C18 Passing by

He clearly had a peaceful life in the future, but why would God's suffering always fall on him? He had only done one thing wrong, and that was to have lived with Xu Zimo. Why would he need to spend his entire life to repay the money?

Should I thank them for what they've done to me? Even though I had endured these dark and painful nights by myself, the scars of the past were still clearly visible on my heart. If I hadn't met them, my life would have been so smooth and beautiful!

Su Zhenyu looked at Qiao Xi who was immersed in her own world and couldn't bear to interrupt her at the beginning. But when he felt that Qiao Xi's mood was off, he didn't know how to talk to her about it. On the one hand, he wanted to understand her past, but on the other hand, he couldn't bear to let her think about those unhappy memories.

Thus, she stood to the side and quietly looked at Qiao Xi's side profile.

Qiao Xi thought of Le Le and suddenly felt that her world was filled with sunlight again. Thinking of the tiny little guy who kept on calling her mother every day, Qiao Xi's heart was touched again.

When he raised his head and saw Su Zhenyu staring at him without moving, he felt as if blood was flowing to his face.

Their gazes met in the air and then drifted away again. The air around the two of them was filled with awkwardness. Su Zhenyu coughed in an attempt to break this awkward situation. However, it seemed to be of little use and had become even more awkward.

Qiao Xi asked Su Zhenyu awkwardly, "Oh yeah, why did you suddenly appear here?"

Su Zhenyu replied evasively, "I just happened to pass by. I came to visit you when I thought you were staying nearby. How's it going?"

Qiao Xi didn't want to show her bad side in front of Su Zhenyu, and at the same time, she also didn't want to add any trouble for him. She felt that she and Su Zhenyu were only friends, so it was better to be at a distance between them. Ye Zichen smiled and told him that he had been doing pretty well recently.

When Su Zhenyu saw the smile she forced herself to smile in front of him, he recalled how Qiao Xi acted together with another man at the train station.

Although he had already investigated and knew that it was only his university classmate, he still felt that this sort of scene would appear in his heart. He didn't know how to fill his heart with that kind of emptiness, and could only tell himself that it didn't matter if he took it slow or not, he would always see the sun.

All of a sudden, Su Zhenyu didn't know how to get along with Qiao Xi anymore, because he didn't know what she was thinking at all, nor did he know how to care about her.

No matter how hard he tried, he never looked at the outside world and scenery. Seeing her stubborn and weak face, Su Zhenyu felt powerless in his heart.

Just thinking about it made her feel like she didn't have the ability to have it anymore. Just thinking about it made her feel like she wouldn't want to experience the second time, that no one would bully her when she was right under her nose. In the future, she would often hear about it and she would feel inexplicably happy.

The most important thing was that the one beside her right now was him. If she was in danger, the only one who could help her out of this predicament was him. It didn't matter if he was a university classmate or not, it was all a thing of the past.

Su Zhenyu subconsciously smiled.

Su Zhenyu didn't know that his current appearance was like a stroke in Qiao Xi's eyes. At one moment, he was frowning with worry, at the next, he was secretly smiling. He was beaming with happiness and couldn't bear to look at her.

Qiao Xi asked Su Zhenyu carefully, "Are you alright?"

Su Zhenyu replied with a smile: "Me?"

Qiao Xi replied speechlessly, "Could it be that other than the two of us, there are others here as well?!"

"I'm doing very well!" Su Zhenyu almost said it, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his voice.

"Oh yeah, can you invite me to your house? Don't think too much into it, I don't want to see your private life. I'm just afraid that you're not safe at home. What if those people come back? If I'm here, I can scare them too."

As Qiao Xi watched them leave, her tensed mood immediately relaxed. She was worried that if he hadn't come, those people would have gone to such lengths that she, a woman, would have had no way to fight with them.

She had thought about how these people who came to chase after debt could be solved and the police couldn't care less. Moreover, these people were like paste medicine. If they hurt Le Le, then that would be the thing that Qiao Xi would regret the most in her life.

Thinking about this, she stood in front of him and didn't dare to look up at him. After all, she could feel the intense gazes of the people behind her staring at her.

Su Zhenyu stood silently behind her for a while as he watched everything. Qiao Xi felt that it couldn't be so, so she slowly turned around and bumped into him. At that moment, both of them were caught unprepared.

Hearing his laughter, Qiao Xi's face turned hot. After an awkward pause, she calmed down, opened the door of the rented apartment on her side, and looked at him.

"Come in."

The rented room was as Su Zhenyu thought. It was a very small room and was not as big as his bathroom. Su Zhenyu's 1.8 meter body looked even narrower when he entered the room, but he was properly tidied up by Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi saw him standing there, pushing him to sit on a chair. "What are you looking for me for? Is there something you need?" The water in his hand was passed to him.

Su Zhenyu did not answer his question. "Who were those people just now? Why did they come to find you?" Ye Zichen's sharp eyes swept across her face, because he heard Xu Zimo's voice.

Being questioned by him made Qiao Xi uncomfortable. She frowned and didn't intend to reply him. Su Zhenyu seemed to see through her and didn't want to pursue the matter further. He knew that she wouldn't be able to pry him out even if she didn't say so.

Qiao Xi looked at his long legs that had no place to sit and felt inexplicably happy. She couldn't help but laugh. Su Zhenyu's eyes were wide open. Qiao Xi saw that he was fine and immediately asked, "How is Le Le?"

He hadn't seen Le Le for a while, but it was also because of today's whim that he couldn't see the scene at the door.

Hearing him mention Le Le, Qiao Xi looked at the time and realized that there was still some time left. She whispered, "It's been a while, it's going to be school soon. I have to pick him up."