Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 622 Rehearsal
"Thank you Jiangqing, please take good care of Xiuyu along the way!"

Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand and watched the group of participants board the bus. The bus will take them to Nanjing South Railway Station, from where they will take the high-speed rail to Shanghai, and then fly to Europe from Shanghai.

"When will Nanjing become an international metropolis? You have to go to Shanghai to go to Europe, and there is an airport in Lukou..."

Li Zhuangsheng watched the bus disappear from his sight, then turned and smiled at Hu Mengdie beside him.

"You don't know, so how can I know?" Hu Mengdie smiled and gathered the fine hair around her ears.

Li Zhuangsheng couldn't help but look at Hu Mengdie twice more. She seemed especially beautiful today.

There was clearly nothing special about her, just a pure white dress, a navy blue butterfly hairpin tied behind her long black hair, and ordinary open-toed strappy sandals on her feet.

But it is like a lotus in midsummer, blooming in a heavenly pond detached from the mundane world.

It is as if the world was created and Fuxi first performed Tai Chi. There is a kind of beauty of returning to nature and simplicity.

"Oh, forget it. I hope Nanjing will develop better and better." Li Zhuangsheng sighed.

Even if the other party was Hu Mengdie, Li Zhuangsheng didn't want to talk too much about future intelligence with her.

"I heard that you prepared 100,000 Euros for Li Xiuyu this time, which is about 800,000 RMB."

Hu Mengdie and Li Zhuangsheng walked side by side, with sweat on their noses.

"Europe is expensive, and she might want to buy something... This is her first time traveling far away alone. And I know she won't spend money recklessly."

"No matter how high the prices are, you shouldn't give so much. Haha, you just dote on your sister too much!"

"Isn't this worrying? This is the first time we've been apart for so long." Li Zhuangsheng lowered his head and smiled. "When you go out, you need to have money with you. But I've already told her not to show off her wealth."

But to be honest, 100,000 euros is a lot for ordinary people, but for those rich men and women who travel abroad frequently, it is just a few limited edition bags.

Rich people in China are very rich.

The two chatted and laughed, and Li Zhuangsheng invited Hu Mengdie to dinner.

"I'll treat you today." Walking into the restaurant, Hu Mengdie smiled and said, "Our boss will pay me my salary at the end of the month."

"I am your boss!" Li Zhuangsheng said with a smile.

"Yes, others get paid in the early second month, but mine is paid at the end of the month." Hu Mengdie stared at Li Zhuangsheng with a smile, "I don't know where to find such a good boss!"

Li Zhuangsheng was full of righteousness: "Ahem, as a conscientious boss, this is what I should do! Does Pang Donglai know? Chinese companies are lacking bosses like Pang Donglai!"

"I don't know." Hu Mengdie shook her head.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. You will know later."

"I only know that I do the least amount of work but get paid a lot of money, and it's always paid in advance. Others privately say that I'm being kept by someone."

"What are you talking about? Your salary was paid in advance because it was not paid on the same account! You are on a service contract, while others are on a labor contract!"

Hu Mengdie stared at Li Zhuangsheng with a smile, which made Li Zhuangsheng feel uncomfortable.

"Your birthday is coming soon this year." Hu Mengdie blinked, "How are you going to celebrate it this year?"

"Why are you still celebrating your birthday when you are so old? Don't celebrate it!"

"How can that be? Xiu Yu is not here this year, so let's have dinner together. You are my 'boyfriend' now!" Hu Mengdie smiled playfully, "I will call my roommates and formally introduce you to them. They have eaten the king crabs from the day before yesterday, and then you can get to know each other. This way, at least they won't mention other people in front of me anymore! I can also have some peace and quiet."

"That's right. We should treat your friends at school to a meal..." Li Zhuangsheng didn't think much about Hu Mengdie's well-reasoned proposal. He just hesitated and said, "Well... because I have to go home the day after tomorrow, so I may not be able to make it in time."

Hu Mengdie's smile froze slightly: "Did your uncle and aunt call you back?"

Li Zhuangsheng opened his mouth and was about to explain something, but he felt inexplicably guilty: "No, my dad is working in another city, and they are not at home now... It's just my personal matter. I'll see how things go. I'll come back as soon as possible. If I can't make it, then it's okay to come a day or two later. Haha, actually, it doesn't matter on my birthday. The main thing is to treat your roommates to a meal and let them know that you're taken."

Hu Mengdie lowered her eyes and her smile faded slightly: "Well, it depends on what's convenient for you. But my roommates are all beautiful women, so don't be dazzled by them!"

