Chapter 1489: Litian's Winter and Spring

"I don't mind."

Lu Feifei's smiling face was like a ray of sunshine shining into the depths of his heart, making him feel very warm, and he was quite addicted to such warmth.

Let alone going to a snack stall, when together with Lu Feifei, even drinking cold water would be sweet.

"Hehe, I knew you wouldn't mind, I did it on purpose."

Lu Feifei stuck out her tongue playfully.

She is much more cheerful now than before; having experienced many things, some people become extreme, while others become open-minded, and Lu Feifei is the latter.

"Let's go, come with me, I guarantee you haven't eaten such delicious noodles before." She naturally reached out to take Litian's suitcase.

How could he let a young girl carry his luggage?

Litian hurriedly dodged, their hands touched for a moment, then sprang apart like lightning.

"Hey, where are we going?" Already in front of the noodle shop, he asked despite knowing the answer.

He was making small talk mainly to ease the awkwardness.

"It's right here." Lu Feifei blushed, lowered her head, and pushed open the door of the noodle shop.

It wasn't mealtime now, so there weren't many people eating; there happened to be seats, so the two sat down.

The proprietress came over to greet them: "How many?"

Lu Feifei: "Proprietress, cook four bowls of noodles."

"Alright!" The proprietress agreed and brought over four pairs of chopsticks.

"Two pairs are enough, I'll eat one bowl, he'll eat three bowls."

The proprietress laughed: "Miss, it's not your first time coming to our noodle shop; you know how big our bowls are. He won't be able to finish three bowls of noodles."

"He can finish them, just cook them that way."

The proprietress was also a serious person; she made a bet with Lu Feifei: "If this young man can finish our three bowls of noodles, I won't charge you for the noodles, it's on me."

"Alright, proprietress, it's a deal."

Litian hadn't heard the entire conversation between Lu Feifei and the proprietress.

He was lost in thought, not knowing what he was thinking about, and only when he saw the three bowls of noodles placed in front of him did he say in astonishment: "Oh my, I can't eat all this."

"You can finish them, eat up." Lu Feifei said with a smile.

She had, after all, been a classmate of Litian's; when Litian was in high school, he was famous for being able to eat, with an appetite two or three times that of others.

Litian was in a bad mood, heavy-hearted, and had no appetite.

However, the girl he loved was sitting in front of him; he looked at her and couldn't bear to let her down.

So he picked up the noodle bowl and swept through it like a whirlwind; the three bowls of noodles were down his throat in no time!

"My goodness, he really finished them, ah, no need to pay." The proprietress kept her word.

"How can that be? We were just joking earlier, the money for the noodles still needs to be paid." Lu Feifei placed the money on the table and said to Litian: "Let's go."

The two came out of the noodle shop, and Lu Feifei asked: "Are you going home?"

He shook his head.

"Back to school?"

"No."

"Then where are you going?"

"I don't know where to go either."

"What happened? Can you tell me?" Lu Feifei was a smart girl; she had already seen that Litian was heavy-hearted and distracted, something very bad must have happened, otherwise he wouldn't be like this.

"Um, I can, but I don't know how to say it." He scratched his head with his hand.

Every time he was in a difficult situation, he would subconsciously make this gesture.

His brain was like a mess of paste right now, his heart in turmoil.

Lu Feifei didn't press for the reason, but changed the subject: "Then you have nowhere to go right now?"

"Yeah."

"Fine, then come with me."

"Where are you taking me?"

"To arrange a place for you to stay, get settled first, and we'll talk about the future later."

"Okay."

He was afraid that Feifei would take him to find Zichen.

Although Zichen was his best brother, he didn't want to see his big brother right now.

Her wanting to help him find a place to stay and get settled was actually a good idea.

Lu Feifei took Litian to a small inn; the proprietress looked at the two with an ambiguous expression: "Hi, handsome and beauty, we have a couple's room with a large bed, are you staying by the hour or for a few days?"

She hurriedly explained: "No, proprietress, you misunderstood, he is staying alone."

"I understand, I understand."

The boss said "understand," but his eyes didn't change; saying he understood, but actually, it seemed he didn't understand anything at all.

Litian pulled her away: "I'm not staying in this place."

The two walked out, and Feifei said: "I know you don't like this kind of place, but there's no other way; you can't rent a house right away. You stay for a day or half a day first, then move out once you find a house. You need a place to land first; you can't sleep on the street."

It wasn't that there weren't high-end hotels near the school, but people accustomed to saving money would never think of such places.

"I'd rather sleep on the street than stay in this kind of place." Litian said stubbornly.

He couldn't accept it from the bottom of his heart.

"Um, alright."

She stared at Litian, watching him without blinking.

Lu Feifei found it very strange; why had she never noticed such a fine boy's excellent qualities before?

Now that she had discovered them, she was afraid she wasn't good enough for him; after all, everything had changed.

"You, why are you looking at me like that?" Litian felt flustered from being stared at.

"It's nothing, let's go find a place to stay, let's go."

They were quite lucky and soon found a place to rent.

There were many short-term rental Apartments near University City, and it wasn't difficult to rent one for a month; although the conditions weren't very good, the room was fairly clean and the environment wasn't complicated.

The room was not large, about 30-plus square meters, with a small bathroom, a bedroom, and an open-plan kitchenette where one could cook simple meals.

After checking in.

Litian asked, "Feifei, can you do me one more favor?"

"Of course, what favor? Tell me."

"Can you help me keep a secret? Don't tell anyone about me being here, including Zichen."

"Okay, I'll keep it a secret for you."

The two of them were keeping the secret, but the family was already searching frantically.

Sheng Family.

Shi Youxuan dialed Litian's number for the nth time, but the phone still wouldn't connect.

"Where could this child have gone? It's worrying me to death."

Sheng Hanyu also furrowed his brows tightly and said in a deep voice, "I have already sent people out to look, but he has very strong counter-surveillance skills, so I'm afraid he won't be easy to find."

"Do you think he might have gone back to school?"

"I've already sent people to the school; if he goes back, we will know immediately."

"That's good, that's good."

Before this, Shi Youxuan had made countless calls and sent countless messages in one day, all of which sank like a stone in the ocean, with not a single reply.

Zichen comforted his mother, "Don't worry, Litian will definitely be fine. He isn't answering our calls because he doesn't know how to face us; he won't do anything foolish."

"Maybe he just found a place to hide; he will take the initiative to contact the family once he has thought things through." The brothers grew up together, and no one understood Litian better than Zichen.

Shi Youxuan was still very anxious, "How could I not be anxious? He is full of talent, if he just... his whole life would be ruined."

She was older and thought more, considering things more comprehensively.

She was afraid that Litian would give up on himself, and then there would be no way back.