CH 73

After washing his face, Zhou Jianguo felt much more sober. He came over to Luo Bei and patted her shoulder, shouting, “Get up, it’s all over.”

After calling her several times, she opened her eyes dazedly. Her head was still a little dizzy, and her face was flushed. Belatedly, she responded with an “Mmm”.

Luo Bei rarely had such a dazed moment, and Zhou Jianguo thought she was adorable. He wanted to take out his phone and take a picture to capture the moment.

“Everyone’s gone?” Luo Bei looked at the private room and asked.

“Yeah.”

Luo Bei picked up her bag and tried to stand up. Fortunately, Zhou Jianguo supported her, or she might have fallen.

She wasn’t too drunk, but her body was weak at the moment, and she couldn’t tell which way was which. Zhou Jianguo supported her as they walked out of the KTV.

Seeing her stumbling like that, Zhou Jianguo was afraid that she might fall if he wasn’t careful. Finally, he sighed and bowed in front of Luo Bei, turning his head to say, “Come on, I’ll carry you back. If you weigh more than a hundred pounds, then forget I said anything.”

Luo Bei laughed and said, “I weighed 97 pounds on an empty stomach. I ate a lot today, so I probably weigh a hundred pounds now.”

While speaking, she climbed onto Zhou Jianguo’s back and said, “Let’s go, Zhu Bajie1the pig-like character from Journey to the West.”

Zhou Jianguo laughed and asked, “If I’m Zhu Bajie, are you my wife?”

Although they weren’t quite on the same wavelength yet, Zhou Jianguo could sense that Luo Bei was also interested in him, though it was probably not as strong as his feelings for her. When they were together, their conversations inevitably became a bit more flirtatious. Luo Bei restrained herself, but he was not always successful in doing so.

Luo Bei held onto his neck, and whether it was the alcohol or not, she said in a muffled voice, “I don’t think what I’m doing is right.”

“Why not?”

Luo Bei was very thin, and Zhou Jianguo had been doing physical labor for the past year. Although he couldn’t walk briskly, carrying her was not a struggle for him.

There weren’t many people on the road back to the urban village, and it was quiet. The bright moon hung in the sky, casting a warm and intimate atmosphere on the ground.

“What if you had a girlfriend or even a wife before?” Luo Bei was undergoing spiritual torment and self-reproach. “Then what I’m doing is too much. If I post this on Weibo, everyone will call me a green tea b*tch, and I’ll feel the same way.”

“Relax, I told you, I absolutely don’t have a girlfriend, let alone a wife,” Zhou Jianguo reassured her. “So you don’t have to blame yourself.”

He knew that Luo Bei was a little drunk, otherwise she wouldn’t have let him carry her and wouldn’t have said these words to him when she was completely sober.

However, everything she said now was sincere.

“How do you know?”

“I just know. How about we make a bet?”

“What are we betting on?”

Zhou Jianguo smiled, “If I regain my memory, or if someone can provide sufficient evidence that I don’t have a partner, then you lose, and you have to fulfill one of my wishes.”

Although Luo Beiwas half drunk and half awake, she was also shrewd. “I won’t accept an empty promise. If you say you want all my property, I won’t give it to you. That’s not acceptable.”

“It looks like you’ve learned my essence, and I’m not worried about you being taken advantage of in the future.”

“Okay then. You can fulfill one of my wishes, but it can’t be something that goes against morals or is related to money. How about that?”

“…Okay. But what if you lose?”

Zhou Jianguo looked straight ahead with a calm expression. “I won’t lose.”

“If you do lose?”

“There’s no ‘if’.”

In his heart, Zhou Jianguo thought that if he did lose, he wouldn’t force her to do something she didn’t want to do, nor would he let her suffer moral condemnation. From then on, they would only be friends, never crossing any boundaries, and he would respect her rules and principles.

Liking someone doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be together or get them. What’s important is to respect each other’s choices.

From the KTV to the urban village, it only took a ten-minute walk. The distance wasn’t far.

Zhou Jianguo walked slowly the whole way. When he was near the door, he could hear Luo Bei even breathing. She was probably really asleep now.

This made him feel particularly at ease. It was irresistible for him to like Luo Bei. He had gone from a desperate struggle to accepting his fate, and only he knew the process.

Even if they couldn’t be together in the future, Zhou Jianguo wouldn’t be too upset. Perhaps that was strange, not because he was naturally indifferent to romantic feelings, but because he cherished Luo Bei too much. He didn’t necessarily need to get her, but he cared more about her feelings than his own.

When he was almost at the rented apartment, Zhou Jianguo ran into Jiang Hui, who was coming back from outside, holding a pot of flowers.

