Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 45 I'm planning to move out
Lin Lu never expected that Pei Yizhou would change his attitude just as the new year began.

He threw her phone far away for no apparent reason. Facing her blank question, he smiled calmly and said, "This is our New Year. I don't want to be disturbed by others."

Now, without even looking, she could guess who sent the message.

But his behavior was really a bit extreme.

She paused for a few seconds while receiving the gift, and smiled again under Pei Yizhou's subtle observation: "At least you said hello to me. Okay, okay, now it's time for me to open the gift..."

Before the true intentions are revealed, both sides are willing to maintain some final brotherly friendship.

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After the New Year, their long vacation came to an end.

The last few days were not wasted. On the way back to Hai City, they stopped for short tours in several provinces and cities. Lin Lu also bought gifts for Ding Zitong, Xu Jiayan and the sisters in the general manager's office.

It was afternoon when we landed in Hai City. Xu Jiayan and his friends came to pick us up at the airport and had lunch together.

After receiving the call, Xu Jiayan first glanced at Lin Lu and exclaimed, "Wow".

"Finally, I'm not so pale anymore. I look a lot healthier."

Pei Yizhou looked at her and smiled with satisfaction: "It seems so."

They spend every day together, so it's hard to see much difference. But this is a good thing, because Pei Yizhou doesn't want to see her as pale and cold as a dead person.

He acted like a good brother who was dedicated to fattening up his sister, but Lin Lu could no longer deceive himself.

She looked up and smiled, exchanging glances with Ding Zitong in the co-pilot seat in the rearview mirror.

One had a subtle look, the other pretended to look away naturally.

We had hotpot for dinner.

It was still cold in Hai City. Lin Lu sneezed violently when he came into contact with the cold air. He felt better only after sitting down in the restaurant.

Pei Yizhou sat next to her, covering her thighs with his coat, and frowned as he asked the waiter to bring him a bowl of Tremella soup and some of her favorite side dishes and snacks. The only sounds at the table were his conversation with the waiter.

The pot was boiling, and the lingering mist obscured each other's faces, making it difficult to see clearly.

Lin Lu stared at the bubbling bottom of the pot and was distracted.

Xu Jiayan looked left and right, then nudged Ding Zitong with his elbow.

Ding Zitong understood what he meant at this time. He coughed and started chatting with Lin Lu: "How was your vacation? Was it fun?"

"It's okay." Lin Lu couldn't understand their gossip which was quite meaningful, and answered casually.

Xu Jiayan felt that the daily questioning method was too time-consuming, so he simply asked himself: "Is there anything interesting or memorable that you can share with us? I worked overtime until New Year's Eve, and your brother's bonus can't make up for my disappointment."

"Something you remember vividly?" Lin Lu's mind flashed with Pei Yizhou's body and panting. He coughed and said, "One thing is that I ran into a high school classmate at the resort."

Ding Zitong immediately asked, "Who?"

"Lan Jia. She asked me why I hadn't changed at all, but fortunately she probably didn't notice anything. After all, she said we didn't keep in touch much before."

Ding Zitong knew very well the reason for not contacting each other, and her eyes flew to Pei Yizhou.

They were siblings first, and then lovers, but they were subject to a lot of gossip, so they gradually reduced their contact with their classmates.

Pei Yizhou looked calm as usual. He placed the Tremella soup brought by the waiter next to Lin Lu and reminded her carefully: "Warm your hands first with it, and drink it after it cools down a bit."

Lin Lu reached out to take it, and their fingertips accidentally touched. She pulled her hand back abruptly, and the Tremella soup swayed and almost spilled.

Pei Yizhou paused, and looked at her through the mist with a deep gaze. Well, Xu Jiayan and Ding Zitong looked at each other, and there was no need to beat around the bush, the situation was clear at a glance.

The smart sister still chooses to resist, but the perverted brother is constantly attacking, and the outcome is currently unknown.

Lin Lu pretended nothing happened and asked Pei Yizhou to help pick out the shrimp balls when serving the dishes.

Xu Jiayan glanced at them while eating, and was so curious that he was scratching his head.

Everyone at the table was eating absent-mindedly.

After the meal, Xu Jiayan called Pei Yizhou away on the pretext of paying the bill, and couldn't wait to find out the real situation.

"Why doesn't our sister show any signs of softening? Are you sure you are trying hard enough?"

Pei Yizhou ordered another serving of pear soup at the front desk, ready to take it away later. Upon hearing this, he said calmly, "The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is."

"Yes, yes, I'm anxious. But don't forget that you made an appointment with Dr. Li a few months ago. If you can catch the girl during this period and live a normal life, I can tell Dr. Li that you are recovering quickly and will soon be cured. But if you don't get any results, I can only remind you to see a doctor as soon as possible and get well soon."

Pei Yizhou said nothing. He carried the packed pear soup and walked in the corridor back to the private room.

After a while, he said, "She needs time."

This is how it happened in the past. It is not easy to turn siblings into a couple, let alone someone like Lin Lu who is difficult to convince.

If he wanted things to go smoothly, he could only wait for her to change her mind. In the meantime, all he could do was to keep testing her, keep boiling her in warm water, and keep...tempting her.

Xu Jiayan didn't know about his past history of chasing girls, and said: "You are the person involved, of course you can enjoy the ups and downs of the process, but we can only be result-oriented and just want a data visualization."

Pei Yizhou glanced at him and said, "Since you are so obsessed with visualization, you can go back to the company and work overtime now."

"Forget it. I'm not Ding Zitong, who stays in the company every day and interacts with robots in the laboratory."

Speaking of Ding Zitong, Pei Yizhou slowed down and asked, "Did Ding Zitong tell you about her chat with Lulu?"

Girls are always keen on sharing their lives, romances, and troubles. Although there have been several years between them and there is a generation gap between Lin Lu and Ding Zitong, given that Lin Lu does not have any better friends now, she will probably still look for Ding Zitong when she encounters problems.

Xu Jiayan understood what he meant in a second.

"Want Ding Zitong to be your assistant on the road of love? You think too much. You know that she doesn't have a good opinion of you. She doesn't think highly of you two. If you go to her, it's like choosing an undercover agent of our party in the enemy camp. As for me, I am your accomplice. Even if she talked about something with Lin Lu, she would never tell me."

He concluded: "Don't worry, she is in Cao's camp but her heart is with Han. It is considered a heroic sacrifice to accept your salary."

Pei Yizhou: “…”

What on earth is there to be assured of?

When I returned to the private room with the pear soup, I saw Lin Lu and Ding Zitong quickly separate their heads and pretend to eat the meat.

Pei Yizhou squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them. He stood there for two seconds before pretending not to see them. He walked over and put his hand on Lin Lu's shoulder.

"Have you finished eating? Let's go home. It's cold outside."

His figure pressed down, and even though it was just a normal action of putting his hand on the shoulder, it looked like he was holding the person in his arms. Anyone who looked over would first see his looming posture.

On the way back, Pei Yizhou kept thinking about what the two girls had said just now.

He always felt that there was something missing in his control over Lin Lu, and perhaps Ding Zitong could fill that gap. He casually wondered when to talk to Ding Zitong.

But after arriving home, Lin Lu suddenly said that the brother and sister should have a talk.

The first sentence was: "Brother, I plan to move out."

(End of this chapter)