I didn't leave. I will reflect on this."

As for what games those students were playing, Zero couldn't answer. She wasn't paying any attention to them at all. She just thought the sky was blue, the clouds were white, and life was beautiful, and she was in a daze... So she didn't mention it specifically, but this should be able to give a rough explanation.

Ling thought about it, moved a little closer, stroked Zhuo's head, and told Zhuo little by little what she was thinking at that time.

Perhaps he realized his own gaffe, his uneasy brows relaxed a little, and he looked gentle yet awkward as usual.

Ling had recently discovered that having some small intimate contact with Zhuo could help him calm down.

Of course, Zero also knew that this trick might also apply to him.

"Well, that's true. Although you haven't changed much, in everyone's mind you are just an ordinary beautiful girl who was pulled off the throne by the common people."

"civilian?"

"It's me, no way!"

"I didn't mean that. I'm honored to be pulled off the throne by you."

"Well... I feel that since we started dating, some people have started trying to get close to you. With more opportunities for contact, people have discovered that you are not that cold, which is a good thing. Moreover, Zero is much softer now than before."

“It’s all an illusion.”

Hearing Zero's denial, Zhuo poked Zero's hair with his fingers as he stroked his head, as if to retaliate.

Zero didn't resist and let him do it, but now he still had something to say, so he grabbed his hand and removed it.

But instead, Ling held his hand, rubbing their fingers together, which should not make him feel dissatisfied or uneasy.

Sure enough, Zhuo in front of him felt a little embarrassed and slightly looked away.

Zero felt very happy and satisfied.

"Well, then tell me what I should do."

"…I don't know what to do. It's fine. It's fine."

Ling asked him. Zhuo looked away and didn't dare to look at him. No matter how he looked at him, he looked like a guilty thief.

"Is that so... I've already told them to stay away from me."

...Change perspective...

"Is that so... I've already told them to stay away from me."

Zhuo was stunned when he heard this. He heard Ling say this in a very relaxed tone, without any pressure at all to go against public opinion.

Even though I said it was a good thing, I was still petty to care about other people of the opposite sex approaching me with uncertain purposes. Zhuo rebuked himself in his heart.

And even in this situation, knowing that his behavior was wrong, he still felt happy when he heard Ling say that. He was really useless. Zhuo made an evaluation of himself in his heart.

"…Is it because of me?" After Zhuo asked this question, he saw Ling thinking silently for a while, then waved at him, indicating that he should sit closer.

Honestly speaking, the distance between them was already close enough. If they went any further, Zhuo would touch her, and then he would be distracted by those things and would not be able to continue the conversation.

"You have your reasons. After all, I am no longer single, so I naturally cannot casually contact others. But there is another very important reason why I cannot agree."

Zhuo nodded and tried his best to be a good listener.

Although Ling looks like a little girl, her real experience has exceeded 99% of the people in the world, and many of her life experiences are worth learning from. So Zhuo will not make any rebuttals without authorization.

"Zhuo, you should know that everyone has her bottom line. If you have a bottom line, there will naturally be people who want to challenge your bottom line. The bottom line is so important that you must not easily reveal it to others, so someone will test your bottom line first. If you don't want your bottom line to be tested, you have to add another one on top of the bottom line, that is, principles. Use your principles to defend your bottom line."

“I didn’t fully understand it, but it makes sense…”

"Seriously."

"Well--"

Zhuo, who was flicked on the forehead, covered the wound - although it didn't hurt, Ling just touched his forehead with his index finger as a formality.

"Love when I haven't changed at all, why do you think people think I'm approachable?"

When Zhuo heard her question, he recalled what Ren had said before and summarized it before answering.

"Because your iceberg image is broken? As for why, I also want to get closer to you. Although it would not be good to get too close, I still want to..."

"Eh~~"

Before Zhuo could finish his words, he heard Ling sighing helplessly. However, Zhuo could see that Ling was not really helpless. It was probably the kind of feeling that someone had fooled him.

"Because I have someone I can approach, people will feel that I am not unapproachable, which is a normal way of thinking. Although I don't like to contact others, that's all. When it comes to others, I just don't care. So they take my indifference as a default. This kind of pursuit is a challenge to my principles, and of course I have to veto it. For those who want to see how much I will retreat because of the temptation, I can just use this opportunity to prove my principles to them, and by the way, solve the problem of being always stuck to me once and for all."

Zhuo listened to Ling's words in a daze. He didn't think so much. He just felt that Ling was so handsome at that moment.

But after coming back to his senses and thinking carefully, if Ling really didn't care about what others thought, there was no need to reinforce any principles. So he said all this, most likely just to take the responsibility for the matter and comfort Zhuo so that he wouldn't be upset about it.

It was right to think so in my heart, but when the words came to my lips, they turned into a silly sentence "Oh~~ Then what is your bottom line, Ling?"

After he finished speaking, he saw Ling looking up at his eyes without blinking. Although she didn't say anything, Zhuo had already fully understood what she wanted to express from her eyes: What do you think my bottom line is?

"…But I think we just met recently, and your principle has always been not to allow others to get close to you, right? If you really want to talk, it's okay."

"That's because I found my bottom line only after being with Zhuo."

"……Really?"

"of course it's true."

Even if he didn't look at her, Zhuo could feel Ling looking at him. Zhuo deliberately didn't look at Ling, and rubbed Ling's hand as if in counterattack to hide his inner shame.

At the same time, he also tightly held the other hand, which was much smaller and more delicate than his own, and did not let go.

Even Zero couldn't get used to this kind of sudden attack. The heroic spirit just now turned into the idiotic state of a young girl in love. He lowered his head and looked at the two people's hands holding together.

Zhuo squeezed her hand and whispered like a declaration.

"Then I have to stick to my bottom line..."

(End of this chapter)