Chapter 371, Suspected

Although he cared a lot, Zhuo didn't want to talk to strangers, so he could only walk by.

If he walked to the front and suddenly turned back, Zhuo would probably be considered a suspicious person and be suspected, so it would be impossible to confirm his appearance.

However, Zhuo was still a little concerned, so he checked the shopping bag in his hand and continued walking.

When passing by him, Zhuo felt apologetic and passed the spoils he bought from the supermarket over him and deliberately dropped them on the ground.

By the way, it is filled with snacks and emergency food that have been carefully prepared. Even if it falls to the ground, it will not cause any trouble to Zero, so there is no problem in that regard.

Since Zhuo dropped something after the collision, the other party's attention turned to him.

Zhuo picked up the shopping bag on the ground, shook off the dirt on it, and looked at him.

Zhuo had expected this, and it turned out to be just as he expected—he didn't know this person.

This man had a decent appearance, and of course he could be called handsome, which attracted other people's attention. Seeing Zhuo's expression, he lowered his head apologetically, and his lowered eyes showed a guilty look.

However, it was Zhuo who bumped into him on purpose, so it was Zhuo who felt guilty.

"Sorry, it was my carelessness."

"It's okay. I should be sorry for parking in a place like this. I'm blocking your way."

His voice was steady, calm, soft and low. After hearing his apology, Zhuo lowered his head again and said, "No, it's all my fault."

What I wanted to confirm has been confirmed. Although it is a bit arbitrary to make a judgment without reliable evidence, he is probably the kind of person that Zhuo thought.

Then, Zhuo passed by him as if nothing had happened.

Zhuo didn't know whether the other party recognized him or not, but since he didn't point it out, Zhuo basically wouldn't take the initiative to point it out.

The incident only took a few seconds, but Zhuo felt strangely annoyed. This was probably because he had just said that he had come to his senses, and immediately he ran into this kind of people one after another.

Huh, Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the entrance of the apartment - just at this moment, a woman in an apron appeared.

"Welcome back."

Zhuo had never expected that she would come to the gate to greet him, and he was embarrassed. Ling looked at him straight, with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"What's wrong with your expression?"

"No, no... you just came out to greet me..."

"Because I heard the elevator, and I calculated the time that you should be back. I asked you to buy a lot of things by yourself, and I also wanted to help."

"This, this is it."

It seemed that Zero was simply trying to help get something.

When Zhuo confirmed the man's identity, his heart was already burdened, and this incident made his heart beat even faster.

Zhuo was thinking about what would happen if the old man noticed Ling, or if Ling noticed the old man, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look back. The man who should have been standing by the road downstairs just now was nowhere to be seen.

(…Is he avoiding Zero on purpose? Or is it something else?)

In this case, there is no way to be sure whether the other party recognized me, but there is a high possibility that he recognized Zero and then recognized me.

The reason why he said this is because of the compliments people around him have given him recently. Even if Zhuo doesn't want to admit it, he may have really changed a lot in terms of temperament. (...If he hid because he didn't want to be discovered by Ling, does that mean he recognized him? Or, did he recognize him when he confirmed that he opened the door to his house?)

Zhuo didn't believe that with Ling's keenness, if the other party saw Ling, Ling would not notice it.

After all, every time Zhuo secretly peeked at Lingshi, she would be discovered by him first.

Although Zero's behavior suggested the latter was more likely, if his purpose was to see me, he should have come up to me and started a conversation when he saw me. There was no reason to say nothing.

So, whose side is he on?
Did you come to the apartment where Zhuo lives just to take a look around Zhuo's residence?
"What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay...well there's something, I can't hide it from you, let's make an appointment."

Fortunately or unfortunately, the words he said changed again, and Zhuo realized that they had agreed to bear it together. What was worth being happy about was that Ling did not seem to feel uncomfortable.

Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, handed the bag of snacks to Ling who wanted to pick up something, walked into the door with her and closed it.

"Come in first, I'll tell you slowly... although it's only half a bottle of water."

"Ah."

……

That night, I met a stranger in front of the apartment door, and the two had dinner together.

Zhuo glanced at Ling who was sitting next to him, worrying about how to explain the incident of meeting that man today - everything was just his guess. Zhuo had never seen that man before, and after meeting him, he was sure that he did not know that man.

Although I'm not completely sure, I'm afraid he is from the dragon world.

Although there are some prejudices, there are some characteristics that mixed-race people cannot escape. They all have regular looks and their body proportions are not bad. Moreover, Zhuo does not think that he is worthy of the attention of a certain star. He has never seen the man today on TV or in real life. He just took a glance at him and felt that he was probably a mixed-race person.

The striking and straight face, the straight posture, and the sturdy figure hidden under the clothes did not look like an ordinary nameless handsome guy who happened to be serving in the army. Because he had neither shaved his hair nor was he tanned. In addition, he was staring at Zhuo's house.

The coincidence was so great that Zhuo couldn't just treat him as an irrelevant person.

However, there is no basis for these things.

Zhuo knew that it was okay even if it was just a guess, and he also knew that Ling would help him think about such questions. If possible, Zhuo also hoped that he could be more accurate and reliable.

Even so, if that person comes again and they meet him, Zero will definitely notice it.

Zhuo also felt that it would be better for the two of them to discuss it together.

"…What's wrong? You've been looking at me."

Because Zhuo was struggling with where to start talking about this matter. Just as Zhuo was worrying about how to say it, Ling seemed to feel his gaze and looked towards him.

"Ah, no, it's about what happened just now..."

"What's wrong? Is there something you need to hide from me?"

"No, no... How can I say it..."

"If you want to say something, please say it. If you don't want to say it, that's fine, and I won't ask any more questions. But if you want to say it, I will listen."

After Ling expressed her respect for Zhuo's wishes, Zhuo looked at her for several seconds - he also put aside the slight worry about possible embarrassment and spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)