Why it never ends

Chapter 1152 Reappearance
On the way from the manor to the city, Lu Qizhen couldn't think of anything else.

A moment flashed back in her mind again and again, it was Hesta glancing at her from the crowd and then walking towards her.

Things are starting to get complicated... complicated, but clear.

She felt a new cage falling from the sky.

"Qizhen? Lu Qizhen?" Zoe, who was in the driver's seat, looked at her through the rearview mirror and said with dissatisfaction, "What do you think? Is it okay?"

Lu Qizhen looked up blankly: "What?"

"We're not going to the hotel tonight. Ende found out that there are several movie theaters with midnight and early morning shows. After watching Dagger and Sheath, we can go directly to watch other movies until tomorrow morning and then drive back." Zoe repeated, "Can you handle it? If not, Ende will go back with you. I'll take Gahodore and Chloe away."

"...Ah, I can go to the hotel by myself." Lu Qizhen replied belatedly, "We'll meet up tomorrow—"

Before Lu Qizhen finished speaking, Zoe let out an anxious gasp.

"Zoe has already explained it," Ende turned around quickly, "Hersta said that we can't leave any of you alone during the whole process, so if you go to the hotel, I have to go with you - why don't you go to the movies with us? I haven't bought the tickets yet, you can pick a few that you like."

"...I'm old enough." Lu Qizhen murmured awkwardly, "I can't stay up late now."

“Huh?” Zoe frowned. “How old are you?”

"Twenty-six." Before Lu Qizhen could answer, Jia Heduolei gave the answer for Lu Qizhen with a laugh, "But it's impossible to tell whether it is or not!"

“Twenty-six isn’t old!” said Zoe. “And—”

There was a rustling sound from the luggage bag, and then Chloe unzipped it from the inside, revealing half of her face: "Twenty-six is ​​not old enough, she said she was going to the hotel to rest, didn't you hear it? What else do you want her to say?"

Zoe's forehead was bulging with blue veins. "The people in the bag should not speak. Be careful not to get caught when you pass the toll booth later."

Lu Qizhen laughed a few more times, trying to smooth things over.

"...That's fine." She looked at Ende, "What movies are there at the midnight show? Can you show me?"

Ende handed over the phone and began to excitedly explain why she and Zoe had wanted to try this for a long time. Lu Qizhen looked at the screen, which happened to have several love movies she had watched in her youth, each of which brought back memories of her and her lover.

"They're all interesting," Lu Qizhen handed the phone back, "You choose. I'm fine with all of them."

Chloe's voice came from the duffel bag: "I want to see it too!"

She stretched out her hand and took the phone naturally. Jiahoduolei beside her also came over and stared at Ende's phone screen curiously.

Lu Qizhen looked out the window again.

When their car passed the last toll booth, Chloe finally got out of the bag. They were discussing where to go for dinner. Chloe listed seven or eight restaurants, but Zoe rejected them one by one after checking the average price, which made Chloe very dissatisfied.

Finally, everyone pushed open the door and went into a roadside French fry shop. Ende ordered all kinds of burgers and comforted her dumbfounded companions by saying, "Even if you can't finish it, you can take it away." Lu Qizhen didn't join in the conversation, but her phone screen was always on. Jia Heduolei noticed this: "Who has been texting you?"

"...My boyfriend." Lu Qizhen whispered, "He asked me if I had entered the city."

Jia Heduolei looked at Lu Qizhen - she had always called her boyfriend "fiancé" before.

"How did he know you were coming?"

"I'm not sure." Lu Qizhen still looked a little absent-minded, "Maybe I'm just guessing——"

Before she finished speaking, Zoe stretched out two fingers and clamped Lu Qizhen's phone. She quickly opened several pages, turned off some options, and then pushed the phone back to Lu Qizhen: "You have been sharing geographic information with a specific user in your basic settings... This account is his, right?"

Lu Qizhen looked down and frowned: "...Yes."

Chloe exclaimed, "How romantic."

Zoe raised her eyebrows and looked at Chloe, then turned to Lu Qizhen again: "I just turned it off. If you feel 'romantic', you can turn it on again."

"No need..." Lu Qizhen put the phone back in his pocket, "I didn't even know he set this up for me."

Ende was very curious: "Can your boyfriend touch your phone at will?"

Lu Qizhen shrugged: "Yes, there is nothing to hide between us."

"Wow," Chloe's eyes lit up, "He's older than you—isn't he!"

"He's one year older than me and two grades higher than me," Lu Qizhen replied. "We knew each other in junior high school and were together in high school."

Chloe laughed out loud and immediately made some deductions. It was as if she had personally participated in Lu Qizhen's love experience. She not only described the general process, but also added many details without authorization.

Lu Qizhen looked at her young friend, not knowing how to react for a moment - because what Chloe said was really true, her love had everything that a typical campus romance should have: for example, late-night text messages that jumped from wrong question guidance to philosophical discussions in the early days, the silence and hesitation when passing by each other in the corridor but no one took the initiative to say hello, and always being assigned to the same group when doing club volunteer activities but no one pointed out why...

Later, when she entered university, she followed his advice to choose a club. After all, he was more experienced and familiar with all the rules. When Lu Qizhen was still ignorant of everything, he had already had his own understanding of the school rules. From the time they were together, one played the role of "experiencer" and "guide", while the other was in the position of "being taken care of" and "adapting".

To sum it up, it’s actually very simple: a smart girl accidentally chose a trustworthy boyfriend.

"So he was the one who pursued you!" Chloe clapped her hands in satisfaction. "How did you confirm the relationship?"

"When he gave a graduation speech as a student representative, he thanked a girl without mentioning her name - but everyone knew it was me."

Even after many years, when the old story was brought up again, Lu Qizhen still couldn't help but smile faintly.

People in high positions deliberately leave a blank for you, waiting for you to fill it in... She always finds it hard to resist that moment when she is inadvertently the focus of attention and is "vaguely identified" in front of everyone.

At this moment, Lu Qizhen remembered her separation from Hesta in the afternoon, and she couldn't help but shudder suddenly.