"Haha, no matter how beautiful you are, can you be as beautiful as you? You are our school belle!"

"Everyone in our school is a school beauty."

"You're being modest. I've passed by your school many times, and I've never seen anyone prettier than you."

"Really? Then maybe it's just your lover's eyes that see beauty in others."

Hu Mengdie said this and looked up at Li Zhuangsheng. A hint of inexplicable smile appeared in her eyes again.

Li Zhuangsheng's heart skipped a beat. He didn't respond and moved his eyes away from Hu Mengdie's neck.

He doesn't like summer very much because people always feel hot in summer.

"There are quite a lot of people in the store... and your necklace is quite beautiful." Li Zhuangsheng made his statement even more obvious.

"This? You forgot. I bought it when we went to Confucius Temple last time." Hu Mengdie looked down and smiled. "My phone was out of battery and I didn't have enough cash, so you paid for me."

"Oh - I remember now." Li Zhuangsheng suddenly realized, "But it's not that expensive, about two hundred yuan."

At that time, Hu Mengdie seemed to like it very much, so he bought it for her. Li Xiuyu was also there at the time, and he also bought a bracelet for Li Xiuyu.

"Yes, this is the first time you gave me a gift for no reason, so I like it very much." Hu Mengdie reached out and touched the pendant, and said softly, "Although I know you didn't give me the gift sincerely, it's just like Ah Q."

Li Zhuangsheng was a little embarrassed and laughed dryly: "Haha, how can I do that? If you want any other gift, just tell me!"

"Is anything really possible?" Hu Mengdie's eyes lit up slightly.

"Really...if I can buy it."

"Forget it, you can't give me what I want. It's good like this now." Hu Mengdie lowered her head and sighed softly.

After a moment, Hu Mengdie suddenly raised her head again, angrily: "Li Zhuangsheng, you are really annoying, do you know that?"

"Ah? What did I do to you again?"

"Please don't make random promises to girls in the future, okay? You give them a little hope, and then let them down so much!" Hu Mengdie glared at Li Zhuangsheng angrily.

"Yes, sorry?"

"Forget it, I forgive you." Hu Mengdie chuckled again, but her smile was a bit self-deprecating, and she murmured softly, "What else can I do if I don't forgive you?"

Li Zhuangsheng pretended not to hear and glanced at the watch on Hu Mengdie's hand. The originally white strap had already turned yellow and was even peeling.

It has been more than two years now. I didn't expect that I would still be wearing a broken watch that cost more than 70 yuan. I should have bought a better watch earlier. At least I shouldn't have bought a white strap, which is obviously oxidized.

"No, I can't forgive you just yet!" Hu Mengdie suddenly said again. "Huh?"

"After dinner, go shopping with me this afternoon!" Hu Mengdie pointed at the oil stains on her clothes, "It's rare to get paid, I'm going to buy new clothes!"

"Oh, there's soup on your clothes, right?"

"Yeah, these white clothes are hard to wash..." Hu Mengdie smiled helplessly, "Come with me to buy new clothes later. This is also a good opportunity for us to practice pretending to be a couple. Don't let others see through our mistakes in the future."

"Okay." Li Zhuangsheng felt relieved.

There was a brown oil stain on the white clothes, which was really eye-catching. Moreover, what Hu Mengdie said was right, it was just right to adapt to the identity of "boyfriend".

"Li Zhuangsheng, can you please do me a favor?" Hu Mengdie was peeling a lobster and frowned slightly, "Please push the left side of my hair back. My hands are covered with soup now."

"Oh, no problem." Li Zhuangsheng stretched out his hand to push back her hair, but he felt it was inconvenient sitting opposite her, so he stood up and walked to Hu Mengdie, stretched out his hand to push back one side of her hair.

When he touched Hu Mengdie's hair, Li Zhuangsheng felt something ambiguous, but he calmed down and pretended to be calm and pulled Hu Mengdie's hair back.

Hu Mengdie's profile is very pretty, her neck is also very pretty, and her skin is also very good, with the delicate feeling that is unique to young girls.

Returning to his seat with a bent back, Li Zhuangsheng suspected that Hu Mengdie did it on purpose, but even if it was intentional, what could he do?
"Do you like lobster?" Li Zhuangsheng asked.

"A little bit, but eating too much will make you fat, so you can only eat a few." Hu Mengdie smiled, "Don't you know whether I like it or not?"

Li Zhuangsheng was slightly startled. He thought, of course he knew Hu Mengdie liked to eat lobsters, but she only liked them a little.

