Chapter 604 Old cow eats young grass

night.

Li Luo took a shower in the bathroom, letting the cold water wash over his body. He raised his hand to smooth his hair, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

After taking a nice shower, Li Luo dried his body, changed into pajamas, and came out of the bathroom. He saw Ying Chanxi already curled up in bed.

Noticing that Yan Zhusheng hadn't finished his shower yet and Xu Youyu seemed to be still typing, Li Luo glanced at Ying Chanxi who was holding her phone on the bed, then sat down beside the bed and asked tentatively, "What are you looking at?"

"I'm reading your new book." Ying Chanxi leaned against the headboard and showed Li Luo the screen of his mobile phone, which was automatically updated at 10 o'clock in the evening. "So who is the murderer behind this latest case?"

“It hasn’t been written yet.”

"The murderer is not among the people who have already appeared?" Ying Chanxi asked in surprise.

"Apparently yes."

"Isn't that bad? I remember seeing someone say that..." Ying Chanxi recalled, "In detective works, there can't be murderers who suddenly appear out of nowhere. There has to be foreshadowing in advance."

"That's true." Li Luo smiled, "But I don't write detective stories."

"Although the plot is about solving a case, the main plot is more about building a court framework."

"The detective story is more of a gimmick, and it's not completely constructed according to the plot ideas of the detective genre."

At this point, Li Luo paused for a moment, then continued, "Readers who really enjoy solving crimes are relatively rare in online literature."

"Most people just want the protagonist to solve the case in the end, highlighting the protagonist's ability and being more powerful than other people in the plot."

"If I write more about the interactions with the female characters, I think the readers will be happier."

Li Luo smiled and added: "I don't look down on readers' reading aesthetics. After all, I read books the same way myself."

“Reading with your brain is a kind of enjoyment, and reading without your brain is also a kind of enjoyment.”

"The purpose of reading leisure books is to have fun, nothing more."

Ying Chanxi turned over in the bed, lying on her stomach with her feet raised: "There are a lot of profound truths, so is this why you are so ambiguous in today's update?"

"What's updated today?" Li Luo was stunned.

He saves his drafts and updates them regularly. If he doesn't review them in the Memory Palace, he won't know what specific content has been updated tonight.

"Humph." Ying Chanxi snorted, "It's nothing more than being affectionate with women in Luming College."

"He flirted with the fox demon who was pretending to be the daughter of an aristocratic family, and also teased the dragon girl who had transformed into a human to study in the human imperial city. Finally, he sat down and talked with Princess Zhaoyang."

At this point, Ying Chanxi said angrily: "The result is that I don't get to meet my fiancée! Do you want to piss me off to death?"

Li Luo: "...please listen to my detailed explanation."

"I don't want to listen." Ying Chanxi puffed out his lips and kicked Li Luo in the stomach with his raised foot.

As a result, Li Luo grabbed it and started to play with it beautifully.

While kneading the sparkling toes and the smooth instep, Li Luo said: "The plot of meeting the fiancée is the biggest highlight of the early emotional line, so we must lay a good foundation for it."

"And in fact, the two of them have already met."

"You just didn't see it."

"Ah?" Ying Chanxi was stunned for a moment, unable to react.

She searched her mind quickly, but couldn't figure out where her fiancée had appeared in the previous plot.

"Ahem... I can remind you." Li Luo coughed, "But this would be a spoiler. Are you sure you want to hear it?"

"You, tell me." Ying Chanxi didn't mind spoilers. After his curiosity was aroused, he couldn't help but ask, "Who is it?"

"Let me give you a hint first." Li Luo cleared his throat, his hands still moving, "My fiancée's father is the Minister of Justice."

"Yeah." Ying Chanxi nodded, but still had no clue.

"When the protagonist was solving the case before, the Ministry of Justice assigned several yamen runners." Li Luo continued to remind him patiently, "I have described two of them in detail, and many readers have noticed it."

"A woman dressed as a man?" Ying Chanxi raised his eyebrows, "Is this true?"

"What else?" Li Luo said, spreading his hands. "An old-fashioned way of thinking, right?"

"But in ancient times, women pretended to be bailiffs... Is this true..."

"That's why it's fiction." Li Luo said with a smile, "And with a training system, women's martial arts are not weak. Logically speaking, it obviously can't be completely compared to the situation in ancient times."

"So the fiancée has actually been secretly observing the protagonist for a long time?" Ying Chanxi was immediately filled with anticipation when he heard the news. He wanted to watch the previous plot again. "No wonder the tone of the yamen runner's speech was strange before."

