Chapter 507: I don't have it. I'm not you. Don't talk nonsense.

Zhuo let go of Ling temporarily and gently held her hand as if to cover her from above. Ling's small hand fell into Zhuo's palm without any resistance.

Ling looked at his covered hand and Zhuo's face alternately. Zhuo smiled and said softly, "Look, this is just right, right?" After saying that, Te also noticed that Ling's brows had relaxed.

“…I’ll let you get away with it this time.”

"Thank you for letting me get away with this. Let's go and pay the bill~"

Although Ling didn't like people saying she was useless, she still took it as a compliment to her cuteness and accepted it frankly. Zhuo smiled secretly in his heart and looked around for the direction of the cashier.

The counter was a little further inside, and when the two of them were about to walk towards it, they suddenly heard a couple who looked like a couple having an intimate conversation nearby.

"Wouldn't it be better to choose this one?"

"Eh~ so rustic~"

"Hey!"

"I'm just kidding. We're going to live together from today, so we have to choose carefully. It's a rare opportunity."

It seemed that the two people were about to start living together. They snuggled up to each other, holding the pillows and sheets in the bed triangle in their hands, two different styles, and compared the colors. At the same time, they put them back on the display stand one by one, and then smiled at each other happily.

Zhuo stopped when he saw their appearance.

(Ah, but we don’t seem to have this stage~)

he thought.

Whether it was living together or getting married, since they had already been together for quite a long time before that, they had never decorated their new home with such anticipation as they did.

The green pair seemed to pay no attention to Ling and Zhuo and quickly moved to other areas.

"wash?"

Ling looked up worriedly at Zhuo who suddenly stopped, but he couldn't look him back.

"…Hey, I thought of something, can I tell you?"

"what?"

"...When Zero moved in, it looked like he had been prepared for this?"

The heat was so strong that it would be strange to bear it alone, so Zhuo tried to let the flame spread out in the name of "sharing". The next second, he saw Ling beside him with his eyes wide open like a goldfish in water.

That was the second time that Ling left suddenly, and the two of them were not honest with each other, so there was no way to blame them. But when he came back, Zhuo didn't remember Ling's process of "packing things and packing them". Had he thought about this a long time ago?
Ling's mouth trembled violently, and he whispered "I, I, I...", a sound that sounded like a stuck music, while pressing his free hand on Zhuo's cheek.

She did not shake off the hand that was connected to Zhuo, but this action instead became fuel for Zhuo to keep the warmth in his heart.

……

[Yurina: How about your new hairstyle? [Selfie from top to bottom.jpg]

In the photo, Yurina's hair is big enough to be tied into a ponytail, which she dyed golden orange and draped behind her head. On both sides of her cheeks, a strand of smooth hair was braided into a braid and fell down. Yurina sipped milk tea with a straw extending to her mouth, and behind her, there were also two new friends making a scissors hand gesture.

They are all very cute girls.

“This is the bubble tea challenge…it’s already this year.”

“Bubble tea challenge?”

Hearing the voice, Ling tilted his head with a questioning look on his face. Zhuo began to regret bringing this up and shut his mouth.

This was half a month after the store opened. After having dinner at home, the two of them happily fell on the bed together. Zhuo suddenly received a message from 'Yurina', who he hadn't contacted for a long time. Because the time had not come, and Line had not yet been born, the notification tone of the old version of the message still rang.

After clicking on it, I suddenly saw Yurina, whose hands were busy, still drinking milk tea with ease, so I casually said, "This kind of thing has started to be hyped recently."

But Ling looked like she didn't understand, as if she didn't know about this, and there was a sense of innocence on her face.

However, it seemed that Ling took Zhuo's reaction as his own dumbfoundedness, and his cheek, which was resting on his shoulder, began to move towards the phone.

"...I heard about this in the store. It seemed like there were certain conditions that had to be met when drinking bubble tea. Is that it?"

"Ah-yeah. That's probably what happened... Well, don't worry about it, Zero."

It's a good thing that Zero understands quickly, but forget about challenging him.

If she fails, Ling will be troubled. If she succeeds... Although he feels very sorry for her, Zhuo feels that Ling has a high chance of not succeeding, so it is not a good idea to let her try.

