Married to the Male Lead’s Brother

Chapter 118 – “Oh, so you are keeping secrets from me now?” (2)

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Ning Zhi still recall how Li Li spoke poorly of Huo Xiaoyue in the bathroom and was slapped across her face by Huo Xiaoyue.

Huo Xiaoyue and Li Li’s relationship in the future was every bit as poor as they were tight right now.

“Xiaoyue, the teacher’s here.
We need to gather up.” Li Li reminded Huo Xiaoyue.

“Okay, I get it.” Huo Xiaoyue gave Lu Jue another look before she left unwillingly.

The bell rang signifying the beginning of class and everyone gathered around except for Lu Jue.
He seemed to not have heard the bell at all and was still standing where he was.

It was apparent that the PE teacher was already used to Lu Jue’s uniqueness and paid him no attention.
He knew that Lu Jue was a quiet student who would not disrupt the others.

Shouting out the slogans, the PE teacher had everyone started the warming up exercises.

Ning Zhi walked in front of Lu Jue from behind him and held his hand.
The young man’s fingers were long and slender with prominent knuckles, and they were a little cold to the touch.

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She said softly to Lu Jue, “I’m here, Lu Jue.”

Ning Zhi’s hand was held tight all of a sudden.
She saw Lu Jue looking up and looked at her face.
His eyes lingered on her for a few seconds before he looked away.

He looked back at Ning Zhi after a while and looked away again.

That repeated a few times.

“It’s me.” Ning Zhi’s eyes curved from her smile.
“It had only been half a year this time.
Had you forgotten about me already?”

Lu Jue’s voice was dull, “168.”

This time, Ning Zhi knew right away what “168” meant.

He had been counting the days.
It had been 168 days since he had last seen her.

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Ning Zhi’s heart softened some.
There were ripples much like the water in the pool behind her.
“I’m sorry to keep you waiting.”

Lu Jue pinched his lips shut and said not a word.
His hand, however, held tightly onto Ning Zhi’s.
He worried that she would disappear from in front of him again.

He was mad at her but he worried about her disappearing even more.

“Don’t worry.
I won’t be leaving just yet.” Ning Zhi comforted him.

Lu Jue gave her another look.

“Lu Jue, all of your classmates went inside the poor.
Don’t you want to play in the pool?” Ning Zhi said to him, “I can teach you.”

She recalled Mother Lu saying that Lu Jue fell into a lake once and almost drowned.
It was Lu Shenyuan who saved him.

If Lu Jue could learn how to swim and save himself, he wouldn’t have to gone through that.

“What say I teach you? It’s really easy.” Ning Zhi walked over to a corner with very little people while holding Lu Jue’s hand in hers.

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Lu Jue’s brows furrowed deeply.
He was extremely reluctant to do so.

Ning Zhi sat down on the side of the pool and said, “We can just sit here for now and play with the water.
I can teach you when you feel like learning in a little while.”

Ning Zhi took her shoes off and stuck her feet into the other.
She had wanted to play with the water; nevertheless, she noticed that the water went right through her feet and she didn’t feel a thing.

Lu Jue stood to one side and looked at Ning Zhi with his head lowered.

Ning Zhi’s feet were fair and her ankle petite.
Her toes were a light cherry-blossom color.
They were delicate and pretty.

Her two little feet looked fairer in the water and very pretty as she kicked them back and forth.

Lu Jue sat down with his head lowered.
Imitating Ning Zhi, he, too, put his feet into the water.

Ning Zhi noticed that Lu Jue’s feet were much longer than hers.
She was being mean and she pressed her own foot over his calf and pushed his foot into the water.

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Lu Jue’s long and straight eyelashes fluttered a little.
Her foot, small and soft, was a little cool and tingly when it stepped on his leg.

“Okay, I am going go into the water.” Ning Zhi jumped into the water.
To her surprise, her dress did not get wet from the water.

Just as Overlord had told her before, she was an exception in this world.

“Do you want to join me?” Ning Zhi, floating in the water, water droplets ran down her fair and delicate face and not a trace remained to be seen.

Ning Zhi tried to swim for a bit.
As she was not able to touch the water, she felt more like she was floating in air.

Lu Jue’s thin lips pinched shut tightly and his pitch-black eyes looked at Ning Zhi quietly.

Ning Zhi swam back over to him and, looking up from the water, her eyes were shiny.
“You want to get in, Lu Jue?”

Lu Jue looked into Ning Zhi’s eyes.
He could see his own reflection in them.

After a long while, he finally said, “Yes.”