CH 35

Chapter 35: Faintly rubbing it.

The atmosphere was warm, and Zhou Jingze happened to finish the last push-up. He lowered his elbow on the ground and unafraid of death, he answered in a muffled voice,

“Yes.”

Xu Sui was standing on the side and felt her face getting inexplicably hot. At the same time, her heartbeat fastened, she didn’t want to admit it but with one sentence or even a word, Zhou Jingze could make her feel as if she was floating in the clouds.

Because he was publicly acknowledging their relationship, she felt the relationship was a bit more real.

“Wow!”

“Damn, mad, why didn’t any girl secretly come to watch me train? The eight-pack ab that I’ve been training for months is useless.”

“Just keep on bluffing.”

The instructor, being a single dog for ten thousand years, was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood. In an ugly restrained tone, clenching his back molars: “Look at the mess you made, okay if you want to leave, 50 pull-ups first!”

Zhou Jingze raised his eyebrows, as if he was not aggrieved by such punishment, and pressed his tongue against his chin with a lazy smile: “Okay, but my girl will be reporting the number.”

Waves of “ohh~~” erupted from the crowd, and the chants were about to burst the entire field. Some people even shouted, “Boss Zhou is awesome”. The instructor couldn’t bear this group of young, energetic but restless brats. He whistled suddenly and said sternly:

“Continue screaming and everyone will be punished with 20 laps!”

The group finally stopped making noise, and Zhou Jingze was doing pull-ups on the parallel bars, while Xu Sui counted for him in a low voice under the gaze of fifty or sixty people.

“Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine…forty-nine, fifty!” Xu Sui’s eyes lit up after counting the last number.

Zhou Jingze jumped off the horizontal bar as Xu Sui obediently held his jacket. He reported to the instructor, and the two left side by side.

With his hands in his pockets, the boy was more than half a head taller than the girl next to him. Xu Sui took out a pack of wet wipes from her pocket and handed it to him. Zhou Jingze had a lazy expression. He lowered his neck and stretched out.

Meaning that he wanted her to help him wipe it.

The little girl stood on tiptoe and wiped his sweat carefully. Because she was too close, her fair ears were tinted with a layer of blush.

One looked arrogant and unrestrained, the other well-behaved and quiet, but surprisingly harmonious.

The bright afternoon sun pierced through the leaves and fell on the two of them, covering them with a faint soft golden glow.

This scene fell into Da Liu’s eyes. Da Liu, a brawny man about 1.8 meters, hugged Sheng Nanzhou’s waist tightly, and in his embrace, he cried: “Fuck, I also want to fall in love.”

Sheng Nanzhou kicked him without hesitation: “Piss off.”

Xu Sui and Zhou Jingze hurriedly ate a meal at noon and rushed to their afternoon class. She returned to the dormitory at night, and after meeting him, she made up her mind. Both of them were very busy. In sophomore year, and as a medical student, she had a full schedule of courses.

She washed the grapes she bought from the school supermarket in the sink. As soon as she walked out, she saw Hu Qianxi sprawled out on the bed and asked, “Xixi, do you want to eat some grapes? They’re sweet.”

Hu Qianxi shook her head and said weakly, “Nope, grapes are so high in calories, I want to lose weight.”

She must lose weight and be as thin as a lightning bolt, so Lu Wenbai regrets it!

“Then eat when you feel like it,” Xu Sui bit a grape and put the plate on the table.

Sitting on a chair, she looked at the conversation between the two on her phone, and couldn’t help the corner of her lips rising slightly. Suddenly, a shadow fell, and Hu Qianxi attacked her from behind, wrapping her arms around Xu Sui’s neck:

“Alright, so some people are happy and others are sad.”

Xu Sui immediately hid her phone and smiled, “I’m also worried, before even becoming a doctor, I’ll be bald.”

“You clearly know that I’m not talking about this!” Hu Qianxi saw that Xu Sui had developed some skills and immediately reached out to tickle her.

The two girls quarreled again, Xu Sui giggled and laughed, and both fell on the bed. Hu Qianxi lay on the bed panting, and suddenly turned over when she remembered something: “Baby, Sheng Nanzhou’s birthday is next month, what are you getting him?”

“His birthday? I also don’t know what to give.” Xu Sui replied.

Hu Qianxi’s big eyes were filled with distress: “Hai, what can I even gift? He accompanies me on my birthday every year and gives me anything I want, so close to plucking the moon from the sky.”

