Chapter 14: The Long Night

The great changes that have taken place in Wang Zhangzhu's life have made her originally not too extroverted personality more withdrawn, and she has become an alternative to the group around her, surrounded by classmates who are superior to her own family and innocent, she can no longer be as calm with these people as before, and she can't integrate herself into such an environment.

In front of her classmates, she always felt that she couldn't raise her head, and her inner self-confidence was gone, only the last bit of pride that was born and still remnants after twists and turns, driving her to come here to school every day, and she continued to hypnotize herself in her heart: Wang Zhangzhu, no one can crush you, raise your head!

In fact, Wang Zhangzhu originally thought that she would not come here to go to school, but if she didn't come here, where could she come? If she stayed at home with nothing to do, she would go crazy, and if she transferred to another school, she would inevitably need Chu Huandong's assistance, and now, the person she didn't want to trouble the most was Chu Huandong.

Although Wang Zhangzhu insisted on coming to school every day, she had a gentle temperament in the past, and she became cold, no matter what she was interested in, and even the two good friends around her became more and more impatient, and she was sneering at every turn.

Xu Yiming and Ge Chengwei saw Wang Zhangzhu's transformation in their eyes, they knew the crux of her problem, but they both suffered from no cure, and both of them invariably adopted a very tolerant attitude towards Wang Zhangzhu, even if she was yin and yang.

After school that night, Wang Zhangzhu waved goodbye to Xu Yiming, carried his schoolbag, and walked slowly to his villa step by step, there is no longer her expectation at home, her father who loves her, and her brother who loves her have completely disappeared, only Lin Yirou, who is wearing a mask, hypocritically perfunctory herself every day, makes her upset when she looks at it.

When she was about to approach the main house, she vaguely heard the noise of laughter coming from inside, and the unique smile that belonged to Lin Yurou made her heart tremble, Lin Yurou is back, is Chu Huandong also back!

The maid saw Wang Zhangzhu from a distance and opened the door of the villa for her, the golden hall was full of soft music and graceful music, and the living room was filled with the beautiful and tempting smell of rice.

Wang Zhangzhu took a deep breath and mustered up a little courage before entering the house, and vaguely saw Chu Huandong and Lin Yurou sitting on the sofa next to each other, Lin Yirou sitting opposite them and didn't know what they were talking about.

"Yo, Zhangzhu is out of school!" Lin Yirou saw Wang Zhangzhu enter the house, and immediately got up to greet her, and smiled at her, "Zhangzhu, your brother and Yurou are back, we are waiting for you to eat!"

Wang Zhangzhu didn't know how she could be such a fragile person, she didn't have any indomitable strength, she didn't even dare to look up in the direction of Chu Huandong, she was afraid to see Chu Huandong's handsome face that she had been familiar with for so many years and his affectionate eyes looking at Lin Yurou, she really couldn't bear it, but she couldn't find a corner where she could collapse.

She lowered her eyes, stared at the tips of her shoes, and shouted in a low voice: "Brother, Sister Yurou." "She doesn't eat well these days, she doesn't sleep well, her face is haggard and almost pale, her long eyelashes hang down, and there seem to be two shadows under her eyes,

Chu Huandong sat on the sofa with a leisurely posture, and looked at Wang Zhangzhu with a light smile, "Zhangzhu is back, let's eat together!" The casual tone was like treating an ordinary friend.

Wang Zhangzhu felt that her ears were buzzing, she lowered her head more deeply, biting her lip tightly, her lips seemed to be bitten blood, only this pain could remind her not to cry now, she couldn't cry again in front of Chu Huandong.

"I just ate outside with Xu Yiming, don't be hungry, you can eat!" Wang Zhangzhu condensed the strength of his whole body, and only then did he speak a short sentence smoothly and steadily.

Back in his room, Wang Zhangzhu didn't even change his clothes, he sat on the big bed, the tears in his eyes could no longer be supported, and they fell down. She watched the sky fall into darkness little by little, she always couldn't sleep well recently, in one lonely and cold night after another, she dreamed of her father, dreamed of her mother, and dreamed of her second brother, but the most dreamed of Chu Huandong, dreamed of him once, she cried once, suffered once, but she couldn't tell him, never told him.

No matter how much Wang Zhangzhu wanted to turn a blind eye to Chu Huandong, but her worries and concerns about her father still made her have to dispel all scruples and go to Chu Huandong to inquire about her father's situation, she thought that only Chu Huandong could help her father now.

She knew that the Lin sisters had always paid attention to maintenance, and they had always gone to bed early in order to maintain their beauty and beauty, and now most of the people who didn't sleep in this family were Chu Huandong, according to Chu Huandong's usual work and rest time, it was estimated that he should go to the study to deal with business, Wang Zhangzhu took a bath, changed into home clothes and went to the study to find Chu Huandong.

Chu Huandong's study is at the end of the corridor, the same size as the other rooms in the house, but the decoration style is completely different, Chu Huandong's study has a simple overall style, each wall is a large bookcase, except for a study and a bed in the room, there are no calligraphy and paintings hung.