"Then she saw with her own eyes that the protagonist was taken to the Jiaofangsi by his colleagues." Li Luo laughed.

"That's right!" Ying Chanxi became nervous when he heard this. "I remember that yamen runner secretly cursed at me. At that time, I thought he was jealous."

"So she actually thinks the protagonist is a scumbag who flirts with women?"

"But the protagonist went to the Jiaofangsi just to drink some wine, and didn't even touch the women there."

"That's why I said it." Li Luo patted Ying Chanxi's white and tender feet, "These are all routines that our predecessors have used countless times, but they are often used and are always new through permutations and combinations."

In fact, Li Luo originally wanted to follow the path of selling newspapers and let the protagonist be a little more relaxed in this regard.

To avoid being criticized by readers for being a eunuch.

But when I think about the fact that I have been a virgin for both of my lifetimes, I am afraid that I cannot write about that kind of unruly feeling.

If it doesn't have that flavor, you might end up with something less than what you've achieved, and that would be a waste of time.

After much thought, I decided to follow my heart.

When Li Luo thought of this, he suddenly noticed that Ying Chanxi's phone vibrated.

His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked tentatively, "Is anyone looking for you?"

"No." Ying Chanxi shook his head and glanced at Li Luo. "It's a sales message."

"Oh." Li Luo breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not Qiao Xinyan who was chatting with her privately.

But just waiting like this is not a solution.

Li Luo reluctantly put down Ying Chanxi's little feet, then stood up and said, "I'll go get a glass of water, do you want one?"

"I'll just drink yours, you pour more." Ying Chanxi was still lying on the bed with her feet up, rubbing her two little feet against each other, as if she was a little uncomfortable with the cold after leaving Li Luo's warm big hands.

"Row."

Li Luo walked out of the bedroom. When he passed the bathroom in the corridor, he heard the sound of water stopping temporarily. He guessed that Yan Zhusheng should have finished his shower.

So he first went to the living room and poured a full glass of water, then came to the door of Xu Youyu's bedroom, knocked gently, and pushed the door open.

"Is there something?" Xu Youyu was typing the last few hundred words of the night at this time. He had no time to pay attention to Li Luo. He didn't even turn his head. After hearing the noise, he asked casually.

"Look at what you're doing."

"What else can I do?" Xu Youyu tapped on the keyboard and hushed Li Luo, "Shut up first, wait until I finish writing."

Fortunately, Xu Youyu had a sudden inspiration just now and he finished writing the last few hundred words in a flash.

After the upload was completed, Xu Youyu breathed a sigh of relief, then he remembered that there seemed to be another person in his room, so he turned his head to look at Li Luo: "What's wrong?"

"Tell you something."

"uh-huh?"

"Didn't Xu Yinghuan and the other two also go to the concert tonight?"

"I know." "The person sitting next to Huanhuan is your roommate."

"what?"

"That Jiang Feiya."

"Um... then what?"

"They seemed to be having a good chat."

"Hiss..." Xu Youyu took a breath of cold air, and then his face changed drastically.

"Do you realize the seriousness of the problem?" Li Luo reminded.

"I realize it." Xu Youyu nodded slowly, his face heavy. He held his forehead helplessly and sighed, "It's over. The grass-eating thing has been exposed..."

Is this what I mean by seriousness?!
The corners of Li Luo's eyes twitched and he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Xixi doesn't know about this yet." Li Luo said helplessly, "Xinyan might tell her at some point."

"Oh, about this." Xu Youyu finally reacted after being reminded by Li Luo, "Then what are you going to do? Did you tell her clearly in advance?"

"That's definitely something to say."

"Okay." Xu Youyu showed a helpless expression, "Then I have no choice but to tell her that you are my boyfriend."

"…Aren't you pretending to be your boyfriend?"

"Hmm?" Xu Youyu tilted his head and then gave a sly smirk, "Yeah, it seems to be like that. I've gotten used to it without realizing it."

"Don't act stupid here." Li Luo said expressionlessly.

"How can this be considered playing dumb?" Xu Youyu chuckled, "Besides, it's just someone who's scared, right? When he pretended to be my boyfriend and came to watch my military training, his expression was so glorious."

"That's called getting into the role, which fully demonstrates my professionalism." Li Luo corrected seriously.

"Okay, okay, you're professional." Xu Youyu waved his hand, "I still need to take a shower, let's talk later."

"Do you have any good solutions?"

"Countermeasures?" Xu Youyu blinked, "Do we need any other countermeasures to deal with Xixi?"