"How about... I peel it for you?" Li Zhuangsheng looked at Hu Mengdie's cautious and clumsy appearance and couldn't help but take the initiative to speak, "Don't let the soup stain your white clothes. It will be more difficult to wash it."

"Thank you, boss!" Hu Mengdie took off her disposable gloves decisively and took out her mobile phone with a smile, "It's just right for me to take a few photos to commemorate the first time my boyfriend peeled shrimp for me!"

“There’s nothing to shoot here…”

"Don't worry, I will only send it to my roommate." Hu Mengdie smiled, "I won't let Zhu Zhixue see it."

Li Zhuangsheng acquiesced silently.

"Alright!" Hu Mengdie took a lot of photos of Li Zhuangsheng with a smile on her face, "I've sent it to my dormitory group. You don't have to peel it for me anymore. I've had enough!"

"I just peeled one. This is too much of a face-saving project." Li Zhuangsheng laughed.

"one is enough."

Hu Mengdie reached out and picked up the shrimp tail meat, put it into her mouth and chewed it, then licked her fingers gently.

"Our relationship is just a fake one, so don't be too nice to me...otherwise, it will be too sad when you wake up from the dream in the future," she added.

Li Zhuangsheng bit his lip and remained silent.

After dinner, Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie did not leave immediately, but played Honor of Kings in the restaurant.

At this time, Honor of Kings had been out for a while, but Li Zhuangsheng had never played it much. Firstly, his real life was more fulfilling, and secondly, he disliked the poor graphics and few heroes of the current Honor of Kings.

I have played very few games with Li Xiu Yu, let alone duo-queuing with Hu Mengdie.

That's going to be back in the future.

Hu Mengdie is very talented in playing the game of King of Glory. I heard from her future self that she has won provincial championships. Li Zhuangsheng has never seen Hu Mengdie's provincial championships, but Hu Mengdie has won several municipal championships, which is much better than Li Zhuangsheng.

The only person who praised Li Zhuangsheng's strength in King of Glory was Hu Mengke, but that was purely because the other party was greedy for his body, so he was willing to lie with his eyes open.

All in all, the two of them had a very pleasant duo match this time. Although there was a burden like Li Zhuangsheng, Hu Mengdie still worked hard to achieve three consecutive victories.

The two left the restaurant and walked towards the second floor of the mall.

"How about this one?" Hu Mengdie walked out of the fitting room and changed into a light blue long dress.

"Well, it looks good!" said Li Zhuangsheng.

"Then I'll try something else." Hu Mengdie said and picked another skirt.

Li Zhuangsheng sat outside and waited leisurely. Normally, he didn't like shopping for clothes with girls. He always felt a little anxious when he went shopping with Chen Lanying.

Why can't girls just pick up whatever clothes they like like boys do, but have to try them on one by one? Does it matter what clothes you wear?

But he was not anxious to wait for Hu Mengdie, instead he had a sense of anticipation, looking forward to how beautiful she would look after she put on new clothes.

"You can go home the day after tomorrow, so why not rehearse today?"

Hu Mengdie finally changed into the light blue dress she had worn at first and walked out of the mall into the hot afternoon.

"Rehearsal for what?"

"Pretending to be a couple, do you think we have a sweet atmosphere now?" Hu Mengdie asked with a puffed up face.

"Yes, not really..."

It would be bad if there was!
"How can you fool people like this? Once they see you like this, they will know that you are my guest!"

"How do you want to rehearse?"

"What do couples do?" Hu Mengdie asked.

"...Are you asking me?" Li Zhuangsheng blinked.

Hu Mengdie said confidently: "Otherwise, I don't understand. Although I am not a virgin anymore, I have never been in love!"

Li Zhuangsheng lowered his head: "Don't blame me every time you get the chance... Regarding your chastity issue, I sincerely apologize again."

"It's okay, don't take it personally. I'll remind you a little more and you'll be desensitized to it in the future!"

"Thank you!"

It's like someone holding a knife and saying, "Let me stab you a few more times, and I won't be afraid of the pain anymore." How is that possible?

However, as long as Hu Mengdie didn't sound so resentful when talking about this matter, Li Zhuangsheng would feel better.

"In fact, I don't have much experience in love... and to be honest, if you just start a relationship, many people won't be very intimate." Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head, "What should couples do when they are together? The distance between them is controlled according to what is comfortable for them."

He and Hu Mengdie held hands many days after they officially established their relationship, but he hugged and kissed Zhu Zhixue on the first day of their relationship. Although Zhu Zhixue was the one who took the initiative in the latter case.

"Like this?" Hu Mengdie gently held Li Zhuangsheng's hand.

(End of this chapter)