Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 880 Dad, that was a cockroach.

Faced with Yan Zhusheng's direct seduction, it would be very difficult for most people to resist.

Unfortunately, Li Luo is no ordinary person.

He held Yan Zhusheng's soft body in his arms, lying on the bed without taking any further action. He simply stroked her long, smooth hair, then coughed lightly and said, "Not tonight, let's talk about it next time."

"Huh?" Yan Zhusheng leaned against him, she was still looking forward to it, but when she heard this, she was immediately disappointed. She turned to look at Li Luo with a suspicious look, "Did you get drained by your senior this afternoon?"

"No, not really..." Li Luo said a little awkwardly, then whispered, "But Sister Yu will be sleeping on the floor tonight, you know what I mean?"

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded in understanding, surprisingly showing her composure. "Then let senior have her way."

"So obedient?"

"I'm not finished yet."

"Any more requests?"

"You should know what I want." Yan Zhusheng blinked and stared at Li Luo, sat on him and rubbed against him a couple of times, then took his hand.

Li Luo instantly understood and flipped over to press down on him.

……

Half an hour later, Yan Zhusheng, her legs trembling, went to the bathroom to take a shower in her slippers.

Li Luo followed them inside, but didn't rush to take a shower. She simply wiped her mouth and washed her hands before going downstairs.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Li Luo sat down in the corner between his two mothers-in-law, watching them play mahjong while pouring tea and serving them fruit.

At 10 p.m., Lin Xiuhong adjourned the meeting, settled the profits and losses, and finally made a small profit of 20.

Cui Suling won the most, earning over a hundred yuan, while Yuan Wanqing, who doesn't play often, lost a few yuan.

Ying Chanxi lost the most. If Yuan Wanqing hadn't lost a few dollars at the end, it would have been equivalent to her losing to all three companies.

However, Ying Chanxi wasn't angry at all, and even helped them calculate the money with a smile.

After everyone had gone back to their rooms, Ying Chanxi followed Li Luo upstairs.

As they walked up the stairs, Li Luo asked, "You didn't lose on purpose, did you?"

"No, not at all." Ying Chanxi shook her head with a smile. "Aunt Lin and Aunt Cui don't need me to go easy on them. They're both very good at playing mahjong."

"But my mom doesn't usually play mahjong, so I fed her some tiles."

"That way she won't lose too much."

"Don't always think so thoroughly." Li Luo helplessly rubbed Ying Chanxi's head. "It's the New Year, the most important thing is to be happy. Besides, Aunt Yuan isn't the kind of person who would mind losing money."

"I just want everyone to be happy," Ying Chanxi said softly. "If everyone is happy, I'll be happy too."

Li Luo didn't know what to say, so he hugged her and kissed her before taking Xi Xi back to the bedroom on the third floor.

At this moment, Yan Zhusheng was already lying on the bed looking at her phone. After hearing the noise at the door, she turned her head and glanced at it. When she saw that it was Ying Chanxi, she took the initiative to roll to the wall and give up the bedside to her.

At this moment, Ying Chanxi also realized that Xu Youyu was sleeping on the floor tonight, and it would be his turn tomorrow, so he had no choice but to climb into bed.

However, since Xu Youyu was still writing, Li Luo wasn't in a hurry to take a shower and go to sleep. After lying down on the floor, she took out her phone.

He had barely lain down when he received a WeChat message from Xu Youyu.

[Xu Youyu]: What are you doing?

[Li Luo]: I'm thinking of you.

[Xu Youyu]: Hmph~ You're so glib. I'm asking you something important. What are you doing?

[Li Luo]: What important business could you possibly have?

[Xu Youyu]: Stop talking nonsense and confess quickly.

[Li Luo]: I'm lying on the floor waiting for someone to come and keep me company.

[Xu Youyu]: Hmm~ Are you that impatient?

[Li Luo]: If you hadn't come soon, I would have fallen asleep. I was able to politely refuse Zhu Sheng just now, which is how I saved a little bit of essence for you.

[Xu Youyu]: So I should thank you? Don't pretend to be innocent after getting the benefit; you're the one who's actually getting the advantage.

[Li Luo]: So, will I be able to take advantage of you tonight? You haven't finished writing yet, have you?

[Xu Youyu]: I've finished writing! I'm about to take a shower now.

