Isn't it just love?
At worst, I'll be completely wrecked.
That means at least there was love.
Her previous timid behavior caused Xu Qingzhu psychological trauma. At worst, she would be hurt by Xu Qingzhu once, which would be her way of repaying her.
Love cannot be measured on a scale, but you can decide whether to love and how deep your love is.
Then you can love as deeply as you want.
To truly live a passionate life is to love once.
Liang Shih comforted himself in this way.
After she finished speaking, there was silence in the kitchen for a long time.
Liang Shi asked cautiously, "Was I too blunt? I'm not saying you can't act or pretend, I just... don't want you to be so busy and have to come and do these things with me. It's too hard on you. Anyway, I will love you."
This clumsy excuse finally made Xu Qingzhu burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Liang Shi asked in a muffled voice.
Xu Qingzhu's head bumped against her back, the movement small, one after another. First, she chuckled softly, then buried her face in her back and laughed out loud, her whole body trembling.
Liang Shi's body was also trembling.
Liang Shi didn't know what had happened either.
She was serious and didn't think she had said anything funny.
Xu Qingzhu's current reaction left her unsure, so she could only wait and see.
After a long few minutes, Xu Qingzhu finally spoke slowly: "Fool."
With a hint of coquettishness.
Xu Qingzhu pressed her cheek against her thin back again and whispered, "I don't feel tired."
“I felt so miserable during the days you left the divorce papers,” Xu Qingzhu said. “I felt so miserable loving you. I didn’t dare to ask anything. I didn’t ask anything you didn’t want to say. I didn’t know where you came from or where you were going. I didn’t even know who you were.”
"But after thinking about it like that, I still can't help but think about you, how you are doing outside, whether you have eaten, whether you miss me, whether you are sad because of the divorce, even just for a moment."
“I think about so many things… I keep telling myself not to like Liang Shi anymore, but I can’t control it. I just keep thinking about you. I just don’t want to divorce you. I just want to… keep you.”
"I was faking it just now," Xu Qingzhu admitted. "I know..."
She paused, took a deep breath, and as if gathering her courage, said, "Your personality weakness... that's why I used this method, but what can I do... you still saw through me..."
She spoke haltingly and in a low voice, using a whisper when she felt guilty.
Fortunately, the house was quiet, and Liang Shi held his breath while listening to her speak.
So I could hear every word she said very clearly.
"Wouldn't you call this the right treatment?" Liang Shi asked gently with a smile, noticing the tension in her voice.
Xu Qingzhu shook her head upon hearing this, and rubbed her head against her back.
"It was somewhat despicable," Xu Qingzhu said softly. "I'm sorry."
“There’s nothing to apologize for,” Liang Shi said. “If you hadn’t pushed me, I would still be hiding in my shell, too afraid to come out, and I wouldn’t be able to hug you.”
Xu Qingzhu said in a muffled voice, "Don't you... find me scary like this?"
The kitchen suddenly fell silent. Liang Shi threw the last piece of chopped green pepper into the plate, turned around, put his arm around her, and propped himself up, trying to keep his hand away from her back.
"You dare to love someone as timid as me," Liang Shi kissed her forehead. "Then what does it mean that I love someone as terrifying as you?"
At that moment, Xu Qingzhu looked up at her.
Suddenly, fireworks exploded in my heart.
//
There's a saying that goes, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
Xu Qingzhu and Liang Shi never experienced the feeling of being newlyweds, but it's unclear whether this moment counts.
After they talked things out, Xu Qingzhu clung to Liang Shi like a koala.
Liang Shi was afraid of hurting her and also worried that her pregnancy would be unstable, so he just wanted her to sit down and rest.
Xu Qingzhu seemed determined not to rest until he had rested, so after they finished eating, Liang Shi didn't even have time to wash the dishes. He simply washed his hands and sat down to keep Xu Qingzhu company.
Not long after, Xu Qingzhu started yawning, and Liang Shi accompanied her back to her room.
Lying on my long-missed bed, with someone I hadn't seen in a long time beside me.
Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu were very close, and they were content just looking at each other without saying a word.
Xu Qingzhu would occasionally lean over and kiss Liang Shi.
