Chapter 575 An unexpected showdown

Tianhe City is not that cold in January.

As one of the southernmost cities in the country, the temperature can even reach over ten degrees during the day.

Even at this time at night, around nine o'clock, the temperature is still probably around eight or nine degrees.

Li Luo and Ying Chanxi put on thicker coats so they could not feel the force of the night wind at all and walked comfortably on the street.

The hotel was not far from the river. The two of them walked hand in hand on the street, and after about ten minutes they saw the cross-river bridge.

After walking for a few more minutes, you will arrive at the pedestrian viewing platform by the river, where you can stroll from one cross-river bridge to another.

At this time of year, there are not too many people traveling to Tianhe City, and most of the people strolling along the river are locals.

Li Luo held Ying Chanxi's little hand and walked in the slack crowd, watching the ups and downs of the river and the boats sailing.

Ying Chanxi would take out his camera from time to time to take pictures of the two of them, or take some pictures of the night view of the river.

With the Guangzhou Tower across the river as the background, any photo looks good.

"I really have loved taking photos since I was a child." Li Luo recalled the past and couldn't help but sighed as he looked at the girl standing next to him holding a camera.

"What's the matter?" Ying Chanxi turned to look at him, "It's not the first day you've known me."

"By the way, do you still have all the photos you took?"

"That's for sure."

"When we graduated from elementary school, you insisted on taking pictures with me in school. The pictures from that time are still there."

"They're all here!" Ying Chanxi groaned, "Someone refused to cooperate, so I didn't get to take many photos."

"But when we graduated from junior high school, you were quite cooperative with me."

"We took a lot of photos that time. If you want to see them, I'll show them to you when we get back."

"Okay." Li Luo leaned on the railing by the river with both hands, many memories swirling in his mind.

At least in this life, I did not let Ying Chanxi's junior high school end with an imperfect period.

"If I didn't apologize to you after I threw you to the ground the day before the high school entrance exam," Li Luo was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "If you didn't do well in the high school entrance exam and went to another school, what would you do?"

"Why are you asking such a question?" Ying Chanxi puffed his lips, not liking Li Luo's assumption. "This kind of thing will never happen."

From Ying Chanxi's perspective, Li Luo had been working hard and reviewing secretly before the high school entrance examination, which enabled him to achieve a stunning success in the examination.

Even if the two of them had a quarrel the day before the high school entrance examination, Li Luo would definitely reconcile with her as long as he was admitted to the No. 1 Affiliated High School.

This was not the first time they had quarreled. Ying Chanxi didn't think that she would part ways with Li Luo just because of this one thing.

But Li Luo, who knew another world line, obviously didn't think so.

Just seeing that Ying Chanxi was unwilling to imagine it, he just smiled, stopped asking questions, and changed his approach.

"Then tell me, if my mother didn't agree to sign a contract with the platform when I was writing online articles, so I had to go to school obediently." Li Luo hypothesized, "What do you think we would be like now?"

Upon hearing this question, Ying Chanxi couldn't help but start daydreaming.

Then she couldn't help but start thinking deeply.

After all, from her perspective, she was not clear about the relationship between Li Luo, Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng in his previous life.

So if Li Luo had not written online novels, then it would naturally be impossible for him to have any intersection with Xu Youyu in the field of online novels.

Given Xu Youyu's personality, it is impossible for him to take a new look at Li Luo or even become interested in him just because they were roommates.

And if Li Luo had not written his entertainment article, it would naturally be impossible for him to write songs in the book.

Even if I became a deskmate with Yan Zhusheng in Class 8, there would be no further communication afterwards, let alone going to Yan Zhusheng's house to record songs!
Thinking of this, Ying Chanxi first showed a somewhat happy expression, but soon came to his senses and realized that these were just assumptions.

So she couldn't help biting her lip and glanced at Li Luo beside her with some resentment.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Li Luo said with a laugh.

"You know it yourself." Ying Chanxi hummed, feeling a little proud in his heart.

Because only she, from the beginning to the end, liked Li Luo just because he was Li Luo himself.

Even if Li Luo did not make tens of millions a year by writing online articles, nor did he write songs to make others big stars, or even if he ranked first in the grade, it would not affect Ying Chanxi's feelings for him.

"So what did you think of?" Li Luo asked again.

