Chapter 220: Erectile Dysfunction? (2/2)

Lu Chenzhou liked her place mostly because it wasn’t very big. Whenever he turned around, he could see and hug her.

On their first day, they moved all of Cheng Yang’s belongings and the furniture in the guest room to the apartment next door. Additionally, Lu Chenzhou was petty enough to still be annoyed by the apartment door that Cheng Yang had installed. When Lu Chenzhou saw it, he immediately had it replaced with an even more advanced version. Fingerprints and retina scans were already outdated—the most modern technology employed biometric palm scans now!

In the time it took Cheng Xi to go to Renyi and come back, she could no longer recognize her front door.

Lu Chenzhou had to help her open the door and record her information on the scanner. She allowed him to do as he pleased as she leaned against the doorframe and joked, “I feel like this kind of door is wasted on me.” Honestly, what was the point of installing such a secure door for her shabby little apartment?

When Cheng Yang came over and saw the door, he was also shocked. “What’s he doing?! Is he trying to advertise that you have something precious in your apartment?”

It was a bit too incongruous, wasn’t it?

But Cheng Xi didn’t want to talk to either of them about the door anymore. Of course, Cheng Yang had come over to find her not for the door but rather to talk about Lu Chenzhou. “What kind of mental illness does he suffer from?”

Since Lu Chenzhou had announced it himself, Cheng Xi didn’t hide it any longer. “Emotional detachment.”

Cheng Yang immediately googled the term on his phone, and read through a score of comprehensive articles and informational sites. However, the only information he retained was a possible symptom. “......Erectile dysfunction?” And then he looked at Cheng Xi questioningly.

“......”

Cheng Yang thought that her silence was a tacit agreement, so he too fell silent for a moment. “No wonder his mental state’s like that.” And then his attitude quickly became gracious. “You should do your best to help him open up. Remember, if he really can’t do it with you, then don’t force it.”

“......”

In order to protect her and Cheng Yang’s lives, Cheng Xi decided to bury this conversation deep in her heart, never to see daylight.

In these two days of free time, Cheng Xi did everything that she needed to do after returning home. First and foremost, she went home to see her parents, and Lu Chenzhou went along with her. Just his presence alone meant that, no matter what Cheng Xi brought, her parents were both upset. When the two of them arrived, they ignored her and bluntly asked Lu Chenzhou, “What’re you doing here?” Their tone was very impolite.

“I’m sorry.”

This was something that Cheng Xi had preemptively trained him to do: no matter what her parents said, as long as he apologized, then everything would be fine. Indeed, Cheng Xi’s parents couldn’t do anything to him with this iron defense. And since they knew that Cheng Xi was only back for a few days, they couldn’t bear to scold her for too long. They quickly ignored Lu Chenzhou and turned to Cheng Xi as they wiped their eyes. “You’re darker, thinner, and somewhat older.”

“......”

Cheng Xi could only stay with them for a single day, because on the second day, Tian Rou and her other classmates found her. They all decided to get together and go visit Shen Wei and see her baby. The baby was a beautiful little boy, and he was already three months old, chubby, and cute.

Shen Wei looked far happier now compared to before her divorce, as her every action carried a warm and graceful bearing. Or in Tian Rou’s words, she was filled with a motherly aura. And whereas Tian Rou simply pretended that Lu Chenzhou wasn’t there, Shen Wei acknowledged Lu Chenzhou and calmly smiled as she said, “When Cheng Xi left, I thought that the two of you would get back together. Lo and behold, you did.”

Lu Chenzhou looked at her arrogantly. “After your divorce, your eyesight seems to have improved.”

“......”

Even Tian Rou couldn’t stop herself from chuckling at Lu Chenzhou’s jab, and Cheng Xi had to intervene to smooth things over. “He’s praising you, really.”

Eventually, Shen Wei shot Mr. Lu a look just as supercilious as his.

Then, it was finally time for Lu Chenzhou to undergo his hypnotherapy. Cheng Xi was worried that he’d be anxious, so as they walked in, she tried to console him. “You’ll be alright. It’s a very simple procedure. You just need to relax and do what the hypnotherapist tells you to do.”

Lu Chenzhou nodded.

In the end, after about an hour, the doctor came out.

“Did it fail?” Cheng Xi asked with a frown.