For Zhou Gaocheng and Qiguang Park, this day is a day worth celebrating.

On this day, the three-day final exam at Qiguang Park finally ended, and the students ushered in a two-month summer vacation;

On this day, the experimental field for new seeds, new farm tools, and new farming methods promoted by Zhou Gaocheng ushered in the first combined harvest. Under the auspices of the students who had just finished the exam, not only were specially hired to help with threshing and harvesting, but also from all villages in the jurisdiction

The town representatives and a large number of idle farmers also spontaneously gathered at the experimental field nearest to them, and were stunned by the heavy harvest;

On this day, after summarizing the wind power station construction experience, the new Academy City finally broke ground on the finalized site. The imperial monks who came all the way from the Heavenly Palace were motivated by the high rewards, and under the guidance of the young

Under the guidance of the children, they gave full play to their powers far beyond ordinary people, causing earth-shaking changes to come to this land according to the design plan;

——However, the two people who led all of this: Lou Wuchen, the principal of Qiguang Academy, and Xiao Qiongqiu, the actual city lord of Zhou Gaocheng, were not as happy and excited as others at the moment.

In the office at dusk, Xiao Qiongqiu and Lou Wuchen rarely did anything, but just looked at each other silently. The heavy air froze between the two, as if even the remaining light of the setting sun had froze.

There is an increasingly sinister atmosphere brewing.

I don’t know how long it took, but Lou Wuchen finally took the lead to break the silence.

"...Qiongqiu."

"...Hmm." Xiao Qiongqiu responded in a low voice, "You asked me to stay, exactly?"

"I apologize if I said something wrong." Lou Wuchen said while trying to maintain a superficial calm, "Do you like me a little bit?"

?”

Xiao Qiongqiu's breathing obviously became faster. Her right hand squeezed her left wrist tightly, and pulled out the painful wrinkles on the delicate white cuffs. Her cuffs were folded and loosened, and then wrinkled again, repeated several times.

After several times, Lou Wuchen heard a soft "yes" that sounded like relief.

"Thank you, I'm really happy..." Lou Wuchen resisted the pain and guilt that tightened in his chest and continued, "But I'm sorry, I can't respond to your feelings."

"I understand." Xiao Qiongqiu accepted the result calmly, as if she had anticipated this outcome, and smiled reluctantly, "Are you going to drive me away?"

The last trembling sound still exposed Xiao Qiongqiu's inner vacillation, and it even made Lou Wuchen's chest tremble: "No, that's not the case! You are the best assistant, even better than myself.

Much more! Without you, I can’t even imagine that I can achieve this. If possible, I really hope that you can always be by my side and help me do this..."

"Then why!" Xiao Qiongqiu finally couldn't suppress the tears in her eyes and asked loudly, "I have obviously tried so hard not to say it out loud, why do you deliberately say such bullying things?! Pretend

Don’t you know?”

"I very much hope you can help me, but there are some things I really can't give you. If I don't make it clear, I feel like I'm deceiving and using you." Lou Wuchen was overwhelmed by his own guilt.

Almost out of breath, he said bitterly, "If you have a better goal, whether you want to go to the door, whether you want to manage more towns, or whether you want to take a step further in practice, I will try my best to help you.

Come true - but I hope you stay here for more than just...this reason."

"You want

Too much." Xiao Qiongqiu regained her normal expression at some point, "Do you think I'm the kind of nymphomaniac woman who will risk everything because of love? Or do you think I'm so handsome that others can't walk away from me?

A handsome man? I work here just because I like this career and I want to be here without as many dramas as you!"

Although this was the best development he had hoped for, when he heard Xiao Qiongqiu's answer, Lou Wuchen still felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness and loss in his heart.

"Well, you're right. I'm too self-aware." Lou Wuchen lay on the back of his chair and let out a long breath, "I'm sorry for saying strange things, are you tired too?"

Go back and rest early."

"Received." Xiao Qiongqiu saluted and walked out. After opening the door, he suddenly stopped. He hesitated for a long time while keeping his toes on the door and pressing the door with his right hand. Finally, he turned around and said, "City Lord, you

Since you asked me, can I also ask you a question?"

"..." Lou Wuchen stopped breathing, "Say."

"Do you ever, even a little... like me?"

Although he already knew what an excessive thing he had done, when he heard Xiao Qiongqiu say the question he had just asked, Lou Wuchen once again realized what a bad guy he was. He closed his eyes and thought in his mind

Qi Yunxingxi’s face was stained with tears that day: “I’m sorry, I can’t answer this question.”

Xiao Qiongqiu smiled masochistically and slid her hand along the door: "Then, if I confess to you first in heaven before the Chinese New Year, will you like me?"
Chapter completed!