Chapter 194: Unafraid Of Leaving (1/2)

That’s right. Cheng Xi could honestly admit that she had somehow, unknowingly, and hopelessly fallen irrevocably in love with Lu Chenzhou.

When she put his psychological issues aside, the part of him that moved her the most was his exemplary sincerity and restraint.

While Cheng Xi was lost in her thoughts, her mother had finally finished denouncing everyone on her list, running the gamut from Lu Chenzhou to her superiors at the hospital. Cheng Xi waited until she was almost done venting before trying to pacify her. “Mom, don’t worry. I’ll make sure to be transferred back quickly.”

This promise finally gave Cheng Xi’s mother a small measure of comfort. “Really?”

“Really!”

“As long as you don’t plan on staying there forever, that’s enough. Your dad and I will also try to help you come back quicker…… Also, you’re not allowed to find a boyfriend there. Once you come back, I’ll be sure to find you a reliable one.” But right as Cheng Xi’s mother said this, she suddenly remembered that Cheng Xi was already twenty nine years old. If she waited two more years, then she would be thirty-something! Her face crumbled as she suddenly changed tack. “I’m really worried that you might not be able to find a good partner when you come back given how old you are…… Most good men at that age are already married, and all the ones who aren't have something wrong with them……” No, I can’t think like that! If I do, then my beautiful daughter will be destined to be alone for the rest of her life, unable to get married!

She had such a talented daughter but was unable to marry her off…… Cheng Xi’s mother, who was caught up in a bevy of implausible scenarios, actually started crying. This was such a pressing problem that Cheng Xi’s father also started crying, and then the old couple simultaneously looked at Cheng Xi with tearful eyes.

Cheng Xi was caught off guard.

She really couldn’t promise anything in terms of marriage, all right?!

But just when Cheng Xi herself was also at the point of bursting into tears, Cheng Yang came back. As he entered the room, he angrily yelled, “Why haven’t you changed the passcode on your door yet?” He felt an innate revulsion rising up within him when he thought of Lu Chenzhou. “Remember to remove his fingerprint from the door lock too. Don’t let him into this apartment ever again. He’s crazy!”

The whole family looked at him in shock when he said this.

Cheng Xi’s mother asked, “What’s the matter?”

“I beat Lu Chenzhou up!”

Cheng Xi and her parents were all shocked speechless. “……”

But his face looked more like Lu Chenzhou had beaten him up.

Cheng Xi’s mother hesitated for a moment before praising, “Good job, son!”

Cheng Xi’s father cautiously asked, “You didn’t kill him, did you?”

Cheng Xi made a 囧 face as she asked, “Is it really you who did the beating up? Her tone was incredulous, as she was very familiar with Lu Chenzhou’s physical fitness. For someone like Cheng Yang, who never exercised and rarely had any violent tendencies, just how would he beat Lu Chenzhou up?

She was very suspicious.

Cheng Yang thundered, “What kind of tone is that? Of course I beat him up! I hit him so hard that his teeth fell all over the floor!”

Cheng Xi blinked once and then decided to keep her mouth shut and sit there quietly as she listened to Cheng Yang regale them about how he burst into Lu Chenzhou’s office and beat him up.

Cheng Xi’s parents were very supportive of him. When he finished his story, they praised him incessantly. “That’s right! That’s what a brother should do!” After that, they finally seemed to accept that Cheng Xi was really moving away, and they started to plan for this and that, doing tasks like checking the climate, culture, and geography of where Cheng Xi was to be situated. The old couple quickly busied themselves, discussing what she would need to pack.

Cheng Xi, on the other hand, had nothing to do. She wanted to help her mother, but she wouldn’t let Cheng Xi do anything. “Go and take a good rest. You’ve barely had any time to rest all year long, and given how it is over there, who knows how much you’ll have to suffer?”

She made it sound as if Cheng Xi were an explorer about to head off to uncharted territory.

Cheng Xi understood that her parents were still worried about her going so far away and that they just wanted to do something for her. So, she graciously accepted her parents’ good intentions and relaxed.

But she wasn’t really all that relaxed, because she still had to sort and pack up some things on her own, such as any books that she wanted to bring over.

While Cheng Xi was looking through her study, Cheng Yang entered the room and closed the door behind him. His tone was serious as he asked, “Hey, brat, does Lu Chenzhou suffer from some sort of mental illness?”

Cheng Xi was slightly shocked by the seemingly random question, but her face remained expressionless. “What’s the matter?”

Cheng Yang told Cheng Xi the truth, not the exaggerated nonsense he’d fed their parents. “After I punched him, he scared me by pulling out a knife. His expression and behavior then was really similar to some of the mental patients I’ve seen at your place.”