“Hai, what do you think I should give to one of my best brothers?” Hu Qianxi said.

Xu Sui got up from the bed and sighed lightly: “You ah, think about what he really needs.”

When it comes to other people’s feelings, she’s clear and logical, but when it comes to her own feelings, she becomes silly.

After the lights were turned off at night, Xu Sui hid in bed and secretly sent a message to Zhou Jingze. She was reluctant to be the first to say goodnight even when her eyes hurt.

Xu Sui asked: 【Did you know Sheng Nanzhou’s birthday is next month?】

ZJZ replied: 【I know.】

After a while, he sent another message: 【You don’t even ask about your boyfriend’s birthday, but you remember the birthdays of other men so clearly, eh?】

Xu Sui couldn’t help laughing, she could almost imagine Zhou Jingze’s expression when he sent this message. His brows furrowed, eyes narrowed and replied with an unpleasant expression.

【No, it was Xixi who told me. 】Xu Sui replied.

After a minute, her phone screen lit up, and ZJZ replies: 【This girl finally remembers his birthday for once.】

Xu Sui thought for a while:【What do you think I should give to Sheng Nanzhou?】

After a while, ZJZ sent a question mark: 【? 】

【What giving? It’s alright for me to just give a gift. The husband sings and the wife follows, understand? 】Boss Zhou replied locally.

Xu Sui:【Okay, (.＾▽＾) 】

Sheng Nanzhou’s birthday is in early November. After National Day, the weather starts to get cold again.

Sheng Nanzhou’s birthday party was held at Tongqueshan Villa. Xu Sui exclaimed when he found out, “Is his family… that rich?”

Hu Qianxi was wearing a mask, and her answer was muffled: “You didn’t know? His family is actually rich, and they have countless lands, but he’s too stingy, and it’s always my uncle who pays the bill when they go out.”

“Swoosh, sooner or later bald.” Hu Qianxi cursed.

Sheng Nanzhou, who was helping Mother Sheng collect rent in every household, suddenly sneezed. The eldest young master was very happy that he thought someone missed him.

In November, winter came earlier in the northern city of Beijing than in the southern city. As soon as the weather started getting cold, Xu Sui knew that her hard days were coming. She was born with cold hands and feet and immediately put on thick clothes and insisted on soaking her feet every night.

Sheng Nanzhou’s birthday party was at 5 pm on Saturday. Coincidentally, Xu Sui had an unfinished lab assignment and told Zhou Jingze to go first, and she’ll arrive later.

As for Hu Qianxi, she suddenly asked for a week’s leave and has not been at school. Xu Sui was a little worried and sent her a message. It didn’t take long before she received an energetic reply from the eldest lady: 【Don’t worry, there are some matters at home, I’ll be back soon, love you, kisses.】

Xu Sui was so busy with the observation records in the laboratory that it was dark when she walked out. Xu Sui raised her hand and looked at her watch. She was more than an hour late. She hurriedly ran out of the school and stopped a taxi.

Getting in the taxi, a piercing cold wind rushed in, Xu Sui shivered and immediately closed the window tightly. The car drove ahead steadily. Xu Sui sat in the car, took out her phone from her pocket, and read the messages.

It turned out that the conversation between the two stopped five hours ago, and Zhou Jingze didn’t send a single message during this period.

Xu Sui lowered his eyes, turned off the phone screen, and looked at the scenery outside the car window in a daze.

The driver was nice, seeing that it was getting late, he brought Xu Sui all the way to the front of the Tongqueshan Villa. Xu Sui opened the car door and thanked the driver.

Standing in the open space, Xu Sui squinted her eyes and looked across. The villa in front of her was surrounded by mountains and sea, and with a large area, bright lights and laughter overflowed the place from time to time.

She was standing there, hesitating whether to send a message to Zhou Jingze telling him she arrived. Master Kratos, who was standing at the door, spotted her at a glance, and rushed over, wagging his tail vigorously and pulling her into the villa.

Xu Sui squatted down and touched its legs, following it in. With a faint smile on her face, she was looking forward to seeing Zhou Jingze.

As soon as she pushed in, a white and green balloon was floating to the ceiling, and the hall was very lively.

Zhou Jingze leaned lazily on the sofa, bent slightly, and rested his elbows on his thighs, chatting and laughing with a dissolute look. He didn’t look at anyone, but several girls present glanced at him several times.

