Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 518 The front edge
Li Zhuangsheng and Zhu Zhixue looked unhappy. Li Zhuangsheng subconsciously looked at Li Xiuyu, but when he saw the surprise in her eyes, he knew that this matter had nothing to do with her.

"Why are you here?" Li Xiuyu asked again.

Although the two sentences seem similar, this one is asking the other person how he knows this place.

Although she told Hu Mengdie about her and Li Zhuangsheng setting off fireworks, she did not reveal the specific address, and Hu Mengdie did not ask.

Hu Mengdie smiled and explained: "I heard from a friend in my class who lives nearby. She said that this park is very empty and people will come here to set off fireworks during the New Year. It just so happened that Meng Ke wanted to set off fireworks, and my dad thought it was a bit dangerous in the community, so he brought her here."

Li Zhuangsheng lowered his eyes. He and Hu Mengdie had been here before, just before the New Year. It hadn't been long, less than a year and a half.

"Oh, that's quite a coincidence." Zhu Zhixue didn't want to argue with Hu Mengdie on New Year's Day, ruining her rare mood, so she waved her hand and said, "You guys go ahead and have fun!"

After saying that, he took Li Zhuangsheng a little further away, thinking that it was bad luck.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Zhixue felt that it was good to know about "that thing" between Hu Mengdie and Li Zhuangsheng. In the future, she could be angry openly and no longer have to pretend to be magnanimous and polite in front of Hu Mengdie!
Hum, Hu Mengdie, you really pissed me off! I'm not jealous or petty, but you did something unforgivable!

Li Zhuangsheng glanced to the side. Li Xiuyu stayed to talk to Hu Mengdie. Hu Mengke tilted his head to listen to their conversation while secretly looking at Li Zhuangsheng.

So the two of them looked at each other awkwardly. Li Zhuangsheng gave her a helpless bitter smile, while Hu Mengke snorted, pouted and turned her face away.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Hu Mengke and Li Xiuyu in the future has always been lukewarm. When the two met, they were just acquaintances who nodded to each other. Then Hu Mengke lowered his head and did housework silently, too weak to speak.

This may be because of Li Xiuyu's aura. She has always been cold and indifferent to outsiders. But it is also because of Hu Mengke's own cognitive problems. Maybe she has always felt that she is living under someone else's roof, and she feels even more humble when she sees Li Xiuyu. It is also for this reason that Li Zhuangsheng basically will not let the two of them stay alone at home.

This time, Li Xiuyu and Hu Mengke had a good relationship, and Li Zhuangsheng didn't care anymore. They were setting off fireworks, so they could just set off their own fireworks. What else could he do? He just pretended he didn't see it.

However, is Hu Mengdie going to set off fireworks? Li Zhuangsheng glanced again, but Zhu Zhixue pulled his hand.

"Let's put another one!" Zhu Zhixue said with a smile.

"Yes, okay!" Li Zhuangsheng nodded quickly.

He took out another firework, lit the fuse with a lighter, then held Zhu Zhixue's hand tightly, held the long string of fireworks, and watched the fireworks rise into the sky and spread out in the night sky.

He likes to watch the fireworks fade away one by one.

On the other side, Li Xiuyu was chatting casually with Hu Mengdie.

"Aren't you going to set off fireworks?" Li Xiuyu asked.

She saw that Hu Mengdie just lit the fireworks in Hu Mengke's hand, but didn't play with them herself.

"Well, Meng Ke can just play, we don't bring much."

Hu Mengdie smiled, glanced at Li Zhuangsheng, and didn't even look at the fireworks in the sky.

"It's okay, we brought a lot, I'll give you a few!"

"No, actually... I don't really like fireworks."

"You don't like it?"

"I should say I'm more afraid." Hu Mengdie smiled. "Are you afraid of fireworks?" Li Xiuyu was a little surprised.

