Chapter 41 part 1
Lu Qiujin’s reason told him that this sentence was nothing.
Anyway, he originally just wanted to be friends with Luo Shizhen and gain his trust.
It wasn’t like he was like Xiao Shan and Chu Xiao, wanting to be lovers with him.
But for some reason, after hearing it, an awkward pang of discomfort in his heart made him practically unable to sit or stand still.
Lu Qiujin wasn’t the type to discover a problem and not solve it.
After fidgeting restlessly for an hour, he suddenly said to Luo Shizhen, “I can change.”
By this time, a class at school had already ended. It was break time, and Luo Shizhen was looking down at his notes to see if there were any omissions.
Hearing this sentence out of nowhere, he was confused: “Huh? What?”
After one class, Luo Shizhen’s head was full of various knowledge points. He had completely forgotten what he had said to Lu Qiujin earlier.
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t like me if I’m like this? I can change.”
Lu Qiujin thought, To obtain purification, changing my temper a bit is nothing.
He asked, “Where do you think I need to change? Whatever you say, I’ll change it.”
Luo Shizhen took two seconds to react.
He thought, It seems Lu Qiujin also really wants to get married. He said marriage was bad before, but now he’s willing to correct his flaws for his future wife.
“I don’t know if my thoughts are right or not, but you as a person are actually very good, there are no problems. It’s just that maybe you need to change the issue of always thinking about arguing after marriage. Always arguing is bad and hurts feelings. Whatever happens, it’s fine if everyone solves it nicely together.”
Lu Qiujin looked at Luo Shizhen.
Luo Shizhen still held a pen in his hand. When he spoke, his eyes revealed earnestness, and his whole body exuded a peaceful, herbivorous animal vibe.
He thought, Indeed, I was wrong before.
His attitude towards marriage was too combative, only seeking the satisfaction of arguing.
With Luo Shizhen’s personality, if they really started arguing, it would definitely be his fault.
Lu Qiujin could almost imagine how bewildered and helpless Luo Shizhen would be after his feeling-disregarding arguments. He wouldn’t be able to find the reason for his anger and could only bury his head in work, while also blaming himself for angering Lu Qiujin.
Just thinking about this, Lu Qiujin felt that his personality really needed to change.
“Yes, you are right.”
Since Lu Qiujin had been so certain before, Luo Shizhen thought he would need a little time to accept it. He didn’t expect him to nod and admit he should correct this flaw right away.
Not only did he correct it, but he also continued to ask Luo Shizhen:
“What else do you think I need to do in marriage to shoulder the responsibilities of a husband?”
This was the first time someone other than his grandmother discussed this topic with him.
Luo Shizhen immediately became happy.
His grandmother very much hoped he could get married. Perhaps because he was treated as an idiot when he was young, his grandmother always said her biggest wish was for Luo Shizhen to live a normal person’s life.
And in Grandma Luo’s eyes, getting married and having a child was the most normal and ordinary life.
Luo Shizhen had always listened to his grandmother, and obediently took this as his life goal.
But he had never been anyone’s husband after all, and he didn’t know if his ideas were really right. Before, he had also wanted to communicate with Chu Xiao and the others to see if he could learn a bit more.
But for some reason, Chu Xiao would get angry whenever this topic was brought up, and even Zhang Chuan was the same.
And now Lu Qiujin was actually interested!
Luo Shizhen very earnestly elaborated on his thoughts:
“First is what we just said, don’t lose your temper casually. Then, you have to have eyes for chores. Whatever chores there are at home, you have to hurry and do them, don’t drag them out. If you drag them out, even if you do them later, it’s not good.”
“Also, you have to cook three meals well. As soon as your salary is issued, you have to transfer it to your wife’s card. If anything is broken at home, you have to hurry and fix it…”
Everything Luo Shizhen mentioned was exactly what his grandmother had once criticized to him about where his grandfather had done poorly.
He was very good at learning lessons. He felt that as long as he worked hard to do well in all the areas his grandfather did poorly in, wouldn’t that be enough!
Now, he was teaching the results of his research to Lu Qiujin.
“This is what I summarized based on my own experience. You shouldn’t listen to everything; you should also delete and revise according to your own situation.”
Lu Qiujin, however, looked very receptive to advice. Whatever Luo Shizhen said, he agreed to it.
To him, these things Luo Shizhen said were also very novel.
The spousal relationships he had seen since childhood were all arguments, calculations, mutual utilization, and blame-shifting.
If marriage was really like what Luo Shizhen described, where the two of them discussed things and mutually tolerated and cared for each other, then no wonder Luo Shizhen longed for marriage.
When evening came, Luo Shizhen finished his shower and was about to take a mop to mop the bathroom floor.
Lu Qiujin naturally took the mop from his hands: “I’ll mop.”
Luo Shizhen was puzzled: “But this is my bathroom.”
Lu Qiujin: “It’s just a small chore, I can mop it easily.”
He snatched the mop and indeed cleaned Luo Shizhen’s bathroom spotlessly. He even wiped the countertop that was stained with water droplets.
Luo Shizhen was baffled. He walked past Lu Qiujin carrying the clothes he was going to wash, and Lu Qiujin stood up again:
“I’ll wash.”
Luo Shizhen looked down at the clothes in his hands: “I’m not going to hand wash them, I’m just going to put them in the washing machine.”
Lu Qiujin took them very naturally: “Let me put them in. You need to save time to study well.”
When it was time for Luo Shizhen to make his bed, and Lu Qiujin came over saying he wanted to make it for him, Luo Shizhen couldn’t hold it back anymore.
“What’s wrong with you today? Why are you even helping me make my bed?”
He looked at Lu Qiujin’s arm: “Your arm is still injured.”
“My recovery ability is strong. It’s fine now.”
Despite Lu Qiujin looking like a wealthy young master, he actually knew how to do these trivial chores, and he made the bed very smoothly.
Luo Shizhen stood to the side, watching him bustle about, making his bed and bringing water for him to soak his feet. He had the feeling that Lu Qiujin had been possessed by a ghost.
When the next day arrived, Luo Shizhen groggily opened his eyes and sensed something was wrong.
Why was there a food aroma in the dorm?
There were buns, millet porridge, and meat.
He slowly sat up in confusion and saw that the table in the middle of the dorm was actually densely packed with food.
Lu Qiujin was placing chopsticks. Because there was a plate of deep-fried dough sticks on the table, he frowned without even realizing it.
But upon seeing Luo Shizhen wake up, Lu Qiujin’s brow relaxed again.
“Awake? Come eat breakfast.”
Luo Shizhen sniffed.
Seeing him like this, Lu Qiujin’s smile widened: “The food is right here. No need to smell, just come over and eat.”
“No.”
Luo Shizhen answered honestly: “I wanted to smell if you are undergoing alienation.”
Lu Qiujin: “…”
The gentle smile he had practiced all morning couldn’t be maintained and froze on his face: “Why would you think that?”
Luo Shizhen couldn’t articulate it well either: “You weren’t like this before. Doing this so suddenly… I feel it’s weird.”
The Lu Qiujin he knew had always been a bit noble and reserved. Now that his personality had suddenly changed, aside from alienation, Luo Shizhen couldn’t think of any other answer.
Lu Qiujin said slowly: “People all change. Do you think I’ve changed for the better or for the worse right now?”
Luo Shizhen hesitated: “You’ve changed to where you’re not like yourself anymore…”
He got out of bed and looked at the deep-fried dough sticks on the table: “Don’t you dislike the smell of deep-fried dough sticks? You’re not even willing to smell it.”
Lu Qiujin was startled: “How did you know?”
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