Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 72 Pursuit
The only small balcony on the second floor of the store is suitable for conversation. With the gentle evening breeze, it does have a nice atmosphere.

After Lin Lu followed Duan Chengyu to the balcony, she felt that this place was not very suitable.

The balcony was just a decorative building, and it couldn't compare to the quiet and large terrace in a high-end restaurant. They stood face to face, with a very close distance between them.

It's no different than squeezing in a utility room.

She had no choice but to look away slightly, thinking that facing Duan Chengyu here alone would be more difficult than going back to face a group of people.

"Why are you eating here?" She spoke first, trying to keep the conversation between friends. "With your financial resources and habits, you should go to the city center and have a meal that costs 38,000 yuan."

Duan Chengyu said nonchalantly: "It's also fun to try cheap food occasionally."

She didn't believe it and looked at him with her eyebrows raised one above the other.

Duan Chengyu smiled and spread his hands: "Well, to be honest, I chose this area specifically to try my luck and see if I could meet you."

Lin Lu opened his mouth, not knowing how to deal with the situation where his suitor expressed his love all the time.

In the end, all he could say was, "You're lucky to have met him right away."

"Yes, I'm lucky to see a very different you." Duan Chengyu's eyes slid down to her outfit today.

Since she left the house today, people have been looking at her, but there is a big difference between the gazes of a crowd and the gazes of private admiration.

This gaze seemed to be real, carrying with it a gradually rising heat, which made her subconsciously tense her body and pull her open down jacket to the left and right to cover it.

"Sorry, was my tone wrong? What I said was a compliment, not a joke. You are very beautiful like this, no need to cover up." Duan Chengyu said gentlemanly.

Then he reached out his hand naturally and hooked the few strands of hair that fell on her cheek behind her ear. He also hooked the hood of her white sweater dress to make the brim that was slightly collapsed by her hair stand up.

The whole set of movements is smooth and natural.

"This dress suits you very well. If I met you at a high-end restaurant that costs 38,000 yuan tonight, I would not be able to resist taking over the task of the doorman and carrying your dress to the car."

He spoke with an upper-class sense of humor, and after complimenting her, he asked, "So will I have the honor of taking you home later?"

Lin Lu was a little overwhelmed.

For a few seconds, I wavered between the thoughts "Why does this person like to take direct action just like Pei Yizhou?" and "Should I agree to it?"

Finally, he clearly pointed out their current relationship: "I rejected you before, do you remember?"

Duan Chengyu said helplessly: "There's no need to repeat sad things a second time, right? And being rejected doesn't mean there's no possibility. You don't hate me so much that you don't want to see me, right?"

She nodded helplessly: "I wouldn't say I hate you. But if two people blindly pursue and acquiesce in each other's pursuit without any signs of mutual affection, accidents are likely to happen."

To be precise, if she is not interested in the suitor, it would be right for her not to accept his efforts.

If you are interested, you will feel comfortable accepting the other party's kindness and treat it as an inspection.

That's what her mother taught her.

Duan Chengyu looked at her with a deep gaze, and said with a sigh, "I suddenly envy your future boyfriend, who will be loved by you wholeheartedly."

Lin Lu's eyebrows were twisted into a frown again. Is this how this sentence should be interpreted?
"But you don't have anyone you love now, so why not give you another chance to see for yourself? Lulu, our relationship is different. No third person can interfere with our dreams." He added, his tone of inducement.

"I……"

"Don't rush to answer," Duan Chengyu was a master negotiator. He left the hook behind and turned to business. "I came to you to talk about something else."

Lin Lu was at a loss for words. He swallowed hard before speaking smoothly: "What's the matter?"

"I looked up the magical phenomenon that occurred in Antarctica in 2017 and found that around the time you disappeared, a large amount of diamond dust appeared there, and the ice crystals formed a shape similar to a space-time gate under the light."

He took out his phone and pulled up a picture of diamond dust for her to see. Lin Lu moved closer, observed it carefully, and exclaimed: "It really looks like it."

Duan Chengyu never took his eyes off her, and said casually, "The formation of diamond dust can be predicted with a certain probability, so before that, many people formed groups to go to Antarctica to try their luck. Did you go there for the diamond dust as well?"

She blinked rapidly and looked up.

They were all smart people. Pei Yizhou was not present, but he was involved in their conversation.

Duan Chengyu smiled and said, "I just analyzed it out of habit. It's a professional disease. Judging from your reaction just now, after your brother told you the truth about 2017, you didn't have time to search for the strangeness of Antarctica that year, right? Is your mind occupied by the truth your brother told you, or do you not want to recall the past?"

"Is this one of the methods you pursue? It doesn't work very well." She pursed her lips.

"Not at that time. I wanted to say--" Duan Chengyu took a step closer to her, and the already narrow distance was shortened until their clothes rubbed against each other.

He bent down slightly and lowered his head, slowly eroding the space separating the two of them as Lin Lu leaned back, until Lin Lu had no way to avoid it. He supported himself on the balcony railing with one arm, held her in his half-open arms, and suddenly moved towards her.

Lin Lu subconsciously turned her head away, but heard his low laughter and the breath from his nose lingering in her ears.

It seemed as if he was rubbing the hair on her ear intimately with the tip of his nose.

Her ears suddenly felt hot, and she took a step back, leaning her waist against the railing and pushing his chest.

"If you want to talk, talk nicely!" She was a little angry.

Duan Chengyu was pushed back and pretended to surrender: "I'm sorry. What I want to say is that your brother may be too traumatized to investigate further, but I am different. I want to find out the whole story just like you, so we are still each other's only partners."

Lin Lu didn't forget what he said a few days ago: "Didn't you say you don't care why things happened?"

"But you care. I care."

“……”I can’t stand it anymore.

She is just a young girl, how can she resist the temptation of these men.

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When Lin Lu returned to the "box", the sour soup pot was almost dry. A group of people had just sat back in their seats and were looking at her in unison.

She sat down calmly and rang the bell to ask the waiter for more soup.

"What are you looking at me for? Eat meat."

Ding Zitong spoke on behalf of the public: "They asked me to ask you, did that handsome guy confess his love to you? Your interaction was very loving, did he even plan to kiss you?"

"……No."

Lan Jia: "No way, then why did he come to talk to you? His unwrinkled shirt shows that he is probably not on the same level as us."

Wu Sihan: "If you bring your boyfriend back home for the New Year, will your brother also entertain him?"

"..."

Ding Zitong couldn't control herself and laughed out loud.

Lin Lu's face and ears turned red, but his expression was speechless: "Can you guys..."

"Excuse me," the waiter who came to add soup brought up a delicate drink, "Mr. Duan who is paying the bill said this is for Miss Lin Lu. Excuse me, which one is Miss Lin?"

Lin Lu had no room for explanation at all.

　Pei was furious at home and was about to tear up the reading interface
　　(End of this chapter)