[Xu Youyu]: I was just thinking, should I go to your place to shower? Someone can come in and join us~
[Li Luo]: Aren't you afraid your parents will find out?

[Xu Youyu]: What's there to be afraid of? We've already been seen sleeping in the same room anyway.

[Li Luo]: Then come here.

[Xu Youyu]: No, you should come out right now.

[Li Luo]: ?

[Xu Youyu]: You idiot, I've been waiting for you in the bathroom for ages.

When the conversation reached this point, Li Luo immediately put down her phone and subconsciously glanced towards the door.

He then slowly sat up and calmly said to the two girls on the bed, "I'm going to take a shower first."

After saying that, he walked out of the room, not forgetting to turn off the bedroom light, and said to Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng, "You two should go to sleep early and stop scrolling through your phones in bed."

Xi Xi and Zhu Sheng obediently responded and put away their phones to prepare for bed.

Li Luo closed the door and eagerly went to the bathroom door across the street.

Before he could even knock, Xu Youyu, who was already waiting inside, opened the bathroom door and pulled Li Luo inside.

……

In the bedroom next to Li Luo's room, Xu Rongsheng and Cui Suling were lying on the bed. They had just taken a shower and were not very sleepy, so they leaned against each other and chatted.

The conversation started with Xu Rongsheng's research center and his position as dean. Cui Suling wasn't very interested in these things; she only cared about how much his salary would increase after he became dean.

"If I could really become the dean, the salary would be secondary." Xu Rongsheng glanced at his wife and shook his head helplessly. "Don't always focus on such petty gains."

“A small benefit is better than nothing,” Cui Suling said. “Besides, your position as dean wouldn’t have been possible without Li Luo’s help behind the scenes, right?”

"He not only provides you with scholarships and grants, but also helps you figure out the research content and direction for the research center."

“Now that Yu has this relationship with him, we’ve also bought a house in Tianlu Yaju and have been renovating it for a while.”

"Once the formaldehyde dissipates next year, we should be able to move in around the middle of the year. Then it will be in the same community, making it much more convenient to get around."

"It's quite impressive that Yu was able to spot such a promising talent as Li Luo back in high school. Our daughter has good taste." Xu Rongsheng listened to Cui Suling's long chatter and remained silent for a long time before simply humming in response, seemingly lost in thought.

The two chatted for a while, with Cui Suling doing most of the talking and Xu Rongsheng occasionally responding.

As night deepened, Xu Rongsheng said, "You go to sleep first, I'm going to the bathroom."

"Okay." Cui Suling was also feeling sleepy at this moment. She yawned on the bed and then lay down completely and closed her eyes.

Xu Rongsheng stepped out of the room in his slippers and went straight to the bathroom door. He saw light shining through the crack in the door and heard the sound of running water coming from inside.

Obviously, someone is taking a shower in the bathroom right now.

The master bedroom on the third floor, where Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong live, has its own bathroom, so they both shower in their own room.

Xu Rongsheng and Cui Suling had both taken a shower earlier, so it's highly likely that Li Luo is in the bathroom.

So Xu Rongsheng knocked on the door and asked, "Is that Li Luo inside?"

As soon as he said that, for some reason, even though the sound of the shower water was still going on, it felt like there was a moment of silence inside.

The next second, Xu Youyu's voice came from inside: "Dad... I'm taking a shower, it's not Li Luo."

Upon hearing his daughter's voice, Xu Rongsheng looked enlightened and replied, "Okay, I'll go downstairs to use the restroom."

After saying that, Xu Rongsheng was about to leave when he heard Xu Youyu, who was taking a shower in the bathroom, suddenly let out an "Ah~" sound, and then immediately stopped, as if she was suppressing something.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Rongsheng asked, puzzled.

"Um...no, it's nothing..." Xu Youyu said guiltily, "A cockroach suddenly jumped out just now, it scared me...um..."

"Oh." Xu Rongsheng nodded. "Do you need my help?"

"No need, Dad, you go to the bathroom. It's cold now, don't catch a cold."

"Understood." Xu Rongsheng nodded again, only to feel that Xu Youyu's voice seemed to be closer to the door this time.

Perhaps she wanted to speak to him more clearly, so she walked to the door?

With that thought in mind, Xu Rongsheng went downstairs and found the toilet on the second floor.

