Became the Terminally Ill Supporting Male Lead's Rabbit Spirit

Chapter 17: 017

Chapter 17

When they returned home, Su Ci's cheeks were flushed from the heat, her dark eyes bright and alluring, glistening with a captivating gleam.

Walking to the couch, she quickly sat down. "It's so hot."

As midsummer approached, each day grew hotter than the last. The living room had no air conditioning, only a fan, and Su Ci felt even the breeze it produced was warm.

Seeing Lu Zhe sit down on the other side, she quickly moved closer to him.

Perhaps due to his ALS condition, Lu Zhe's skin felt cooler than hers to the touch, like ice, making him perfect for cooling down against.

"Lu Zhe, I want to eat peaches," she said. When they had returned, she had seen an elderly lady selling honey peaches at the entrance of their complex, and she had asked Lu Zhe to buy a few.

Lu Zhe was responding to Boss Fang's message when he heard the girl's words. He gave her a cool glance and said, "Wash them yourself."

"I hurt my hand this morning while making your breakfast," Su Ci held up her injured finger.

Lu Zhe looked at the girl's pale pink fingertip, where the thin scratch had already become invisible. He said, "A hurt finger doesn't prevent you from eating peaches."

Su Ci felt no shame in her shamelessness. She moved closer to Lu Zhe, pressing her arm against his to absorb some of his coolness. "When you're injured, you can't touch water, so I can't wash the peaches. And when you're injured, you can't use knives, so I can't peel them."

She looked at Lu Zhe with pitiful dark eyes. "If I can't eat peaches, I'll be sad. And if I'm sad, the injury I got because of you will heal more slowly. Could you bear that?"

After going in circles, Su Ci just wanted him to wash and peel the peaches for her.

Putting away his phone, Lu Zhe stood up, completely ignoring the girl's water-filled dark eyes. He said coldly, "If you want to eat, wash them yourself."

In just a few short days, he had discovered that whenever he took even a small step back, Su Ci would push forward a large step, and she was very good at taking miles when given inches.

Lu Zhe vaguely sensed this was becoming a serious problem.

Watching the young man walk into his small storage room, Su Ci was a bit stunned. Why did she feel like Lu Zhe was looking down on her?

Hmph, fine, she'd wash them herself.

The corner of her eyes curved upward, making the small beauty mark below them appear even more alluring. Su Ci lazily stood up and took a honey peach to wash it herself.

The storage room was very small, and now that it had been converted into a bedroom, it seemed even smaller.

Lu Zhe didn't have many belongings. He had already moved his computer, clothes, and other miscellaneous daily necessities from his original room. Everything was placed on a small cabinet, with clothes piled on a chair, looking somewhat cramped.

Lu Zhe stood by the folding bed, doing bicep curls with a dumbbell.

Up and down, the muscles in his arms were pumped with blood, tensed to their limit.

The storage room had its window open, but no air conditioning or fan. In just a moment, Lu Zhe's forehead was covered in sweat.

The young man was strong, and sweat ran down his sharp-featured profile, falling into his collar with a silent sensuality.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Without thinking, he knew it was Su Ci.

Lu Zhe had no intention of helping her wash or peel the peaches. Su Ci was too spoiled, and he didn't plan to indulge her.

Lu Zhe continued his exercise.

Outside the door, Su Ci knocked a few more times, and when the person inside still didn't respond, she angrily kicked the door with her toe. "Lu Zhe, where's the first aid kit? My hand is bleeding."

The next second, the door opened.

Su Ci hadn't had time to withdraw her foot, and her toe kicked Lu Zhe's calf.

The girl's strength wasn't much, and Su Ci's shoes were soft, so the kick on Lu Zhe's leg was merely like a tickle.

Lu Zhe ignored the footprint on his pants leg and looked at Su Ci's hand with his dark eyes. This time, it really was cut and bleeding.

"Look, I'm really hurt this time, and it won't stop bleeding," Su Ci pitifully held out her bleeding finger in front of Lu Zhe.

"How did you do that?" Lu Zhe asked.

Su Ci gave him a resentful look, righteously shifting the blame, "It's your fault for not helping me peel the peach."

Lu Zhe didn't make a sound. He walked out of the room to get the first aid kit.

On the sofa, Su Ci sat next to Lu Zhe, naturally letting him bandage her wound.

Lu Zhe held her hand with one of his, while the other hand used cotton with medicine to clean her wound.

When the medicine touched the wound, the girl's finger twitched.

Su Ci's hands were fair and soft, beautiful and delicate. The cut on her finger was as long as a fingernail, like a scratch mark on beautiful jade.

Lu Zhe frowned.

