Chapter 17

Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan were walking on the street. After coming out of a cake shop, Ruan Yan suddenly asked.

"Then do you know why and when I fell in love with you?"

This question really stumped Ming Yunle, and Ming Yunle really thought about it seriously.

Ruan Yan wouldn't ask this suddenly. He looked at the cake in his hand and it didn't seem to be anything special.

Why did Ruan Yan suddenly say this?

He has never made a cake and he doesn't know how to make a cake.

Does it really have anything to do with cake?

Maybe he fed Ruan Yan cake?

No, he would probably be too embarrassed to feed Ruan Yan.

What else is related to cake? Doesn't cake refer to just cake? What other meanings does it have?

Ming Yunle's mind is extremely active.

Realizing that Ming Yunle was obviously daydreaming, Ruan Yan quickly brought Ming Yunle back to his senses.

Ruan Yan didn't let Ming Yunle let him think too much and directly told him what happened that day.

Later, Ruan Yan became more and more serious: "Then I will pursue you."

Ming Yunle: “…”

Ming Yunle couldn't believe his ears: "Did you chase him?"

"Of course!" Ruan Yan said, "I've been racking my brains to ask you out."

"But didn't we often go out together before that? There were also Gu Jing, Xia Chen and others."

Ming Yunle was speechless. What was this? They had a crush on each other but neither of them told anyone?

They really are a perfect match.

Thinking of this, Ming Yunle patted Ruan Yan's shoulder and said, "We are a perfect match."

Ruan Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

As he laughed, he thought of all his original thoughts.

Thinking of his previous thoughts, Ruan Yan pinched Ming Yunle's face with regret: "I should have said it earlier, so that I wouldn't have made you wait too long."

This time when they came to K City, they actually found out when they fell in love with each other.

They were both quite surprised.

They first went to a restaurant they used to go to often in K City. Because they went there so often, the owner almost remembered what they ordered every time.

It's a pity that I've been away for so long, and my boss has to deal with so many people every day, and the look in their eyes has become unfamiliar to him.

They were up early, so the streets weren't busy yet. The shop had just opened, so it was empty, and they were the first two people there.

They even sat in the same place as before. Looking at the street view outside the window, Ming Yunle suddenly asked, "Do you prefer City K or City A?"

Ruan Yan thought carefully for a while and said, "They all have their own advantages. It's hard to choose."

Ming Yunle was deeply touched when he thought about how he later moved back to City A from City K.

Two bowls of steaming noodles were served, and Ming Yunle prepared to add chili to his bowl.

"Where are we going next?" Ruan Yan suddenly asked.

Mingyun Lejia's hand paused, "I haven't thought about it yet."

Although they said they wanted to visit all the places they had been to before, it seemed that there were only a few places they often went to.

After dinner, they took a bus to a newly opened shopping mall. After coming out, they walked slowly together on the city streets.

No purpose.

Walking without a purpose is another kind of pleasure. Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan walked slowly, looking at K City again bit by bit, and they also had a different feeling.

"Was it like this over there before?" Ming Yunle pointed to a place.

Ruan Yan looked in the direction Ming Yunle pointed: "Hmm, haven't you noticed it before?"

Ming Yunle shook his head.

Although he loves to travel around, he mostly chooses to walk to a place with beautiful scenery, and he rarely looks at the city carefully.

They sat on the swing that Ming Yunle pointed to, looking at the clouds in the sky. No one spoke, and they sat quietly for more than twenty minutes.

Later, Ming Yunle took out his cell phone to take a picture.

"Shoot again?" "Yeah."

Ming Yunle adjusted the angle and said, "Taking photos is a great way to keep memories. I used to take photos often, but I wouldn't take photos everywhere I went. I only tended to take pictures of beautiful scenery. Now I think it's nice to take photos of a place and look at them later to reflect on the mood at that moment."

He was still influenced by Xia Chen when it came to taking photos.

One time, he saw Xia Chen looking at his phone and laughing. Then Xia Chen handed the phone to him, pointed at the photo on it, and said, "Look."

Ming Yunle was confused: "What are you looking at?"

He had an impression of this place, but was it laughable?

"This was the last time you and I went there with Qin Bai, and Qin Bai was particularly unlucky."

Ming Yunle looked at it carefully again and found that it was true.

Inspired by this, Ming Yunle would take photos when he wanted to leave some memories.

Although I can’t remember it sometimes, reminiscing is also a kind of pleasure.

Ming Yunle put away his phone. "When I return to City A and stay there for another two years, I'll occasionally flip through my photo album and see this photo. Maybe it'll remind me of sitting on the swing with you."

That's true.

Ruan Yan was successfully persuaded by Ming Yunle and took a photo as well.

After getting off the swing, the two continued walking aimlessly.

They were familiar with the area, so they followed their memory and felt their way.

Many people come to K City for tourism because it is famous for its beautiful scenery.

Now everywhere is bustling and there are more people everywhere.

They walked around like this all day long.

They returned to the hotel around four or five in the afternoon and met Xia Chen and Gu Jing at the door.

