Chapter 125

Chen Pu's eyes were like those of an eagle, staring at any tiny expression of the person in front of him, trying to catch any clues. But when he heard her voice, his attention was drawn again. He suppressed the surprise in his heart and asked, "Saying goodbye? Where is he going? What's he saying goodbye for?"

"He might go to Tsinghua University to study."

"You're not coming back?"

"Who knows? He wants to study for a master's or doctoral degree, and he wants to stay in a certain university to do research or teach in the future. The road is long and arduous, and it is possible that he will study for 10 or 8 years."

Chen Pu controlled his facial muscles very calmly, not letting the slightest smile show. He lowered his head, slowly poured himself another cup of tea, and then asked seriously: "Why don't you drink tea? The tea I gave you is good, very fragrant."

Li Qingyao couldn't bear to see his expression of trying to hide his emotions, which were about to show through his face. She also wanted to laugh, but she held back and replied calmly, "Yes, I drank it. Luo Huaizheng and I just drank it together."

But how could Chen Pu, who was about to dominate the competition, be hurt by such words? He smiled and said, "He is leaving soon, so we should treat him with some tea. I will give him another box later. Leave it to me."

Li Qingyao: ...

Unexpectedly, Chen Pu asked again: "Did he confess to you?"

Li Qingyao looked at him suspiciously, not knowing where he got the inference from. But if he used his criminal police ability on Luo Huaizheng, it wouldn't be surprising if he guessed it right.

However, Li Qingyao looked at his extremely relaxed eyebrows and slightly upturned mouth corners, and suddenly understood why he asked this unnecessary question. He had guessed something and wanted to hear the answer from her own mouth.

Li Qingyao was numb: "Chen Pu, you can't go too far."

Chen Pu said calmly, "How did I go too far? Your brother is not here now, so I have to keep an eye on you for him. This is related to your life, so of course I have to ask clearly."

Li Qingyao thought to himself, "Let me see how you act," and replied, "Yes, he did say something. But later, he and I agreed that it would be more appropriate to be friends. We both have our own paths to take in life. Okay, any other questions?"

"Not this time." Chen Pu finally smiled, his eyes bright and his eyebrows shining. He was handsome today, and this smile made him even more handsome.

Li Qingyao felt a little overwhelmed. She immediately looked down at her phone and knocked on the table: "It's 11:05, what else do you want?"

Chen Pu had prepared a lot of words, but now that the crisis was completely resolved, he relaxed again, and it was not necessary to say it now. Moreover, Li Qingyao looked a little irritable, so he felt that tonight was not a good time.

So he stood up reluctantly and said, "Nothing, just came to take a look, then I'll go back."

Li Qingyao walked him to the door, but he was not forgiving: "Oh, so you're alright? You're all right. Why did you dress yourself up like this in the middle of the night? I thought you were going on a blind date or a date, or were you planning to go to a bar to look for a romantic encounter?"

Chen Pu stood at the door and said righteously, "Why go to a bar? I never go to such messy places. My family... did urge me to go on a blind date, but there was no way I could go. I would never go."

Li Qingyao wanted to laugh, but he held it back with a straight face, saying, "You can go if you want, who cares." She actively opened the door for him and said, "Okay, get out. Nothing happened here tonight, are you relieved?"

As soon as she said this, she was slightly stunned.

Chen Pu was about to take a step forward, but suddenly he stopped and didn't move.

Li Qingyao turned around and walked quickly into the house: "Goodbye, I won't see you off. Close the door for me."

Chen Pu turned around, looked at her almost fleeing figure, slammed the door shut, and followed her in.

Li Qingyao listened to his footsteps getting closer and closer. She lowered her head to tidy up the tea set, cups, and paper towels on the table. Her movements were mechanical and quick, as if she didn't feel anything. Chen Pu took a deep breath, his eyes fixed on her face. He stood one step behind her and asked slowly and clearly, "Why did you reject other men and let me feel at ease?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qingyao's ears went numb.

She didn't say anything, nor did she look at him, she picked up the tea set and walked to the kitchen. Could Chen Pu be cowardly at this moment? Could he let her go? He immediately followed her in. The kitchen was cramped, she stood in front of the sink to wash, he approached again, slowly asked: "How did you know that I was worried?"

Li Qingyao remained silent, as if she hadn't even heard the buzz of a mosquito. But Chen Pu still saw that her ears and cheeks, which were usually white as jade, were red. This woman, who was usually unrestrained and hard-skinned, had even her slender neck beginning to turn red at this moment.