"I'm thinking of someone who is surrounded by beauties." Ying Chanxi stretched out his hand and pinched Li Luo's waist, saying in a fierce tone.

Although he didn't feel any pain at all, Li Luo still pretended to let out an "ah" and then touched Ying Chanxi's hand: "That's not what I meant to say."

"What does that mean?" Ying Chanxi asked unhappily.

"I just want to say that many things, once changed, will have a huge impact on the future, and even affect the lives of many people." Li Luo said this, looking at Ying Chanxi with sharp eyes, and his face rarely became serious.

When Ying Chanxi saw Li Luo's expression, his heart skipped a beat. He felt as if Li Luo wanted to say something.

"Didn't I get first place in the grade in this final exam?" Li Luo said as he lowered his head and stroked Ying Chanxi's small hand.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Ying Chanxi blinked and continued, following Li Luo's words, "Have you thought about what you want me to do? Only one thing is allowed, and it must be something I can do."

"I have indeed thought about it." Li Luo smiled, "And it is something you can do, but it may be a little difficult for you."

Hearing this, Ying Chanxi suddenly fell silent, pursed his lips, and lowered his head.

Originally, she thought that it was a rare opportunity to be alone with Li Luo, and it would be a very pleasant thing for the two of them to go out for a walk, feel the river breeze, and take some photos.

It turned out that Li Luo came here with some purpose.

What are you doing...

Some things...can't we talk about them later?

She had clearly tried very hard not to think too much about it.

Why do we have to make it clear at this time?

This big idiot!
I just think she's easy to bully.

Ying Chanxi silently clenched his fists and wanted to punch him hard a few times, but in the end he couldn't bear to do it.

"I actually guessed what you were going to say." Ying Chanxi said in a depressed tone.

"Ah?" Li Luo was stunned for a moment, thinking that he didn't seem to have revealed any flaws, so how did Ying Chanxi know about it? "You knew?"

"It's so obvious, how could I not guess it?" Ying Chanxi glanced at Li Luo with some resentment, then bit her lip, "But, why don't you wait until college to talk about this kind of thing?"

"It's too early to talk about this now, isn't it?"

"Can't you use the punishment of being the top student in the grade to do something else?"

"Uh..." Li Luo scratched his head and then sighed, "I just feel that if I don't explain it clearly, it might affect you too much. I don't want you to be unhappy all the time, and I don't want you to keep these things in your heart."

"I hate you so much." Ying Chanxi pursed her lips, trying to hold back tears. She raised her hand and hit Li Luo's chest, but she had no strength and was caught by Li Luo. Ying Chanxi threw herself into Li Luo's arms, tears finally flowing uncontrollably, and she cried softly, "I definitely don't want to share you with others."

"We grew up together, and you were the one who stayed by my side after mom passed away."

"We have been together for almost 18 years, and you, Senior Sister, and Zhu Sheng have only known each other for more than two years."

“Why does it have to be like this in the end?”

"But my senior writes online articles, and she has a lot in common with you in this regard."

"Zhu Sheng is a great singer, and you are a great songwriter. You can relate to her in this regard."

"Sometimes I feel jealous because I don't seem to have any talent in these areas. I can only selfishly drag you to shoot music videos."

"I just want to occupy your time. I don't want anyone else to disturb me at all."

"But...but..."

"I know...Senior is very nice, Zhu Sheng is also very nice, they are both very nice people..."

"I'm afraid I can't compete with them..."

"Then... rather than losing the fight, it's better to just leave it as it is..."

"But please don't tell it... I can just lie to myself... Why do you want to talk about this..."

Ying Chanxi described her as a pear blossom in the rain. Li Luo hugged her tightly and wiped her tears with heartache.

But Ying Chanxi didn't want Li Luo to see her crying so ugly, so she buried her head in Li Luo's chest and wiped her tears on his collar.

The two people snuggled together by the river, attracting the attention of passers-by.

However, it is not uncommon to see couples here. Everyone just looks at them and walks away without stopping to watch.

The river flowed slowly. After Ying Chanxi in his arms gradually stopped sobbing, Li Luo could not help but whispered, "Xixi."

"Ok?"

"It seems like we are talking about different things."

"……what?"

Ying Chanxi suddenly raised his head and looked at him in disbelief, his head was confused, "What did you say?"

