Chapter 1371: You’ve Become Scheming Too (4)

Xiao Rou returned home, immediately running into her room and peering downstairs, just in time to see Zhou Qi’s car tail lights driving away.

The car’s red tail lights quickly disappeared from Xiao Rou’s line of sight, yet somehow, she couldn’t retract her gaze.

After quite a while, she finally pulled her gaze back, landing on the cake she had brought home.

Xiao Rou was not like Zhou Chengchen, who could eat without getting fat. She had a normal physique, and if she indulged at night, her weight would quickly go up.

So Xiao Rou rarely ate at night, but today was different.

Carefully opening the cake box, a refreshing aroma wafted over her.

A cheese heart cake, which from the outside didn’t appear as exquisite as many birthday cakes or Western pastries, but now, looking at it, Xiao Rou felt it was the most beautiful cake she had ever seen, and she couldn’t bring herself to touch it.

She stared at the cake, dazed for a full ten minutes, before finally carefully picking up a small fork, and taking a piece into her mouth.

It was a familiar taste, yet it seemed there was something subtly different about it.

The heart in her chest seemed to become active along with her taste buds, pounding rhythmically.

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On the other side, Zhou Qi returned to the team. It was already late, but the team still had quite a few people sitting at their computers, doing who knows what.

Zhou Qi greeted everyone and went upstairs to his room.

After showering, he saw An Rui in his room, whom he didn’t know when he had arrived. He was currently sitting on the bed, playing with his phone.

"Why are you here?"

An Rui tossed his phone aside upon seeing Zhou Qi come out, stood up, folded his arms, and looked Zhou Qi over twice: "Come on, you dragged me out as a shield, how will you compensate me?"

"What shield?"

Zhou Qi maintained his composure, while An Rui immediately pointed out: "Stop pretending, I didn’t know I had a friend who has a house to rent, and it just so happened to be nearby, and it just happened to be available to rent to Xiao Rou?"

An Rui stumbled when Xiao Rou mentioned this at the dining table today, luckily he reacted quickly, and immediately realized what was going on.

In front of Xiao Rou, he certainly wouldn’t expose Zhou Qi, but now, of course, he had to settle the score.

In response, Zhou Qi gave a mysterious smile: "Aren’t I your friend?"

"Damn!"

"I’m your friend, I have a house to rent, I don’t need money, I’m willing to rent it to her, where did I lie?"

"Damn damn!"

An Rui felt exasperated; this guy... is too shameless, right?

Throwing Zhou Qi a fierce "you’re ruthless" look, An Rui put away his joking demeanor and seriously asked: "What are you really thinking? I’m completely confused by you, don’t tell me it’s all in the past already? Whenever Xiao shows up, your eyes seem to cling to her, as if the past doesn’t matter, are you planning to pursue her now?"

Zhou Qi remained silent, didn’t speak, just poured himself a glass of water and took a sip.

"Pursue what, pursue what, others may not know the situation, but don’t you know?"

After swallowing a sip of water, Zhou Qi finally spoke in a calm manner, sounding very composed, but as a long-time friend, An Rui instantly sensed the self-mockery and helplessness in his voice.

As a gamer who hardly interacts with girls, An Rui had no experience knowing Zhou Qi liked Xiao Rou, until Zhou Qi explicitly told him, and when Zhou Qi said it was over, he really believed it was over.