Qingche's quilt is a standard double quilt, originally prepared to cover two people, and it can be turned sideways to wrap the whole body of two people.
Thinking that the two of them were going to spend the whole night in the same bed, Qing Che couldn't help but feel a little nervous. It wasn't enough to hide in the bed and put on autumn clothes and long trousers, so after Li Mengnan went to bed, he put his pillow up between the two of them.
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This can not only avoid direct physical contact between the two people, but also block the gap in the middle to keep warm, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
Qing Che's behavior as if facing a formidable enemy made Li Mengnan feel a little funny. Now that he was alone and alone in the same room, if he really wanted to do something lewd to this little lolita, just such a symbolic line of defense could do the trick.
How useful is it?
But he didn't say it directly - people, the more they are unable to resist in reality, the more they need a psychological line of defense to comfort themselves.
"Your pillow reminds me of a very classic joke."
Li Mengnan smiled, of course he was referring to the Internet joke that "crossing the line is a beast".
Qing Che had obviously heard this joke, and immediately understood the connotation of Li Mengnan's words, and instantly became blushing.
Li Mengnan was going to continue to say, "Do you want me to be a beast? Or worse than a beast?", but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. The little girl Qingche is too thin-skinned, and such an embarrassing thing happened between the two just now. It is true.
Not suitable for making over-the-top jokes.
Considering this, Li Mengnan immediately changed the subject as if it was nothing, and asked: "Qing Che, what on earth did you want to show me just now?"
While talking, Li Mengnan pressed the phone again.
"No...nothing!"
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
Qingche decided to admit everything to Li Mengnan out of extreme shame and self-blame. However, when Li Mengnan interrupted her midway, all the courage she had finally accumulated was gone.
She snatched the phone back from Li Mengnan's hand, turned it off quickly, hugged it tightly in her arms, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Forget it, just keep this matter as an eternal secret in her heart.
The little girl's thoughts are like the weather in June. It changes in a blink of an eye, making it difficult to understand.
Li Mengnan didn't want to use his brain to guess what Qing Che was thinking at the moment. He smiled casually, turned his phone into night mode, opened an online novel he had downloaded before, and read it with gusto.
This move made Qing Che next to her feel much more at ease. She was too embarrassed to disturb Li Mengnan. She didn't know what to do while sitting there, so she simply followed suit and turned on her phone.
The dim light from the mobile phone screen vaguely illuminated Qing Che's beautiful facial contours. Li Mengnan suddenly noticed that she was frowning from time to time while looking at the mobile phone, and her plump pink lips were opening and closing up and down, as if she was mumbling something.
"What are you looking at?" Li Mengnan stretched his head over curiously.
"It's nothing, it's just the school curriculum. I downloaded the electronic version on my mobile phone so that I can review it anytime and anywhere."
Qing Che turned the phone screen in the direction of Li Mengnan. As expected, it was just a junior high school textbook.
"You really love learning." This is the first time Li Mengnan has seen someone install textbooks on their mobile phones. Is this the legendary academic model?
"No, actually my grades are very poor." Qingche scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a slight blush on his face: "I am a stupid person. What others can remember after reading it once, I often have to read it three or four times.
, If you don’t want to be left behind by others, you can only use your time to accumulate..."
"Did you have a brain injury when you were a child? Or were you seriously ill?" So far, Li Mengnan has only found that Qingche's reaction is a bit slow, but this should have nothing to do with memory.
And generally speaking, the memory of girls of her age is at its best. Even if there are individual differences, except for a few gifted children, it should generally fluctuate around a constant value.
Unless, like Ding Xiang Nuannuan, one of his father's twins, his brain was damaged when he was a child, it may lead to intellectual defects.
"That's not true." Qingche recalled for a moment, shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't know what happened. I can clearly see a line of words and forget it in the blink of an eye. Even if I read it aloud, once I start to recall it,
I always feel like I’ve remembered it wrong, and then my memory becomes blurry again…”
Li Mengnan immediately understood that Qingche did not really have a memory problem. Her condition was actually a very common mental illness called obsessive-compulsive neurosis, also commonly known as obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Qingche, let me teach you a method... say 'I am the smartest and most beautiful girl in the world' ten times in front of the mirror. From now on, do it once every day after getting up early and once every night before going to bed. The louder the voice, the better.
This situation will soon be improved.”
Judging from Qingche's situation, her obsessive-compulsive disorder largely comes from the pressure caused by her inferiority complex. Li Mengnan's method is actually a subtle form of self-hypnosis. Although it treats the symptoms but not the root cause, as long as Qingche can persist
If you do it, it will have some effect more or less.
"Will it really be effective? I feel so embarrassed." Qingche felt that Li Mengnan's statement sounded like a narcissist.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of. I won't let you shout on the street... But then again, if you can really shout twice on the street, I guarantee you three days to recover."
Only people with overwhelming self-confidence would dare to shout such words on the street. If Qingche could really do this, there would be no chance of him suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Then... let me try."