They seemed to be having a lot of fun. Xia Chen and Ming Yunle said to Gu Jing while waving goodbye, "Next time we go camping, I'm going to cook a table of delicious food myself. Don't underestimate me."

Ming Yunle raised an eyebrow.

It seems that when we return to City A, they will have a new activity.

They came back early, and Xia Chen and Ming Yunle chatted for a long time in Ming Yunle's room.

"I'll come to K City next time." Xia Chen concluded: "But M City is also very good, but I've been there before, so why not go to another city?"

Ming Yunle saw that he hadn't returned yet and was already thinking about next time. He said helplessly, "Don't worry. We don't know when everyone will be able to make time next time."

"Too."

The sixth day of traveling in K City.

I have already been to most of the places I wanted to go, and I have also reminisced about the places that have memories.

Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan got in the car again and headed to a place they had always wanted to go but had never been to before.

This place is also quite famous on the Internet.

"Library?" Ming Yunle looked at a place with some confusion: "Is there a library here?"

"It seems to be newly opened?" Ruan Yan was not sure because he rarely came here.

"Go in and take a look?"

"good."

They didn't know much about this place, so they had new ideas about everything in the library.

The library is very big, the environment is very good, and there are many people inside.

They looked around for a while and thought this place was very nice, so they each found a book and sat in the corner to read together.

When Ming Yunle was choosing books, he was thinking that Ruan Yan wouldn't get tired of being with him every day.

It is actually a very relaxing thing for two people to spend an afternoon in a quiet place, each with a book, reading attentively.

On the way back, Ruan Yan handed Ming Yunle a box.

Ruan Yan took it out from a bag of goods.

Ming Yunle took it and asked, "When did you buy it? Aren't we all together?"

"Ahem." Ruan Yanqing coughed and said, "When you were catching the doll, I said I needed to go to the bathroom. That's when I bought it."

Ming Yunle opened it and found it was a hat.

Ruan Yan's gift was well chosen, and it was in line with his hobby of being a master collector.

Ming Yunle put it on right after taking it out and asked, "How is it?"

"nice."

I don't know whether he is praising the hat or the person.

But for Ming Yunle, he was happy that his boyfriend praised his hat, and he was also happy that his boyfriend praised him as a person.

He is happy no matter what.

Ming Yunle also took out a box from the product bag at this time.

Ruan Yan was surprised when he saw what was happening behind him.

Ming Yunle couldn't help laughing: "I told you. We are really a perfect match."

Ruan Yan opened the box and found a hat inside.

This time, Ruan Yan really couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.

Ming Yunle said, "I'm very confident in my taste in hats, so I thought about it and decided to give you a hat. I spent a long time choosing one, and I think this one should suit you very well."

"Thank you." Ruan Yan's voice was full of laughter: "When did you choose it?"

"When you go to the bathroom."

Ruan Yan couldn't hold back his laughter any longer. He laughed so hard that he fell backwards. Only after he finished laughing did he put his hat back on. "Could it be the same store?"

One look at the box and it wasn't like that this time.

Ming Yunle: "I remember your birthday is coming, right?"

Ruan Yan was stunned. He himself didn't even remember this.

"I'll make you a cake then."

Although Ruan Yan was a little touched, he felt that something was wrong.

Ming Yunle doesn't know how to bake a cake at all.

Ming Yunle said a little embarrassedly: "Xia Chen cooks next to me every day, and I'm also interested. I'll try it when I get back."

Ming Yunle felt that this scene was too familiar.

Or because Xia Chen is often with him, he will definitely be influenced by Xia Chen.

For example, when he was a child, Xia Chen liked to paint. He was very happy when he painted. Ming Yunle was also interested when he saw it. However, Xia Chen did not continue to paint, but became a painter himself.

Another time, Xia Chen fell in love with the piano and started learning to play it every day. Xia Chen persisted in playing the piano, and Ming Yunle became interested and started learning it, but he was not as good as Xia Chen.

Some time ago, Xia Chen swam frequently, and the two of them often competed in the swimming pool.

In fact, seeing that Xia Chen has recently become fond of cooking and often hangs around him, Ming Yunle had a vague premonition about this.

This statement can also be applied to him and Qin Bai, Qin Bai and Xia Chen.

People who always play together will inevitably be influenced by each other.

Xia Chen's personality was influenced by Qin Bai and himself, so it was inevitable that the hobbies of the three of them would be similar.

Thinking of Qin Bai, Ming Yunle realized that he seemed not to have seen him recently.

What is Qin Bai doing recently? Is he attending a banquet or on a business trip?

Ruan Yan noticed that Ming Yunle was really interested and suggested, "I can teach you. I'm a great cook."

Ming Yunle did not agree, but shook his head and said, "No, I want to learn with Xia Chen. Xia Chen was very happy when he heard it yesterday."

Ming Yunle gave him a heads-up: "But don't be too disappointed if I can't learn it."

Ruan Yan said helplessly: "Definitely not."

He would never be disappointed just because Ming Yunle couldn't learn how to bake a cake.

It was still early, so they had no plans to go back. Instead, they went to a famous check-in spot that everyone went to and took some photos.

*

"Today is the last day of the trip."