Jiang Hui suddenly felt very powerless. She didn’t even know why. If she couldn’t be with Zhou Jianguo, why did God transmigrate her into this world? If she were in her original world, she would only have regarded Zhou Jianguo as a character in a book. She would have liked him, but she wouldn’t have had such a strong urge to be with him. Now, this almost perfect man was right in front of her. In that world, she had painted many pictures for him and had always imagined what he looked like and his expressions. But now that she had come to this world and seen Zhou Jianguo, she realized that he was even better than she had imagined, and she liked him even more.

Zhou Jianguo belonged to Luo Bei, and they liked each other and supported each other. But ultimately, wasn’t it just because Luo Bei had the advantage of timing andlocation, so they could be together?

Luo Bei appeared by his side when he was at his lowest, and she accompanied him through so much. If it were her, she could do it too!

Zhou Jianguo intended to ignore her and act as if he hadn’t seen her. But before he could even enter the door, Jiang Hui caught up with him. She stood in front of him and stubbornly asked, “You should know what I said to Luo Bei, right? Don’t you have any reaction at all?”

Jiang Hui was sure that Luo Bei must have told Zhou Jianguo about their conversation. Luo Bei had no reaction, which was understandable, as she was calculating and had a deep mind. But why didn’t Zhou Jianguo react? This was related to his past, and she was the only person who could possibly know about his past!

To be honest, now Zhou Jianguo saw Jiang Hui as a jinx or even a lunatic. He didn’t want to waste any more time arguing with her, but she insisted on getting in his way.

“Please move aside.”

Jiang Hui was taken aback. At this moment, all the grievances in her heart overwhelmed her. She had tried so hard for him, coming from one world to a completely unfamiliar one. There were no familiar friends or parents here, but she was still willing to do it. Why was that? Wasn’t it all because he was here?

“Zhou Jianguo, I’ve told you that I’m your fiancée, you can’t deny it!” Jiang Hui pointed at Luo Bei who was being carried on his back. “She may have come later, but I am your rightful fiancée!”

As soon as Jiang Hui finished speaking, she realized that Zhou Jianguo was staring at her with a cold expression that sent shivers down her spine.

She knew Zhou Jianguo better than anyone else, and she knew that her words had touched his bottom line. So she wisely stopped talking, but still blocked his way.

Zhou Jianguo lowered his voice and slowly said, “Miss, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. You know better than anyone else whether you are my fiancée or not, but let me be clear, if I hear this again, or if I find out that you said such things to Beibei, you’ll know what it means to be sorry for your words.

“If you know what’s good for you, just be a good tenant and don’t talk to me in the future. I don’t like troublemakers. I let Beibei handle it before because I respected her, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have my own way of dealing with things. So now, please move out of my way and don’t block my path.”

Jiang Hui was both frightened and excited at the same time.

Yes, this was the Zhou Jianguo she knew!

The real person was standing in front of her, speaking such words that were even more vivid and domineering than the author’s description.

However, she also knew that the day when Zhou Jianguo regained his memory was getting closer and closer. Once he regained his memory and did not fall in love with her, the consequences would be severe, and she understood that.

Zhou Jianguo himself was not interested in retaliating against an insignificant woman, but if she repeatedly crossed his bottom line, he would definitely make her see his methods.

Although she didn’t want to admit it, her timing was wrong. At this point, Zhou Jianguo’s weakness and bottom line were all related to Luo Bei.

Why was it always Luo Bei who got all the good things?!

Jiang Hui was unwilling to accept this, but her body was more honest than her mouth. She obediently gave up her position, but before Zhou Jianguo entered, she couldn’t help but say, “Don’t you want to know who you were in the past? I know everything about your past! Only I know. I don’t believe you have no curiosity about your past memories?”

This was her biggest cheat, wasn’t it?

This was where she was more advantageous than Luo Bei, wasn’t it?

Zhou Jianguo took a deep breath and thought to himself that he was really a man with a good temper.

He couldn’t believe he had wasted so much of his precious time talking to this lunatic who didn’t know what she was talking about.

It seemed that working in the service industry had trained him to deal with all sorts of weird and difficult customers.

“Get lost.” Zhou Jianguo couldn’t take it anymore and finally spoke the words. He felt refreshed and no longer wanted to waste time with Jiang Hui. He carried Luo Bei and went straight to the third floor of the rented building.

He wanted to know about his past, but not from anyone else’s mouth, especially not from this lunatic.

He was curious about his past memories, but he would never let that become someone else’s leverage against him.

F*ck! Get lost!