Chapter 224: A Hundred Million (1/2)

Cheng Xi was speechless. She hugged Lu Chenzhou as tightly as she could. She was so touched that she had to screw her eyes shut to prevent tears from leaking out.

She had never imagined in a million years that he would say something like this, and the only response she had was to hug him with all of her strength.

Lu Chenzhou didn’t say anything else. After divulging everything he needed to, he stopped submerging himself in his past. Cheng Xi didn’t push or prod him any further either; after all, she was just a doctor, and the many ethical and legislative landmines within that incident had been mostly buried alongside Lu Chenzhou’s mother.

All Cheng Xi wanted from Lu Chenzhou was for him to let go of that burden and to live his life happily.

On that day, they stayed in bed until late in the afternoon, only climbing out when they were ravenous for food. She didn’t know whether the resulting meal was lunch or dinner, but it was very plain. It was made from ingredients that had all been brought over by Cheng Yang on his mother’s instructions. But Cheng Xi’s cooking skills had deteriorated as she had stopped cooking after moving to Gansu. Even the grip of a pot or pan in her hands was a foreign feeling now.

So when she said that she would help make food, what she really meant was that she’d help wash and clean as Lu Chenzhou sliced and stir-fried the meat and vegetables.

And as he cooked, she would periodically snatch up pieces of food from the pan. Lu Chenzhou usually hated it when she did this, as he was a firm believer that food should be only eaten at the dining table.

But today, he didn’t stop her. Whenever Cheng Xi picked up a stray piece of food to eat, he even allowed her to feed him a piece as well.

As Cheng Xi happily fed the two of them, she said, “Let’s invite Baldy and have a fun night out all together.”

Lu Chenzhou paused as he looked at her.

“What’s the matter?”

He turned around, and watched the soup slowly simmer as he said, “You were the one who instructed him to do it, right?”

“What?”

“To bother me day and night.”

Lu Chenzhou’s odd phrasing caused Cheng Xi to burst out into laughter. “He really did that?”

“Yes.” Lu Chenzhou sounded like he was complaining, but truth be told, he wasn’t actually unhappy.

Cheng Xi didn’t deny his accusation that she had asked Baldy to talk and hang out with him more often. Instead, she merely replied, “I didn’t ask him to bother you all day long. Obviously, he cares a lot about you.” She put down her chopsticks and hugged him from behind. “Lu Chenzhou, you’re quite the lucky man. Baldy cares for you more than you know.”

Lu Chenzhou didn’t respond. He was old friends with Baldy, and they had known each other for so long that he seemed to have slowly gotten used to his presence.

Actually, he had even gotten to know Baldy by pure coincidence; the two of them were at the same university, and Lu Chenzhou had only extended an invitation to Baldy because he couldn’t stand letting him fall for someone else’s malicious scam.

Another reason was that he had heard other people talking behind his back. They called him aloof and friendless, and said that no one was willing to be close with him. Lu Chenzhou didn’t want to be treated like a monster to be gawked at, so he decided to make himself one or two new friends. However, he wasn’t interested in slowly developing a friendship through awkward long-term contact. He had read somewhere that helping someone in need could quickly develop into a casual friendship, and since Baldy was right in front of him, he had lent him a hand.

And as expected, Baldy had become his “friend” for all these years. Through him, Lu Chenzhou had also met Xu Po, Xie Ziming, and a whole bunch of other people who could be considered “friends” but whom he honestly didn’t really hang out with.

During the year-long period when Cheng Xi had been gone, he had been constantly mired in his company’s struggle for ownership. As a result, everyone had started avoiding him out of either a desire to stay out of the mess or because they were unable to accept his aloofness without any benefits. Everyone except for Baldy, that is. It seemed that Baldy was really the only one that would stick through thick and thin with Lu Chenzhou.

When Lu Chenzhou thought about how Baldy had stuck by him, his cold face warmed up, and he nodded. “I’ll invite him out later.”

After a moment, he then went on to say, “I thought that the first thing you’d do would be to have another therapy session with me.”

The fact that he was able to say “therapy” so casually was a clear indication that he had truly let go of his burden, and Cheng Xi smiled in response. “I don’t feel like it’s necessary anymore. All you need is some more true friends.”

And then, you can slowly forget about your past, reignite your passion, and follow your dreams for a happy life and a bright future.

The best sort of therapy came from experiencing the vicissitudes of life.