Li Huzhu always wanted to ask something, but she also felt that she was being overly sentimental.
"One time we went out to play in the Geopark, and Charles went with us.
Then we took a lot of photos, and I kept that photo album.
After you moved away, you left a lot of things behind, and I shipped them all back to my country.
Some of yours and some of Charles's.
But I have never found that photo album.
Did you or Charles take the wrong one..."
"no."
Zhou Mulian interrupted her.
"That might be..."
"It's not that I took it by mistake, I took it away on purpose."
Zhou Mulian said.
Li Huzhu looked at him in surprise.
Zhou Mulian's words were stuck in his throat, and he didn't know what to say for a long time. He could only lower his head to cover up his gaffe.
After a long while, he raised his eyes and saw Li Huzhu opposite, who was also slightly startled, with an inexplicable emotion.
"Dendrobium beads..."
"What?"
Li Huzhu came to her senses and her eyes seemed to be filled with water.
"us……"
"I...can I go see your photo album?"
Li Huzhu spoke up and suppressed his words.
She didn't want to hear his apology, nor any explanation that went against his will, nor did she want to ask about his fiancée.
It was just him and her at the moment, which was enough to comfort her.
"Now?"
Zhou Mulian seemed a little surprised, "Okay.
I'll take you home later."
Li Huzhu: "..."
It's night, the city's neon lights are flashing, and the lights are bright everywhere.
It seems inappropriate for a young woman to rush to a man's apartment.
She didn't mean right now, but she meant she was free.
But a beautiful misunderstanding happened, Li Huzhu thought greedily, she just took a look.
Take a look at the photo album, which is her past memories; take a look at his apartment, it is his current life.
Other than that, she didn't think anything of him.
She had already promised her brother that she would not go back and entangle him, causing embarrassment to Zhou Mulian and shame to the family.
"Okay, let's go after dinner."
Li Huzhu said.
Afterwards, we didn’t eat much. They both said they were full and paid the bill and went home.
Zhou Mulian's apartment is not big, with three bedrooms.
As soon as Li Huzhu came in, he looked around.
The room was clean and tidy, and the sheets and quilts were stacked neatly. The life of a single man was a bit boring, and the apartment was almost monotonous.
One bedroom, one guest room, and one study room.
The other rooms are all tidy, but the study is a mess.
"I have an old servant here who works here. She comes every morning, makes dinner and then leaves.
She takes care of everything."
Zhou Mulian explained, "She was not allowed to enter the study, so it was very messy."
Li Huzhu: "She works very hard and her house is spotless."
"Yes, I don't go home much on weekdays, so I come back to take a nap. I spend most of my time at school."
Zhou Mulian said.
As he said this, he asked Li Huzhu to sit down, and he went to pour tea first. Then he poured half of the tea and found that he could not find the tea leaves, so he went to rummage through the cabinet again.
Just after pouring the tea, I remembered that Li Huzhu was here to look at the photo album, and immediately took out the photo album from the top drawer in the study.
He felt very nervous.
I was even more nervous than doing an anatomy experiment for the first time.
He wished he could show his best side to Li Huzhu; but he was also worried that he would go too far and cause Li Huzhu trouble.
In such a hurry, when he handed over the photo album, his elbow hit the tea cup, and the cup of hot tea fell to the ground, all spilling on Li Huzhu's feet.
Li Huzhu wore a pair of high heels and glass stockings, and poured out the cup of scalding tea.
"It's okay..." Li Huzhu stood up.
Afterwards, I felt a slight sting.
Zhou Mulian: "Sit down quickly and let me take a look."
He held her shoulders and asked her to sit on the sofa.
After taking off her shoes and socks, Zhou Mulian found that the insteps of her feet had been burned red, which made Zhou Mulian feel heartbroken.