On the morning of the seventh day, Xia Chen pulled a few people out and said, "Let's go together today. When we came here on the first day, didn't we say we would bring local specialties? I heard there's a place that specializes in selling local specialties. We can go there and have a look, but it's a bit far away."

Xia Chen added, "I'll give one to my parents and Xia You, and I'll also give one to Qin Bai."

Ming Yunle listened to Xia Chen for a long time, and finally Xia Chen decided: "I'll bring one for everyone. Although you will bring some too, but there is no such thing as too many gifts."

Early in the morning, after finishing their meal, a few people planned to buy local specialties.

But before leaving, the plan changed again.

They had nowhere to put the picnic table and chairs they bought a few days ago, and they couldn't take them back to City A.

So they discussed it and finally went to Ming Yunle's house.

Ming Yunle stood at the door of his house, speechless. He thought he would never have the chance to come in and take a look, but he really came back.

Looking at the familiar door of his home, Ming Yunle couldn't help but recall the little things that happened when he lived here before.

This house has not been lived in for a long time. In order to avoid being choked by dust, they planned to put their things at the door and leave immediately.

Ming Yunle was still thinking that he should ask the housekeeper to clean up the place when the time comes. Even if no one lives there, it doesn't seem like a good idea.

But when Ming Yunle really pushed open the door, he found that the room was quite tidy and it didn't look like it had been empty for a long time.

Xia Chen blinked and asked, "Why is it still quite clean?"

Ming Yunle thought for a while, then he remembered that after moving, he asked the housekeeper to come and hire someone to clean up from time to time. He had completely forgotten about this matter.

This time they didn't have to put it down and run. They all went into the house and put some small tables, stools and other things in the corner of the living room.

Xia Chen had been here before, but only a few times, and it had been quite a while, so Ming Yunle's family felt a little unfamiliar to him.

He glanced at the layout of the living room, then at Ming Yunle, and said, "Cousin, this place really has your style, minimalist."

Ming Yunle replied: "That's what you said when you first came here."

"Really?" Xia Chen obviously didn't remember.

This minimalism is really minimalist. When Ming Yunle moved back to City A, he emptied his house, but unexpectedly found that there were not many things.

After he moved all his things out, the room was now even emptier, but Ming Yunle actually felt that it was still quite similar to when she lived with him.

Just at this moment, Ming Yunle saw something on the shelf.

He remembered that everything was emptied out when he left? How come there were still some fish slipped through the net?

He leaned over and looked at it several times before he found this thing in the corner of his memory.

Ruan Yan also saw it and came over, recognizing what Ming Yunle was holding. "Isn't this a handicraft you made yourself? How about it? Take it away?"

Ming Yunle nodded: "Yeah, I actually forgot about it when I left, I can't forget it this time."

After saying that, he took out some paper, wiped it carefully, and put it back into his backpack.

Because they still had to buy souvenirs, gifts and the like, they didn't stay in Ming Yunle's house for long. They left soon after putting their things down.

Several people went to a special place to shop and discussed the purchase together, especially Xia Chen and Ming Yunle.

Their social circles highly overlap, so don't send them the same gifts when the time comes.

Xia Chen pointed at the bag in Ming Yunle's hand and said, "Cousin, don't you have this in City A?"

Ming Yunle said nonchalantly, "This isn't a gift. I just wanted to buy it."

Xia Chen: “…”

His cousin is such a casual person.

Looking at Xia Chen picking and choosing, Ming Yunle thought that there was something in the suitcase this time.

Their suitcases were relatively empty, especially Xia Chen's.

They only brought two sets of clothes and toiletries. This time, the suitcase was finally filled.

"Qin Bai will definitely like this." Xia Chen packed up another thing, and Ming Yunle found that he had bought three things for Qin Bai.

"Xia You likes this too."

This time Xia You also has three things.

But they are all relatively small things. If he wants to buy them, let him buy them. It’s not like he can’t put them away.

Ming Yunle looked around. He had already brought back local specialties from K City once before, so he was quite familiar with shopping.

Last time he brought some things to Qin Bai and the others, so let’s change them this time.

Thinking about their preferences, Ming Yunle picked out a few items.

Ruan Yan was in the same situation as Ming Yunle. The things they bought were even very similar.

But they were sending gifts to different people, so it didn't matter.

It took longer than expected to choose gifts. I thought it would be over in half an hour, but it took them two or three hours, mainly Xia Chen and Gu Jing.

But even so, they still have a lot of free time today.

They walked around a bit more, and in the evening, they sat in the shop they had just visited. Xia Chen said to Ming Yunle, "Actually, I thought a week would be a bit long, but it's not that long. Just walking around, time flies by."

Ming Yunle also agreed with this.

He seemed to feel that there was no boring place in K City. The same place would have different scenery. What's more, he had been away for half a year, and the familiar places had also changed a little.

"If I come again next time, I will bring Qin Bai with me," said Xia Chen.

"Qin Bai has been here." Ming Yunle said.

"Ah? How come I don't know?"

"He came to K City to see how I was doing, and then I took him around."

"That's different. So, I've been here before, and you've taken me around before, right? But it's still very different from a proper tour."

This seems to be true.