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

Chapter 91 Orange Scented Kiss

Ever since that irrelevant conversation that day, Pei Yizhou's position in this family became strange.

Washing clothes, cooking and cleaning are no problem. Helping to fold clothes and buying her new bath towels and pajamas are also acceptable.

But he would come and stay for half a day every weekend. He would take a careful bath and shave in the side-lying state. When he came out, he would only be wrapped in a bath towel, without closing the bedroom door. He would slowly change into a shirt and trousers, and wipe the ring on his fingers and ring finger with a wet wipe.

As if always ready to sacrifice himself for something.

Lin Lu passed by without looking around, thinking silently in her heart - from Monday to Friday, it's her brother, the nanny, and the suitor, and on weekends, it's the people who come to sell her things.

She couldn't stand it. She had never seen such dirty pursuit methods.

"It's no use for you to come today. I don't have time to entertain you." She knew the person behind her was approaching without looking back, and she changed into her new shoes.

Pei Yizhou frowned, but when she turned around, he tried to relax: "Going out? What are you going to do?"

"Duan Chengyu asked me to have dinner with him." She still looked straight ahead, not wanting to see that broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted figure.

The three words "Duan Chengyu" no longer caused Pei Yizhou to go hysterical. He poured himself a glass of water and asked casually, "Where are you? I'll pick you up after dinner."

"No..." It was no use saying it countless times, so Lin Lu simply said, "It's up to you."

But it didn't say where to eat.

The door slammed and she went out.

Pei Yizhou stood in the living room for a while, then walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the open space downstairs.

Soon, Lin Lu's figure appeared downstairs, walked all the way to the gate of the mansion, was picked up by a car, and disappeared on the left street.

He put down his cup of water and walked out.

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Lin Lu and Duan Chengyu haven't seen each other for almost half a month.

She thought she would never see him again.

"You look very tired lately." After she arrived at the place, she first looked at Duan Chengyu's face for a while.

The agreed location was a bar, decorated in South American style, rough yet refined. R&B tunes played, creating a strong atmosphere.

Duan Chengyu, wearing casual clothes, sat on a high stool beside the bar, with one of his long legs on the ground, and handed her a cocktail.

"It's very low in alcohol, you can try it," he said, and then he responded to her words, "It's not easy. You look very energetic. Is the work at Ling's Group making you full of energy?"

"You new humans who have evolved with the times don't understand. For me, acquiring new knowledge to sustain my livelihood will make my life here more stable."

The atmosphere of the bar made her relax and speak more playfully.

Duan Chengyu smiled and took a sip of the golden liquid in the glass. Seeing her staring at him, he shook his glass and said, "The alcohol content is a bit high. You'd better not try it."

She nodded: "I know my drinking capacity. Did you come to me today because you have something to tell me?"

Duan Chengyu drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, swirling the glass.

The atmospheric light refracts on the uneven walls of the glass, flashing occasionally.

"I have thought some things through - do you like Duan Chengyu in your dream?"

Lin Lu: "Maybe there is a good impression, but I'm not sure if I like you. If we have really been together for seven years but we are not lovers, then the possibility is relatively low."

"What if you still remembered Pei Yizhou when you met him? You panicked, felt sad, and couldn't forget him. As the years passed, you saw that there was no hope of returning here, so you gradually let go of your brother and began to try to accept him. By this calculation, seven years is not a long time."

She nodded: "It's possible." After that, she carefully tried a sip of the dreamy purple cocktail, smacked her lips, and it seemed a little sour.

Duan Chengyu was amused by her and asked the bartender to make another sweeter drink.

Then continue: "Can I ask that question again? Why did you come to me that day?"

It's an old problem.

Lin Lu answered seriously: "At that time, I didn't know whether it was you or someone else who had that memory with me. I wanted to figure out why I had the dream and why I dreamed about you."

"But there are parallel worlds in the back, why did you contact me? You should know that the person you have been with for seven years is not me, but Duan Chengyu from another world. At that time, you should have said those hurtful words you said last time."

She sighed. "I didn't expect you to send me flowers. I just wanted to get to the bottom of this."

What she meant was that even if she guessed that she had developed feelings for Duan Chengyu in the parallel world, she had never thought of renewing her relationship with this Duan Chengyu.

Duan Chengyu laughed at himself: "So you are looking for Pei Yizhou to rekindle your relationship, just because he is your brother."

It's not because we had a relationship that I tolerate him.

The sweet wine was ready. Lin Lu took it, took a sip, smacked his lips, and said nothing.

Duan Chengyu exhaled a breath of foul air and asked again: "What about now? After learning about the Antarctic incident from your brother, I don't see that you still want to investigate this matter."

She shook her head. "Not saying doesn't mean not wanting to. Have you two found any new information so far? No, unless I can recover my memory. So what I can do now is to keep reviewing and recording my dreams, trying to find the differences each time. I always feel that it will be soon."

"What's so fast?"

"The truth will soon be revealed, or I will soon forget my determination to find out the truth. What about you? Have you thought it through? I am sorry to intrude on your peaceful life..."

Duan Chengyu interrupted her, looked into her eyes and said, "It wasn't me in the dream, but it was me who had feelings for you in the dream. If I can't even figure out whether I really like a girl, then these thirty years of my life have been wasted."

Lin Lu paused.

Look at him with a look that says "you just have to go astray".

Just as I was about to look away, I saw out of the corner of my eye a black Mercedes parked outside the transparent glass window.

Duan Chengyu also looked in the direction she was looking.

That is Pei Yizhou's car.

"Actually, your heart leans towards him," Duan Chengyu suddenly said, "In your memory, you have been together as siblings for many years, but emotionally you have been together as lovers. Anything that has happened will leave traces, and it is not something that can be forgotten."

Lin Lu touched the condensed water stains on the outside of the wine glass and couldn't deny it.

Brothers and sisters are like this, originally they are two mirrors, but because of their unusual feelings, it is as if they are covered with a layer of crude ethical film, mixed with tiny particles, which makes both of them feel miserable.

When the glass is broken, the fallen body fragments are exactly the same, and it is difficult to tell which piece of glass they are from, so they can never completely leave each other, and the pain will follow them no matter what.

Unless both people are willing to take off this film.

She thought of her recent interactions with Pei Yizhou - it seemed as if she was following his plan to take off that layer of film once again.

Seeing that she was silent, Duan Chengyu also fell silent and poured more wine on his own.

The door of the black Mercedes opened and two long legs stepped out. Pei Yizhou faced the breeze, his eyes penetrating the glass.

Lin Lu was still wondering when he would come in and drag her away, her chin felt cold, and Duan Chengyu took the wine glass and hooked her chin and turned away.

The lips with the taste of orange wine fell.

(End of this chapter)