"Your words make me care even more."

"Don't worry about it!"

Even though his eyes were looking at the phone that Zhuo was holding, he always felt that Ling's gaze was on a very subtle part of Yurina in the photo - there was no need to be stubborn at this time! Zhuo resisted the urge to complain, fearing that it would once again arouse her stubborn character that would always be particularly stubborn at some point.

"...Well, I'm going to sleep first. Remember to charge me after you finish reading..."

Zhuo just let her stare at the screen of the phone like this, as if she wouldn't even blink. Seeing that she cared, Zhuo simply handed the phone to Ling, turned around and leaned against her to prepare for sleep.

As a result, Zero let the phone fall directly onto the bed.

"I didn't look at it. I just saw that you were about to fall asleep, so I was going to take your phone away for you."

"You can watch it if you want. Everything is yours. You can watch it as you like. What's there to be afraid of with a cell phone..."

Ling is really not good at lying. Zhuo feels that the excuses she made up on the spot can fool even an elementary school student.

Zhuo had no intention of exposing her. As he spoke, he rubbed against her again. It was really comfortable to lean on her. She was soft and fragrant.

As a result, Zero suddenly became tough again.

"Of course I know. We are a couple. If you really want to look at your phone, I have nothing to fear... You can also look at mine. I don't care."

Ling's cell phone has not been replaced. It is still the keypad phone with obvious black technology that he saw for the first time. Although the design is relatively backward, Zhuo, who has used it for a period of time, knows that the technology of the seemingly old cell phone is very advanced. The connection network speed four years ago is faster than the current 3G network.

Zhuo wanted to sleep, but Ling was so stubborn and cute that Zhuo couldn't help but want to tease her, so he raised his head, looked at her with a smirk and asked, "Is it true?"

"Look, what's this?"

Ling was extremely tough. With a cold face, he took the phone from the bedside table and handed it to Zhuo.

Zhuo lazily climbed up again, propped himself up and continued to put his arm around her shoulders, took her phone and opened the screen, while Ling continued to pretend to put his phone on the bedside table and plugged it in. "So generous, can you let me know where you hid the "What What Strategy Manual"?"

"I don't understand what Zhuo is talking about. There is no such thing."

This time her stern expression was similar to the previous ones. Unfortunately, based on Zhuo's understanding of her, if she was really justified, Ling would probably just glance at him indifferently and not even want to explain.

Ling probably wouldn't have thought that Zhuo didn't even look at her chat history, because that thing had no meaning to Ling at all.

Zhuo simply opened the browser and looked at her recent search terms and history.

The previous historical records were quite normal, with information about daily necessities, daily cleaning, recipes, and some precautions for opening a store... Zhuo was impressed by her efforts and grateful. But suddenly, there was a section that was not normal.

After being dumbfounded, Zhuo felt a burst of laughter.

So he suppressed his laughter and read out the title word by word.

"How to make a younger boyfriend obey you; three secrets to make a relationship between an older man and a younger man last for a long time; after saying three sentences, my boyfriend who is ten years younger than me worships me like a goddess; ten rules to make your younger boyfriend unable to stop wanting you..."

In fact, when Zhuo read the second sentence, Ling was already furious.

"Zhuo! What are you talking about——"

This was the first time that Zhuo witnessed Ling's skills with her own eyes. She was nestling on his shoulder very "righteously" in the last second, and sat up like a catapult in the next second.

While Zhuo was shocked by this superb "martial art", he subconsciously used his own ability to move horizontally. After blinking, he stared at Ling who was sitting like a duck on the bed. He held back his tears and said two more words. As a result, Ling rushed over like a tiger pouncing on a sheep to grab the phone.

Perhaps it was because she knew that this little wife who looked like she never had any emotions had her own insistence in some aspects. It was natural that she cared about her own role, and another point was probably that she didn't want Zhuo to think that she was a strange woman. The specific manifestation was that she always had to hide her face when doing that thing, and she didn't let herself make any sound.

Because of this, the two of them started an arms race-like competition as a couple.

Zhuo thought that she probably lacked confidence, so she wanted to appear reliable.