“…You’re the one who said that.”

"We'll see."

……

When Li Luo returned to the master bedroom, there was another person in his bed.

Ying Chanxi watched him come in and couldn't help but ask, "Why did you take so long to be out?"

"Make a cup of milk for Sister Youyu." Li Luo made up a story and sat down on the edge of the bed. Then he raised his legs and lay down on the bed.

Seeing this, Yan Zhusheng habitually climbed on top of Li Luo, then flipped to the other side of Li Luo, and together with Ying Chanxi, sandwiched Li Luo in the middle.

At this time, Xu Youyu had just gone to the bathroom to take a shower.

Li Luo was lying in the middle, looking around, and seeing that Ying Chanxi was fine, he felt a little relieved.

It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening, and Qiao Xinyan probably wouldn't go to Ying Chanxi to discuss this matter at this time.

It should be safe for tonight.

When Li Luo was thinking this, he noticed that Yan Zhusheng was lying next to him holding a mobile phone, tapping the screen quickly with his fingers, and chatting happily with someone.

Yan Zhusheng noticed Li Luo's look, blinked and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Li Luo shook his head imperceptibly.

Under normal circumstances, Yan Zhusheng would have already snuggled into his arms by now.

But now I'm looking at my phone...

Yan Zhusheng was not shy at all. When he found out that Li Luo was curious about what he was doing, he showed him his phone.

Sure enough, it was the chat record with Xu Yinghuan.

[Xu Yinghuan]: Zhusheng Zhusheng! Important information! Important information! I feel like I have to tell you this!
[Yan Zhusheng]: What’s wrong?
[Xu Yinghuan]: I went to see your concert today, but it turned out that my college roommate was sitting next to me!

[Xu Yinghuan]: Guess what happened?

[Yan Zhusheng]: She said Li Luo is the senior’s boyfriend?
【Xu Yinghuan】:……?
[Xu Yinghuan]: No...how did you know? !
[Yan Zhusheng]: I knew it before.

[Xu Yinghuan]: Then, then...then aren’t you angry?
[Yan Zhusheng]: Li Luo said that she was pretending to be someone she was not, and was acting as a shield for the senior.

[Xu Yinghuan]: Ah? Is that so…

[Yan Zhusheng]: But even if it’s true, it doesn’t matter. We sleep together every day.

[Xu Yinghuan]: Stop! Stop it! Don’t tell me about this kind of thing! Don’t try to rape my worldview! Goodbye!

Li Luo: “…”

After reading the chat records, Li Luo could only silently give Yan Zhusheng a thumbs up.

Even a social expert like Xu Yinghuan has to admit defeat in front of Yan Zhusheng.

Then Li Luo carefully looked at the time shown on the chat history and found that it was a little after nine o'clock in the evening.

In other words, as soon as Xu Yinghuan came out of the concert venue, she sent a message to Yan Zhusheng.

On second thought, Qiao Xinyan didn't tell Xixi about this, so could it be that Xu Yinghuan told her about pretending to be her boyfriend?

If that's the case, then do I not need to rush and confess to Xixi?

But just as Li Luo was thinking this, his own cell phone vibrated.

When he took it out and looked at it, he found that it was another message from Zhao Rongjun.

[Zhao Rongjun]: Are you okay now?

[Li Luo]: There is nothing serious for now, what happened?
[Zhao Rongjun]: I just asked for you. Xinyan hasn't told Xixi yet, so I asked her not to tell her for the time being, and she agreed.

[Zhao Rongjun]: But Huanhuan has already told Zhusheng about this, and I didn’t have time to stop it. You should be careful about it.

Seeing this, Li Luo was immediately moved.

Brother Jun is as reliable as ever.

Good brothers, forever!

[Li Luo]: It’s okay, don’t worry, thank you for your hard work, I’ll treat you to lunch tomorrow!
[Zhao Rongjun]: Forget about treating me to a meal. You used Xixi’s card to pay in the school cafeteria.

[Li Luo]: That's also my rent money, okay? Don't be ungrateful.

[Zhao Rongjun]: I know, I know. I’m going to sleep first. Bye.

After exchanging information with Zhao Rongjun, Li Luo relaxed temporarily and reached out to hug Ying Chanxi in his arms.

"Who are you talking to?" Ying Chanxi leaned on his chest and asked curiously.

"Brother Jun asked me," Li Luo said, "to share with me about tonight's concert."

"Oh." Ying Chanxi nodded without thinking much about it.

Soon, Xu Youyu finished taking a shower and walked in from outside.

(End of this chapter)