Of course, she... also wanted to talk to Xu Qingzhu.
It is often said that it takes 21 days to form a habit.
Since transmigrating, Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu have been living in the same space, and the two have hardly been apart, talking to each other every day.
So it has become a habit.
I feel like something's missing from my life if I don't say goodnight to Xu Qingzhu before going to bed.
Xu Qingzhu looked at her and chuckled softly, "With so many new lovers around Teacher Liang, how could she still remember me?"
"I don't have a new love." Liang Shi's tone was sincere, but his voice was muffled, carrying an indescribable tenderness and gentleness. "No matter how many people are around me, none of them are you."
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Liang Shi nestled in the sheets, his eyes half-closed, his expression forlorn and lonely.
"Teacher Xu, go to sleep early." Liang Shi's long hair fell down, obscuring half of her face and concealing her loneliness, but her voice couldn't hide it, "Good night, have a good night..."
Before she could even utter the word "dream," Xu Qingzhu suddenly removed the pink headband from her head, her smooth hair falling loosely around her face.
Xu Qingzhu's voice trembled slightly as she smiled, "Teacher Liang, does your film crew allow family members to bring along?"
Liang Shi: "Hmm?"
"The clingy kind."
//
Liang Shi was half-drunk, but Xu Qingzhu was very sober.
So she drove to the hotel where Liang Shi and the others were staying in the middle of the night, but because a film crew was staying there that night, they had booked several floors of the hotel and were under tight security.
Xu Qingzhu messaged Yan Xi, asking her to come down and pick her up.
Yan Xi stood in front of her, completely unlike her arrogant self in the video. She was well-behaved and cute, winking at Xu Qingzhu and handing her a small notebook. "Senior, can I get your autograph?"
Xu Qingzhu doesn't sign her name on blank pages, so she wrote it on the paper:
To Yanxi, may you be happy every day.
Then, while writing in cursive, he included his name.
Yan Xi led Xu Qingzhu to the door of Liang Shi's room and couldn't help but ask, "Senior, what... is your relationship?"
"We've got the marriage certificate." Xu Qingzhu countered, "What do you think?"
Yan Xi's face fell. She didn't say the words "she's not good enough for you," but instead said, "That's wonderful. I wish you a long and happy marriage."
Xu Qingzhu smiled and said, "Thank you."
After saying that, Yan Xi went back to her room.
Xu Qingzhu raised her hand and knocked on the door. No one answered at first, so she knocked again.
Just as I was about to call Liang Shi, the door opened.
Liang Shi gripped the doorknob with one hand, half-opening his eyes as he looked towards the doorway, his head resting against the door, appearing somewhat dizzy. "Teacher Xu?"
Xu Qingzhu stepped into the room, but Liang Shi grabbed her wrist as soon as she entered. Liang Shi leaned against the door and laughed, "You even dream about Teacher Xu?"
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
"Weren't you not drunk yet?" Xu Qingzhu asked.
Liang Shi pursed her lips, and the moment they parted, the color slowly returned, becoming even more vibrant red than before. She smiled and said, "I was so happy to add Quella on WeChat, so I drank a little more."
"..."
"Teacher Xu in my dream was so beautiful too," Liang Shi chuckled softly.
Xu Qingzhu slightly raised her eyes, a half-smile on her face, and leaned closer to her: "Am I prettier, or... is Quella prettier?"
Liang Shi naturally pulled her into his arms, bent down slightly, put his arm around her waist, and brought his lips close to Xu Qingzhu's ear, gently blowing a breath, his voice tender, "No one is prettier than Teacher Xu."
Xu Qingzhu suddenly leaned in, buried her face in her neck, and bit the skin on her neck.
Liang Shi grunted and asked, puzzled, "What are you doing?"
Xu Qingzhu: "...Grow fruit trees."
Chapter 91
The next day was a sunny day, and sunlight shone through the thick gray curtains, reflecting into the room through the gaps in the curtains.
Liang Shi felt a dull ache in his head and subconsciously raised his arm to cover his eyes. The heavy arm gave his eyes a moment of relief, flattening his eyelashes. Then, feeling uncomfortable, he turned over and buried his head in the pillow, smelling a strong scent of old wood.
I woke up immediately.
