Chapter 135: Fight, Fight! (1/2)

Cheng Xi could actually feel Lu Chenzhou’s excitement. They’d been apart these past few days not only because Cheng Xi was busy, but also because she was partially trying to avoid him.

When they weren’t in close proximity, it was still all right. But once they actually got close, there was a chance of him losing control of himself.

Cheng Xi didn’t know how she could stop him, actually. There wasn’t much wrong with just going along with the flow. In this era, relationships between men and women were just that, but Cheng Xi always felt somewhat apprehensive and unwilling about doing the deed—rather than physical satiation, she preferred platonic love.

She hadn’t reached that level of intimacy with Lu Chenzhou yet.

After Cheng Xi drank some alcohol, even though her mind was more or less clear, she was still a bit muddleheaded—she only knew that the time was wrong, but not how to stop him. In the end, she let him do as he pleased, thinking, Alright, if I can’t prevent him, then I’ll let him be.

And then the big door behind them opened up a crack.

Lu Chenzhou turned around, and it was his turn to be speechless, because Cheng Yang was standing there.

Cheng Yang was also very depressed, allright!? When the two of them started acting intimately as soon as he entered, he felt like he was about to go blind.

He subconsciously averted his gaze. “Damn, did I come at the wrong time?”

Lu Chenzhou pretended to not have seen him at all, and obstinately carried Cheng Xi inside. In the end, it was Cheng Xi who stopped him, clutching at the door frame and calling out, “Lu Chenzhou!”

This time, she really was awake.

Lu Chenzhou bit her lips fiercely. “Do you want to see him like this?”

Cheng Xi was speechless. “……”

She went inside to put on her clothes properly while Lu Chenzhou sat by the side with an ugly expression on his face. Cheng Xi didn’t have the time to care about him and left the room as soon as she was properly dressed. Cheng Yang had yet to leave; he was meandering around outside the bedroom door and wondering whether or not he should enter.

When Cheng Xi came out, he exaggeratedly let out a deep breath and grumbled, “Answer your phone next time! You didn’t pick up, so I thought that you were asleep. And since I wouldn’t be a bother, I was just going to crash with you for the night.”

Cheng Xi felt that, after meeting Lu Chenzhou, her skin had started thickening at a rapid rate. Even in this situation, she was able to calmly say to her brother, “My phone’s probably dead. Why are you sleeping over here?”

“I’m too tired and lazy to go back. I picked up a new engineering project right by your hospital, and your place is close by.” After Cheng Yang said this, he glanced inside Cheng Xi’s bedroom, walked over to Cheng Xi’s side, and pushed her aside. He seemed to want to say something, but his nose twitched and he frowned. “You were drinking?”

Cheng Xi made an ‘Oh’ sound.

“My god!” Cheng Yang rolled up his sleeves. “He wasn’t trying to take advantage of you while you were drunk, was he?”

Given Cheng Xi’s terrible alcohol tolerance, he could actually see this happening. Cheng Xi looked at him curiously. “ Are you going to fight him?” Then, she waved her hands dismissively. “Go for it.”

“……”

Cheng Yang sat back down again. “Don’t be so cruel to me. I’m your brother.” He rolled down his sleeves again, and his expression turned severe and his tone serious. “What’s more, it’s not like I have a say in you two’s affairs.” And then he added on very shamelessly, “I’m going to go to sleep. Don’t make too much noise during the night—just remember, your brother’s outside.”

Cheng Xi threw a pillow and blankets at him; Cheng Yang jumped up, grabbed them, and slid into the guest room.

Along, Cheng Xi lay down on the sofa. She felt so embarrassed that she knocked her head against the armrest a couple of times, but instead of becoming more clearheaded, her headache just worsened.

When she returned to her bedroom, Lu Chenzhou was sitting in front of her desk, so gloomily that she could almost see mushrooms sprouting around him. His eyelashes were drooping, and he had one hand on the table, a finger picking restlessly at the surface.

“Stop that. You’re going to dig a hole in the desk.”

He ignored her, continuing to pick at it. Cheng Xi decided to try to reason with him. “How about you go and take a cold shower?”

He continued to ignore her, still picking at the table.