He was holding a cigarette in his hand and was about to drink a wine glass when Liu Sijin, who was sitting next to him, suddenly pointed at him and said, “Ah, you have a red mark on your neck, was it bitten by a mosquito?

“No way, is it from your horse?” Someone laughed loudly.

Zhou Jingze directly kicked the person beside him and scolded him with a laugh, “Fuck you.”

He put down the wine glass, and felt that his neck was a little itchy, asking Liu Sijin, “Where?”

Liu Sijin immediately approached him attentively to show him, but Zhou Jingze frowned subconsciously and raised his hand to block her elbow. As soon as he looked up, he saw Xu Sui at the door.

“Not suitable.” Zhou Jingze said lazily. He extinguished the cigarette, stood up, and walked towards Xu Sui.

Xu Sui saw Zhou Jingze walking toward her step by step, and took a step back subconsciously. Zhou Jingze saw her face pale and was about to speak.

A familiar voice came from above his head. Sheng Yanjia was against the railing on the second floor and shouted excitedly with his small curly hair: “Teacher Xiao Xu, do you want to come to play some games?”

“Coming.”

Xu Sui was saved and escaped, passing by Zhou Jingze’s side; she held the handrail of the stairs and hurried upstairs. Zhou Jingze stared at her back and licked his back molars with the tip of his tongue.

He didn’t do anything yet, and the little girl is running away faster than anyone else.

Xu Sui and Sheng Yanjia hid in the room and played games. The first floor was so lively that they could hear laughs and beer clinks from time to time. Xu Sui was not in a good state, and all the time, she stared at the screen, the scene just now replaying in her mind.

Liu Sijin sat next to Zhou Jingze, and she gave him a neck mark. Must the relationship between the two be so unclear? She was busy with experiments all day, waiting for water to drip. Zhou Jingze didn’t even ask her “Are you here yet?” When it came to relationships, he had an inattentive and lighthearted attitude, her eyes started stinging just thinking about it.

“Wow, Teacher Xiao Xu, this is the first time I’ve beaten you! Feels so nice!” Sheng Yanjia turned his head and said.

Hearing the K.O sound effect from the game, Xu Sui put down the controller and smiled lightly: “Teacher admits defeat.”

” Let’s take a break and get some drinks.”

“Okay.”

Xu Sui and Sheng Yanjia leaned on the railing and chatted. Not knowing whether he learned it from his brother, he drank cold Coke in the chilly weather. Xu Sui leaned on the railing, looking at the lively first floor, she didn’t want to go down at all, even though she was hungry.

“Teacher Xiao Xu, look at the girl with long, curly hair below. Out of all the girls around my brother, she’s the one I find most annoying.” Sheng Yanjia rolled his eyes.

Xu Sui followed Sheng Yanjia’s line of sight, and it turned out that he was talking about Liu Sijin. Liu Sijin had been sitting next to Zhou Jingze until now, and the person involved had an unhappy expression on his face as if strangers were prohibited.

She bit the milk straw and asked, “Why?”

“Because she’s wrapping around my brother so tightly, humph.” Sheng Yan added discontent.

Xu Sui raised her hand and rubbed his head, and said with a smile, “Are you jealous?”

“No!” Sheng Yanjia immediately denied it.

Xu Sui and Sheng Yanjia stayed upstairs until Sheng Nanzhou decided to cut the cake; she had to bite the bullet. Hu Qianxi appeared pushing a three-tiered cake. The lights dimmed, and a group of people applauded and cheered around the birthday star, singing the birthday song together.

Xu Sui stood on the side and applauded in a low voice. Zhou Jingze stood beside her, biting a cigarette. Occasionally his coat brushed against her arm, causing light friction, but the two didn’t make any eye contact during the whole process.

Someone came over, and Zhou Jingze tilted his head to speak. He took out the cigarette, and the black mole dangled in front of her.

Xu Sui retracted her gaze, took two steps forward and turned her back to Zhou Jingze, that way she wouldn’t be able to see him.

At 8:10, someone accidentally bumped into her while holding something. Xu Sui backed up and bumped into a warm chest, a faint smell of smoke coming from behind her.

Zhou Jingze was talking to someone. He raised his hand to help her, the black mole on the back of her white and tender neck, faintly rubbing it.

Xu Sui decided to stay away from this rogue.

People started to give fits one after another, when it was Xu Sui’s turn, she felt that the current situation was a little awkward. She listened to him about giving the gift together, but now? The two were arguing.

