Chapter 33: Male Classmates Not Allowed?

This sentence was obviously a joke, but Li Zhenguan was a very serious person, or rather, he was very serious when it came to the matter of people of the opposite sex around Wang Zhao. He wished there were no people of the opposite sex within an 800-mile radius around her.

Of course, people of the same sex could also disappear as much as possible.

So he really lowered his head and sniffed Wang Zhao’s arm that she held up in front of him, then wrinkled his nose and sneezed.

Wang Zhao was curious: “What did you smell?”

Li Zhenguan rubbed his nose, avoiding Wang Zhao’s gaze as he met her eyes: “No particular smell, just the hospital’s disinfectant smell is too strong.”

The alcohol scent was originally very faint, and the perfume smell was clearly accidentally picked up, possibly without even touching. His nose couldn’t detect which area had a stronger smell.

Getting closer, he could instead smell Wang Zhao’s natural scent. She wasn’t like most people who wore perfume; her entire body had a rather natural smell. He could even smell the dry scent of the hot sun on her clothes, followed by the long-lasting fragrance of shower gel on her skin.

It was the most commonly used shower gel. With his excellent sense of smell at this moment, he could even guess that this scent should be lemon fragrance.

Even after moving away, he could still feel this fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose. For a moment, his whole body softened a bit, and he didn’t dare to look at Wang Zhao. He just lowered his head, rubbing his nose, pretending to be a bit uncomfortable.

Wang Zhao didn’t notice. She just pulled out a mask from a compartment nearby and handed it to Li Zhenguan, stopping his action: “Don’t rub it anymore, your nose is all red.”

She said: “When we get off the car later, there will be many people over there. You should put on the mask first.”

During this period, Li Zhenguan rarely went out, mostly staying at his own home. His room was always kept clean. Now that he was going out, when they got off the car and suddenly smelled various scents, who knows what reaction might occur.

Li Zhenguan obediently put on the mask. He had become particularly delicate recently, even Yang Jin had mentioned it to him a few times. Li Zhenguan had become very picky about food, but the Li family’s housekeeper always doted on him and cooked according to Li Zhenguan’s preferences. So he could only rack his brains to make new dishes to coax him to eat.

However, most of the time, Wang Zhao’s words were more effective than anyone else’s. Generally, as long as she sat at the dining table, this man would reluctantly eat a few more bites. Today, she had accompanied him to finish lunch before setting out.

Before reaching the custom-made shop in the city center, Li Zhenguan took the initiative to speak, casually talking about what he did at home today, then said: “My dad had someone renovate and clean up the villa under my name, saying that I could live there in the future. It’s quite close to Jinan District.”

His villa was one of the rare hillside villas in the urban area. Many other villas were in the suburbs, which was very inconvenient for daily commuting. Generally, very few people would live there regularly, only going to the suburban villas on weekends for a few days.

So Li Zhenguan’s hillside villa was quite valuable, with a market value in the high eight figures and seemingly still room for appreciation.

Wang Zhao shifted her gaze from her phone to Li Zhenguan beside her, thought for a moment, and said: “Do you want to live separately after marriage?”

It’s not impossible.

The marriage system in this world wasn’t much different from the one in her previous life. It wasn’t uncommon for couples to sleep in separate rooms. Wang Zhao originally thought Li Zhenguan was the type of person who was particularly clingy, unexpected that he would suggest that after marriage, he could still live in the villa.

Here, Wang Zhao didn’t quite understand. She didn’t realize that Li Zhenguan’s words meant that after marriage, they could live together in the hillside villa.

Li Zhenguan living there, her living here at home, or when the Golden Road penthouse was renovated, she could move there. When she had time, she could also go to the hillside villa to see Li Zhenguan.

Li Zhenguan, however, seemed to be choked by Wang Zhao’s words, staring at Wang Zhao in a daze, his eyes visible above the mask filled with indescribable shock and sadness.

Wang Zhao then realized, she pinched her finger, then pinched her brow: “I’m sorry, I might have misunderstood you and the meaning of your words earlier.”

“However, if you want to live in the villa, that’s fine. I won’t go. Besides, moving back and forth is inconvenient. I’ll just continue to live here. On weekends, I can come visit you.” Wang Zhao was very serious in discussing this with Li Zhenguan, “I have a penthouse on Golden Road under my name, but it’s still being renovated. It probably won’t be ready until the end of the year and we can move in next year. It’s good for you to live there for now, and when the house is ready to move in next year, we can live there together.”

She knew that many young people were unwilling to live with their partner’s parents. After all, even living with one’s own parents, conflicts were unavoidable. Living with in-laws would definitely lead to more friction, and there would also be a significant generation gap in lifestyle.

Li Zhenguan didn’t seem to be a person with a bad temper, but he had grown up in affluent circumstances and hadn’t suffered much hardship. Living with Wang Xuechun and Zhang Ke would definitely require some adjustment in perspectives, and in the end, Li Zhenguan would likely be the one to suffer.

Wang Zhao was completely thinking for Li Zhenguan’s benefit, and in her view, this proposal was really good. This way, Li Zhenguan wouldn’t have to serve his in-laws, living alone in the villa would be much more comfortable, and he could even hire someone to take care of him specifically, which would be much better than living with her in this old neighborhood.

If she had gotten married in her previous life, she might have desperately hoped for such a life.

But Li Zhenguan obviously didn’t think so. He stared at Wang Zhao, all the romanticism in his heart dissipating, his whole person seeming to wilt, his eyes slightly red, as if he was about to cry the next moment.

Wang Zhao stopped talking and sighed helplessly.

“If you don’t want to, then forget it. I’m not telling you to accept my idea, we’re just discussing,” Wang Zhao said softly.

Fortunately, the partition in the car was now raised, so the driver probably couldn’t see the two of them and couldn’t hear them talking. Otherwise, Wang Zhao really feared she might receive a call from Li Zhenguan’s parents in the evening, accusing her of bullying their precious son.

Li Zhenguan said: “I don’t want to be separated from you.”