monster's bride

Chapter 29 Special Gift

The moment the elevator closed, a strong man wearing a police uniform had a terrifying look in his eyes.

Lu Zhizhi never expected that Bai Ji would come to her neighbor's house to look at the house when everyone was preparing to move out.

Just a second before she was considering whether to stay in a hotel for the night, she saw his deep brows and eyes looking at him with a smile, as if he was affectionate.

Teacher Yi's words "He just likes you" rushed into his mind along his eyes.

Lu Zhizhi stood at the door and suddenly didn't know where to put his hands. He simply put his hands behind his back and asked him: "Are you coming to see the house?"

"Ah."

Bai Ji's eyes moved slightly down to her chest. He heard the sudden deafening heartbeat there. It was fast and boiling, which made him feel happy.

He said softly: "The rent was very high before. I wanted to change places and found an agent. He introduced me here."

So it was unintentional?

After so many incidents, Lu Zhizhi felt that no, he just did it on purpose.

Her plan to move was abandoned when Bai Ji entered the house to inspect it.

She couldn't say it at all.

She went back to the house and made dinner. She heard the sound of the door closing next door. She walked out and called Bai Ji, who was about to leave with the agents, "Would you like to have dinner together?"

The man looked back with surprise in his fox eyes, "Have you cooked?"

Lu Zhizhi's heart skipped a few more beats, nodded, and unnaturally extended the invitation, "Well, let's stay for dinner."

He said goodbye to the agency and entered her home.

The heating was on full blast today, so Lu Zhizhi helped hang up his clothes and invited him to sit at the table.

"By the way, is your cheilitis healed?"

She noticed that he was still wearing the mask, a little too long.

Bai Ji shook his head, and the surprise of tears had turned into sadness, "I'm sorry, I'm a little stubborn. I don't want to take it off to disturb your desire to eat."

"No, it's okay, I don't care."

She lowered her eyes and glanced at his slender fingers holding the dishes. She liked his perfect hands more than his face.

Bai Ji added: "I have already signed the contract, and I will probably ask the moving company to move everything here tomorrow."

Lu Zhizhi was shocked, "So soon? Why don't you compare more companies and consider it?"

"I'm afraid you will be afraid."

"Hey?"

His voice suddenly dropped, "It might be scary to live alone in an apartment, Teacher Lu."

Lu Zhizhi bit his lip, his heart beating so fast that he couldn't slow down.

He didn't explicitly say that he wanted to pursue her or burden her, but he did everything, making it difficult for her not to think about it or care about it.

He was eating her bit by bit in his own way, which was scarier than boiling a frog in warm water.

"Alright, alright."

She lowered her head and took a bite of a chopstick of vegetables.

Bai Ji smiled and said, "Will you help me move tomorrow? As a reward for two days of Halloween, I have two tickets to the park and want to invite Teacher Lu."

Is this a date invitation?

算吧
A wave of resistance immediately surged up in Lu Zhizhi's mind. He couldn't fall in love, couldn't meet people, didn't want to make the same mistakes again, and all the emotions of fear and nervousness came out.

She clenched her chopsticks tightly and said, "No, I should help."

"Okay." Bai Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and lowered his eyes. The sharp strange smile in his mind was mixed with a trace of incomprehensible grievance and anger.

[Why did she reject me? 】

He could clearly hear the deafening heartbeat, and he could clearly see her evasive eyes full of thoughts.

After eating, he took the initiative to help wash the dishes. When he came to the door, he turned back and said, "Then I will bring other gifts for you."

Just when Lu Zhizhi was about to refuse again, Bai Ji suddenly raised his hand, pressed his cool fingertips against her lips, closed his eyes and sighed, "Lu Zhizhi, the gift won't be very expensive."

Seeing his disappointed expression, Lu Zhizhi felt guilty again. It was clear that he had the courage to move to this haunted apartment just for her, yet she was still like this
She nodded, and when the hand left, there was still a slight numbness on her lips like an electric shock when he touched her.

"I'm going back."

That night, the townhouse apartment shrouded in darkness was empty. Only Lu Zhizhi's house had a heating lamp on. She wrapped herself in a quilt and slept in the living room.

There was a comedy variety show on the TV, and she miraculously didn't feel scared in this silent night. Maybe her mind was filled with Bai Ji, and sleepiness came over her, but just after nine o'clock, she curled up on the sofa and fell asleep.

There are also many police cordons on the open spaces of the townhouses.

Several teenagers and girls with cameras gathered together, pointed the camera at the dark apartment building, and said to the audience inside: "This is the most dangerous building in Beijing. It is said that people will die every few days." One person, but the police investigation has yielded no results. There is only one household left in the apartment and all the others have been vacated. I heard that there are many ghosts wandering inside, and the famous masked female serial murderer also committed crimes here."

"Next time we broadcast live, we will take you to understand the ghost house in depth."

On Saturday morning, Lu Zhizhi showed up at Bai Ji's house on time to help him install sanitary furniture.

His room was separated from her bedroom by a thin wall.

Poor sound insulation is standard in townhouse apartments. Lu Zhizhi touched the thin wall and said half-jokingly: "Maybe we can still chat at night."

"if you want."

Bai Ji handed her a cup of hot tea and replied seriously: "I can chat with you."

He acted like he would agree to whatever she said.

Lu Zhizhi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, selectively avoiding the subject and asking, "Is there anything else that needs to be sorted out?"

"No more." He didn't mind the wall she quietly put up in her heart. He walked to the living room and handed the gift box that he spent all night preparing into her hands.

The gift box was translucent, and Lu Zhizhi could see a beautiful finger sculpture inside at a glance.

She was stunned.

He raised his face and looked at Bai Ji.

The hobbies that she was once too ashamed to reveal, in Bai Ji's eyes, it was a blessing that she didn't hate them, but now they are all indulgences.

"I made it with my own hands. Do you like it?"

After a while, Lu Zhizhi heard his own voice louder than the beating of his heart, "I like it very much."

She had never, ever received such a special and thoughtful gift.

Bai Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and his beautiful eyes turned into crescent moons.

Even though he couldn't see his whole face, it didn't stop Lu Zhizhi from thinking that he should be very beautiful.

Very strange.

She obviously hates beautiful men, but she can't dislike him no matter what.

That kind of inner resistance seems to be more about the confusion and panic that love is about to come.

She stayed there and had lunch with Bai Ji, and agreed to go to the temple on the weekend.

What she recommended was Changming Temple, which has become quite popular recently in Beijing. It is also very popular on the Internet. It is said that the wishes made there are very effective, and the peace charms that are blessed are also very spiritual.

(End of this chapter)