Liang Shi also kissed her when she wasn't paying attention.
Back and forth.
It's like playing some kind of game.
Just a few minutes later, Liang Shi touched Xu Qingzhu's hair and said gently, "Go to sleep."
Xu Qingzhu yawned and said she wasn't sleepy, which made Liang Shi want to laugh, but he just wiped away her tears, gently kissed her eyelids and forehead, and coaxed her like a child, "Go to sleep quickly."
"What if you sneak away again while I'm sleeping?" Xu Qingzhu said, "...You did the same thing last time."
Liang Shi: "..."
“There will absolutely never be a next time,” Liang Shi said. “I will never be such a bastard again.”
Xu Qingzhu pouted: "I'm afraid to sleep. What if I wake up and find out it was all a dream?"
Upon hearing this, Liang Shi leaned over after a while and bit her cheek, leaving a very shallow mark. "Does it hurt?"
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She raised her hand to cover her face, her eyes looking aggrieved: "Why did you bite my face?"
At this moment, Xu Qingzhu spoke softly and gently, and even her seemingly distant eyes were endearing under her pitiful and aggrieved gaze.
“Then how about… you bite me too?” Liang Shi stretched out his arm.
Xu Qingzhu opened her mouth wide, about to bite, but then feinted and changed direction, biting Liang Shi's lip directly.
Liang Shi was standing sideways when he was suddenly bumped and fell backward, bracing himself with his arm behind him.
Fearing that Xu Qingzhu might get hurt, he simply put his hand on her waist to protect her first.
After taking a bite, Xu Qingzhu licked her lips, then raised her hand and slowly wiped away the water stains on her lips.
The slowed-down motion is like an infinite replay.
Liang Shi buried his face in her neck and whispered to her, "Baby, go to sleep."
"By the way," Xu Qingzhu asked, "if she's born in the future, will you still call me that?"
Liang Shi: "?"
Xu Qingzhu is here! Acting coquettishly!
It was a very soft and sweet voice, with a hint of grievance and uncertainty.
It was so captivating that it stirred the soul.
Liang Shi swallowed hard and deliberately asked, "Which one?"
"Just... baby." Xu Qingzhu whispered those two words.
Liang Shi countered, "Why not?"
“When she’s born, she’ll be tiny and so cute. She’ll be the baby, and I…” Xu Qingzhu paused, then said dejectedly, “No, not anymore.”
“How could that be?” Liang Shi was amused by her tone: “After she was born, she was at most a… little one. You are the baby, the darling.”
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
"Won't she be upset if she hears this?" Xu Qingzhu asked.
Liang Shi couldn't help but laugh.
She buried her face in Xu Qingzhu's neck and laughed unrestrainedly.
Xu Qingzhu gently punched her, "What are you laughing at?"
"Baby, you're so cute." Liang Shi reached out and gently pinched her cheek.
Xu Qingzhu snorted, "Isn't it because my teacher Liang is too popular?"
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly flashed, and his tone instantly changed, "What happened to your hand?"
Liang Shi exclaimed in surprise, then immediately hid his hands behind his back: "What?"
Her little actions naturally did not escape Xu Qingzhu's notice.
"Hands," Xu Qingzhu reiterated.
Liang Shi instinctively continued to hide her hand, but after a moment, under the pressure of Xu Qingzhu's gaze, she took it out and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing."
"Are you having an allergic reaction?" Xu Qingzhu asked, staring at the small red dot on her hand.
Liang Shi nodded.
Xu Qingzhu frowned: "What did you do?"
"Green peppers," Liang Shi said. "I picked them last night."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
It's also Liang Shi's fault; he was so busy talking to Xu Qingzhu that he forgot he was allergic to green peppers.
She had only used the original owner's body for three months, and after getting her own body back, she developed a habit of not drinking milk, forgetting that she was actually allergic to green peppers.
Seeing that Xu Qingzhu was about to get up to get her medicine, Liang Shi immediately pressed her down, saying, "I've already applied the medicine. It will be gone after you wake up from your nap."
Xu Qingzhu was skeptical.
Liang Shi continued to reassure him: "Really, I'm not lying."
Xu Qingzhu then lay back down, but she held Liang Shi's hand.