He hadn't expected Su Ci to hurt herself doing something as simple as peeling fruit. Lu Zhe felt his understanding of Su Ci's delicateness was being refreshed time and time again.

Su Ci whimpered in pain. Looking at the young man who was seriously treating her wound, she said, "I'm so unfortunate, injured this morning and now injured again. Am I becoming an unlucky baby?"

Lu Zhe wrapped a bandage around her slender white finger and said coldly, "You're not unlucky, you're clumsy."

Clumsy hands and feet kind of clumsy.

Not good at anything, but first-rate at being delicate.

Lu Zhe sighed, clearly realizing that what he had picked up wasn't a cute little rabbit, but a little troublemaker.

Su Ci widened her eyes in disbelief, "Fu Gui, did I hear wrong? Did Lu Zhe call me clumsy?"

The released Fu Gui got excited, [Master, Lu Zhe is calling you clumsy, don't give him the cotton candy, give it to Fu Gui.]

It was Su Ci's first time being called clumsy, and she huffily was about to agree with Fu Gui.

By the sofa, Lu Zhe sat down again, holding a washed honey peach. Being fresh, the peach was juicy and pink-white, looking sweet and refreshing.

He took a small knife, and the honey peach quickly spun in his large hands.

In less than a minute, Lu Zhe had peeled the peach. He washed it again, then cut it into even pieces, placed them on a small plate, and handed it to Su Ci.

How could Su Ci remember being angry from a moment ago? She smiled brightly as she ate a piece of honey peach, "Lu Zhe, you're so amazing."

The honey peach was very fresh, crisp and sweet in her mouth.

Su Ci ate happily, her small mouth becoming sweet, "What would I do without you?"

Lu Zhe didn't respond to her casual flattery and stood up to prepare dinner.

But the next second, his clothes were grabbed by the girl's hand.

"Don't go yet." Su Ci's voice was muffled as she was still eating the honey peach.

"Hmm?"

"Kiss me first."

Lu Zhe: "You kissed me three times last night." No, she had kissed him three times and bitten him once.

By his calculation, that should last her until tomorrow at least.

Su Ci didn't care how many times she had kissed him yesterday. In her opinion, it was never enough. The more kisses, the better, and besides, she had something to give him.

"This time is different," she said.

Lu Zhe: "What's different?"

"Kiss me and you'll find out." Su Ci tilted her head up, her fingers still holding onto his clothes.

Lu Zhe looked down at the girl on the sofa.

Snow-white skin and black hair, wearing a light blue silk dress that clung softly to her body, her red lips stained with honey peach juice, moist and glossy. Even though Lu Zhe usually paid little attention to girls, he knew that the Su Ci before him was extremely beautiful.

And she seemed completely unaware of it, her dark eyes looking at him expectantly, urging him to kiss her.

If he didn't comply, she would accuse him with her eyes, as if he had done something unbelievable and terrible.

Lu Zhe's expression was stiff. He bent down, planning to give Su Ci a casual kiss on the lips so she would let go of him.

His lips touched the girl's red lips.

Just a light touch, and he could taste the fruit juice on her lips, the sweet honey peach fragrance filling his nose.

Lu Zhe lowered his eyelids, hiding the look in his eyes.

He raised his head, about to pull away, when the next second, the girl's arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him back down towards her. Lu Zhe was caught off guard, his hand bracing against the sofa back.

"Don't move," Su Ci said. She kissed Lu Zhe's lips, her dark eyes fixed on him. Where Lu Zhe couldn't see, a golden piece of cotton candy entered his mouth and gradually disappeared.

Lu Zhe bent over, his whole body tense, his eyes deep and dark, the veins on his hand that was bracing against the sofa standing out. Unlike his coolness, the girl's lips were warm and soft, making one want to bite them at any moment.

Their lips stayed together for several tens of seconds before Su Ci pulled back. "This time, did you feel anything?"

Lu Zhe met her bright dark eyes, and he stood up straight. "No."

"Really nothing?" Su Ci blinked, thinking Lu Zhe would have felt something unusual.

Well, since he couldn't see what she had eaten, it was normal that he didn't feel anything.

Wait, what did she mean by not feeling anything? Being kissed by such a stunning beauty like her, shouldn't he feel something?

Looking at Lu Zhe again, the young man's face was stiff and cold, his eyes equally frigid - he really didn't feel anything at all.

Su Ci kicked Lu Zhe's foot in frustration, "Are you even a man?"

Lu Zhe's dark eyes glanced at her coldly before he turned and left.

......

In the classroom, Li Dongliang came to his seat and enthusiastically greeted Lu Zhe, "Morning, Brother Zhe."

Lu Zhe: "Morning."

Li Dongliang had a new pink backpack today. He excitedly opened it and pulled out a small cage containing a tiny grey baby rabbit.