Although Qingche still felt ashamed, but thinking about her academic performance that could be hung up at any time, she could only treat it like a dead horse.
Twelve bells could be heard faintly outside the window. It was already early in the morning, and the TV in the bedroom outside was still ringing, but it was changed from a football game to a variety show.
Qingche didn't stay with Li Mengnan as promised. Around eleven o'clock, the little girl couldn't stand it any longer and fell asleep on Li Mengnan's shoulder while holding her cell phone.
Li Mengnan confirmed that Qing Che was asleep, and then slowly laid her down on the bed. The pillow between the two of them was put back under her head. He moved his body as far as possible to the end of the bed, leaving enough space for Qing Che.
Space.
Probably because he felt uncomfortable with his legs curled up, Qing Che suddenly kicked Li Mengnan a few times in his sleep. After finding that he still couldn't stretch out, he simply put a pair of warm little feet on Li Mengnan's thighs.
Li Mengnan wanted to take his restless little feet away from his legs, but as soon as he moved, he accidentally sat on a hard object. He took it out from the bed and found that it was Qing Che's cell phone.
Li Mengnan couldn't help but think of the weird behavior of the little girl just now. After a moment of consideration, he turned on his phone. He was very curious about what Qingche wanted to show him before.
He didn't feel like he was peeking into the little girl's privacy. After all, the other party took the initiative to show it to him.
As for being snatched back by her later... this part was selectively ignored.
It is rare to be confused. It is a state of being a human being. It can be called thick and black, or it can be called shameless, depending on which angle you look at it.
Li Mengnan opened the photo album again and quickly flipped through the preview pictures one by one that filled the screen.
Until he reached the end, he suddenly found that the preview of a file was obviously different from other files. There was a small triangle mark in the middle that meant it could be played.
It’s not surprising that there are videos on your phone, but it’s quite curious if there is only one video.
After turning down his phone, Li Mengnan casually clicked on the video.
The recording effect of the video is pretty good. Although the picture is a little dark, it can be clearly seen that it is in a bathroom.
A strange sound could be clearly heard from the speaker, which seemed to be a woman's moan. Then the height of the screen suddenly rose, crossing the bathroom partition, and the scene in the next cubicle was completely presented to the eyes from a high position.
This is an almost uncontrollable picture.
A strong man and a beautiful woman vent their most primitive desires in a dark bathroom.
I didn’t expect that a simple girl like Qingche could watch short movies?
Just as this malicious thought flashed through Li Mengnan's mind, he suddenly realized that the man and woman having selfless intercourse in the picture looked very familiar.
I (beep——!), wasn’t this the time when I was in the KTV bathroom with Minnie? When was it broadcast live? And why did it still appear on the mobile phone of this little girl Qingche?
Pulling the video back to the beginning and checking the shooting angle, Li Mengnan immediately understood that it turned out that Qingche did not leave the KTV that day, but was hiding next door to the bathroom where he was, and even saw the live broadcast between him and Minnie.
reality show.
But as to why he recorded it with his mobile phone, he was a little confused.
Although this discovery surprised Li Mengnan, it was the first time he saw himself from someone else's perspective, and it was in such a restricted scene. This feeling still made Li Mengnan find it quite interesting.
Since he had nothing to do at the moment, he simply watched the entire video again from beginning to end.
Just as he and Minnie in the video were fighting at their most intense, a white light suddenly illuminated the entire room, and then almost plunged into darkness again in less than a second.
It's lightning.
Then there was a dull thunder sound like a rolling mill on the roof from far to near, and finally turned into a thunderbolt and crashed to the ground.
Rumble——!
Just as Li Mengnan subconsciously turned his head to see if Qing Che had woken up, he suddenly heard a scream coming from the bed, and then the pair of little feet on his legs suddenly retracted, and the quilt on his body was instantly pulled away.
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Qing Che huddled up on the bed wrapped in a quilt. Although Li Mengnan couldn't see her expression at the moment, he could clearly feel the violent shaking coming from inside when he put his hand on the quilt.
"Qingche? Qingche, are you okay?"
Li Mengnan carefully pushed her through the quilt. Although many girls are afraid of thunder, it is still very rare for them to be afraid to this extent.
Qing Che seemed to have forgotten that there was another person in the room. When Li Mengnan's hand was placed on her body through the quilt, her body couldn't help but tremble. Then she remembered it again, suddenly lifted the quilt and threw herself into Li Mengnan's arms, holding both hands
She hugged his waist tightly and buried her head in his chest, refusing to look up.
Outside the window, it was raining heavily and there was thunder and lightning.
Every time thunder sounded, Li Mengnan could clearly feel Qing Che in her arms hugging him tightly involuntarily. The louder the thunder, the harder her arms became.
Her body was shaking violently and almost never stopped from the beginning to the end. Her hands and feet were cold, and her back was covered with sweat.
Obviously Qingche may have been severely frightened on a night of lightning and thunder in the past, and then did not receive timely psychological counseling. After many years of repeated stimulation of the same scene, it turned into extremely serious psychological trauma.