Wang Zhangzhu knocked on the door twice, and then stood by the door and waited, if it was before, she would symbolically knock on the door twice, and then rushed in uninvited, hugged Chu Huandong and jumped and jumped, or kissed and bitten.

Chu Huandong quickly came over and opened the door for her, he was wearing a half-worn suit of clothes and pants very casually, standing there still the same dazzling, he couldn't look at it directly.

Wang Zhangzhu didn't have the courage to make eye contact with Chu Huandong, she just raised her gaze slightly, and what she saw was where the buttons of Chu Huandong's shirt were unbuttoned, revealing his wheat-colored strong chest muscles and sexy collarbones...... With these emerging old things, her hands trembled, and she hurriedly lowered her gaze, not daring to look at any of Chu Huandong's limbs.

"Zhangzhu, you haven't slept so late, is there something wrong?" Chu Huandong's tone was very light, as if he was not very happy to see her as an uninvited guest, with a little indifference from his nature.

However, Wang Zhangzhu can't care so much now, she is a little embarrassed, and she is a little anxious to speak, "Brother, do you know the situation of Dad, how is he now? Where is he?"

Chu Huandong's expression was still very light, "I've tried my best to find a relationship and find a way, but Dad's matter is too complicated, and he has the heart to avoid it now, and I don't know much about his situation, Zhangzhu, has Dad contacted you these days?"

"No, I would have liked my dad to contact me, but I haven't heard from him yet. Wang Zhangzhu shook his head in frustration.

Chu Huandong stared at Wang Zhangzhu's face quietly, as if he didn't want to miss every detail on her face, carefully observed her reflection, and then smiled lightly, reached out and rubbed her hair, "Zhangzhu, now there are only two of us who can save Dad, but you also know that Dad is such a suspicious and sensitive person, and the only person who can make him trust is you, if Dad contacts you in the future, you must tell me, so that I can do my best to rescue him." ”

"Good. Wang Zhangzhu looked up at Chu Huandong gratefully in the face of Chu Huandong's unintentional warmth and fear for herself, her bright eyes were full of timid joy and endless trust, when she was most vulnerable, helpless, and confused, how much she hoped that this once familiar, warm, and generous embrace could take her in, this man was the only one in her heart to rely on.

Chu Huandong looked at Wang Zhangzhu, she turned out to be a baby face, with big eyes, white and tender skin, pure temperament, and a smile like a flower, but in just ten days, she seemed to have lost more than ten pounds, and her body was originally slender and petite, but now her haggard appearance makes people even more unbearable to look at.

For a moment, he seemed to relax, and the palm he was holding moved slightly.

"Palm beads, Huandong!" The tactful clear voice came, and the graceful Lin Yurou suddenly appeared at the door of the study with a dinner plate, her big eyes looked left and right, and the smile on her face was slightly stagnant, but then she turned her head and said softly to Chu Huandong: "Huandong, I'm afraid that you will stay up late and starve, so I went and made you a supper with my own hands, you can taste it!"

"When did you learn to cook?" Chu Huandong's lips curled, and there was a little joy in his eyes when he looked at Lin Yurou, "Didn't you say that you hate cooking the most, and you will never go to the kitchen in this life?"

"Hehe, it depends on who is doing it, I know you have a bad stomach and can't stand hunger. Lin Yurou smiled, fragrant like an orchid.

"It's really a blessing to be able to eat the food you cooked!" Chu Huandong said with a smile and reached out to take the tray in Lin Yurou's hand.

Lin Yurou's intention was to walk into Chu Huandong's study, but there was Wang Zhangzhu blocking the door, she was a good person, even if she knew the relationship between Chu Huandong and Wang Zhangzhu, she still took the initiative to smile at Wang Zhangzhu very generously and kindly, and said hello.

Wang Zhangzhu, who was sandwiched between the two, knew that she should leave right now, no matter how thick-skinned she was, she lowered her head and laughed miserably, there may be many reasons for the expression that Chu Huandong just showed to her, but it was not what she wanted.

She felt that her face was feverish, like a fire, but in fact, she knew in her heart that Chu Huandong would not turn back to herself, she held on to the wall and slowly walked to her room, a mood called sadness or despair filled her body.

From this day on, Chu Huandong began to go in and out with Lin Yurou at home, and he became more and more considerate of Lin Yurou, the scene of you and me can be seen everywhere, and he seems to be blind to Wang Zhangzhu's sadness and haggardness, as if nothing can shake his heart.

Wang Zhangzhu looked at Chu Huandong and Lin Yurou together and felt awkward, she knew that Chu Huandong's gentleness, care, and thoughtfulness no longer belonged to her, but were all given to another woman, and there was no longer her shadow in his eyes, and the already sharp gaze was indifferent and alienated when he looked at her.

So, Wang Zhangzhu always hid in her room every day when she came home, and she tossed and turned sleepless for countless nights because of such mental torture, and the relationship between her and Chu Huandong became so bad for the first time in her life, not a cold war, but much more distant than a cold war.