TGSS - Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Living Together

When Chu He got Liang Zhouyi's call, she was in the middle of arguing with the System. She answered somewhat puzzled, and Liang Zhouyi calmly told her she was right at the door. Chu He's eyes lit up and she ran happily to open the door, completely forgetting the System.

"What made you think of coming so late at night... Huh, why did you bring a suitcase?" Chu He ran out in her robe to open the door. Her originally playful smile froze for an instant, and she opened the door wider to make it easier for Liang Zhouyi to push the suitcase in.

"Will President Chu take in a homeless me?" Liang Zhouyi came in with a chill all over her, but those clear eyes were startlingly bright. Chu He's heart skipped a beat under her gaze.

"What happened? Did something happen? Come to think of it, you disappeared after work today." Chu He quickly took her suitcase and walked inside, asking awkwardly.

After Liang Zhouyi walked into the warm room and took off her coat, the injury on her neck looked rather shocking. Chu He saw it at a glance and asked with a darkened face, "What happened to your neck?"

"Wen Xiaoying scratched me." Liang Zhouyi answered lightly. She even casually folded her clothes and placed them on the sofa. It was not just her neck, her body had just been punched and kicked by her mother a few times. At first she had not felt much, but when Chu He asked, she actually felt a bit aggrieved.

Chu He pulled her arm toward the light. Her fair, slightly cool fingers pressed against Liang Zhouyi's chin and lifted it somewhat forcefully. Her focused gaze fell on the pale neck. The scratch that had not been very obvious at first was now swollen in a large patch with red streaks. Chu He frowned as she looked at Liang Zhouyi, whose eyes had gone slightly vacant, her expression somewhat angry.

"You went to find her after work? Didn't I tell you not to worry about her affairs?" Chu He's tone was harsh, and her hand pinching Liang Zhouyi's chin unconsciously tightened a little.

"Mm." A sigh escaped Liang Zhouyi's lips. She seemed to be pinched uncomfortably, her lashes trembled, and her expression looked somewhat dazed under the light.

Chu He felt as if her fingers had been burned. That spark instantly burned up from her fingertips. It was not strong, but it was quite scorching.

"I'll go find some medicine to put on it." Chu He let go. Liang Zhouyi lowered her head and gently touched her chin with her hand, watching Chu He's flustered retreating figure and laughing softly. No matter how you looked at it, her expression at this moment was a little giddy.

Chu He rummaged through cabinets and drawers, and when she came back she was slightly sweaty. She saw Liang Zhouyi sitting obediently on the sofa waiting for her, knees together, sitting as upright as an elementary school student.

"Lift your head." Chu He had intended to sit on the sofa, but found that when Liang Zhouyi tilted her neck back she could not quite reach, so she had to kneel on the sofa. Her long, straight legs under the robe parted slightly as she leaned her upper body down close to Liang Zhouyi. For an instant, Liang Zhouyi with her head raised had the illusion that Chu He would kiss her. What she did not know was that at this moment she was like a swan stretching its neck to meet its fate, as if no matter what Chu He gave her she would accept it all.

The cool, sticky ointment spread from Chu He's fingers onto her red, swollen scratch. Liang Zhouyi's body trembled lightly but Chu He held her shoulder down. Her long brown hair seemed to have scattered messily over her chest. Looking at the milky halo of the chandelier, Liang Zhouyi's thoughts began to drift.

"All done." Chu He saw Liang Zhouyi leaning motionless against the armrest of the sofa and could not help calling out to her, "Wake up, don't tell me you fell asleep."

Liang Zhouyi lowered her head as if waking from a dream, but her gaze was completely captured by Chu He's V-neck robe.

The robe's fabric was very smooth and clinging. Liang Zhouyi could still remember the texture when she had touched it before. Now because Chu He was half kneeling and leaning forward, the neckline gaped wide. She could not help letting her gaze fall on the delicate collarbones. What lay below the dazzlingly white skin, as she chased that view Chu He seemed to notice her gaze and quickly pulled the neckline closed.

"You..." Chu He looked up and met Liang Zhouyi's somewhat darkened and regretful eyes, and revealed a smile that was perfectly kind yet distinctly menacing.

Liang Zhouyi's gaze made Chu He almost forget what she wanted to say. She unhurriedly straightened her silk robe and looked at Liang Zhouyi with a half smile, "Tell me, what happened? You came to me with a suitcase, do you really want to live with me?"

"Mm." Liang Zhouyi agreed very crisply. Her hand braced against the back of her neck, pressing it twice before she spoke, "I had a big fight with my mom and escaped."

The word escaped made Chu He think for a moment, "You met up with Wen Xiaoying after work and then ran into your mom, your mom fought with Wen Xiaoying and then had another fight with you?"

"More or less." Liang Zhouyi rested her chin on her hand and looked at Chu He, "Wen Xiaoying must hate me to death now. I hope you can still handle her matter properly tomorrow, but you don't need to worry about me anymore, after all the rumors in the company are already pretty ugly. But don't worry, once this matter is over, I will resign."

Chu He widened her eyes slightly, "You want to resign! What do you plan to do after you resign?"

She seemed not to have expected Liang Zhouyi to be so decisive. She had always thought some things could perhaps be delayed a little longer.