"Brother Zhe, isn't my rabbit cool?" Li Dongliang pushed the cage toward Lu Zhe, "Did you bring your bunny? I want my T-Rex to play with your bunny. Your bunny will definitely like it."

Lu Zhe finally raised his head to look at Li Dongliang's rabbit.

The little grey rabbit was hopping around in the cage, with a vacant look that made it appear somewhat silly.

Li Dongliang had already found a place to keep rabbits, as long as he didn't bring them home. He happily suggested to Lu Zhe, "Brother Zhe, let's arrange a marriage between them! My T-Rex and your bunny will definitely have lots of adorable baby bunnies together."

Although the grey rabbit was nice to pet, he still coveted Lu Zhe's bunny.

"What do you think? It's a great idea, right? Our rabbits know each other well, we don't need to find wild rabbits for breeding." Li Dongliang had even calculated how many baby bunnies the two rabbits would have - he could definitely afford to raise them all.

Lu Zhe gave Li Dongliang a cold look and spoke in a tone Li Dongliang had never heard before, "Is it worthy?"

Li Dongliang and the little grey rabbit stared at Lu Zhe in shock, why did they feel so deeply despised?

After waking up and eating the breakfast Lu Zhe prepared for her, Su Ci went to the mall.

Since it wasn't the weekend, there weren't many people in the mall.

Su Ci went to the phone store on the second floor to pick out a phone.

Yesterday Lu Zhe offered to buy her a phone, but thinking about how the poor boy probably didn't have much money, Su Ci decided to buy it herself, since she had the twenty thousand yuan that the Fu family had given her.

Su Ci didn't have many requirements for the phone. She simply picked one that looked nice and paid for it, spending nearly three thousand yuan.

In the past, three thousand yuan wouldn't have been enough to buy even one piece of clothing, but now it felt like a fortune to her.

She was so poor now.

After getting the new phone, Su Ci immediately entered Lu Zhe's phone number into her contacts - she had to ask him for it. In the past, people would beg for her contact information, but now she had to ask Lu Zhe for his number. The roles had completely reversed.

It was so frustrating.

The young man was cold, stubborn, dense, and blind. She was such a stunning beauty who kept appearing before him and even took the initiative to kiss him, yet Lu Zhe was still reluctant.

Every time she only got to kiss him once or twice to maintain her human form. When she wanted more kisses, he wouldn't allow it.

Either Lu Zhe was blind or his aesthetic sense was broken.

Su Ci would never doubt her own charm.

After leaving the phone store, it was still early, but perhaps because she had set the newly installed air conditioner too low while sleeping last night, she had caught a cold. Her nose was congested, her head felt dizzy, and her throat was uncomfortably dry. Su Ci planned to go back and take some cold medicine.

At that moment, a little boy suddenly rushed out from a nearby store and crashed into Su Ci.

The new phone in her hand became unstable and fell to the ground.

Su Ci: !!

She quickly picked up the phone; thankfully, the screen wasn't broken.

"You weren't holding your phone properly just now, it has nothing to do with my son. Don't try to blame my son if your phone is broken," the boy's mother came over, speaking aggressively.

"Auntie, your son bumped into me. Shouldn't you have him apologize to me instead of rushing to shirk responsibility?" Su Ci said irritably.

"It was just a child playing and accidentally bumping into you. Why are you being so petty about it with a child?" The boy's mother's voice was very loud, especially after hearing herself being called 'auntie' by the other party. She became even more upset and raised her voice further, "I look about the same age as you, why are you calling me auntie? Don't you know how to respect others?"

Su Ci looked at her - explosive curly hair, a face as round as a pie, wearing ordinary striped clothes and long pants.

Tsk, Su Ci suddenly realized she wasn't the most narcissistic person around.

Where did this auntie get the confidence to think she looked similar to her?

"Auntie, you're really joking," Su Ci raised her delicate chin, her words nearly causing the middle-aged woman to die of anger, "Please don't say you look like me. I don't want you lowering the standard of my otherworldly beauty."

Then, Su Ci's gaze fell on the superhero toy in the little boy's hand, where there was only a thin red line on his wrist indicating his life value, with a note beside it: 1 hour.

Su Ci called out Fu Gui, "How does he die?"

Fu Gui: [The little boy plays on the elevator, rolls down from above, and dies from excessive bleeding.]

Su Ci narrowed her eyes and seriously said to the middle-aged woman: "I won't pursue the matter of your son bumping into me, but as a mother, you should properly teach and supervise your child."

The boy playing on the elevator and rolling down clearly showed the mother's negligence.

The middle-aged woman held her son's hand and glared angrily at the excessively beautiful girl in front of her, "How I teach my son is none of your business. Who are you to tell me what to do?" With that, she pulled her child away.

