Chapter 145 The Obsessive Male Protagonist of the Era 7 (1/2)

What is it?

"You are the one I want."

“I was originally going to let you say it, but you…”

"Or are you saying you dislike me?"

Zi Xi approached step by step, and suddenly grabbed his hand and pressed it against her heart.

Ji Yanchen's hand recoiled as if burned, then trembled as he pressed it back against his palm.

He felt her rapid heartbeat, just as fast and hot as his.

"No!!! It's me who's...I'm not good enough for you!! I...I..."

He stammered as he spoke, then suddenly began to cough violently, curling himself into a ball.

Zi Xi quickly patted his back, only to find him covered in cold sweat.

"Alright, alright, no rush, let's talk about it after your fever goes down."

She sighed helplessly.

"...Lin...Xixi, can I? Can I really do it?"

Ji Yanchen suddenly grabbed her wrist, his bloodshot eyes staring straight at her.

The word was as light as a feather, yet it made Zi Xi blush instantly.

After saying that, Ji Yanchen buried his face in the quilt in embarrassment, only revealing the tips of his two bright red ears.

By the afternoon, the rain had gradually stopped.

Zi Xi applied a damp towel to Ji Yanchen's forehead, and his fever finally subsided. He ate some noodles and then fell into a drowsy sleep.

As she tidied up the mess on the floor, she suddenly found a hardcover notebook under the kang mat.

When I opened it, I almost burst out laughing.

It was an observation diary about her, with each page filled with scribbles that resembled a dog's paw, recording her life.

"On October 7th, Comrade Lin was wearing a blue plaid shirt and sang 'The East Is Red' while doing laundry. It was the most beautiful song I have ever heard since I was born."

"On November 3, Comrade Lin was summoned to the educated youth settlement by Liu Zhiqing. She didn't return for 23 minutes. What did she do? I don't know, and I can't go with her. It's painful."

"On December 10th, Comrade Lin lost her red ribbon. I found it, but I didn't dare return it. I was afraid she would think I stole it, but I really didn't steal anything."

The last page was written last night, and the handwriting was so bad that Zixi almost couldn't understand it.

“Liu, the educated youth, wants to take Comrade Lin away. I want to give her all the gold from the Ji family. My father said that gold can keep a woman, but he still killed my mother. The sickle is too fast. I hate gold, but if gold can keep Comrade Lin, I won’t hate it anymore.”

Zi Xi closed the notebook and looked at the sleeping Ji Yanchen.

A sliver of light shone through the cracks in the wooden planks, falling on his furrowed brow.

"Looking at it this way, he really is a fool."

She gently brushed the stray hairs from his forehead and leaned down to press her face against his.

As if sensing something, Ji Yanchen slept exceptionally well that day.

*

The educated youth at the settlement were the first to notice Zi Xi and Ji Fengzi's closeness.

"Did you see that? Lin Zhiqing went to the madman's house again!"

"It's been three days already!"

Liu Fang peered out the window, watching Zi Xi's figure, carrying the medicine bag, disappear at the end of the field ridge.

"I heard they're even brewing medicine for him at the clinic. Capitalist ladies are just too rich and have too much free time."

Zhang Li pursed her lips and poked the yarn needle in her hand a few times.

"We educated youth must unite. Let's go talk to her. We can't just watch Comrade Lin go astray!"

Chen Qi slammed the book shut and looked at the other educated youths with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

He took a liking to her as soon as Lin Zhiqing arrived, but since Lin Zhiqing didn't live at the educated youth settlement, he was too embarrassed to go up and talk to her.

On the ridge of the field, Liu Fang, who had been sent by the educated youth, stopped Zi Xi.

"Comrade Lin, I'm not trying to be mean, but have you gone mad? Hanging out with that lunatic!"

"The villagers say that the day before yesterday he even hung Wang the accountant's dog from a tree and whipped it!! What else could he be but a madman!"