"Actually, I think fireworks are beautiful, but I'm afraid of deep space. Don't you think the dark sky is scary? It's like a bottomless sea. When you look at it, you feel like you're being sucked in, then slowly sinking, and then suffocating..."

As Hu Mengdie spoke, she slowly covered her chest, as if she was suffocating.

The two people's voices were not loud, and were mixed with the occasional sound of fireworks. But in this empty park, they still faintly reached Li Zhuangsheng's ears.

He couldn't help but glance at Hu Mengdie. As expected, the other party was not playing with fireworks. Instead, Hu Mengke next to her was raising a barrage of fireworks high into the sky.

Although he couldn't hear it clearly, he roughly guessed what Hu Mengdie was saying.

Hu Mengdie in the future had said something similar to him, so he knew exactly what Hu Mengdie was afraid of. When Li Zhuangsheng first asked her to watch the fireworks, Hu Mengdie half-jokingly said that she felt the night sky was like a monster that would devour people, which was very scary.

Especially when the fireworks exploded, the momentary splendor brought a little hope, but it was immediately extinguished. Moreover, the fireworks flew so high, but they could not break through the depth of the night sky, which made people feel despair.

Li Zhuangsheng felt distressed when he heard this, and his heroic spirit burst out. He couldn't help but hold her hand and said, "It's okay. If any monster wants to hurt you, I will turn into Ultraman to save you!"
After saying this, he felt too immature and ashamed, and his face turned red. Hu Mengdie turned around and asked, "Will you protect me forever?" Li Zhuangsheng naturally would not be scared at this time, and immediately promised, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you forever."

When Li Zhuangsheng read "Exquisite Poems" in the past, he liked Xin Qiji's "Leaning against the east wind, smiling sweetly, turning around to see all the flowers blushing to fall."

This sentence is originally a metaphor for plum blossoms, but Jiaxuan's graceful writing style is also really inspiring. When Li Zhuangsheng was in high school, he kept thinking, can such a beautiful smile really exist in reality? Maybe there is, in a distant place, there will be such a beautiful girl, she is so beautiful that the moon is ashamed of the flowers, and the sun and the moon shine brightly.

At that moment, the fantasy came true. Hu Mengdie's mouth corners turned up, her eyes curved, and she smiled. For the first time in his life, Li Zhuangsheng thought that there really are three-dimensional girls who are more beautiful than two-dimensional girls.

Jiaxuan's words naturally came to his mind. He held Hu Mengdie's hand tightly, fearing that if he let go she would disappear and return to a distant place.

The bold words he spoke back then are still vivid in my mind. He held Hu Mengdie's hand in the same way back then.

Sadly, everything in this world goes against our will. Two people go away but only one returns.

Li Zhuangsheng suddenly thought of this poem again, which Hu Mengdie had also recited some time ago.

The author of this poem was a famous prostitute in the Tang Dynasty. Li Zhuangsheng had read it in "The Lotus Flower in Green Mud" and later saw it again in "The History of Chinese Prostitutes". He liked it the first time he read it, so he kept it in mind. However, in this kind of "prostitute literature", Li Zhuangsheng's favorite line is another one:
It’s not that I love the world, but I seem to be misled by past fate.

"It's over, what are you daydreaming about?"

The slight struggle in Zhu Zhixue's hand woke Li Zhuangsheng up. Li Zhuangsheng came back to his senses and found that the fireworks had ended without him knowing. He was still holding Zhu Zhixue's hand, holding it slightly high.

"Oh, sorry." Li Zhuangsheng let go of his hand.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhu Zhixue asked.

"Oh, I was thinking... Fireworks fade away quickly." Li Zhuangsheng said nonsense, "Hahaha, it's Jay Chou's song."

"Is that so... Fireworks fade away easily, people and things separate easily, and you are asking if I am still serious~"

Zhu Zhixue seemed to have no doubts and began to hum softly along with Li Zhuangsheng's words.

Just glanced at Hu Mengdie.

(End of this chapter)