Su Ci stood there, watching the little boy pass by her, the red line of his life value on his wrist faintly visible.

She gripped her phone and sighed softly.

After the argument, Su Ci felt her headache getting worse, and her breath felt hot. Was she running a fever?

Just as Su Ci was about to feel her forehead to check if it was hot, suddenly her head started itching, and it felt like something was about to emerge from both sides.

Strangely, Su Ci remembered having the same feeling when she transformed from human back to rabbit.

Heavens, was she about to turn back into a rabbit right now?

But that couldn't be right - she had gotten two kisses from Lu Zhe before going to bed last night.

The itching on her head intensified, as if something was about to break through any second. She covered the top of her head with one hand and looked around, not knowing where the bathroom was.

Su Ci was getting anxious with her headache. She could feel something actually emerging from the top of her head.

Wah!

Keeping one hand firmly on top of her head, Su Ci bit her lip and quickly walked into a nearby clothing store.

Without saying anything to the female clerk, Su Ci grabbed several pieces of clothing from the rack and asked, "Where's the fitting room?"

"Over... over there." The clerk, seeing such a beautiful girl, hadn't even recovered from her surprise before watching the other party run into the fitting room with the clothes.

After closing the door, Su Ci finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

There was a full-length mirror in the fitting room. Su Ci stood in front of it and stared in shock - a pair of rabbit ears had sprouted from the top of her head!

Was she really turning back into a rabbit?

......

This was math class, and instead of teaching, the teacher had the students working on test papers.

Li Dongliang had only casually filled in the front questions on his test paper, not touching any of the answer sections at all.

He was secretly petting his little grey rabbit in his drawer, occasionally glancing at Lu Zhe beside him.

It was bad enough that Lu Zhe wouldn't agree to their rabbits' marriage, but he even looked down on his grey rabbit for being ugly.

He decided to formally pursue Lu Zhe's bunny on behalf of his grey rabbit. He would only accept Lu Zhe's bunny as his grey rabbit's wife.

Lu Zhe had just finished his test paper when his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.

He looked at the phone number - it was an unknown caller.

Lu Zhe rejected the call.

Two seconds later, his phone vibrated again, and Lu Zhe frowned.

He glanced at the math teacher at the podium and answered the call.

From the other end of the phone came the girl's melodious voice, "Lu Zhe, come quickly to the clothing store on the second floor of the mall to save me."

Lu Zhe's hand gripping the phone tightened, and he suddenly stood up.

The sound of a chair scraping back drew everyone's attention in the classroom as Lu Zhe rushed out through the back door.

Damn! Damn! Damn!

Li Dongliang, sitting next to him, was dumbfounded. Did his deskmate just skip class right in front of the math teacher?

A small commotion erupted in the classroom.

The math teacher's face darkened as he slammed the podium. "No talking. Continue with your test papers."

He walked to Lu Zhe's seat and saw the test paper on the desk, completely filled out with neat handwriting. His expression softened.

The math teacher picked up Lu Zhe's test paper, glancing at Fu Baili in the aisle, who was playing with his phone without having written anything on his test. The difference between these two students was truly vast.

Lu Zhe ran out of school, took a taxi to the mall, and rushed up to the second floor.

He immediately spotted the clothing store Su Ci had mentioned.

Entering the store, Lu Zhe saw a female clerk standing outside the fitting room, repeatedly knocking on the door. "Miss? Do you need any help?" The girl had been in there trying on clothes for almost half an hour.

Lu Zhe hurried over. "Su Ci."

"Lu Zhe, you're here?" Su Ci's delighted voice came from inside the fitting room.

Hearing Su Ci's voice, Lu Zhe let out a relieved sigh. He gestured for the clerk to step aside.

"Lu Zhe, only you can come in." Su Ci opened the door just a crack.

Aliali: 674546a7c4f3f33ac44c928a"Mm."

Then, Lu Zhe pushed the door open slightly and stepped inside.

The door closed again, leaving the bewildered clerk outside.

Just then, customers entered the store, and the clerk had no choice but to attend to them.

"Lu Zhe, you came." Su Ci was on the verge of tears.

Lu Zhe stared at the girl before him who had suddenly sprouted rabbit ears, surprise flashing in his dark eyes.

"What happened?"

"Quick, kiss me." Su Ci anxiously moved closer to Lu Zhe, standing on her tiptoes, trying to kiss him.

Lu Zhe was forced to step back as the girl, with her pink and white rabbit ears, looked adorably pitiful in her urgency, clearly about to cry.

He leaned against the door, watching the girl who was about to kiss him. A faint smile lurked in his dark eyes as his hands steadied her waist. "Don't rush."