"I say, we are not talking about the same thing." Li Luo touched his nose a little embarrassedly, and then explained, "I wanted to tell you something else."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Ying Chanxi opened his eyes wide, a little unbelieving, thinking that Li Luo was trying to change the subject.

But Li Luo said directly: "Actually, I want to talk to you about Uncle Ying and Aunt Yuan."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ying Chanxi fell silent for a moment.

Li Luo continued, "I'm sorry that I overheard your conversation with Zhu Sheng and found out that you already knew about this, so..."

"Stop! Stop talking!" Ying Chanxi's cheeks flushed red at this time, and he couldn't help asking, "So you really didn't intend to tell me about the matter between Senior Sister and Zhu Sheng?"

“…No.”

Hearing Li Luo's affirmative answer, Ying Chanxi's cheeks became even hotter. When he thought of how excited he was just now, he instantly felt so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to hide in.

But Li Luo just said that what he wanted to talk to me about was what happened between his father and Aunt Yuan.

So does Li Luo also know what happened between them?
But, but...

Ying Chanxi's mind was a mess at this moment, and he felt like his brain was about to burn out.

That feeling of social awkwardness mixed with shyness, shyness mixed with confusion, and confusion mixed with helplessness, made her not know how to talk to Li Luo for a moment.

In the end, she could only moan, unable to bear the atmosphere at the moment, and turned around and ran away.

"Hey! Don't run! Can we just finish our conversation?" Li Luo quickly chased after him.

But Ying Chanxi had already found a taxi on the street, got in and asked the driver to drive away.

Li Luo immediately got into the taxi behind and followed all the way to the hotel.

A few minutes later.

Li Luo took the elevator to the door of the executive suite and saw Ying Chanxi's two hands entangled together in a somewhat awkward manner. She lowered her head to glance at him, then immediately looked away, feeling very guilty.

"Why are you running around?" Li Luo walked up to her helplessly and ruffled her hair. "The room card is with me. You can't get in."

The executive suite was given two room cards, and one was with Xu Youyu. Ying Chanxi had forgotten about this just now and only remembered it when he returned to the door. He had to wait awkwardly for Li Luo to open the door.

However, compared to the previous situation, the atmosphere at this time was much more relaxed.

Li Luo swiped his card to open the door, then pulled Ying Chanxi to sit on the sofa in the living room. He put his arm around her and leaned her against his shoulder, holding her little hand, and continued with the previous topic.

The two of them tacitly avoided the topic that Ying Chanxi had initially been a little nervous about, and instead started discussing the matter of Ying Zhicheng and Yuan Wanqing.

"So when did you find out about my dad and Aunt Yuan?" Ying Chanxi asked.

"Uh... well... it should be the time when I went to Changning City to attend the salon?" Li Luo said after careful consideration, "I just happened to run into them."

"So you also helped him and kept it secret from me?" Ying Chanxi was a little dissatisfied and punched him twice on the chest.

"Uncle Ying asked me to do this. He said he wanted to wait until you were in college before discussing this matter, as he was afraid it would affect your college entrance exams."

"As a result, you brought Aunt Yuan back to celebrate the New Year for two consecutive years?" Ying Chanxi snorted coldly.

"So what do you think?" Li Luo asked, "Do you dislike Aunt Yuan?"

"I don't dislike Aunt Yuan... I just..." Ying Chanxi bit her lip, not sure how to express herself.

"I know that no one would be able to accept immediately if another woman suddenly joined the family and replaced the previous mother." Li Luo patted Ying Chanxi's little hand and comforted her.

"Then you still want me to accept the punishment of being the top student in the grade?" Ying Chanxi was a little unhappy and said with his head down, "You are just bad."

"I didn't say that."

"Then what do you mean."

"What I mean is," Li Luo hugged her tightly and whispered in her ear, "I just hope you can stay rational and at least give Uncle Ying and Aunt Yuan a chance, a chance to sit down and have a good, open chat."

"If Uncle Ying really wants to tell you about this, then at least don't get angry and run away on the spot."

"Listen carefully to what Uncle Ying thinks and what his mental journey has been like. Try to understand him."

"what do you think?"

Ying Chanxi buried his head in Li Luo's chest, and without knowing when, he had sat sideways on his thighs.

She hugged Li Luo's neck tightly with both hands, nodded gently, and then whispered: "Then I want you to stay by my side when the time comes."

"of course."

(End of this chapter)