Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 181 I want you to go

Now, apart from Liu Songyan and Shen Ruzhi, there is no one else left in the classroom.

Now, as the class monitor, Liu Songyan is exceptionally responsible. He is always the last to leave during evening self-study and is also usually the first to arrive at school in the morning.

Shen Ruzhi's question went unanswered. After waiting for several seconds, she looked away and then turned her gaze back to Liu Songyan.

Looking at the boy's face so close to hers, she felt her face start to burn instantly.

Even though the weather has turned cooler, it feels as hot and suffocating as summer.

"What...what exactly do you want?"

The question was asked again, and it was only when this question was uttered that Liu Songyan, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke.

Have you been staying up late again lately?

"what?"

"I'm asking you, have you been sleeping poorly lately?"

To put it another way.

Liu Songyan's words reached Shen Ruzhi's ears, and she blinked frequently, looking at the boy who was approaching her with a puzzled expression.

The face that was so close suddenly moved back.

Liu Songyan withdrew the hand that was supporting him on the table and returned to his normal demeanor.

Looking down at Shen Ruzhi in her seat.

"I've already developed dark circles under my eyes from staying up so late."

Subconsciously raising her hand, Shen Ruzhi gently touched the area under her eyes upon hearing these words.

She had thought that Liu Songyan would do something very hurtful to her when no one else was in the class.

But now it seems that her presumptuous opinion was superfluous.

As her rosy cheeks gradually returned to normal, Shen Ruzhi silently raised her face and looked at the boy in front of her seat.

Looking at the concerned gaze directed at him, Liu Songyan recalled the scene of watching Chi Jinhe leave the classroom.

Although Liu Songyan no longer ignores her as he used to.

However, Shen Ruzhi, who was observing closely, could still keenly sense that Liu Songyan's behavior towards Chi Jinhe was clearly not that of normal classmates.

Although the two people sitting at the same table did not do anything inappropriate.

However, the atmosphere when those two were together was always more harmonious than when she was with Liu Songyan.

Thinking of this, Shen Ruzhi couldn't help but feel lonely.

She felt that she was not as cute as Chi Jinhe in appearance, so it was understandable that Liu Songyan had a significantly different attitude towards the two of them.

"Let's go, it's time to go home."

Shen Ruzhi, who had remained silent until Liu Songyan spoke again, nodded in response.

After turning off the lights in the classroom, Liu Songyan also locked the door with a key.

The two left the teaching building together, went to the bicycle shed first, and took out their bicycles.

After Liu Songyan got on his bike, Shen Ruzhi also consciously sat on the back seat.

This bicycle was clearly bought by Liu Changcun for his daughter, but after Liu Wanqiu's initial excitement wore off, it became her brother's property.

Liu Songyan drove away from the school with the girl on the back seat.

Under the night.

The bicycle rode leisurely along, but as the weather turned cooler, the evening breeze no longer felt comfortable.

Shen Ruzhi, sitting in the back seat, leaned closer, inhaling the fragrance emanating from the other person's clothes.

"Why don't you speak?"

The subtle movements seemed to have been noticed.

Shen Ruzhi, who had been gradually approaching, immediately straightened up, widening the distance between herself and Liu Songyan, and looked up at the front.

"Don't you want to go shopping this weekend?"

While Shen Ruzhi was still in a daze, Liu Songyan, who had not received a response for a long time, asked another question.

"It's okay if you don't want to go. Shopping in malls isn't a very interesting thing anyway."

"..."

She remained silent, but after hearing Liu Songyan's words, Shen Ruzhi's depressed mood improved slightly.

Looking at the boy beside her who was showing her some concern, Shen Ruzhi finished her thoughts and seemed to have thought of something.

Hesitantly, he asked softly.

"If... I don't go, will you go?"

"Yes."

My mood, which had finally improved, immediately turned bad again.

Upon hearing Liu Songyan's reply, Shen Ruzhi, who had initially held some hope, immediately plummeted to despair.

She felt incredibly stupid.

Why ask again when you already know the answer?

She had been looking up at the ground ahead, but slowly lowered her head to look at the ground rushing past on either side.

"Then I think I'd better not go."

"..."

The steady pedaling motion suddenly stopped, and after a few seconds it resumed.

Liu Songyan frowned at this moment, but his tone of voice was the same as usual.

"Why didn't you go?"

"I don't want to be a third wheel."

The girl's voice wasn't loud, but Liu Songyan in the front seat heard it clearly.

His already slightly furrowed brows tightened even more upon hearing the other person's words. He abruptly stopped pedaling, gripping the brakes on both sides of the handlebars tightly, bringing the bicycle, which had been moving at a steady pace, to a complete stop.

The sudden braking caught Shen Ruzhi, who was in the back seat, off guard. With her hands unsupported, she was thrown forward by inertia.

She bumped into Liu Songyan's back, causing Shen Ruzhi's entire face to be buried in it.

"are you serious?"

Liu Songyan's questioning voice rang out, causing Shen Ruzhi, who was leaning against his back, to raise her head in a daze.

Looking at Liu Songyan who turned around to look at her, Shen Ruzhi was momentarily at a loss as to what the problem was when she saw his displeased expression.

In her opinion, Chi Jinhe invited her out of politeness when evening self-study ended.

Perhaps neither Liu Songyan nor Chi Jinhe wanted him to go.

It was precisely because she realized this that she gave that answer just now.