But while using the restroom, he recalled the scenes of his youth with Cui Suling, and his expression gradually became strange, with a thought and guess inexplicably popping into his mind.

After using the restroom, Xu Rongsheng quietly and cautiously made his way back to the third floor, returning to the bathroom door.

This time he didn't knock or make any other sound.

Soon, he heard a familiar voice coming from inside.

"Comfortable?"

"How dare you ask? You scared me to death just now."

"I thought you were enjoying it."

"No way! What if my dad finds out? He might kill you."

"You were the one who lured me to take a bath first, and now you're turning around and blaming me?"

"Didn't my dad tell you not to move when he knocked on the door just now?"

"I thought 'Don't move' meant 'Move quickly'."

"You're deliberately bullying me, hmph~"

The offensive content barged straight into Xu Rongsheng's ears, to the point that he almost regretted eavesdropping.

He quickly imitated the sound of his footsteps as he went upstairs, deliberately making a little more noise to remind the two people in the bathroom to be mindful of their presence, and then hurried back to the bedroom.

"Why did you take so long?" Cui Suling was just about to drift off to sleep when she heard Xu Rongsheng's voice and asked with some confusion.

"Your daughter is taking a shower. I'm going downstairs to the bathroom."

"Oh," Cui Suling replied. "Is she taking a bath here?"

"Hmm." Xu Rongsheng's mind was still replaying the conversation from earlier. The thought of his daughter being violated by Li Luo in the bathroom, deliberately while he was talking to Xu Youyu...

Even though Xu Rongsheng is usually calm and composed, he still finds it difficult to calm his fluctuating emotions when faced with such a situation.

Thinking of this, Xu Rongsheng turned to look at Cui Suling, wanting his wife to feel bad too, so he added, "Not only your daughter, Li Luo is also taking a bath in there."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Cui Suling immediately opened her eyes, her gaze seemingly glowing in the dim room, and she became fully alert. "Really? How did you know?"

"I heard them talking inside after I went upstairs," Xu Rongsheng said, then saw that Cui Suling looked quite happy and said speechlessly, "Your daughter was being intimate with another man in the bathroom, and you still look a little agitated?"

"Isn't this a good thing?" Cui Suling rolled her eyes at him. "It just means our daughter is charming. Anyway, they've been in this relationship for a while now, what's wrong with taking a bath together?"

Cui Suling's mindset is a little different from Xu Rongsheng's. She would love for Xu Youyu to be more closely tied to Li Luo, and she wouldn't be unable to accept it even if Xu Youyu got pregnant during college.

In this regard, a father's feelings are probably more difficult to express and more complex to understand.

It feels like a treasure you've cherished and nurtured since childhood has ultimately been stolen by someone else.

I don't usually feel this way, since my daughter will eventually get married.

But after actually overhearing his daughter's intimate conversation with another man, Xu Rongsheng's feelings were still too complicated.

Even after Cui Suling fell asleep, Xu Rongsheng tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Meanwhile, Li Luo and Xu Youyu, unaware of what had happened, returned to their bedroom after taking a shower.

At this time, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng were already fast asleep. The two carefully climbed into bed, and Li Luo prepared to go to sleep.

But Xu Youyu had no intention of letting him go. After lying down for a while, he started to secretly touch him and even crawled into the quilt.

"Again?" Li Luo asked in a low voice.

"Otherwise, why do you think I went back to writing right after dinner today?" Xu Youyu poked his head out and chuckled at Li Luo before disappearing back inside, causing Li Luo to gasp.

Not long after, Xu Youyu sat on Li Luo's lap, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "You did this with Zhu Sheng last night, right? It was quite exciting."

"You'd better not say anything, or Xixi and Zhusheng might hear you."

"So what if she hears it?" Xu Youyu said with a mischievous smile. "Anyway, with the blanket covering her, Xixi won't know what we're doing. It would be even more exciting if she woke up."

Li Luo: "...You're so mean."

"Aren't you the worst one?" Xu Youyu snorted, then leaned on Li Luo and sighed, "You move, I'm so tired."

“It was the bamboo fungus that was moving last night.”

"How can I be compared to her? I'd be exhausted after just a few movements." Xu Youyu lightly bit his neck and urged, "Hurry up!"

(End of this chapter)