Under everyone’s gaze, Xu Sui was a little at a loss. When she was about to say “Happy Birthday, I’ll make it up next time” with her hands in her pockets, she suddenly found a ring in her pockets.

Xu Sui suddenly remembered she bought this last week from a street stall when she and her roommate went out to the market. The design was quite unique. She took it out and put it in the palm of her hand, and was about to hand it out:

“That—” Suddenly, a chill low voice rang in her ears: “Ours.”

At this moment, a large palm stretched over, wanting to hold. With a burning hot temperature, Xu Sui subconsciously turned her head to look over, Zhou Jingze had a cigarette in his mouth, with a sharp side profile and raised lips. He handed out a box with one hand and held her hand firmly with the other.

Xu Sui subconsciously wanted to break free, but she couldn’t. Zhou Jingze frivolously pressed her hand with his thumb.

And Liu Sijin, who was directly across, couldn’t smile anymore. She clearly saw the little interaction between the two of them, and her expression was quite ugly.

After the cake was cut, it was time to play games. Xu Sui and Zhou Jingze were sitting on the sofa, the latter always holding onto her hand and drinking water even became a problem for Xu Sui.

“Can you let me go first?” Xu Sui discussed.

Zhou Jingze’s low voice vibrated her ears: “Still angry?”

For some reason, Xu Sui’s strange self-esteem was haunting her. She didn’t want to appear like she cared, so she denied it: “No, I want to drink water.”

Zhou Jingze finally let go of her hand, and Xu Sui was free. Sheng Nanzhou whistled at his friends and asked, “Hey, do you want to go to the side hall to play billiards?”

“Sure ah.” Da Liu snapped his fingers.

Liu Sijin on the side flipped her hair: “Ah, I also want to play, but I don’t know how to, Jingze, can you teach me?”

“What a coincidence,” Zhou Jingze hooked his lips lazily, walking towards the side hall holding Xu Sui’s hand, and threw four words, “I don’t know either.”

When the group came to the side hall, Zhou Jingze picked up a cue stick, angled his body, and leaned over the green table. The rod rubbed against the black mole.

With a “bang”, one ball strikes in.

Sheng Nanzhou took the lead in applauding and said randomly, “It’s boring to play with you, we only have the chance to be crushed.”

“How do you want to play then?” Zhou Jingze raised his eyebrows and leaned lazily on the table.

Da Liu suggested: “Of course, the master brings his own people to pk, how about that?”

Zhou Jingze chuckled lightly with the tip of his tongue against his lower jaw and tilted his head to ask for Xu Sui’s opinion: “Do you want to play?”

Xu Sui thought for a while before nodding: “Okay.”

Who knew that Liu Sijin seemed to be more energetic than her, and immediately said, “I’ll play too.”

Xu Sui didn’t say anything, but lowered her eyes and picked up the cue stick, standing in front of the table to practice. During the practice round, surprise flashed in Sheng Nanzhou’s eyes: “Yo, Xu Sui, looking good, you have the skills.”

Zhou Jingze corrected her movements and taught her a few essentials, while Liu Sijin was taught by another boy. At the end, when the two played, Xu Sui’s technique could be said to be way better than Liu Sijin’s.

Da Liu gave a thumbs up: “A scholar is indeed amazing, learning everything so quickly. Looking at it this way, you two are a good match.”

“I just watch too many documentaries.” Two dimples appeared on Xu Sui’s cheeks.

“Being too modest ah.”

After Sheng Nanzhou’s birthday party, the crowd dispersed. Xu Sui and Zhou Jingze planned to go back to school together, and the two walked side by side on the gravel road.

Zhou Jingze put one hand in his pocket, the other hand wrapping around her shoulder, his voice was casual with a smile: “You are much better than her.”

Hearing the word “her”, Xu Sui stopped abruptly. She lowered her head and escaped from Zhou Jingze’s arms, her eyes were wet in the dark night, and her voice trembled:

“Is it that hard for you to be loyal?”

Zhou Jingze was stunned and immediately understood what Xu Sui meant. He turned to his side and pointed to her. There was a red mark on his cold and white neck: “My neck was really bitten by a bug, and at that time, I immediately pushed her away.”

There was a loose smile on his face, but his voice was a bit colder: “Also, don’t you always know the type of person I am?”

Xu Sui was speechless for a while, but she was stunned, cold, and shaking with anger: “You —”

But before she could say the second half of the sentence, Xu Sui felt that her eyes were blurred, and she passed out, losing consciousness.