Chapter 1372: You’ve Become Scheming Too (5)

Even a fool can see that Zhou Qi’s thoughts are still on Xiao Rou.

An Rui may not be sensitive to these things, but that doesn’t mean he’s so dumb that he can’t figure it out.

So now he directly came over to ask, and listening to Zhou Qi’s words, An Rui was also taken aback.

Yes, others may not know why he always says he and Xiao Rou are impossible, but An Rui knows.

After a moment of silence, An Rui spoke, "Maybe... it has changed? I see Xiao seems quite happy by your side."

Zhou Qi did not speak, just smiled, full of self-mockery.

After taking another sip of water, he said, "In life, we all need a partner, but she’s no exception. They can’t get what they want most, so they can settle for less. But I can’t, I ultimately have a knot in my heart, and if this knot is magnified, it will hurt both her and me."

An Rui: "..."

Brother, can you speak human language? I don’t understand.

Zhou Qi looked at An Rui’s baffled expression. As for his friend, he definitely knew, An Rui’s reaction in this regard is basically zero. Smiling, he punched his good brother lightly: "Alright, I know what I’m doing, don’t worry."

"Okay then, handle it yourself. I’m just reminding you, by the way, the match is about to start, you..."

"I’m fine."

An Rui nodded, "Alright, get some rest early."

"Okay."

An Rui walked out, closing Zhou Qi’s room door. Zhou Qi continued to stand there, with water droplets still on his hair, gazing fixedly out the window, unfocused, and nobody knew what he was thinking.

——

A week went by in the blink of an eye, and during this week, Xiao Rou was busy with moving and the matters of the shop.

Zhou Qi originally planned to come and help, but the competition was about to start, and also Xiao Rou politely declined his assistance.

It was a local move, and since the newly rented apartment had everything, she didn’t have much to move, just adding some girly knick-knacks, not much needing help.

As for the milk tea shop, the hardware is all ready, and the next step is the software aspect, in which Zhou Qi can’t help.

But Xiao Rou invited a former classmate of hers who, due to academic issues, didn’t continue school after middle school but started working at a café and eventually rose to the position of manager.

Upon hearing she wanted to open her own shop, this person resolutely quit the job to join and work hard together with her. For Xiao Rou, it could not be any better.

One has enthusiasm, the other has experience. Everything is going smoothly with the milk tea shop.

On the day she finished moving completely, Xiao Rou stood on the balcony of her newly refreshed apartment, looking at the scenery of the community below.

After standing quietly for a while, she took out her phone and opened Zhou Qi’s number, hesitating whether to send him a message.

Since that night, she and Zhou Qi have been in contact but haven’t met each other. Zhou Qi has suggested a few times to help her move, but Xiao Rou refused.

This was intentional because on that very night, while eating the cake Zhou Qi sent over, she later went to sleep and actually had a dream.

What exactly she dreamed of, Xiao Rou can’t remember now; she only remembers dreaming about Zhou Qi, and after waking up, she realized she seems to... have truly fallen for someone.

This feeling, honestly, Xiao Rou has never had before.

Not even during her previous relationships.

A very anxious, heart-grabbing feeling.