Liang Zhouyi slowly stretched out her legs, a different kind of color on her pale face, "Of course to do what I've always wanted to do, to go where I plan to go. You will be with me, right?"

Hearing her question, gentle in tone yet brooking no refusal, Chu He's hand holding the ointment squeezed unconsciously, but her expression remained normal, "Of course. I told you, as long as I am in this world I will definitely be with you."

Liang Zhouyi always felt there was something strange about that sentence, but could not say exactly what was off, so she sat up straight and leaned a little closer to Chu He, as if only then could she sense Chu He's presence, and the fragrance that had once made her a little uncomfortable now began to reassure her.

Chu He held the ointment and brought up Wen Xiaoying's matter again, "How did you know that Sen Sen was the one who leaked the information?"

"If you put it that way, the company has found evidence." Liang Zhouyi smiled, "Maybe it's because I can understand his hatred for Wen Xiaoying. Although that sounds a bit abstract, that really is why I noticed him."

Perhaps because she could empathize, she recognized the same thing in him.

In Liang Zhouyi's eyes, Sen Sen's disgust and hatred for Wen Xiaoying was never just a worker's frustration with a difficult client; it was something deeper.

Chu He pondered, shifting her long legs to change position, immediately thinking of Liang Zhouyi and Wen Xiaoying's past, her heart sank slightly. Her fingertips hanging by her leg twitched, she did not dwell on it further, just forced herself back to the topic and said somewhat mysteriously, "There will be a good show tomorrow." She could only say that love, as a single word, harmed people deeply.

Liang Zhouyi lowered her eyes speechlessly and gave Chu He a light push, "So you're giving me a trailer first."

Chu He was not angry. Pushed askew, she smiled faintly and clasped her slender wrist, standing up first to pull her, "Come on, I'll take you to the guest bedroom."

"The guest bedroom?" Liang Zhouyi sounded as if she had not expected Chu He to say that, her tone carrying surprise. Probably because last time Chu He had matter-of-factly insisted they sleep together, Liang Zhouyi had been left with the wrong idea and made extensive mental preparations on the way here.

Chu He sighed, "Ah, I don't mind sleeping together, it's just that don't you sleep poorly every night?"

"You know?" Liang Zhouyi was even more surprised, "I thought you were scared or just didn't want to sleep with me."

Chu He exerted a little strength in her wrist to pull her up from the sofa, she put on that somewhat provocative tone again, "What am I afraid of? What could you do to me?"

"Friends should still have some boundaries. Besides, you know, I do like women." Liang Zhouyi curled her lips, lazily sweeping her from head to toe.

Chu He remembered Liang Zhouyi's gaze just now and her heart suddenly skipped. The smile on her lips could no longer hold. She was the first to throw down her armor and stammered, "You... I don't think you can scare me. As if I'd be afraid of you!"

Liang Zhouyi sighed inwardly. Of course she would not do anything, at least not now, but Chu He's tone made her eager to try. She looked at her with a hard to describe gaze and said softly, "I'm joking, you don't need to be nervous."

"I know." The atmosphere suddenly went quiet. Chu He pushed the suitcase with one hand and did not let go of Liang Zhouyi's hand with the other. She finally explained seriously, "I know my sleeping posture is bad, I want you to rest well. After all staying up late harms your health, look how weak you are now, after you resign you need to nourish yourself properly, I still want to take you to... Oh. Nothing." Presumably her time was running out, even arguing with the System would be of no use.

"Take me to do what?" Liang Zhouyi was curious. Seeing Chu He looking strangely downcast, she thought Chu He was worried about her health, so she smiled, "You're overthinking it, in high school I was famous throughout the school for being able to fight, if you don't believe me you can ask Tan Qing how he and I met."

Chu He curved her eyes, her gaze filled with gentle, fragmented light, "I believe you." Of course I believe you, whatever you say I will believe.

All the scenes she had imagined of lying awake beside Chu He vanished just like that. Liang Zhouyi felt a regret she could not put into words. She looked at Chu He, hesitating to speak.

Chu He was already standing at the guest bedroom door with her arms crossed. She opened the door and said, "You've already brought your luggage to live with me, this isn't just for a day or two. I can't let you be kept awake by me every night."

Kept awake by me. Liang Zhouyi pursed her lips, secretly glancing up at Chu He. In that instant Chu He understood tacitly, she gritted her teeth and smiled, "Liang Zhouyi, I think you need to wash your dirty mind."

Liang Zhouyi, who should have been somewhat embarrassed, saw Chu He looking as if she wanted to jump in anger yet was helpless, calmly withdrew her gaze and said seriously, "I didn't say anything."

Chu He pushed up her glasses and sighed, "Yes, yes, yes. Go wash up and sleep, be careful of the injury on your neck. You say you're good at fighting, then how could Wen Xiaoying even scratch you..."

Chu He pressed her lips and looked again at that wound, muttering with some heartache, only at the end closing the door with some reluctance. She even somewhat regretted letting go of the chance to sleep together, because the little time she had left she herself could not even count.

That sentence could not have been more sincere, as long as she was in this world, as long as Liang Zhouyi needed her, she would stay with her, unless one day Liang Zhouyi forgot, and she was no longer here, then that promise would be void.

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