Liang Shi sat on the bed in a daze. The room was empty. The back of his head hurt a little, and his mind was blank.
She reached up and touched the back of her head; there was a small bump.
hiss……
She gasped in pain.
Liang Shi couldn't help but complain again, "This person's physical condition is really bad; he can't even handle a little bit of alcohol."
But she forgot that she had mixed baijiu and foreign liquor last night. Seeing that many people in the crew drank like that, she tried it herself. Moreover, she had drunk some before eating, and because she drank it quickly, the aftereffects were strong.
The aftereffects of her intoxication resurfaced; when she first woke up, she couldn't remember anything.
But the other side of the bed was still warm to the touch.
Did they sleep together?
Or was she turning over in her sleep during the night?
However, Liang Shi's drinking manners were not bad, and he shouldn't have done anything like rolling around in a drunken stupor.
She got up first to draw back the curtains, and the dazzling sunlight made her squint unconsciously.
Memories began to slowly return.
After hanging up the video call with Xu Qingzhu last night, she added Gu Yixue on WeChat based on the email and then sent her a "hello" emoji on WeChat.
Gu Yixue replied with a voice message, her tone lazy and casual, as if she was still smoking, her throat a little dry, "I drank a bit too much today, sorry, let's talk about the play tomorrow."
When he was drunk, his speech became even more pronounced with a Beijing accent, and Liang Shi only put down his phone after listening to him twice.
Let's talk again tomorrow?
That means there's definitely a chance!
She was in a good mood and a little thirsty, so she picked up a beer from the hotel table and drank a bottle.
With the effects of the alcohol wearing off, she felt dizzy and lay down on the bed to sleep. She was almost asleep when she was startled awake by a knock on the door, but she felt like she was dreaming.
...
Liang Shi particularly disliked the aftereffects of his drunkenness.
She hoped she could become a second Xu Qingzhu, who would go crazy when drunk, but wouldn't remember anything afterward.
As long as you're not embarrassed, it's others who will feel awkward.
However, Liang Shih would regain all his memories the next day after sobering up, and his sense of touch would be clear.
It felt like her neck was burning. When she went to the bathroom, she saw a hickey on the side of her neck reflected in the mirror.
It was sucked out.
Liang Shi: "..."
Not only that, there was also one below her collarbone. In fact, Xu Qingzhu had bitten it, but after a night, the tooth mark was gone, but the traces of her licking and touching were still there, and after evaporating overnight, they became even more distinct.
She immediately checked herself and found that there were only these two spots on her body.
The most obvious one is the side of the neck, which Liang Shi can't hide no matter how hard he tries, since it's close to the jawline and in the front.
Liang Shi accidentally bumped his head on the headboard when he was pulling Xu Qingzhu to lie down on the bed.
I knocked her until her head was numb, and then her eyes immediately welled up with tears.
Xu Qingzhu reached out and massaged her, and then... she seemed to bury her head in Xu Qingzhu's chest, took a deep breath, gently licked her skin with the tip of her tongue, and whispered, "Teacher Xu, it's so soft."
Xu Qingzhu slapped her on the spot where she had just been touched.
She felt wronged after being hit, so Xu Qingzhu rubbed her head, and then... she fell asleep.
And then... that was it.
When Liang Shi woke up, he glanced at the time and it was clear that Xu Qingzhu had already gotten up and gone to work.
After she drew back the curtains, her forehead bumped against the glass, lightly hitting it several times.
Regret, hatred.
Why drink alcohol?
Drinking too much always leads to embarrassing situations.
The memory of last night took Liang Shi a while to process. After she had calmed down, she took out her phone and switched to her chat with Xu Qingzhu. The top message was a video call between the two of them, lasting ten minutes and fifty seconds.
It's not short either.
She tapped the screen and typed: Have you arrived at the company yet?
Delete it.
It's definitely not time yet; they're probably still driving.
He paused, then typed again: Have you had breakfast?
Delete it.
When she woke up, the sheets beside her were still warm, which meant that Xu Qingzhu had just left not long ago and probably hadn't had time to eat.
He paused again and then hit again: When did you leave?
Delete it.
This question sounds like it was asked after the fact, and I always feel that the next question should be—Why didn't you take responsibility for me?