Chen Pu felt mixed feelings of sadness and joy, as well as pain. That feeling, bitter and sweet, was like the roughest sandpaper, gently rubbing against his heart that had been rotten to the ground these days. Then it suddenly jumped up again, full of vigor.

He thought, she knew everything. His feelings, his gaze, his nervousness, she could feel it all. But this woman, she was too experienced. She clearly had that intention in her heart, but she never showed it, and she didn't show any extra enthusiasm for him. If she hadn't let it slip today, he doubted that Li Qingyao could continue to pretend, pretending to be calm and confident. Even if he continued to spit blood secretly because of the emotional injury, one mouthful after another, she would not speak easily.

Of course, it doesn't mean that as a man, he should let the woman speak first. But she was hiding too deeply, and this bitter sweetness came too suddenly, so Chen Pu didn't have any emotions like being overjoyed and getting rich overnight, but only waves of sweetness, followed by sadness, and a faint sense of grievance that was too embarrassing to see others.

But Chen Pu certainly would not show these emotions at all. The little flower seedling in his heart had been half dead for several months, but it had been standing up tenaciously. At this time, a pot of green top-grade compound fertilizer came towards him, knocking his loving little flower buds unconscious. What could it do? It could only sob and cry while taking big mouthfuls of this gift from heaven.

Chen Pu calmed down and realized that as a man, he had to take control of the situation. If he didn't accomplish something tonight, he would be a pig!

Suppressing his heartbeat that was finally going crazy, he put on a smile, put his hand on the range hood, leaned over, looked down at her rare red face, and asked, "Come on, why don't you talk? Aren't you usually very good at talking?"

Li Qingyao was not much better than him at the moment, her face was burning, she was confused, her heart was in turmoil, it was one thing for her to bully Chen Xiaopu normally, but it was another thing if Chen Xiaopu grabbed her by the tail and stared at her like a man would do to a woman.

She threw the rag into the sink, pushed him against the chest, and fled back to the living room, but she said firmly, "What are you talking about? Are you going to leave or not?"

Chen Pu walked back to the living room leisurely, sat down on the sofa and said, "Of course I'm not leaving."

"It's 11:15!"

Chen Pu saw that she was as tense as a hedgehog. After thinking for a moment, he patted the sofa beside him and said gently, "I won't tease you anymore. Come here. Let's talk this out calmly."

Li Qingyao felt like he was facing a formidable enemy tonight. He couldn't figure out what was going on for a while and wondered how he could explain this matter clearly.
But she didn't lose the battle, this was her home! So she walked over, sat down halfway across the seat, put one hand on the armrest of the sofa, crossed her legs, and raised her chin: "You say."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Pu suddenly turned around and covered her with his whole body. He pressed one hand on the wall beside her head and pinched her shoulder with the other hand. For the first time, Li Qingyao felt the size difference between them so clearly. When he tried to suppress her, she had no time to react and no chance to fight back. At this moment, he almost blocked her entire view, so that she could only see him.

Li Qingyao knew he had been fooled. This fellow was actually so cunning even in such a matter!

But at this moment, Chen Pu's face was only a few centimeters away from her, and his breath gently sprayed on her face. His body was also very close, so that she fell into his arms with almost no gap.

His eyes were deep, as if he was looking at her seriously for the first time. He looked at her hair, her rosy cheeks, and her equally rosy lips. His Adam's apple moved, and his expression was also very tense. Then he raised one hand and gently rubbed her lips with the tip of his thumb.

The intention of this action was too obvious. He kept staring into her eyes to see her reaction.

Chen Pu didn't know that Li Qingyao felt a slight tremor from the inside out, from her heart to her skin. The feeling was very subtle, from where his eyes were fixed, to where his breath was invading, to every part of her skin that was close to her, every hair on her body stood up. When his thumb touched her, her lips unconsciously opened slightly, and she felt her throat dry and her head hot. But her eyes were wide open, and she looked at him without flinching.

Looking at such a pair of clear eyes that seemed to be talking, Chen Pu suddenly felt an unprecedented strong feeling in his body, which stimulated his soul to tremble. It rushed up from his tailbone, exploded in his brain, and instantly spread to every inch of blood vessels and bones in his body. He kissed her heavily.

I wrote almost 7,000 words today and still can't finish it by tonight. I tried my best.