But when she saw Liu Songyan's expression at that moment, she suddenly realized that her thoughts might not be correct.

"She originally just invited you and me to go shopping together, it was just a simple shopping trip, not..." Liu Songyan suddenly paused halfway through his sentence.

Looking at the girl in the back seat who was looking up at him, he stared at her for a few seconds before silently looking away.

Anyway, I hope you can come.

Do you really want me to go?

"It's a bit awkward when it's just the two of us, having more people around can ease the tension a bit."

Turning back to face Shen Ruzhi, Liu Songyan resumed pedaling his bicycle after saying those words, while Shen Ruzhi, sitting on the back seat, kept repeating the words he had just said in her mind.

Thinking of Liu Songyan's excuse that he hoped I would go as well, the expression on his face when he said those words involuntarily came to mind.

The bicycle carrying the two people moved forward at a steady speed.

The girl in the back seat slowly put her arm around him, a sudden action that made Liu Songyan, sitting in front of her, feel quite uncomfortable.

He wanted to ask the other person to put their arm down, but when he thought of Shen Ruzhi's appearance just now, he couldn't bring himself to say the words.

I simply let the other person hold me like that.

Wen Yunwei and her daughter Shen Ruzhi moved to a new home, renting a house in a neighborhood closer to No. 16 Middle School.

Compared to the place where parking was difficult before, the comfort of the house I live in now has been improved in every way.

The bicycle entered the community gate and arrived at the building where Shen Ruzhi lived.

Shen Ruzhi thanked Liu Songyan and got off the back seat, looking at the boy riding a bicycle in front of her.

At this moment, Liu Songyan remained expressionless, staring back at Shen Ruzhi who was also looking at him.

Neither of them spoke again, or perhaps the silence was too intense to bear for long, so Liu Songyan finally responded.

"gone."

"Slow down on the road."

Watching the bicycle ride away, further and further in the direction it came from, Shen Ruzhi remained in the same spot, gazing at the departing figure from afar.

The bicycle, which had already gone quite a distance, suddenly stopped, and then turned around again under Shen Ruzhi's gaze.

I accelerated my pedaling until I was back in front of the building.

The ear-piercing sound of sudden braking rang out again.

Looking at Liu Songyan, who had turned back again, Shen Ruzhi showed an expression of extreme incomprehension.

He tilted his head slightly, looking at Liu Songyan in front of him with a puzzled expression.

Looking at the other person's less-than-pleasant expression.

Before she could ask anything, she heard Liu Songyan's voice in her ear.

You must come!

"what?"

Staring blankly at the other person, Shen Ruzhi uttered a sound of doubt.

She didn't immediately grasp the meaning of Liu Songyan's words.

It took me a moment to belatedly realize what was happening.

"You mean...going shopping?"

"Yes."

On the way home, although Liu Songyan had expressed his hope that Shen Ruzhi would come, the girl in the back seat did not answer him.

Liu Songyan had originally planned to let it go, but as he rode away on his bicycle, he became more and more depressed. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he rode his bicycle back.

Looking at the figure standing on the steps in front of him, Liu Songyan's expression also became serious.

Since the monthly exam, he has found himself becoming increasingly concerned about Shen Ruzhi in front of him.

Even though Liu Songyan tried his best to ignore her, he could no longer treat her with the same indifference as before.

Wearing the same school uniform as the boy, the girl's tall figure caught his eye.

His gaze remained fixed on her face, as if he would not leave until he gave her a definite answer.

"..."

The two remained silent, gazing at each other at the figure on the bicycle in front of them.

Shen Ruzhi's gaze towards him suddenly became somewhat blurred.

With a soft "pfft," he quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth.

As if amused by Liu Songyan in front of him, he finally gave in after trying to hold back and burst out laughing.

The atmosphere, which was supposed to be very serious, was instantly broken by Shen Ruzhi's few light laughs.

Even Liu Songyan, who had been maintaining a serious expression, was stunned at this moment.

He looked at Shen Ruzhi in front of him with surprise, not understanding why she had suddenly burst out laughing.

However, Liu Songyan's doubts did not last long. After Shen Ruzhi finally stopped laughing, he continued to speak.

"Do you really want me to come with you?"

"It's not that I don't want to, to be honest, I don't really want to, it's just that if you don't go..."

So, do you want to or not?

Seeing Liu Songyan start making excuses again, Shen Ruzhi, who was facing the boy, suddenly asked him with certainty.

Her words also interrupted Liu Songyan's incessant chatter.

The lights in front of the building illuminated the two of them.

This allowed Liu Songyan, who was riding his bicycle at that moment, to see Shen Ruzhi clearly in front of him.

Looking at the other person's smiling face and their eyes that seemed to be filled with tears.

These seemingly disparate emotions appeared on one person's face at the same time.

Liu Songyan didn't know why Shen Ruzhi was making such an expression.

But now he has no choice but to give the other party an answer.

If it were the old Liu Songyan, even if Shen Ruzhi were crying her eyes out right now, he would never have wavered in the slightest.

However, now, when he sees Shen Ruzhi with tears in her eyes again, he simply cannot ignore her.

The car's headlights illuminated the two of them, but their vision returned to normal after the car drove past.

Looking at Shen Ruzhi in front of him, Liu Songyan's expression became serious this time.

He spoke softly.

"think."

There was a slight pause.

I want you to go.

(End of this chapter)