Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

In the study, Li Zhuangsheng was watching the Digimon movie with headphones on.

"The storyline of this war game is so similar to Summer Wars..."

Li Zhuangsheng took a sip of water and was muttering to himself in confusion when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He took off his headphones, quickly switched to the video player, and opened the Writer Assistant app.

"Please come in!" Li Zhuangsheng said.

Who could it be? Another guest?

The man opened the door. Li Zhuangsheng was slightly taken aback, then stood up and put on a smiling face: "You, you're back. Uh, well, I haven't checked the rent yet. It shouldn't be a rush, right? Oh, by the way, I have something I want to tell you..."

Hu Mengdie seemed a little down, but simply smiled and asked, "May I come in?"

“Yes, yes!” Li Zhuangsheng quickly replied.

Hu Mengdie walked into Li Zhuangsheng's study, looked around, and subconsciously exclaimed, "So many books..."

"Haha, I bought it before I lost my memory..." Li Zhuangsheng chuckled awkwardly, somewhat at a loss.

He didn't know why Hu Mengdie had come to him out of the blue... although he had originally planned to go see Hu Mengdie today to discuss serious matters.

Hu Mengdie pursed her lips: "That's good, your hobbies are very refined..."

"Oh, no, I don't remember at all."

Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, but couldn't help feeling a little smug inside.

Hu Mengdie sat on the edge of the bed and handed a box to Li Zhuangsheng: "This thing... should be yours..."

"Mine? Mine what?" Li Zhuangsheng took it curiously, not understanding.

"I don't know what it is either, it should be some kind of game console," Hu Mengdie said.

Li Zhuangsheng looked at the brand-new box with some curiosity: "Oh, did you find this in your bedroom?"

Hu Mengdie lowered her eyelids and gently shook her head: "It should be something I bought before. I haven't picked it up yet, and I just picked it up from the courier point today."

"Isn't this yours?"

"I don't play video games, so I should have bought it for you... But it wasn't me who bought it, it was me before I lost my memory who bought it."

"Then, either..." Li Zhuangsheng looked troubled, unsure of what to do, "or you stay and play by yourself?"

"I don't play video games, and I don't understand these kinds of electronic products either."

"All right……"

Li Zhuangsheng thought about it and had no choice but to accept. Then he got up and took a bottle of perfume from the cabinet.

“Then you can take this perfume too… Um, don’t misunderstand, I don’t mean anything by it, I bought it before I lost my memory…” Li Zhuangsheng glanced at Hu Mengdie’s expression, “If you don’t want it, that’s fine too… Don’t take it to heart.”

"Okay... thank you."

Hu Mengdie smiled and actually accepted it.

"You're welcome, you're welcome..." Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand, "I, I should thank you, this game console must have been quite expensive... haha..."

Li Zhuangsheng thought to himself, "I never expected Hu Mengdie to accept it. It must be fate."

He had actually noticed early on that he hadn't picked up a package and retrieved it. Furthermore, he had already guessed that the perfume was probably for Hu Mengdie.

However, given the previous circumstances, giving it to Hu Mengdie again would definitely be inappropriate, as it would make it seem like I had ulterior motives towards her. She was already wary of this, and if I were to recklessly push my way in, I would be overestimating my own abilities.

After hesitating for several days, Li Zhuangsheng probed Li Xiuyu and learned that Li Xiuyu never used perfume. He then asked Hu Mengke, who was currently breastfeeding and also did not use perfume because she had to take care of Xuanxuan.

He called Chen Lanying again, saying that he had bought a Chanel perfume to give to his elderly mother. However, Chen Lanying scolded him and told him to give the perfume to Hu Mengdie immediately.

Unfortunately, Li Zhuangsheng couldn't give away the expensive perfume, so he had to keep it. He even considered giving it to Xie Jiangqing, since he didn't need it anyway.

But to everyone's surprise, Hu Mengdie came to him today and handed him the gift she had bought before she lost her memory. Li Zhuangsheng was touched, and then thought, this is also a good reason.

Hu Mengdie smiled again and shook her head.

"Thank you..." she said again.

"Huh? What?" Li Zhuangsheng didn't understand. "You mean perfume? Oh, actually, this perfume... I didn't buy it. I bought it before. Oh, I can't remember!"

“My mom called me and said some things to me…” Hu Mengdie touched her face, “It’s just that… it turns out you’ve been speaking up for me all along.”

"Oh, it's nothing... We should all help each other out!"

Li Zhuangsheng chuckled and waved his hand. He would call his parents-in-law from time to time, lying to them that he and Hu Mengdie were getting along well and that they didn't need to worry too much. He also said that Hu Mengdie was busy with work these days and that she would come to his house for dinner when she had time.

This wasn't entirely for Hu Mengdie's sake, although Li Zhuangsheng did indeed think there was something wrong with Hu Mengdie's parents.

"I'm sorry, I was like that at home before..." Hu Mengdie said.

"It's okay, it's okay... I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Actually, I understand you! How come you still remember this? Haha, don't take it to heart!"

"You're so good to me...you're such a good person..."

"Haha, I'm not that great... I'm just doing what I can!"

Hu Mengdie took a deep breath and finally exhaled: "You went to see Fang Yueyue and the others on Monday, right?"

Li Zhuangsheng was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, "Didn't I tell them to keep it a secret?"

"hold head high?"

Li Zhuangsheng first feigned ignorance to observe Hu Mengdie's reaction. At this point, he didn't completely deny it; the highest level of lying is feigning ignorance, then depending on the situation, he could advance or retreat as needed.

"Thank you so much, you've helped me a lot... I really didn't expect you to help me, thank you so much!"

Hu Mengdie bit her lip, smiling with a mixture of sadness and gratitude.

"Oh, it's nothing... Xie Jiangqing and Li Xiuyu went with me. Actually, it was mainly the two of them who helped... I didn't really help much, I was just tagging along."

Li Zhuangsheng thought to himself that he really hadn't been able to help much. His biggest role was just to show up as Hu Mengdie's nominal husband and contribute some money... He felt that any random passerby could have done the job.

"Um... thank you, you're really kind!" Hu Mengdie stared intently at Li Zhuangsheng. "You're really kind, I'm truly grateful to you!"

Li Zhuangsheng felt a little awkward, somewhat guilty for not having done anything right: "You really don't need to thank me, I didn't do anything..."

He felt he hadn't done anything particularly helpful to Hu Mengdie, just some basic small things. He also felt unworthy of her praise, given his ambiguous relationship with her sister.

"Actually, I only realized today that I'm really useless. I thought I could do well, but in reality, I... I can't do many things well. If it weren't for you..."

(End of this chapter)