"It's okay, I'm here, don't be afraid."
Li Mengnan picked up Qingche and let her sit on his lap. He held her in his arms like a baby and gently patted her back.
This kind of psychological trauma accumulated over time cannot be cured in a short time. The only thing he can do at this moment is to give Qingche a hug that makes her feel safe.
Although it is still a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution, its effectiveness cannot be denied.
She felt that her body was tightly hugged by a pair of strong arms, and the broad chest that was close to her kept sending a reassuring warmth. The fear in Qingche's heart finally slowly dissipated, but she still refused to let go.
Hold Li Mengnan’s arms.
"Feeling better now?"
"Um."
Qingche stammered softly. She felt very shy with such a baby-like close embrace, but she never wanted to let go and face the terrifying thunder and lightning alone.
"Brother Meng Nan, am I... very timid?"
Qing Che buried her head on Li Mengnan's chest, and she suddenly discovered that the clear and powerful heartbeat in her ears made her feel at ease.
"It's nothing, everyone has things they are afraid of and are unwilling to face." Li Mengnan smiled and touched her head.
"What about you? Brother Mengnan, are you also afraid of something?" Qingche asked curiously.
"Me?" Li Mengnan was silent for a moment, seeming to be trying to remember, then shook his head and said: "I don't know, I never seem to be afraid of anything."
"But Brother Mengnan, didn't you say that everyone has something to be afraid of?"
Although Qing Che just asked casually, he really stopped Li Mengnan.
Indeed, fear is an unavoidable emotion for everyone. As long as you are a human being, you will inevitably have things that make you feel afraid. But why has it never seemed that I have had this emotion of fear since I was a child?
Li Mengnan fell into silence for a long time. Perhaps this was a sign of boldness in the eyes of others, but he knew very well that this was definitely not a normal phenomenon.
If Qing Che hadn't asked him accidentally, he might not have noticed this abnormality in himself till now.
This is simply a copy of the hypnosis he used on others. The only explanation is that the old man probably performed a deep hypnosis on him when he was very young, completely hiding his inner fear of certain things.
It is even possible to directly block the emotion of "fear".
This is not a small project like eating and drinking. Even Li Mengnan himself can only hide a certain memory of others, but cannot completely seal off a specific emotion.
What on earth is the old man trying to hide by spending so much effort on him?
"Brother Meng Nan, what's wrong with you?" Qing Che noticed Li Meng Nan's abnormality.
"Oh, it's okay, I just suddenly remembered something from the past."
The thunder at this moment was getting smaller, and the occasional lightning flashes were not as frequent as before. Li Mengnan tentatively slowly released the hand holding Qing Che, took a long breath and said: "The thundercloud should have passed, you continue to sleep.
Well, don't be afraid, I'll be sitting next to you, call me if you need anything."
Qingche nodded with difficulty, let go of his hand as if somewhat reluctantly, and lay back on the pillow.
Li Mengnan picked up his mobile phone and had not even read two pages of the novel when he suddenly felt a soft little hand grabbing the corner of his clothes from under the quilt.
"Is something wrong?" Li Mengnan asked.
"Brother Meng Nan, why don't you... lie down and sleep?" Qing Che pulled the corner of the quilt and exposed only the upper half of his face, with two bright eyes. "Although my bed is not big, if it is back to back, it should be big."
It can sleep two people.”
"Isn't this...not good? And if that's the case, your line of defense won't be able to be used."
Qingche's bed is only a one-meter-wide single bed. If you want to sleep two people, they have to be close together back to back. Not to mention pillows, even placing a thick cardboard is a problem.
"Brother Mengnan, I...I believe you."
Qing Che had almost used up all the courage in her heart to be able to say this, and she didn't dare to say any more. She was afraid that Li Mengnan would misunderstand that she had other intentions, so she lay down on her side facing the door, and
Leave half of the bed space behind you.
"Little girl, to be honest, what you said makes me feel a lot of pressure." Li Mengnan leaned down slightly, put his hand on Qing Che's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I am a bad person. I have been emphasizing this from beginning to end.
The so-called good people are just your wishful thinking... and once something starts, you have no say in how it will develop later. Are you sure that even so, you still want me to sleep next to you? "
"I...I...I believe you wouldn't do that...right...?" Qingche was obviously frightened by Li Mengnan's description, but for some reason he still gritted his teeth and held on, but his tone was obviously a bit...
Trills and cries.
"Little girl, I'm teasing you, do you really take it seriously?" Li Mengnan curled up his index finger and tapped her on the head in a funny way, then pulled the quilt and lay down sideways against her smooth and soft back, "
Remember, if you feel something is wrong in the future, you can cancel it at any time if you say it. Don't hold on, otherwise it will be easy for some people with ulterior motives to take advantage of you."
Qingche didn't respond as submissively as before this time.
I don't know how long it took, but Li Mengnan suddenly felt Qing Che turn over from behind and gently rest her head on the back of his neck.
"Brother Meng Nan... have you... thought about it this way?"