Zhuo didn't dare to tease her too much and quickly returned the phone to her.

After Ling got his phone back, his whole state was not right.

She didn't even glare at him with angry eyes, but just threw the quilt aside, hugged her knees with her cell phone, buried her face between her legs and ignored everyone.

It seems that I have gone a little too far - Zhuo came to this conclusion after trying to call out a few times and receiving no response.

As mentioned before, Ling actually cares a lot about his image in Zhuo's heart, and he always has, and this time he was undoubtedly embarrassed. Zhuo had only seen this angry and ignoring look once, and that time was because Zhuo was kissed on the collar by another girl (that is, you, Yurina).

But the situation is different now. They are already husband and wife, and it doesn't really matter if a couple loses face.

However, this is only Zhuo's one-sided thought. For Ling, who still has a strong aura of caring for Zhuo, she is probably not used to this change yet.

(You reap what you sow! You reap what you sow!)
Zhuo defined himself in his heart, but in the end, he still had to comfort himself.

"Zero, you are angry..."

"..."

Zero would not say one thing and do another on a matter of principle, so she remained silent.

That's what recognition means.

"Um, um, I was wrong. I shouldn't have teased you...it's actually no big deal."

Zhuo stretched out his hand and gently placed it on her shoulder, but she shrugged and shook his hand off.

"You just read it, why do you have to read it out loud..."

Zhuo saw that Ling still buried his face in his knees, and insisted on leaving the back of his head to him. But since he was still willing to pay attention to him this time, it meant that he was not angry but felt shy... Well, maybe "angry out of shame" is more appropriate.

Zhuo touched his head and thought for a while, then flipped through the love notes he had accumulated from watching anime over the years, and then took decisive action - after all, they were a couple, and some conflicts were easy for a couple to resolve, not to mention that Zhuo didn't think this was a conflict - he reached out with one hand and passed it under Ling's knees, and with the other hand he hugged her back, picked her up with her skirt and held her in his arms.

"...I don't want you to hug me..."

Even though he has praised her countless times, Zhuo still has to state it again: You are worthy of being the Princess.

Even when she was held horizontally in this way, she was still able to maintain the posture of hugging her knees and burying her head, without changing until she fell into Zhuo's arms.

Of course it was impossible for Zhuo to really not hug her. In fact, although Ling said so, he actually did not struggle at all.

Zhuo pressed his head hard into her neck until his cheek was pressed against hers.

"Zero, I was wrong, I was really wrong, please forgive me, please pay attention to me, I promise not to look at it blindly in the future, and even if I do, I won't read it, okay."

Zhuo swayed Ling's body and acted shamelessly like a spoiled child.

This kind of coquettish behavior was something Zhuo had always been reluctant to do. Perhaps because of this, Ling actually wanted him to act coquettishly on weekdays.

After a long time, Zhuo finally heard Ling's muffled and unwilling voice.

"Those are not what I searched for, those are...are..."

"I know, I know. My wife is a model of elegance and intelligence. How could she search for those things? She must have searched for a simple keyword and was tricked into following the links, right?"

"I didn't... I just read a little bit... flipped through it."

Maybe she felt that her statement was not convincing, so she changed her words temporarily, even though she was about to struggle.

Zhuo would not choose to expose her, so he could only continue to relieve her feelings according to her wishes.

"It's okay to read it. Everyone has curiosity. Besides, they give it such a name just to trick people into clicking in. The power of the so-called clickbait is still quite strong. For example, if I see an article now called: How to Make My Stubborn and Upright Wife Submit to Me, I will definitely click in to read it!"

Of course, Zhuo would try his best to make up for what was owed to Ling at this time, and when describing her, he also chose words like "stubborn, upright" which were the images that Ling hoped to leave in his heart.

Ling probably also understood that Zhuo was trying to comfort her, and finally she bit her lip and looked up at Zhuo.

"Forget it, I was the one who asked you to see it in the first place. I asked for it..."

"Don't say that. Actually, I'm very happy to see this. Think about it, my favorite people are all looking for guides with me. How can I not be happy?"

"I didn't look for a guide! I just...clicked it by accident."

Zero, whose situation had just improved a little, buried his face even deeper.

(End of this chapter)